Osbourne slams Moss' 'grumpy' boyfriend & other: June 2008

Thursday, 19 June 2008

Hjarnidaudi

Artist: Hjarnidaudi

   Genre(s):
Metal: Death,Black

Discography:

Pain:Noise:March

Year: 2006
Tracks: 3

After Hours

Thursday, 12 June 2008

Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs

Narrow Stairs is Death Cab for Cutie's 7th Studio Album

Despite stealing their name from the Beatles movie, Death Cab for Cutie aren�t exactly sixties pop. Sure, at times their lyrics (as well as their sound) could easily be related to certain late Beatles� songs (think Yellow Submarine) but over their ten year history Death Cab have certainly come into their own indie/soft pop niche. Their newest studio album �Narrow Stairs� was released in May, with their already US released first single �I Will Possess Your Heart� getting selected airplay in New Zealand and Australia.
After an epic and somewhat controversial (amongst fans) introduction to their first single from the album �I Will Possess Your Heart�, the listener can be excused for thinking that Death Cab have lost the plot. Following on from previous albums such as the highly successful �Plans�, DCFC appear to have deviated from the usual safe alternative sound some fans appreciate. Thanks mainly to the TV show The O.C, Death Cab gathered a massive amount of teenage fans for their almost emo-like music. �Narrow Stairs� takes the band (and the fans) to the next level and such a different definitive album will separate the die hards from the try hards.
The first few songs give an impression of a quick catchy set of songs. However the middle dries up, by taking a completely unexpected turn with slower than usual rifts and interludes. �Talking Bird� especially takes on a much slower, almost bored feel and, if it wasn�t for Ben Gibbard�s animated voice, could double as a two year old�s lullaby. �You Can Do Better Than Me� has Ben sounding like Ben Folds mixed with Tim Freedman before it flows right into the next song �Grapevine Fires� which has a swaying, sleepy like quality to it. For me, the stand out song from the album is �Long Division�, with its catchy heavier chorus and funny yet sad lyrics; it could easily be the next single. The final song �The Ice is Getting Thinner� has a familiar rhythm to �Bixby Canyon Bridge�, giving the album a sense of coming full circle.
The album takes a dangerous step into the unknown and not exactly popular genre of music. What starts off as easy listening with exciting clashes of piano and guitar, dips into the softer, mellower sounds in the middle before popping its head back up for a jazzy ending. Not quite the album you�d consider for Saturday night grooves or speeding on the freeway but if you�ve got a few close friends coming over for wine and nibbles before a game of Pictionary, put this in your CD player. Also works quite well while getting ready for bedtime.

Friday, 6 June 2008

What Should MTV Movie Awards Co-Host Kim Stolz Wear To The Big Show? Help Her Decide With Our Poll!

The MTV Movie Awards are this weekend, and Kim Stolz needs help deciding what to wear. Help her decide with our poll!

Thursday, 5 June 2008

Abc - Abc Setting Up Student Bureaus

In what amounts to a significant expansion of its existing intern program for college
students, ABC News is planning to open actual student-staffed bureaus next fall at
five universities. ABC News President David Westin said in a statement Wednesday
that the bureaus will not only allow aspiring TV journalists to experience actual
on-the-job training but also give the network a greater insight into the behavior
and interests of 18-to-25-year-olds, a demographic group avidly courted by advertisers.
Bureau chiefs at the campus facilities will receive additional training at ABC News
headquarters in New York, the network said. It was not clear whether any of the students
participating in the program will be paid or whether they will only receive college
credits. Schools participating in the project include Arizona State University, Syracuse
University, University of Florida, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and
University of Texas at Austin.

08/05/2008

See Also

Ryan Condal to adapt 'Ocean'

Based on Warren Ellis' comic book miniseries

Ryan Condal has been hired to adapt "Ocean," a comic miniseries by Warren Ellis that is set up at Warner Bros. Nick Wechsler and Hollywood Gang's Gianni Nunnari are producing.

The story revolves around the discovery of thousands of coffins containing angel-like bodies and a giant weapon of mass destruction beneath the ice on Europa, one of Jupiter's moons. A U.N. weapons inspector is sent to investigate the find, teaming with a space station crew, when a powerful conglomerate moves in to exploit the discovery.

Six issues of the comic book were published in 2005 and 2006, with Wechsler and Nunnari optioning the film rights in August 2007. The two are working on bringing Frank Miller's "Ronin" to the big screen.

Hollywood Gang's Craig J. Flores is executive producing "Ocean."

Condal, a relative newcomer, is known for his spec "Galahad," a revisionist take on the King Arthur legend. He is repped by WMA and Energy Entertainment.

