The Fred Hersch Trio & other: 2008

Wednesday 3 September 2008

Brian Wilson: Rap Music Makes Me Depressed

Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson says he hates listening to rap music because it brings him down.

The 66-year-old, world Health Organization has battled metal unwellness for decades after long time of do drugs abuse, says that he prefers to listen to happy songs to hold back his mood high.

Asked if he had a favourite rap tune, Wilson aforesaid:� "I don't have one. I don't demand to hear to music that brings me downward with negative thoughts.

�I prefer to hear to music that makes me happy, like my new record album That Lucky Old Sun which was inspired by Mr. Louis Armstrong."

Elsewhere in the interview, Wilson likewise confirmed that he soundless suffers from stage fear, saying: "I still catch it, yea. I'm anxious as snake pit before each show and I hate that impression. I love performing simply I don't like feeling scared. It's a bum feeling."

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Sunday 24 August 2008

The Errand of Angels

Rachel Taylor has been called to serve in the Austria Vienna deputation. She begins her travel of salvation with high ideals, low language skills and a determination to change the world. Through her challenges with the culture, culinary art, and a cantankerous companion, she struggles to find meaning behind the identical beliefs she has determine forth to share. /The Errand of Angels is a moving experience of one young woman's spiritual journey in the picturesque country of Austria. With enough clumsiness along the way to keep us laughing, Sister Taylor discovers that her greatest change will come from within as she finds dear for those less loveable and learns the truthful purpose of her delegation.--� Excel Media

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Thursday 14 August 2008

The Mars Volta adds dates to 'Bedlam' trek

Progressive bikers The Mars Volta [ ] take added a number of dates to their approaching fall headlining tour behind their current studio set, "The Bedlam in Goliath."

The expanded run--which now covers 12 cities through September and October--kicks off Sept. 12 in Columbus, OH. Highlights include a Sept. 17 establish in New York City's Hammerstein Ballroom, and a Sept. 26 appearance at Austin, TX's Austin City Limits fest. Details are included below.

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The California-based group--led by early At the Drive-In members Cedric Bixler-Zavala (vocals) and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (guitar)--released "The Bedlam in Goliath" in January. The new set follows 2006's "Amputechture," which featured guest performances from Red Hot Chili Peppers guitar player John Frusciante on all but 1 track. The new album debuted at No. 3 on The Billboard 200 chart, marketing around 54,000 copies in its first week in stores, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Recently, Bixler-Zavala told the Philadelphia Weekly city paper that he hopes "Bedlam" is the band's last endeavor for a major label.

"You kind of get into bed with people world Health Organization don't genuinely view euphony the room you do," he aforesaid. "Not everyone can be Fugazi and have this socialist control over their art. Some of us have to flirt with the big guys in order to take all the johnny Cash to get our names out thither. Once your name is established, you can start up doing your own thing and just borrow the parts of the system that you need--like distributors. I in spades come from the school that thought all that s--- was evil. More and more I realise money isn't such a bad thing--just another device to help you make stuff."

The group released foursome "webisodes" on its official website to promote the album. The videos features include several short conceptual films based around the album's lyric themes, as well as live footage of the group playing on its 2007 Australian tour.

[Note: The following tour dates have been provided by artist and/or turn sources, wHO verify its accuracy as of the publication sentence of this story. Changes may occur before go on sales agreement. Check with official creative person websites, ticketing sources and venues for late updates.]

September 200812 - Columbus, OH - Lifestyles Communities Amphitheater14 - Boston, MA - Orpheum Theater15 - Providence, RI - Lupo's17 - New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom18 - Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom20 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory21 - Baltimore, MD - Ram's Head Live23 - Asheville, NC - Asheville Civic Center24 - Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle26 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits FestivalOctober 20081 - Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theater2 - San Diego, CA - SDSU Open Air Theater

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Wednesday 6 August 2008

Chosen1

Artist: Chosen1

   Genre(s):
Other

Discography:

Transformation

Year: 2004
Tracks: 16

Friday 27 June 2008

Tortoise + The Ex

Artist: Tortoise + The Ex

   Genre(s):
Retro

Discography:

In The Fishtank

Year: 1999
Tracks: 6

Anti-Heros

Thursday 19 June 2008

Patrizio Buanne

Artist: Patrizio Buanne

   Genre(s):
Pop

Discography:

The Italian

Year: 2006
Tracks: 15

Forever Begins Tonight

Year: 2000
Tracks: 12

Born in Naples merely raised in Vienna, Patrizio Buanne fagged practically of his youth hearing to Italian-American singers like Mario Lanza, Dean Martin, Al Martino, Frank Sinatra, and Tony Bennett in his father's pizza parlor, and before long fell in honey with the medicine of the fifties and '60s. He won local vocalizing competitions at an early years and, at 17, performed for Pope John Paul II. In 1999 Buanne returned to Italy, where he enrolled at a university in Rome and worked as a television system entertainer. Four years later he met producer Christian Seitz, and the two of them went to the Abbey Road studios in London to record Buanne's debut album, L'Italiano, mainly a cover album of the songs he grew up with, which came prohibited in the U.K. in February 2005. In March 2006, The Italian, a slightly shortened version of its British twin, was issued in the U.S., followed by a global spillage of the singer's soph record, Always Begins Tonight, in the fall of that same year.

