Artist: Marasma
Genre(s):
Acid Jazz
Discography:
Signals
Year: 2000
Tracks: 11
Electronica couple Marasma consists of Antonio Feola and Gabi Matzeu. The debut 1998 EP Fancy man in Velvet was followed in 1999 by the uncut Signals.
Thursday, 26 June 2008
Marasma
Artist: Marasma
Genre(s):
Acid Jazz
Discography:
Signals
Year: 2000
Tracks: 11
Electronica couple Marasma consists of Antonio Feola and Gabi Matzeu. The debut 1998 EP Fancy man in Velvet was followed in 1999 by the uncut Signals.
Saturday, 21 June 2008
Jay-Z Replaced By Shakir Stewart At Def Jam
Island Def Jam has announced the replacement for Jay-Z, following his resignation as the CEO of Def Jam in December last year.
Shakir Stewart has stepped in for the influential hip-hop label, now in its 24th year and his new position includes signing new names, overseeing producers and guiding the creative vision of the label.
Stewart is no stranger to the hip-hop world after working with the company already as the senior VP of A&R, while his early days saw him promoting live shows from Nas, Too $hort and many more.
Elsewhere for other labels, he has been responsible for signing or working with huge names like Destiny's Child, Ciara, Outkast, Usher and more.
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Brian Williams Takes on Meet the Press
NBC Nightly News' Brian Williams has been tapped to assume Tim Russert's moderator chair on Sunday's Meet the Press; however, NBC has yet to decide on a permanent host to replace the late anchor.
Tim passed away from a heart attack on June 13 at the age of 58.
Brian will welcome Sens. Joe Biden, D-Del., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Sunday. The two were scheduled to appear on Meet the Press last week. Last Sunday's episode, hosted by Tom Brokaw, turned into a special tribute for Tim, who hosted the show for 17 year's, the show's longest-serving anchor. The moderator's chair was left vacant in his honor.
Tim was also NBC's Washington Bureau Chief, another spot the Peacock needs to fill.
Still coming to terms with their devastating loss, NBC is not yet ready to name permanent replacements for either positions. The network plans to rotate in-and-out different hosts for Meet the Press in the coming weeks.
"Tim is truly irreplaceable, and there's no single person who can step in and do all this," NBC News President Capus says. "So we have a considerable list of roles that need to be filled. We're just going to take them one at a time."
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Friday, 20 June 2008
Josh Homme denies homophobia
Josh Homme has responded to accusations that he is a homophobe after he called a crowd member a "faggot". The Queens of the Stone Age lead singer's outburst came during his band's performance at the Norwegian Wood festival last week and prompted criticism from bloggers and websites including Perez Hilton.
In an open letter, Homme denies that the words were meant to offend gay people. Part of it reads: "My gay family & friends, as well as myself, KNOW I am not a homophobe. For years now I've known gay is not a choice; one's skin color doesn't determine one's intelligence level; & red hair doesn't mean you're someone's stepchild. You see, it's not the words, it's their intent. I never said, nor suggested, that being gay is wrong, but apparently, based on [internet writers'] outrage to my flu-infused rant, you do!"
The trouble started when Homme was hit by an object hurled from the crowd, prompting him to announce that he would "beat the fucking shit" out of anyone else who dared throw anything else at him. It probably wasn't the smartest move, but one fan took him up on the threat. The result? A barrage of abuse which included use of the much-criticised F-word.
Attempting to prove his pro-gay stance, Homme points out in his letter that he also called the guy a pussy ("does it mean I hate our one worlds' collective vagina?") and threatened to have anal sex with him. Ok, so it's a fuzzy kind of logic we're talking about here. It all ends with a rant about how a PC world would "suck more shit than the porta-potty truck at Glastonbury".
The conclusion to all this being that, whilst we doubt Josh has a real problem with gays, he almost certainly needs to wash his mouth out with soap.
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Rakesh Chaurasia, Sunil Das, Prashant, Ahklak Huss
Artist: Rakesh Chaurasia, Sunil Das, Prashant, Ahklak Huss
Genre(s):
Easy Listening
Discography:
Divinity Five
Year: 2006
Tracks: 10
David Friedman
Naomi Campbell - Campbells Convict Cannes Date
Supermodel NAOMI CAMPBELL stepped out with a controversial new beau at the Cannes Film Festival in France on Wednesday (22May08) - her date was a convicted swindler.
