:: Escapism :: (Free subscription) | yesterday
If you could only listen to one CD for the rest of your life, what would you choose and why? Submitted By lexxyloser View 1889 Answers This was a question earlier in the week, but I just now saw it. For me, the answer is simple: Pink Floyd's " The Dark Side of the Moon ". There's just so much going on in that album! I can't even begin to say how many thousands of times I've listened to it,...
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Filed under: The Hit List Plenty of bands have taken their names from film titles, but it takes a special kind of movie nerd to rock a reference to some obscure character or snag a favorite line of dialogue for their moniker. Here are 20 bands that probably still pay to see movies in the theater. Duran Duran Here's a shocker: The stylish, oversexed British New Wave superstars borrowed their name from...
prefixmag (Free subscription) | yesterday
This performance from Rihanna at last night’s (Nov. 22) American Music Awards comes with a hilarious mock “turn away now if you are easily frightened” introduction before the singer appears performing on a spinning wheel. Perhaps Rihanna has been taking tips from Duran Duran’s classic “Wild Boys” video (see below)? She performed “Wait Your Turn” and...
GeekDad (Free subscription) | yesterday
The geek hive mind was set to silly this weekend on Twitter, as the tag #starwarsbandnames ran amok. With many of the GeekDad writers contributing to the frivolity, we felt it important to record some of the results for our readers. We’re not giving specific credit on any of these because it’s so hard to [...]
Top 10 Costa Rica (Free subscription) | yesterday
Many are excited for the arrival of 3G in Costa Rica, especially with the announcement by the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) will begin marketing the 950.000 next generation of cellular lines by mid December. However, some will be severely disappointed. ICE, the sole provider of cellular service in Costa Rica, says it will offer 3G [...]
New york shopping deluxe card (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hiring rockstar offspring for fashion and beauty campaigns seems to be a guarantor for success right now – see Georgia Jagger’s work for Hudson Jeans or Amber le Bon for Moschino, Myla and River Island – which shouldn’t come as a big surprise given that stars such as Mick Jagger or Duran Duran singer Simon [...]
Art Threat (Free subscription) | yesterday
One of Canada’s preeminent video and sound art festivals Signal & Noise is calling for submissions. Signal & Noise will showcase a spectrum of single and multi-channel audio & video works, live performances and immersive installations. Signal & Noise is an intimate forum for creative exchange between local, national and international artists. [...]
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | yesterday
ROCK star Rod Stewart is set to perform at Edinburgh Castle next summer as part of his world tour.
Boxing Along The Beltway (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
It never fails. Every time I put up a calendar of boxing events, late news comes in forcing me to make an addition to the schedule. This is a BIG addition as well. BATB has learned that undefeated Salisbury, MD middleweight Fernando Guerrero will take on Baltimore's Jessie "The Beast" Nicklow on Friday, December 18 at the Grand Casino in Hinkley, MN. Although the bout will not be fought on...
Daemon's Movies (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans was just released to theaters this Friday November 20 2009. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans stars Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer, Jennifer Coolidge, Fairuza Balk, Alvin "Xzibit" Joiner and is directed by Werner Herzog. If you are planning to go see the movie, here [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
It's Christmas time (nearly) and quite soon it will be impossible to switch on the radio without being bombarded by the preachy strains of a slightly shambolic Christmas song recorded 25 years ago in an effort to feed the world.
MTV Newsroom (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" is out in theaters now, and is already breaking records and attracting all sorts of fervor about the ending, whether it's better than the first film and what the possibilities are for "Eclipse" (which is set to release in June of 2010 but is already being buzzed about in the [...]
Bakersfield.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Everything from a chili cook-off to a picnic raffle to a watermelon eating contest helped raise more than $26,000 for the Golden Empire Gleaners. "When you come see what the organization is about, you get taken with it," said Diane Duran, who has volunteered with Chevron for 17 years and was chairwoman of her fundraising team.
Phawker (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
BY JAMIE DAVIS Bishop Allen [pictured, above] are basically a fun little Brooklyn indie pop band: Fairly nonsensical lyrics, a xylophone player, skinny jeans and guitars worn 1964 George Harrison style. On disc, the songs sound pretty much as you’d expect, catchy, low-key, nothing really fantastic but pleasant enough to hold the moment, if not [...]
Sagacious Rambling (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
I was probably around 13 or 14 when Marvin Gaye's life was ended by the very man that contributed to his existence. At the time the only song I truly appreciated was his 1981 hit Sexual Healing. Of course as an eleven year old, I didn't fully understand what the song was talking about. But I loved watching him sing it and his voice was like sweet nectar to my ears. After graduating high school and...
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