Rosebuds

   
Artist: Rosebuds

   Genre(s): 
Indie
   

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Discography:


   
 Night of the Furies

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 9


   
 The Rosebuds Unwind

   Year: 2005   
Tracks: 6


   
 Birds Make Good Neighbors

   Year: 2005   
Tracks: 11

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Indie rock triplet the Rosebuds formed in May 2001, shortly afterwards Ivan Howard (vocals/guitars) and Kelly Crisp (keyboards) met patch in college in Wilmington, NC. They touched to Raleigh that fall down and enlisted drummer Billy Alphin (of Ashley Stove). After a split 7", nearby Merge Records ascertained their demonstration in early 2003 and later released Make Out, their debut full-length, in October. Following that recording, Alphin left the group and was replaced by Jonathan Bass, wHO himself was replaced by Lee Waters for the recording of the band's second gear album, 2005's Birds Make Good Neighbors. By the release of their third album for Merge, 2007's Night of the Furies, the Rosebuds were down to the duo of Howard and Crisp. On the record they were joined by legion friends, including Matt McCaughan on drums and the Shout Out Louds on patronage vocals.





SIFF announces winners of Golden Space Needle Awards

Thompson almost quit filming over weight issue

Emma Thompson reportedly threatened to quit her upcoming movie 'Brideshead Revisited' after learning the film's producers had ordered her co-star Hayley Atwell to lose weight.
25-year-old Atwell said: "I went round to Emma's one night and she was getting very angry that I wasn't eating all the food she was giving me. I told her why and she hit the roof."
Contactmusic.com reports that the two-time Oscar winner was so outraged when she found out that she demanded Miramax producers accept Atwell's size or she'd resign.

Imago honors Guiseppe Rotunno

Presenting the group's first lifetime achievement award

The European Federation of Cinematographers, Imago, will present its first lifetime achievement award to Italian cinematographer Guiseppe Rotunno for his contributions to his art during the 2008 Filmmaker's Festival, Sept. 28-30 in Frankfurt Germany.


Rotunno was a frequent collaborator with Federico Fellini. He credits include "All That Jazz," for which he received an Oscar nomination, and "Il Casanova di Federico Fellini."


Cinematographer Luciano Tovoli, founder of Imago, will make the presentation.


This year, Imago is joining American Cinema Editors as partners for the Filmmaker's Festival, which focuses on the art and science of filmmaking with panels and presentations from world-class artists covering a range of disciplines including cinematography, visual effects, editing and directing.


"Participation in the Filmmaker's Festival will provide cinematographers throughout Europe a meaningful platform to share and explore their craft together with so many other production professionals," Imago president Nigel Walters said.


Imago comprises 28 European societies of cinematographers with affiliations in additional nations.

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Nehemah

   
Artist: Nehemah

   Genre(s): 
Metal: Death,Black
   

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Discography:


   
 Requiem Tenebrae

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 8

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Not to be broken with the Spaniards in Nahemah, Nehëmah was a sinister metal set of the pagan-worshipping, hotcake makeup-wearing multifariousness, hailing from the town of Chambéry, in France's picturesque Rhône-Alpes region -- how fitting. Although it was in the beginning conceived by vocalist/drummer/bassist Corven in 1992, the chemical group would only loss their number one album, Lite of a Dead Star, a decennium later, cursorily following it with extra blackened chapters in 2003's Shadows from the Past..., 2004's Requiem Tenebrae, and 2006's In November Live... All of these also counted with the comportment of guitarists Sorghal (jumper cable) and Nocturnos (rhythm), and contemplated subjects dealing in the "dark dimensions of the sprightliness," as well as paying testimonial to ancient goddesses like the one which gave them their list. See? Black metal or non, they're still French.

Research Firm Launches National Music Video Contest for Election '08 on June 15

- Winning Republican and Democratic Video Each Receive $5K -

FLEMINGTON, N.J., June 12 -- HCD Research announced today
that it is partnering with the Tribune Company to host Ballads for Ballots
2008, a national music video contest on its mediacurves.com web site and on
the Tribune Company's The Swamp web site. The Swamp is a politics and
government news site/blog and one of the Tribune Company's top web sites.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071204/NYTU133LOGO )

Fox Interactive will also be featuring the contest on its national web
sites and examples of the music video entries will be played periodically
on XM Radio.

