Friday, 27 June 2008
Andreas Kremer and Thomas Pogadl
Artist: Andreas Kremer and Thomas Pogadl
Genre(s):
Techno
Discography:
LeichengGĂ‚¤nger (FORM 10-003)
Year: 2002
Tracks: 2
 
Thursday, 19 June 2008
Dancing With The Stars - Yamaguchi Crowned Dancing Show Champion
Olympic gold medalist KRISTI YAMAGUCHI was crowned the winner of U.S. TV show DANCING WITH THE STARS on Tuesday (20May08) - the second woman to win the series since it began in 2005.
The athlete and her dancing partner Mark Ballas beat fellow finalist American footballer Jason Taylor to win the sixth season of the hit U.S. programme - scoring a perfect score for their final jive dance.
Chilean hunk Cristian de la Fuente came third in the competition, despite being dogged by an arm injury during the last few weeks of the show.
Yamaguchi is the first female to be crowned champion of the celebrity dance show since American model Kelly Monaco won the final in the show's first season in 2005.
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Wednesday, 11 June 2008
Motion City Soundtrack
Artist: Motion City Soundtrack
Genre(s):
Rock
Soundtrack
Discography:
Even If It Kills Me
Year: 2007
Tracks: 14
Commit This To Memory
Year: 2005
Tracks: 12
Matchbook Romance-Motion City
Year: 2004
Tracks: 4
The Future Freaks Me Out (UK CDS)
Year: 2003
Tracks: 3
I Am the Movie
Year: 2003
Tracks: 14
A leading light in the punk-pop writing style, Motion City Soundtrack includes members Joshua Cain (guitar), Tony Thaxton (drums), Justin Pierre (vocals/guitar), Jesse Johnson (Moog), and Matthew Taylor (basso). Following their senior high graduation, Minneapolis natives Pierre and Cain -- both of whom were elysian by Sunny Day Real Estate, Jawbox, the Flaming Lips, and Superchunk -- formed the band in 1999. The geminate assembled a impermanent lineup and issued a self-released 7" that same yr. Later, patch touring through Pennsylvania in support of their release, Motion City Soundtrack met Thaxton and Taylor of the Virginia-based band Submerge. The deuce musicians distinct to leave their hometown of Richmond, VA, to join Motion City Soundtrack full-time, and the expanded band before long entered the studio apartment with producer/engineer Ed Rose (the Get Up Kids, Ultimate Facebook). Three weeks before recording commenced, they were besides coupled by keyboardist Jessie Johnson (whose personal record label, Ordinary Records, had issued some of Jimmy Eat World's earliest corporeal in 1995) to lighten singer/guitarist Pierre of his synthesist duties.
With a new lineup firmly in place, the band's punk-glazed debut, I Am the Movie, was released in the summertime of 2003. While playing venues and basements in support of the album, Motion City Soundtrack was picked up by Epitaph Records; later, they joined blink-182 on a turn through Europe and Japan. Blink's bassist, Mark Hoppus, took a liking to the band and in agreement to bring forth their side by side album; the resulting Entrust This to Memory was released deuce long time later and featured an more and more pop-heavy sound. A sumptuous interpretation of the album (dispatch with bonus DVD) appeared in 2006, and the band exhausted the summer on Warped Tour before bearing to Europe with OK Go that fall. Entering the studio for the third gear time, Motion City Soundtrack began to bring with producers Adam Schlesinger (of Fountains of Wayne), Eli Janney (of Girls Against Boys), and Ric Ocasek (of the Cars). The completed product, Fifty-fifty If It Kills Me, was released in September 2007.
Thursday, 5 June 2008
Ex EastEnder recovering after health scare
Former 'EastEnders' star Todd Carty has been discharged from hospital after a health scare, which saw him become "violently sick" while on stage at the weekend.
According to the BBC, the 44-year-old actor, who played Mark Fowler in 'EastEnders', became ill during a performance of 'The Business of Murder' at The Gordon Craig Theatre in Stevenage, Hertfordshire on Saturday.
Carty's agent Derek Webster later spoke to BBC News 24, saying that the actor became "violently sick" on stage and was taken to hospital as a result.
Webster said: "It might have had something to do with an ear infection that Todd has been suffering from for a few days now - I can't actually confirm that."
"He did collapse on stage, he was violently sick. The theatre staff brought the curtain down, rushed him to the Stevenage hospital."
Webster later said: "He was kept in hospital overnight for tests but was released yesterday. All is well and he will be back at work tomorrow filming a new TV show."
Carty, who shot to fame as Tucker Jenkins in 'Grange Hill', also recently played PC Gabriel Kent in 'The Bill'.
According to the BBC, the 44-year-old actor, who played Mark Fowler in 'EastEnders', became ill during a performance of 'The Business of Murder' at The Gordon Craig Theatre in Stevenage, Hertfordshire on Saturday.
Carty's agent Derek Webster later spoke to BBC News 24, saying that the actor became "violently sick" on stage and was taken to hospital as a result.
Webster said: "It might have had something to do with an ear infection that Todd has been suffering from for a few days now - I can't actually confirm that."
"He did collapse on stage, he was violently sick. The theatre staff brought the curtain down, rushed him to the Stevenage hospital."
Webster later said: "He was kept in hospital overnight for tests but was released yesterday. All is well and he will be back at work tomorrow filming a new TV show."
Carty, who shot to fame as Tucker Jenkins in 'Grange Hill', also recently played PC Gabriel Kent in 'The Bill'.
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