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Wednesday 10 September 2008

Eddy Grant - Grant Us Election Is Like A Movie

Reggae legend EDDY GRANT is amused by the glitzy arm to the U.S. presidential election - because it's just like watching a Hollywood celluloid.

The I Don't Wanna Dance singer insists the events leading up to the big ballot captures the public's resourcefulness because of its movie-like 'good hombre, bad guy' element.

And he praises British voters for refusing to allow sometime Prime Minister Tony Blair to be too showbiz in his approach to government.

Grant tells WENN, "The election? There is a lot of Hollywood exit on, which is what America is all nigh and which is what makes it great, I suppose. They are able to connect with people so well.

"This is a great opportunity for America to expose itself and show everything about itself. It has that authoritative Hollywood thing going on - good guy, bad guy - black cat, white hombre. It has all the pieces for the scroll saw - the entertainment jigsaw.

"It's really amusement. There isn't any speak about people or issues - it's literally nearly entertainment. That's America - and on that point ain't cypher going to be complaining!

"What happens here (in the U.K.) is classic because we make Mr. Blair and the whole rest of the world following George Bush and his Hollywood outlook, and the people of this rural area turned around and aforesaid, 'We don't want Hollywood, we want a Prime Minister, a President'.

"I think the rest of the world really has to commit the brakes on America and blab out to them in terms of, 'You are the chief policemen of the world and you must be seen'. But hey ? it's only if rock and roll!"

Grant is currently on his starting time world go for more than than 20 years.

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Thursday 21 August 2008

Lenny Kravitz pays tribute to Pink Floyd at V Festival

Lenny Kravitz played a mid-afternoon expansion slot at today's (August 16) V Festival - covering tracks by both Pink Floyd and Michael Jackson.

Performing at the Staffordshire situation on the V Stage, the rocker came onstage at 4.35pm (BST) sporting a black leather jacket, dark glasses and a black Flying V guitar.

Kravitz was joined on stage by 2 trumpeters, a saxophonist, full band and a guitar player - wHO bore a stunning resemblance to Guns N Roses legend, Slash, with his black elevation hat and curly mop up of hair.

A large crowd braved the afternoon showers, however, to catch a glimpse of the New York rocker and were treated to a place including 1991 single 'Always On The Run' and his cover up of The Guess Who's 'American Woman'.

Kravitz, kept his shades on until launch into huge hit 'It Ain't Over Til It's Over', a huge dearie with the crowd.

Then during next song, 'Dancin' Til Dawn', Kravitz said: "You're just having a good time today aren't you? - so keep terpsichore. I wager you like me like those old records from the late 70s and early 80s."

The crowd cheered before Kravitz mixed up the path with 'Another Brick In The Wall (Pt II)' by Pink Floyd and Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean' - acquiring crowd to chant back.

Kravitz concluded on his one UK chart-topper, 1999's 'Fly Away' and then 'Let Your Love Come Down', which saw him approach down to the front of the crowd to shake hands with his fans.
Lenny Kravitz played:

'Bring It On'

'Always On The Run'

'Dig In'

'Fields Of Joy'

'It Ain't Over Til It's Over'

'Dancin' Til Dawn'

'I'll Be Waiting'

'American Woman�??

'Fly Away'

'Let Your Love Come Down'

Keep checking NME.COM for the latest newsworthiness, pictures, videos and blogs live from both V Festival Chelmsford and V Festival Staffordshire all weekend.

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Monday 11 August 2008

Ralph Stanley and Friends

Artist: Ralph Stanley and Friends

   Genre(s):
Country

Discography:

Clinch Mountain Sweethearts

Year: 2001
Tracks: 16

Wednesday 6 August 2008

Jan Hammer

Artist: Jan Hammer

   Genre(s):
Rock
   New Age

Discography:

Miami Vice The Complete Collection Cd2

Year: 2002
Tracks: 22

Miami Vice The Complete Collection Cd1

Year: 2002
Tracks: 20

Drive

Year: 2000
Tracks: 12

Beyond The Mind's Eye

Year: 1993
Tracks: 15

Escape From Television

Year: 1991
Tracks: 15

The Early Years

Year: 1986
Tracks: 10

Oh Yeah!

Year: 1976
Tracks: 8

Snapshots

Year:
Tracks: 11

To pop up music fans, keyboardist Jan Hammer is best known for his work on the soundtrack of the fashionable '80s hook series Miami Vice. But Hammer also achieved considerable success in the jazz fusion earth, both on his have and as a hire member of John McLaughlin's fabled Mahavishnu Orchestra. Though jazz purists oftentimes objurgate major portions of his solo make, Hammer has undeniably left wing his mark, both musically and commercially.

