Monday 8 September 2008

Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood's 'Russian Girlfriend Living In Fantasy Land'

Russian waitress Ekaterina Ivanova, who claims to be the lady friend of Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood, has been accused of living in a �fantasy world� by friends of the guitarist's wife.

Twenty-year-old Ivanova claimed yesterday (August 17th) that she would be setting up house with Wood when his current spell in rehab ends - which could be as early as this hebdomad.


But, speech production to today's Sun newsprint, an unidentified friend of the guitarist's wife, Jo, rubbished the waitresses' claims, calling them �ridiculous�.


�Ronnie is still trying to preserve his union and Jo is desperate to see him nursed back to health,� they aforesaid.


�For her this isn�t some schoolground contest with another womanhood. Ekaterina volition never get what Jo and Ronnie have together.


�It�s about making certain the man she loves gets well again. That is her priority. This silly child is trying to play grown-ups.�


Last calendar week, Ivanova was spotted in London wearing a Rolling Stones jacket. She too claimed in yesterday's News of the World that Wood had painted a portrait for her natal day.


Wood was admitted to rehab final month in order to battle his problems with drink.


Ekaterina Ivanova in London


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Saturday 9 August 2008

Gentle Giant

Gentle Giant   
Artist: Gentle Giant

   Genre(s): 
Rock
   Other
   



Discography:


In a Glass House   
 In a Glass House

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 8


Last Steps (Dlx)   
 Last Steps (Dlx)

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 15


Playing the Fool: The Official Live   
 Playing the Fool: The Official Live

   Year: 1996   
Tracks: 11


Gentle Giant   
 Gentle Giant

   Year: 1990   
Tracks: 7


Civilian   
 Civilian

   Year: 1980   
Tracks: 9


Giant For A Day   
 Giant For A Day

   Year: 1978   
Tracks: 10


The Missing Piece   
 The Missing Piece

   Year: 1977   
Tracks: 9


Playing The Fool   
 Playing The Fool

   Year: 1977   
Tracks: 8


Interview   
 Interview

   Year: 1976   
Tracks: 7


In'terview   
 In'terview

   Year: 1976   
Tracks: 7


Free Hand   
 Free Hand

   Year: 1975   
Tracks: 7


The Power And The Glory   
 The Power And The Glory

   Year: 1974   
Tracks: 9


Octopus   
 Octopus

   Year: 1973   
Tracks: 8


In a Glass House (Live)   
 In a Glass House (Live)

   Year: 1973   
Tracks: 6


Three Friends   
 Three Friends

   Year: 1972   
Tracks: 6


Three Friends   
 Three Friends

   Year:    
Tracks: 6


Acquiring The Taste   
 Acquiring The Taste

   Year:    
Tracks: 8




Formed at the forenoon of the progressive rock geological earned run average in 1969, Gentle Giant seemed self-collected for a clip in the mid-'70s to settle apart out of its cult-band status, just in some manner ne'er made the jump. Somewhat closer in spirit to Yes and King Crimson than to Emerson, Lake & Palmer or the Nice, their unique level-headed melded hard joust and grecian music, with an virtually mediaeval sailing slope to singing.


Docile Giant was born out of the ruins of Simon Dupree & the Big Sound, an R&B-based getup lED by brothers Derek, Ray, and Phil Shulman. After switching to psychedelia in 1967 and grading their only major impinge on that year with "Kites," as Gentle Giant the radical abandoned both the R&B and psychedelic orientations of the former banding; Derek sang and played guitar and basso, Ray sang and played bass and fiddle, and Phil handled the saxophone, augmented by Kerry Minnear on keyboards, and Gary Green on guitar. Their original lineup as well featured Martin Smith on drums, but they went through several percussionists in the first three long time of their cosmos.


In 1970, Gentle Giant signed to the Vertigo mark, and their self-titled commencement album -- a shockingly daring work intermixture hard rock and full electric playing with classical elements -- came out later that twelvemonth. Their bit exploit, 1971's Getting the Taste, was slightly more than approachable and their third gear, Three Friends, featuring Malcolm Mortimore on drums, was their low gear record to make released in the U.S. (on Columbia). Their fourth record album, 1973's Devilfish, looked poised for a breakthrough; it seemed as though they had establish the mix in of hard rock and classical sounds that the critics and the world could admit, and they in the end had a permanent drummer in the person of John Weathers, an ex-member of the Graham Bond Organisation.


In 1974, however, Gentle Giant began advent apart. Phil Shulman distinct to give up music after the Devilfish turn, and became a teacher. Then the group recorded the album In a Glass House, their hardest-rocking record still, which Columbia's U.S. sleeve spurned as as well uncommercial. The biennial crack in their American going schedule injure their momentum, and they weren't heard from over again until the Capitol going of The Power and the Glory in 1975.


