Artist: Lynam
Genre(s):
Rock
Discography:
Slave To The Machine
Year: 2006
Tracks: 12
A spring in their step
Thursday, 26 June 2008
Lynam
Artist: Lynam
Genre(s):
Rock
Discography:
Slave To The Machine
Year: 2006
Tracks: 12
A spring in their step
Divine Heresy
Artist: Divine Heresy
Genre(s):
Rock
Discography:
Bleed the Fifth!
Year: 2007
Tracks: 10
Even if he had retired from public life to raise goats in North Dakota, guitarist Dino Cazares' heavy alloy bequest would throw been indefinitely perpetuated thanks to his groundbreaking ceremony turn in the nineties with Fear Factory, one of the number 1 bands that successfully soldered industrial elements to metal, piece introducing the synchronised habit of both gruesomely growled vocals and melodic singing that became so popular in the 2000s. All the while, Cazares was of course simultaneously involved with the controversial Latino death alloy gang Brujeria and, afterwards, their stillborn offshoot, Asesino, only after laying relatively low for several long time, the guitar player would embark on his first-class honours degree significant post-Fear Factory project via a brand new dance orchestra named Divine Heresy. Teaming up with singer Tommy "Vext" Cummings, bassist Joe Payne (ex-Nile, world Health Organization replaced early member Risha Eryavec), and drummer Tim Yeung (ex-Vital Remains, Hate Eternal, All That Remains, etc.), Cazares released Divine Heresy's debut album, Bleed the Fifth, in 2007.
The future of TV is written in Internet leaks
LEAKED: Somebody at my favourite TV blog -- TVtattle.com -- must have let their curiosity do the (net)surfing for them, because they discovered that at least two of this fall�s big new shows have already been leaked to online file-sharing networks, months in advance of their premieres. J. J. Abrams new X-Filesesque Fringe is out there, as is True Blood, Alan �Six Feet Under� Ball�s new vampire show for HBO.
The TVtattle blogger found them on a site called Insomniac Times, whose proprietor posts about alternate energy tech and other geeky stuff along with the odd leaked file that's making its way onto sharing sites like Pirate Bay. A quick search on btjunkie revealed that both shows have already been disseminated pretty widely, with hundreds of �seeders� for True Blood alone.
Now, I realize that I�m being a naughty boy by even talking about this stuff, but the fact is that screeners get leaked all the time and if you�re really hot to see a show, either a few weeks or months after it�s aired or even just as long in advance, chances are you�ll probably be able to find it out there in the internet�s capacious grey zones. The media is usually blamed, but by the time newspapers and magazines have been serviced with sneak previews of new shows, they�ve usually already made their appearance online, put there by someone a bit higher in the screener food chain at the studios or their production and duplication houses.
Having finished product available long before it�s supposed to be broadcast � even if it�s theoretically meant for a select audience � is the real problem, since simple laws of supply and demand, not to mention human nature, means that leaks will happen no matter how much security is put in place. Lawsuits won�t work either, Hollywood homies � just ask your depressed buddies in the music business.
What�s required at this point is a whole new way of looking at production and programming. A change that�s basically revolutionary, if you�re a network executive working with a business model that hasn�t changed since Burns And Allen was a radio show. Forget broadcasting, fall debuts, even seasons; with a pilot in hand, the networks � or any producer with access to a distribution network online � can make a show available and gauge audience response accordingly, all at a fraction of the cost of producing episodes in advance of demand.
Every fall, shows fall by the wayside after just a handful of aired episodes, while even more are in the can. Networks then scramble for replacements for the now-vacant time slot -- much to the consternation of advertisers. Every year, this system looks more and more precarious and the sense of dissatisfaction and anxiety increases, while the audiences have already begun consuming programming the way they want � at their leisure. The future, at least for TV, is now � somebody just has to tell the networks.
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Wednesday, 25 June 2008
Wax
Artist: Wax
Genre(s):
Rock
Discography:
American English
Year: 1987
Tracks: 10
Magnetic Heaven
Year: 1986
Tracks: 10
Aesma Daeva
Artist: Aesma Daeva
Genre(s):
Ethnic
Discography:
The New Athens Ethos
Year: 2003
Tracks: 14
The Eros Of Frigid Beauty
Year: 2002
Tracks: 8
Here Lies One Whose Name Was Written In Water
Year: 2000
Tracks: 12
Sarah Vaughan and Milton Nascimento
Elton Dean
Artist: Elton Dean
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Just Us
Year: 2007
Tracks: 7
Two's and Three's
Year: 1994
Tracks: 7
British saxist Elton Dean was one of the key figures in British unloose wind for decades. Closely affiliated with the Canterbury conniption, Dean -- born in Nottingham on October 28, 1945 -- had a résumé far more wide-ranging and than that tag would delineate. Dean began his professional career with Long John Baldry's Bluesology in 1967 -- the piano player in that band was Reginald Dwight, wHO found later stardom under the Elton John stage name formed by combining the "Elton" from Elton Dean and "John" from Long John Baldry. Dean left wing Baldry's outfit and helped to form the Keith Tippett half a dozen. They recorded iI albums for the Vertigo tag between 1967 and 1969.