A native of Prague, in what was then Czechoslovakia, Hammer was born into a musical family (on April 17, 1948) and began perusal forte-piano at eld four. By historic period 14, he was working with a touring and recording jazz tout ensemble that likewise included future Weather Report member Miroslav Vitous. Hammer studied theory and composition at the Prague Academy of Muse Arts, just when the Soviet Union invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968, he emigrated to the U.S. After attention the Berklee School of Music, he landed a yearlong touring fight with Sarah Vaughan as both keyboardist and conductor. In 1970, Hammer settled in Manhattan and recorded as a sideman with Elvin Jones and Jeremy Steig. The following yr, he joined the Mahavishnu Orchestra, appearance on landmark merger albums like The Inner Mounting Flame and Birds of Fire. After the group disbanded at the end of 1973, Hammer reunited with Mahavishnu violinist Jerry Goodman for the album Like Children (1974). Hammer's official solo debut came with 1975's The First Seven Days, and he assembled a financial support unit called the Jan Hammer Group for the supporting enlistment. The Hammer Group recorded prolifically over the future deuce age, including collaborations with guitarist Jeff Beck, and their blade of fusion shifted towards R&B-styled grooves. After 1978's Melodies, Hammer disbanded the mathematical group and recorded a true solo album, Black Sheep, playing all the instruments himself. In short order, though, he formed some other financial support striation, this one called just Hammer.

The early '80s establish Hammer operative with, among others, Al DiMeola (Galvanic Rendezvous) and Journey guitar player Neal Schon (Untold Passions and Here to Stay), as well as encouraging Jeff Beck in the studio. Hammer was becoming increasingly involved in pop/rock session collaborations, and by 1984, he had already stirred into composing for television and celluloid as well, debuting as a soundtrack composer with the film A Night in Heaven. His big break in this arena came when the producers of a new MTV-style police force series called Miami Vice tapped him as weekly score composer. When a soundtrack album was released in 1985, including several Hammer compositions as well as sway songs featured in the serial, Hammer's drive opening musical theme music off number peerless on the pop singles charts, the start TV theme to do so since 1976. The album was a worldwide success, and "Miami Vice Theme" south Korean won Hammer iI Grammys (Best Pop Instrumental Performance and Best Instrumental Composition).

Hammer remained involved with Miami Vice until 1988, when he retired to upstate New York to make a home studio and deliver to solo recording. The first result was Snapshots, issued in 1989, another on-key solo record album on which Hammer performed every note himself. Subsequently, Hammer rededicated himself to soundtrack composition, including 1992's acclaimed computer-animation project Beyond the Mind's Eye. 1994's Drive became Hammer's first non-soundtrack recording in v age; for the remainder of the decennium, Hammer continued his profitable work for TV, movie, commercials, and even video games.

Thursday 26 June 2008

Amy Winehouse's Husband 'Offered Ex-Bouncer Money To Smash Up Pete Doherty'

Blake Fielder-Civil, the husband of Amy Winehouse, reportedly offered an ex-bouncer money to organise an attack Pete Doherty.

Fielder-Civil apparently wanted Doherty “smashed to pieces” following conflicting newspaper reports about the singer's relationship with his wife.

Richard Lyttle, 39, claims he was approached by Fielder-Civil when the pair were inside Pentonville prison.

“We were sitting in my cell and he said, ‘If you get Doherty for me I’ll give you £20,00',” he told the Sun newspaper.

“He kept saying, ‘Can you arrange it?’ and telling me to get some guys to his house. He knew the address. He said, ‘Amy’s obviously sleeping with him.’

“He knew I used to be a doorman and knew some tough people. He said he wanted him smashed to pieces.”

Although the paper claims that Lyttle has since been released, Fielder-Civil is awaiting sentence after he pleaded guilty to assaulting a man and then attempting to cover the incident up.

Fielder-Civil faces a maximum of five years in prison over the assault charge.

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Monday 16 June 2008

Ayaka

Artist: Ayaka

   Genre(s):
Pop: Japan

Discography:

Clap: Love Why

Year: 2007
Tracks: 5

Mikazuki

Year: 2006
Tracks: 4

I believe

Year: 2006
Tracks: 3

First Message

Year: 2006
Tracks: 15

The Voice

Year: 2004
Tracks: 13

Director of new Marvin Gaye biopic revealed

Saturday 7 June 2008

Two join Lindsay Lohan in 'Labor'

Connie Britton, Chris Parnell in comedy

Connie Britton and Chris Parnell will star opposite Lindsay Lohan in "Labor Pains," a Nu Image/Millennium comedy in which Lohan plays a woman who fakes being pregnant.

