Artist: G-Starr Pres.Big World
Genre(s):
Pop
Discography:
Morning Light
Year: 2000
Tracks: 4
Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Monday, 23 June 2008
Ron Boots and Frank Klare
Artist: Ron Boots and Frank Klare
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Monumental Dreams
Year: 2004
Tracks: 7
Tuesday, 17 June 2008
Spears taken from home in ambulance
Britney Spears has been taken from her house by ambulance, police have confirmed.
A Los Angeles police officer told Associated Press that the 26-year-old pop star was being taken to "get help" but did not say where the ambulance was going.
Earlier this month, Spears was taken to a Los Angeles hospital by paramedics after police were called to her home because of a dispute involving her sons, Sean Preston, two, and Jayden James, one.
She has lost custody and visitation rights with the boys.
Police also went to the house on Monday night after someone reported paparazzi trespassing in the singer's gated community.
When officers arrived, they didn't see anyone trespassing, police said, but citations were issued for several illegally parked cars.Spears has been in a highly public downward spiral since filing for divorce from Kevin Federline in November 2006.
A Los Angeles police officer told Associated Press that the 26-year-old pop star was being taken to "get help" but did not say where the ambulance was going.
Earlier this month, Spears was taken to a Los Angeles hospital by paramedics after police were called to her home because of a dispute involving her sons, Sean Preston, two, and Jayden James, one.
She has lost custody and visitation rights with the boys.
Police also went to the house on Monday night after someone reported paparazzi trespassing in the singer's gated community.
When officers arrived, they didn't see anyone trespassing, police said, but citations were issued for several illegally parked cars.Spears has been in a highly public downward spiral since filing for divorce from Kevin Federline in November 2006.
Thursday, 12 June 2008
Spock
Artist: Spock
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
1999
Year: 1999
Tracks: 10
Never Trust A Klingon - 2294 A.D. CD5
Year: 1994
Tracks: 3
Astrogirl CD5
Year: 1994
Tracks: 3
Strange Dimensions CD5
Year: 1993
Tracks: 3
Five Year Mission
Year: 1993
Tracks: 10
Never Trust A Klingon CD5
Year: 1992
Tracks: 4
Kiss of death
COLDPLAY fans can relax. Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends is in shops on Saturday. Read the first review here.
After their American-seducing Rattle and Hum tour ended in 1989, U2 closed the decade with Bono stating the band "have to go away and dream it all up again''. On that note, welcome to Coldplay's post-dream album. It's brave, ambitious, romantic and forward thinking. It's also amazing. No strangers to borrowing from the U2 guide to world domination (and paying regular homage to The Edge's guitar history), Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends sees Coldplay recruit U2 sound-subverter Brian Eno to push them out of their stadium rock comfort zone. Where X&Y was indulgent and formulaic (most songs pushing six minutes), Viva La Vida is concise and captivating. Arriving at a time people are buying individual songs not albums, it's defiantly a true old-fashioned album, with songs taking musical detours beyond the bit designed for the Americans to wave their mobile phones to. Here's our track-by-track guide to the most anticipated album of the year: Life in Technicolour Eno hooked the band up with British electronic soundscaper Jon Hopkins, who provides "colours and additional production'' throughout. Coldplay have also sampled his Light Through the Veins for Vida La Vida's musical bookends. This is a gorgeous opener; warm electronica with an Oriental wash. Most importantly, though it's an instrumental it doesn't need Chris Martin's voice to sound unmistakably like Coldplay once the band kick in -- gently. Cemeteries of London Starts a little like Scarborough Fair before Jonny Buckland gets his Edge on again, with a shimmering guitar that slices through the song's folky vibe and sea-shanty chanted backing vocals. Lost! Already surfaced as an acoustic B-side to Violet Hill, this fully grown album version adds hip hop beats and church organ. Comes with more open-ended guitar to give you more U2 flashbacks. All rather beautiful, even if Chris Martin's clumsy lyrics state "just because I'm hurting doesn't mean I'm hurt'' before banging on about big fishes in little ponds, crossing rivers and the shine wearing off. 42 The album's first real surprise. Starts as a tender piano and string moment (with the opening lyrics "those who are dead are not dead, they're just living in my head''); minus all of the stadium nonsense that would have been added three years ago. Then, after barely 90 seconds, it morphs into a twisting and twisted spiky rock tune that lures you into the song's third part -- a brilliant bite-size pop moment with Martin singing "you thought you might be a ghost'' before we're returned to where we started, and all with change