The Swingle Singers & other: 2008

Saturday, 6 September 2008

Download Terrorvision mp3

Artist: Terrorvision: mp3 download

   Genre(s):

Alternative
Pop: Pop-Rock

Discography:

How To Make Friends and Influence People

Year: 1994

Tracks: 13

Formaldehyde

Year: 1993

Tracks: 12

Alongside New Model Army and a fertile bhangra scene, Terrorvision are the Yorkshire city of Bradford's headman musical export. And, after capturing a UK number 1 single in 1999, on that point is every ground for them to be a source of local superbia. After abandoning the constitute Spoilt Bratz in 1991, Terrorvision (named after a cult B-movie) formed around vocalist Tony Wright, guitarist Mark Yates, bass voice participant Leigh Markley and drummer Shutty. A single demo tapeline measure was sufficiency to win over EMI Records to stretch forth them not only when a treat, but their possess impression, Total Vegas. A sequence of albums followed, melding pop up maulers with metal guitars (kindred to a harsher Cheap Trick). These included Methanal (1992), How to Make Friends and Influence People (1994) and Even Urban Survivors (1996). These spawned a series of chart appearances for singles such as "New Policy One," "Profess Best Friend," the splendid "Alice, What's the Matter?" and "Persistence." The latter took them into the UK big top five, illustrating their broadening commercial invoke. That was confirmed with the release of 1998's Shaving Peaches, a heady mingle of wacked-out pop and stone piledrivers with a palpable speechless appeal that some compared to the Ramones. Despite accompaniment single "Tequila" topping the charts, Terrorvision were in time dropped by EMI in front the terminal of the millennium. However, their have mark scored a operative human relationship with Papillion in May 2000. A sixth appearance on the "Never Mind the Buzzcocks" Christmas special before long followed prior to the portion reverting to the studio the succeeding year. Beneficial To Go, their twenty percent record record album which sparked the dispatch single "D'Ya Wanna Go Faster?," appeared in February 2001. Sadly, after a twine of spring shows, Terrorvision's 13-year career came to a hold when the band disbanded in June. A minuscule word of leave spell in the UK was scheduled for late fall to coincide the release of the retrospective, Whales & Dolphins, in September.

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Wednesday, 27 August 2008

Laurence Fishburne joining "CSI" cast

LOS ANGELES () - Stage and screen principal Laurence Fishburne's last turn as a series regular on network television was the theatrical role of Cowboy Curtis on the 1980s kids demonstrate "Pee-wee's Playhouse."

So the acclaimed actor better known for playing dark, brooding characters says he looks forward to his unexampled TV gig as a forensics research worker with distressing tendencies on the remove CBS detective drama "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation."

Not that he had of all time seen the series earlier his first meeting with the show's executive producers, Carol Mendelsohn and Naren Shankar.

"I felt a little unintelligent and abashed that I hadn't watched the show prior to having a meeting with them," Fishburne, 47, acknowledged in a conference call with reporters for the announcement that he is joining the show's contrive.

"But I'm happy to say that the episodes that they sent me to look at were actually, really piquant and in truth wonderful, and kind of dark and moody, wish a lot of the work that I've actually been involved in," he added. "So I'm very excited."

Famed for his pic work as Morpheus in "The Matrix" trilogy and his Oscar-nominated role as Ike Turner in "What's Love Got to Do With It," Fishburne is slated to make his "CSI" debut in episode nine of the show's upcoming one-ninth season.

"CSI," which averaged 17 million viewers last season, ranks as CBS's top-rated show and the third gear most-watched scripted series in all of U.S. premier time.

Mendelsohn and Shankar hailed Fishburne as their "dream" casting option.�

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Sunday, 17 August 2008

Mp3 music: Ganja Kru

Artist: Ganja Kru: mp3 download

   Genre(s):

Drum & Bass

Ganja Kru's discography:

Ganja Kru - Fuck The Millenium

Year: 1999

Tracks: 7

The Ganja Kru is a collaboration between DJ Hype, Zinc, and Pascal, all independently successful drum'n'bass producers. The tercet has released but a few records over the years -- Super Sharp Shooter (1996), New Frontiers (1997), and Fu-k the Millennium (1999) -- still has well-kept a supergroup

Thursday, 7 August 2008

Swing Vote

Swing Vote arrives during one election cycle only heavily references another, spinning the suspension chad scandal of the 2000 presidential race into a formulaic feel-empowered comedy for today's huddled masses.

