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Hendrix guitar a "flaming bargain"

2008-09-09T18:14:00.001-07:00

A collector wHO paid �280,000 at auction for the number one guitar congeal alight on
stage by rock legend Jimi Hendrix is preparing to take his new purchase menage
to America.

A enthralled Daniel Boucher, 51, Boylston, Massachusetts, aforesaid he idea he
would have to dig deeper in his pocket for the piece of musical history at a
sale of rock 'n' roll memorabilia in east London last dark.

Hendrix torched the 1965 Fender Stratocaster at the end of his demo at the
Astoria in Finsbury Park, north London, in March 1967.

But roadies put out the flames while Hendrix was being treated for minor burns
and his weigh officer, Tony Garland, stored it in his parents' garage in
Hove, East Sussex.

Hendrix later became famous for burning his guitars on stage just this
musical instrument remained undiscovered until final year when it was unearthed by
Garland's nephew.

Another bidder spent �240,000 on the offset management squeeze between The
Beatles and their manager Brian Epstein at the the Fame Bureau's It's More
Than Rock And Roll auction bridge at the Idea Generation Gallery.

The document, billed as the most important music take of all time,
belonged to "fifth Beatle" Epstein, the man of affairs who helped launch the
band later seeing them play at Liverpool's now famous Cavern Club.

He became their manager in 1961 only the constrict was non signed by "John
Winston Lennon", "George Harrison", "James Paul McCartney" and "Richard
Starkey" (Ringo Starr) until January 24, 1962.

Epstein only inked his nominate on the document on October 1, 1962 after getting
the Fab Four a deal with EMI for the release of the exclusive Love Me Do.

He said he did not sign earlier because he wanted the band to be able to walk
away if he could not deliver on his promise to get them a track record deal and a
number one.

The valuable piece of music memorabilia as well features the names of Harold
Hargreaves Harrison and James McCartney, giving consent on behalf of their
sons as they were under 21.

Jim Morrison's last notebook of lyrics and poetry penned in Paris in 1971 just
months before he died sold for �58,000.

Another collector snapped up the lyrics for Sexy Sadie, a song which features
on The Beatles' White Album.

The lyrics were carved into a wooden plaque by John Lennon and represent an
attack on the Maharishi, the Indian guru a lot relied upon by the band.

Lennon changed the name of the call from Maharishi to Sexy Sadie in order to
save young man Beatle George Harrison from embarrassment as he still supported
the man.

The hand-carved cut of woodwind sold for �32,000 - easily below its estimated
leontyne Price of �45,000.

Mr Boucher, world Health Organization works in the music industry, said: "I thought I'd take to pay
a little bit more for the guitar, really. I am going to play it, I hope
some of it rubs off on me."

He declined to divulge what other pieces formed his collection just said he
enjoyed purchasing pieces of musical history.

"It changed music, he raised the bar so high you couldn't catch over it.
Obviously it is an investment, it couldn't not be an investment for that
quantity of money, but I bought it because I like it."

Mr Boucher who plays the guitar himself aforesaid that he would have the catch the
instrument converted for right script playing - Hendrix was left-handed.

Managing director of the Fame Bureau, Ted Owen said that despite inflated
estimates of the reported modesty price, the Hendrix guitar sold for well
over its reserve.

"The auction bridge has the largest array of star lots that we've seen for 15 years.
It was pretty overwhelming."

He said that he was pleased with the functioning of the items sold but
admitted that the Beatles shrink had sold for less than the reserve price.

He aforesaid that the bidders at such an auction included "people world Health Organization are 40-50
plus wHO have nimiety cash, collectors and investors. In the past couple of
years we've seen a number of city funds simply investing in memorabilia. With
the starring items there's always mortal who's passing to put their hand in
their pocket for it. The credit craunch doesn't touch them."

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Download Medwyn Goodal mp3

2008-08-30T18:31:00.001-07:00

Artist: Medwyn Goodal: mp3 download

   Genre(s):

Other

Discography:

Momentum (CD1)

Year: 2004

Tracks: 10

New age Medwyn Goodall was born in Yorkshire, England; godlike by the hits of the Beatles and the Beach Boys, he began playing euphony as a baby, and at 11 met pop sensation Cliff Richard, wHO encouraged the early days to take after a biography history as a performing artist. Goodall began composing original songs as a teenager, earning local ill celebrity with his band Trax; in the geezerhood to comply, he knowledgeable to play a brobdingnagian mount chain of instruments, including mandolin, piano, drums, harp, flute looking glass, orchestral bells, panpipes, vibes and synthesiser, and cut his first base album at historic menses 16. Following a class at fine art college, Goodall open his have transcription studio, producing artists spanning from classical ensembles to strong-armer bands; divine by the natural cosmea, he began creating his have environmental instrumental music, cathartic his debut album Angel Sleep on the New World Music tag in 1989 and peculiar a highly fertile creative person passim the decennary to follow.

