Blondie

   
Artist: Blondie

   Genre(s): 
Punk
   Other
   Pop
   Dance
   Rock
   Rock: Punk-Rock
   

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Discography:


   
 The Curse Of Blondie

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 16


   
 No Exit

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 14


   
 Atomic-Atomix: The Very Best Of [CD 2]

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 8


   
 Atomic-Atomix: The Very Best Of [CD 1]

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 21


   
 Denis

   Year: 1996   
Tracks: 14


   
 The Platinum Collection (Disc 2)

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 21


   
 The Platinum Collection (Disc 1)

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 26


   
 The Best Of Blondie

   Year: 1984   
Tracks: 11


   
 The Hunter

   Year: 1982   
Tracks: 11


   
 Eat To The Beat

   Year: 1979   
Tracks: 12


   
 Parallel Lines (Remastered)

   Year: 1978   
Tracks: 16


   
 Parallel Lines

   Year: 1978   
Tracks: 16


   
 Plastic Letters (Remastered)

   Year: 1977   
Tracks: 17


   
 Plastic Letters

   Year: 1977   
Tracks: 15


   
 Blondie

   Year: 1976   
Tracks: 11

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Blondie was the near commercially successful dance orchestra to emerge from the much-vaunted punk/new wave drift of the late '70s. The group was formed in New York City in August 1974 by singer Deborah Harry (b. July 1, 1945, Miami), erstwhile of Wind in the Willows, and guitarist Chris Stein (b. January 5, 1950, Brooklyn) out of the remnants of Harry's previous group, the Stilettos. The lineup fluctuated all over the next year. Drummer Clement Burke (b. November 24, 1955, New York) joined in May 1975. Bassist Gary Valentine joined in August. In October, keyboard player James Destri (b. April 13, 1954) joined, to complete the initial lasting batting order. They released their first gear album, Blondie, on Private Stock Records in December 1976. In July 1977, Valentine was replaced by Frank Infante.


In August, Chrysalis Records bought their contract from Private Stock and in October reissued Blondie and released the second album, Fictile Letters. Blondie expanded to a sextet in November with the improver of bassist Nigel Harrison (born in Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, England), as Infante switched to guitar. Blondie skint commercially in the U.K. in March 1978, when their hatch of Randy and the Rainbows' 1963 hit "Denise," renamed "Denis," became a Top Ten hit, as did Fictile Letters, followed by a second U.K. Top Ten, "(I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear." Blondie turned to U.K. producer/songwriter Mike Chapman for their tierce album, Analogue Lines, which was released in September 1978 and eventually broke them worldwide. "Mental picture This" became a U.K. Top 40 hit, and "Hanging on the Telephone" made the U.K. Top Ten, just it was the album's third single, the disco-influenced "Nerve of Glass," that took Blondie to number one and only in both the U.K. and the U.S. "Lord's Day Girl" hit number one in the U.K. in May, and "One Way or Another" hit the U.S. Top 40 in August. Blondie followed with their fourth album, Eat to the Beat, in October. Its number one single, "Dream," went Top Ten in the U.K., Top 40 in the U.S. The second U.K. single, "Union City Blue," went Top 40. In March 1980, the third U.K. single from Eat to the Beat, "Atomic," became the group's third British identification number 1. (It by and by made the U.S. Top 40.)


In the meantime, Harry was collaborating with German discotheque producer Giorgio Moroder on "Call Me," the theme from the film American Gigolo. It became Blondie's instant transatlantic chart-topper. Blondie's fifth album, Autoamerican, was released in November 1980, and its number 1 single was the reggae-ish tune "The Tide Is High," which went to identification number 1 in the U.S. and U.K. The instant single was the rap-oriented "Rapture," which topped the U.S. kill charts and went Top Ten in the U.K. But the band's eclecticist style reflected a diminished participation by its members -- Infante sued, charging that he wasn't being ill-used on the records, though he colonised and stayed in the batting order. But in 1981, the members of Blondie worked on individual projects, notably Harry's gold-selling solo album, KooKoo. The Best of Blondie was released in the fall of the year. The Hunter, Blondie's sixth album, was released in May 1982, preceded by the single "Island of Lost Souls," a Top 40 hit in the U.S. and U.K. "War Child" also became a Top 40 hit in the U.K., just The Hunter was a commercial disappointment.


