Barack Obama in Rolling Stone
2008-03-12 12:00:13.28252
href="http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/19106326">Barack Obama's Machinery of Hope by Tim Dickinson [From RS1048 — March 20, 2007]
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href="http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17652931/obamas_moment"> Obama's Moment by Matt Taibbi [From Issue 1042/1043 — December 27, 2007-January 10, 2008]
...Cover Story: Jack Johnson - The Dude Abides
2008-03-12 10:00:13.466901
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"I get completely haunted," he says. In his most vivid dream, Johnson is standing on the beach with a guitar, gazing into the shore break. "Our stage crew was there, the band were all set up, it was a normal show, but the ocean was where the crowd should be," Johnson recalls. "I was thinking, 'What's going on here?' " Johnson and his band played on as the tide crept up. "We were knee-deep, then waist-deep, and still playing. I had a feeling like, 'When do we stop?'
"You've got to listen to your dreams," says Johnson, sitting at a picnic table in the quiet, grassy back yard of his home in Santa Barbara, California. He's wearing his usual outfit — board shorts, a T-shirt and flip-flops — and talking in a relaxed surfer's lilt. "That's when I know I've got to take a break, kick...
The Machinery of Hope
2008-03-12 06:00:13.724957
href="http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/19106551/a_new_hope"> Click here for Rolling Stone's endorsement of Barack Obama and href="http://www.rollingstone.com/photos/gallery/19066990/barack_obama_a_photo_history" target="blank">here for a photo timeline of Obama's life.
It's Presidents day, two weeks before the Texas primary, and Adam Ukman has come to the small city of San Marcos to train precinct captains for Barack Obama. A soft-spoken native of Houston, Ukman has served on the campaign's front lines in Iowa and Utah, organizing grass-roots supporters to secure decisive victories in both states. This evening, more than eighty residents of San Marcos have crammed into a yellow clapboard recreation center on a street dotted with shacks that date from the Jim Crow era. "Our job is not to run in here to tell you how it's going to be," Ukman tells them. "This is your campaign. Not our campaign."
Anyone who has spent time around Democratic politics has heard this kind of rhetoric before. Most often, it's pure horseshit. But...
"Nashville Star" strikes it Rich (Reuters)
2008-03-12 05:00:21.292603
By Nellie Andreeva 2 hours, 4 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Country star John Rich, who forms half of the multiplatinum duo Big&Rich, will be a judge-mentor on talent show "Nashville Star," which is switching to NBC after five seasons on USA Network.Additionally, Rich will write and produce the winner's debut single for Warner Bros. Records. "Nashville Star" premieres June 9 on NBC with Billy Ray Cyrus as host.
After the season ends, contestants will launch a full-scale North American concert tour. During its USA run, "Nashville Star" spawned small-town treks.
Rich is nominated for six Academy of Country Music Awards...
'American Idol' axes first finalist (AP)
2008-03-12 23:00:15.485396
By ERIN CARLSON, Associated Press Writer 14 minutes ago
NEW YORK - A juicy backstory wasn't enough to keep David Hernandez on "American Idol." The 24-year-old ex-stripper from Glendale, Ariz., was dismissed Wednesday, leaving 11 aspiring singers to vie for the "Idol" title and a record contract."Honestly, things happen for a reason," Hernandez said before leaving the stage. "I think we all have a plan. ... This isn't it for me."
Hernandez, who sang the Beatles' "I Saw Her Standing There," made headlines last week after it was revealed to The Associated Press that he worked as a stripper at a Phoenix club with a "mostly male" clientele.
Kristy Lee Cook, a 24-year-old from Selma, Ore., and Syesha Mercado, a 21-year-old from Sarasota, Fla., rounded out the bottom three vote-getters.
Finalists had the opportunity to perform classics from the John Lennon-Paul McCartney songbook this week. The show's producers recently got permission to use songs belonging to Sony/ATV Music Publishing, a company formed by Sony and Michael Jackson.
The standouts were Carly Smithson ("Come Together"), Brooke White ("Let It Be"), David Cook ("Eleanor Rigby") and Chikezie ("She's A Woman").
David Archuleta, whose cover of Lennon's "Imagine" drew heaps of praise two weeks ago, showed that he's merely mortal when he flubbed the lyrics to "We Can Work It Out." That didn't fly with Cowell, who called the 17-year-old's performance "a mess."
