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Thursday 28 August 2008
Andy Dick won't face sex battery charge
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Prosecutors say they won't charge Andy Dick with sexual battery stemming from his arrest last month.
The "NewsRadio" actor with a reputation for crude public behavior is still scheduled to face a judge later this week on infraction drug willpower and barrage fire charges. But he at large felony charges after prosecutors reviewed video of the incident, Riverside County District Attorney spokesman Ryan Hightower said.
A teen girl accused the 42-year-old actor of pulling downward her top at a restaurant in Murrieta, a city about 80 miles east of Los Angeles in mid-July. Dick was arrested by officers responding to reports of an intoxicated male.
Dick is scheduled to appear in judicature Wednesday.
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Monday 18 August 2008
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Friday 8 August 2008
Capitol Records Releases Dave Koz - Greatest Hits on September 16th With 11 Koz Classics and Four Brand New Tunes
'Life In The Fast Lane,' Co-Written With Darren Rahn, Is Most Added For
Three Weeks Running
Six-Time GRAMMY(R) Nominee To Receive Hollywood Walk Of Fame Star In 2009
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Aug 5 -- Capitol Records testament release
Dave Koz - Greatest Hits on September sixteenth. It's a fitting time for a
career retrospective of the renowned instrumentalist/composer, with the
Hollywood Chamber of Commerce lately announcing that Koz testament be esteemed
with a star in the sidewalk on Hollywood Boulevard's Walk of Fame in 2009.
Dave has had numerous No. 1 singles and No. 1 albums and been honored with
six GRAMMY nominations and an NAACP Image award nod.
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080805/LATU556)
Although Dave Koz - Greatest Hits is packed with Koz classics,
documenting a career with incredible seniority and diversity, it too
provides a sneak trailer of Dave's next chapter with four-spot brand new
compositions. "Life In The Fast Lane," the first single, was most added for
three consecutive weeks and is already at No. 12 on the charts. "I wrote it
with Darren Rahn, i of the great gumptious writer/producers of today,
and it reminds me of the pace my life has taken over the past 18 years,"
says Dave. "It certainly feels like I've been travel in the fast lane
... and dead enjoying every bit of the ride."
"And Then I Knew," another new song, was produced by his champion Rob
Cavallo (Green Day, My Chemical Romance, Alanis Morissette). Although the
two get known each other since second level, this first Baron Marks of Broughton the number one time the
GRAMMY-winning producer has produced one of Dave's songs -- and his first
time producing an instrumental creative person. Other new tunes include "I Can"
featuring BeBe Winans and "Bada Bing" featuring Jeff Golub.
Signed to Capitol by legendary music executive Bruce Lundvall, Koz has
remained with the same label for almost 20 days. His self-titled debut
album was released in 1990 and yielded numerous hits, including his first
No. 1 single, "Castle of Dreams," and "Emily," a track he co-wrote with
Bobby Caldwell and Jeff Lorber. Both are included on Dave Koz - Greatest
Hits. Other highlights include "You Make Me Smile," Koz's signature song,
and "Faces of the Heart" from his first Gold album, 1993's Lucky Man.
("Faces of the Heart" was the stem song for ABC's "General Hospital" for
10 years.) His review, Off the Beaten Path, was accompanied by a PBS
special of the same name, and featured a more organic sound. The 1996
album's "Lullaby for a Rainy Night" is still unrivaled of Koz's all-time
favorites. The vacillation retro funk/hip-hop track "Can't Let You Go (Sha La
Song)" featuring the late Luther Vandross on vocals was one of two No. 1
hits from 1999's The Dance, which, like Lucky Man, went Gold. Saxophonic,
released in 2003, garnered Koz two GRAMMY nominations spanning two
sequential years. Like Lucky Man and The Dance before it, Saxophonic spent
over 100 weeks on the charts. Included here ar the breezy "Love Changes
Everything" featuring Brian McKnight and the funk-inflected No. 1 singles
"Honey-Dipped" and "All I See Is You."
