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| iFilm
Support Terrorists? Ban Stuck Mojo antiJihadists Video |
KNAC reports: Stuck Mojo based in Atlanta,
GA, stirred mass controversy earlier this month with the release of a video
for the anti-Jihadist-themed song, 'Open Season', from their latest release
entitled Southern Born Killers. Immediately after the video's release via
YouTube, the track skyrocketed into the "Most Viewed" video charts on the
service. That is where the controversy began.
Upon seeing the popularity of the video,
administrators at YouTube apparently blocked the video from appearing in
the "Most Viewed" listings despite the viewing statistics warranting its
inclusion in the Top 20
. This latest hypocrisy is too much, though, to
let just slip by. The widely popular web site, iFilm.com, recently banned
the video for 'Open Season' despite it having received many positive comments
as well as overwhelming support from military personnel and others around
the globe. Meanwhile, another music video, created by Jihadists themselves,
showing the graphic murder of American soldiers remains available for viewing
on the video service! It's a double standard that is sick on every level.
You be the judge. At the [full story link]
are several links where you can view everything for yourself. We encourage
you to read the lyrics to 'Open Season' and then check out the video. Then
take a look at the disgusting murder of our soldiers that iFilm continues
to support and you'll see why we are livid. iFilm's practices should be
brought to the attention of their sponsors at a minimum. We are in a time
of escalating global conflict and, in Stuck Mojo's opinion, this company
is acting clearly irresponsibly with their support of these murderers.[see
full story for more including links to the Stuck Mojo video, the terrorist
videos etc]
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| Sugababe
Brawl |
Gigwise reports: Sugababe Amelle Berrabah
and her boyfriend were involved in a club brawl on Christmas Eve after
another man allegedly pinched her bum.
Amelle's beau Freddy Fuller was forced
to spend a day behind bars after the incident which happened outside the
Envy club in Surrey.
In the shocking fight that ensued, according
to reports, a bouncers finger was almost knawed off.[see full story for
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| Spike
Lee to Direct James Brown Movie |
pr-inside reports: SPIKE LEE has signed up
to direct a movie about the life of late soul legend JAMES BROWN.
The Paramount Pictures-funded film will
begin shooting in 2008, with A BEAUTIFUL MIND producer BRIAN GRAZER at
the helm. Before his death, Brown assisted with the movie's development,
and granted access to his musical back catalogue for the forthcoming production.
[see full story for more
we won't comment on the timing here]-
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| Viva
Las Jacko |
E! reports: Apparently, what Michael Jackson
wants most for Christmas is to make a comeback. After spending the past
18 months living overseas in Bahrain and Ireland, the reclusive pop star
has ended his self-imposed exile from the United States.
Jackson and his three children arrived
in Las Vegas over the weekend, where the musician has reportedly decided
to relocate while attempting to revive his musical career.[see full story
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| Another
Cartoon Band |
Gigwise reports: Quite possibly the hardest
working man in pop, Danger Mouse, has announced details of a new musical
project.
The Gnarls Barkley star will head a collective
of producers called Underground Animals who will all contribute to a new
compilation album on Downtown/Atlantic records.
Paralleling the Gorillaz, all members of
the group will be brought to life through animated characters.[see full
story for more]- Click
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| Scissor
Sisters Give Back |
Gigwise reports: The Scissor Sisters have
shown their benevolent side by donating a cut of their profits from their
UK arena tour to 17 different charities.
The camp disco-pop outfit personally hand-picked
the charities which were to receive proceeds from their sold-out shows.
As the Daily Record reports, one such beneficiary
was the Simon Centre in Glasgow which offers support to the homeless.[see
full story for more]- Click
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| Hank
III Down for Tour |
blabbermouth.net reports: In a recent interview
with GuildGuitars.com, SUPERJOINT RITUAL bassist and acclaimed solo artist
Hank Williams III revealed that his solo band will hit the road with DOWN
next year. Asked if SUPERJOINT RITUAL was over and done with, Hank replied,
"As for now, I always say that SUPERJOINT is in the grave. It might come
back; I don't know. But as far as what's going on with Philip [SUPERJOINT
RITUAL/ex-PANTERA frontman Philip Anselmo], the new DOWN record is in the
process of being made; us and DOWN are gonna tour next year it could
be two weeks, it could be two months; I don't know."[see full story for
more]- Click
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| Dirk
Dirksen Auction |
blabbermouth.net reports: According to the
San Francisco Chronicle, Kathy Peck, bass player for pioneering S.F. lady-punks
the CONTRACTIONS and co-founder of HEAR Foundation, a nonprofit organization
dedicated to alerting musicians of the permanent hearing damage that can
result from repeated exposure to concert-decibel music, is organizing an
eBay auction to raise money to help cover the funeral expenses of much-revered
San Francisco punk promoter Dirk Dirksen.
