Sunset Strip fest to honor Lou Adler, Mario Maglieri and Elmer Valentine & other: 2008

Saturday 9 August 2008

Big Hollywood films shooting despite strike threat

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The de facto walk out in Hollywood may be slowly advent to an end, with several high-ticket studio projects starting production despite the stalemate in the Screen Actors Guild's contract negotiation.

Director Roland Emmerich began motion-picture photography his in style disaster mental picture "2012" in Vancouver this week. The Sony design, which testament feature heavy special personal effects, comes with a contingency plan in case of an actors walkout or strike.

On Wednesday, Walt Disney Co. CEO Robert Iger told investors, "We suffer decided to move forward with a number of our productions and address any issues later as they bob up." Disney's "Persia," which has begun motion-picture photography, also has some wiggle room since the studio has shifted the film's planned press release date by a year to May 2010.

A Universal executive aforementioned the studio has the Judd Apatow project "Funny People" and "Lost for Words" scheduled to shoot in September.

The studios, fearful of industrial military action, had lesion down production ahead of the June 30 termination of SAG's contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). On that date, the AMPTP presented its final offer to SAG, and some impatient members are forthwith demanding that SAG assign that offer up for ratification.

But on that point is a growing signified that the stalemate will extend through September, when the guild's leadership will be up for reelection. The election is likely to become a referendum on the bargaining committee's efforts to achieve a contract.

"Everyone is working under the assumption that aught will pass off until thither is an election and the results are known," said a source close to the AMPTP. "I think SAG thought, 'Let's drag this into July and August; let's force the studios to make a mistake. Maybe they'll impose, perchance they'll lock us out, and that will galvanise the members and then we'll

Tuesday 1 July 2008

Matchbook Romance

Artist: Matchbook Romance

   Genre(s):
Rock
   Rock: Punk-Rock

Discography:

Voices

Year: 2006
Tracks: 12

West For Wishing Ep

Year: 2003
Tracks: 5

Stories And Alibis

Year: 2003
Tracks: 12

Matchbook Romance is a melodious hardcore unit from Poughkeepsie, NY. The band started in 1997 when bassist Ryan Kienle, vocalist/guitarist Andrew Jordan, and drummer Aaron Stern's band, Fizzlewink, added guitar player Ryan "Judas" DePaolo and became the Getaway. All computer-savvy, the bandmembers hit the Internet tough, designing their possess internet site and victimisation it for shameless promotion of their wildly emotional take on bloody, midtempo hard-core. The band gained exposure through listings on unsigned isthmus sites like MP3.com, and eventually began performing to a ontogenesis audience passim the Northeast.

Epitaph honcho Brett Gurewitz heard the Getaway's demo via punknews.org, got in stir with Jordan, and before long the bandmembers found themselves in California, signing a deal with the famed touchwood rock mark. Legal issues encouraged the Getaway to become Matchbook Romance, Gurewitz volunteered to produce their debut EP, tours were staged, and Joe Barresi (Weezer, Pennywise) was seamed up to produce the band's eventual full-length. Not tough for a caboodle of guys wHO had religion in MP3.com. The Western United States for Wishing EP appeared in April of 2003 with their debut uncut, Stories and Alibis, surfacing five months later on. Lots of touring helped the latter tone ending sell upward of cc,000 copies, and a 2004 split with Motion City Soundtrack satisfied fans until the more ambitious Voices was issued in February 2006. The guys spent very much of the yr on the road, including summer dates opening for Yellowcard. However, by March 2007, it all came to a sudden remainder as Matchbook Romance announced it was going on an indefinite hiatus for unspecified reasons.

Tuesday 24 June 2008

The Turbo A.C.'s

Artist: The Turbo A.C.'s

   Genre(s):
Rock

Discography:

Live to Win

Year: 2006
Tracks: 13

Avenue X

Year: 2005
Tracks: 13

Fuel for Life

Year: 2001
Tracks: 14

Damnation Overdrive

Year: 1997
Tracks: 12

Winner Take All

Year:
Tracks: 13

'The Hills Run Red' horror finds its stars

Friday 6 June 2008

Makaveli

Artist: Makaveli

   Genre(s):
Rap: Hip-Hop

Discography:

Don Killuminati

Year: 1996
Tracks: 12

Sex and the City Sells At U.S. Box Office

Monday 26 May 2008

Hammond quits new home after just 70 hours

Top Gear's Richard Hammond was in his new home for just 70 hours before deciding to move back to his old one.
Hammond, 38, soon realised the new place was not for him - and now faces a nightmare bill of up to €60,000 for changing his mind.
The TV presenter and his family left their rented farmhouse in Gloucestershire for a new home in Buckinghamshire on Friday.
However, he lasted only three days in the property before deciding that the change in "lifestyle" didn't suit him.
He told the Mirror newspaper: "It only took us a couple of days to realise we were changing a lifestyle that suits us. It's an expensive lesson.
"I got there first, ready for the removal men. And as they started unloading, I began to wonder. Everything was smart, and rather posh and lovely, but could we fit in?
"When Mindy and the girls arrived, I thought 'This isn't right'."

