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April 14th, 2008
By Mike
Retail Music Stores will be promoting themselves against the “dinosaur” stereotype of the dying media outlet on April 19th, in a nationwide crusade known as “Record Store Day.”As reported on Reuters and in Billboard, these independent music stores will be promoting special sale priced CD’s, as well as giving away special incentives like videos, DVD [...]
Movie screen amongst many bright billboard at Dundas Square, at the free screening of Titanic.
It looks like the really big sign trend continues in Clintonville. Jim Hughes just put up a sign right on the other side of Carney’s billboard - on Indianola near North Broadway. I noticed that his sign doesn’t indicate his party - so I checked his website and it never mentions that he’s a Republican. And [...]
A clock keeping tally of America's national debt has officially run out of digits to record the soaring figure Last Updated: 6:30AM BST 09 Oct 2008 The US National Debt Clock was installed in Manhattan by late real estate developer Seymour Durst in 1989 to highlight what was then a $2.7 trillion debt. But when the total crept over 10 trillion on September 30, owners of the clock realised they had reached a watershed moment - they needed another digit, a fourteenth. As a temporary measure, t
Check out Jennifer Hudson in a recent interview and performance on “Walmart’s: Soundcheck” in HD. Jennifer tells the story of her journey to get where she has always destined to be. Jennifer also took over the Billboard charts at #2, making her the highest selling female artist since 2004. It is such a coincedence, that Fantasia Barrino was that highest selling female artist in 2004. Can you believe that one?! Wow. We are so proud of her! This is very FLY! If you do not have the album, plea
Beastie Boys draft stars for “Vote” tour From: Reuters: Entertainment News at 10:06 pm NEW YORK (Billboard) - The Beastie Boys have drafted Sheryl Crow, Norah Jones, Jack Johnson and Ben Harper to join them on the Get Out and Vote tour, which will begin October 28 in Richmond, Va. Shows are also set for November 1 in St. Paul, Minn., and November 2 in Milwaukee. Celebrity Gossip No Comments »
When Lars is not around music and not playing with Metallica, Lars’s 2nd passion in life is art and painting. He is a painter himself and he collects artwork by other artists as a hobby of his. Lars is selling a painting by artist Jean-Michael Basquiat. Basquiat is a graffitti artist who died of a drug overdose in 1988 when he was 27. The name of the painting that Lars is selling is titled “Untitled (Boxer)” which the painting is a black heavyweight boxer with his arms in the air. The Associated
PCD, part II. The Pussycat Dolls have just premiered their second brand new music video for forthcoming single, "I Hate This Part," which will stand alongside the Missy Elliott accompanied, "Whatcha Think About That," as a double-sided single. In the new video, the Dolls hit the highway to reflect on their relationships, with a heartfelt Nicole doing her best Vanessa Carlton impression. Both songs are taken from PCD's new sophomore album, "Doll Domination," which was released Sep. 23.
Reuters - Former Atlantic and Capitol top executive Jason Flom is nearly finished with negotiations that would bring him into the Universal Music Group fold, Billboard has learned.
The Eli Young Band is so serious right now. There's a crap-load of good shows going on about town this weekend, folks. Almost too many, really. And couple that with all the TX/OU stuff (check our special listings just for this weekend here), and it's gonna kinda be a bitch trying to figure out how to spend your weekend. But, oh well, we'll do our best to sort out the mess for you here, as always. First, the shows you know about: Tonight, there's Kal at the Blue Danube in Arlington and Pops
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Indie Memphis 2008: Dead Rabbits and Sad Songs The Bloodshot Eye October 10th, 2008 The 11th annual Indie Memphis Film Festival runs Friday, Oct. 10, through Thursday, Oct. 16, at Malco’s Studio on the Square. For a full schedule of films and events, look here. The don’t-miss double-feature of the Indie Memphis Film Festival takes place Saturday (Oct. 11), with back-to-back screening of the two films that may be — with apologies to Christopher Guest — the best in show: “Bunnyland,” at
This week brought some new ways to watch media across the board. For television junkies, a breakthrough has holographic TVs seemingly closer than ever before, and YouTube addicts can now watch their favorite videos in simulated HD. If you've got your eyes on the stars, NASA is looking to put a giant liquid telescope on the moon, or if you enjoy giant things on earth, instead, check out this 33-story-high billboard in Dubai. Still, while the future is looking as bright as ever, the present is s
Ubiquitous Clear Channel radio now invades your iPhone Los Angeles Times, CA - 22 minutes ago The San Antonio-based radio and billboard giant launched iheartradio, a free application for the iPhone and iPod Touch that will give listeners another shot ...
Right Now (Na Na Na) - Akon October 10th, 2008 by sandmile Pop, TranceNo Comments How do you rate this song?: Album: Freedom Genre: Pop Trance Writer: A. Thiam Released: September, 2008 Buy/Downlod This Single Now!!! During this week, the song has had a Hot Shot Debut on the position #17 into USA Billboard Hot 100. There are two official versions; the original and one remix made by Kat DeLuna. Right Now (Na Na Na) was released last September 23rd, 2008. It is the first single released
Aira Mitsuki promo photo for COPY Artist: Aira Mitsuki Product Code: VUCD-60001/60002 Release Date: 2008.09.03 Highest Ranking: #48 Label: D-Topia Entertainment Limited Edition: Low price, different packaging, different tracks Aira Mitsuki was discovered when she became the winner of the 2007 MEGA TRANCE Singer auditions out of more than 6000 applicants. She is being produced by Oonishi Terukado, who has worked with such artists like 80PAN (Harenchi Punch) and Aiuchi Rina. He had
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Connie Talbot's first release, "Over the Rainbow," has already gone gold in the United Kingdom (100,000 copies) and platinum in Korea (15,000 copies) and has logged more than 46 million hits on YouTube. Not bad for a 7-year-old ...
I heard that term today on Dr.Phil today. I cringed. To say the least. The topic was human s*x slave trafficking. This term was used to describe the majority of the girls. Throw away children meaning no one cares for them. There is no one watching out for them. No one to go home to. No home to go to. Throw away children. : My truth. I don’t want to just cringe. I want to find a way to help. : Trafficking is not only happening in the United States but HERE in Houston. In a place ca
This is either a brilliant Photoshop job, some canny viral political campaigning, or both: An Xbox 360 gamer playing Burnout Paradise spotted an Obama campaign billboard with a “Paid for by Obama for President” caption as he whizzed by in his turbocharged sports car, Game Politics is reporting. The site was unable to confirm the ad’s authenticity with Burnout publisher Electronic Arts; I’ve left messages with both EA and the Obama campaign and will update this post if we get confirmation either
This is either a brilliant Photoshop job, some canny viral political campaigning, or both: An Xbox 360 gamer playing Burnout Paradise spotted an Obama campaign billboard with a “Paid for by Obama for President” caption as he whizzed by in his turbocharged sports car, Game Politics is reporting. The site was unable to confirm the ad’s authenticity with Burnout publisher Electronic Arts; I’ve left messages with both EA and the Obama campaign and will update this post if we get confirmation eithe
This is either a brilliant Photoshop job, some canny viral political campaigning, or both: An Xbox 360 gamer playing Burnout Paradise spotted an Obama campaign billboard with a “Paid for by Obama for President” caption as he whizzed by in his turbocharged sports car, Game Politics is reporting. The site was unable to confirm the ad’s authenticity with Burnout publisher Electronic Arts; I’ve left messages with both EA and the Obama campaign and will update this post if we get confirmation either