Kaisers announce small venue UK tour

2008-08-20T18:32:00.001-07:00

Kaiser Chiefs have announced the details of their first UK tour in 2008.

The band will play eight shows between October 8 and 21 in Leeds, Manchester, Southampton, Reading, Glasgow and Leicester.

Ricky Wilson's band

Bernie Brillstein dies of heart disease

2008-08-10T18:23:00.001-07:00

Was talent agent, handler, producer, studio chief

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Bernie Brillstein, the brash and gregarious old school Hollywood fixture who worked his way up from the WMA mailroom in 1956 to become one of the most powerful and respected brokers of talent in the entertainment business, has died. He was 77.

Brillstein died Thursday night at the Barlow Respiratory Hospital in Los Angeles of what was described as chronic hindering pulmonary disease.

A showbiz hyphen before the term was even coined, Brillstein served as a talent agent, manager, producer and studio apartment head during a career that spanned more than a half-century. Along the way, he guided the careers of many of the top comedians and comedy writers the industry has produced, dating to the launch of "Saturday Night Live" in the mid-1970s. They included original "SNL" players John Belushi, Gilda Radner and Dan Aykroyd as well as creator/executive manufacturer Lorne Michaels.

"I spoke to Bernie well-nigh days over the past times 36 years," a melancholy Michaels aforementioned Friday. "For my contemporaries, he was a aim link to show clientele in the 1950s and '60s in New York. But beyond that, he was merely the c. H. Best human organism. He loved talent and he loved show business, yet what was most remarkable was the mode Bernie someways kept his balance in a earth where the great unwashed do barely awful things to each other. He never gave up his heart. He was one of the most comely and generous people I've ever known."

Brillstein presided over three management and production companies during his career as a rep and packager of countless major movie and TV deals. He founded the Brillstein Co. in 1969, which morphed into Brillstein-Grey Entertainment with spouse Brad Grey in 1991 and finally Brillstein Entertainment Partners final year.

Grey, wHO bought out Brillstein's involvement in Brillstein-Grey before moving to Paramount Pictures to serve as the studio's chairman in 2005, said Friday: "I will lose Bernie every day. Speaking to him and sharing with him was such a rudimentary and meaningful part of my casual life that it's a huge loss for me both personally and professionally. With Bernie, it was impossible to separate those two."

Calling Brillstein "a man who lived and voiceless our business sector," Grey added that "in this day and age, we canful all function a profound dose of the kind of values Bernie carried with him every day. The rudiments and basic principle and joyfulness of the entertainment business to him were e'er contagious."

Energetic, scheming and blessed with a keen comedic eye, Brillstein also long steered the fortunes of such industry players as Brad Pitt, Adam Sandler, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Aniston, Muppets creator Jim Henson, Bill Maher, Dennis Miller, David Spade, Gary Sinise, Ed O'Neill, Courteney Cox, Natalie Portman, John Stamos, Andy Garcia, Jimmy Smits, Martin Short, Rob Lowe, Dana Carvey, John Larroquette, Bob Odenkirk and writer Alan Zweibel.

Wearing his producer hat, Brillstein had a hand in steering to the heavy screen "Ghostbusters," "Dragnet," "Happy Gilmore," "Spies Like Us," "The Blues Brothers" and "The Cable Guy," patch in TV he eXEC produced shows ranging from the NBC comedies "Buffalo Bill," "The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd" and "ALF" to Showtime's "It's Garry Shandling's Show." He's likewise credited with having helped bring both "SNL" and HBO's "The Sopranos" to TV, the latter in partnership with Grey.

Indeed, Brillstein was ane of the first of the Hollywood power players to successfully package his client talent in projects he produced. But beyond his legendary instincts and sharp negotiating skills, Brillstein was as adept at playing the father figure and making the gift under his wing feel special.

"You're a wife. You really are," Brillstein told CNN in 1999. "You take aid of everything and have them ready for the day."

