Apoptose

   
Artist: Apoptose

   Genre(s): 
Ambient
   

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Discography:


   
 Blutopher

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 7


   
 Nordland

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 7

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Michael Jackson To Release New Album This Month

Marilyn Monroe - Monroes Items To Be Sold At Auction

MARILYN MONROE's most prized possessions will be sold at two separate auctions in the U.S on Monday (16Jun08).

The late screen legend's clothing, furniture and private documents will be sold at Bonhams and Butterfields' auction in Los Angeles and Julien's Auctions in Las Vegas.

Experts believe the double bill is the most significant bonanza of Monroe memorabilia since Christie's New York sold off items from Monroe's estate in 1999, raising a whopping $13.5 million (GBP6,7500).

And Darren Julien, head of Julien's Auctions, predicts the items will raise a lot of money.

He tells the New York Daily News, "She's the top. Elvis (Presley) is comparable, but there are some things of Marilyn's that just go over the top."

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Arthur Alexander

   
Artist: Arthur Alexander

   Genre(s): 
R&B: Soul
   

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Discography:


   
 The Greatest

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 21


   
 Rainbow Road: The Warner Bros. Recordings

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 15


   
 You Better Move On

   Year:    
Tracks: 20

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Although his songs were covered by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and Elvis Presley, country-soul open up Arthur Alexander corpse largely strange to the general listening audience -- still, his music is the stuff of genius, a poignant and deep intimate soundbox of work on equation with the best of his coevals. Born May 10, 1940, in Florence, AL, Alexander was the son of a bottleneck blues guitar player world Health Organization performed each Saturday night in the vapours joints scattered end-to-end the region. Rooted as much in stanford White nation music as ignominious R&B, Alexander was still in the sixth grade when he united a evangel grouping dubbed the Heartstrings. After high schooling, he worked as a hotel bellman, befriending Tom Stafford, an R&B-obsessed white kidskin world Health Organization fictitious himself a lyricist -- Alexander began adding melodies to his language, and through Stafford was introduced to a likeminded crowd of fledgeling musicians including future legends Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham, Billy Sherrill, and Rick Hall. In 1958 Alexander partnered with Henry Lee Bennett to write "She Wanna Rock," which Stafford then sold to Decca Records; land isaac Bashevis Singer Arnie Derksen recorded the sung dynasty a year later, and in 1960 Alexander made his solo debut for Judd Records with the mealy vapours phone number "Sally Sue Brown," written and produced with Stafford and credited to June (short for "Junior") Alexander. During the summer of 1961, Alexander and Hall crossed the Tennessee River to build a recording studio in the town of Muscle Shoals, transforming an deserted tobacco plant warehouse into one of the most legendary facilities in popular music history. The first platter incubated inside Muscle Shoals was Alexander's 1962 classical "You Better Move On." The product of the singer's roots in both rural area and R&B, its earthy, back country look awaited the deep soul popularized by Memphis labels like Stax and Hi, stretch number 24 on the internal pop charts following its release on Dot Records. Later covered by the Rolling Stones, "You Better Move On" earned Hall enough money to start work on a new Muscle Shoals Studio, merely the deal with Dot efficaciously halted his quislingism with Alexander, world Health Organization arguably never reached the same high once again. Dot producer Noel Ball side by side assigned the vocalizer the Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil composition "Where Have You Been All My Life," which barely scraped the Top 60. Worse, the mark interred the Alexander original "Soldier of Love" on the flip side. But his third gear Dot exploit, the self-penned "Anna (Go to Him)," was a Top Ten R&B smash and was later covered by professed fans the Beatles, world Health Organization as well recorded "Soldier of Love." Although isaac Merrit Singer Steve Alaimo enjoyed considerable success in 1963 with the Alexander-penned "Every Day I Have to Cry," Alexander himself struggled to deliver a followup -- "Go Home Girl" couldn't even crack the Hot hundred, and after a series of little-heard singles such as "You're the Reason," "Ole John Amos," and "Motown City," Dot ended his abridge in early 1965. Alexander soon resurfaced on the Sound Stage 7 mark with "(Baby) For You," merely after "Demonstrate Me the Road" a year later, he did not waiver a new record until 1968's "I Need You Baby." Accounts diverge as to the circumstances dictating Alexander's fade from recording and touring at this time -- he by and by admitted to suffering a tenacious and debilitating sickness, and thither were rumors he became something of an acerb casualty well before psychedelia blossomed in full. Sound Stage 7 issued a single a class for the remnant of the decennium -- "Love's Where Life Begins" in 1968, "Another Place, Another Time" in 1969, and "Cry out Like a Baby" in 1970 -- just differently he was virtually all absent from music for the latter half of the 1960s, albeit reportedly cutting a session for ABC/Dunhill that stiff unreleased. In 1971 Alexander resurfaced as a staff songwriter at Nashville-based Combine Music, functional aboard the likes of Kris Kristofferson, Billy Swan, Tony Joe White, and Donnie Fritts. Combine executives presently orchestrated a recording handle with Warner Bros., and he entered Chips Moman's far-famed American Studio in Memphis to record his first base LP in a x, a self-titled matter highlighted by readings of Dennis Linde's "Burning Love" (later a smash for Elvis Presley) and the Penn/Fritts quislingism "Rainbow Road," as mournful and beautiful a record as Alexander ever made. Neither the album nor its incidental singles made whatsoever noticeable commercial wallop, however, and he soon exited Warner Bros., in conclusion giving up on Nashville trey old age afterwards and returning home to Florence. There he signed to Buddah, going back to Muscle Shoals to cut his own interpretation of "Every Day I Have to Cry," a minor hit that would prove his net commercial success of note. "Sharing the Night With You" appeared the year following, and after i last travail for Music Mill, the ably coroneted "So Long Baby," Alexander quit the music business in all, drive a social services bus for a living. Elektra/Nonesuch coaxed him out of retirement to make a replication album, 1993's Lonesome Just Like Me, just while on tour in financial support of the record he fell ill, passing away in Nashville on June 13, 1993.

