Tuesday, 9 September 2008

Olympic Music Festival: 25th season closes with something N-E-W

Concert review |



You could have a wonderful time even without the music. On a good weather day, the Olympic Music Festival's Quilcene farm is an idyllic spot. The tree limbs sway mildly in a balmy snap. The donkeys line up amiably to be fRS. Dressed as informally as you choose, you crapper lounge on hay bales or pews in the barn and chat with visitors from as nearby as Port Townsend and as far away as Bellingham.



But the most impressive thing about the festival Alan Iglitzin started back up in 1984 is that the music is oft as superb as the environment. Closing out the 25th season on Sept. 7, the N-E-W Trio vividly demonstrated why, since coming together at Kneisel Hall in Blue Hill, Maine, four-spot years ago, it has been winning prizes and garnering enthusiastic reviews all over the country.



If the family initials of the three members � cellist Gal Nyska, pianist Julio Elizalde and violinist Andrew Wan � supply a rather awkward name, thither is cypher remotely uneasy about their playing. From the starting time of Beethoven's G-major Trio, Op. 1 No. 2, by path of the Ravel Trio, through to the magnificently rumbustious gipsy rondo that concludes Brahms' G-minor Piano Quartet, the performances revealed not but gifted instrumentalists but sensitive and stylistically savvy interpreters. Aside from individual virtuosity, there was a receive flexibility and warmth of expression in everything they did, as well as a beau ideal of remainder that spoke of fantabulous instincts.



Pianist Elizalde played at just the right intensity level for the changing demands of the music. His note was lucid in the upper reaches of the keyboard and never became harsh in even the biggest chords, so that Wan and Nyska were able to make their well-focused fiddle and violoncello lines efficient without needing to force.



Evidently the "voice" of the trio, Elizalde provided charming and unostentatious introductions to the works on the program. Usually Iglitzin does the introductions himself, simply he was clearly glad to concede that social occasion to his young fellow. And when Iglitzin came on stagecoach to take the viola part in the Brahms, it was as if the four musicians had been playing together all their lives. I don't know whether 55 years of professional music-making keeps you brigham Young � youth is an overrated calibre, anyway. But Iglitzin is living substantiation that it can keep you good.










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Saturday, 30 August 2008

Mp3 music: Attomica






Attomica
   

Artist: Attomica: mp3 download


   Genre(s): 

Metal: Thrash

   







Attomica's discography:


Disturbing The Noise (Remastered)
   

 Disturbing The Noise (Remastered)

   Year: 2004   

Tracks: 9
Attomica
   

 Attomica

   Year: 1987   

Tracks: 7






Attomica was founded in São José dOS Campos, Brazil, in 1985 by guitarist João Paulo Francis and drummer Mario Sanefuji, with singer Laerte Perr and brothers Pyda (guitar) and Andre Rod (bass voice) joining currently after. Their modest ambition was to get the quickest weighted metal annulus in their reality, and Attomica's talents sure improved at an astonishingly firm rate, quickly evolving from the raw songs and Portuguese lyrics presented in their initial shows and 1986 demo to a far more complete, speed-thrash style and English-sung lyrics on their eponymous debut album in 1987. Following its loss by the petite Equinox label, the group immediately headed astonished on lap, visiting many of Brazil's major cities and greatly expanding their fan groundwork in the process, simply the examine drove a wedge between the musicians and isaac Bashevis Singer Perr, earth Health Organization relinquish as presently as they returned home. Attomica quick plant a successor in ex-Thor singer Fabio Moreira and got to work composing new real, but by the time their pretty generic, Bay Area thrash-dominated irregular record album, Limits of Insanity, was released by Cogumelo Records in 1989, Moreira, also, was departed and bassist Andre Rod had taken over vocal duties in his stead. Once again Attomica go under out on a well-received tour crosswise Brazil, only to hobble home to São José dOS Campos in a state Department of agitation. Guitarist Pyda Rod was side by side on the difference list, in conclusion being substituted by João Paulo's pal, João Márcio Francis (ex-Megaton), and other singer Fabio Moreira was reinstated in time to perform on the band's tierce album, Disturbing the Noise. Arriving in stores in 1991, the LP's "ultra-speed" style cemented Attomica's standing as one of Brazil's circus tent thresh acts of the Apostles; the promo clip for single "Deathraiser" was showcased on several TV television shows, including the Brazilian MTV affiliate; and, as good as setting up their have circuit dates, the grouping was hand-picked by German thrashers Kreator to open a geminate of shows in Brasilia and São Paulo. Yet the members of Attomica were still earning adjacent to no money from all these efforts and had grownup old-hat of the arduous oscillation of recording, touring, and replacing dissatisfied musicians. They so decided to split up in 1994, only like to the highest degree Brazilian big metal bands from the "aureate" '80s times, Attomica would reform at the start of the new millennium, falling one of the deuce Ts in their name and releasing a live record album entitled Back and Alive in 2004.






