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Competitors engage in 'Hero' worship at Hard Rock

2008-08-27T18:17:00.001-07:00

Video game dorks and rock stars never had much in common. But that may be changing.

Last night Salt Lake City�s Eric Miller parlayed his talent for joy-stick jockeying into a full-on rock candy star experience, playing �Sweet Emotion� center stage at Boston�s Hard Rock Cafe and hobnobbing with Aerosmith�s Steven Tyler.

Looking more like meditating monks than guitar shredders, Miller and leash other regional winners competed in Guitar Hero: Aerosmith Rocks the Hard Rock Finals before a herd of a couple hundred.

If you�re non a �Guitar Hero� partisan, the game allows players simulate the real thing using a guitar-shaped restrainer with rankle buttons that corresponded to notes that scroll on the screen door. It�s difficult, pretty addictive and massively popular.

�I thought it was kinda obtuse the low time I saw it,� aforesaid Miller, after besting Orlando�s Joe Ostrom during final tune �Love in an Elevator.� �I didn�t even want to try it, but a friend told me it had (Ozzy Osbourne�s) �Bark at the Moon� in it, so I gave it a try.�

As hotshot, Miller took home a custom �Guitar Hero�/Hard Rock Cafe Red Wing motorcycle, which Tyler was nice enough to sign for him. Not bad for a 24-year-old plastic guitar slinger.

�I came here mentation I�d lose,� he said. �I was simply in for the unblock trip to Boston.�

Helping to blur the line 'tween real and simulated rock, both Miller and Ostrom play medicine and say there�s an overlap in the coordination used in the tV game and actual guitar.

�I�m a keyboard player with a grade in music,� Ostrom said. �There�s definitely a link betwixt the two.�

It was easy to believe the iI guys, observation them john Rock out on the big screen TVs. Then Tyler and Joey Kramer took the stage with a few friends, and short the game was dwarfed as the band plowed into some loud, dirty, hard-thumping Aerosmith classics.

Comfortable in the Hard Rock�s intimate Cavern Club room, Tyler led the ad hoc group through early, game tunes including �Walkin� The Dog� and �Last Child.�

Both the Guitar Hero finals and the Tyler/Kramer performance were part of a charity outcome held by Boston for Africa 2008, which benefited organizations functional to end the cycle of war and impoverishment in many African nations. In addition to deuce Bad Boys of Boston, former Doobie Brother and Steely Dan guitarist Jeff �Skunk� Baxter and Dropkick Murphys leader Ken Casey pitched in.

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Kid Rock set for VMA appearance

2008-08-17T18:21:00.001-07:00

Scheduled to perform 'All Summer Long'

Kid Rock is returning to the MTV Video Music Awards for another public presentation -- and this time it doesn't involve a fist competitiveness with Tommy Lee.

The rough rocker is slated to perform "All Summer Long" from his latest record album, "Rock 'N Roll Jesus." Though it was released nearly a year agone, it has surged on the Billboard 200, where it is No. 4 this week.

Last year, Kid Rock wasn't a performing artist, but he was involved in one of the ceremony's most-talked-about moments when scuffled with Tommy Lee while they were sitting in the audience. Both were at one clip married to Pamela Anderson, who was also in attendance.

The combat was non shown on camera only provided fodder for jokes from the likes of Diddy and Jamie Foxx.

Rock is the third act confirmed for the VMAs, set for Sept. 7 in Los Angeles. Other performers are Lil Wayne and the Jonas Brothers, though in that respect is a possibility that Britney Spears, whose blear kickoff carrying out at last year's VMAs became ane of 2007's most-talked-about moments, may fall in them.

Born Ruffians, Red Yellow and Blue Album Review

2008-08-07T20:24:00.001-07:00

Album review of Red Yellow and Blue by Born Ruffians.

Canadian trio Born Ruffians are part of the impish guitar twirling vanguard at the once all-techno label Warp, alongside amongst others math rockers Battles and new-folk troubadors Grizzly Bear. To those with long memories it must seem like things have finally come full circle; whilst The Klaxons won a Mercury for crossing post punk with the gurgling proto rave that Warp helped james Usher into the mainstream, the arch contrarians are now signing the kind of outfit that flamboyantly sum up their sound in three words - guitar, bass, drums.

Equal parts in thrall to Animal Collective and Pavement, this is the sound of three guys messing around in the upper keys and doing whatever the hell they like. It's also blissfully unaware of conventions; with the left swirl of harmonica, brittle, almost harmonies, choppy opinion and song titles like Foxes Mate for Life it could easily collapse under it's own pretension, but even the yodelling (!) of the excellent In A Mirror is seemingly there simply because it fits.

Given their patrons however, you're always expecting a sting in the tail from Red, Yellow and Blue. There are beguiling moments, most notably the crying chug of Barnacle Goose and the Futureheads soundalike Humming Bird, but vocaliser Luke Lalonde never quite manages to overlay his personality onto proceedings and after a while the anorexic guitars begin to grate. Vampire Weekend and especially MGMT are teleporting the literary genre formerly known as indie to places hardly imagined, which only serves to underline that those leftfield behind - like Born Ruffians - are existence left in a mordant hole.

