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- Law & rder: SVU – TV Reviews – TV & Radio – Entertainment -…
- Botswana: Bantom the Music Traditional Doctor
- … Introduces Ultimate Band – The nly All-Inclusive Music…
- Incubus – Gig previews & reviews – Music – Entertainment -…
… Games More Important Than Music? In Bigger Than The Sound …
MTV.com – Feb 27, 2008
suffice it to say a video game costs more than a compact disc). Then there’s the rise of franchises like “Guitar Hero” and “Rock Band” which would be the most natural overlap between music and gaming. Both were among the year’s best-selling games (”Guitar Hero III” alone sold more than 2. 72 million copies about the same number as Fall ut Boy’s Infinity on High and My Chemical Romance’s The Black Parade combined) and have become so ingrained in our culture that they were famously parodied on “South Park. ” They’ve been so successful it seems that even actual rock bands have started to take notice: Just last week aging rockosaurs Aerosmith inked a deal to have.
Law & rder: SVU – TV Reviews – TV & Radio – Entertainment -…
The Age – Feb 27, 2008
But when Mills comes down with gonorrhoea he claims Trentraped him. Trent comes right back at Shane with her own rape accusationsetting off an entirely underwhelming he said-she saidinvestigation that reaches a nadir of silliness when the copssearch Trent’s apartment looking for STD medication. This is the cop show equivalent of cake mix – one part forensicprocedure two parts racial tension a cup of unprovoked violenceand a pinch of general hysteria. Serve with a side dish of badguitar music and voila![an error occurred while processing this directive].
Botswana: Bantom the Music Traditional Doctor
AllAfrica.com – Feb 27, 2008
Bantom has produced albums for local artistes and backed some of the top local Afro jazz acts in the country. Some of the music giants that he has backed include Socca Moruakgomo Ndingo Johwa Momo and the late Duncan Senyatso. GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_Inset” );In fact Moruakgomo brought Bantom into the country. He also produced Punah Gabasiane’s popular album Iyoo nna. He also featured on THAB’s second album and worked with Skizo in his studio. In addition Bantom played the keyboard on Lister Boleseng’s acclaimed album… Bantom grew up in the Cape in an area that in associated with gangster life. But he has never been a gangster and in fact always aspired to become a musician. Bantom said he used to advise some of his schoolmates to refrain from the gangster life. He said gangster wars used to erupt in schools when groups like the Americans clashed with their rivals. When some of the youngsters were associating themselves with gangs he decided to play it safe with a guitar. At the age of 14 when some of the teenagers were shooting guns Bantom was teaching himself how to play the guitar. Bantom recalls that it was difficult to master the instrument because there was nobody to teach him.
… Introduces Ultimate Band – The nly All-Inclusive Music…
Free with registration – Business Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Feb 27, 2008
No Peripherals Required Ultimate Band Makes the Power to Rock Truly Accessible BURBANK Calif. — Disney Interactive Studios announced today Ultimate Band an all new music experience for fans of the Wii[TM] home video game system and Nintendo DS[TM]. Gamers and music lovers of all ages will realize their dream of becoming a rock legend when they build their own band or jam alone all fueled only by the power of the Wii controllers and the DS stylus. Disney is working with some of the very biggest names in rock alternative popular emo and indie rock music allowing band mates to play sets from a broad selection of current hits and all-time rock favorites. Friends and families can rock out on guitar… Gamers and music lovers of all ages will realize their dream of becoming a rock legend when they build their own band or jam alone all fueled only by the power of the Wii controllers and the DS stylus. Disney is working with some of the very biggest names in rock alternative popular emo and indie rock music allowing band mates to play sets from a broad selection of current hits and all-time rock favorites. Friends and families can rock out on guitar.
Incubus – Gig previews & reviews – Music – Entertainment -…
The Age – Feb 27, 2008
“There aremore mini-booms going on. There are a lot of bands having minorsuccesses whereas 10 years ago we were lucky enough to be in thattime and place where we could have great success on the last waveof that ideal in the music industry. Incubus surfaced in Australia in 2001 with theguitar-and-turntable single Drive. n just word of mouththe first Incubus Melbourne show at the Palace was a speedysell-out. Before long the band were MTV fixtures and the charismatic Boydbecame the closest thing to a heart-throb in the US alternativemusic movement. “ur ability to consume information via music media books ortelevision has been changing rapidly” Boyd says. “That’s mostlythanks to the internet… “It’s changed a lot” he says while declining to name specificbands. “I’ve been listening to some of these younger bands comingout and their music doesn’t have a long attention span. They arefast scattered hybrids of indie music and metal and hardcore andpunk and soul - all of these mushed together. I don’t reallyunderstand it and I don’t understand how we are relevant in thatscope of what’s going on in music right now. Boyd says he looks at the recent success of Radiohead offeringfans a free download of their new album followed by a regularcommercial release with some envy. Team Incubus is planning tobegin work on a new record this year and though Boyd says the bandhas a solid relationship with their label Sony whether it’sreleased conventionally is another matter. “It’s exciting - I don’t care if people buy our music ornot I just want them to hear it.
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