Demons Of Guillotine & other: May 2008

Wednesday, 28 May 2008

John Krovoza Matthew Bellamy Matthew - Howard, Dom

Artist: John Krovoza Matthew Bellamy Matthew - Howard, Dom

   Genre(s):
Indie

Discography:

String Quartet Tribute to Muse

Year: 2005
Tracks: 12

Monday, 26 May 2008

Dari Sana

Artist: Dari Sana

   Genre(s):
Trance: Psychedelic

Discography:

Changes

Year: 2006
Tracks: 9

Amruthavarsha.Vol.2

I almost died from superbug says Burke

Actress Kathy Burke has revealed that she nearly died after contracting a superbug in hospital.
The 43-year-old comedienne-turned-theatre-director caught Clostridium difficile last year when she was being treated for abdominal problems and a glandular condition.
Burke - famed for her role as Waynetta Slob in the Harry Enfield series on TV - contracted the stomach bug at a hospital in London following an operation.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, Burke revealed: "I got quite ill last year with loads of stuff," she said. "It all happened at once, really.
"I had three near-death experiences [but] I didn't see any white light or nuns or anything.
"I had that C.difficile hospital bug that everyone is going on about. It was an experience. There's not much they can do. They just let you get on with it. It's a breakdown of the whole immune system.
Burke, who made a cameo appearance on 'The Catherine Tate show' over Christmas, also lost around two stone due to the bug.

Newman back in theatre as director

Paul Newman will be back in the theatre again this autumn, directing a production of a stage classic.
The Hollywood Reporter says that the 83-year-old will direct a production of John Steinbeck's 'Of Mice and Men' at the Westport Country Playhouse in Connecticut.
The play runs from 7 to 25 October.
Newman's wife, Joanne Woodward, is Co-Artistic Director at the Westport Country Playhouse.

Gangsta Pat

Artist: Gangsta Pat

   Genre(s):
Rap: Hip-Hop

Discography:

Greatest Hits (His Deadliest Verses)

Year: 2007
Tracks: 15

Deadly Verses

Year: 2006
Tracks: 10

One of the number one Memphis rappers to make the major-label jump, Gangsta Pat never attained the hail or success of swain Memphis pioneers Three 6 Mafia and Eightball & MJG, heretofore he still remains notable for his trailblazing. Pat's career began promisingly when Atlantic gestural him at the dawn of the gangsta rap earned run average and released #1 Suspect (1991) as well as two incidental singles, "I'm tha Gangsta" and "Gangsta's Need Love 2." Like most of Atlantic's other rap releases from the time, Pat's debut made small impact, cursorily going out of print and going the rapper without a transcription contract before long after. Pat returned to the metro the adjacent twelvemonth with Wrap Records, a transitory indie label distributed by Ichiban. Wrap released deuce Pat albums, All About Comin' Up (1992) and Sex, Money & Murder (1994), as well as two several singles, "Gangsta Boogie" and "That Type of Gangsta." Once once again, Pat base small achiever beyond the Atlanta-Memphis axis and hence packed his bags, moving to Power Records for Virulent Verses (1995) and Murderous Lifestyle (1997). These 2 albums showcased a more introspective and mature dash, as Pat sped up his flow Ã la Bone and darkened his themes Ã la Three 6 Mafia. Regardless, disdain the cult following he began to earn with these two highly regarded albums, he couldn't render the financial support into national gross revenue, and he touched on to til now some other label, Red Rum. He remained thither for quite a while, cathartic a string of albums commencement with The Story of My Life (1997) that tended to emulate the trends of their various eras. Perhaps as a plea for much-needed promotional material, Pat targeted Three 6 Mafia on his 1999 record album, Tear Yo Club Down, with a pointed dis track.

Redford Engaged To Long-time Girlfriend

Veteran actor/director Robert Redford is set to wed his long-time girlfriend Sibylle Szaggars. The Lions For Lambs star announced his engagement to Szaggars in an interview with German magazine Bunte, but despite his advancing years, insists the pair is in no rush to arrange a date for the ceremony. He tells the publication, "We are engaged and very happy with that. She is my fiancee and that says everything, doesn't it?" The pair have been dating since 1996, and German artist Szaggars, 52, lives with the 71-year-old at his eco-friendly Sundance Resort in Utah. Redford and his first wife Lola Van Wagenen divorced in 1985. They have three children; Shauna, 48, Jamie, 46, and Amy, 38.

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Colgate-Palmolive and Gospel Stars Mary Mary Team Up for a Mother's Day Promotion Featuring the Tribute Song 'A Mother's Smile'

'Send Her A Colgate Smile!' Website Allows Visitors to Create and Share
Musical E-Cards

NEW YORK, May 5 -- Colgate-Palmolive announced plans for a
unique Mother's Day online promotion featuring the music of Grammy(R)
award-winning Gospel duo, Mary Mary. By participating in the "Send Her A
Colgate Smile!" promotion, consumers can honor the "Mothers" in their lives
with a musical E-card featuring a verse from A Mother's Smile -- an
inspirational Mother's Day tribute song written and performed by Mary Mary
exclusively for Colgate-Palmolive.

The E-cards can be previewed and downloaded FREE of charge at
http://www.colgate.com/mothersday . The full song can be downloaded by the first
50,000 people entering two UPC codes from participating Colgate-Palmolive
products. The "Send Her A Colgate Smile!" musical E-card promotion
concludes May 13, 2008.

Historically, women who fill the role of "Mother" have been at the core
of the African American experience. Many African Americans have various
women in their lives acting in a "motherly" way: their biological mother,
stepmother, grandmother, godmother, church mother, and aunts that are more
like mothers. The "Send Her A Colgate Smile!" Mother's Day promotion is
designed to give African American consumers a rich, interactive online
experience, while allowing them to pay special tribute to their "Mothers"
with this one-of-kind musical E-card.