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Les Ogres De Barback and les hurlements d'leo

2008-07-01T05:38:00.001-07:00

Artist: Les Ogres De Barback and les hurlements d'leo

   Genre(s):
Vocal

Discography:

Un Air Deux Familles

Year: 2005
Tracks: 12

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Cassandra Wilson, Loverly

2008-06-25T08:16:00.001-07:00

Cassandra Wilson is best known for singing originals and unusual covers, but standards are where she started. Loverly was produced in a rented house in her Mississippi hometown, with assembled invited musician friends who got down to the business of recording then and there.

It’s impressive to hear the class and character Cassandra has injected into these 20th century songs. With the help of Yoruba percussionist Lekan Babalola she knits West African rhythms into stripped-down arrangements, featuring Lonnie Plaxico (bass), Jason Moran (piano) and Herlin Riley (drums).

Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most is a true eye-opener. Cassandra's voice is so deep and resonant it's tangible, and she tells her story of loneliness backed only by Marvin Sewell's silvery acoustic guitar. He reappears playing ethereal slide guitar on Black Orpheus, supported by Cuban-sounding percussion and piano, under Cassandra's whispered, desolate vocals.

The Very Thought of You, a sublime duet with guest bassist Reginald Veal, features a rhythmic solo and sinuous vocals, but Wouldn’t It Be Loverly is a strange choice. It's polished off skilfully enough, but lacks the spark of originality of other songs on the album.

It is the up-tempo tracks that succeed in turning sparks to flame here. A traddish version of Lover Come Back To Me smears Cassandra's mellifluous vocals across Jason Moran’s wild piano playing and Arere, the only original on the album, is a frenetic fusion of unstoppable, cascading rhythms. On Caravan too, hectic percussion tumbles over jumbled piano and guitar, with Cassandra's voice at the other side of the room one moment and eerily close the next.

The Mississippi house feels so much a part of this recording that it deserves to be credited on the sleeve. Cassandra sounds as though she heads to the kitchen in Caravan, then pops out of the bathroom in The Very Thought of You, before looming up close and husky. The occasional word with the band, a slightly off-key entry to a chorus and the laugh that follows it are all left in the mix, making this recording so relaxed and personal that it feels like a live set in your own living room. And wouldn’t that be loverly?

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Vienna State Opera says conductor Seiji Ozawa out with back injury

2008-06-15T00:20:00.001-07:00

VIENNA, Austria - The Vienna State Opera says music director Seiji Ozawa is out for five weeks with a back injury.

The prestigious opera house says Ozawa has cancelled all of his June dates there, as well as a concert that he had planned to conduct Thursday evening at Vienna's Musikverein. The opera house issued a statement Monday saying only that Ozawa needed rest after suffering an injury to a vertebra in his back.

It said conductor Andris Nelsons of Germany's Herford Philharmonic would fill in for Ozawa.

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Heath Ledger post-mortem results inconclusive

2008-06-03T01:03:00.001-07:00

Results of a post-mortem on Hollywood star Heath Ledger are inconclusive, US authorities said today.
The 28-year-old actor was found dead at his New York apartment yesterday.
Police are treating his death as possibly drug-related and said sleeping pills were found close to his body.
But a spokeswoman for the medical examiner's office said an autopsy had proved inconclusive and further tests were needed - which could take around 10 days.
There were unconfirmed reports today that the 'Brokeback Mountain' star was suffering from pneumonia at the time of his death.
The actor's family have said that his death was a tragic accident.
Reading a statement outside the family home in Perth, his father Kim said: "We, Heath's family, can confirm the very tragic, untimely and accidental passing of our dearly loved son, brother and doting father of Matilda."
New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne said: "We are investigating the possibility of an overdose... There were pills within the vicinity of the bed." He added that the prescription medicine included sleeping pills.
The star's housekeeper found him at 3:26pm (US time) yesterday, and tried to wake him for his appointment with a masseuse.
Paying tribute to Heath Ledger, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said: "Heath Ledger's diverse and challenging roles will be remembered as some of the great performances by an Australian actor."
The actor's compatriot and 'The Patriot' co-star Mel Gibson said: "I had such great hope for him. He was just taking off and to lose his life at such a young age is a tragic loss."
Australian actress Nicole Kidman said: "What a terrible tragedy. My heart goes out to his family."
The bosses of Warner Bros, Alan Horn and Jeff Robinov, said: "The studio is stunned and devastated by this tragic news. The entertainment community has lost an enormous talent. Heath was a brilliant actor and an exceptional person. Our hearts go out to his family and friends."
Ledger was nominated for an Oscar for his part in the film 'Brokeback Mountain' and had recently finished work on the Warner Bros blockbuster 'The Dark Knight'.
Last year he broke up with actress Michelle Williams, who played his wife in 'Brokeback Mountain' and was the mother of their two-year-old daughter.
The actor had recently been working on 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus' with director Terry Gilliam; they previously collaborated on 'The Brothers Grimm'.
To view our photo gallery on the life and career of Heath Ledger click here.