left over from four minutes. Most bands would take any of these three ideas and expand them into a hit single; you get three for the price of one here. Think a pint-sized Paranoid Android. Lovers in Japan/Reign of Love The first real taste of the big Coldplay sound. Those old U2-aping stadium habits die hard, with the driving rock rhythm, rollicking piano and melodies to spare. Eno adds some sonic doodling in the background to earn his keep. Reign of Love drops everything right back to first gear, a campfire moment with just piano and, yep, some more U2 haunting guitar. Yes/Chinese Sleep Chant The album's centrepiece and creative peak -- and more mutant two-in-one song action. Starts as heavy soft rock with what sounds like psychotic fiddle and Eastern strings punctuating a woozy flashback to A Rush of Blood to the Head. Just as Yes winds down Chinese Sleep Chant storms into life -- it's their most exciting three minutes of music in years; My Bloody Valentine-style feedback and a dose of welcome urgent guitars as Martin sings random melodies over the top. Brilliant. Viva La Vida Did someone say instant classic? There's no surprise this song was used as an iTunes ad at the same time Violet Hill confused the masses. This is just simply amazing pop, everything you ever loved about Coldplay, but with the trademark Brian Eno twist. There are dancing strings, powerful vocals and a piano line that keeps building and building. But not an ounce of sombre here, rather a truly triumphant anthem-in-waiting that's going to be impossible to ignore. Somewhere Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody is kicking a wall. Very hard. Violet Hill Chosen as the first single, those experimental urges make more sense in this context than rubbing shoulders with Flo Rida on the radio. Strawberry Swing Squealy guitar and quietly pounding drums on a surprisingly subdued moment, with a lovely Beatles-esque spin towards the end. Death and All His Friends/The Escapist Tinkly piano gives way to a strong, moody finale for a band who always end their albums strongly. Hidden track The Escapist is the musical twin of Life in Technicolour, more whizzing electronics. The verdict: * * * * Coldplay relocate the balance between being one of the biggest bands in the world and being one of the most interesting. Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends (EMI) is released on Saturday.
After their American-seducing Rattle and Hum tour ended in 1989, U2 closed the decade with Bono stating the band "have to go away and dream it all up again''. On that note, welcome to Coldplay's post-dream album. It's brave, ambitious, romantic and forward thinking. It's also amazing. No strangers to borrowing from the U2 guide to world domination (and paying regular homage to The Edge's guitar history), Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends sees Coldplay recruit U2 sound-subverter Brian Eno to push them out of their stadium rock comfort zone. Where X&Y was indulgent and formulaic (most songs pushing six minutes), Viva La Vida is concise and captivating. Arriving at a time people are buying individual songs not albums, it's defiantly a true old-fashioned album, with songs taking musical detours beyond the bit designed for the Americans to wave their mobile phones to. Here's our track-by-track guide to the most anticipated album of the year: Life in Technicolour Eno hooked the band up with British electronic soundscaper Jon Hopkins, who provides "colours and additional production'' throughout. Coldplay have also sampled his Light Through the Veins for Vida La Vida's musical bookends. This is a gorgeous opener; warm electronica with an Oriental wash. Most importantly, though it's an instrumental it doesn't need Chris Martin's voice to sound unmistakably like Coldplay once the band kick in -- gently. Cemeteries of London Starts a little like Scarborough Fair before Jonny Buckland gets his Edge on again, with a shimmering guitar that slices through the song's folky vibe and sea-shanty chanted backing vocals. Lost! Already surfaced as an acoustic B-side to Violet Hill, this fully grown album version adds hip hop beats and church organ. Comes with more open-ended guitar to give you more U2 flashbacks. All rather beautiful, even if Chris Martin's clumsy lyrics state "just because I'm hurting doesn't mean I'm hurt'' before banging on about big fishes in little ponds, crossing rivers and the shine wearing off. 42 The album's first real surprise. Starts as a tender piano and string moment (with the opening lyrics "those who are dead are not dead, they're just living in my head''); minus all of the stadium nonsense that would have been added three years ago. Then, after barely 90 seconds, it morphs into a twisting and twisted spiky rock tune that lures you into the song's third part -- a brilliant bite-size pop moment with Martin singing "you thought you might be a ghost'' before we're returned to where we started, and all with change left over from four minutes. Most bands would take any of these three ideas and expand them into a hit