Dirksen, who died a few days before Thanksgiving
at age 69, was to San Francisco's emerging punk-rock scene in the late
1970s what Bill Graham was to psychedelic rock a decade earlier. [see full
story for more]- Click
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| Speed\Kill/Hate
Find Voice |
blabbermouth.net reports: Old-school thrashers
SPEED\KILL/HATE have announced the addition of singer Bob Barnack to the
group's ranks. "Bob stepped up and delivered big time," guitarist Dave
Linsk (also in OVERKILL) writes on the band's web site. "He is a great
new addition to SPEED\KILL/HATE."[see full story for more]-
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| Public
Funeral for James Brown |
BBC reports: A public funeral service for
soul star James Brown, who died on Christmas Day, will be held this weekend
in Georgia.
The 73-year-old "Godfather of Soul" will
lie in state at New York's Apollo Theatre on Thursday. [see full story
for more]- Click
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| Macca
Musical |
pr-inside reports: SIR PAUL McCARTNEY is writing
a new musical based on his previous romantic relationships - with the show
branded as a tribute to his late wife LINDA.
The work will tell the story of SHANTY
and MARY, a couple who manage to balance their romance with a busy work
life, and is said to centre around the former BEATLE's experiences with
first wife Linda and estranged partner HEATHER MILLS.[see full story for
more]- Click
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| Element
Eighty Split |
TuneLab reports: Element Eighty will call
it quits after their New Years Eve show at the Ridglea Theatre in Ft. Worth,
Texas. The band released their self-titled Universal Records debut in 2003
which included the hit "Broken Promises". The track was included on the
'Need for Speed Underground' video game soundtrack and peaked at No. 36
on the Mainstream Rock chart. [see full story for more]-
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| Alice
"Santa" Cooper |
KNAC reports: From the Chicago Sun Times:
Alice Cooper saved Christmas for 12-year-old Carlos "CJ" Cardenas. Well,
Alice Cooper and a team of surgeons at Rush University Medical Center.
CJ, a sixth-grader from Lake Villa, was
feeling pretty down last week as he lay in a hospital bed, recovering from
surgeries to remove a terribly painful and aggressive tumor in his mouth.
Then came a package in the mail from an unlikely hero for a preteen - 58-year-old
rocker Alice Cooper. The Detroit native had gotten word about CJ's plight
and autographed a blue Fender Squire electric guitar for him.[see full
story for more]- Click
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| Angels
and Airwaves Plot Busy 07 |
punkbands reports: Angels and Airwaves will
begin recording their next album once the new year starts. Now if you know
A&A like the rest of us, you know there's more to the story. Well there's
also a documentary, a fictional film, a song for an undisclosed soundtrack
and perhaps other projects. Looking back on 2006, Tom Delonge told Mtv
(one of the few places still putting out news this week) "It's been a super-spiritual
year for our band and for us personally, and I think we've offered something
extremely imaginative and futuristic to rock and roll. I also think that
I've become a good dancer along the way."- Click
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| Underoath
Side Project |
punkbands reports: Underoath drummer Aaron
Gillespie will put out a solo album sometime soon and he's hitting the
road to play songs off it (dates are at the full story link). In the meantime,
Underoath has been writing songs for their next album and the band may
even do some dates on this summer's Warped Tour. This, of course, comes
on the heels of last year's Warped Tour where Underoath left after a short
time. A lot of people said it was because Fat Mike was cracking wise on
the band pretty much daily. Gillespie had this to say: "I don't care what
(Fat Mike) does. He's old, and that's his shtick. He doesn't have anything
else going for him, so why not make fun of people? It was just a rumor
that spun out of control."[see full story for more]- Click
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