Friday, 27 June 2008
Les Rita Mitsouko
Artist: Les Rita Mitsouko
Genre(s):
Chanson
Rock
R&B: Soul
Pop
Discography:
Variety
Year: 2007
Tracks: 15
Bestov Les Rita Mitsouko
Year: 2002
Tracks: 17
Cool Frenesie
Year: 2000
Tracks: 14
The No Comprendo
Year: 1994
Tracks: 11
Marc et Robert
Year: 1994
Tracks: 11
Systeme D
Year: 1993
Tracks: 14
RE
Year: 1990
Tracks: 11
Marc and Robert
Year: 1988
Tracks: 11
Rita Mitsouko
Year: 1984
Tracks: 14
Les Rita Mitsouko came together in the spring of 1979 when guitar player Fred Chichin and isaac Bashevis Singer Catherine Ringer began on the job on the same theater production. Upon their low meeting, they were inseparable, talking until they accomplished they should take up the band together. Ringer decided to require on lyrical duties, piece Chichin became the resident physician instrumentalist. They debuted later that year, with Ringer on the reed organ and Chichin on guitar, spell everything else was prerecorded. Around this time they also drafted Jean Naplin into the mix, although he was never a fellow member; he contributed songs to almost of their albums and became a frequent pardner. They realised early that the chemical science they had developed did not translate well to other musicians, thence they distinct to keep the mathematical group a span. They performed around Europe, performing several clubs and bars until lastly playing under the name les Rita Mitsouko for the low sentence in November of 1980.
They were a very popular live act at the time, and they collaborated with other artists oft, most notably with dramatist Armando Llamas before his death in 1981. The striation signed to Virgin Records in 1982, giving them their number one chance to release a single. "Peter Minnewit Dansant" was the song dynasty, and critics immediately branded the band minimalists. The B-side of the platter, "Don't Forget the Nite," became a surprisal tuner hit and was re-released as the A-side before long after. They touched to Cologne and began recording their eponymous debut record album, and by the end of 1984 the album was out and "La Jalousie" and "Marcia Baila" became big hits in Europe. Ensuing tours with the Smiths and Kid Creole revealed their growing popularity, and by 1986 they were ready to record their second album. Filmmaker Jean-Luc Goddard filmed the process, resulting in the flake documental Soigne Ta Droite, which is of stake primarily because of the unreleased material that appears on the soundtrack. Producer Tony Visconti was brought in, and the recording process was touched to England to finish the jut out. The No Comprendo was finally released at the end of the year to a big reception, making them one of the hottest bands in Europe and winning them many music awards. The striation stirred to New York in early 1987 to hold auditions for a live band. The next tour, which covered almost of Europe, was an tremendous success and lED to the eventual re-launching of La Cigale, an old dramatics that the band enjoyed. During the tour they also made friends with Sparks, wHO invited them to collaborate at some point in the future. Musicians like Boy George and Michael Hutchence voiced their interest in working with the group, just these projects failed to go anyplace and the band just touched ahead to the adjacent record album. Marc et Robert was the following album, written by and large in the studio apartment, and featuring songs written and performed with Sparks. Another tour followed, ahead to the construction of the band's fresh studio apartment in their home.
By 1990, they distinct to release a remix album (Re) and execute a monthlong interlocking at La Cigale. The performances were so successful that the deuce agreed to prolong the appearance, staying until January of 1991. It was then that they accomplished that they wanted to record their albums onstage at La Cigale, starring to the construction of an complicate recording setup in the theater of operations. They began work on the album in 1992, finally cathartic Systeme D in November of 1993. More hits appeared, including a couple with Iggy Pop on "My Love Is Bad." Another European tour resulted from the release, and they worked with several other musicians during their trips, including Coba and Richard Galliano. A live album was released next, Acoustiques, which sparked another enlistment through Eastern Europe. Their records were properly released to America in 1999, and following a quiet period they reappeared in 2000 with the Cool Frenesie album.
Sunday, 22 June 2008
Radio 1 Dj Odd After Gay Bondage Session
Former Radio 1 disc jockey Kevin Greening died of a drug overdose after a gay bondage session, an inquest has been told.
A post mortem last month found that Greening, 44, died from a heart attack caused by a drug overdose in December, at a time when he had been a presenter on London's Smooth Radio.
And speaking at today's inquest, Coroner Paul Knapman has recorded that Greening's death was as a result of misadventure.
"He was found dead having indulged in unorthodox sexual behaviour involving restraint equipment and illegal drugs," he ruled.
Greening's boyfriend Sean Griffin, the ocuupier of the Wandsworth flat in which Greening was found, said: "Kevin and I had a very happy and very vigorous sex life.
"It was not conventional by heterosexual norms perhaps but it was a sex life which was vigorous and imaginative and we enjoyed each other."
Greening was part of the launch line-up of Virgin Radio in 1993 and joined Radio 1 the following year. He co-hosted the station's flagship breakfast show with Zoe Ball from 1997 to 1998 before returning to a weekend hosting slot.