Friday 13 June 2008

Spaceluv

Artist: Spaceluv

   Genre(s):
Trance

Discography:

Space 17 EP

Year: 2007
Tracks: 4

Sunday 8 June 2008

OK! Exclusive: Charlie & Brooke's Quirky Wedding Vows

With a suit from Men's Wearhouse, a no tie policy and a rock band at the reception, Charlie Sheen's wedding to Brooke Mueller was anything but traditional, so why should their vows be?

Eschewing the tired "to have and to hold," the bride and groom, who tied the knot in an intimate ceremony on May 30, each penned their own vows that were both sweet and a little strange and had their guests roaring with laughter.

The groom kicked it off with promises to "organize less and listen more," "quit breaking a hug too soon," and "mute the ball game when Brooke says, this is a matter of life and death," among others.

The bride followed, pledging to "cook more meals outside of the microwave," "keep the pile of debris on my side of the bed below the two foot mark," and "clean my closet at least once per decade."

Both closed their vows with "this and that, such and such. Yada, yada, yada, blah, blah, blah."

The quirky vows about each other's annoying habits made the ceremony "more personal, more fun, lighter," Charlie tells OK!.

"The traditional vows are so outdated that these days, the only difference between a wedding and a funeral is the casket," he says.

Though he admits to being a poor hugger, some of the vows weren't completely truthful, Charlie claims, since he's "actually a really good listener."

"But [the vow] had a good written ring to it," he says. "Organize less part is something I deal with daily -- I'm a Virgo and an extreme one and I just like my environment to maintain some sense of order at all times."

That would explain Brooke's vow to clean her closet and keep the debris at a minimum. But the former real estate investor is quick to defend her organization techniques.

"He's anal!" she exclaims." What it was is not really debris but clothing. He�s so clean and organized that if I leave my pajamas or my clothes on the side of the bed or some water...he thinks I�m being messy and not clean and organized. I think I�m just being relaxed and normal and not having to fold my pajamas and put them away the moment I wake up."

One thing Brooke isn't denying, though, is the fact that she really can't cook, but as her vow suggests, she will definitely be making an effort to whip up something nice for her man.

"I don�t know how to cook many things," she says. "A lot of women are great cooks and were brought up cooking and it�s not one of my attributes. But I promise him I�m going to start learning. I�m going to go learn how to cook through cooking classes and friends and I�m going to start."

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Thursday 29 May 2008

Patrick Swayze - Swayze In Good Health At Lakers Game

PATRICK SWAYZE defied reports he's close to death by appearing happy and healthy at a Los Angeles Lakers play-off game on Friday night (23May08).

The Ghost star, who has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, joined celebrity basketball fans including Jack Nicholson, Tobey Maguire, David and Victoria Beckham, Eva Longoria Parker and Sylvester Stallone at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Cheering on the Lakers against the San Antonio Spurs, smiling Swayze was spotted in the crowd with his wife Lisa Niemi.

And his presence seemed to give the Lakers the life they needed - the team hammered the Spurs 101-71 to go up 2-0 in the Western Conference basketball final series.

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Monday 26 May 2008

High School Musical star rushed to hospital

Zac Efron was rushed to hospital yesterday suffering from appendicitis, his publicist has confirmed.
The 'High School Musical' star had emergency surgery at the Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, and is said to be doing well.
Efron became a teen heartthrob with his starring role as Troy Bolton in the hit Disney movie 'High School Musical' and its sequel. He also starred in the film 'Hairspray'.
He was hospitalised a day after Walt Disney Studios announced that he and his 'High School Musical' co-stars had signed on to appear in the theatrical film 'High School Musical 3: Senior Year'.

King Roc

Artist: King Roc

   Genre(s):
House

Discography:

Take Me Away VLS

Year: 2006
Tracks: 2

Anathema

Warren Buffett embraces Erica of "All My Children"

OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - It's part of Warren Buffett's job not just to answer questions from many of the 31,000 people at the annual meeting of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. He also has to entertain.

Especially if the entertainment involves Susan Lucci, one of America's best-known soap opera stars.

Part of the roughly one-hour movie preceding this year's meeting, produced by Buffett's daughter Susie, showed a clip of Buffett's recent cameo on the soap opera "All My Children." Buffett, who plays himself, visits Erica Kane, portrayed by Lucci, who is in prison on an insider trading charge.

The movie included faux news reports about his leaving Berkshire, which the 77-year-old has run since 1965, to swap jobs with Lucci.

So at the start of the meeting, instead of Buffett emerging with Berkshire Vice Chairman Charlie Munger, Lucci came out.

And she promised change.

"The first thing we need to change is our dividend policy," she said. "I have never heard of anything so cheap and so unfair to our shareholders." Berkshire hasn't paid a cash dividend since 1967.