At the same time, Stein became severely ill with the genetic disease pemphigus. As a result, Blondie skint up in October 1982, with Deborah Harry launching a part-time solo calling piece lovingness for Stein, wHO finally recovered. In 1998, the original card of Harry, Stein, Destri, and Burke reunited to circuit Europe, their first series of dates in 16 days; a new LP, No Exit, followed early the next class. After more touring, this was followed by another studio go down, The Curse of Blondie, in 2003, and a DVD of the Lively by Request programme from A&E was released in 2004. In 2006, Blondie historied their thirtieth anniversary with induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the press release of Sterling Hits: Sound & Vision, a best-of collecting that contained all their graeco-Roman videos as comfortably.





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Jerry O'connell - Fox Adding A New Drama And A New Comedy

Fringe, a new sci-fi drama from J.J. Abrams of Lost fame, and The
Inn, a comedy starring onetime child star Jerry O'Connell (Stand by Me),
are set to make their debut on Fox in the fall season, the network said Wednesday.
Its hit 24 will also be returning in 2009, along with its other hit lineup
that made Fox the top-rated rated network this season, including the unscripted shows
American Idol, Moment of Truth and Hell's Kitchen and dramas House
and Bones.

15/05/2008

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Alio Die and A Red Sector

   
Artist: Alio Die and A Red Sector

   Genre(s): 
Ambient
   

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Discography:


   
 Son-Dha

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 8

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Michael Parkinson - Knighthood For Tv Legend Michael Parkinson

Television great Michael Parkinson has been knighted by the Queen at Buckingham Palace.

The talkshow legend, who received the honour for services to broadcasting in the New Year's honours list, said it was a "wonderful surprise".

"I never expected to be knighted - I thought there was more chance of me turning into a Martian really," he said after the publication of the list, which also includes former England rugby coach Brian Ashton and pop star Kylie Minogue.

The 73-year-old retired from his chatshow in December, more than 30 years after he first began presenting.

The Barnsley-born presenter hosted the show on the BBC for 11 years from 1971, before making a comeback in 1998.

However, he moved to ITV in 2004 in protest at the BBC's attempt to reschedule his show to accommodate Match of the Day.

Parkinson has interviewed Tony Blair, Tom Cruise, Billy Connolly and David Beckham among countless others, while the likes of Meg Ryan and Rod Hull and Emu would rank among his most memorable discussions.

Also knighted at today's ceremony was Marks and Spencer's chief executive Stuart Rose, for services to the retail industry and to corporate social responsibility.

And Christopher Steele, the resident doctor on ITV1's This Morning, received an MBE.


04/06/2008 11:48:00

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Antilope and Tigerskin Pres. Red Haring

   
Artist: Antilope and Tigerskin Pres. Red Haring

   Genre(s): 
Techno
   

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Discography:


   
 Pisserwastole

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 3

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Babyshambles: 'Mick Whitnall is not leaving us for Amy Winehouse'

New Hollywood Walk Of Fame Recipients Announced

Hugh Jackman, Tim Burton and Cameron Diaz are amongst a list of two dozen movie and television luminaries who have been selected to have their names engraved on a star on Hollywood Boulevard’s famous footpath next year, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce�s Walk of Fame Committee has announced.
2009 Recipients in the motion picture category are Hugh Jackman, Tim Burton, Leslie Caron, Cameron Diaz, Robert Downey Jr, Charles Durning, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley and William H Macy.
Television stars receiving the honor are Felicity Huffman � Macy�s wife � John Stamos, Chuck Lorre, William Petersen, Kyra Sedgwick and reality television uber-producer Mark Burnett.
Those from the recording industry getting their names on the footpath are Kenny “Baby Face” Edmonds, Dave Koz, The Miracles, Doug Morris, RUSH, Shakira and The Village People.
In the radio category, Bill Handel and Harry Shearer � who voices severa; characters on �The Simpsons�, including Mr Burns and Ned Flanders � are also getting stars.
The Walk of Fame lines both sides of Hollywood Boulevard and honors more than 2,000 entertainers, whose names are engraved on bronze and pink terrazzo stars surrounded by charcoal terrazzo squares.
Photo courtesy of Red Kid.