In 1969, Dean left wing the group to join Soft Machine. The batting order of Dean, Robert Wyatt, Hugh Hopper, and Mike Ratledge is at present legendary as Dean played on the band's finest recording, Third. Dean left wing the band in 1972 after the transcription of Twenty percent. Dean's résumé afterward Soft Machine was a manic film over of activity. While in the band he took part in the Centipede project, and subsequently going he joined the Brotherhood of Breath in 1973, the Carla Bley Band in 1977, and Keith Tippett's Ark from 1978-1979. He likewise formed Soft Heap in 1978 and became a member of the London Jazz Composers' Orchestra in 1982. The 1990s saw Dean move through an astounding identification number of projects, as he collaborated with everyone from Paul Rutherford and Annie Whitehead to Roswell Rudd, Marcio Mattos, and Keith Tippett's fully grown band.
As the 2000s began, Dean continued recording and touring, showcasing his highly idiosyncratic yet clever method acting of composition and complexly staggered harmonical and polytonal improvisational inventions. His brobdingnagian number of unreleased recordings were as well parceled out to respective labels for spillage, adding to an already abundant archive. Although Dean had foregone Soft Machine stake in 1972 to quest after freer jazz contexts for his improvisational abilities, over the geezerhood he continued to perform and record with bands featuring other musicians from the Softs orbit, including Soft Works with bassist Hopper, drummer John Marshall, and guitar player Allan Holdsworth (heard on 2003's Abracadabra) and Soft Machine Legacy with guitar player John Etheridge replacing Holdsworth (heard on 2005's Alive in Zaandam). Despite ill health, Dean had been planning to accept portion in a February 2006 tour of duty with Soft Machine Legacy; however, he died on the eighth of that month at the age of 60, leaving slow a catalog of pioneering operate in British jazz-rock, new wave wind, free jazz, and originative improvisation spanning over 35 age.
Angelina Wants a Natural Birth
Amid swirling reports that Angelina Jolie is on bed-rest and close to giving birth � so close, that the French media jumped the gun and announced the actress had already delivered her twins last week � the heavily pregnant actress has begun telling friends that she hopes to give birth naturally to her twin girls.
"She prepared for a natural child birth for Shiloh and was very disappointed when her doctors told her she would have to undergo a Cesarean section," a source close to Angelina tells OK!. "She is praying everything will go her way and she will be able to enjoy a natural birth."
The most important thing to Angie, however is to protect her babies. The actress and her partner Brad Pitt are taking every pre-caution to ensure a safe delivery, reserving a private birthing room at Le Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace in Monaco, and hiring a midwife and two French nurses who are currently staying with her at Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's compound in St.-Jean-Cap-Ferrat.
"Whether Angelina experiences natural childbirth or has a scheduled C-section, she will not go to full term with the twins," the source says. "She's been told to expect the babies early, and that was the reason she and Brad went early to France � so they would be ready for their babies whenever they decide to make their appearance."
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Winehouse Undergoes More Tests, But Still Plans To Sing This Month
Latest: Singer Amy Winehouse underwent medical scans and tests in a London hospital on Thursday , three days after she collapsed at home. The troubled star was admitted into a private clinic in Marylebone on Monday after she fainted in her London home. Tests to determine the cause of the collapse have so far proved inconclusive, but on Tuesday , the 24-year-old was allegedly warned by health experts her drug addiction will end her life - unless she manages to kick her habit once and for all. Winehouse's spokesman Chris Goodman released a statement on Thursday, revealing the 24-year-old remains under close watch. He says, "Amy has undergone more scans and tests and we are awaiting the verdict of her doctors." Goodman also claimed Winehouse is still on course to perform at a concert marking Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday on 27 June, and at England's Glastonbury Festival a day later. He adds, "At present, she still intends to perform at the two scheduled dates next week. However, a decision will be made entirely upon the advice of her doctors and in her best interests."
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Damon Albarn's musical makes London debut
Damon Albarn's debut opera, 'Monkey: Journey To The West', will makes its first ever appearance in Londonnext month.
The first date, showing at London's Royal Opera House, will take place between July 23 and 26.
The show's premiere season sold out at the Manchester International Festival in 2007.
Performances also sold out in Paris and America.
The contemporary opera, composed by ex-Blur man Albarn, designed by Gorillaz co-founder Jamie Hewlett and directed by Chen Shi-Zheng, uses nearly 40 chinese performers ranging from acrobats to martial artists to singers and has an orchestra that combines Chinese and Western instruments.
Tickets will go on sale from tomorrow (June 12) at 2pm.
To check the availability of Monkey Opera tickets and get all the latest listings, go to NME.COM/GIGS now, or call 0871 230 1094.
For more information go to Roh.co.uk.
The first date, showing at London's Royal Opera House, will take place between July 23 and 26.
The show's premiere season sold out at the Manchester International Festival in 2007.
Performances also sold out in Paris and America.
The contemporary opera, composed by ex-Blur man Albarn, designed by Gorillaz co-founder Jamie Hewlett and directed by Chen Shi-Zheng, uses nearly 40 chinese performers ranging from acrobats to martial artists to singers and has an orchestra that combines Chinese and Western instruments.
Tickets will go on sale from tomorrow (June 12) at 2pm.
To check the availability of Monkey Opera tickets and get all the latest listings, go to NME.COM/GIGS now, or call 0871 230 1094.
For more information go to Roh.co.uk.
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