Gus Gus

   
Artist: Gus Gus

   Genre(s): 
Pop
   Electronic
   Rock
   Trip-Hop
   Other
   Dance
   

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Discography:


   
 Forever

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 20


   
 The Best

   Year: 2005   
Tracks: 13


   
 Psychobitchmix

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 20


   
 Mixed Live

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 15


   
 Attention

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 12


   
 Gus Gus Vs. T-World

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 11


   
 This Is Normal + Bonus Track

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 12


   
 This Is Normal

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 12


   
 Polydistortion

   Year: 1997   
Tracks: 11

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Being a offbeat coed nine-piece from Reykjavik, Iceland, Gus Gus was about bound to inspire comparisons to the Sugarcubes, though the onset of ten-spot long sentence caused the grouping to inherit the influences of electronic tomentum and trip-hop rhythms rather than the tear of post-punk lunacy that divine the Sugarcubes during the late '80s. Begun as a motion-picture show theatre head ache in early 1995 by filmmakers Stefán Árni and Siggi Kjartansson, the group was step by step expanded to include musicians such as DJ Herb Legowitz and programmer Biggi Thórarinsson as well as singer/songwriters Daníel Ágúst, Hafdís Huld, and Magnús Jónsson (former actors all), a cameraman (Steph), and a producer (Baldur Stefánsson). The band's emphatically indie sensibilities light-emitting diode to their signing by 4AD after a four-part series of terpsichore integrate in EPs during 1996. Among a handful of groups in the late '90s with access to both closely knit dance circles as well as the notoriously highly strung indie community, the group gained support from LFO (with Mark Bell's remix of "Believe") and i of London's about celebrated DJ stores, Fat Cat Records, piece playacting their first day of the month in England. Given a combined U.S./U.K. loss due to 4AD's understanding with Warner Bros., their debut album, Polydistortion, strike the stores in April 1997. This Is Normal followed in 1999, and one year by and by the anthology outlet Gus Gus vs. T-World appeared. 2002 power saw the release of Care; Motley Live appeared a year later. The radical returned with new material in 2007 with Forever and a day.

Only for You - 6/24/2008

The most memorable thing about the otherwise neither-here-nor-there Only For You is the coloration of the cast's cheeks. Never before have I seen so many excessively rosy red cheeks in a film before. Either the makeup artist was seriously inept or there was a dangerous level of carbon monoxide on the set.



At least the makeup is interesting. The rest of this flashbacky one-that-got-away love story doesn't leave much of an impression. Lovely Dana (Shea Curry), a young divorced actress plying her trade in Portland's local theater scene, has a short fling with the already spoken-for Jack (Michael Buie). There's an attraction, but he's already got a girlfriend, and as years pass he gets engaged, so that's that. Or is it? Jack confesses that he's "going through some changes," and Simply Red's "Holding Back the Years" plays somberly in the background.



As Harry and Sally once debated (in a far more entertaining way): can a man and a woman just be friends? Apparently not in this little world, where Jack finds himself going nuts for Dana despite the fact that we, the viewers, are given little to no evidence that she's worth dumping a fianc� for. She does like dogs, so I guess that's a plus. Dana is the noble one, proclaiming again and again that "No, we mustn't!" And she's right. They shouldn't, especially since Dana is about to move to L.A. to audition for a sitcom, and she has no intention of getting into another marriage where she sacrifices too much for some flaky guy who admits he may be in love with two women at the same time. And by the way, he's not exactly exhibiting Daniel Craig-like charisma while all this is going on. He's just some guy, so really, what's the big deal?



And so on and off, up and down we go, with a pointless detour into a subplot about Dana's wacky friend Tina (Kate Albrecht) and the birth of her baby. Both women find it hilarious that Tina can't figure out which of two men the father might be, but harumph, is this really a laughing matter? Where's Maury Povich when you need him?



You know much more interesting people than these folks. Turn off the DVD player, and go spend some time with them.

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David Oistrakh - Violin

   
Artist: David Oistrakh - Violin

   Genre(s): 
Classical
   

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Discography:


   
 Andaluza, Op. 37 No.5 (Abram Makarov - piano,arr: F. Kreisler)

   Year: 1948   
Tracks: 1


   
 Romance in A minor, Op.94 No.2 (arr: F. Kreisler)

   Year: 1947   
Tracks: 1


   
 Passpied from "123"

   Year: 1946   
Tracks: 1


   
 Beau soir ( (Abram Makarov - piano,arr: J. Heifetz)

   Year: 1946   
Tracks: 1

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Celine Dion - Dion Shamed Over Water Usage

Canadian singer CELINE DION has been named and shamed by water authorities in Florida after she used over 6.5 million gallons (29.5 million litres) at her home in the state.

The figure - enough to fill a large bathtub every four minutes - was taken from her utility bill records for last year (07) for her Marin County, Florida home. It is the highest figure for a residential property in the U.S.

Most family homes in the area use just 120,000 gallons (550,000 litres) over a year.

