Ruth with Baden Guitars	Ruth with Jim Marshall (The Inventor of 11) (Marshall Amplification)
Ruth with the folks of Electric Babes Guitars	Ruth and Ravi from RKS Guitars

This month we are proud to announce that we are launching a new commercial e-marketing service called: "iCommunicationz". Based on the ever growing need of our clients to conduct professional and successful e-marketing, iCommunicationz fulfills a concierge function that will interface with marketing directors and e-marketing managers. Below is a preview of the site.

Sea Venture Resort

This month's client spotlight features the beautiful Sea Venture Resort.

The Sea Venture Resort, one of the premier California beachfront hotels, offers luxury accommodations in Pismo Beach, halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles. With miles of clean, pristine sand and surf, a perfect climate, and a convenient location off Highway 101, Pismo Beach remains surprisingly quiet and quaint, one of California’s best-kept secrets.

Within the resort, marble finishes and custom furniture lend a casual elegance unique among Pismo Beach hotels. Your comfortable room, with private balcony and hot tub, will refresh you from the day’s outdoor activities: surfing, kayaking, bicycling, fishing, golf, as well as shopping for antiques in town. Stretch out on the warm sands of Pismo Beach and stroll on the boardwalk to the pier, just to catch the sunset and a sea breeze.

Don't hang the donkey. Man law.

This one is truly hilarious! A donkey gets lifted off the ground because the weight of the kart is too heavy!

Steve Tyrell is building his new website. Stay tuned for progress report in next month's issue.

Harold Faltermeyer

McCartney hosted a dinner party for legendary producer and artist Harold Faltermeyer. It was one of the net.work parties where music and entertainment professionals came together to meet over a wonderful turkey dinner (produced by Ruth McCartney) to share insights and latest music industry trends. Stay tuned for next month's preview of his new site.

Martin and Ruth met briefly with Australian legend and promoter Michael Chugg to discuss the "iConz of Rock" series that Martin and Marino are producing.

Naughty Mommy on TV!

The first "Naughty Mommy Party" was a huge success. And had a great response from the media. T.V. crews attended the party and so far Mia has been on the channel 11 news, the channel 13 news and there will be an article in this Thursday's L.A. Daily News.

Tower of Power new site coming soon!

A new web site for the legendary band "Tower of Power" is coming soon. Dr. Atomic is hard at work defining the new look and feel. Stay tuned for next month's issue and preview.

This month's recipe is from the "Private Chef" Richard Florczak.

Potato & Wild Mushroom Soup

(with Truffle Oil)

- 3 tbsp of butter
- 1 small brown onion, diced
- 3 green onions, sliced (green part only)
- 1 1/2 lbs. russet potatoes peeled and chopped
- 6 cups low sodium chicken stock
- 8 oz. mixed wild mushrooms (shiitake, morel, chanterelle etc.), roughly chopped
- 2 tbsp, olive oil
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup white wine
- tbps, truffle oil (optional)

Melt butter in a heavy stockpot over medium heat and sauté onions until soft and slightly brown (about 5 minutes). Add green onions and cook for 1 minute. Add potatoes, salt and stock and cock covered for 15 minutes. In a large skillet, sauté mushrooms in olive oil over high heat until tender. Add wine and reduce until almost completely evaporated.

Scrape mushroom mixture into the soup pot, bring to simmer and cook covered for 25 minutes. Adjust seasoning, transfer soup to a tureen and serve with truflle oil.

Serves: 6

How to kill bacteria
Turns out that the microwave can clean your sink sponges while it nukes leftover pizza.
Scientists have found that in just three minutes, the microwave can kill 99 percent of living pathogens, according to research reported by Livescience.
It takes 4 minutes to zap bacteria spores known as Bacillus cereus, which are especially hard to kill with heat or radiation, according to the study, which was detailed in the December issue of the Journal of Environmental Health.

One note: the microwave should be on high heat.

Secrets of the Superoptimist
Feeling down? Depressed? Uncertain about the future, well then this book is for you!

As many of you know we rarely conduct book reviews, this one however needs a big mention!

Our good friend and celebrity photographer Andrew Orth turned us on to this little literary gem. Buy it here.

iFanz® Artist Spotlight

Our iFanz mamber, John Hall (founding member of Orleans) recenty won a seat in Congress. The track you're listening to is called: "Rock Me On The Water", from the same titled album. www.johnhallforcongress.com. Excerpt from website:   JOHN HALL SWORN INTO THE 110TH CONGRESS WASHINGTON, D.C. - U. S. Representative John Hall was sworn into 110th Congress today in the United States Capitol. With his wife Pamela and daughter Sofi watching from the House gallery, Hall and his colleagues ushered in the new Democratic majority in Congress and then made history by voting for the first-ever female Speaker of the House, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).