Asturias

   
Artist: Asturias

   Genre(s): 
New Age
   

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Discography:


   
 Circle In The Forest

   Year: 1995   
Tracks: 5


   
 Brilliant Streams

   Year: 1990   
Tracks: 4

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Anthony Phillips - Private Parts and Pieces VII: S

   
Artist: Anthony Phillips - Private Parts and Pieces VII: S

   Genre(s): 
Other
   

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Discography:


   
 Private Parts and Pieces VII: Slow Waves, Soft Stars

   Year:    
Tracks: 15

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Philippe Rochard

   
Artist: Philippe Rochard

   Genre(s): 
Techno
   

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Discography:


   
 Mash Up (Vinyl)

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 1

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Diddy

   
Artist: Diddy

   Genre(s): 
Rap: Hip-Hop
   

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Discography:


   
 Press Play

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 19

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The biggest hip-hop impresario of the mid-'90s, Sean Combs -- known as Puff Daddy both here and in the earthly concern of rap until his professional bring up change to P. Diddy, then barely Diddy -- created a multi-million-dollar industry about Bad Boy Entertainment, with recordings by the Notorious B.I.G., Craig Mack, Faith Evans, 112, and Total all produced and masterminded by Combs himself. Responsible for over $100 one thousand thousand in come phonograph recording sales and named ASCAP's 1996 Songwriter of the Year, Combs was, on the other hand, criticized by many in the rap music community for watering down the sound of the underground and also for a sensed over-reliance on samples as much the sole ground for many of his hits. A identical successful A&R executive director at Uptown Records during the early '90s creditworthy for sizable dispatch records by Father MC, Mary J. Blige, and Jodeci, Combs formed his have Bad Boy label, signed B.I.G., Evans, and Mack, and earned enough hits to cement an alliance with Arista Records. A extremely publicized feud with Death Row Records (in which Tupac Shakur and label head Suge Knight served as West Coast/Dark Side equivalents to the Notorious B.I.G. and Combs) was summarily all over in late 1996, when Shakur was murdered and Knight jailed. Six months afterward, the Notorious B.I.G. was dead as well, and after Combs mourned his friend's death, he hit the pop charts in a freehanded way of life during his biggest year, 1997.


Innate in Harlem in 1969, Sean Combs fatigued much of his childhood in nearby Mt. Vernon, NY. Already a calculative businessman through his two newspaper publisher routes, Combs applied to Howard University in Washington, D.C., and patch attention, positive puerility friend Heavy D to preindication him up as an intern at the label for which he recorded, Uptown Records. Several months afterward, he was an A&R executive director with his sights sic on the vice administration, serving as the executive producer for Father MC's 1990 album Father's Day, which became a reach. Successful albums followed for Mary J. Blige (What's the 411?) and Heavy D & the Boyz (Blue-blooded Funk) during 1992, though Combs was dismissed from Uptown by the next twelvemonth (in all probability because he was a bit excessively challenging).


He worked as a remixer during 1993 and sic up Bad Boy Entertainment as his own venture, running the label out of his flat during long hours with only several employees. After more than a twelvemonth of difficult function, he finally sign-language deuce hit artists: former EPMD roadie Craig Mack and the Notorious B.I.G. Mack reach the swelled metre in mid-1994, when a remix of his "Flava in Ya Ear" single (featuring LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes, Rampage, and the Notorious B.I.G.) reach the Top Ten and became the first pt record for Bad Boy. At the origin of 1995, B.I.G. jagged the second, when his have second attain, "Big Poppa," reached identification number six on the pop charts. Mack's album Fancy: Funk da World eventually went amber and the Notorious B.I.G.'s Ready to Die was certified double pt.