She then urged Berkshire to give weekly guidance on earnings, and to pay directors more than $900 a year. That let directors -- including Microsoft Corp Chairman Bill Gates, worth $58 billion -- to jump up and roar approval.

Amy Winehouse - Record Labels Threat To Winehouse

Troubled singer AMY WINEHOUSE has reportedly been ordered by her record label to kick her drug habit - or they won't release any more of her music.

The Back To Black hitmaker checked into a London rehab clinic earlier this year (08) at the request of Universal Music boss Lucian Grange after a British newspaper published footage of her allegedly taking hard drugs - but the star left after just two weeks.

However, despite Winehouse claiming she is finally overcoming her problems, her recent erratic behaviour has led to rumours she has failed to kick her addictions.

And British newspaper The Sun is now reporting that the 24-year-old has been issued an ultimatum by her record label after she allegedly cancelled a recording session in the Bahamas - with label chiefs urging her to stay out of trouble or plans to release her highly anticipated third album will be shelved indefinitely.

A source tells the publication, "Amy has been reminded of her responsibilities. Unless she is clean she will not be allowed to release another album.

"They would never release her from her deal, they would just not put an album out. She has been warned about her behaviour and needs to keep the standards up."

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Andy Bey

Artist: Andy Bey

   Genre(s):
Vocal
   Jazz
   Pop

Discography:

American Song

Year: 2005
Tracks: 10

Thuesdays In Chinatown

Year: 2002
Tracks: 11

Shades of Bey

Year: 1998
Tracks: 10

Ballads, Blues and Bey

Year: 1996
Tracks: 10

One of the great unsung heroes of jazz singing, Andy Bey is a commanding interpreter of lyrics wHO has a broad vocal image and a large, rich, full voice. Bey enjoys a belittled following that swears by him; still, he isn't near as well known as he should be. Born and raised in Newark, NJ, non far from New York, Bey was open to wind as a baby and started vocalizing in front of local audiences as early as ashcan School. At some gigs, an eight-year-old Bey was accompanied by tenor adolphe Sax great Hank Mobley. Bey was 13 when, in 1952, he recorded his first base solo record album, Mama's Little Boy's Got the Blues; and he was 17 when he formed Andy & the Bey Sisters with his siblings Salome and Geraldine in 1956. The grouping did a 16-month tour of Europe and recorded trey albums (unitary for RCA Victor in 1961, 2 for Prestige in 1964 and 1965) before breakage up in 1967. In the 1960s and seventies, Bey's vocals were featured by Max Roach, Duke Pearson, and Gary Bartz (for whom he delivered very socio-political lyrics, including some searing condemnations of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War). The 1970s as well launch Bey recording Have and Judgment for Atlantic and start a long association with piano player Horace Silver, wHO featured him conspicuously on many of the religious-themed albums he put out have his own Silveto label in the seventies and 1980s. The LPs contained what Silver termed "metaphysical self-help music" and preached a sort of religious self-help doctrine that wasn't unlike Reverend Ike's message -- regrettably for Silver and Bey, this approaching meant limited distribution and minuscule commercial appeal. Bey continued to run with Silver into the 1990s, when he was featured on Silver's 1993 Columbia appointment It's Got to Be Funky (which pronounced a return to concentrated bop's mainstream and did much better commercially than his "self-help medicine"). Labels Bey recorded for as a drawing card in the 1980s and 1990s included Jazzette, Zagreb, and Evidence, which, in 1996, released the superb Ballads, Blues and Bey. The success of Blues, Ballads and Bey entrap a place for the piano player to stretch out a minuscule and explore his more intimate side. Bey followed with Shades of Bey in 1998 and Tuesdays in Chinatown in 2001, choosing to explore outside the earth of jazz with covers of Nick Drake and Milton Nascimento and others. American Song followed in early 2004.

Duane "dog" Chapman - Employee Sues Psychotic Chapman

TV star DUANE 'DOG' CHAPMAN is facing legal action from a producer on his reality show DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER - who has accused the star of "psychotic behaviour".

Actor Boris Krutonog - Chapman's former agent - worked as an executive producer on the TV series but is now suing the show's network A+E.

He is accusing programme bosses of failing to pay his salary, cutting him out of agreed DVD royalties and creating an "intolerable and hostile workplace".

Krutonog, who is best known for his role in Star Trek: Voyager, has slammed Chapman and his wife Beth - accusing the TV network of failing to restrain the couple during "episodes of psychotic behaviour". Krutonog was eventually removed from his position for refusing to work on the show.

Legal papers filed at New York Supreme Court reveal Krutonog is seeking over $800,000 (GBP400,000) in damages as well as attorney fees.

Chapman has now responded to the allegations through his attorney Marty Singer, who tells TMZ.com, "It is unfortunate that Boris Krutonog, who was Dog Chapman's and Beth Chapman's former agent and manager, has made gratuitous, ridiculous and outrageous statements about his former clients. Mr. Krutonog was fired for cause more than two years ago after he refused to work on the series."

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