In addition to recording a string of successful albums, Dave has found
the time to host a weekly syndicated radio show ("Dave Koz Radio Show," now
in its one-tenth year, is heard in approximately long hundred markets) and a day-after-day
afternoon wireless show nationally distributed on the Smooth Jazz Radio
Network, tour world-wide (his summer and fall shows are staples of the
touring industry and his "Dave Koz & Friends at Sea" sashay is in its
fourth year) and co-found an independent record label, Rendezvous
Entertainment. He is also a dedicated altruist, serving as longtime
Global Ambassador for the Starlight Children's Foundation and as an ongoing
appendage of the Board of Governors for the GRAMMY Foundation.
"An artist's calling is a two-way street and I am grateful for my fans'
assist in navigating me through this hazard," says Dave, who will wrap up
his summer tour on September 27th with a performance at Los Angeles' Greek
Theatre. Thereafter he'll tour Japan earlier embarking on the fourth part annual
"Dave Koz & Friends At Sea" cruise on Holland America Line's m/s Westerdam.
(Visit hTTP://www.davekozcruise.com for further details.) Dates for the
annual "Dave Koz and Friends A Smooth Jazz Christmas" tour testament be
announced shortly.
The track listing for Dave Koz - Greatest Hits is as follows:
1. You Make Me Smile
2. All I See Is You
3. Can't Let You Go (The Sha La Song) (featuring Luther Vandross)
4. Faces Of The Heart
5. Together Again
6. Honey-Dipped
7. Emily
8. Life In The Fast Lane
9. Love Is On The Way (featuring Chris Botti)
10. I Can (featuring BeBe Winans)
11. Lullaby For A Rainy Night
12. Bada Bing (featuring Jeff Golub)
13. Love Changes Everything (featuring Brian McKnight)
14. And Then I Knew
15. Castle Of Dreams
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Three Weeks Running
Six-Time GRAMMY(R) Nominee To Receive Hollywood Walk Of Fame Star In 2009
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Aug 5 -- Capitol Records testament release
Dave Koz - Greatest Hits on September sixteenth. It's a fitting time for a
career retrospective of the renowned instrumentalist/composer, with the
Hollywood Chamber of Commerce lately announcing that Koz testament be esteemed
with a star in the sidewalk on Hollywood Boulevard's Walk of Fame in 2009.
Dave has had numerous No. 1 singles and No. 1 albums and been honored with
six GRAMMY nominations and an NAACP Image award nod.
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080805/LATU556)
Although Dave Koz - Greatest Hits is packed with Koz classics,
documenting a career with incredible seniority and diversity, it too
provides a sneak trailer of Dave's next chapter with four-spot brand new
compositions. "Life In The Fast Lane," the first single, was most added for
three consecutive weeks and is already at No. 12 on the charts. "I wrote it
with Darren Rahn, i of the great gumptious writer/producers of today,
and it reminds me of the pace my life has taken over the past 18 years,"
says Dave. "It certainly feels like I've been travel in the fast lane
... and dead enjoying every bit of the ride."
"And Then I Knew," another new song, was produced by his champion Rob
Cavallo (Green Day, My Chemical Romance, Alanis Morissette). Although the
two get known each other since second level, this first Baron Marks of Broughton the number one time the
GRAMMY-winning producer has produced one of Dave's songs -- and his first
time producing an instrumental creative person. Other new tunes include "I Can"
featuring BeBe Winans and "Bada Bing" featuring Jeff Golub.
Signed to Capitol by legendary music executive Bruce Lundvall, Koz has
remained with the same label for almost 20 days. His self-titled debut
album was released in 1990 and yielded numerous hits, including his first
No. 1 single, "Castle of Dreams," and "Emily," a track he co-wrote with
Bobby Caldwell and Jeff Lorber. Both are included on Dave Koz - Greatest
Hits. Other highlights include "You Make Me Smile," Koz's signature song,
and "Faces of the Heart" from his first Gold album, 1993's Lucky Man.