The runway queen - who has an assault conviction to her name - arrived at the premiere of new movie Che with Christian Rocancourt, a fraudster who has spent five years in prison for stealing millions of dollars from investors.
According to the New York Post, Rocancourt, 40, has impersonated members of Manhattan's famous Rothschild and Rockefeller families and pretended to be the son of actress Sophia Loren in the past, to dupe investors out of money.
Campbell celebrated her 38th birthday after the premiere, with a party aboard Sean 'Diddy' Combs' yacht.
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Krabathor
Artist: Krabathor
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Unfortunately Dead
Year: 2000
Tracks: 9
One of the Czech Republic's first base operose metal bands, Krabathor was founded in 1984, when it was still Czechoslovakia. Inspired by German thrash metal groups wish Kreator and Destruction, world Health Organization were among the few artists to regularly turn behindhand the Iron Curtain in those days, Christopher (guitar, vocals), Bruno (basso, vocals), and Havran managed to record a few obscure demos before being called into military responsibility in 1988. Their responsibilities fulfilled, the starting time two resurrected Krabathor in 1991 with novel drummer Kopec, and recorded their starting time English-speaking demonstration, "Feelings of Dethronisation," which too signaled their evolution away from thrash and towards death metallic element. A deal with the Czech Monitor mark resulted in deuce albums: 1992's Only Our Death Is Welcome, and 1993's Cool Mortification before the ring affected on to German Morbid Records in search of better distribution. Drummer Skull linked at this time, and Krabathor carried on construction their fan-base end-to-end the รข€˜90's with releases such as Lies (1995), Mortal Memories (E.P., 1997), Orthodox (1998), and Unfortunately Dead (2000). The last saw longtime bassist Bruno replaced by ex-Master man Paul Speckmann.
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Concert Aims To Inspire Youth
Common [ tickets ], Akon [ tickets ], Three 6 Mafia [ tickets ], Puddle of Mudd [ tickets ] and Flyleaf [ tickets ] will perform June 20 at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, CA. The concert is a reward for members of Boost Mobile RockCorps, a national volunteer movement that uses music to inspire young people to get involved in helping their communities, according to a press release; the Los Angeles chapter of BMRC provides local youth with an opportunity to earn concert tickets in exchange for four hours of community service. The concert, hosted by actor/comedian Tracy Morgan, is exclusively for BMRC volunteers.BMRC volunteer efforts this year include planting trees, wetland restoration near the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers, cleaning up beaches and community gardens, and rebuilding local parks.
DJ Clipz
Artist: DJ Clipz
Genre(s):
Drum & Bass
Discography:
Full Cycle (FCY081)
Year: 2005
Tracks: 2
Full Cycle (FCY075)
Year: 2005
Tracks: 2
Thursday, 19 June 2008
Amy Winehouse undergoes more tests
LONDON - British soul singer Amy Winehouse has undergone more tests after being taken to hospital four days ago, but hopes to perform as scheduled next week, her office said today."Amy has undergone more scans and tests today and we are awaiting the verdict of her doctors," a statement from her publicist said."At present, she still intends to perform at her two scheduled dates next week. However, the decision will be made entirely on the advice of her doctors and in her best interests."She was rushed to a clinic by her father on Monday after fainting at home.The 24-year-old singer and songwriter, who has publicly battled drug problems and whose personal life has attracted widespread media attention, is still at the private clinic.Winehouse, who won five Grammy Awards in February and enjoyed commercial success with her album Back to Black, put her touring commitments on hold last year amid reports she had been hospitalized for severe exhaustion.
She also entered a rehabilitation clinic in January.Winehouse is due to perform at a Nelson Mandela birthday concert in London's Hyde Park on June 27.Her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, pleaded guilty this month to beating up a bartender and conspiring to pervert the course of justice by trying to pay him not to testify.- REUTERS
She also entered a rehabilitation clinic in January.Winehouse is due to perform at a Nelson Mandela birthday concert in London's Hyde Park on June 27.Her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, pleaded guilty this month to beating up a bartender and conspiring to pervert the course of justice by trying to pay him not to testify.- REUTERS
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