single; you get three for the price of one here. Think a pint-sized Paranoid Android. Lovers in Japan/Reign of Love The first real taste of the big Coldplay sound. Those old U2-aping stadium habits die hard, with the driving rock rhythm, rollicking piano and melodies to spare. Eno adds some sonic doodling in the background to earn his keep. Reign of Love drops everything right back to first gear, a campfire moment with just piano and, yep, some more U2 haunting guitar. Yes/Chinese Sleep Chant The album's centrepiece and creative peak -- and more mutant two-in-one song action. Starts as heavy soft rock with what sounds like psychotic fiddle and Eastern strings punctuating a woozy flashback to A Rush of Blood to the Head. Just as Yes winds down Chinese Sleep Chant storms into life -- it's their most exciting three minutes of music in years; My Bloody Valentine-style feedback and a dose of welcome urgent guitars as Martin sings random melodies over the top. Brilliant. Viva La Vida Did someone say instant classic? There's no surprise this song was used as an iTunes ad at the same time Violet Hill confused the masses. This is just simply amazing pop, everything you ever loved about Coldplay, but with the trademark Brian Eno twist. There are dancing strings, powerful vocals and a piano line that keeps building and building. But not an ounce of sombre here, rather a truly triumphant anthem-in-waiting that's going to be impossible to ignore. Somewhere Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody is kicking a wall. Very hard. Violet Hill Chosen as the first single, those experimental urges make more sense in this context than rubbing shoulders with Flo Rida on the radio. Strawberry Swing Squealy guitar and quietly pounding drums on a surprisingly subdued moment, with a lovely Beatles-esque spin towards the end. Death and All His Friends/The Escapist Tinkly piano gives way to a strong, moody finale for a band who always end their albums strongly. Hidden track The Escapist is the musical twin of Life in Technicolour, more whizzing electronics. The verdict: * * * * Coldplay relocate the balance between being one of the biggest bands in the world and being one of the most interesting. Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends (EMI) is released on Saturday.
Big Names, Big Movies, Big Moments: Who Will Make Headlines This Year?!?
Steve Carell, Jack Black, Lindsay Lohan, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Wahlberg,
Seth Rogen, Megan Fox, Jennifer Hudson, Anne Hathaway, James Franco, Rumer
Willis, Brendan Fraser, & Danny McBride Set to Present at '2008 MTV Movie
Awards'
LIVE On Sunday, June 1st at 8PM/7c
SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 19 -- Who and what will the
blogs be buzzing about this year? MTV brings the biggest names of this
summer's most anticipated films together to give fans more spontaneous and
shocking moments as Steve Carell, Jack Black, Lindsay Lohan, Robert Downey
Jr., Mark Wahlberg, Seth Rogen, Megan Fox, Jennifer Hudson, Anne Hathaway,
James Franco, Rumer Willis, Brendan Fraser and Danny McBride are the first
to be announced in the growing list of stars presenting at the "2008 MTV
Movie Awards." They join previously revealed performers Coldplay and The
Pussycat Dolls who will take the stage to debut new music and deliver
eagerly awaited live performances. The 17th annual awards show will be
executive produced by Emmy Award(R) winning producer Mark Burnett. Hosted
by Mike Myers, the "2008 MTV Movie Awards" will be broadcast LIVE from the
Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, CA on Sunday, June 1st at 8pm/7c.
Up for the coveted golden popcorn at the "2008 MTV Movie Awards" are
"Superbad," leading the way with five nominations, and "Juno," receiving
four nominations. Also vying for an award are "Enchanted," "Transformers,"
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" and "Knocked Up" with 3
nominations each. MTV has also partnered with some of the most popular UGC
video sites, including Photobucket, MySpace, Daily Motion, Break, Buzznet,
Heavy and FunnyorDie to give anyone and everyone with a creative vision
their chance to shine in a celeb-filled arena. Finalists for the "BEST
MOVIE SPOOF" will be flown to Los Angeles to attend the "2008 MTV Movie
Awards" where one will be crowned the winner.
The destiny of the coveted golden popcorn lies in the hands of the
viewers. Fans can vote by visiting http://www.movieawards.mtv.com before May 23rd
to support their favorite nominees in each category.
The "2008 MTV Movie Awards" will be available to a potential viewing
audience of more than 1.4 billion people via MTV's global network of 64
channels reaching 559.8 million households around the world as well as
through syndication. In addition, its convergent programming & content will
reach the entire interactive community, via more than 180 MTV digital media
properties around the world.
Mark Burnett serves as Executive Producer for the 2008 MTV MOVIE
AWARDS. Audrey Morrissey is Co-Executive Producer. Jane Mun and Ted Smith
serve as Producers.