Blade Runner star enters rehab

2008-05-27T22:45:00.001-07:00

Actress Sean Young has entered rehab for alcohol abuse following an outburst in which she was heckling from the audience at the Directors Guild of America awards.
The 48-year-old actress was escorted from the ballroom at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Los Angeles after heckling director Julian Schnabel, who was nominated for his film 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly'.
A statement from Insignia PR said that the actress "voluntarily admitted herself...for treatment related to alcoholism".
The statement added: "It is understood that Young has struggled against the disease for many years."
Young rose to fame following her performance in Ridley Scott's 'Blade Runner' and a couple of years later she played Michael Douglas' wife in 'Wall Street'.
She'll return to the big screen opposite Billy Zane in the drama 'The Man Who Came Back' and alongside Juliet Landau in the thriller 'Darkness Visible'.

Lily Allen pregnancy now confirmed

2008-05-18T21:06:00.001-07:00

Lily Allen pregnancy now confirmed

British people pop star Lily Allen is pregnant with her first kid.
The singer reportedly establish out she was expecting Chemical substance Brothers virtuoso Ed Simons' child end month, just only recently revealed the tidings to fellowship members, including her role player don Keith.
In a statement released today, a voice said: "I am pleased to confirm that Lily Allen and her swain Ed Simons ar expecting their first child. However, as the maternity is at a very, really early stagecoach, the couple expect that you respect their privacy, as the health of Lily and their child is their paramount vexation."
The affirmation continued: "As the gestation is at such an early stagecoach the couple will be making no further commentary but they are plain both thrilled by the news. Lily's newly album testament be released as planned next twelvemonth."
A reference told the British people newspaper the Sun: "Lily is thrilled to be pregnant and can't wait to get a mum. She's a real mob person.
"Ed's very happy. He is very look after her."
The 22-year-old has been dating Simons, 37, since September.

David Guetta

2008-05-18T20:45:00.000-07:00

Artist: David Guetta

   Genre(s):
Trance
   House
   Dance: Pop
   Other

Discography:


Poplife

   Year: 2007
Tracks: 13


Pop Life

   Year: 2007
Tracks: 16


Blaster

   Year: 2007
Tracks: 2


Just A Little More Love

   Year: 2004
Tracks: 13


Guetta Blaster

   Year: 2004
Tracks: 14

France's St. David Guetta belongs to the sparkling undulation of DJs that fuse Daft Punk's silklike house with a nip of electroclash's puncher. Guetta had been DJing around France playacting popular tunes, only when his einstein was particularly rewired in 1987 when he heard a Farley Jackmaster Funk caterpillar cut on French radio. He taped the racetrack, took it to a gig, and cleared the floor with it during one of his own sets. Things loosened up a year afterward when acidulous tauten came to France and Guetta successfully promoted his have golf-club nights. It was on one of those nights in 1992 that he met Henry M. Robert Jesse Owens during the Michigan house legend's European duty tour. Guetta played Owens some of his possess tracks and Jesse Owens picked one he liked enough to sing over. It was "Up and Away," a small fry attain that lurked in service department DJ crates for the next iV days.

Guetta's attitude that he only produces well music piece he's having casual fun unbroken him from releasing anything until 2001's "Exactly a Little More Dear." The cat track featured American gospel vocalizer Chris Willis, world Health Organisation met Guetta spell on vacation in Anatole France. Another slow down burner, "Simply a Little To a greater extent Dearest," unbroken popping up in sets for the next deuce long clock time, telephone number one in an electro version, later on in a pumped-up Wally Lopez remix. During this clip Guetta snuck out a bootleg remix of David Bowie's "Heroes," retitled "Just for One Day." James Bowie gave the enterprisingness to release the track officially and Guetta had a massive hit on his custody. Guetta featured the liberated iron boot on his 1st-class mail honours arcdegree mix CD, Shag Me I'm Famous, named afterward Guetta's successful Ibiza-based party. The fun-loving shirker DJ in determination got around to aperient a appeal of his have productions in 2004, Only a Little More Sexual love on Astralwerks.

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Terra Naomi

2008-05-18T20:23:00.001-07:00

Artist: Terra Naomi

   Genre(s):
Indie

Discography:


Under the Influence

   Year: 2007
Tracks: 11


Virtually

   Year: 2006
Tracks: 11


Live In West Hollywood

   Year: 2006
Tracks: 9

Williams arrives in Perth for Ledger funeral

2008-05-18T17:48:00.001-07:00

Williams arrives in Perth for Ledger funeral

Michelle Williams and her two year old daughter Matilda have arrived in Perth, Australia for Heathland Ledger's funeral, according to Citizenry powder store.
The magazine's website reports that Bernard Arthur Owen Williams and her daughter arrived in the city in the first place today under heavy security system with more than five police officers and airdrome surety portion to escort them through the airport.
Williams' comer comes 1 twenty-four hour period after Ledger's father, Kim, mother Sortie and sis Kate totally returned place from the US.
In a assertion released earlier this workweek on Ledger's death, Williams said: "My heart is broken."
A private funeral for the 28-year-old actor - world Health Organization was set up dead in New York close month - is expected in the orgasm years.