Brillstein's saucy and open 1999 memoir of his years in show business, "Where Did I Go Right? You're No One in Hollywood Unless Someone Wants You Dead," logged 10 weeks on the Los Angeles Times bestseller list.

Brillstein is survived by his wife of 10 years, Carrie; sons Michael Brillstein, David Koskoff and Nick Koskoff; daughters Kate and Leigh Brillstein; son-in-law Abe Hoch; and a grandson, Alden.

A memorial volition be held at 6 p.m. Monday at UCLA's Royce Hall, with a reception immediately following.

In lieu of flowers, the crime syndicate requests donations be directed to Barlow Respiratory Research Center, 2000 Stadium Way, Los Angeles, CA, 90026.

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Jackson and His Computer Band

2008-07-02T00:31:00.001-07:00

Artist: Jackson and His Computer Band

   Genre(s):
Indie

Discography:

Smash

Year:
Tracks: 14

The Backyardigans

2008-06-22T03:31:00.001-07:00

Artist: The Backyardigans

   Genre(s):
Other

Discography:

Backyardigans

Year:
Tracks: 12

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U.K. pop duo Ting Tings building buzz in America

2008-06-14T17:48:00.001-07:00

LONDON (Billboard) - U.K. indie-rock duo the Ting Tings topped the U.K. charts in May with both the supremely catchy single "That's Not My Name" and their debut album -- and are now taking on America.

Singer/guitarist Katie White and drummer Jules de Martino performed on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" Friday, and promptly launched a 10-date mini tour. Their June 13 stop at Los Angeles' Troubadour quickly sold out.

Their album, "We Started Nothing," was released June 3 in the United States via Columbia, which initially shipped 65,000 units. A May 20 digital release -- alongside a vinyl version through indie retailers -- has shifted 9,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

The buzz has been helped by an iPod commercial featuring the song "Shut Up and Let Me Go," and an energetic performance at the South By Southwest music festival in Texas last March.

The video for "Shut Up and Let Me Go" will have its world premiere June 13 on MTV. The song climbed to No. 55 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart last month.

De Martino says the Ting Tings emerged "accidentally" from failed band Dear Eskimo, which was dropped from Mercury U.K. before it released an album.

That experience left them "distraught," he says, but the duo's response was to throw live music parties at the artists' community where it is based in Manchester.

"We're just very lucky we met each other and got through that really awful period in our last band," de Martino says.

Brian Wilson Returns to Capitol Records / EMI, His Original Label Home

2008-06-01T20:23:00.001-07:00

NEW STUDIO ALBUM, 'THAT LUCKY OLD SUN,' TO BE RELEASED SEPTEMBER 2 ON CD,
DELUXE CD/DVD, LIMITED EDITION VINYL & DIGITALLY
'You don't have to climb the Capitol tower, or play the Hollywood Bowl, if
there's a roll in your heart, and a rock in your soul...' (lyrics from That
Lucky Old Sun's 'California Role')

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., May 19 -- He is one of popular music's
most deeply revered figures, a legendary writer, producer, arranger and
performer of some of the most cherished music in rock history. Indeed, it
is no exaggeration to call Brian Wilson one of the most gifted and
influential pop composers of the last 50 years. Today, Wilson announces his
return to Capitol Records / EMI, his original label home. Wilson's new
studio recording, That Lucky Old Sun, will be released by Capitol/EMI on
CD, CD/DVD, limited edition vinyl and digitally on September 2 (September 1
internationally).

Brian Wilson's return to Capitol Records / EMI, where The Beach Boys
caught their first hit wave with the 1962 classic, "Surfin' Safari/409," is
a triumphant homecoming for one of the world's most gifted and beloved
musical talents.

"I'm thrilled to be back home with Capitol, and I'm looking forward to
sharing That Lucky Old Sun with everyone," says Brian Wilson. "This music
is really special to me."

"We are delighted to be working with Brian Wilson for his new album,
That Lucky Old Sun," says Guy Hands, Executive Chairman of EMI Music. "We
all remember the feeling we got when we first heard The Beach Boys' music.
My particular favorite classic is 'Surfer Girl.' It always reminds me of
driving an open top car down the Pacific Coast Highway from Santa Barbara
to Malibu. Brian Wilson is an iconic talent with enormous musical influence
all over the world and we are very proud to be representing him."

