Monday 1 September 2008

Conchords set to end acclaimed TV show

Kiwi comedy duo Flight of the Conchords ar planning to ground their Emmy-nominated tV series subsequently the next season to pursue other interests.



In an article headlined "The Chuckle Brothers", Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement have told British music magazine Q that the second, 10-episode series of Flight of the Conchords, now being filmed in New York, is probable to be their last.


"The second serial seems to me like it would be a good close to the show. I feel like another 10 ... That will be enough," McKenzie says.


McKenzie's mother, Deirdre Tarrant, a Wellington dancing teacher, said the geminate wanted to spread their wings.


"They want to break into a few other things."


McKenzie was keen to focus on music and script writing and he was missing being a member of Wellington dance band The Black Seeds, Ms Tarrant said.


"There are quite a few things in the wind. I think they desire to cast a few more things under their belts.


"They've done a huge amount of touring. It's just got out of control.�They're in spades developing a show that's going to play fully grown spaces."


Flight of the Conchords have been booked for a January gig at the new O2 sphere in London which seating room 20,000 people.


Clement of late landed a leading office in the American picture Gentlemen Broncos and McKenzie told Q magazine he had applied for a part in a moving-picture show version of DC Comics' Justice League of America.


The first series of the HBO show Flight of the Conchords, in which the deuce Kiwis play folk singers struggling to make it big in New York, has standard four Emmy nominations for writing, original music and lyrics.


Clements and McKenzie volition attend the awards ceremony on September 21.


They south Korean won a Grammy award for best drollery album in February.


Q magazine said the pair were the "furor hit of the moment".


"New Zealand's biggest export since those films about hobbits", and the "funniest thing to be found right now both on leg and TV".







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Tuesday 12 August 2008

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark   
Artist: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

   Genre(s): 
Pop
   Rock: Pop-Rock
   New Age
   



Discography:


Best of OMD   
 Best of OMD

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 18


Universal   
 Universal

   Year: 1996   
Tracks: 12


Architecture and Morality   
 Architecture and Morality

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 9




Featuring the core members Paul Humphreys and Andy McCluskey, the Liverpudlian synth pop group Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark formed in the late '70s. Humphreys and McCluskey began playing in concert in school, playing in the bands VCL XI, Hitlerz Underpantz, and the Id. After the Id split in 1978, McCluskey was with Dalek I Love You for a brief clock time. Once he left Dalek, he coupled with Humphreys and Paul Collister to physical body Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. The grouping released its first-class honours degree single, "Electricity," on Factory Records; the record light-emitting diode to a get with the Virgin subsidiary DinDisc. Using their record march on, McCluskey and Humphreys built a studio apartment, which allowed them to substitute their four-track, and recorded with drummer Malcolm Holmes (at one time of the Id) and Dave Hughes (erst of Dalek I Love You).


In 1980, the grouping released its self-titled debut album. Organisation appeared the same year, which featured the U.K. Top Ten single "Enola Gay"; Hughes was replaced by Martin Cooper after its release. The band's next few albums -- Computer architecture and Morality (1981), Dazzle Ships (1983), and Junk Culture (1984) -- set up the band experimenting with its effectual, resulting in several U.K. hit singles. Recorded with two new members, Graham and Neil Weir, Crush, their most pop-oriented album, launch more success in America than in Britain as the single "So in Love" hit numeral 26 on the charts. "If You Leave," taken from the Pretty in Pink soundtrack, was their biggest American hit, climbing to number quaternity in 1986. The Pacific Age was released the same twelvemonth, all the same America was the only state where it was popular. Shortly after its release, the Weir brothers left the band, followed by Holmes, Cooper, and Humphreys. McCluskey continued with the band, cathartic Refined sugar Tax in 1991; in the meantime, Humphreys formed the Listening Pool.


After Sugar Tax failed to gain an audience, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark returned with Liberator in 1993, which besides was unheeded. It was followed three old age later with Universal. The OMD Remixes appeared in 1998.






Wednesday 6 August 2008

Aoki Takamasa and Tujiko Noriko

Aoki Takamasa and Tujiko Noriko   
Artist: Aoki Takamasa and Tujiko Noriko

   Genre(s): 
Industrial
   



Discography:


28   
 28

   Year: 2005   
Tracks: 8




 





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Jupiter Apple

Jupiter Apple   
Artist: Jupiter Apple

   Genre(s): 
Rock
   Pop
   



Discography:


Plastic Soda   
 Plastic Soda

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 13


Hisscivilization   
 Hisscivilization

   Year:    
Tracks: 13




 






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Wednesday 2 July 2008

"Indiana Jones" unearths more gold at box office

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The massively hyped "Indiana Jones" movie whipped up an impressive $56 million in its first two days of release across North America, its distributor said on Saturday, but will struggle to break industry records during the U.S. Memorial Day holiday weekend.


"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," the first film in the adventure series to hit the big screen in 19 years, earned an estimated $31 million on Friday, according to Paramount Pictures.


A day earlier, it opened amid mixed reviews to $25 million -- the fourth highest-grossing Thursday debut on record. The industry, suffering a tepid year so far, is seizing on such benchmarks as early signs of a recovery. The second-day tally ranked more modestly at No. 15 for Friday sales, according to Box Office Mojo, which analyzes movie sales data.


"Indiana Jones," reuniting actor Harrison Ford as the eponymous archeologist, director Steven Spielberg and executive producer George Lucas, also opened in 61 foreign countries on the heels of its glitzy world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival last Sunday. Paramount, a unit of Viacom Inc, did not have early foreign returns.


In North America, industry observers expect "Indiana Jones" to earn more than $150 million in its first five days.


