If there's one thing Chris Cagle oughta know,�chicks� don't dig a guy who takes a swing at his gal.
The country star was arrested in Nashville in the wee hours this...
Saturday, 31 May 2008
Country Star Cagle Collared for Assault
If there's one thing Chris Cagle oughta know,�chicks� don't dig a guy who takes a swing at his gal.
The country star was arrested in Nashville in the wee hours this...
Thursday, 29 May 2008
Paul McCartney's global footprint scrutinized
Beatle criticized over shipment of hybrid car
LONDON -- Sometimes it seems Paul McCartney can't win for losing.
The Beatle has long been an outspoken advocate of environmental causes and animal rights. He is a vegetarian who won't even wear leather shoes. But now he's being criticized for having a hybrid Japanese car flown to him in Britain rather than having it sent by ship.
It must have seemed like a good idea at the time. The car in question is an $158,000 Lexus LS 600h, a luxury sedan that offers both high performance and a reassuring "green" patina because it uses a hybrid system that relies on an electric motor at low speeds.
Best of all, it was to be a gift from the Lexus car company, which sponsored McCartney's 2005 tour of the U.S.
But environmentalists quickly pointed out that the use of a cargo plane to deliver the car to England completely offset any environmental gains resulting from the car's use.
"It's like driving the car 300 times around the world," said Gary Rumbold, the director of the British branch of co2balance, which helps businesses and individuals gauge their carbon emissions footprint. "It seems like somebody at Lexus made an error in judgment. They wanted to get something to McCartney promptly, but it backfired. They should have waited a few weeks and sent it by ship."
He said it would have been far less damaging to the environment in terms of carbon emitted into the atmosphere to have shipped the car by sea because so much more cargo can be fitted on a ship than in the cargo hold of a jet.
Rumbold also questioned whether a high performance car such as the LS Lexus 600h -- with a powerful 1.3-gallon (5-liter) V-8 engine and a top speed of 155 mph (250 kph) -- is actually the best use of promising hybrid technology.
It was not clear whether McCartney knew the vehicle would be sent to him via air freight rather than by ship. Rumbold said it seems likely the singer was an innocent victim of a mistake made by Lexus executives.
McCartney's spokesman, Stuart Bell, confirmed that the musician had received the car as a gift and that it had been flown to Britain, but said he could not comment about the decision to use a plane until he had all the details.
David Crouch, a spokesman for Lexus in Britain, said the company also would not comment on the McCartney car delivery.
He did say the LS 600h is a top-of-the-line hybrid designed to compete against the expensive Mercedes S Class and BMW 7 Series since its introduction in Britain late last year. Some 227 have been sold despite the starting price, which rises quickly when more options are added, he said.
"It's selling very well," he said. "You have a gasoline engine which works in conjunction with an electric motor. What it means is the car can run on either power source. At lower speeds it runs on electric power so there is no fuel consumption and no emissions, and if you need higher speeds, the petrol works with the electric motor to give you what you need."
McCartney has had an unusually close relationship with Lexus in recent years. In addition to the sponsorship deal, the ex-Beatle -- who shies away from product endorsements -- has publicly praised Lexus for producing environmentally sensitive cars.
The carmaker also produced a one-of-a-kind McCartney-themed hybrid SUV that was sold off to benefit an anti-landmine charity favored by McCartney and gave one of his recent CD releases a special spot on the company's Web site.
LONDON -- Sometimes it seems Paul McCartney can't win for losing.
The Beatle has long been an outspoken advocate of environmental causes and animal rights. He is a vegetarian who won't even wear leather shoes. But now he's being criticized for having a hybrid Japanese car flown to him in Britain rather than having it sent by ship.
It must have seemed like a good idea at the time. The car in question is an $158,000 Lexus LS 600h, a luxury sedan that offers both high performance and a reassuring "green" patina because it uses a hybrid system that relies on an electric motor at low speeds.
Best of all, it was to be a gift from the Lexus car company, which sponsored McCartney's 2005 tour of the U.S.
But environmentalists quickly pointed out that the use of a cargo plane to deliver the car to England completely offset any environmental gains resulting from the car's use.
"It's like driving the car 300 times around the world," said Gary Rumbold, the director of the British branch of co2balance, which helps businesses and individuals gauge their carbon emissions footprint. "It seems like somebody at Lexus made an error in judgment. They wanted to get something to McCartney promptly, but it backfired. They should have waited a few weeks and sent it by ship."
He said it would have been far less damaging to the environment in terms of carbon emitted into the atmosphere to have shipped the car by sea because so much more cargo can be fitted on a ship than in the cargo hold of a jet.
Rumbold also questioned whether a high performance car such as the LS Lexus 600h -- with a powerful 1.3-gallon (5-liter) V-8 engine and a top speed of 155 mph (250 kph) -- is actually the best use of promising hybrid technology.
It was not clear whether McCartney knew the vehicle would be sent to him via air freight rather than by ship. Rumbold said it seems likely the singer was an innocent victim of a mistake made by Lexus executives.