A musical love letter from Southern California, That Lucky Old Sun
shimmers with sun-dappled choruses and arrangements that swell and swirl as
if carried by the Pacific tides. One of the songs, "Midnight's Another
Day," has been described by MOJO magazine as "glorious." The album is
narrated in transitional interludes spoken by Wilson as 'That Lucky Old
Sun,' the storyteller. The narratives, cameos on life and the heartbeat of
Los Angeles, propel the album's musical story.

Last summer, Wilson found himself singing the 1949 classic song, "That
Lucky Old Sun," which became the inspiration for a unique approach to what
would become his next studio release. He bought Louis Armstrong's version
of the track and was inspired to collaborate lyrically with his band mate
Scott Bennett, and with Van Dyke Parks, his old 'sidekick,' to create
vibrant spoken narratives. Wilson debuted That Lucky Old Sun at London's
Royal Festival Hall in September 2007 in a series of six sold-out and
critically-acclaimed concert performances celebrating the theatre's
restoration.

Wilson describes That Lucky Old Sun as an "interwoven series of
'rounds' with interspersed spoken word," and as an autobiographical
travelogue of sorts. The new studio album is produced by Wilson and was
created with his acclaimed band at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, where he
first recorded in 1962.

The new release is the dawning of a new California morning for Brian
Wilson, continuing the awe-inspiring concept album journey that he first
began four decades ago. Wilson's songwriting, arranging and producing
talents came together in harmonious glory for The Beach Boys' 1966 classic,
Pet Sounds, and have continued to evolve during his solo career,
highlighted by his 2004 critically acclaimed Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE.
Lyrically and in Wilson's incomparably lush, evocative arrangements, That
Lucky Old Sun adds a new chapter to Wilson's conceptual presentations,
reaching ever higher with his vibrant and moving autobiographical
storytelling and intricate harmonies.

Following numerous nominations, Wilson won a well-deserved Grammy Award
for Best Rock Instrumental Performance (2004) for "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow" and
he was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2006. Last December, he
was feted as a leading cultural icon by The Kennedy Center Honors alongside
Diana Ross, Martin Scorsese, Steve Martin and Leon Fleisher.

Brian Wilson and his band will perform a number of his classic hits and
compositions at select North American and UK concerts this summer.

Brian Wilson: That Lucky Old Sun
1. That Lucky Old Sun
2. Morning Beat
3. That Lucky Old Sun (narrative)
4. Good Kind Of Love
5. Forever My Surfer Girl
6. That Lucky Old Sun (narrative)
7. Live Let Live
8. Mexican Girl
9. That Lucky Old Sun (narrative)
10. California Role
11. That Lucky Old Sun (narrative)
12. Oxygen
13. Can't Wait Too Long (vocal excerpt)
14. Midnight's Another Day
15. Going Home
16. Southern California

Brian Wilson: Confirmed Concert Dates
June 28 London (UK) English Heritage Picnic Concerts
June 29 Ipswich (UK) Regent Theatre
July 1 London (UK) Royal Albert Hall
July 8 Niagara Falls, ON Niagara Fallsview Casino
(Avalon Ballroom)
July 9 Ottawa, ON Ottawa Blues Fest
July 12 Highmount, NY Belleayre Mountain Ski Center
July 13 Hampton Beach, NH Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
Sept. 12/13/14 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl

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Colin Hay Band

2008-05-25T21:03:00.000-07:00

Artist: Colin Hay Band

   Genre(s):
Pop

Discography:

Wayfaring Sons

Year: 1990
Tracks: 10

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Devadip Carlos Santana and Turiya Alice Coltrane

2008-05-21T22:53:00.001-07:00

Artist: Devadip Carlos Santana and Turiya Alice Coltrane

   Genre(s):
Instrumental

Discography:

Illuminations

Year: 1998
Tracks: 5

Gilberto Gil comes to America

Lily Allen pregnancy now confirmed

2008-05-11T23:10:00.001-07:00

Lily Allen pregnancy now confirmed

British people pop star Lily Ethan Allen is pregnant with her number one tike.
The singer reportedly establish come out of the closet she was expecting Chemical Brothers star Ed Simons' child last month, just only if recently revealed the news to family members, including her actor male parent Keith.
In a argument released today, a interpreter said: "I am pleased to confirm that Lily Woody Allen and her beau Ed Simons ar expecting their number one kid. Withal, as the pregnancy is at a really, rattling early stage, the match inquire that you deference their privacy, as the wellness of Lily and their baby is their paramount concern."
The statement continued: "As the pregnancy is at such an early stage the duet will be making no further comment merely they ar manifestly both thrilled by the news. Lily's freshly album testament be released as planned next class."
A generator told the British paper the Sunday: "Lily is thrilled to be pregnant and can't wait to become a dendranthema grandifloruom. She's a real folk person.
"Ed's very happy. He is truly looking at after her."
The 22-year-old has been geological dating Simons, 37, since Sept.