Fearing she's about to be fired from her job at a military publisher, Lohan's character tells her boss she's with child; not only does she keep her job, her luck begins to turn in other areas as well.

Commercial director Laura Shapiro will helm from a script she wrote with television scribe Stacey Kramer ("Lizzie McGuire"). Overnight Films and Plum Pictures will produce the movie.

The project had originally been set up at Captiol Films, but Avi Lerner's shingle came on board last month as the financial situation at Capitol became more dire. The movie has been granted a SAG waiver, with production scheduled to start next week in Los Angeles.

Lohan had recently withdrawn from a number of roles, including "Manson Girls" and Poor Things;" she is set to star in "Dare to Love Me," an indie biopic about tango.

Parnell is repped by UTA; Britton is repped by William Morris.

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Friday 6 June 2008

E.S.G.

Artist: E.S.G.

   Genre(s):
Other

Discography:

All American Gangsta

Year: 2004
Tracks: 4

L.A. Suing Time Warner Cable

The city of Los Angeles is expected to file a lawsuit against Time Warner Cable today (Thursday) alleging that the company made false and misleading statements to Adelphia Communications subscribers after it acquired the company in 2006, the Los Angeles Times reported today. In a 25-page lawsuit, City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo claims that the New York-based cable provider violated its franchise agreement with the city by providing poor customer service and allowing excessive delays in repair work. "Hundreds of thousands of Los Angeles residents were ripped off," the Times quoted Delgadillo as saying in a statement. "Time Warner must be held accountable for its promises." According to the newspaper, the cable provider, which is in the process of being spun off by parent Time Warner Inc., could face civil penalties amounting to tens of millions of dollars.

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Tinariwen

Artist: Tinariwen

   Genre(s):
New Age
   Rock
   Other

Discography:

Aman Iman

Year: 2007
Tracks: 12

Womad

Year: 2004
Tracks: 1

Amassakoul

Year: 2004
Tracks: 11

Radio Tisdas Sessions

Year: 2002
Tracks: 10

Tinariwen is a Tuareg group that performs in a Middle Eastern/African elan exchangeable to artists like Ali Farka Toure or Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. All of the musicians originating from the southern Sahara, the group's key out, meaning "empty places," is a mirror image of their lands of origin. The band formed in the rebel camps of Colonel Ghadaffi, as each of the musicians had been constrained from their nomadic lifestyle into involuntary military inspection and repair. Surrounded by a displaced nation of their peers, Tinariwen forged a new style of music, trading their traditional lutes and shepherd's flutes for electric guitars and drums. The style that resulted was dubbed Tishoumaren, "the medicine of the unemployed people." Their medicine addressed issues such as political awakening, problems of deportee, repression of their people, and demands of sovereignty. In a realm with no postal or telephony system, their tapes presently became a grassroots voice of insurrection and a rallying point for a voiceless nation. Though unlawful in Algeria and Mali, 2001's The Radio Tisdas Sessions and 2004's Amassakoul are uncommitted to Western audiences.

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Cameron Diaz - Diaz Loses Locks For Movie Role

Hollywood actress CAMERON DIAZ has shed her trademark blonde locks for a new movie role.

The 35-year-old was fitted with a bald cap before shooting scenes for upcoming picture My Sister's Keeper at Los Angeles' Santa Monica Pier.

The movie - also starring Alec Baldwin - is slated for release next year (09).

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Adele - 19

Flushing aside the myriad of female singer-songwriters on the market at the moment, Adele could be something special. As it stands she enters the marketplace searching for the element of uniqueness among the saturation and therefore seems to have more to prove. Her debut album '19' goes a long way towards stamping her musical talent on the public awareness.
From the outset we can feel a gutsy, angst-ridden vibe from the young singer, infusing her music with a brash, funky kind of girl power (for want of a better phrase), built around the strength of the female voice - gravelly and coarse, therefore setting her in a different bracket to the aforementioned plethora of female talent currently championing the charts.
While her debut chart-topping single 'Chasing Pavements' is a great catchy pop song, it is on the more simplistic and bare tracks that Adele's vocal range is really evident. The teenage singer works a range of music styles here from the blues-inflections of 'Crazy for You' to the stripped-back 'First Love', creating a sound that is mature and soulful.
What is refreshing is that Adele isn't afraid to present her raw voice, exposed - without instrumentals clouding the sound. The result is plenty of stripped-back material, that is reliant on the natural strength of her voice to carry the stories she tells in her songs.
If you're now thinking that '19' sounds like a whine-fest then have a listen to the brighter and bolder tracks like 'Right As Rain' and 'Cold Shoulder' before making a judgement. Filled with big beats, they offer a fresh vibe before the album has a chance to become tired.
She has Mark Ronson's stamp of approval, she has a sound that is far older than her 19 years and she isn't afraid to speak her mind - Adele has the potential to go far and she certainly seems to have her head screwed on in terms of the fame game. We can probably expect much more creative material from her as 19 becomes 20-something.
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Verizon Wireless Expands Wireless Broadband Network Into Rock County, Wis.