Official sponsors of "The 2008 MTV MOVIE AWARDS" are Dibs, Dove Go
Fresh, GM, Old Navy, Orbit(R), Secret and Taco Bell Corp.(R).
About MTV
MTV is the dynamic, vibrant experiment at the intersection of music,
creativity and youth culture. For over 26 years, MTV has evolved,
challenged the norm, and detonated boundaries -- giving each new generation
a creative outlet and voice that entertains, informs and unites on every
platform and screen. On-air, MTV has been the number one rated 24 hour
ad-supported cable network P12-24 for 16 straight years. Online, MTV.com
scored double-digit growth in 2007 and MTV launched ten dynamic online
communities and six new virtual worlds. On the go, MTV Mobile is the #1
music brand in the wireless space -- delivering 90% more streams than in
2006. And MTV's successful sibling networks MTV2, mtvU and MTV Tr3s each
deliver unprecedented customized content, super-serving music fans, college
students and young American Latinos like no one else. MTV is part of MTV
Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), one of the world's leading
creators of programming and content across all media platforms. Wanna know
more? Come on in ... http://www.mtvpress.com.
About Mark Burnett Productions
Mark Burnett Productions (MBP) is a leading production company for
primetime television, cable and the internet, and has produced 1,100 hours
of television programming which regularly airs in over 70 countries around
the world. MBP revolutionized television with hits such as Survivor (CBS),
The Apprentice (NBC), The Contender (ESPN), Rock Star: INXS (CBS), the
Steven Spielberg and Dreamworks Television co-production On The Lot (FOX),
and the smash hit Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (FOX) which is
currently being produced in 51 countries. In the summer of 2007, MBP
entered the world of Award Shows, when Mark Burnett served as executive
producer for the 2007 MTV Movie Awards. Since 2001, MBP has garnered a
total of 47 Emmy nominations with 5 wins, and has won 4 People's Choice
Awards. Mark Burnett has been named one of the most influential people in
the world by TIME magazine and named TV Guide's most valuable player. He
has won both BRANDWEEK'S Marketer of the Year Award and the prestigious
ROSE D'OR FRAPA Format Award. In 2007, Mark Burnett was inducted into the
Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame.
See Also
Seth Rogen, Megan Fox, Jennifer Hudson, Anne Hathaway, James Franco, Rumer
Willis, Brendan Fraser, & Danny McBride Set to Present at '2008 MTV Movie
Awards'
LIVE On Sunday, June 1st at 8PM/7c
SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 19 -- Who and what will the
blogs be buzzing about this year? MTV brings the biggest names of this
summer's most anticipated films together to give fans more spontaneous and
shocking moments as Steve Carell, Jack Black, Lindsay Lohan, Robert Downey
Jr., Mark Wahlberg, Seth Rogen, Megan Fox, Jennifer Hudson, Anne Hathaway,
James Franco, Rumer Willis, Brendan Fraser and Danny McBride are the first
to be announced in the growing list of stars presenting at the "2008 MTV
Movie Awards." They join previously revealed performers Coldplay and The
Pussycat Dolls who will take the stage to debut new music and deliver
eagerly awaited live performances. The 17th annual awards show will be
executive produced by Emmy Award(R) winning producer Mark Burnett. Hosted
by Mike Myers, the "2008 MTV Movie Awards" will be broadcast LIVE from the
Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, CA on Sunday, June 1st at 8pm/7c.
Up for the coveted golden popcorn at the "2008 MTV Movie Awards" are
"Superbad," leading the way with five nominations, and "Juno," receiving
four nominations. Also vying for an award are "Enchanted," "Transformers,"
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" and "Knocked Up" with 3
nominations each. MTV has also partnered with some of the most popular UGC
video sites, including Photobucket, MySpace, Daily Motion, Break, Buzznet,
Heavy and FunnyorDie to give anyone and everyone with a creative vision
their chance to shine in a celeb-filled arena. Finalists for the "BEST
MOVIE SPOOF" will be flown to Los Angeles to attend the "2008 MTV Movie
Awards" where one will be crowned the winner.
The destiny of the coveted golden popcorn lies in the hands of the
viewers. Fans can vote by visiting http://www.movieawards.mtv.com before May 23rd
to support their favorite nominees in each category.
The "2008 MTV Movie Awards" will be available to a potential viewing
audience of more than 1.4 billion people via MTV's global network of 64
channels reaching 559.8 million households around the world as well as
through syndication. In addition, its convergent programming & content will
reach the entire interactive community, via more than 180 MTV digital media
properties around the world.