Louis Walsh slams new show Rock Rivals

2008-05-11T21:25:00.001-07:00

Louis Walsh slams new show Rock Rivals

'X Factor' label Joseph Louis Barrow Walsh has blasted the new drama series 'Rock Rivals' for being unrealistic.
Walsh told The Mirror: "There's far more drama on 'The X Factor' in any week than there's belike to be in this whole series."
"I was so excited when I sat pop to watch it. I expected it to be great," he said.
"I had spent a unit day on adjust doing a cameo and they cut me. I was annoyed, merely now I've seen it I'm gladiola that I ended up on the cut room trading floor. It could have been so good story and real just it isn't."
Walsh also said that the present didn't show up enough of the contention that exists betwixt the judges on reality shows.
He said: "They didn't enchant the tension and the drama on the show between the book of Judges and the contestants - especially the judges."

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NEIL DIAMOND

2008-05-11T20:20:00.000-07:00

NEIL DIAMOND

Home Before Darkness (Columbia): B-

Haystack Rubin is attempting to do for Baseball diamond what he did for Johnny Reb John Cash with the “American Recordings” series. Problem is, Diamond doesn’t scintillate in the roughly like Johnny Cash.
Long maligned as a hopeless cheeseball and equally celebrated as an underappreciated wizardry, Diamond proves he’s both on his second austere, acoustic, Rubin-produced album. One-half the songs ar gems seething with real emotional honesty, among them “Roleplay Like a Valet de chambre,” the Natalie Maines duet “Another Day,” and the jaunty, cleaned-up hillbilly arrangement of “Forgotten.”
The other half? Corny to the core. Reckon “The Major power of II,” where with the strut and bluster of Henry Martyn Robert Goulet on a three-day inebriate, Rhombus sings, “Like a microbe that’s stuck in a bowl/Climbing out’s impossible yet/He keeps trying harder.” Yes, he’s made a male bug’s Sisyphean undertaking a metaphor for his hunting for dear. Belly laugh. You topper download “Forgotten” - and and then break come out “Hot August Night” to get gear up for Diamond’s Aug. 23 Fenway Park [represent] show up.

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Maldoror

2008-05-11T19:45:00.000-07:00

Artist: Maldoror

   Genre(s):
Industrial

Discography:

She

Year: 1999
Tracks: 13

Faith No More/Mr. Blow singer Microphone Patton and upset manipulator Masami Akita of Merzbow collaborated below the nominate Maldoror, blend the extreme vocals Patton displayed on his solo albums for Whoremonger Zorn's Tzadik tag and Akita's intense sonics. Maldoror's debut She was released in 1999 on Patton's Ipecac tag.

Coens triumph at Critics' Choice Awards

2008-05-11T18:52:00.001-07:00

Coens triumph at Critics' Choice Awards

The Coen Brothers latest film 'No Res publica For Old Men' was the big achiever at the 2008 Critics' Pick Awards in Los Angeles finish night.
The film landed tercet awards including the coveted Best Pic accolade.
Joel and Ethan Coen shared the Topper Director trophy while the Topper Supporting Actor category went to Javier Bardem.
The awards ar precondition out by the Diffuse Celluloid Critics Association and have ofttimes served as a goodness indicator as to wHO may pick up Academy Award nominations afterwards this calendar month.
Unlike the Golden Globes the awards ar not covered by Writer's Social club contracts so they were non affected by the ongoing hit which has forced the cancellation of the prestigious Golden Globe Awards.
Other winners at the event included Daniel Day Lewis, wHO picked up Best Doer for his character in 'There Will Be Blood', and Julie Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, world Health Organization north Korean won Best Actress for 'Away From Her'.

Mike Koglin Vs Energy Dai

2008-05-11T17:52:00.001-07:00

Artist: Mike Koglin Vs Energy Dai

   Genre(s):
Trance

Discography:

Reloaded

Year: 2007
Tracks: 2