("Faces of the Heart" was the stem song for ABC's "General Hospital" for
10 years.) His review, Off the Beaten Path, was accompanied by a PBS
special of the same name, and featured a more organic sound. The 1996
album's "Lullaby for a Rainy Night" is still unrivaled of Koz's all-time
favorites. The vacillation retro funk/hip-hop track "Can't Let You Go (Sha La
Song)" featuring the late Luther Vandross on vocals was one of two No. 1
hits from 1999's The Dance, which, like Lucky Man, went Gold. Saxophonic,
released in 2003, garnered Koz two GRAMMY nominations spanning two
sequential years. Like Lucky Man and The Dance before it, Saxophonic spent
over 100 weeks on the charts. Included here ar the breezy "Love Changes
Everything" featuring Brian McKnight and the funk-inflected No. 1 singles
"Honey-Dipped" and "All I See Is You."
In addition to recording a string of successful albums, Dave has found
the time to host a weekly syndicated radio show ("Dave Koz Radio Show," now
in its one-tenth year, is heard in approximately long hundred markets) and a day-after-day
afternoon wireless show nationally distributed on the Smooth Jazz Radio
Network, tour world-wide (his summer and fall shows are staples of the
touring industry and his "Dave Koz & Friends at Sea" sashay is in its
fourth year) and co-found an independent record label, Rendezvous
Entertainment. He is also a dedicated altruist, serving as longtime
Global Ambassador for the Starlight Children's Foundation and as an ongoing
appendage of the Board of Governors for the GRAMMY Foundation.
"An artist's calling is a two-way street and I am grateful for my fans'
assist in navigating me through this hazard," says Dave, who will wrap up
his summer tour on September 27th with a performance at Los Angeles' Greek
Theatre. Thereafter he'll tour Japan earlier embarking on the fourth part annual
"Dave Koz & Friends At Sea" cruise on Holland America Line's m/s Westerdam.
(Visit hTTP://www.davekozcruise.com for further details.) Dates for the
annual "Dave Koz and Friends A Smooth Jazz Christmas" tour testament be
announced shortly.
The track listing for Dave Koz - Greatest Hits is as follows:
1. You Make Me Smile
2. All I See Is You
3. Can't Let You Go (The Sha La Song) (featuring Luther Vandross)
4. Faces Of The Heart
5. Together Again
6. Honey-Dipped
7. Emily
8. Life In The Fast Lane
9. Love Is On The Way (featuring Chris Botti)
10. I Can (featuring BeBe Winans)
11. Lullaby For A Rainy Night
12. Bada Bing (featuring Jeff Golub)
13. Love Changes Everything (featuring Brian McKnight)
14. And Then I Knew
15. Castle Of Dreams
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Tuesday 1 July 2008
Jimmy Page
Artist: Jimmy Page
Genre(s):
Blues
Rock
Discography:
Outrider
Year: 1988
Tracks: 9
Mean Business
Year: 1986
Tracks: 8
The Firm
Year: 1985
Tracks: 9
No Introduction Necessary
Year: 1984
Tracks: 14
Unquestionably one of the all-time to the highest degree influential, important, and versatile guitarists and songwriters in rock history is Jimmy Page. Just about every rock'n'roll guitarist from the tardy '60s/early '70s to the present day has been influenced by Page's work with Led Zeppelin -- his monolithic riffs served as a blueprint for what would eventually become sonorous metal, still he refused to be pigeonholed to whatever single musical manner (touching upon folk, country, funk, vapours, and other genres). Page likewise lententide a hand in writing (or co-writing) Zeppelin's vast array of classical songs and produced all their albums. Born on January 9, 1944, in Heston, Middlesex, England, Page picked up the guitar at age 13 later organism inspired by the Elvis Presley tune "Baby Let's Play House," and spell he took several lessons, was mostly self-taught. Instead of attention college right after high school, Page distinct to conjoin his number one actual stone band, Neil Christian & the Crusaders, whom he toured England with. But Page fell seriously ill (with glandular fever) and was forced to throw in the towel and recover. Dejected, Page pondered giving up music and focusing on another interest, house painting, as he enrolled at an fine art college in Sutton, Surrey.