Wednesday's show also featured a performance by season-five finalist Katharine McPhee and musician David Foster (on the piano).
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...Amber Ojeda to Perform at The Temple Bar in Santa Monica and Anthology in San Diego at Last Hip-Hop Gains Style, Soul, and Jazz Overtones
2008-03-12 10:00:10.355958
A & R Managements artist Amber Ojeda www.amberojedamusic.com has teamed up with Sellaband www.sellaband.com/amberojeda allowing the consumer to invest directly with artists. Los Angeles, CA (Billboard Publicity Wire) March 12, 2008 -- Amber Ojeda
Boutique apartments support Leeds' music talent
2008-03-12 23:00:15.935043
Boutique apartments support Leeds' music talent Boutique apartment company, The Chambers, has teamed up with Leeds College of Music to support a drive to discover the city's next chart-topping music sensation - following in the footsteps of Corinne
Britney Drawn to Perfection (E! Online)
2008-03-12 15:00:12.427305
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Los Angeles (E! Online) - Britney Spears has gone two-dimensional.Although she's supposedly busy whipping herself into camera-ready shape for an upcoming video, the 26-year-old pop tart has opted to skip a step and order up an animated version of her sleek self instead.
Photos released Tuesday by Jive Records depict Spears in anime superhero mode, replete with long blond tresses and an angular jaw. In two of the shots, the singer is suited up in different futuristic, body-hugging outfits.
Another is a hazy close-up of cartoon-Spears' face, while a fourth is a shot of a skyscraper with the word "Victory" printed vertically on its side, flanked by what looks like the moon.
Jive would not comment on where the pictures came from, but Britain's Sun tabloid is reporting that they're stills from Spears' video for the upcoming single "Break the Ice," off of 2007's Blackout, and that the "Toxic" chanteuse came up with the idea.
Fans of the singer can catch the animated version of Spears for themselves when the video debuts Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. PST on the Website blackoutball.com. The site was specially designed to serve as a virtual black tie premiere party for the "Break the Ice" segment.
As far as her fans previously knew, Spears has been logging numerous hours in a North Hollywood dance studio rehearsing routines for her "Hot as Ice" video, having enlisted a couple of top L.A.-area choreographers to help her bust a move, not to mention bust out of her slump.
While Blackout has sold over 2 million copies worldwide, Spears' attempt to recreate the "Gimme More" magic onstage at the MTV Video Music Awards did not go over well, with critics slamming every aspect of her performance, from her outfit to her attitude.
Friends of Spears have said that she is finally serious about a comeback, now that the drama surrounding her physical and mental health, her parents, her driving record and her children has somewhat settled down.
Email Story...Britney Spears is animated superhero in new video (Reuters)
2008-03-12 18:00:12.087103
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop star Britney Spears releases a music video on Wednesday that features the troubled singer as an animated superhero in a futuristic world.The music video will premiere on Wednesday on dedicated Web site (www.BlackoutBall.com) at 6:30 p.m. EDT and accompanies her latest single "Break The Ice" -- the third from her 2007 album "Blackout."
The release of the video, along with an upcoming acting role on U.S. television comedy "How I Met Your Mother," marks something of a comeback for Spears, 26, whose career has been sidelined by psychiatric problems and months of bitter child custody battles.
...Britney will guest star on CBS' 'Mother' (AP)
2008-03-12 09:00:11.300716
By ERIN CARLSON, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 23 minutes ago
NEW YORK - Britney Spears' upcoming appearance on the CBS show "How I Met Your Mother" could be — to borrow scene-stealer Barney's favorite word — legendary.Spears will guest star in a March 24 episode of the cult series, CBS spokeswoman Kelli Raftery told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The pop star will portray a receptionist in a dermatologist's office named Abby who becomes "smitten" with Ted (Josh Radnor), Raftery said.
Craig Thomas, the show's creator, told Usmagazine.com that Spears attended a table reading with the cast on Monday, and that her scenes will probably be filmed later this week. He said representatives for Spears approached the CBS about "Mother" because "she was looking for a small part on a funny show."
Spears has previous TV sitcom experience playing a character on a 2006 episode of "Will and Grace." She was also the host and musical guest on "Saturday Night Live" in 2000.
