Album Review: Supergrass, "Diamond Hoo Ha" (EMI) & other

Download Suburban Knight

2008-08-14T18:07:00.001-07:00

Artist: Suburban Knight: mp3 download

   Genre(s):

Dance

Discography:

The Art Of Stalking

Year: 1990

Tracks: 2

A crucial number on the outskirts of Detroit techno since the mid-'80s, James Pennington's recordings as the Suburban Knight pioneered the moodier side of the Motor City with classics like "The Art of Stalking" and "The Groove." And though he collaborated on the biggest hit to follow out of Detroit, the techno-pop giant "Full-grown Fun" by Inner City, he later recorded with subterraneous mainstays like Underground Resistance. It was through and through his connection with some other Detroit mainstay, Derrick May, that Pennington began transcription. May had set up his possess Transmat Records in 1986, and Suburban Knight debuted the following year with the third expiration for the label, "The Groove." He had besides been working with Kevin Saunderson, and co-wrote "Bighearted Fun" with Saunderson and Art Forrest. After vocals were added by Paris Grey and the track record was released, it became a worldwide hit and virtually defined early Detroit techno for many foreigners.

Though Pennington only released one more than single for Transmat, it was the dark authoritative "The Art of Stalking." He didn't button a good deal on any other labels either, instead declaratory his condition as one of the cover techno DJs and made trips the worldly concern over. With the rise of Detroit's moment wave in the early '90s, Pennington became a wise man for Mike Banks and the Underground Resistance crew. With UR, he co-produced the singles "Nocturbulous Behavior" and "Dark Energy." He besides featured on the Submerge label compilation Astuteness Charge, Vol. 3, and produced tracks for Underground Resistance's 1998 full-length Interstellar Fugitives.

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Cheech and Chong plan joint tour

2008-08-06T19:27:00.001-07:00

Will begin stand-up clowning dates in September

With a pot-dealing suburban widow earning Emmy nominations and Harold & Kumar mining boxoffice Acapulco gold, Pedro and the Man are back to

Lil Wayne - Lil Wayne Lands A Million Sales To Top Us Album Charts

2008-06-27T16:26:00.001-07:00

Rapper LIL WAYNE has cemented his status as America's biggest name in hip-hop by scoring the biggest album sales week in over three years.

The tattooed hitmaker has stunned chart watchers by debuting his new album Tha Carter III at the top of the new Billboard 200 chart with over one million first week sales.

It's the first time any artist has scored a sales week of over a million copies of an album since 50 Cent debuted big with The Massacre in 2005.

It's a good week for rap and hip-hop all round as Plies debuts Definition of Real at two, with 215,000 opening week sales.

Chart compilation Now 28, last week's chart topper from rockers the Disturbed and Usher's Here I Stand complete the new top five.

Other high new entries on the countdown include N.E.R.D.'s Seeing Sounds at number seven and Alanis Morissette's Flavors of Entanglement at eight.

And, after thrilling Bonnaroo Festival fans with a three-hour set on Friday night (13Jun08), My Morning Jacket score their first top 10 album - Evil Urges debuts at nine.

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Texas

2008-06-19T18:50:00.001-07:00

Artist: Texas

   Genre(s):
ROck: Alternative
   Rock: Pop-Rock
   Rock
   Pop

Discography:


Southside

   Year: 2005
Tracks: 11


Red Book

   Year: 2005
Tracks: 15


Careful What You Wish For

   Year: 2003
Tracks: 12


Texas - Greatest Hits

   Year: 2002
Tracks: 16


Texas - Greatest Hits/Song Book/16 Trx

   Year: 2001
Tracks: 16


The Hush

   Year: 1999
Tracks: 12


White on Blonde

   Year: 1997
Tracks: 14


Ricks Road

   Year: 1994
Tracks: 11


Mothers Heaven

   Year: 1991
Tracks: 11


Rareties

   Year:
Tracks: 16

The Red Violin - 6/3/2008

2008-06-12T00:12:00.001-07:00

A sprawling epic and a would-be masterpiece, The Red Violin is the story of an ill-fated violin, from the moment it is crafted in 1600s Italy to the day it is sold at auction in millennial Canada. The violin is passed through 1700s Vienna, to an Oxford virtuoso in the 1800s, and on to Mao's China for spell before landing in the lap of Samuel L. Jackson's instrument appraiser. Following the checkered past of such a fateful instrument makes you feel a bizarre sense of connection with it. But ultimately the movie rings a tad hollow -- with contrived plot points and an unbearable and unbelievable finale. But never mind that -- Violin is a grandiose production that should be seen and enjoyed.

Aka Le Violon Rouge.

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Joely Richardson - Richardson Refutes African Adoption Reports

2008-06-06T02:40:00.001-07:00

NIP/TUCK star JOELY RICHARDSON has denied reports she is set to follow in the footsteps of MADONNA and ANGELINA JOLIE and adopt a baby orphan from Africa.

The British actress recently admitted she was considering adoption after visiting an African orphanage.

But the 43-year-old claims she came away from the trip with a new perspective about adoption.

She says, "I spoke to a woman who works at an orphanage and she said that they encourage as much help and support for the orphanage as we can give, but ideally they like a child not to be taken out of their natural environment. And that stuck with me.

"I just think it's about what's in the child's best interests."

But Richardson - who has a 16-year-old daughter, Daisy - has praised Madonna's adoption of Malawian tot David Banda and her subsequent fundraising for other Malawian orphans via her Raising Malawi organisation, insisting her selfless efforts are heroic.

She adds, "There are exceptions, obviously, as in Madonna's case, when you have a great support system and can reinvest a lot in to a country, the way she has done."

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Astrud Gilberto

2008-05-25T21:29:00.001-07:00

Artist: Astrud Gilberto

   Genre(s):
Jazz

Discography:


Jazz Masters 9

   Year: 1994
Tracks: 16


The Silver Collection

   Year: 1991
Tracks: 24


The Astrud Gilberto Album

   Year: 1987
Tracks: 14


The Girl From Ipanema

   Year: 1977
Tracks: 10


A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness

   Year: 1966
Tracks: 13


Getz/Gilberto

   Year: 1963
Tracks: 10

The honey-toned chanteuse on the surprise Brazilian crossover strike "The Girl From Ipanema," Astrud Gilberto parlayed her antecedently unscheduled appearance (and professional singing debut) on the sung dynasty into a drawn-out vocation that resulted in closely a twelve albums for Verve and a successful playing calling that lasted into the '90s. Though her appearance at the studio to record "The Girl From Ipanema" was due only when to her hubby JoÃ£o, one of the most renowned Brazilian artists of the century, Gilberto's singular, quavery whole tone and undisguised naÃ¯vetÃ© propelled the sung dynasty into the charts and influenced a variety of sources in world-wide pop music.

Born in Bahia, Gilberto affected to Rio de Janeiro at an early years. She'd had no professional musical experience of any genial until 1963, the year of her inspect to New York with her hubby, JoÃ£o Gilberto, in a transcription session headed by Stan Getz. Getz had already recorded several albums influenced by Brazilian rhythms, and Verve teamed him with the bat of Brazilian euphony, Antonio Carlos Jobim and JoÃ£o Gilberto, for his next record album. Producer Creed Taylor wanted a few English vocals for uttermost crossover potentiality, and as it off out, Astrud was the only Brazilian present with whatsoever grasp of the terminology. After her hubby set down his Portuguese vocals for the first-class honours degree rhyme of his and Jobim's physical composition, "The Girl From Ipanema," Astrud provided a hesitating, heavily accented bit rhyme in English.