With the emergence of such bands as the Rolling Stones in the early '60s and their gritty blues-rock, Page's interest in music perked up one time again -- just instead of forming a band right away, he decided to hone his trade by becoming one of England's round top sitting guitarists and producers. Although the demand specifics of which roger Sessions he was convoluted with have turn blurry over sentence, it's confirmed that he worked with many of the day's top acts, including the Who, Them, Donovan, the Kinks, and the Rolling Stones, among others. By 1966, Page was looking for to place his seance form on take for and get together a full-time band; he accepted an offer to play with the Yardbirds (ab initio as a bassist, so shortly thenceforth as a guitar player), as he was paired up with some other one of rock's all-time guitar greats, Jeff Beck. Although the Yardbirds began as a straight-ahead blues-rock band, with the comprehension of Page in the lineup, the mathematical group began experimenting with psychedelic and hard john Rock styles.
Despite it being obvious that the Yardbirds were on the downside of their life history (Beck left shortly after Page came onboard), Page appeared on the album Slight Games and several tours ahead the lot at long last called it a day in 1968. With a strand of tour of duty dates still set up end-to-end Europe, Page decided to go through and through with the shows and assign together a new striation wHO was dubbed the New Yardbirds -- including longtime academic term bassist John Paul Jones, plus newcomers Robert Plant on vocals and John Bonham on drums. After the closing of their initial circuit, the lot changed their make to Led Zeppelin and explored the still largely chartless territory of toilsome rock/heavy metal. The band immediately became one of rock's most successful and long-suffering bands, issuing a string of graeco-Roman albums from 1969 through 1975 -- Led Zeppelin I, LED Zeppelin II, LED Zeppelin III, LED Zeppelin IV, Houses of the Holy, and Physical Graffiti -- which spawned such graeco-Roman rock receiving set standards as "Stupid and Confused," "Whole Lotta Love," "Immigrant Song," "Dim Dog," "Staircase to Heaven," and "Jammu and Kashmir," as the banding likewise became a must-see live represent in the process. Page also base the time to form with common people creative person Roy Harper (well-nigh notably his 1971 handout, Stormcock, under the false name S. Flavius Mercurius). Zeppelin was arguably the biggest stone band in the world by the mid-'70s (their influence on other john Rock bands following in their wake cannot be accented enough) as they launched their possess record book company, Swan Song, just it was around this time that Page began dabbling with diacetylmorphine and other substances, eventually preeminent to him seemly a full-blown addict by the late '70s/early '80s (as a result, his playing began to suffer). Also, Page's interest in the occult became a concern to those around him (he went as far as purchasing a mansion house on the Loch Ness in Scotland that was at one time owned by famed Satanist Aleister Crowley).
Graf Zeppelin continued issue albums until the morning of the '80s (1976's concert movie/soundtrack The Song Remains the Same and Presence, 1979's In Through the Out Door), just tragedy at last derailed the quaternity -- the expiry of Plant's whitney Moore Young Jr. son in 1977 and Bonham's alcohol-related death in 1980. After Led Zeppelin decided to call it quits in late 1980, Page disappeared from sight (it became known afterward on that he scarcely touched his instrument for a foresighted time afterward). It wasn't until 1982 that Page began to emerge from his self-imposed exile, as he composed and played on the question photo soundtracks to Death Wish I and Death Wish II, compiled the Zeppelin outtakes compendium, Coda, and took part in the 1983 star-studded A.R.M.S. tour, which power saw Page merge with Beck and Eric Clapton for a series of shows that elevated money for multiple induration research. In 1984, Page guested alongside Plant, Beck, and Nile Rodgers on the impinge on EP of rock & wrap oldies The Honeydrippers, and formed his first base band since the death of Zeppelin, dubbed the Firm. The group featured onetime Free/Bad Company singer Paul Rodgers, and contempt the fact that their self-titled debut was a goodish hit, the band decided to call it a solar day shortly after the spill of their lukewarm-received sophomore effort, Mean Business.
