Scorn

   
Artist: Scorn

   Genre(s): 
Rock
   Ambient
   Industrial
   Electronic
   Retro
   Other
   Metal: Alternative
   Drum & Bass
   

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Discography:


   
 Stealth

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 8


   
 Plan B

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 11


   
 Governor

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 6


   
 Imaginaria Award

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 5


   
 Greetings From Birmingham

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 13


   
 Zander

   Year: 1997   
Tracks: 9


   
 Whine

   Year: 1997   
Tracks: 12


   
 Deliverance

   Year: 1997   
Tracks: 8


   
 Logghi Barogghi

   Year: 1996   
Tracks: 14


   
 Leave It Out

   Year: 1996   
Tracks: 4


   
 Gyral

   Year: 1995   
Tracks: 8


   
 Ellipsis

   Year: 1995   
Tracks: 9


   
 Evanescence

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 10


   
 Colossus

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 11


   
 White Irises Blind

   Year: 1993   
Tracks: 6


   
 Lament - Soleil Noire 7

   Year: 1993   
Tracks: 2


   
 Vae Solis

   Year: 1992   
Tracks: 13


   
 Lick Forever Dog

   Year: 1992   
Tracks: 4

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Closely allied with postindustrial dub terrorists such as Bill Laswell, Techno Animal, James Plotkin, Robert Musso, and Anton Fier, Birmingham-based artist Mick Harris is something of a subject area in extremes. A drummer with noted death metal outfit Napalm Death through the group's late-'80s/early-'90s efflorescence, Harris began experimenting with black and white ambient and dub styles toward the tail end of his association with that group. Releasing corporeal through Earache as Scorn (his ambient dub egis) and through Sentrax as Lull, in addition to former sporadic projects, his genre-spanning activities wealthy person done a great deal to jar the minds, expectations, and record collections of audiences previously unbroken sharply opposed. To the represent, Scorn and Lull, along with John Zorn's observational jazz-dubcore getup Painkiller cause remained Harris' chief on-going projects, although one-off collaborations with the likes of James Plotkin, Nicholas Bullen, Bill Laswell, and Martyn Bates are common. Harris formed Scorn in 1991 in collaboration with bassist Nick Bullen, incorporating elements of ambient, industrial, dub, rock and roll, and hip-hop. The chemical group (though pared back to exactly Harris following Evanescence) have released a number of increasingly well-received full-length recordings, including the remix LP Ellipsis, which features outward reworkings by the likes of Coil, Autechre, Laswell, and Germ. Harris' solo form as Lull focuses on darker, more "isolationist" ambient soundscapes, some of which get been reissued domestically by Laswell's now-defunct Subharmonic imprint. [See Also: Mick Harris, Lull]

Walk of Fame Says Chimp's a Chump!

Legendary chimp thespian Cheeta's chance to have his name permanently etched on the Walk of Fame has just been shot down. What a load of ape dump!

The 76-year-old chimpanzee actor, who's starred in flicks like "Tarzan" and "Bedtime for Bonzo," didn't receive enough votes from the Walk of Fame Committee to have a star placed in his honor in '09.

If Cheeta's not good enough, who is?? Apparently Tinkerbell. That lame ass fairy is getting a star. And we're sure that has nothing to do with the fact that there's a Disney store on the Walk and the "Tinker Bell" movie is coming out in the fall.

Oh yeah -- and the Village People got one too.





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Edurne

   
Artist: Edurne

   Genre(s): 
Pop
   Rock
   Other
   

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Discography:


   
 Ilusion

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 12


   
 Edurne

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 12


   
 Despierta

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 12


   
 Nuevo Disco Completo

   Year:    
Tracks: 12

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Edurne Garcia Almargo was innate in Madrid on December 22, 1985. Edurne (substance "snow" in the Euskera language spoken by the Basque people of northerly Spain) was attracted to euphony from a young age, getting her take up vocalizing in karaoke bars with friends. She shortly coupled up with a group of thomas Young singers to form the circle Los Trastos, wHO went on to draw triad recordings, regular playing on TVE's Musica Si. Subsequent telecasting appearances included programs Ana y Los Siete and Hospital Central. The programme that typeset Edurne's musical career in motion was the fourth season of Operacion Triunfo. Though eliminated as the show's sixth finalist, Edurne was offered an chance to phonograph record her kickoff track record. On the speciality of reach unmarried "Despierta"; the disc, titled Edurne, went on to sell 40,000 copies, hitting number three on national charts. Her uphill pop asterisk status made Edurne the expression of Herbal Essence's national ad campaign in the summer of 2006, besides featuring her single "Amores Dormidos." The popular telenovela Yo Soy Bea commissioned Edurne to platter "Te Falta Veneno," which was used as the show's root song. 2006 concluded with Edurne's nomination for Mejor Artista Revelacion by the 40 Principales (a grouping of radio execs world Health Organization controller outside Spanish-speaking airplay). In the summer of 2007, expectant fans enthusiastically embraced Edurne's moment phonograph record release Ilusión. Ushered in by the wireless single "Ven por Mi," the saucer debuted at number 13 on national charts.

Oprah Inspires Stanford Grads

Graduation is a memorable day for all college students, but for the 4,600 graduating� students at Stanford University on Sunday, it was extra-special, as talk show queen and one-woman media empire Oprah Winfrey delivered an inspiring commencement address on Sunday.

"Feelings are really your GPS system for life," Oprah explained to the students, urging them to, "Check your ego at the door and check your gut instead... Every wrong decision was the result of me not listening to my voice. If it doesn't feel right, don't do it."

Conversely, said Oprah, "when you are doing the work you are meant to do, it feels right."

And while she pushed for the graduates to think of others, by saying, "To move forward, you have to give back," Oprah admitted that she learned the hard way that giving back also requires care and attention.

Speaking candidly to the crowd at Standford Stadium about the abuse scandal that rocked the girls' school she'd founded in South Africa, Oprah confessed that she focused too intently on superficial matters, like selecting bed linens, and not to the more important matters of staffing.

"I had been paying attention to all of the wrong things," Oprah admitted. "I built a school from the outside in, instead of from the inside out."

Oprah's decision to speak at Stanford wasn't motivated by money or publicity, but by family � one of the graduating students was Kirby Bumpus, Oprah's goddaughter and daughter of her producer and constant companion Gayle King.

"I have pictures that I can e-mail to all of you of Kirby riding horsie with me on all fours," joked Oprah, conjuring up an image these student will likely never forget.





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NEW YORK -- With the highest weekly sales figure since 2005, Lil Wayne crashes in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with "Tha Carter III." The Cash Money/Universal set moved just over 1 million copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan, the first time the six-figure threshold was crossed since 50 Cent's "The Massacre" in March 2005.
Sales for "Tha Carter III," Lil Wayne's first No. 1 on the Billboard 200, were helped along by several of the rapper's new singles, including the Hot 100-topping "Lollipop" featuring Static Major. His previous biggest sales week was a 238,000-unit start for "Tha Carter II" in 2005, which entered The Billboard 200 at No. 2 and became his fourth No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.
No album in 2006 sold as many as 800,000 copies in a single frame, and the largest sales week since "The Massacre" belonged to Kanye West's "Graduation," which netted an opener of 957,000 copies last year when it hit stores on Sept. 11.
Plies' "Definition of Real" (Big Gates/Slip-N-Slide) sold 215,000 to debut at No. 2, the same position his 2007 album "The Real Testament" achieved. His current hit "Bust It Baby Part 2" featuring Ne-Yo is working its way up the Hot 100, sitting at No. 12 with a bullet this week.
The multilabel "Now 28" compilation slips a notch from No. 2 to No. 3 with 132,000 copies, a 28% sales decrease. Distrubed's Warner Bros. set "Indestructible falls from No. 1 to No. 4 after a 60% hit to 102,000. With 101,000 units, Usher's "Here I Stand (LaFace/Zomba) endures a 30% slip and drops from No. 3 to No. 5. Journey's Wal-Mart exclusive album "Revelation" is down from fifth to sixth on a 15% sales slide to 89,000.
With its first album in four years, hip-hop trio N.E.R.D.'s "Seeing Sounds" (Star Trak/Interscope) bows at No. 7 with 80,000. Alanis Morisette's "Flavors of Entanglement" (Warner Bros.) debuts No. 8 with 70,000; her 2004 album, "So-Called Chaos," peaked at No. 5.
My Morning Jacket's "Evil Urges" sold 49,000 copies to give the band its first top 10 album, debuting at No. 9. MMJ's previous chart high-water mark came with 2005's "Z," which topped out at No. 67. Rounding out the top tier, Weezer's third self-titled Geffen set falls from No. 4 to No. 10 with 46,000 (a 64% drop).
Other debuts this week include country mainstay Montgomery Gentry's "Back When I Knew It All" (Columbia, No. 20, 27,000), veteran singer Emmylou Harris' "All I Intended to Be" (Nonesuch, No. 22, 27,000), Wallflowers frontman Jakob Dylan's "Seeing Things" (Columbia/Starbucks, No. 24, 24,000), the soundtrack to Nickelodeon's "iCarly" (Sony, No. 28, 20,000) and DJ Skribble's mix "Total Club Hits" (Thrive/Red, No. 30, 20,000).
Album sales are up 22.8% from last week's sum at 9.29 million units, but are down 3.1% compared with the same week last year.