Mark Burnett serves as Executive Producer for the 2008 MTV MOVIE
AWARDS. Audrey Morrissey is Co-Executive Producer. Jane Mun and Ted Smith
serve as Producers.
Official sponsors of "The 2008 MTV MOVIE AWARDS" are Dibs, Dove Go
Fresh, GM, Old Navy, Orbit(R), Secret and Taco Bell Corp.(R).
About MTV
MTV is the dynamic, vibrant experiment at the intersection of music,
creativity and youth culture. For over 26 years, MTV has evolved,
challenged the norm, and detonated boundaries -- giving each new generation
a creative outlet and voice that entertains, informs and unites on every
platform and screen. On-air, MTV has been the number one rated 24 hour
ad-supported cable network P12-24 for 16 straight years. Online, MTV.com
scored double-digit growth in 2007 and MTV launched ten dynamic online
communities and six new virtual worlds. On the go, MTV Mobile is the #1
music brand in the wireless space -- delivering 90% more streams than in
2006. And MTV's successful sibling networks MTV2, mtvU and MTV Tr3s each
deliver unprecedented customized content, super-serving music fans, college
students and young American Latinos like no one else. MTV is part of MTV
Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), one of the world's leading
creators of programming and content across all media platforms. Wanna know
more? Come on in ... http://www.mtvpress.com.
About Mark Burnett Productions
Mark Burnett Productions (MBP) is a leading production company for
primetime television, cable and the internet, and has produced 1,100 hours
of television programming which regularly airs in over 70 countries around
the world. MBP revolutionized television with hits such as Survivor (CBS),
The Apprentice (NBC), The Contender (ESPN), Rock Star: INXS (CBS), the
Steven Spielberg and Dreamworks Television co-production On The Lot (FOX),
and the smash hit Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (FOX) which is
currently being produced in 51 countries. In the summer of 2007, MBP
entered the world of Award Shows, when Mark Burnett served as executive
producer for the 2007 MTV Movie Awards. Since 2001, MBP has garnered a
total of 47 Emmy nominations with 5 wins, and has won 4 People's Choice
Awards. Mark Burnett has been named one of the most influential people in
the world by TIME magazine and named TV Guide's most valuable player. He
has won both BRANDWEEK'S Marketer of the Year Award and the prestigious
ROSE D'OR FRAPA Format Award. In 2007, Mark Burnett was inducted into the
Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame.
See Also
Clinic, Do It! Album Review
Clinic
Do It!
Domino Records
Album Review
You make the assumption that four grown men who've persisted throughout their career with appearing in surgeon's masks aren't taking themselves too seriously. Given also that the only people outside your local hospital who've mirrored this trend were a bunch of seventies football hooligans from Millwall who called themselves The Treatment (oh, and the guy who came in fancy dress to our Halloween party last year, drunk too much sangria and threw up in the Rhododendrons), it's also reasonable to assume that the record buying public's lack of interest isn't anything that's going to turn around anytime soon.
Assumptions of course make an arse of you and me, but first things first. Formed in the rubble of brit pop during 1997, Clinic are from Liverpool, a city that's produced a string of astute bands which mostly lack the chippy provinciality of those from bumptious neighbour Manchester. And it also has to be said that despite the commercial apathy, the quartet have rock friends in high places. They've toured with Radiohead, secured a Grammy nomination for their second album Walking With Thee and have been leant major kudos by big name fellow mavericks Scott Walker and Jarvis Cocker.
Their fifth album, Do It! is steeped in the hyper extended r n' b of sixties garage rock, occasionally played at an amphetamine driven tempo which frothy coffee drinkers approaching their dotage may subconsciously identify with. Opener Memories sets the tone, with singer Ade Blackburn's reedy vocals piping hypnotisingly against a chugging guitar backdrop that's part psychedelia, part Ouija board. Given that it's influences are so catalogued, it would be easy for Blackburn & co. to trade on the fact that their reimaginings are relevant simply because of their uniqueness in today's environment, but their lack of compromise mostly wins the day, with Tomorrow, The Witch and Shopping Bag all remaining eruditely in character enough to conjure up retro menace and lava lamp resonance aplenty.
True, this intransigent energy does begin to dissipate towards the end of the journey with finale Coda lapsing into pseudo Wurlitzer pastiche, but if Alison Goldfrapp can reinvent herself as the elfish daughter of Kate Bush and Portishead can produce an album full of krautrock dirgery, then Clinic can be forgiven for this minor lapse. Now that the Beta Band are little more than a fading memory, the masked scousers are our last link to the sixties that doesn't need to go to the toilet four times a night.
7/10
Andy Peterson
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