"How I Met Your Mother," returning Monday with all-new episodes following the writers strike, co-stars Radnor, Jason Segal, Alyson Hannigan, Cobie Smulders and Neil Patrick Harris as twentysomethings living in New York City. Harris portrays serial bachelor Barney Stinson, who frequently uses the word "legendary" to describe his various exploits.
Spears has been under the conservatorship of her father, James, following bizarre behavior and two hospitalizations. She is also locked in a custody battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline over the former couple's sons, Jayden James, 1, and Sean Preston, 2.
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...Charles, Camilla tour Marley museum (AP)
2008-03-12 21:00:12.260255
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KINGSTON, Jamaica - Prince Charles and wife Camilla joined a group of Rastafarian musicians Wednesday for a drum session outside the old home of reggae great Bob Marley.On a Caribbean tour to promote environmental protection, the royal couple were led through the home — now a museum honoring the late singer — by Marley's widow, Rita, and sons Robert and Rohan.
Charles and Camilla viewed memorabilia such as tour photos and a Gibson guitar favored by the singer, who rose to international stardom before dying of cancer at 36.
Earlier Wednesday, hundreds of people jostled each other for a glimpse of the British royals during a visit to an impoverished community. Charles chatted with townspeople and planted a seedling at a community center in Rose Town, where his Foundation for the Built Environment is helping with revitalization efforts.
"It's quite a spectacle," local resident Dale Bent said of the touring royals.
The prince also inspected an honor guard in the capital.
Gov. General Kenneth Hall and British High Commissioner Jeremy Cresswell accompanied the royals, who are nearing the close of a five-island tour aboard a 246-foot yacht that boasts a hot tub, gym and 24-member crew.
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2008-03-12 05:00:21.294477
(Reuters) - Icelandic singer Bjork's pro-Tibet outburst at a Shanghai concert has not only angered China's wary cultural guardians, but annoyed music promoters who say politics is bad for business and worse for Chinese fans. China's Culture Ministry on
China promoters annoyed by Bjork song and dance (Reuters)
2008-03-12 02:00:11.783233
By Ian Ransom 38 minutes ago
BEIJING (Reuters) - Icelandic singer Bjork's pro-Tibet outburst at a Shanghai concert has not only angered China's wary cultural guardians, but annoyed music promoters who say politics is bad for business and worse for Chinese fans.China's Culture Ministry on Friday said it would tighten controls over foreign singers and other performers after Bjork chanted "Tibet! Tibet!" after her song, "Declare Independence."
China has ruled Tibet with an iron fist since People's Liberation Army troops marched into the Himalayan region in 1950 and denounces any challenge to its authority.
Bjork's performance, which the Culture Ministry said had...
Chinese promoters riled by Bjork outburst
2008-03-12 14:00:10.771091
(Reuters) - Icelandic singer Bjork's pro-Tibet outburst at a Shanghai concert has not only angered China's wary cultural guardians, but annoyed music promoters who say politics is bad for business and worse for Chinese fans. China's Culture Ministry on
Chinese promoters riled by Bjork outburst (Reuters)
2008-03-12 13:00:11.220874
By Ian Ransom 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
BEIJING (Reuters) - Icelandic singer Bjork's pro-Tibet outburst at a Shanghai concert has not only angered China's wary cultural guardians, but annoyed music promoters who say politics is bad for business and worse for Chinese fans.China's Culture Ministry on Friday said it would tighten controls over foreign singers and other performers after Bjork chanted "Tibet! Tibet!" after her song, "Declare Independence."
China has ruled Tibet with an iron fist since People's Liberation Army troops marched into the Himalayan region in 1950 and denounces any challenge to its authority.
Bjork's performance, which the Culture Ministry said had...
Country king Alan Jackson rules album chart (Reuters)
2008-03-12 17:00:21.925025
By Katie Hasty 1 hour, 20 minutes ago
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Country star Alan Jackson replaced Janet Jackson at the top of the U.S. pop album chart Wednesday, while rock bands Flogging Molly and the Black Crowes cracked the top five with their latest releases.Jackson's "Good Time," the fourth No. 1 of his career, sold 119,000 copies during the week ended March 9, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
It marks the first album on which he is the sole songwriter, and a return to his traditional country sound. In 2006, he took a step back from his roots by releasing the gospel collection "Precious Memories" and the Alison...