Paris Hilton Denies Rumors Of Twin Wedding

Paris Hilton has dismissed reports that she is set to marry Benji Madden in a joint ceremony with his twin brother Joel and her BFF Nicole Richie.
Discussing the gossip with Ryan Seacrest, Hilton said, “I’ve been hearing that rumor.� But no, I think we both would want to have separate weddings.”
Hilton also said that she’s feeling excited, as the foursome is about to hit the road together with Madden’s band Good Charlotte.
“It is weird�we’re dating twins but it’s pretty perfect.� We are all going on tour this summer, so I’m really excited about that.”
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Isle Of Wight Festival Round-Up: Gigwise Photo Review

The UK festival season officially got underway last weekend with the latest edition of the Isle of Wight Festival.



Despite a prediction of bad weather, skies remained mostly clear throughout the weekend, as headline performances came courtesy of The Police, Kaiser Chiefs and The Sex Pistols.



You can see those performances and more in Gigwise's Photo Review, HERE.



As expected, the festival provided a host of interesting news stories, with Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon comparing Coldplay to “men in anoraks” and Kaiser Chiefs having to perform without their own equipment.



You can see a selection of photos from the festival below or CLICK HERE to see them all.



Stay tuned to Gigwise for all the pictures from the other big festival last weekend, Download.

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Flotsam and Jetsam

   
Artist: Flotsam and Jetsam

   Genre(s): 
Metal: Heavy
   Rock
   Rock: Thrash
   Metal: Thrash
   

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Discography:


   
 Dreams Of Death

   Year: 2005   
Tracks: 9


   
 Live In Phoenix

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 11


   
 My God

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 12


   
 Unnatural Selection

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 10


   
 High

   Year: 1997   
Tracks: 11


   
 Drift

   Year: 1995   
Tracks: 10


   
 Cuatro

   Year: 1992   
Tracks: 12


   
 When The Storm Comes Down

   Year: 1990   
Tracks: 11


   
 No Place For Disgrace

   Year: 1988   
Tracks: 10


   
 Doomsday For The Deceiver

   Year: 1986   
Tracks: 10

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Unknown work by Janet Frame published

A previously unknown work by Janet Frame found after her death has been published in the latest edition of The New Yorker magazine.

A Night At The Opera was written when Frame was working as a live-in waitress at the former Grand Hotel, now the Southern Cross Hotel, in the Exchange, Dunedin, the Otago Daily Times reports today.

"It was found in her papers after her death," her niece, Pamela Gordon told the paper. "It was written about 1954, as far as we can tell."

Ms Gordon said Frame had a long-standing relationship with the US magazine.

"Janet had a lot of her work published in The New Yorker. She used to joke that she made more out of The New Yorker than she did from her book commissions."

Ms Gordon said the Janet Frame Literary Trust had many unpublished works by the author.

"We're still working our way through all her papers. But we think there's probably another book in it."

Janet Frame died on January 29, 2004, aged 79.  

- NZPA





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