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School |
Contact Music reports: Rap icon ICE T is jumping
on the reality TV bandwagon by planning a new show called RAP SCHOOL.
US TV bosses were spurred on by recent
series ROCK SCHOOL which featured KISS frontman GENE SIMMONS turning a
group of public school children into miniature rock stars.[ok get ready,
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| Lamest
Show Ever! |
Reuters reports: "American Idol" star Simon
Cowell is singing "Duets" with Fox.
The network has ordered a talent show in
which professional singers pair off with celebrities outside of the music
business to perform for a panel of judges and a studio audience. Viewers
will have the final say in voting off contestants. [Wait isn't this the
network that cancels anything halfway decent? This is what they replace
it with? Next thing you know they'll have has-beens dancing an hour each
week and it will top the ratings. The dumbing down of America is complete.
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| Murder
Suspects |
liveDaily reports: Two men reportedly were
arrested Saturday (1/7) in Philadelphia in connection with seven recent
homicides in Richmond, VA, including the murder of former House of Freaks
singer/guitarist Bryan Harvey and his family.
According to local news reports, Ray Joseph
Dandridge and his uncle, Ricky "Cooley" Gray, both 28, have been charged
with conspiracy to commit the Jan. 1 murders of Harvey, his wife, and their
two young daughters; as well as the Jan. 6 killings in South Richmond of
a man, his wife and her adult daughter.[see full story for more]-
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| Floyd
Snubbed |
Gigwise reports: Judges of this years Brit
Awards have been left outraged after Pink Floyd were omitted from the Best
Live Act shortlist.
Many of the panel believed that their show-stealing
comeback performance at Live 8 deserved to be nominated for the music industry
back-patting ceremony.
However, they were told that Pink Floyd
could not be nominated because they did not perform in front of a paying
audience.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Stern
Debut |
FMQB reports: Howard Stern made his long-awaited
debut on Sirius Satellite Radio today. While there were a few technical
glitches at the start, once Stern and his crew got rolling, it was business
as usual with only a couple noticeable changes in the program. The first
is the hiring of George Takei as the announcer for Stern's program. Best
known as Star Trek's Sulu, Takei was live in the studio for his debut.
The other was the lack of commercials, as Stern's debut went commercial
free -- and lasted well into the 11 a.m. hour. Stern said 6 commercial
units per hour would show up starting tomorrow with clients including Heineken
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| Spandau
Hospitalization |
Gigwise reports: Former Spandau Ballet singer
Tony Hadley is recovering in hospital after having his appendix removed,
according to a statement by his manager.
Hadley was admitted to Whittington Hospital
in north London after complaining of stomach cramps last night, undergoing
surgery later in the evening, John Glover said. [see full story for more]-
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| Rare
Maximo Park |
Gigwise reports: Maximo Park are to release
an album of rarities featuring b-sides and demos from their debut album
A Certain Trigger.
The record will be released on February
20 via Warp and will be ingeniously entitled Missing Songs.[add comment
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| Idol
Pandemic |
hecklerspray reports: Today's pandemic started
on ITV1 in the UK, calling itself Pop Idol. It was contagious too, quickly
spreading through unknown means to first world countries the world around.
The name changed with every infection, calling itself American Idol, Canadian
Idol or Australian Idol to name some. Side effects included intense headaches,
scabby inner ears, dry heaves and astronomical ratings.
Despite the obvious mental hazards, government
owned TV in Ethiopia has decided it wants a piece of that action. They
intend to call it...wait for it...Ethiopian Idol.[see full story for more]-
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| Pink
Wedding |
Ananova reports: Pink has married her boyfriend
Carey Hart in Costa Rica.
The couple have been dating for four years
reports Digitalspy.
Pink and her motorcross fiance tied the
knot during a ceremony on the beach.[see full story for more]-
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| Cold
Brits |
Ananova reports: Coldplay have confirmed they
will perform at this year's Brit Awards.
The Kaiser Chiefs, James Blunt, KT Tunstall,
Kelly Clarkson, Kanye West and Paul Weller will also perform at the event.[Just
so you know Kayne and Kelly are now British in the Madonna tradition of
being British. see full story for more]- Click
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| Black
Eyed Honda |
liveDaily reports: This year's edition of
the annual Honda Civic Tour, which launches in early spring, will feature
The Black Eyed Peas in the top slot, and will promote the redesigned gas/electric
Civic Hybrid.
The outing is scheduled to kick off March
23 at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, CA. [see full story for more]-
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| Living
End Emergency |
Punk Music reports: The Living End has a new
record completed called "State of Emergency." However, as they were recently
dropped from their US label (Reprise), the band is not sure when or who
will be releasing their new CD in the US and Canada. [see full story for
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| Arrogant
Sons of Bitches Release |
Mammoth Press reports: The Arrogant Sons of
Bitches have announced details on the release of the long-delayed, long-awaited
proper followup to 2000's Pornocracy. Three Cheers for Disappointment will
be officially released January 17th and will be available at the band's
merch store and at CD release shows.[see full story for more]-
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| Fear
Factory Inspired |
BW&BK reports: Sea Of Tranquility have
issued a FEAR FACTORY gig review (from the bands recent stop at Irving
Plaza), combined with an interview with Burton C. Bell.
During the interview Burton states: For
me, I draw inspiration not really from metal, Im all about melodies, but
I draw influences from say NEUROSIS, who I still think are a great heavy
band, as are MASTODON, and SLAYER. They are all great bands. I like industrial
a lot. I also listen to a lot of older music too, like THE CARPENTERS for
instance.[that's explains the vocals on the last CD... see full story for
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| Rush
TV |
BW&BK reports: Invisible airwaves will
crackle with life" when VH1 Classic presents the world television premiere
of RUSH R-30, a DVD concert performance from the band's $21 million grossing
sell-out 30th Anniversary Tour. The concert will air as part of VH1 Classic's
salute to Rush the weekend of Friday, January 13th.
The Rush R-30 concert was filmed with 14
hi-definition cameras in widescreen format at the Festhalle in Frankfurt,
Germany on September 24th, 2004. The concert presentation makes up the
core of the Rush R-30 two-DVD package released November 22nd, 2005 by Zoe
Vision/Rounder Records.[see full story for more]- Click
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