Earlimart Getting Head Start
2008-03-12 07:00:13.779879
L.A.-based indie rockers Earlimart have revealed the details surrounding their six full-length album, Hymn and Her (Majordomo), which is slated for a July release via Majordomo. The pun-infused effort, the band's second for Majordomo, was recorded in
Fans embrace, clerics condemn TV's "Afghan Star" (Reuters)
2008-03-12 00:00:14.402035
By Hamid Shalizi 2 hours, 53 minutes ago
KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Hundreds of fans clamored on Tuesday to catch a glimpse of their favorite finalists from the TV show "Afghan Star," Afghanistan's version of "American Idol," which is watched by millions but condemned by Islamic clerics as immoral.The finalists, two men and for the first time a woman, will appear in Friday's competition, where one will be eliminated before the last show to decide the winner a week later.
Kabul's Islamic council of clerics has branded the show un-Islamic and demanded it be taken off the air.
"'Afghan Star' encourages immorality among the people and...
Former Beatles Girlfriends Publish Photo Books
2008-03-12 18:00:12.507177
Two former girlfriends of the Beatles have recently released photography books. Out now is Instamatic Karma, a photo book by John Lennon's former girlfriend May Pang. Pang's book features photos taken during Lennon's so-called 'lost weekend' when he was
Haneke to direct at NY City Opera (AP)
2008-03-12 20:00:13.385249
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NEW YORK - Austrian director Michael Haneke will stage Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte" at the New York City Opera in the spring of 2012, one of the first big names brought in by incoming general manager Gerard Mortier.Haneke staged Mozart's "Don Giovanni" at the Paris Opera two years ago, setting the opera in a modern-day high-rise office in Paris' financial district. He won the grand prize at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival for "The Piano Teacher." His newest film "Funny Games," an English-language remake (starring Naomi Watts and Tim Roth) of his own 1997 thriller, premieres in limited release Friday.
Mortier takes over City Opera for the 2009-10 season and is promising a shake-up with contemporary works and attention-grabbing productions.
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2008-03-12 06:00:12.9361
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Veteran rapper Ice Cube is putting the finishing touches on his new album, "Raw Footage," and plans to celebrate by cybercasting his concert at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin on Saturday.The gig will stream on Ice Cube's online television channel, UVNTV.com, which he created with partner DJ Pooh.
"Raw Footage," Ice Cube's ninth solo album, is due in stores on June 17 via his own Lench Mob Records. It includes guest appearances from Musiq, Nas, Scarface and WC.
His previous release, 2006's "Laugh Now, Cry Later," sold 547,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and ended a six-year gap between albums. Ice Cube,...
Idol Banter: A hard day's night with the Beatles
2008-03-12 17:00:21.928214
The Beatles "tribute" edition of "American Idol" on Tuesday night taught us three important lessons. "Chosen One" David Archuleta is human after all; the 'Idol' judges, echoing former Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart's famous pronouncement about
Jackson gets flu, bails from `SNL' show (AP)
2008-03-12 00:00:15.600868
Tue Mar 11, 6:23 PM ET
NEW YORK - Janet Jackson has dropped out of her upcoming "Saturday Night Live" performance because she has the flu, the singer's representative said Tuesday."Janet did go to the hospital last night due to the fact she's been suffering from this flu that's kicked a lot of people's behinds," publicist Patti Webster told The Associated Press in an e-mail. "She was never admitted and she is fine."
Still, Webster said Jackson — who visited a Los Angeles hospital — was pulling out of the March 15 "SNL" telecast because "she needs some time to get better."
"SNL" spokesman Marc Liepis said he did not know what music act will replace Jackson.
Jackson, 41, was scheduled to perform live Saturday night in support of her latest album, "Discipline," which was released last month.
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Email Story IM Story...Juanes sings for 'peace without borders' (AP)
2008-03-12 02:00:12.635574
Tue Mar 11, 7:28 PM ET
BOGOTA, Colombia - Some of Latin music's biggest stars plan to join Juanes to perform a free concert atop a bridge linking Colombia and Venezuela in a show of unity among neighboring South American countries still recovering from a diplomatic crisis.Others scheduled to perform: Juan Luis Guerra, Miguel Bose, Carlos Vives and Alejandro Sanz.
Juanes, the Grammy-winning Colombian rocker, said the "Peace Without Borders" concert — scheduled for Sunday — is an effort to ease tensions caused by a Colombian raid into Ecuador to kill a top rebel leader on March 1. In response to the attack, Ecuador and its ally Venezuela briefly sent troops to their Colombian borders.