Bud (Kevin Costner) and Molly Johnson (talented newcomer Madeline Carroll) take Hollywood's schoolbook father-daughter duette: she's the pint-sized "adult" of the trailer they call home, and he's the whiney child. On the evening of a tight presidential race, a mix-up at the polls negates Bud's ballot, which doesn't sound like a big deal until it's determined that the election will hail down to a pic finish distinct by one vote -- Bud's. If you think that's even remotely possible, by all means, read on. As Bud gets a crash course in democracy from smarty-pants Molly, incumbent president of the United States Andrew Boone (Kelsey Grammer) and left-leaning White House hopeful Donald Greenleaf descend on Texico, New Mexico with glad-handlers in tow in hopes of fetching the slob's valuable support.

When I tell you Swing Vote hammers us over the header with its message, I couldn't be more literal. Costner's Bud stumbles out of a bar in one special scene and clunks his skull on a sign that reads "Vote today!" The fact that the same sign remains outside the tap house weeks afterwards puzzled me, but Swing isn't the kind of a celluloid that concerns itself with details.

Writer/director Joshua Michael Stern sets his phasers to "crowd pleaser." Corn-fed classical rock staples fill his soundtrack, spell scenes end predictably on the back-beats of forced one-liners. Costner can do the lovable loser in his slumber. He makes a nice team with Carroll, though they play the odd-couple tune until the guitar strings snap. The comportment of reliable supporting cast members -- Stanley Tucci, Nathan Lane, George Lopez, and Judge Reinhold -- lulls us into a false sense of comedic security. But aside from a few inspired military campaign advertisements created in reaction to Bud's wacky opinions, this screenplay is light on laughs (and overly scared to declare its own opinions on crucial matters, correct down to its abrupt non-ending).

Speaking of scared, deplumate back the studio glossary and you'll reveal a terrifying message. Swing Vote spends two hours demeaning the bushwhacker cowpokes of flyover res publica, then reminds us just how potent they canful be in a cosmopolitan election. Now that's shivery. Is it too late to change "We the people" to "We the people world Health Organization somehow are deemed fit?"

SPOILER: He votes for Nader.

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Tuesday, 1 July 2008

Univision TV news anchor seeks his kids' forgiveness in new book

MIAMI - A father seeks forgiveness for what so many men regret, missing key moments in his children's lives because he was too busy, too far away.

This father was there for millions of others - veteran Univision news anchor Jorge Ramos is watched nightly by Spanish speakers across North and South America.

Now he is offering a surprisingly vulnerable love letter to his children, 21-year-old Paola and nine-year-old Nicholas, and publicly seeking their absolution.

In "The Gift of Time: Letters from a Father," released Tuesday in English, Ramos presents 15 meditations on his sometimes conflicting identities as son, parent, foreigner and passionate journalist - identities he admits he has yet to fully reconcile.

"After twenty-five years of living externally, pursuing the news, I've decided to give myself permission to pause for a moment and take a look inside," he writes. "For years now, I've blocked or avoided so many things that - at times - I don't even recognize myself."

His unwillingness to neatly wrap his life up is precisely what may make the Mexican native's words resonate with fathers and children across the Americas.

Ramos' sentiment is most palpable in his letter to Paola, who moved to Spain with her mother at age three. Ramos only saw her several times a year until she became a teen.

He recalls when she asked why he didn't move to Madrid: "It was as if you were saying, if you love me as much as you do, then why don't you live with me?" he writes.

In the book, "I was trying to explain to her and, yes, to ask her for forgiveness," Ramos said. "I made a huge effort trying to be with her, but I know it was never enough."

This book is Ramos' eighth. A Spanish version was released last fall. In July, he will release a bilingual children's book about parents and kids, inspired by his relationship with Nicholas.

And he still hasn't quit his many day jobs: a nightly Spanish-language newscast with co-anchor Maria Elena Salinas, a Sunday news show and a syndicated newspaper column. He's also a correspondent for a news magazine and does daily commentaries for Univision radio.

Ramos said he felt compelled to produce something different as he turned 50. He struggled with his own father's death for nearly a decade and divorced a second time.

Then there was the trip to the dentist, the one on which he was nearly mowed down on the freeway by a van with a blown tire.

"When you go to war, you're prepared to face the war, but I simply was not ready to face death on the way to the dentist. I didn't want to die without (my children) knowing everything about me," Ramos said.

Ramos wouldn't allow his son to be interviewed, citing security reasons. He has said he received threats related to his work in journalism.

His daughter did not return messages seeking comment.

In a 1999 article she co-authored with her father, she wrote that despite his questionable taste in music and his penchant for going to bed early: "I want to say to my dad that he is a fabulous father, and he is doing good things. I love you dad."