Zeppelin fans were tending a rare treat when their living trinity members reunited (with drummers Tony Thompson and Phil Collins) for the mammoth Live Aid at Philadelphia's JFK Stadium in July 1985 -- unfortunately handing in an fantastically under-rehearsed, sloppy operation. Zeppelin reunited again in 1988 for the Atlantic Records twenty-fifth Anniversary Concert at New York's Madison Square Garden (this clock time Bonham's son, Jason, filled in for his late father-God behind the kit), and so far once again performed some other mistake-filled miniskirt set. The same class Page guested on Plant's solo press release, Now & Zen, as well as issuing his number one always solo recording, Outrider, following it up with a tour that affected upon tracks from all eras of his life history. By the early '90s, further rumors of an impendent Zeppelin reunion continued to circulate, and after Plant declined an invitation from Page to join forces one time once more, Page distinct to collaborate with onetime Deep Purple/Whitesnake singer David Coverdale, whose vocal fashion has a great deal been compared to Plant's over the geezerhood. Page's up-to-the-minute project only lasted a single record album, 1993's heavily Zep-like Coverdale/Page, as a proposed populace tour was scrapped in favor of precisely a few select dates in Japan.
In 1994, Plant and Page finally agreed to collaborate once once again (although Jones wasn't invited this clock time), in the lead to the release of the acoustic set No Quarter the same class, addition a highly popular MTV Unplugged special and sold-out world spell. A year after, Led Zeppelin was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, this being the second time a Page-related band got the nod from the Hall (in 1992, the Yardbirds were esteemed). 1998 proverb Plant and Page emergence an album of all-new material, Walking into Clarksdale, which was surprisingly not well received by the world, sinking from sight shortly after its discharge. The duad went their separate shipway by the late '90s, as Page joined the Black Crowes for a tour and springy album (2000's Live at the Greek). The same class as the album's release, some other Crowes/Page tour was cut short due to a back up injury Page suffered. But in June of 2001, Page took to the concert stage aboard Plant to observe the sixtieth birthday of their quaker, common people artist Roy Harper.
Mats and Morgan
Thursday 19 June 2008
Winehouse leaves rehab to apply for visa
Singer Amy Winehouse left the rehab clinic where she is being treated for a short time yesterday in order to apply for a US visa.
According to reports, Winehouse left her London clinic for a few hours to meet with officials at the US Embassy.
She was accompanied by her father Mitch and a nurse, as the terms of her treatment require her to remain under supervision at all times.
Winehouse sported her custom black beehive, which had not made an appearance in recent weeks, after the star cut her hair and bleached it blonde.
It is thought that Winehouse is seeking a US visa in order to travel to Los Angeles to perform at the Grammys on 10 February. She is nominated for six awards at the ceremony.
The singer's visa application will not be simple due to the fact that she was arrested and fined in Norway for possession of cannabis.
A spokesperson for Winehouse said: "The appointment at the US Embassy was made some time ago and was part of process for obtaining a visa. No decision has been made about the Grammys."
"Amy was accompanied by a nurse as the appointment was under supervision. She has not left rehab and remains under the care of the clinic."
According to reports, Winehouse left her London clinic for a few hours to meet with officials at the US Embassy.
She was accompanied by her father Mitch and a nurse, as the terms of her treatment require her to remain under supervision at all times.