"We want to consolidate the union between our peoples," he told reporters Tuesday by telephone from the Dominican Republic. "We are brothers and sisters, we are equals. We just have to raise one flag together, the flag of peace."
The artists will perform on the Simon Bolivar Bridge linking Cucuta, Colombia, and San Antonio del Tachira, Venezuela, while fans from both countries line the banks of the narrow Tachira River that marks the border, local officials said.
Email Story IM Story Printable View Yahoo! Buzz RECOMMEND THIS STORY Recommend It: Not at All...Judge says Fairplay must amend lawsuit (AP)
2008-03-12 10:00:11.93073
Wed Mar 12, 6:56 AM ET
LOS ANGELES - Reality TV figure Jonny Fairplay will have to provide a court with more details about his tooth-busting dust-up with Danny Bonaduce before his lawsuit against producers of an awards show can go forward. "I think more facts should be set forth," Superior Court Judge Michael C. Solner ruled Tuesday.Solner gave Fairplay, whose real name is Jon Dalton, 20 days to amend his complaint to explain why the producers of Fox Reality Channel's "Really Awards" were negligent and involved in the alleged battery.
The lawsuit stems from an October 2007 altercation in which Fairplay, a competitor on "Survivor: Pearl Islands," jumped into Bonaduce's arms on stage during the awards show to give him a hug.
Bonaduce, 48, responded by tossing Fairplay over his shoulders. Fairplay landed face first, losing one tooth, breaking another and loosening two more.
Fairplay, 34, sued Bonaduce, Fox Reality Channel and the show producers for battery, negligence and emotional distress. He claims the producers encouraged Bonaduce to go on stage uninvited, did not provide security and failed to provide prompt medical care afterward.
Vicki Greco, a lawyer for Fox and the producers Natural 9 Entertainment, said Bonaduce's actions were unplanned and the companies were not responsible for the incident.
Fairplay's lawyer, Daniel C. Lapidus, claimed Bonaduce told the producers "what he wanted to do and they told him to do it."
Bonaduce, a child actor on "The Partridge Family," starred in the 2005 reality show "Breaking Bonaduce."
The next hearing in the case is scheduled for May 12.
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2008-03-12 23:00:16.416602
A man convicted in a drug case with ties to Kenneth 'Supreme' McGriff lunged at a federal prosecutor with a razor in court yesterday (Mar 11). Victor Wright, who was facing a mandatory life sentence, snuck a razor into the Federal District Court in
Little 'Idol,' big voice: Malubay, baby (AP)
2008-03-12 17:00:21.477694
By DAMIAN GRASS, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 7 minutes ago
MIRAMAR, Fla. - When Ramiele Malubay takes the stage on "American Idol," the 20-year-old with punkish blond streaks in her dark hair comes off as bubbly, polished and even a little edgy. That's not exactly the young woman her friends and family say was too shy to sing "Happy Birthday" a few months ago.When her parents tried to get her to sing a karaoke version at high school friend Arthur "A.J." Ke's birthday bash, the 20-year-old Malubay just hid in the corner and rolled her eyes.
"Since it was a really cheap karaoke machine, a bunch of the words were spelled wrong," Ke said. "But once she was up there, we were all cracking up, and we all ended up having a great time."
And if it wasn't for her father's prodding, the diminutive Filipino-American singer with the big voice probably wouldn't have auditioned a second time for "American Idol" — which means she wouldn't be standing among the final 12 contestants on the top-rated Fox TV show. She was rejected in the initial stage last year and balked at going back.
"I think she was lacking a bit of that confidence and didn't want the people close to her expect too much from her," neighbor Isidra Yokose said Tuesday night at the lobby of Hilton Garden Inn in Miramar, where family and friends have been meeting every week to watch the show, cheer for Malubay — and furiously text in votes on their cell phones, of course.
"She is so incredibly special to us and to the rest of the Filipino community," added family friend Geny Panaligan-Ke, who organizes the "Watch 'N Vote 4 Ramiele" gatherings.
"I don't know where she gets it, but she definitely has the talent, the potential and the confidence to make it," Yokose said. "We are so proud of her, and we have all the faith in the world that she will make it big."
Before her good looks, tiny stature — she's 4-foot-11 — and big voice made her a fan favorite, Malubay worked part-time as a waitress at a sushi restaurant in suburban Fort Lauderdale, where she grew up with her younger sister and her Filipino parents. The family moved to the United States from Saudi Arabia when she was 5.