British prime minister helps save world from aliens in comic book appearance

LONDON - The British prime minister's dull-as-dishwater image is getting a revamp from an unlikely source: U.S.-based comic book publisher Marvel.

Gordon Brown, who has been in the political doldrums of late and is often described as buttoned down, is depicted in a heroic light in "Captain Britain and MI13," a new comic that shows the prime minister helping stave off an attack of evil, green-skinned aliens.

The space invaders, known as the Skrulls, have even managed to penetrate the British cabinet, impersonating at least three cabinet ministers, but Brown manages to co-ordinate the ultimately successful efforts to fight them off.

To do so, he works with a fictional intelligence agency known as MI13 that seems closely modelled on MI5, the real British domestic agency, and MI6, the overseas intelligence agency that is the home base of fictional spy James Bond.

It is all quite a makeover for Brown, who has been tumbling in national opinion polls since taking over for the more charismatic Tony Blair less than a year ago.

Saving the world from alien domination, even in a comic book, can only burnish your reputation. So it is no surprise to find that the comic was written by a Brown fan, Paul Cornell, a successful novelist and television writer who has penned episodes of the popular show "Doctor Who."

"I do admire the prime minister," Cornell said Tuesday.

Cornell said Marvel comics often have real-life politicians as characters, but he said the Brown cameo is not likely to be repeated.

He said he was happy to portray Brown as an effective leader.

"He's marshalling the troops, showing leadership and acting heroically," he said of the alien-busting Brown.

Cornell wanted to make sure that readers understood he was basing the fictional character on the real prime minister.

He told the artists drawing the comic to make sure the character actually looked like Brown, who is shown in the comic wearing his customary dark business suit and tie rather than the formfitting bodysuits often worn by comic book stars.

The comic book went on sale in the U.S. last month but it was not immediately clear Tuesday whether it was on the shelves in Britain.

In real life, Brown is under intense criticism from Labour party backbenchers who fear he is likely to lead the party to a landslide defeat when the next general election is called. He has suffered a number of reversals in recent weeks, sparking rumours that he may soon face a challenge for the party leadership.

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G. Love teams with John Butler Trio this summer

G. Love [ tickets ] & Special Sauce will join forces with Aussie combo John Butler Trio for a coast-to-coast North American outing.Both bands will traipse through Europe in June and July before launching their joint tour Aug. 1 in Council Bluffs, IA. The trek, which will also include a yet-to-be announced special guest, is scheduled to visit nearly 30 cities across the US and into Canada through mid-September. Several festival performances are on the itinerary, including Chicago's Lollapalooza Aug. 3 and Telluride, CO's Blues & Brews Festival Sept. 13. Details are listed below.Pre-sale tickets are currently available at G. Love's website and John Butler Trio's website, and the general public will get its shot at tickets this Saturday (5/17).Fans who purchase tickets through online outlets will receive a special bonus after the tour: an exclusive digital EP comprising show highlights from both bands. Once the trek wraps, concertgoers will receive a unique code to redeem the digital album, according to a press release.On tour, G. Love & Special Sauce [ tickets ] will showcase material from their 10th full-length album, "Superhero Brother," which is due June 24. The band has already completed videos for the title track and the single "Peace, Love and Happiness." The new record follows G. Love's 2006 release, "Lemonade."John Butler Trio has been touring North America since April, continuing to support last spring's "Grand National," which broke into The Billboard 200. The album's lead single, "Better Than," has become the genre-bending band's biggest hit to date, according to a press release.

Cher to headline Caesars Palace

Cher has confirmed a long-running rumour that she will be one of the headline acts at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
She starts her 90-minute, three-year, 200-show engagement on 6 May this year.
Talking about the new show, Cher said: "I started in Vegas at Caesars, so I've come full circle. I'm back, and I plan to give my fans the best experience yet. I think everybody knows I only do things in a big way."
Her act will include hit songs from her career and be complemented by choreography, costumes and special effects.
The Oscar and Emmy winner has released more than 25 albums and sold over 100m records worldwide.
She will alternate performances at the renowned 4,300-seat venue with the other headline acts, Elton John and Bette Midler.

Scorsese making Marley documentary

Scorsese making Marley documentary

Following the success of his Bob Dylan documentary 'No Direction Home' and the pass completion of his fresh Rolling Stones cinema 'Shine a Light', Oscar-winning theatre director Steve Martin Scorsese is to make a documentary film about reggae legend Bob Bob Marley.
Miscellany reports that the as-yet-untitled film has been authorised by Marley's family.
The plastic film is due for press release on 6 Feb, 2010, which would have been Marley's 65th natal day.
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