The Beatles Original Management Contract Set For Auction

The Beatles original management contract with Brian Epstein is to be auction in London next month.


The document, which is expected to raise �250,000, was gestural by all four members of the band in January 1962.


But Epstein refused to

Joi Cardwell And Steal Vybe

   
Artist: Joi Cardwell And Steal Vybe

   Genre(s): 
House
   

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Discography:


   
 Wanderlust (SL032) Vinyl

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 3

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Alec Baldwin narrates public service ad about homelessness in NYC

NEW YORK - Alec Baldwin is lending his voice to critics of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's homelessness policies.

The "30 Rock" actor narrates a public service announcement released by the Coalition for the Homeless, a charity blasting Bloomberg's follow-through on a 2004 pledge to slash the number of homeless New Yorkers.

Over footage of people on city streets, Baldwin recites statistics such as "over 40,000 New Yorkers will go to sleep homeless tonight." A coalition spokeswoman says the spot will be televised on various networks.

The city department of homeless services says the number of homeless people on Manhattan streets and in shelters is shrinking, which the coalition disputes.

Baldwin's representatives didn't immediately return phone calls Wednesday. The 50-year-old actor is an enthusiastic Democrat who often speaks out on political matters.

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Baroness

   
Artist: Baroness

   Genre(s): 
Other
   

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Discography:


   
 First

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 3

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Baroness plays an eclecticist brand of heavy metal, embracing the violence and sharp technique of new-millennium alloy simply with melodic accents and thinking guitar solve that suggests the influence of indie stone and post-punk bands. The quaternion members of Baroness -- John Baizley on guitar and vocals, Brian Blickle on guitar, Summer Welch on bass, and Allen Blickle on drums -- ar all earlier from Lexington, VA, only they pulled up bet and relocated to Savannah, GA, when they formed the band in mid-2003. Baroness made their recording debut in 2005 with Low, a three-song EP released through Savannah-based indie label Hyperrealist Records. A second EP from Baroness, only called Moment, appeared in stores later the same year. In 2006, Baroness teamed up with some other upbeat simply powerful band from Savannah, Unpersons, for a split EP entitled A Grey Sigh in a Flower Husk released through At a Loss Records. In 2007, Baroness signed with the well-respected independent alloy label Relapse Records, and in the flow of 2007 they issued their low gear full-length saucer, The Red Album, followed by all-inclusive touring.

Spike Lee - Eastwood To Lee Shut Your Face

Spike Lee has responded to Spike Lee's criticism of his two films about the
World War II battle of Iwo Jima, Flags of Our Fathers and Letters
from Iwo Jima. At the Cannes Film Festival last month Lee told reporters:
"There was not one black soldier in both of those films. ... In his vision of
Iwo Jima, Negro soldiers did not exist." However, in an interview with
Britain's Guardian newspaper published today (Friday), Eastwood said his
film was about the American soldiers who raised the flag on Mount Suribachi
during the battle. He noted that the black troops who participated in the
battle were part of a munitions company that was not involved in the flag
raising. "If I go ahead and put an African-American actor in there, people'd
go: 'This guy's lost his mind.' I mean, it's not accurate." He then angrily
said of Lee: "A guy like him should shut his face."

06/06/2008

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Jennifer Rush

   
Artist: Jennifer Rush

   Genre(s): 
Other
   Pop
   Rock
   New Age
   

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Discography:


   
 Stronghold

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 52


   
 Out of My Hands

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 11


   
 Credo

   Year: 1997   
Tracks: 11


   
 Power of Jennifer Rush

   Year: 1991   
Tracks: 13


   
 Classics

   Year:    
Tracks: 12

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While virtually unknown in the U.S., pop vocaliser Jennifer Rush achieved star status as an expatriate in Europe, selling millions of records and releasing a train of strike singles famous for their stentorian, dance-rock arrangements and Rush's herculean voice. Born Heidi Stern in New York City, Rush's father was an opera singer and her mother was a pianist. At the geezerhood of 9, she touched to Germany with her kin, reversive in her teens to the States. In 1982, she returned to Germany with her father to follow up on a tattle career, sign language a dole out with CBS/Columbia. Changing her diagnose to Jennifer Rush, she released a series of songs that made her a whizz in Europe, including "Into My Dreams," "Come Give Me Your Hand," "25 Lovers," and "Band of Ice." In 1985, Rush scored a massive European strike with "The Power of Love," which became i of the longest-running chart-toppers in U.K. history. The song, which she likewise co-wrote, was packaged with several of her former European hits for her U.S. debut Jennifer Rush. Released as a individual, "The Power of Love" failed to replicate its succeeder upon its stateside liberation, only reaching figure 57. Instead, versions of the song by Laura Branigan and Celine Dion strike the American Top 40 (the latter hitting number one for a calendar month in 1994). It wasn't until her third U.S. release, Spirit Over Mind, that Rush reached the Top 40 as an artist with her twain with Elton John, "Flames of Paradise," reach number 37 in 1987. She continued to retain a big European following throughout the stay of the '80s and '90s, collaborating with writers such as Desmond Child and Diane Warren and playacting with high profile acts like Michael Bolton and Placido Domingo. Despite selling millions of albums abroad, most of her albums suffer not been released in the U.S.

Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid

If you've spent time with Elbow in the past - 2001's 'Asleep in the Back', 2003's 'Cast of Thousands', 2005's 'Leaders of the Free World' - the question 'why aren't they bigger?' has probably arisen during or after each listen. Their consistency as a band is an all too rare thing; people's lack of knowledge of their work is all too frequent.
All of the above are in place once again for 'The Seldom Seen Kid', a record which could be Elbow's best - but the chances of massive success are slimmer than those on its gloriously cinematic race rigging story 'The Fix', one of the many standouts here.
As in the past, what 'The Seldom Seen Kid' rewards is patience. The arrangements are predominantly slow; the big noise is seldom but wisely chosen; the singalong singles are somewhere else. But spend enough time with these 12 songs and their magic grows by the hour.
Singer Guy Garvey has evolved into a great chronicler of love and worn-down life and the combination of sweet, sad and scathing here is intoxicating.
There really is something for every mood: the stomping 'Grounds for Divorce' booms with bad attitude and big drums; the Richard Hawley duet on 'The Fix' is wickedly funny; the tenderness of 'Mirrorball' something to shield yourself with and 'Friend of Ours' yet another Elbow reason to stay in, by yourself, with the lights off.
These are just four of the treats that await; the other eight could turn out to be your favourites. If you've found yourself thinking that the equation of music to money well spent is increasingly negative, 'The Seldom Seen Kid' will restore equilibrium.
Garvey has spoken of his happiness at being known as an 'albums band', but just like so many people have sold themselves short when it comes to Elbow so too has he: they're a great albums band. Make sure the 'Kid' isn't seldom heard.
Harry Guerin