Ramos said he reorganized his life in recent years to spend more time with his children. Yet he still wrestles with what it means to be a parent. He questions why he sought out such dangerous situations - bombings in El Salvador, a rifle to his chin in Afghanistan. At the same time, he is candid about the adrenaline rush and desire for truth that drove him to cover war.

He describes his homemaker mother as the ideal selfless parent. He also writes that for her, "something was missing. Something vital." When he went to college, she also began to take university classes, "and I couldn't help but think that my mother was living a sort of delayed youth."

Ramos' letters aren't all about parenthood. He writes on war, religion and love, and of his occasional feeling of dislocation even after living more than 20 years in the U.S.

Ramos said he published the letters because his struggles are like those of so many other parents.

"Even the richest, most powerful men and women in the world," he writes, "are paupers in the face of time."

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Wednesday, 25 June 2008

Angelina Jolie - Et Call A Hoax

Following numerous reports that it was the victim of a hoax when it reported Friday
that Angelina Jolie had given birth to twin girls in France, Entertainment Tonight
has pulled the story from its website but has not retracted it on the air. "We
are waiting to see how this story plays out," executive producer Linda Bell Blue said
in a statement on Monday. An unnamed executive at the show told the Associated
Press Monday that an ET producer had double-checked the story via email
with Holly Goline, Jolie's personal assistant, who confirmed the report. But the manager
of Brad Pitt, the father of the twins, and attorneys for Jolie indicated that someone
had been posing as Goline and giving out the erroneous information.

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Tuesday, 24 June 2008

New on DVD: '10,000 BC,' 'Spiderwick Chronicles,' 'Definitely, Maybe'

Selected home-video releases:

"10,000 BC"

The good old days are back, when men were really hairy and sabre-toothed tigers ate them. The latest action spectacle from director Roland Emmerich ("Independence Day," "The Day After Tomorrow") leaps backward from his usual sci-fi mould to prehistoric days, following the adventures of a young tribesman who fights off human enemies and rampaging beasts such as woolly mammoths while trying to retrieve his woman from warlords who have abducted her. The DVD and Blu-ray releases have deleted footage and an extended version of the ending. The Blu-ray disc also throws in a couple of featurettes on the era the movie depicts and how the filmmakers re-created ancient structures and extinct creatures. (Warner Bros.)

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"The Spiderwick Chronicles"

Hollywood's fantasy craze continues with this adaptation from the book series about a strange old house and its other-worldly denizens. A single mom (Mary-Louise Parker), her teenage daughter and twin sons (both played by Freddie Highmore) move into the home of a vanished uncle, Arthur Spiderwick (David Strathairn), whose "field guide" of the fantastic creatures living in the area helps the family cope with an onslaught of evil beasties. Single-disc and two-disc DVD releases and the Blu-ray edition have excerpts from Arthur's field guide and a couple of featurettes. The Blu-ray and two-disc DVD release also pack deleted scenes and a handful of other making-of segments. (Paramount)

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"Definitely, Maybe"

This how-I-married-your-mother romance features Ryan Reynolds as a hubby and father relating recollections of his past significant others to his young daughter. Reynolds plays a dad newly served with divorce papers who lets his curious kid (Abigail Breslin) in on the secret about the three loves of his life (Elizabeth Banks, Isla Fisher and Rachel Weisz) without disclosing which one eventually would become her mom. Along with deleted scenes, the DVD has commentary with Reynolds and writer-director Adam Brooks, plus a look at how the filmmakers crafted the designs and styles of the 1990s for the flashback scenes. (Universal)

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"Persepolis"

This nominee for best animated film at the Academy Awards is not your typical family cartoon. Co-directing with Vincent Paronnaud, graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi renders an autobiographical coming-of-age tale about a young Iranian girl experiencing terror and tragedy during the Islamic revolution of the 1970s and later searching out her identity as a teenager and woman in Europe. Chiara Mastroianni and her real-life mom, Catherine Deneuve, lead the voice cast for both the foreign-language version and a dubbed English edition contained on the DVD and Blu-ray disc that also features Sean Penn, Gena Rowlands and Iggy Pop. Satrapi, Paronnaud and Mastroianni provide commentary, and other extras include a session with cast and crew at last year's Cannes Film Festival. (Sony)

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TV on DVD:

"Futurama: The Beast With a Billion Backs" - The sci-fi TV cartoon from "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening spawns its second straight-to-DVD feature-length adventure, with two more planned. Set in the 31st century, the comic tale has interstellar delivery folks Leela, Fry, Bender and shipmates encountering a space monster with billions of tentacles and a hankering for love. The DVD has deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes segments and commentary with Groening and collaborators. (20th Century Fox)

"Early Edition: The First Season" - Kyle Chandler stars as an out-of-work broker who finds a new career preventing death and disaster after the next day's newspapers and their dire headlines start landing at his door. The six-disc set has the first 23 episodes. (Paramount)

"Dogfights: The Complete Season Two" - The History Channel (History) continues its documentary series chronicling air battles from the first dogfights in First World War biplanes to the modern era of jet combat. A five-disc set has 17 episodes. (A&E)

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Other new releases:

"Charlie Bartlett" - Anton Yelchin stars as the new kid in public school - a youth kicked out of his prep school who gains popularity by becoming the resident counsellor and meds supplier for classmates trying to cope with various teen anxieties. Robert Downey Jr. and Hope Davis co-star. The DVD includes deleted scenes and commentary with cast and crew. (MGM)

"Honeydripper" - Set in 1950s Alabama, John Sayles' latest stars Danny Glover as the proprietor of a failing juke joint who tries to revive his business by booking an electric guitarist whose style heralds the transition from blues to rock 'n' roll. The DVD features interviews with the cast, which includes Charles S. Dutton, Sean Patrick Thomas and Mary Steenburgen. (Screen Media)

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Damnation A.D.

Artist: Damnation A.D.

   Genre(s):
Rock

Discography:

In This Life Or The Next

Year: 2007
Tracks: 12

Monday, 23 June 2008

Taster's Choice

Artist: Taster's Choice

   Genre(s):
Rock

Discography:

Shining

Year: 2007
Tracks: 11

Angels and Agony

Commando George Michael Stuns American Fans

George Michael stunned fans who caught his first U.S. concert in 17 years on Tuesday by going commando onstage.
Eagle-eyed gig goers who caught the Faith singer's San Diego, California show were treated to one thrill Michael hadn't accounted for.
One devotee tells Eonline.com, "You could tell he wasn't wearing underwear. It (his penis) was flopping all over the place."

Jentina

Artist: Jentina

   Genre(s):
Other

Discography:

Bad Ass Strippa

Year: 2004
Tracks: 5

Album Sampler

Year: 2004
Tracks: 3

Phats and Small

"Hulk" delivers the action goods

The Incredible Hulk

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - It turns out Marvel Studios knows how to make solid movies out of Marvel Comics.

The production arm of Marvel Entertainment is two for two in 2008, hitting home runs with "Iron Man" and now "The Incredible Hulk." "Iron Man" has more wit and style, but "Hulk" is a neat thrill ride with an intelligent script by Zak Penn and smart, well-paced direction by the French director of "The Transporter" series, Louis Leterrier.

The film does represent a sea change from Ang Lee's 200 "Hulk," which had the temerity to delve into Oedipal conflicts, repressed memory and scientific hubris. This movie emphasizes action over introspection, but star Edward Norton, who reportedly tinkered more than a little with the script, makes certain the hero still broods over the curse of his cells poisoned by gamma radiation.

The film is poised to carry the weekend buoyed by an unbeatable combination of buzz and hype. The franchise is safe -- and, at the end, the Marvel folks hint that they might be thinking of a way to team Iron Man with the green fighting machine.

The movie brightly starts off long after former scientist Bruce Banner (Norton) has turned himself into a freak show in an unwitting experiment that produces a man who when angered becomes a green monster many times his size. Bruce is hiding out in a Rio favela, learning Portuguese and working as a day laborer in a bottling plant. He is training to curb his emotions, a kind of anger management that is going well until his nemesis, Gen. Ross (William Hurt), shows up with a military unit led by Russian soldier of fortune Emil Blonsky (Tim Roth).

The first of the large-scale action scenes has Bruce chased through the hill-clinging shanty town before getting very angry. He then works his way back to the U.S., where his former girlfriend, Dr. Elizabeth Ross (Liv Tyler), the general's daughter, and a cellular biologist (Tim Blake Nelson) might hold the key to his return to normalcy.

Meanwhile, Emil receives treatments from scientists to turn him into the Abomination, a foe on an equal footing with the Hulk. As we wait for the inevitable showdown, Bruce struggles to shake off the mantle of his Hulkness. The story -- a combination of the Frankenstein and King Kong myths -- essentially is about a man trying to escape his superpowers. Yet the movie keeps throwing villains at him -- first the general and then the Abomination -- that force him to continue being the Hulk.