McCartney's spokesman, Stuart Bell, confirmed that the musician had received the car as a gift and that it had been flown to Britain, but said he could not comment about the decision to use a plane until he had all the details.
David Crouch, a spokesman for Lexus in Britain, said the company also would not comment on the McCartney car delivery.
He did say the LS 600h is a top-of-the-line hybrid designed to compete against the expensive Mercedes S Class and BMW 7 Series since its introduction in Britain late last year. Some 227 have been sold despite the starting price, which rises quickly when more options are added, he said.
"It's selling very well," he said. "You have a gasoline engine which works in conjunction with an electric motor. What it means is the car can run on either power source. At lower speeds it runs on electric power so there is no fuel consumption and no emissions, and if you need higher speeds, the petrol works with the electric motor to give you what you need."
McCartney has had an unusually close relationship with Lexus in recent years. In addition to the sponsorship deal, the ex-Beatle -- who shies away from product endorsements -- has publicly praised Lexus for producing environmentally sensitive cars.
The carmaker also produced a one-of-a-kind McCartney-themed hybrid SUV that was sold off to benefit an anti-landmine charity favored by McCartney and gave one of his recent CD releases a special spot on the company's Web site.
Lucky dip
If they sell four classical LPs a day, it will take the shocked volunteers of a tiny second-hand shop in Devon more than three years to get through their latest donation.Staff at the Oxfam charity shop in Tavistock announced yesterday they had received a collection of more than 4,000 classical LPs - the largest ever gift of its kind. The collection rivals library archives, providing a near-comprehensive record of four decades' worth of recorded classical music.
"It's amazing. I can't think of a classical genre that's missing," said Terry Hyde, an Oxfam volunteer who values music for the shop. "It's all there: all your big figures from the 18th and 19th century, your 20th century unlistenable nightmares by Stockhausen, avant garde, opera, unaccompanied violin - virtually every genre is covered."The music spans the ages, from Mozart and Haydn to Stravinsky and Ligeti. "When I looked at the records they looked virtually unplayed," said Hyde. "With 4,000 records, how often could they really be played? You'd have to listen to them non-stop for years to get through them."Not much is known about the anonymous widow in her 50s who made the gift. Jacky Theobald, the store manager, said: "We had a phone call from a lady, after what I understand was a bereavement. She was ready to move on with her life, as she put it, and we arranged for the records to be collected - as you can imagine it caused an awful lot of logistical issues." The donor is believed to have kept a further collection of 900 CDs at home.The huge collection - much of it temporarily stored in boxes in Hyde's daughter's room - came with an accompanying spreadsheet listing each LP by composer, orchestra, record label, conductor and catalogue number. Many of the records are in boxed sets, including a complete collection of 34 boxes of Bach cantatas."He [the late-owner] had detailed records such as people have with stamps and books. They were all carefully stored alphabetically, so he must have been an avid collector."A few records from the collection went on sale this week, and prices are expected to range from £1.99 to £150. Theobald said records would only be sold online after locals have had an opportunity to buy them. "It is important for people who donate to actually see their gifts in the shop," she said. But selling the huge collection in a shop measuring 4.5m by 6m will not be easy. "It's a small shop, I don't think we'll fit the whole collection in one go. We'll do a Chopin week, a Mozart week, that sort of thing - we'll find a way around it."Oxfam makes around £5m from the sale of film and music each year. The charity has recently received and sold a rare Rolling Stones demo single, a sheet of music signed by Vaughan Williams and a Handel musical score from 1786. Next month a score by Andre Campa will be sold by the charity at a Bonhams auction.For musical cognoscenti, trawling through vintage vinyl collections can reap financial rewards. Experts say that the prevalence of digital music has increased the market value of rare vinyl. The most sought after, Paul McCartney's copy of That'll be the Day, a record by the Quarrymen, the band that later became the Beatles, is thought to be worth more than £100,000.For his part, Hyde has valued the Tavistock collection at around £25,000, a modest estimate based on the fact that the crucial "pressing" dates for the records have not been established. Sorting through the collection while on the phone yesterday, he had already uncovered some gems."These are collectible records, I tell you," he said, rifling through the sleeves."I've got here what are called 'private recordings'. They're white labels; a plain white sleeve that says 'Private Recording Not For Sale'. Some of them are by a very desirable conductor, Wilhelm Furtwängler. These are private recordings from the late 1940s! I don't know - are they worth anything?"