Comparisons with the record-holder for the Memorial Day weekend, last year's "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," are a little difficult. The third film in the swashbuckler franchise also opened on a Thursday -- but in the evening, whereas "Indiana Jones" screened for a full day. Ticket prices have also risen since then.


Still, "Pirates" also managed to earn $56 million for the two-day period, on its way to $153 million for the five days through Monday. The five-day record is held by "Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith," which opened to $173 million in 2005, a week before the Memorial Day holiday in 2005.


"Indiana Jones" siphoned off some of the audience from last week's leader, "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian," which opened to a disappointing $55 million last weekend. 

Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes

Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes   
Artist: Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes

   Genre(s): 
Rock
   



Discography:


Survival of the Fittest: live   
 Survival of the Fittest: live

   Year: 1971   
Tracks: 6


Marriage on the Rocks   
 Marriage on the Rocks

   Year: 1970   
Tracks: 7




 






The Subways, All Or Nothing

Four years on from their victory in Glastonbury's unsigned band competition, and now all firmly out of their teens, Welwyn Garden City's rockiest exports are back. This time they were on the main stage at Eavis' annual knees-up and sporting a second album in the form of All Or Nothing.

The record kicks off with the chart-ineligible single Girls And Boys, an American style thrash-out that frontman Billy Lunn and female sidekick Charlotte Cooper both accessorise with highly affected (and dare it be said, accented) vocals. One wonders whether the decision to make the release download only was through the fear of public disinterest – during their two years out of the spotlight, the band have been shunted aside by the likes of whippersnappers The View. Tellingly, the first single proper, Alright, failed even to make the top 40.

It seems that in their absence (partially forced upon them by Lunn's vocal nodules) this former buzz band have missed the boat. This is an album two years too late, with a distinct American emo flavour running through its core. Title track All Or Nothing sounds very much like Fall Out Boy’s Dance Dance, and the album’s vocals have Lunn sounding eerily similar to Panic At The Disco’s Brendan Urie. Ironic then, that the Las Vegas outfit ditched emo for a more British sound on their own sophomore longplayer.

There are moments of inspiration, particularly in some well-executed harmonies between former lovers Lunn and Cooper, which nod to their well-documented Britpop fandom and particularly Nu Clear Sounds-era Ash. But there is no evident sign of the contribution of super-producer Butch Vig, whose involvement in the project initially promised so much.

Final track Lost Boy does prove an unexpected and last-minute gem, with piano, strings, bass and drum somehow managing to sound beautifully tender, in what is a Sixpence None The Richer, Kiss Me-style ballad. But it's too little too late for a band who had the world at their feet, went away and returned to find the goalposts had moved.


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New mum Nicole Richie will relive her days as a Hollywood 'bad girl' after landing a small role in U.S. TV comedy Chuck. The 26-year-old will play "a snarky and spiteful girl" in an upcoming episode. Chuck executive producer Josh Schwartz states, "Nicole auditioned for the part and was very funny. This role is a great opportunity for her to show off her comedic skills and be diabolically evil and kick some butt. It's going to be really fun." Richie's past TV credits include guest spots on U.S. TV series 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter and American Dreams. She also starred in reality TV hit The Simple Life, alongside fellow socialite and childhood friend Paris Hilton.


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Christie Brinkley - Brinkley Wins Bid To Make Divorce Public


Former model CHRISTIE BRINKLEY will fight her divorce from estranged husband PETER COOK in public after a New York judge granted her request to keep proceedings open.

Brinkley, 54, reportedly filed the motion at New York Supreme Court on Thursday (19Jun08), despite protests from architect Cook and their children's guardian Theresa Mari.

But Suffolk County Judge Mark Cohen approved Brinkley's request during a hearing on Friday (20Jun08), ruling that "open courtrooms, in general and in divorce actions, may provide a basis for societal education".

He added, "The required high burden of compelling reasons to close the courtroom has not been met."

However, Cook is disappointed with the decision.

His lawyer Norman Sheresky admits Cook is upset that Brinkley "has invited their children to attend the divorce trial".

But Brinkley has fired back at the criticism. Her attorney Robert Cohen says, "The reality is he put himself way in front of his children and his wife when he made the awful decision to destroy the marriage. The trial will get at the truth, which is very important to Christie."

The star adds, "I still remain hopeful that these matters can be resolved privately."

Brinkley filed for divorce from Cook in 2006, over his alleged affair with a then-18-year-old assistant.

According to Access Hollywood, among Brinkley's divorce allegations are claims that Cook trawled the internet for women and porn.

The former couple - who have kids Jack, 12, and Sailor, nine together - will head to trial in New York on 2 July (08).





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Antranig and Pons

Antranig and Pons   
Artist: Antranig and Pons

   Genre(s): 
Other
   



Discography:


NY Gridlock   
 NY Gridlock

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 2




 






David Hudson and Steve Roach

David Hudson and Steve Roach   
Artist: David Hudson and Steve Roach

   Genre(s): 
New Age
   



Discography:


The Art Of The Didjeridu   
 The Art Of The Didjeridu

   Year:    
Tracks: 13




 






La Quiete

La Quiete   
Artist: La Quiete

   Genre(s): 
Other
   Rock
   



Discography:


Self Titled Cdm   
 Self Titled Cdm

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 3


La Quiete-Kc Milian-Split 7 Inch   
 La Quiete-Kc Milian-Split 7 Inch

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 3


La Fine Non E La Fine   
 La Fine Non E La Fine

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 9


La Quiete-The Apoplexy Twist Orchestra   
 La Quiete-The Apoplexy Twist Orchestra

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 6


7 Inch Split   
 7 Inch Split

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 5




 





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