Non regular credited on the resulting LP, Getz/Gilberto, Astrud in the end gained renown over a year later, when "The Girl From Ipanema" became a figure five hit in mid-1964. The record album became the best-selling jazz album up to that point, and made Gilberto a star across America. Before the end of the yr, Verve capitalized on the smash with the dismission of Getz Au Go Go, featuring a Getz unrecorded date with Gilberto's vocals added later. Her first-class honours degree factual solo album, The Astrud Gilberto Album, was released in May 1965. Though it just missed the Top 40, the LP's portmanteau word of Brazilian classics and lay standards proving quite a infectious with easygoing hearing audiences.

Though she never returned to the pop charts in America, Verve proven to be rather understanding for Astrud Gilberto's calling, sexual union her with aCE arranger Gil Evans for 1966's Look to the Rainbow and Brazilian organist/arranger Walter Wanderley for the moony A Certain Smile, a Certain Sadness, released later that yr. She remained a immense pop star in Brazil for the rest of the 1960s and '70s, only gradually disappeared in America later her net record album for Verve in 1969. In 1971, she released a lonely record album for CTI (with Stanley Turrentine) just was for the most part forgotten in the U.S. until 1984, when "Girl From Ipanema" recharted in Britain on the tail coat of a neo-bossa hysteria. Gilberto gained world statistical distribution for 1987's Astrud Gilberto Plus the James Last Orchestra.

BB housemates predict evictions

2008-05-21T23:19:00.001-07:00

BB housemates predict evictions

The 'Big Brother: Fame Hijack' housemates have been speechmaking around the upcoming evictions and trying to prognosticate wHO will be going the house next.
According to the show's official internet site, Amy and Nathan have been speculating about wHO is safe and wHO mightiness be forced to leave.
Speaking around the evictions, Amy said: "I'd kind of it be Monday. I can't wait quartet days."
Nathan replied: "I feel the lapplander way as you only I'm non exit to be disappointed."
Amy then said that she "had fears around going on the number one day" and presumed that she would "probably leave in the middle".
Nathan then suggested that Antony, John, Amy, John Jay and Jeremy would work the final examination of the render on Monday.
Amy predicted the Calista and Genus Emilia would be evicted tonight.
Completely of the housemates, except for John and Susan Anthony, ar presently cladding the world vote ahead of tonight's eviction.
John south Korean won resistance from eviction in an earlier job, piece Mark Anthony only received one nomination.
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Cause of death for Kanye's mother unclear

2008-05-06T22:08:00.001-07:00

Cause of death for Kanye's mother unclear

The claim cause of death for rapper Kanye West's mother is "unclear", according to the Los Angeles County Medical examiner.
In a 17-page final pM

Man who took Lost star hostage pleads guilty

2008-05-02T22:10:00.000-07:00

Man who took Lost star hostage pleads guilty

The man world Health Organization took 'Lost' genius Josh Holloway and his married woman surety faces up to 30 days in jail.
Ruben Royce, 23, broke into to the couple's Hawaiian home base in Oct 2005 and threatened them before devising off with their wallets and automobile.
Royce pleaded guilty to 33 felon charges in a Capital of Hawaii tribunal, including trine other robberies, as division of a prosecution buy that could go through him sentenced to up to 30 years behind bars.
He was convicted shoemaker's last month of another robbery, as well as charges including reckless hazard and firearms violations. Royce said he had no melodic theme at the time that Holloway, wHO plays Sawyer beetle in the series, was famous.
"Essentially, he was driving around looking for fancy cars, nice homes and picked certain ones for home invasion," said prosecuting officer Maurice Arrisgado.
He said Holloway and his married woman had been frightened by Royce.
"They persuasion they were sledding to get killed," Arrisgado said. "This guy was very vicious and had no falter in pointing the gas pedal in their face."
Royce will be sentenced on 29 Apr.