Americans will be invited to submit music videos in support of the two
presidential candidates or parties. Submissions will be accepted beginning
June 15 on mediacurves.com and conclude on July 25. The first 100 qualified
entries will receive $25 and become eligible for two Grand Prizes of $5,000
for the best Republican and Democrat video.



The contest will work like this:

-- Participants will submit 45 to 90-second original music videos or song
parodies to the mediacurves.com web site. The music videos will
support the Democratic or Republican parties or their presidential
candidates. The videos can be inspirational, fun and humorous.

-- Viewers will evaluate the music videos on mediacurves.com, the Tribune
Company's, The Swamp web site, and other national media outlets. The
top 15 videos for each party will be judged by a panel of noted
political personalities, who will select the top 3 videos for each
party. The panel of judges includes:

Flavia Monteiro Colgan, a Democratic strategist, who is an active
political contributor on MSNBC and a special correspondent for
Extra

Amanda Carpenter, political reporter for Townhall.com and author
of The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy's Dossier on Hillary Rodham
Clinton

Cathy Allen, president, The Connections Group, Inc. and
co-founder, Center for Women and Democracy

Robert B. Bluey, director of the Center for Media and Public
Policy at the Heritage Foundation

-- The top 3 videos for each party will be studied by mediacurves.com
panelists (a large national panel of opt in consumers) and two grand
prize winners will be selected -- one for each party. Each winner
will receive a $5,000 cash award.

The results of the evaluations will be posted on mediacurves.com and
other national media outlets, during the last week in August.

Submissions of the music videos will begin June 15, 2008 and conclude
on July 25. To register to receive submission information, go to:
http://www.mediacurves.com

The Media Curves web site provides the media and general public with a
venue to view Americans' perceptions of popular and controversial media
events and advertisements.

HCD Research is a communications research company headquartered in
Flemington, NJ. The company's services include traditional and web-based
marketing and communications research. For additional information on HCD
Research, access the company's web site at http://www.hcdi.net or call HCD
Research at 908-788-9393.




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Little Barrie

   
Artist: Little Barrie

   Genre(s): 
Rock
   

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Discography:


   
 Stand Your Ground

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 11


   
 We Are Little Barrie + Bonus Tracks

   Year: 2005   
Tracks: 16

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Little Barrie is a London-based trio whose well-grounded is an exciting blend of concentrated rock candy, blues, person, and funk that calls to head authoritative bands of the '60s like Traffic and Cream, and whose loose and neat earthiness earns it a place near the front of the jam set class. Formed in Nottingham in 2000 by Barrie Cadogan (guitar, vocals), Wayne Fulwood (drums, vocals), and Lewis Wharton (bass), the chemical group released a handful of singles for small labels like Stark Reality and Showdown ahead acquiring signed to Genuine Recordings and start process on its first base album. Produced by indie pop caption Edwyn Collins (whom Cadogan had met patch working in a guitar shop), We Are Little Barrie rack up the shops in February 2005. Recorded over the course of 23 weeks in Collins' studio, working on Wednesdays only due to Collins' fussy schedule, the band concocted an album that sounds both meticulously crafted and bashed out. The record, combined with the group's torrid hot performances, gave Cadogan a repp as one of the best young guitar slingers on the scenery and light-emitting diode to his subbing for Morrissey's guitar player in some live dates and collaborating with Johnny Marr and inspiring Collins to pick up his guitar once more. Artemis Records released the album in the U.S. at the end of June 2005. Before the transcription of their second album, Fulwood, wHO had tired of the rock & roll life-style, left the set. Sophomore record Rack Your Ground was recorded during 2006 in New York with producer Dan the Automator at the helm and Blues Explosion drummer Russell Simins, and in London with Mike Pelanconi producing and new bandmember Billy Skinner on drums. The album was released in 2007 by PIAS/Wall of Sound.





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Miley Cyrus ‘wants to quit’ Hannah Montana

Teen Sensation Miley Cyrus has told her ‘Hannah Montana’ co-star Anna Maria Perez de Tagle she is ‘hurting’ and wants to quit the hit Disney show after she received global criticism over her racy photo shoot for Vanity Fair magazine at the age of 15.

Anna Maria, who plays Ashley Dewitt on the popular kid’s show says, “Sometimes I’ll talk to her on the phone and she’ll be like, ‘It’s really hard’ or ‘I’m really tired. I can’t do this.’

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