She's aware of the comparisons to fellow Filipino Jasmine Trias, who finished third in the show's third season. But she wants to top that.
"First Filipino 'American Idol,' that's kind of still a surreal reach," Malubay said in an early "Idol" interview. "I don't want to be ahead of myself. I don't want it to go fast. I want it to just come as it does. I'm really excited to just get onstage and show everybody what I can do."
Malubay — pronounced "mah-loo-BYE" — also became the focus of a minor "Idol" scandal this season when Facebook photos of her goofing off with friends in provocative poses were made public. She doesn't understand the fuss.
"It's not a big deal," she wrote on a MySpace blog. "For me, those photos are not racy. But if you think they are, it's OK, that's your opinion. ... It has nothing to do with the show, which is looking for the next singing superstar and not looking for the perfect human."
...Mariah fills in for sick Janet on `SNL' (AP)
2008-03-12 15:00:11.656929
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NEW YORK - "Saturday Night Live" has replaced a flu-ridden Janet Jackson with another diva: Mariah Carey.Carey, 37, will fill in for Jackson on the March 15 "SNL" telecast, NBC announced Wednesday.
Jackson, 41, was scheduled to perform live Saturday night in support of her latest album, "Discipline," which was released last month. The singer's publicist, Patti Webster, said Tuesday she dropped out because she has the flu and "needs some time to get better."
Carey's latest album, EMC2, arrives April 15.
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Email Story IM Story Printable View...Mixing business with hip-hop pleasure
2008-03-12 21:00:13.130537
Just as some things change, others stay the same. Especially when it comes to hip-hop. In SA, inking a deal with a major record label is still rather hard to accomplish. Today, rappers are changing this idea and giving themselves deals. Why put in the
My Morning Jacket Rocks Austin With New Songs
2008-03-12 09:00:11.302549
Although it wasn't an official South by Southwest show, My Morning Jacket lit up the crowd at Austin's the Parish last night (March 11) during a private party for the Independent Film Channel, performing more than a half-dozen songs from its upcoming
Radiohead Announce New Single
2008-03-12 21:00:13.132081
Radiohead are to release a further single from chart-topping album 'In Rainbows'. 'Nude' will be released through XL Recordings on 31st March, coming with B-sides '4 Minute Warning' and 'Down Is The New Up' - both taken from the limited box set version
Return to Forever returns to tour (AP)
2008-03-12 20:00:12.987662
By CHARLES J. GANS, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 14 minutes ago
NEW YORK - Chick Corea will tour for the first time in 25 years with Return to Forever, one of the pioneering jazz-rock fusion bands that melded daring improvisations with hard-driving rhythmic grooves.The quartet — reuniting the keyboardist with guitarist Al Di Meola, bassist Stanley Clarke and drummer Lenny White — announced Wednesday that they will return for more than 50 dates in the U.S., Canada, and Europe, kicking off the much-anticipated tour on May 29 in Austin, Texas. and ending in New York on Aug. 7. The tour includes performances at major summer jazz festivals in Montreal; Montreux, Switzerland; San Sebastian, Spain; Nice, France; and Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
"We never stopped talking about it ... but in the past couple of years we started talking more seriously about `hey when can we set some time down to actually get together and play.'" said Corea. "There were also a lot of requests from fans. One thing that became apparent as the decades flipped along was that people remembered the group which was kind of surprising and also heartening. ...
"The band had a kind of presentation and impact that reached a lot of people — jazz fans, rock fans, young people," he said. "The audience seemed to widen when we played this music. We're going to see what happens this time."
This particular RTF lineup influenced future generations of musicians with their mix of cutting-edge electronic technology led by Corea's synthesizer experiments, fiery rock and funk beats fueled by White's drums, instrumental virtuosity exemplified by Di Meola's guitar licks, and a blend of acoustic and electronic sounds created by bassist Clarke and other quartet members.
RTF founding members Corea and Clarke, who remained with the band from its launch in 1972 to its break-up in 1977, are also producing a double-CD anthology to coincide with the tour with remixed and remastered tracks from the band's classic albums from 1973-76: "Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy," "Where Have I Known You Before," the Grammy-winning "No Mystery" and "Romantic Warrior."