Golf ace Tiger Woods was also named as a major drain on water supplies in the state, with the sportsman's Miami, Florida estate using 3.7 million gallons (16.8 million litres) in a year.

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Evil Ferris Wheel Attacks "Hannah Montana"

The new Hannah Montana movie suddenly became an action flick when a freak ferris wheel accident on the set left several extras in bad shape.

According to witnesses on the set, all hell broke loose when high winds blew a giant piece of lighting equipment into a ferris wheel full of people on the Tennessee movie set. Miley -- the star of the film, for all you out of touch people -- had just wrapped a scene on the stage next to the ferris wheel when the accident occurred.

We're told the collision caused a few cables on the ferris wheel to go haywire, striking several of the people on the ride. Medics on the scene quickly took the injured people to a local hospital -- where they received treatment for minor injuries.



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Sara Cox gives birth to baby boy

Radio presenter Sara Cox has given birth to her second child - a boy named Isaac.
Cox, 33, who is a DJ with BBC Radio 1, already has a three-year-old daughter, Lola.
Isaac, her first child with advertising executive Ben Cyzer, was born weighing 7lbs 12oz at a London hospital yesterday. A spokesman for the presenter said: "Mother, baby and dad Ben are doing fine."
Cox's first marriage to DJ Jon Carter, Lola's father, ended after four years in 2005.
The Bolton-born DJ now lives with Cyzer in north London and is due to return to her Radio 1 lunchtime show in September.
Cox was the station's breakfast presenter from 2000 to 2003, before being replaced by Chris Moyles.
She recently said of her life: "I think all my priorities have changed. I appreciate calmness and feeling secure, being looked after. I enjoy my role as mum and caretaker of the house. I really relish those roles and I think I'm good at them."

Rock pioneer Bo Diddley dies at age 79

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. --
Bo Diddley, a founding father of rock 'n' roll whose distinctive "shave and a haircut, two bits" rhythm and innovative guitar effects inspired legions of other musicians, died today after months of ill health. He was 79.

Diddley died of heart failure at his home in Archer, Fla., spokeswoman Susan Clary said. He had suffered a heart attack in August, three months after suffering a stroke while touring in Iowa. Doctors said the stroke affected his ability to speak, and he had returned to Florida to continue rehabilitation.

The legendary singer and performer, known for his homemade square guitar, dark glasses and black hat, was an inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, had a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, and received a lifetime achievement award in 1999 at the Grammy Awards. In recent years he also played for the elder President Bush and President Clinton.




Diddley appreciated the honors he received, "but it didn't put no figures in my checkbook."

"If you ain't got no money, ain't nobody calls you honey," he quipped.

The name Bo Diddley came from other youngsters when he was growing up in Chicago, he said in a 1999 interview.

"I don't know where the kids got it, but the kids in grammar school gave me that name," he said, adding that he liked it so it became his stage name. Other times, he gave somewhat differing stories on where he got the name. Some experts believe a possible source for the name is a one-string instrument used in traditional blues music called a diddley bow.

His first single, "Bo Diddley," introduced record buyers in 1955 to his signature rhythm: bomp ba-bomp bomp, bomp bomp, often summarized as "shave and a haircut, two bits." The B side, "I'm a Man," with its slightly humorous take on macho pride, also became a rock standard.

The company that issued his early songs was Chess-Checkers records, the storied Chicago-based labels that also recorded Chuck Berry and other stars.

Howard Kramer, assistant curator of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, said in 2006 that Diddley's Chess recordings "stand among the best singular recordings of the 20th century."

Diddley's other major songs included, "Say Man," "You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover," "Shave and a Haircut," "Uncle John," "Who Do You Love?" and "The Mule."

Diddley's influence was felt on both sides of the Atlantic. Buddy Holly borrowed the bomp ba-bomp bomp, bomp bomp rhythm for his song "Not Fade Away."

The Rolling Stones' bluesy remake of that Holly song gave them their first chart single in the United States, in 1964. The following year, another British band, the Yardbirds, had a Top 20 hit in the U.S. with their version of "I'm a Man."

Diddley was also one of the pioneers of the electric guitar, adding reverb and tremelo effects. He even rigged some of his guitars himself.

"He treats it like it was a drum, very rhythmic," E. Michael Harrington, professor of music theory and composition at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., said in 2006.

Many other artists, including the Who, Bruce Springsteen and Elvis Costello copied aspects of Diddley's style.

Growing up, Diddley said he had no musical idols, and he wasn't entirely pleased that others drew on his innovations.

"I don't like to copy anybody. Everybody tries to do what I do, update it," he said. "I don't have any idols I copied after."

"They copied everything I did, upgraded it, messed it up. It seems to me that nobody can come up with their own thing, they have to put a little bit of Bo Diddley there," he said.

Despite his success, Diddley claimed he only received a small portion of the money he made during his career. Partly as a result, he continued to tour and record music until his stroke. Between tours, he made his home near Gainesville in north Florida.