Artist: Paul Sutin
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Seraphim
Year:
Tracks: 8
Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Thursday, 26 June 2008
The Otwz
Artist: The Otwz
Genre(s):
Breakbeat
Discography:
Matchball And Srsmd (NOCAT) Vinyl
Year: 2004
Tracks: 2
Thursday, 12 June 2008
Madonna's brother to publish book on life with her
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pop star Madonna's brother Christopher Ciccone has written a memoir called "Life With My Sister Madonna," to be published next month by Simon and Schuster.
"Ciccone's extraordinary memoir is based on his life and 47 years of growing up with and working with his sister -- the most famous woman in the world," Simon and Schuster imprint Simon Spotlight Entertainment said.
Ciccone, one of Madonna's five siblings, wrote the book with Wendy Leigh. She has also written biographies of John F. Kennedy Jr, Britain's Prince Edward, Liza Minelli and ghost-written Zsa Zsa Gabor's autobiography.
Madonna's spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg had no comment.
Madonna, whose original name was Madonna Louise Ciccone, made her debut in 1982. Her first album, "Madonna," which included hits such as "Holiday," "Borderline" and "Lucky Star," helped her become one of the best-selling pop artists, with more than 200 million albums sold worldwide.
The book will be published on July 15, a month before Madonna celebrates her 50th birthday.
(Reporting by Michelle Nichols and Xavier Briand)
"Ciccone's extraordinary memoir is based on his life and 47 years of growing up with and working with his sister -- the most famous woman in the world," Simon and Schuster imprint Simon Spotlight Entertainment said.
Ciccone, one of Madonna's five siblings, wrote the book with Wendy Leigh. She has also written biographies of John F. Kennedy Jr, Britain's Prince Edward, Liza Minelli and ghost-written Zsa Zsa Gabor's autobiography.
Madonna's spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg had no comment.
Madonna, whose original name was Madonna Louise Ciccone, made her debut in 1982. Her first album, "Madonna," which included hits such as "Holiday," "Borderline" and "Lucky Star," helped her become one of the best-selling pop artists, with more than 200 million albums sold worldwide.
The book will be published on July 15, a month before Madonna celebrates her 50th birthday.
(Reporting by Michelle Nichols and Xavier Briand)
Top cop snorts at stars
Britain's most senior police officer said on Friday that pop stars and celebrities who are pictured apparently taking drugs should be put on trial to prove they were snorting talcum powder and not cocaine.London Metropolitan Police Commissioner Ian Blair said he wanted juries to decide whether famous figures caught on film were indeed taking illegal drugs even if it was impossible for police to prove what the substance actually was.A number of well-known stars, such as supermodel Kate Moss and Grammy-winning soul singer Amy Winehouse, have been pictured in national newspapers allegedly taking drugs, prompting police investigations that led to no charges.In an interview with the London Evening Standard, he said he had "directly asked" the Crown Prosecution Service whether it was reasonable celebrities should go on trial when "we can't tell what kind of white powder that is".- REUTERS
Van Halen tour grosses $93 million
Not only did classic rockers Van Halen [ tickets ] defy Vegas odds-makers by completing all of the dates on their 2007/2008 semi-reunion tour--abeit with a few speedbumps--the group also raked in more cash than on any of its previous outings.The run--which launched in late September of last year and wrapped up last night with a finale in Grand Rapids, MI--grossed more than $93 million over the course of its 74 arena dates, according to the tour's promoter, Live Nation. A total of nearly 1 million fans attended the tour, Live Nation said in a press release."We send our thanks to the countless new and longtime fans that helped make this tour our most successful," the members of Van Halen said in a joint statement. "We also send special gratitude to the tireless efforts of the Van Halen touring crew, Live Nation and the media, as well as opening acts Ky Mani Marley and Ryan Shaw."Early last year, Van Halen announced plans to mount a 2007 summer tour that would mark the return of original frontman David Lee Roth, who split with the group more than two decades ago. The outing was postponed when guitarist Eddie Van Halen entered a rehab facility in the spring of that year.After chugging along from last fall through early 2008, the tour ran into trouble in early March, at which time 17 dates were postponed so that Eddie Van Halen could deal with an undisclosed medical issue. The band returned to the road in mid-April to finish out the remainder of its itinerary.Despite having not released a complete album of new material in more than a decade, Van Halen was able to attract throngs of fans anxious to see the Roth-helmed incarnation of the group perform a setlist comprised entirely of hits released during Roth's late-'70s/early '80s tenure with the band.The tour also marked the debut of the band's new bassist, Wolfgang Van Halen, Eddie's son, who was 16 at the time the tour launched; he celebrated his 17th birthday in March.The teenager took over for original Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, whom Eddie and Alex Van Halen dismissed prior to announcing plans for the tour with Roth.Many fans and critics alike speculated that the group--whose volatile history includes multiple acrimonious break-ups with both Roth and former VH frontman Sammy Hagar--would implode before completing its 2007/2008 itinerary. With that marvel under its collective belt, the group apparently is plotting its next move, according to a press release from the band's publicist."Now that the final bits of confetti have fallen, Van Halen has their sights set on bright horizons with exciting developments on the way," reads the release.
Bloc Party
Artist: Bloc Party
Genre(s):
Indie
Discography:
A Weekend in the City
Year: 2007
Tracks: 11
Black session
Year: 2006
Tracks: 13
Two More Years (Cds)
Year: 2005
Tracks: 2
Silent Alarm
Year: 2005
Tracks: 13
Help: A Day In The Life
Year:
Tracks: 1
Equally divine by Sonic Youth, Joy Division, Gang of Four, and the Cure, East London art-punkers Bloc Party shuffle angular sonics with pop structures. Consisting of singer/guitarist Kele Okereke, guitarist Russell Lissack, bassist/singer Gordon Moakes, and drummer Matt Tong, the dance band was at one time known as Angel Range and Union ahead subsiding on Bloc Party. Okereke and Lissack met each other through and through reciprocal friends at the Reading Festival, and ascertained that they had musical tastes as well as friends in vulgar. Tong and Moakes soon united their collaborationism, and under the name Union, the quartet issued a demo in early 2003; later that year, they switched their name to Bloc Party.
The group's demonstration and concerts began to pull in attention from both the press and their peers; Okereke sent a copy of the demo to Franz Ferdinand, world Health Organization invited them to play at the Domino tenth day of remembrance do in fall 2003. Early the following twelvemonth, the band released one of the demo's tracks, "She's Hearing Voices," as a unmarried on Trash Aesthetics. A few months later, Banquet/Staying Fat arrived on Moshi Moshi. That leap, Bloc Party gestural to Wichita to release their full-length album in the U.K., and to Dim Mak for U.S. distribution. The dance band spent summer 2004 recording and touring. Late that summer, Axis Party, which collected the band's number one two singles, arrived in the States. Their debut record album, Mute Alarm, appeared early in 2005 and was released by Vice Records in the States to far-flung hail. Later that class, Soundless Alarm Remixed capitalized on the band's burgeoning popularity, as did the 2006 EP Helicopter. A Weekend in the City, Bloc Party's bit proper album, followed in 2007.
Dough! 'Simpsons' Cast Gets $400K/Show
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