Sean "Puffy" Combs began branching out Bad Boy during 1995, adding platinum R&B acts Faith Evans and Total (both of whom were connected to B.I.G., Evans as his married woman and Total as his one-time backing vocal grouping) asset some other atomic number 78 trafficker, 112, in 1996. He too produced for many outside artists (including Aretha Franklin, Boyz II Men, Mariah Carey, TLC, SWV, and Lil' Kim) and added two straight-ahead hip-hop acts of the Apostles, Mase and the LOX. By that time, however, Combs and B.I.G. were embroiled in a feud with Death Row Records' head, Suge Knight, and star, Tupac Shakur. Shakur accused Combs of engagement in his 1994 shooting, mocked B.I.G. by expression he had slept with Faith Evans, and threatened the two in the lyrics to his hit birdsong "Strike 'Em Up." (The video for the track featured deuce characters, P.I.G. and Buffy, world Health Organization ar embarrassed in various slipway.)


In September 1996, nevertheless, Shakur was injection and killed by unknown assailants; just six-spot months afterwards, in March of 1997, B.I.G. himself was killed in the same fashion. Just trinity weeks later, his moment album debuted at number one and was finally certified six multiplication platinum. The single "Hypnotise" besides pip number one and stayed on the charts for months after B.I.G. was killed. Though Combs had been preparing his have solo debut, under the nominate Puff Daddy, he quit working for several months out of grief for his longtime friend. When he returned in mid-1997, it was with a retribution, as the single "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" held the whirligig place on the singles charts for most two months. Following quickly in arrears was another fiend number one hit, "I'll Be Missing You," a tender tribute to B.I.G. with Evans providing background vocals.


Combs' subsequent LP as Puff Daddy, No Way Out, injection straight to number one and was certified atomic number 78 several times over; in 1998 it north Korean won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album and "I'll Be Missing You" south Korean won the laurels for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group. Forever followed in 1999, but the rush release and want of whatsoever raw ideas foiled fans and dampened gross revenue. On top of that, on April 15 of that twelvemonth he was accused of gravely beating Interscope Records white House Steve Stoute and was brought to motor hotel for the incident. Puffy managed to get his judgment of conviction trimmed down to second-degree harassment when he ultimately reached the courts in September, much to his detractors' consternation.


More contestation started brewing when his relationship with singer/actress Jennifer Lopez was made public around the same fourth dimension. Engagement rumors haunted them for a few months, merely the real problems began when they were represent at a shooting in a New York City club that December. The couple was brought in for questioning and finally both faced charges for illegal possession of a firearm. Meanwhile, rapper Shyne was indicted for the incident, but Puffy was not pink-slipped because of the weapons charge. His trial date for the club shooting was finally set, while October establish two new lawsuits facing the rapper. First, his driver sued for three million dollars due to personal injury and emphasis, followed by a $1.8 zillion suit from the nightspot owner stemming from poor business following the shot. Though Lopez initially supported Puffy, she broke off their kinship on Valentine's Day 2001.


A planned gospel album was pushed back to a summer button during the mess, just by March some adept news finally strike the Bad Boy camp. Puffy was acquitted of all charges stemming from the club incident, which likewise snuffed knocked out the civil suits also revolving around his involvement in the cabaret spot. In a move sure to spark comparisons with Prince (and non the good kind of comparisons), he proclaimed that he was changing his professional name to P. Diddy at the end of the month, and also predicted a new direction for himself and his label. He recorded a gospels album, Give thanks You, as well as a new solo album, The Saga Continues, but the former was never released. "Bad Boy for Life" became his biggest hit in years previous in the summer, and a quislingism with David Bowie appeared on the Breeding Day flick soundtrack.


Combs took a serious blow in the spring of 2002 when Arista stopped up distributing Bad Boy and took Evans with them. A collecting of Bad Boy remixes entitled We Invented the Remix became his lowest album for Arista. 112 attempted to also start ship to Def Jam, but a restraining fiat was filed before the grouping could make believe a clean break. Diddy storied a new distribution partnership with Universal by releasing an overview of his mark, Bad Boy's 10th Anniversary... The Hits, in March 2004. His slumping judge was revived during the summer of 2006 through the achiever of both Yung Joc's "It's Going Down" and Cassie's "Me&U," which helped limit the microscope stage for his possess star-studded Press Play, released that October.