Winehouse sported her custom black beehive, which had not made an appearance in recent weeks, after the star cut her hair and bleached it blonde.
It is thought that Winehouse is seeking a US visa in order to travel to Los Angeles to perform at the Grammys on 10 February. She is nominated for six awards at the ceremony.
The singer's visa application will not be simple due to the fact that she was arrested and fined in Norway for possession of cannabis.
A spokesperson for Winehouse said: "The appointment at the US Embassy was made some time ago and was part of process for obtaining a visa. No decision has been made about the Grammys."
"Amy was accompanied by a nurse as the appointment was under supervision. She has not left rehab and remains under the care of the clinic."
Tuesday 10 June 2008
Are Girls Aloud going solo?
Is the writing on the wall for Girls Aloud? And if so, does that writing read: "We're splitting up because we each secretly think we can make it big as a solo act. Except Kimberley, that is, who's really rather happy with the way things are and, besides, change doesn't agree with her all that much"?
Thinking about it, the girls would need a rather large wall to write such a statement. Unless, that is, they wrote it all in 8pt font. Hmm.
Anyway, the reason we ask is because the Mirror's all-star 3am team hits us with the headline "Girls Aloud to go solo", after stumbling across the story that Sarah Harding has recorded some solo material.
"The 26-year-old singer has recorded a funky track with nu-rave group the Filthy Dukes on the soundtrack of forthcoming Hollywood movie Wild Child," writes 3am, which at least gives us something to look forward to. However, this and the fact that one of the band added her vocals to a track by Will.I.Am and another brought out her own range of make-up, is the basis of the 3am's outrageous split claim. Oh, there's also a quote from a "mole" (that's a new one), who says: "Sara's always maintained that she loves Girls Aloud and has no desire for the band to split - but that doesn't mean she's not willing to branch out." So when 3am writes: "First it was Nadine Coyle. Then Cheryl Cole. And most recently Nicola Roberts," what they ought to follow it up with is the line "who have yet to leave the group for a solo career".
Now that Coldplay are back with a new album and in the limelight once again (by which we mean the tabloids), all kinds of skeletons are emerging from their closet. For example, the Mirror's 3am team reports that Chris Martin has a singing teacher. "Yes, I have a singing teacher," says Martin, "why wouldn't I want someone to bring out the best in me?" 3am responds: "Calm down mate."
Meanwhile, Bizarre's Smart Gordon discloses top-secret information on the band's new video shoot. "Coldplay are secretly shooting a groundbreaking new video on a Dutch beach with top film producer Anton Corbijn." To which the band responded: "Yes, we've hired Anton Corbijn to direct our new video. Why wouldn't we want the man behind Bafta-winning Joy Division movie Control to bring a touch of class to our new promo? Hmm, WHY?" Ok, they didn't, instead Martin said: "We're trying to experiment with him. It could be a disaster, but it could be ok." Which is much less hysterical and far more reasonable a response. And extremely boring. Although not as dull as Corbijn's brief, which was apparently "to make the best music video ever". Must have taken a series of heated boardroom discussions and focus group sessions to come up with that one.
But now for some rather shocking news: Kim Dawson of Kim Dawson's Playlist hasn't, repeat, hasn't, been catching up with In the news favourites the Fratellis. Oh no. Her colleague James Cabooter of Kim Dawson's Playlist has been hanging with the Scottish rock group instead. The band have been waxing lyrical about their biggest fan, the Who's Roger Daltry: "He did an interview where he said: 'If the Who had come from Scotland they'd have been called the Fratellis'. He knows by saying something like that it's gonna get used everywhere and be a massive boost to us. It's opened many doors." Sure, it's a bit boastful, but wouldn't you show off if Roger Daltry gave you props? Still, an endorsement by the Who can't stop us shuddering when Kim Dawson of Kim Dawson's Playlist writes: "I'm predicting the Fratellis, like the Who, will be around for decades."
Decades, decades, decades... Shudder.
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