Sunday, 10 August 2008

Girnu Giesmes

Girnu Giesmes   
Artist: Girnu Giesmes

   Genre(s): 
Industrial
   psychedelic
   



Discography:


Tiems, Kas Budi Uz Slenkscio   
 Tiems, Kas Budi Uz Slenkscio

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 8


S.S.S.S   
 S.S.S.S

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 8




 






Tuesday, 1 July 2008

Bono - Bono Mcconaughey Bid Farewell To Gates In Funny Video


BONO and MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY have joined forces to bid Microsoft boss BILL GATES a fond farewell as he plans for early retirement - by starring in a hilarious new video.

The two stars appear alongside U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama in the short, which has been posted on Microsoft's website, ahead of the boffin billionaire's company departure on Friday (27Jun08).

In the video, Gates muses what he'll do with his life post Microsoft and calls Obama about a possible Vice President role before playing U2's Bono a new guitar riff he has learned.

The Irish rocker says, "We've talked about this before, we're full up in the band, Bill."

Then, Gates asks, "Am I ready to take my shirt off?" while working out in a gym with MCConaughey.





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Saturday, 14 June 2008

Metallica to get 'Guitar Hero' special edition

A version of the 'Guitar Hero' computer game based entirely on the songs of Metallica will be released in 2009.

According to [url= http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6191921.html]Gamespot[/url], the version of the popular game franchise is set to be released early in the year across various console platforms.

'Guitar Hero III' was released in November 2007 to mass acclaim, while previously have had a special edition of the game devoted to them.




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Friday, 6 June 2008

Clint Eastwood - Clint Eastwood Says Spike Lee Should Shut His Face


Clint Eastwood has reacted angrily to Spike Lee's claim that there were too few black actors in Eastwood's films.

Lee had criticised Eastwood's second world war movies Flags of Our Fathers and Letters From Iwo Jima for failing to include African-American soldier in his portrayal of the pivotal battle.

But Eastwood has defended his pictures in the face of Lee's remarks, saying: "A guy like him should shut his face."

Speaking at the Cannes film festival, Lee attacked members of the press for failure to question Eastwood over the lack of black actors in either Iwo Jima film.

"There were many African-Americans who survived that war and who were upset at Clint for not having one [in the films]," he said.

"That was his version: the Negro soldier did not exist. I have a different version."

Eastwood refused to respond to questions about Lee's remarks while in the south of France but has now defended his acclaimed World War II films.

In an interview with the Guardian newspaper, the Dirty Harry star explained that there had indeed been a small detachment of black troops at Iwo Jima, who had been part of a munitions company.

But he added: "The story is Flags of Our Fathers, the famous flag-raising picture, and they didn't do that.

"If I go ahead and put an African-American actor in there, people would go: 'This guy's lost his mind.' I mean, it's not accurate."

The Oscar-winner said he refuse to compromise his films for the sake of political correctness.

"I'm not in that game," he explained.

"I'm playing it the way I read it historically, and that's the way it is. When I do a movie and it's 90 per cent black, like Bird [about jazz trumpeter Charlie Parker], then I use 90 per cent black people."

He referred to his upcoming project The Human Factor about post-apartheid South Africa and said: "I'm not going to make Nelson Mandela a white guy."


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Radiohead puts back catalog on iTunes

First six albums appear Tuesday morning





NEW YORK -- Radiohead's back catalog suddenly became available for sale via Apple's iTunes Music Store on Tuesday morning in DRM-free files, removing it from the ever-dwindling list of major holdouts from the digital download service.
The band previously had a handful of songs on iTunes that were included on various soundtracks or compilations, and earlier this year, Radiohead's new album, "In Rainbows," was made available there.
But only Tuesday had the band's first six studio albums gone live. Radiohead had been holding out because of its desire for fans to buy the albums in complete form, rather than as individual tracks.
In September, U.K. retailer 7digital scored a coup when it added Radiohead album downloads to its service, but not individual tracks.
The Beatles, Garth Brooks and AC/DC are now the last superstar acts without a presence on iTunes.

Lars Brandle in London contributed to this report.

Leona Lewis - Lewis Engaged

British pop star LEONA LEWIS has sparked rumours she is engaged to her childhood sweetheart LOU AL-CHAMAA - after she was seen showing off a new diamond ring.