It is believed the former breakfast show presenter had taken large quantities of cocaine, ecstasy and GHB on the night of his death.
Greening also worked at Radio 5 Live, as well as London stations Jazz FM, Heart 106.2 and XFM.
03/06/2008 12:56:15
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Tuesday, 10 June 2008
Moodswings
Artist: Moodswings
Genre(s):
New Age
Discography:
Horizontal Cd2
Year: 2002
Tracks: 6
Horizontal Cd1
Year: 2002
Tracks: 6
Psychedelicatessen
Year: 1997
Tracks: 15
Live At Leeds
Year:
Tracks: 1
The electronic duet Moodswings comprised Grant Showbiz (a one-time roadie and guitar technical school wHO by and by produced records by the Smiths and Billy Bragg) and JFT "Fred" Hood. After first teaming in 1989, the duet issued their debut LP Moodfood in 1992, marking an alternative radio shoot with the unmarried "Apparitional High (Commonwealth Of Independence)," which featured vocals by Chrissie Hynde; the Live at Leeds EP followed in 1994, and three long time later Moodswings returned with Psychedelicatessen.
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Alanis Morissette - Morissette Explains My Humps Video
ALANIS MORISSETTE enjoyed covering THE BLACK EYED PEAS' hit song MY HUMPS - because creating the parody provided respite from her own over-emotional songwriting process.
The Ironic hitmaker caused an Internet sensation with her 2007 down-tempo version of the track and its accompanying music video, which garnered over a million views in the week after its 02 April (07) launch on YouTube.
And the Canadian singer insists the creation of her moody rendition was a therapeutic experience.
She says, "I was in the studio with (producer) Guy Sigsworth and he would say, 'What horse from the apocalypse are you bringing in today, Alanis?' Because every song was this tsunami of emotions.
"So I said, 'I wish I could just write a really simple song - a song like My Humps.' Then we had a pregnant pause, looked at each other, and said, 'All right, let's do it!'
"Within moments we were recording the piano version of it, and within a week we were shooting the video in my garage here at my house."
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Michael Johnson
Artist: Michael Johnson
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Then and Now
Year:
Tracks: 10
Live At The Bluebird Cafe
Year:
Tracks: 12
Departure
Year:
Tracks: 12
 
Christina Aguilera welcomes first child
Reznor taps the future
More than a dozen years ago, Reznor’s Nine Inch Nails took a then-unknown Marilyn Manson on tour. Now Reznor is bringing along Brooklyn noise maven A Place to Bury Strangers, Canadian electro duo Crystal Castles, Brits Does It Offend You, Yeah? and Atlanta ambient punks Deerhunter. Talk about having a finger on the pulse.
In New England, Reznor is presenting Deerhunter at NIN’s Aug. 7 show at Mohegan Sun and Aug. 8 show at Worcester’s DCU. It’s a shame we didn’t get the megaloud A Place to Bury Strangers or the hot-as-magma Crystal Castles, but it’s still way better than what most veteran bands have been dragging out on tour.
Reznor for the win, once again.
Music Notes
The 2008 Irish connection ICONS festival goes down Sept. 12-14 at the Irish Cultural Center in Canton. After branching out with rock acts last year, this year’s ICONS focuses on Celtic music with Liam Clancy, Lunasa and Solas, and includes forums on Irish arts, sports and dance. For more information, go to iconsfestival.com.
Amanda Palmer of the Dresden Dolls will perform with the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall on June 19 and 20, mixing Dresden Dolls selections with those from her upcoming solo album, slated to drop in September.
The Unity Tour, which has united 311 and Snoop Dogg in a college kid’s dream bill, rolls into the newly rebranded Comcast Center in Mansfield on July 18. Tickets are on sale now through Ticketmaster and LiveNation.
Sean Combs - Combs Eyes Lewis Collaboration
SEAN COMBS is lining up LEONA LEWIS for a collaboration on his next album - insisting the new LP has to feature the British pop star.
The rapper admits he is a huge fan of the Bleeding Love singer and is convinced his new record won't be a success unless she is on it.
So Combs will stop at nothing to make sure the 23-year-old agrees to work with him.
He says, "I want that girl on my next album. I'm a huge fan. Not only is she so, so beautiful, she has a great voice. She is extremely talented and its great she is from England.
"She has one of the best voices I've heard. I'm already thinking about my next album and definitely want to make it work, so she's on it.
"I had Christina Aguilera on my last album, but it's all about Leona Lewis on my next."
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Politics at BEA: Buckley Bombs, Hodgman Kills, Markos Rips Thomas Friedman
"I'm a VP, welcome," said the woman who served us lemon chicken at Book Expo's politically themed author luncheon, which was facing the sudden political reality of a walkout by the entire serving staff of the L.A. Convention Center, forcing fair organizers to wear aprons. "The news of the walkout caused quite a discussion in the green room," said novelist Christopher Buckley.
"We had some prominent liberals there who were going to walk out in solidarity with the staff. I as the Republican in the group favored bringing in scabs."
