Beatlejazz & other: June 2008

Monday, 23 June 2008

SAVE FERRIS

Artist: SAVE FERRIS

   Genre(s):
Ska

Discography:

It Means Everything

Year: 1997
Tracks: 11

A failed ska radical sour alternative popsters, Save Ferris was originally formed as a ska-punk band named Los Pantelones. After the radical broke up in 1995, guitar player Brian Mashburn and sax player Eric Zamora began writing songs, in concert with former bandmates Bill Uechi (bass) and JosÃ© CastellaÃ±os (trumpeter). The quadruplet later recruited drummer Mark Harismendy, vocalizer Monique Powell and trombone player T-Bone Willy.

The band gigged around the Orange County area for just unitary month, and recorded the EP Introducing Save Ferris. Invited to vie in a Grammy Showcase of unsigned bands, Save Ferris south Korean won local and regional competitions, then flew to New York for the last round; after just one show, a senior executive at Epic Records began talk to the band and sign them, fifty-fifty earlier they establish out the results of the competition. Working with producer Peter Collins, Save Ferris recorded their debut uncut It Means Everything. Thanks to an energetic shroud of "Come in on Eileen" (by Dexy's Midnight Runners), the album did considerably on alternative wireless. Modfied followed in 1999.

'Sex and the City' highly rated overseas

Monday, 16 June 2008

Numb Encore

Artist: Numb Encore

   Genre(s):
Pop

Discography:

German Top100 Single Charts 7.

Year: 2004
Tracks: 1

Thursday, 12 June 2008

Yulia's online bullies get warning

A clash of musical genres has seen police warn punk and indie rockers over their harassment of pop-classical singer Yulia and her husband-manager, Glyn MacLean.

A forum on indie-rock record label Out of Kilter's website has attacked the pair for two weeks with message-board posters saying they would "spike Yulia's drink" and calling her a "mail-order retard", referring to her Russian heritage.

A poster to the punk forum website Punkas.com has been threatened with charges of criminal nuisance and criminal harassment after posts suggesting users "escalate" their attacks.

Yulia's home address was published on the site, and graphic sexual comments were made.

The Out of Kilter Records owner, and the moderator of the website, 19-year-old Will Edmonds, is alleged to have harassed the singer at her home in the middle of the night by telephone and to have "fuelled the fire" on his website.

Edmonds told The Press it was a case of harmless teenage pranks gone too far.

Punkas removed its offensive material after being contacted by police, and Out of Kilter removed its anti-Yulia thread after being contacted by The Press late last week.

Sergeant Vaughan Mead, of the Wellington police, said some "very inappropriate" comments on Punkas "really went further than making a comment about her music".

"Fun's fun but there is a limit," he said.

MacLean said the phone calls were the last straw and the couple took the matter to police last Wednesday.

Two weeks ago, a forum on Out of Kilter's website began to mock Yulia and her appearance on several television shows.

MacLean responded by posting messages that included the statement: "We own the ONLY company in NZ that licenses music directly in Hollywood and chances are that your record label may one day approach us to license you.

"We are also a publishing company and on (the) board of some companies that might ultimately make a decision about your career."

The controversy spilt over to the punk music forum Punkas.

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Alio Die and Ora

Artist: Alio Die and Ora

   Genre(s):
Ambient

Discography:

The Door Of Possibilities

Year: 1996
Tracks: 7

Maggie Gyllenhaal - Gyllenhaal Blasts Medias Disrespect After Ledgers Death

MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL has hit out at the media for their reporting tactics after the death of fellow actor HEATH LEDGER - branding the industry "disrespectful".

The Secretary star blasted journalists for their style of reporting after the tragic death of the Australian actor, insisting she was "shocked" by the way they tackled the sensitive issue.

Gyllenhaal starred opposite Ledger in his final full film, The Dark Knight, in which he stars as Batman's nemesis, The Joker.

And the actress - whose brother, Jake Gyllenhaal, featured alongside Ledger in 2005's Brokeback Mountain - reveals her co-star and friend's untimely death has taken its toll on her.

She tells Britain's Empire magazine, "It's hard to talk about how it's (Ledger's death) affected me personally. It's been really hard for me."

"(And) the media has shocked me with the way that they've been disrespectful in some ways."

Ledger was found dead in his New York apartment in January (08). Toxicology reports released a month later (Feb08) state he was killed by an accidental overdose of prescribed medication.

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Interpol Singer Caught Red Handed Helena Christensen

Intepol frontman Paul Banks is the latest rock star to strike up a relationship with a high profile supermodel, according to new reports.

Banks has been spotted holidaying with Helena Christensen, who has previously been romantically linked with the late Michael Hutchence and Smashing Pumpkins singer Billy Corgan.

According to the Sun newspaper, who spotted the couple in Miami, Florida, Banks “can't believe his luck”.

As previously reported, Interpol will head to the UK this month for a number of intimate club dates and festival appearances.

You can buy tickets for all their appearances through Gigwise here.

Alternatively, call our ticket hotline on 0871 230 1098 to purchase your tickets.

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Martin Gore (Depeche Mode)

Artist: Martin Gore (Depeche Mode)

   Genre(s):
Pop

Discography:

Counterfeit

Year: 2003
Tracks: 6

Inmates Get Baked For Paris

The Belles

Artist: The Belles

   Genre(s):
Other

Discography:

Idle Acres

Year: 2004
Tracks: 7

Jackass star arrested in Hollywood

Madonna to build a school for girls in Malawi

Madonna Madonna is planning to build a “multi-million dollar” school for girls in Malawi.

“A task force of four prominent Malawians has already been formed to head the project which will be on the scale of what Oprah Winfrey has in South Africa. It is a multi-million dollar project and we will get the real costs in the next two weeks,” said the pop superstar’s lawyer.

This isn’t the Material Girl singer’s first act of philanthropy in Malawi. The star, who celebrates her 50th birthday later this year, is currently awaiting approval from the government in Malawi to adopt her 2-year-old son David Banda.

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Synecdoche, New York

Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut has a dreamlike quality, and those won over by its otherworldly jigsaw puzzle of duplicated characters, multiple environments and shifting time frames will dissect it endlessly. Read the full review

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