"It's amazing. I can't think of a classical genre that's missing," said Terry Hyde, an Oxfam volunteer who values music for the shop. "It's all there: all your big figures from the 18th and 19th century, your 20th century unlistenable nightmares by Stockhausen, avant garde, opera, unaccompanied violin - virtually every genre is covered."The music spans the ages, from Mozart and Haydn to Stravinsky and Ligeti. "When I looked at the records they looked virtually unplayed," said Hyde. "With 4,000 records, how often could they really be played? You'd have to listen to them non-stop for years to get through them."Not much is known about the anonymous widow in her 50s who made the gift. Jacky Theobald, the store manager, said: "We had a phone call from a lady, after what I understand was a bereavement. She was ready to move on with her life, as she put it, and we arranged for the records to be collected - as you can imagine it caused an awful lot of logistical issues." The donor is believed to have kept a further collection of 900 CDs at home.The huge collection - much of it temporarily stored in boxes in Hyde's daughter's room - came with an accompanying spreadsheet listing each LP by composer, orchestra, record label, conductor and catalogue number. Many of the records are in boxed sets, including a complete collection of 34 boxes of Bach cantatas."He [the late-owner] had detailed records such as people have with stamps and books. They were all carefully stored alphabetically, so he must have been an avid collector."A few records from the collection went on sale this week, and prices are expected to range from £1.99 to £150. Theobald said records would only be sold online after locals have had an opportunity to buy them. "It is important for people who donate to actually see their gifts in the shop," she said. But selling the huge collection in a shop measuring 4.5m by 6m will not be easy. "It's a small shop, I don't think we'll fit the whole collection in one go. We'll do a Chopin week, a Mozart week, that sort of thing - we'll find a way around it."Oxfam makes around £5m from the sale of film and music each year. The charity has recently received and sold a rare Rolling Stones demo single, a sheet of music signed by Vaughan Williams and a Handel musical score from 1786. Next month a score by Andre Campa will be sold by the charity at a Bonhams auction.For musical cognoscenti, trawling through vintage vinyl collections can reap financial rewards. Experts say that the prevalence of digital music has increased the market value of rare vinyl. The most sought after, Paul McCartney's copy of That'll be the Day, a record by the Quarrymen, the band that later became the Beatles, is thought to be worth more than £100,000.For his part, Hyde has valued the Tavistock collection at around £25,000, a modest estimate based on the fact that the crucial "pressing" dates for the records have not been established. Sorting through the collection while on the phone yesterday, he had already uncovered some gems."These are collectible records, I tell you," he said, rifling through the sleeves."I've got here what are called 'private recordings'. They're white labels; a plain white sleeve that says 'Private Recording Not For Sale'. Some of them are by a very desirable conductor, Wilhelm Furtwängler. These are private recordings from the late 1940s! I don't know - are they worth anything?"
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Artist: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Genre(s):
Classical
Discography:
Music of Pink Floyd: Orchestral Maneuvers
Year: 1989
Tracks: 9
Journey Through The Classics
Year: 1982
Tracks: 12
Hooked On Classics 2
Year:
Tracks: 9
Jacobs Dream
Artist: Jacobs Dream
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Drama Of The Ages
Year: 2005
Tracks: 13
Jacobs Dream
Year: 2000
Tracks: 12
Comprised of members David Taylor (vocals), James Evan (sea bass), Billy Queen (drums), addition guitar twosome John Berry and Derek Eddleblute, power metallists Jacob's Dream hails from Columbus, OH, and is corresponding to such '80s prog-metal gods as Dream Theater, Queensryche, and Iron Maiden. Originally formed in 1994 (as Iron Angel), the isthmus issued a self-titled demo 2 age later on, which, after merchandising o'er 3000 copies on its have, landed the fivesome a transcription deal with Metal Blade Records and at long last resulted in a match of releases (2000's self-titled full-length and 2001's Theater of War).
Foxy Brown - Brown Parts With Manager
Rapper FOXY BROWN has parted ways with her manager CHAZ WILLIAMS, accusing him of compiling her new album "without her approval" during her time in jail.
The star - real name Inga Marchand - was sent to prison in September last year (07) for violating her probation, stemming from a 2006 assault conviction for attacking two manicurists in 2004. She was released from New York's Rikers Prison last month (Apr08).
Marchand claims she had no control over the content of Brooklyn Don Diva which was compiled during her eight-month spell behind bars and is due for release next month (Jun08).
And she blames Williams for going ahead with the LP without her and has decided to terminate their working relationship. She insists she would normally have filed legal action but her recent legal woes have put her off spending any more time in court.
She tells Allhiphop.com, "I heard this CD in its entirety for the first time just days ago and was devastated. Riddled with grief over an album that was seemingly so carelessly orchestrated, I sat down with the president of Koch (records) to come to a decision on how to make the best of this situation.
"In another phase of my life and career, I would have dealt with this situation with litigation, but for the benefit of my fans and in the wake of the profound spiritual cleansing I recently underwent in prison, I made the decision to settle our creative differences amicably. My fans have waited seven years for an in-store release and deserve my very best."
Following Marchand's release from prison she was sentenced to three years probation after pleading guilty to attacking a woman with her cellphone last year (Jul07).
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Mellow
Artist: Mellow
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Drifting Out Of Sight
Year: 2004
Tracks: 5
European import Mellow hurtle purified pop inside foggy psychedelics for a unparalleled electronic ambience. Stephane Luginbuhl, Pierre Begon-Lours, and Patrick Woodcock, world Health Organization compose the French data-based electro mathematical group, have been compared to Air, just the influences of Syd Barrett and Kevin Ayers are more exact of the band's dizzying personal effects. Several albums were issued at the tail end of the '90s: 1998's eponymic exit, 1999's Another Mellow Winter, and Another Mellow Spring which followed in 2001.
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