Two of the authors seemed to be on strike, too: Michael Moore, who never made it because of bad weather in Michigan, and John Krakauer, who couldn't be here to promote his coming book on Pat Tillman because he failed to finish it on time, forcing its removal from fall catalogs. Moore's scab was the equally caustic though considerably more presentable Arianna Huffington, while Krakauer's chair was left respectfully empty. The fact that NBC correspondent and War Journal writer Richard Engel had just flown in from Baghdad put the other writers' difficulties in perspective.
It was Daily Kos' Markos Matos Zuniga, though, who made things a little more exciting with a few strange barbs. "I didn't have money to buy my way in," said the wildly popular lefty blogger. "I didn't have a rich, powerful famous family for me to trade off of" — at which point all eyes turned to Huffington. Then he turned on BEA's keynote speaker, Thomas Friedman. "Five years ago, as of yesterday, he got on to Charlie Rose and he talked about how Afghanistan wasn't enough. America needed to send a message to the Arabs. Fourteen times he told us that in only six more months things were going to turn around in Iraq. And he's been so wrong. He was wrong, but he sells a lot of books and this convention honors him."
The cynical Buckley seemed gracious by comparison, but his phoned-in one-liners demonstrated that satire doesn't always translate well on the rubber-chicken circuit. ("Everybody needs an editor. Even Hitler!") It almost made us wish we hadn't skipped that night's BEA benefit, featuring Lewis Black, who — whatever you think of him — at least has some fire in his belly. Funniest guy we saw? John "I'm a PC" Hodgman, who at a forum at 8 a.m. Sunday managed to blow every other humorist out of the water. "I still have a fondness for books," said the onetime literary agent. "Many a time I will be antiquing, and I'll say, 'What's that old-timey curio over there? What is that, a candlestick telephone, one of those old pull-chain toilets? Oh no, it's a book. I used to help make those things! I will buy it and use it to decorate my chain of casual family-dining restaurants.'" —Boris Kachka
Lowes Deny Accusations In Nanny's Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
Laura Boyce, who worked for the Lowe family last year , has accused Sheryl of creating an "extremely sexually offensive and hostile work environment", claiming her ex-boss quizzed her about the size of her African-American boyfriend's penis and regularly paraded around the family home naked. But, in legal papers filed in Los Angeles County Superior court on Friday , the Lowes have refuted the allegations, insisting they behaved in no such manner. They have denied every one of her accusations and have made reference to the statute of limitations, claiming Boyce waited too long before suing them. The Lowes have also called on a judge to dismiss the case because Boyce has "unclean hands", indicating that even if the couple behaved inappropriately towards the nanny, she has also been unprofessional and therefore doesn't have a righteous case, reports website Tmz.com. Lowe and his wife filed countersuits against Boyce and two other ex-employees on 7 April after claiming they're the victims of an attempted extortion scheme, led by another former nanny, Jessica Gibson.
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Amistades Peligrosas
Artist: Amistades Peligrosas
Genre(s):
Other
Latin
Pop
Rock
Discography:
Perversiones
Year: 2006
Tracks: 12
Relatos De Una Intriga
Year: 2004
Tracks: 10
La Larga Espera
Year: 2003
Tracks: 11
Nueva Era
Year: 2000
Tracks: 12
La Profecia
Year: 1996
Tracks: 10
La Ultima Tentacion
Year: 1993
Tracks: 12
Grandes Exitos CD2
Year:
Tracks: 10
Grandes Exitos CD1
Year:
Tracks: 10
Alberto Comesaña and Cristina del Valle met for the first prison term in 1989, when Comesaña was leading a pop/rock band called Semen Up and del Valle was playacting as a solo artist known as Cris. That same class, they stirred to Madrid and started career themselves Amistades Peligrosas. Teaming up with producer Luis Carlos Esteban, they sign language with EMI in 1990. In June 1991, their debut album Relatos De Una Intriga was released, featuring the hit unmarried "Estoy Por TÃ." La Ultima Tentación followed in December 1993, loss platinum in Spain and Latin America and acquiring "Me Haces Tanto Bien" victorious Song of the Year. In March 1996, La ProfecÃa demonstrated del Valle and Comesaña were turning to deeper lyrics and less pop style. 1997's Nueva Era became their final album. Amistades Peligrosas disbanded subsequently a press conference in July 1998.
Angelina Jolie - Jolie Finds Childbirth Fascinating
ANGELINA JOLIE loves every aspect of motherhood - even hailing giving birth by Caesarean section "fascinating".
The 32-year-old mother of four - who is currently expecting twins with partner Brad Pitt - insists childbirth is such a life-changing experience for her, it outweighs any pain she may feel during the process.
Jolie gave birth to daughter Shiloh, now two, via Caesarean and she is looking forward to welcoming her unborn babies into the world this summer (08).
She tells the new edition of Vanity Fair magazine, "I had a C-section (with Shiloh) and I found it fascinating. I didn't find it a sacrifice and I didn't find it a painful experience.
"I found it a fascinating miracle of what a body can do."
Jolie and Pitt are also parents to adopted kids Maddox, six, Pax, four, and Zahara, three.
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