Docile Giant released Free Hand, their virtually commercial-grade album, in 1976, but then followed it up with the jarringly experimental Question. After the 1978 double-album Playacting the Fool, the group went through a seeming change of spirit and issued a series of albums aimed at mainstream audiences, regular approaching disco, merely by the end of the 1970s their popularity was in free fall. Minnear, world Health Organization had been playing an evermore primal role since the mid-'70s, had already left the grouping when Gentle Giant called it quits in 1980. Ray Shulman later became a producer and had considerable success in England working with bands like the Sundays and the Sugarcubes, spell Derek Shulman became a New York-based record company executive director.






Tuesday 1 July 2008

Skid Row - Bach Incurs The Wrath Of Rose


Former SKID ROW frontman SEBASTIAN BACH once evoked a furious response from his pal AXL ROSE by letting porn star RON JEREMY into his dressing room.

Bach is a close friend of the Guns N' Roses star - who is known for his fiery temper - and admits that there have only been two times when Rose has raged at him.

And Bach insists that his decision to let Jeremy backstage and into the singer's personal abode didn't go down well.

He tells Blabbermouth.net, "There's only a couple of times he's ever gotten mad at me. One of them was when I let Ron Jeremy in his dressing room. He didn't like that at all. 'Why the f**k did you let Ron Jeremy in my dressing room?' I was like, 'Dude, he was begging.' That wasn't a good time for me. Axl goes from zero to 60 faster than any engine, I'll tell you that."

And Bach insists that the only other time he has incurred Rose's wrath was when he suggested the star hurry up and release new album Chinese Democracy.

He adds, "When we were first hanging out in 2006, we were just standing around a bunch of people. I go, 'Axl, do you think you might get the record out? It would be a great time, now that we're on tour and everything.'

"He goes, 'Oh. Great! Everybody! Sebastian has a great idea here, man. Guess what? Sebastian, should I put out a record? Maybe it would be a good idea for me to put out a f**king record! Hey everybody, listen to this! I never thought of that! That never came to me! Oh, great idea, dude.' I felt like Fred Flintstone in Mr. Slate's office."





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Tuesday 24 June 2008

Amy Winehouse’s reps deny she’s to jet to Israel for rehab

Amy WinehouseAmy Winehouse’s reps have denied reports the troubled singer is planning to travel to Israel within weeks for drug addiction treatment.


It was claimed the 24-year-old singer was planning to undergo a $12,800 operation to kick her well-documented habit, but her management have dismissed the report as “nonsense”, despite Eliezer Cohen, the chairman of the Israel Anti-Drug Authority, saying that “They spoke to a renowned Israeli institution and an Israeli professor who conducts a very special and effective method.




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Thursday 19 June 2008

Lil Wayne : Tha Carter III Sells 1 Million Copies In A Week

Lil Wayne has sold more than a million copies of 'Tha Carter III' in a week, despite the album being leaked online by angry mixtape DJs ahead of the release.


On its first day alone, the rapper's sixth long-player sold 423,999 copies and is now the first album since 2005 to sell a million within the first seven days. The last record was held by 50 Cent, who sold 1.1 million copies of 'The Massacre'.


Sales of 'Tha Carter III' look set to rise even further as Wayne recently signed a deal to sell the new album as digital downloads - more details here.


Lil Wayne is currently the US number one with his single 'Lollipop' and you can read our review here.




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Wednesday 18 June 2008

Robert Rich and Steve Roach

Robert Rich and Steve Roach   
Artist: Robert Rich and Steve Roach

   Genre(s): 
Ambient
   



Discography:


Soma   
 Soma

   Year: 1992   
Tracks: 8


Strata   
 Strata

   Year: 1990   
Tracks: 10




 






IFC Films picks up 'Melancholy'

Feature debut for writer-director Barry Jenkins





NEW YORK -- IFC Films has nabbed worldwide rights to writer-director Barry Jenkins' romantic drama "Medicine for Melancholy."


Jenkins' feature debut, which premieres Friday in competition at the L.A. Film Festival, revolves around an African-American couple dealing with issues of class and identity in San Francisco's black community. Wyatt Cenac (Fox's "King of the Hill") and Tracey Heggins star.


The film, produced by Justin Barber and Cherie Saulter, "will not only inspire and ignite great discussions among the African-American community but is sure to engage audiences across the globe," said IFC Entertainment president Jonathan Sehring.


IFC mainly acquires U.S. or North American rights to features, but has recently started acquiring more worldwide rights to American indies like the Cannes fest entry "The Pleasure of Being Robbed" and "Medicine." Sehring said that while there are no plans for an IFC international theatrical distribution or sales arm, in-house employees may pursue overseas sales for "Medicine" to foreign distributors after it hits the international fest circuit.


Sehring referenced IFC parent Cablevision's acquisition of Sundance Channel and said his company was looking at new distribution models for indie cinema, hinting that a global network is one possible initiative being explored. "There's a real gap in the marketplace for true American independent titles abroad, with distribution companies set up so that local films get seen first, then U.S. studio titles and then foreign-language titles last," he said. "IFC is bullish on getting American indies seen abroad."


IFC Films' day and date distribution program will release the film in theaters and via VOD sometime in 2009. The deal was negotiated by IFC's Arianna Bocco and Jeff Deutchman with George Rush, who represents the film.



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