Caliban VS Heaven Shall Burn & other: July 2008

Lopez Treats School Kids To Private Concert

Singer/actress Jennifer Lopez performed one of her most low-key concerts ever in New York on Tuesday , when she took to the stage for an elementary school's graduation ceremony. The pop star was contacted by the students at Staten Island's autistic school P.S. 37 after teacher Kathy Amati showed them the video for Lopez's single Let's Get Loud. The kids loved the promo so much, Amati suggested they write to Lopez in the hope of getting autographs or pictures in return. But they were stunned when Lopez personally requested to perform at their graduation ceremony - and the group of 10 and 11-year-olds were treated to a private performance on Tuesday, where she sang Let's Get Loud specially for them.

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Returners

Artist: Returners

   Genre(s):
Rock

Discography:

MIX-CD

Year: 2007
Tracks: 1

Tequila

Artist: Tequila

   Genre(s):
Pop

Discography:

Forever

Year: 1998
Tracks: 20

Grandes Exitos

Year:
Tracks: 10

Why Did Universals Film Vault Burn Down

Universal Studios Chairman Ron Meyer has taken issue with news reports claiming that
the studio's water system was inadequate to battle the fire that, among other things,
destroyed a vault containing tapes of thousands of the company's television shows
and hundreds of classic film prints. In a message to company employees that Nikki Finke
posted on her Dateline Hollywood Today website, Meyer said that it was "not the case"
that the water system was inadequate. "In fact, at a recent press conference organized
by the Los Angeles County Fire Department, Chief Michael Freeman stated unequivocally
that Universal had sufficient water capacity to handle the fire." However, news reports
of Freeman's assessment noted that the fire chief had added that despite the suf
ficient water capacity, the studio's own system of water lines running through the
movie-set rafters decreased water pressure and resulted in additional water loss
when some of the lines snapped when the rafters collapsed during the fire.

20/06/2008

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Wesley Snipes - Snipes Pleads To Be Allowed To Film Abroad

Troubled Hollywood star WESLEY SNIPES is begging a judge to let him leave the U.S. so he can shoot two movies in Britain and Thailand, while he is appealing his conviction for tax fraud.

The Blade star was handed a three-year prison sentence in April (08) after officials found him guilty of failing to file taxes for five years.

The 45-year-old is currently free on appeal, and has filed paperwork requesting permission to shoot Gallowwalker in London and Chasing The Dragon in Bangkok, insisting the money he earns from the two projects will "satisfy his civil tax liabilities".

In court documents, filed on Wednesday (25Jun08), Snipes' lawyer Daniel Meachum insists the actor is not a flight risk because "were he to abscond under these circumstances, it would destroy his ability to earn a living for the rest of his life."

Meachum adds, "Mr.Snipes will, of course, voluntarily return after his work on this film - as he has done each time he has been granted permission by this court."

But Snipes' request may be hampered by the fact the movie star failed to return to America immediately after charges were brought against him in 2006 - he was filming Gallowwalker in Namibia.

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Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam Join Fight Against Insurance Companies

Rockers PEARL JAM are backing a campaign to raise money for patients fighting health insurance companies for payouts.

A pre-concert party is being held in Hartford, Connecticut on Friday (27Jun08), ahead of the band's gig there - organised by Advocacy for Patients with Chronic Illness head Jennifer Jaff.

Pearl Jam were introduced to the cause by lead guitarist Mike MCCready, who has suffered bowel disorder Crohn's Disease for 25 years.

Jaff also suffers the disease and is currently fighting her own battle with an insurance company to cover the cost of her treatment.

MCCready tells the Hartford Courant newspaper, "Jennifer Jaff is one of the best advocates for patients I have ever seen. It's super-important for her to fight against the insurance companies that will deny people any kind of coverage for their pre-existing conditions. The work she does is justified, and I just love it.

"We live in the greatest country in the world, and I have lived here my entire life, but we need to invest our money back into things that look at a broader scope, not just things that are going to make us money. If people are going to die because some legislation didn't go through, that, to me, is abhorrent. That's not what America means to me."

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Club NME goes to Barcelona

Ladyhawke and Florence & The Machine helped Club NME go off with a bang in Barcelona last night (June 20), performing late night sets to a sold out crowd.

The bash, which took place at the city�?´s legendary 3,000 capacity Razzmatazz venue, featured several large rooms with DJs including Queens of Noize, as well as a host of local talent.

The highlights, though, came first with Florence's set. The rising starlet captivated the audience for the duration of her half hour set, with incendiary versions of single 'Kiss Like A Fist' and a version of MGMT�?´s 'Electric Feel'.

Ladyhawke's set followed shortly afterwards, with the singer telling the crowd "It's my first ever night in Barcelona, so be nice!" The show began with 'Professional Suicide' and climaxed in fine style with new single 'Paris is Burning'.

The club then continued long into the early hours of Saturday.

Muhal Richard Abrams

Artist: Muhal Richard Abrams

   Genre(s):
Jazz

Discography:

Blu Blu Blu

Year: 1997
Tracks: 8

Think All, Focus One

Year: 1996
Tracks: 7

Rejoicing with the Light

Year: 1993
Tracks: 5

Mama and Daddy

Year: 1993
Tracks: 4

Young At Heart Wise In Time

Year:
Tracks: 1

Levels And Degrees Of Light

Year:
Tracks: 3

Composer, arranger, and pianist Muhal Richard Abrams is for the most part a self-taught instrumentalist world Health Organization was deeply influenced by the federal Bureau of Prisons innovations of the later Bud Powell. Abrams has been a beacon fire in the jazz community as a cofounder (and get-go prexy), in 1965, of Chicago's legendary forefront music establishment, the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). While Abrams is well-known as a mentor to trey generations of jr. musicians -- born in 1930 he was a decennium aged than his nearest peer in the AACM -- as a bandleader and professor at the Banff Center, Columbia University, Syracuse University, and the BMI Composers' Workshop, he is non invariably recognized for his substantial contribution as a player and recording creative person. Abrams' number one gigs were acting the blues, R&B, and concentrated federal Bureau of Prisons circuit in Chicago and working as a sideman with everyone from Dexter Gordon and Max Roach to Ruth Brown and Woody Shaw. But Abrams' possess recordings reveal his forcefulness as an groundbreaker. His 1967 debut, Levels and Degrees of Light on Chicago's Delmark label, determine the course for his own vocation and that of many of his AACM generation, including Henry Threadgill, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Leo Smith, and Anthony Braxton. Abrams is besides a conduit for the tradition. Though his medicine is celebrated for its forefront disquietude, he withal harry Bridges everything in his playing from boogie-woogie to bebop to release improv, as evidenced by Sightsong and Rejoicing With the Light, both on the Black Saint tag. Abrams has been a composer that moves through the classical tradition as well. Novi, his first symphonic music for orchestra and nothingness quartet, has been performed at various festivals, and the Kronos Quartet performed his String Quartet, No. 2.