The Bleeding Love hitmaker, 23, was photographed sporting a large diamond band on her wedding finger during a night out in London this weekend (25-26May08) - prompting speculation she is to wed her electrician boyfriend, also 23.

The couple grew up in the same area of east London and have been dating since they were teenagers.




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Ledger's death is ruled accidental

The death of Australian actor Heath Ledger has been ruled accidental by the New York City Medical Examiner's Office.
The office said today that the 28-year-old actor died due to the abuse of prescription medications.
A statement said: "Mr Heath Ledger died as the result of acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam, and doxylamine."
"We have concluded that the manner of death is accident, resulting from the abuse of prescription medications."
The actor's family released a statement saying: "Today's results put an end to speculation, but our son's beautiful spirit and enduring memory will forever remain in our hearts."
"While no medications were taken in excess, we learned today the combination of doctor-prescribed drugs proved lethal for our boy."
The statement also said: "Heath's accidental death serves as a caution to the hidden dangers of combining prescription medication, even at low dosage."
Ledger was found dead at his New York apartment on 22 January.

NY judge: Film can use John Lennon song

NEW YORK —

Yoko Ono lost her legal bid Monday to stop the playing of a 15-second excerpt of John Lennon's song "Imagine" in a film challenging the theory of evolution.


Lennon's widow had sued the makers of "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed," saying they used the ex-Beatle's anthem without her permission.


Ono, who had sought a preliminary injunction before the movie gets a wider release, said she would appeal. The other plaintiffs were Lennon's sons, Sean and Julian.


U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein ruled that if the case went to court, the filmmakers would probably win under the fair use doctrine.


"That doctrine provides that the fair use of a copyrighted work for the purposes of criticism and commentary is not an infringement of copyright," Stein wrote in his decision in Manhattan federal court.


Ono said in a statement, "It is a pity that this decision weakens the rights of all copyright owners."


The defendants, Premise Media Corp. of Dallas, Rampant Films of Sherman Oaks, Calif., and Rocky Mountain Pictures Inc. of Salt Lake City, said they were pleased.


"There were important free-speech issues here - they were literally asking the judge to censor the film," said their lawyer, Anthony T. Falzone.


The movie, which opened on U.S. screens in April and is set for release in Canada later this month and on DVD in October, presents a sympathetic view of intelligent design, the theory that the universe is too complex to be explained by evolution alone.


At a hearing last month, Falzone had argued that the segment of the song in the film - "nothing to kill or die for, and no religion too" - was central to the movie because "it represents the most popular and persuasive embodiment of this viewpoint that the world is better off without religion."


The film, he said, is "asking if John Lennon was right and it's concluding he was wrong."


Ono had countered by saying, "One of the most basic rights I control by reviewing and choosing licenses is the right to say `no.' The filmmakers simply looted me of the ability to do so."


The film features Ben Stein (no relation to the judge), an actor and former speechwriter for Presidents Nixon and Ford, defending intelligent design.








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Iron Man wins at the weekend box office for the second consecutive week

Iron ManMarvel’s superhero movie Iron Man fought off the competition for the second consecutive weekend, landing at No. 1 with $50.5 million in ticket sales at North American box offices, according to studio estimates on Sunday.


The movie, the first release by Marvel Studios, took in $12,284 per theater at 4,111 locations, and saw its total box office rise to $177 million after only about 10 days in theaters.


The film, starring Robert Downey Jr., went head-to-head with the family film Speed Racer, which landed the number two spot with $20.2 million in ticket sales; and romantic comedy What Happens In Vegas bagged the number three spot taking an estimated $20 million at the box office this weekend.




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Ruthie Foster

Ruthie Foster   
Artist: Ruthie Foster

   Genre(s): 
Blues
   



Discography:


Runaway Soul   
 Runaway Soul

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 10




 






Bjork allegedly attacks photographer

Icelandic singer Bjork has allegedly attacked a photographer at Auckland International Airport.
According to reports, the singer ripped photographer Glenn Jeffrey's shirt in half after he ignored a request to stop taking pictures of the singer.
Jeffrey told the New Zealand Herlad: "I took a couple of pictures and I got about three or four frames of her... and as I turned and walked away she came up behind me, grabbed the back of my black skivvy (sweatshirt) and tore it down the back."
"As she did this she fell over, she fell to the ground. At no stage did I touch her or speak with her."
The newspaper's website has reported that neither the newspaper nor Jeffrey intend to file charges against the singer.
A spokesperson for Auckland Police said that the alleged incident was not being investigated.