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Mickey Hart, Henry Wolfe and Nancy Hennings

Artist: Mickey Hart, Henry Wolfe and Nancy Hennings

   Genre(s):
New Age

Discography:

Yamantaka

Year:
Tracks: 5

Robots In Disguise, We're In The Music Biz

Prince turns to print

Prince the musical auteur is becoming an author. 21 Nights, a photographic essay that offers "a rare glimpse into the life, lyrics, and mystique" of the maker of such hits as 1999 and Purple Rain, will be published worldwide this year, according to Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. The book, his first, is based on Prince's 21 sold-out concerts in as many nights at London's O2 Arena in 2007."Juxtaposing his duelling worlds of music and solitude, it (21 Nights) will incorporate Prince's evocative poetry and lyrics to new songs and other selections, and 124 full-colour, sumptuous, never-before-published images by celebrated photographer Randee St Nicholas," Atria announced yesterday. 21 Nights will include a CD of after-hours jams, Indigo Nights, unavailable from any other outlet.

Space

Artist: Space

   Genre(s):
Electronic
   Pop
   Trance
   Dance

Discography:

Symphonic Space Opera

Year: 2002
Tracks: 9

Symphonic Space Dream

Year: 2002
Tracks: 9

The Very Best

Year: 2001
Tracks: 14

The Best of (CD2)

Year: 2001
Tracks: 9

The Best of (CD1)

Year: 2001
Tracks: 10

Best Of Space

Year: 2001
Tracks: 19

Vse zoloto mira

Year: 2000
Tracks: 16

Magic Fly

Year: 1999
Tracks: 7

Golden Collection

Year: 1999
Tracks: 15

Tin Planet

Year: 1998
Tracks: 14

Space In Trance

Year: 1996
Tracks: 14

Concerts En URSS Live In Russi

Year: 1996
Tracks: 15

Space Magic Concerts

Year: 1991
Tracks: 10

Space

Year: 1990
Tracks: 1

Space Opera

Year: 1987
Tracks: 8

Paris France Transit

Year: 1983
Tracks: 8

Concerts en URSS

Year: 1983
Tracks: 15

Deeper Zone

Year: 1980
Tracks: 6

Just Blue

Year: 1978
Tracks: 7

Deliverance

Year: 1977
Tracks: 6

The Best

Year:
Tracks: 14

One of the major criterion groups in the early development of ambient-house, Space was formed by Orb mainman Dr. Alex Paterson and the KLF's Jimi Cauty. Just subsequently Paterson and Cauty recorded and released the Orb individual "A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules from the Centre of the Ultraworld" in late 1989, they began working on an inner-space record album. Though the yoke split early in 1990, Cauty released the recordings later in the year on KLF Communications as the Quad LP.

Arctic Monkeys dominate NME shortlist

Arctic Monkeys lead this year's NME Music Awards shortlist with nominations in seven categories.
The group has been nominated in the Best British Band, Best Live Band, Best Album, Best Track, Best Video and Best Video Album Artwork categories.
Lead singer Alex Turner has also been shortlisted for the Best Dressed award.
NME music magazine said the nominations, which are selected by public vote, made the group the most voted-for band of the decade.
Arctic Monkeys guitarist Jamie Cook said: "It's sound the readers keep voting for us."
"Live would be good - it's good to have been picked up in that because we put a lot of effort into our live work last year, I thought we got a lot better."
Klaxons have been nominated in four NME categories, contesting Best British Band, Best Album, Best Video and Best Dance Floor Filler.
Contesting the Best British Band category alongside the Arctic Monkeys and Klaxons are Babyshambles, The Cribs and Muse.
Troubled singer Amy Winehouse has also been nominated for four awards - Villain of the Year, Worst Dressed, Best Music DVD and Best Solo Artist.
Winehouse faces competition from Kate Nash, Jamie T, Jack Penate and Patrick Wolf in the Best Solo Artist category.
Nominated in the Best International Band category are Arcade Fire, Foo Fighters, the Killers, Kings of Leon and My Chemical Romance.
The nominations for Best Album are 'Favourite Worst Nightmare' by Arctic Monkeys, 'Shotters Nation' by Babyshambles, 'We'll Live and Die in These Towns' by The Enemy, 'Myths of the Near Future' by Klaxons and 'In Rainbows' by Radiohead.
The Best Track shortlist includes 'Fluorescent Adolescent' by Arctic Monkeys, 'Flux' by Bloc Party, 'Men's Needs' by The Cribs, 'Lord Don't Slow Me Down' by Oasis and 'Let's Dance to Joy Division' by The Wombats.

Avril Lavigne expecting first baby?

Singer Avril Lavigne and her husband, Sum 41 star Deryck Whibley, are reportedly expecting their first child together.
According to OK! magazine, the couple were spotted shopping at three baby stores on Monday.
Lavigne and Whibley reportedly visited Kitson for Kids, Lisa Kline Kids and Petit Tresor during their shopping trip.
Reports said that the couple picked up a cheetah diaper bag and baby AC/DC t-shirts at the shops.
Previous media reports had suggested that Lavigne was trying to disguise a visible baby bump.
The singer's representative has not yet commented on the reports, although Lavigne herself dismissed pregnancy reports in early January.