Shf Band

2008-05-01T20:15:00.001-07:00

Artist: Shf Band

   Genre(s):
Rock

Discography:


Trouble in Paradise

   Year:
Tracks: 9


Souther Hillman Furay Band

   Year:
Tracks: 10

Eminem recovering from pneumonia

2008-05-01T19:47:00.001-07:00

Eminem recovering from pneumonia

Rapper Eminem is recovering well at his Boodle house subsequently he was hospitalised during the festive season for fondness problems arising from a bout of pneumonia.
The Lose weight Shady lead, real number diagnose E. G. Marshall Mathers Ternion, has been hurt from multiple heath problems of late, and reports claim the star has piled on the pounds as a resultant - he now weighs over 90.7 kilograms.
"Over the holidays, George Catlett Marshall Mathers, aka Eminem, was under doctor's tending at a Detroit-area hospital for complications due to pneumonia," the rapper's publicizer, Dennis Dennehy, confirmed.
Eminem's sickness number 1 was reported by celebrity Web web site TMZ.com.
Eminem, 35, rose to stardom thanks to a number of best-selling CDs, personal lyrics and a starring use in the hit 2002 film '8 Mile.

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Ledger's death is ruled accidental

2008-05-01T19:01:00.001-07:00

Ledger's death is ruled accidental

The death of Australian actor Heath Ledger has been ruled accidental by the Freshly York City Medical Examiner's Office.
The office said today that the 28-year-old thespian died due to the misuse of prescription medications.
A statement said: "Mr Heath Ledger died as the consequence of ague toxic condition by the combined personal effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, xanax, and doxylamine."
"We have concluded that the way of death is accident, resulting from the abuse of prescription medications."
The actor's family unit released a statement locution: "Today's results put an end to surmisal, just our son's beautiful spirit and enduring memory will forever and a day remain in our hearts."
"While no medications were taken in inordinateness, we learned today the combination of doctor-prescribed drugs proved lethal for our boy."
The argument likewise said: "Heath's accidental last serves as a forethought to the hidden dangers of combination prescription medication, even at depression dose."
Ledger was plant dead at his Newly House of York flat on 22 January.

Album Review: Supergrass, "Diamond Hoo Ha" (EMI)

2008-05-01T17:31:00.001-07:00

Album Review: Supergrass, "Diamond Hoo Ha" (EMI)

Alt-rockers Supergrass [ tickets ] climb come out of the dark hole they planted themselves in on "Road to Rouen," their 2005 studio entry, but the yob, flashy "Diamond Hoo Ha" english hawthorn not stage the sort of musical theater procession the group was count on."Rouen"--which came on the heels of the death of frontman Gaz and keyboardist Soak Coombes' mother, along with a tabloid dirt featuring drummer Danny Goffey--found the band in a musically more contemplative zona, just the compositions on the album were imbued with a maturity and pathos that marked a true pinnacle for the Brits band.With the newly "Diamond Hoo Ha," on the other hand, Supergrass returns to the sort of party-all-the-time intelligent rave-ups that marked the group's rising on the UK charts over the last ten. From the head-on undoer and first unity, "Diamond Hoo Ha Man," through the disc's first trey cuts, the action is fierce and unrelenting, merely the songs want the emotional lordliness of before fabric care "Deep in the Daytime" off 1997's "In It For the Money" and "Rouen's" epic poem "Roxy."By the time the boys settle into a to a greater extent relaxed groove on "When I Needed You," the album's one-fourth cartroad, the die has been cast. Supergrass never in truth backs off from full-tilt boogie-woogie modal value until the CD's final examination song, "Butterfly," which recaptures just about of the thaumaturgy of "Rouen" and before efforts.In between, however, the stria serves up a few tasty raves, specially "345"--which matches the fun-loving wildness of "Rush Hour Soulfulness" from 2002's "Life on Other Planets"--and the crackling "Whisky and Green Tea," which bursts forward with uncapped vigor.Contempt the rebuff retreat implied on "Diamond Hoo Ha," fans john be reassured that the stripe has doomed none of its bent for authorship smarting and catchy songs. Regrettably, as electric car and compelling as parts of the album ar, it fails to gibe in the first place, more coherent efforts.