JANESVILLE, Wis., June 3 -- Verizon Wireless today
announced it has activated three new cell sites in Rock County that bring
the nation's most reliable network to area residents. This new coverage
area is in the southeastern portions of Rock County and includes the
communities of Johnstown Center, Lima Center, Avalon, Emerald Grove,
Harmony and Bradford.

In March, Verizon Wireless announced plans to expand coverage to
approximately 59,000 residents in Rock, Walworth and Jefferson counties by
mid-June. "With such a large demand for reliable wireless coverage in this
area we pushed to complete the expansion ahead of schedule," said T.J. Fox,
president-Wisconsin/Illinois Region, Verizon Wireless. "We are continually
investing in and perfecting our network so our customers can take advantage
of all our services, no matter where they live or travel."

Expanding its network into Rock County is part of Verizon Wireless'
effort to enlarge its coverage area, improve indoor reception, increase
capacity and enhance the quality of its wireless voice and data network in
Wisconsin and throughout the country. Since the company was formed in 2000,
Verizon Wireless has invested more than $222 million in Wisconsin on
improvements to its network to increase coverage and capacity, and to add
new services. More than $37 million of this investment was spent in
Wisconsin in 2007.

High-Speed Features: BroadbandAccess, V CAST

With this expansion, Verizon Wireless customers in Rock County can now
access the company's high-speed wireless network and enjoy two prime
services: BroadbandAccess and V CAST multimedia services.

Based on Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) Revision A (Rev. A) network
technology, BroadbandAccess provides mobile users access to their
information as if they were attached to this data via a high-speed wired
connection but with the freedom of true mobility. Developed with a range of
users in mind, the service enables large enterprises, small to medium-sized
businesses and mobile professionals to conduct business anytime, anywhere
in the BroadbandAccess coverage area through a secure, high-speed data
connection.

With BroadbandAccess, users can expect average download speeds of 600
kilobits per second (kbps) to 1.4 megabits per second and average upload
speeds of 500-800 kbps. Customers can download a 1 Megabyte email
attachment -- the equivalent of a small PowerPoint(R) presentation or a
large PDF file -- in about eight seconds, and upload the same-sized file in
less than 13 seconds. Customers who travel outside the BroadbandAccess
coverage area with an EV-DO device will switch seamlessly to Verizon
Wireless' existing NationalAccess network.

The company's high-speed network also enables its V CAST multimedia
services, which offers customers the ability to download full song tracks,
play cutting-edge 3D games and stream video clips straight to their handset
with top transmission speeds. With content updated daily, customers can
watch dozens of on-demand videos, including breaking news, weather, sports
highlights and the hottest entertainment clips.

Customers with V CAST Music can download song tracks directly to their
Verizon Wireless handsets or to PCs equipped with Windows(R) XP or Vista
operating systems. The V CAST Music on-demand service includes access to a
catalog of more than 3 million songs.

About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable wireless voice and
data network, serving 67.2 million customers. Headquartered in Basking
Ridge, N.J., with 69,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint
venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE:
VOD). For more information, go to: http://www.verizonwireless.com . To
preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution
stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless
Multimedia Library at http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia .

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Corrie's David puts Gail's life in danger

'Coronation Street' is set for a very dramatic storyline next week when David Platt decides to take revenge on his mother Gail for keeping Tina's pregnancy secret from him.
According to reports, David (played by Jack P Shepherd) overhears Gail telling Jason that Tina (Michelle Keegan) has decided to have an abortion.
Gail (Helen Worth) wants to clear the air with Jason because he thinks that it is his wife Sarah who is hiding a pregnancy from him.
When David overhears the conversation he confronts his mother about taking his girlfriend Tina to have a secret abortion.
After a blazing row, David storms upstairs to pack his bags. Gail follows him to try to persuade him to change his mind.
But David launches into a tirade of abuse and then pushes Gail down the stairs.
As she lies motionless at the bottom of the stairs, David screams at her to wake her up.
When Gail doesn't respond, David flees the scene without even calling an ambulance.
Eventually Gail's neighbours find her and she is taken to hospital where doctors fight to save her life.
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