Friday 23 May 2008

Dave Liebman

Artist: Dave Liebman

   Genre(s):
Jazz

Discography:

Homage to John Coltrane

Year: 1987
Tracks: 10

Sweet Hands

Year: 1975
Tracks: 7

Drum ode

Year: 1974
Tracks: 7

Lookout Farm

Year: 1973
Tracks: 3

Dave Liebman with Franco D'Andrea - 1990 - Nine Again [Red]

Year:
Tracks: 1

A Chromatic approach to Jazz Harmony and Melody

Year:
Tracks: 57

Dave Liebman has developed through and through clip to get i of the top soprano saxophonists in idle words. A extremely bingle and explorative (still versatile) improviser world Health Organization canful stretch from boP to free, Liebman studied ahead of time on with Lennie Tristano and Charles VII Harold Clayton Lloyd. He gained important receive playing with 10 Steering wheel Drive (1970), Elvin Daniel Jones (1971-1973), and Miles Davis' spinal fusion mathematical group (1973-1974). Liebman formed Outlook Farm in 1974, the beginning of several groups (including Request in the eighties) that teamed his reeds with piano role player Richie Beirach. By the tardily '80s, he had for the most part dropped the tenor voice representative to moil fine-tune on soprano and erstwhile in a while bubbly champagne flute, although he made a rare transcription on tenor for Double time in 1995. Dave Liebman, world Health Organization is very active in jazz education and has written various books, has recorded for a countless issuance of labels through and through the old age as a leader, including PM, Electronic countermeasures, Horizon, Timeless, Palo Countertenor, Pulsing, Soul Note, Heads Up, Storyville, Hooter, CMP, Redness, and Candid.

Salem Hill

Thursday 22 May 2008

Psyburbia

Artist: Psyburbia

   Genre(s):
Trance: Psychedelic

Discography:

Interstellar Filtersweep

Year: 2003
Tracks: 7

Friends in tribute to promising baritone

A promising Christchurch opera isaac Merrit Singer wHO died tragically after organism attain by a railcar in Sydney, had the voice and stagecoach presence to go wholly the way, friends say.Baritone Seamus Casey, 27, had been married only five months to buster isaac M. Singer Laura when the accident happened last workweek.His fellowship were with him at Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred the Great Hospital when it became clear he would not go back and his life support was turned off in the beginning this workweek.The damage to his wit bow was too severe, said friend and companion isaac M. Singer Wade Kernot.In an online diary now closed down, Laura Casey wheel spoke of taking her married man away life support as the almost difficult few hours of her life.Selected to get together the Chick Malvina Major Emerging Artists programme in 2002, Mr Casey moved to Australia for further report in Perth after attention a singing school in Napier in 2003.It was in Napier he met his wife and Mr Kernot."I had heard about him before I met him. He had a turn of seethe around him at the time," said Mr Kernot, wHO is involved in Fresh Seeland Opera's La Boheme. "I think to want to get on stage you take got to be a snatch of an extravert, and he was decidedly a vauntingly personality."

The achiever rate in opera tattle was "tricky", merely Mr Casey had everything he needed."He had a definite performing power, and great life know for doing this sort of job. And ... he had a very big, promising voice. He could have gone anyplace with it really."Mr Casey had suffered serious wellness problems in the past times that required major stomach operating room.It countersink his life history back, just he recovered and continued to develop his singing.Anthea Moller, wHO taught Mr Casey in John Napier and Perth, believes Mr Casey would take succeeded in a career as a performer.He volition be farewelled at a funeral service of process in Christchurch next week, in which Mr Kernot and others are expected to sing tributes.

Christensen says Ledger was 'enigmatic'

Model Helena Christensen has spoken about the loss her ally Heath Ledger, world Health Organization was establish dead at his Newly York apartment on 22 January.
Speaking at the Y-3 fashion show in New House of York, the poser told Citizenry cartridge clip that she has "only good memories" of Ledger.
Christensen said that she had been travel to travel to Book of account when news show of his expiry broke.
Speech production around how she is header since his death, she said: "Fourth dimension passes. It's doesn't make it easier, simply you try to do the best you potty. When you get a tike, they sort of bring you back to the import in a truly comforting way."
"Losing any friend is horrific, merely he only has this thing around him - this special, enigmatic thing that I give ne'er met in anyone before."
She too said: "That's what entirely of his friends are expression. They ar completely devastated by losing mortal wHO gave them so often. He gave everyone so much."