"Colgate-Palmolive is excited to partner with Mary Mary to offer
African American consumers this opportunity to continue the longstanding
tradition of recognizing the great women in their lives," said Cheryl
Stallworth-Hooper, Vice President/General Manager MultiCultural Marketing,
Colgate-Palmolive. "We're offering an innovative way to spread smiles this
Mother's Day through the power of music and the Internet."

The "Send Her A Colgate Smile!" website portal can be accessed by
visiting http://www.colgate.com/mothersday . Consumers can select from two
versions of the "Send Her A Colgate Smile!" E-Card and include personal
messages. UPC codes required to download the full version of Mary Mary's
Mother's Day tribute song, A Mother's Smile, can be found on
Colgate-Palmolive products such as Colgate(R) toothpaste, Palmolive(R)
dishwashing liquid, Softsoap(R) brand body wash and more.

For more information on the "Send Her a Colgate Smile!" Mother's Day
online promotion visit http://www.colgate.com/mothersday .

From Hastings pier to Pop Idol: Fuller named Britain's most successful music manager

He may have started out in the time-honoured fashion of promoting gigs on the pier in his hometown, Hastings. Yet yesterday, Simon Fuller, the man who quit East Sussex to bring the world the commercial glories of the Spice Girls, S Club 7 and Pop Idol – revolutionising the global music industry – was named the most successful British pop music manager of all time.

In the research carried out by Billboard magazine, Fuller easily outstripped his great inspiration, the "fifth Beatle" Brian Epstein, as well as the patron saint of British rock management, Led Zeppelin's Peter Grant, outscoring them both on the number of albums and singles he has sold in his career to date.

According to the magazine, Fuller's artists have dispatched 116 million records, 10 million more than The Beatles' boss before his untimely death in 1967, and six million more than Grant's money-making behemoths Led Zeppelin and Bad Company.

Now he must overtake just two other men to achieve the number one global position – a slot occupied with astonishing regularity by so many of the artists he has discovered – a roll call of stars from Amy Winehouse to Paul Hardcastle.

Only the West Coast music mogul Irving Azoff, the controlling force behind The Eagles, Stevie Nicks and Christina Aguilera, on 122.5 million units, and the grand old daddy of them all, Elvis Presley's legendary manager Colonel Tom Parker, with 148 million sold, stand in his way. Fuller boasts a personal fortune of £450m making him the fourth richest British music star behind the likes of Sir Paul McCartney and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Mark Sutherland, the global editor of Billboard, said the research, certified by the RIAA, revealed the debt of gratitude the music industry owed Fuller as he helped it battle declining sales volumes and rampant digital theft.

"He makes a lot of money but he is very creative in the way he does business. Without Pop Idol and American Idol I don't know what the record business would have done without him. The artists that have come through his programmes have sold so many millions of records," he said.

His critics will claim Fuller's artistic legacy is scarcely on a par with that of the runner-up British managers, among them Steve O'Rourke, who guided the fortunes of Pink Floyd after 1968, and the only other Briton to make it on to the top 10 global list, Tony Smith, who oversaw Genesis and then the solo career of Phil Collins.

But according to Sutherland, Fuller, who was honoured by the industry last week when he picked up the Peter Grant Award at a glitzy London ceremony, has the undisputed knack of taking talented stars and turning them into mega stars.

"Talent will get you a long way but without the right people behind you it is hard to move on to that next level," he said. "Fuller made the Spice Girls a truly global branding phenomenon. It is hard to think of the old school traditional rock manager being able to do that at that time."

The other managers to make the global top 10 include Madonna's manager, Freddy DeMann, with 82.5 million records sold, Barbra Streisand's Martin Ehrlichman, on 76.5 million, and Erv Woolsey (71 million) whose clients include George Strait, Lee Ann Womack and Dierks Bentley. Bruce Springsteen's manager, Jon Landau, came 10th with 66 million records sold.

The top five managers worldwide

Colonel Tom Parker: 148 million records sold

Dutch-born Svengali who masterminded the career of Elvis Presley from 1955 onwards after persuading RCA to buy out the King's record deal with Sun. He was instrumental in every major move in Elvis's career, especially his controversial decision to concentrate on making films rather than music after leaving the army.

Irving Azoff: 122.5 million records sold

Along with David Geffen, Azoff, pictured third from left with The Eagles, was the biggest noise in the West Coast music scene throughout the 1970s, 80s and 90s. He began promoting bands while still at the University of Illinois, including The Eagles, Steely Dan, REO Speedwagon, Stevie Nicks, Van Halen, Guns N' Roses and later Christina Aguilera.

Simon Fuller: 116 million records sold

Started out promoting gigs on Hastings Pier before joining Chrysalis where he made his name signing Paul Hardcastle, whose Vietnam-inspired single "19" sold three million copies worldwide. Despite long-time associations with Cathy Dennis and Annie Lennox, it was as manager of the Spice Girls, below left, and then creator of the television talent show Pop Idol and later American Idol for which he is best known.

Bob Doyle: 116 million records sold

Fired by an impassioned belief in the American Dream, the former music business executive mortgaged his home to promote the career of the then unknown country singer Garth Brooks. It was a gamble that paid off handsomely as Brooks became one of the biggest selling US recording artists of all time. Doyle served with the Tennessee Air National Guard during Operation Desert Storm in 1991.

Peter Grant: 110.5 million records sold

Former sheet metal worker and bit part actor, Grant, pictured left with Led Zeppelin, was shrewd and ruthless in equal measure. His first break came with the Yardbirds, later charting the fortunes of Led Zeppelin. He worked tirelessly to safeguard the financial interests of his charges, retiring from the scene following their split in 1980.

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