"We agreed that the first time out we're going to mostly play the original repertoire from the '70s ... but everybody's got very fresh ideas about how to approach the music," said Corea, who got together with his bandmates last month in Los Angeles for their first rehearsal since a 1983 reunion tour. "Everybody's sound and approach is so much improved."
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Email Story...RipTide Music Now Licensing "LAIR" Soundtrack for Ad&Entertainment Media Projects
2008-03-12 15:00:12.036117
--RipTide Music, a leading source of licensed music for the motion picture, television, TV promo, videogame and advertising industries, has announced its exclusive, worldwide representation of the soundtrack from the videogame "Lair." The announcement
SA jazz is music for being with people
2008-03-12 10:00:10.358698
Darius Brubeck (pictured) returns to SA this month to play the Cape Town International Jazz Festival on March 28 and 29, as well as a few smaller gigs. He knows and loves the country well, having been the director of the Centre for Jazz and Popular Music
SOHH Exclusive: The Wire's Snoop Takes Aim At The Rap Game
2008-03-12 08:00:13.340878
the fifth and final season of HBO's hit series, The Wire, came to a close, leaving its stars to find new projects. In this exclusive interview, Felicia 'Snoop' Pearson reveals plans for a film based on her life and a career as a rapper. Though she does
SXSW Interview: Mick Jones of Carbon/Silicon
2008-03-12 05:00:21.731278
Mick Jones was the pop craftsman who balanced out the fiery political critiques of Joe Strummer in The Clash, the most commercially successful act to come out of the UK punk explosion of the late '70s. With Strummer's recent passing, The Clash are as
These United States' A Picture of the Three of Us at the Gate to the Garden of Eden
2008-03-12 06:00:13.312484
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Valerie Bertinelli says Eddie Van Halen not in rehab (Reuters)
2008-03-12 18:00:11.736848
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Valerie Bertinelli has said her ex-husband Eddie Van Halen is not in rehab, but she declined to say exactly what is ailing the rock guitarist, People.com reported on Wednesday."The reports about him being in rehab are wrong. Eddie is sober," Bertinelli said at a New York luncheon hosted by cable TV's Hallmark Channel, according to the Web site of celebrity magazine People.
This month rock band Van Halen, which Eddie co-founded with his brother Alex, canceled its tour dates until April 19 and said the 53 year-old guitarist is undergoing medical tests. But the band has not divulged details of his illness.
...War against Web tops music biz "screw-ups" list (Reuters)
2008-03-12 19:00:11.934599
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The talent scout who turned down the Beatles has long been credited with committing the music industry's biggest gaffe.But Dick Rowe's billion-dollar boo-boo has been beaten to the top spot on Blender magazine's list of the "20 biggest record company screw-ups of all time" by the failure of record companies to capitalize on the Internet.
The major labels took top dishonors for driving file-sharing service Napster out of business in 2001, instead of figuring out a way to make money from its tens of millions of users. The downloaders merely scattered to hundreds of other sites, and the industry has been in a tailspin ever since.
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2008-03-12 03:00:12.056386
They'll contribute to the dance extravaganza mash-up that is characterising the Saturday (July 5). Hyde Park from the 3-6th July is already playing host to headliners Fatboy Slim, Counting Crows, Underworld and Bootsy Collins And The Rubber Band. With
XM Radio to launch George Strait channel (AP)
2008-03-12 08:00:12.468062
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - George Strait says he still gets a thrill hearing his songs on the radio, and now he'll have a whole channel of his music to get excited about."Strait Country" will launch April 1 on XM Radio channel 17 to coincide with the release of the country star's 37th album, "Troubadour," the satellite radio company announced Wednesday.
The station will run through May 31 and feature songs from Strait's catalog as well as exclusive interviews and programming about the star.
He joins Led Zeppelin and Michael Jackson as the only recording artists to have their own XM Radio channels.
"It's always a thrill to hear one of your songs played on the radio, but to have XM Radio dedicate an entire channel to my music is just amazing," Strait, a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, said in a statement.
The singer's career spans more than 25 years and includes 55 No. 1 hits. His latest single, "I Saw God Today" is No. 8 on Billboard's country singles chart, and his duet with Kenny Chesney, "Shiftwork," is No. 4.
"George's tremendous achievements and body of work transcends musical genre and will make this channel a must-listen for all music fans across the country," said Eric Logan, executive vice president of programming for XM Radio.
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