MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Impact Film
Festival announced today that Twin Cities natives The Alarmists will
do at the Republican National Convention this weekend as part of the
Impact Film Festival/My Space Impact, Rock the Vote, Digg Late Night Party
Saluting the Screen Actors Guild.
"We ar thrilled to have The Alarmists link us at this historic event,"
aforesaid Festival Co-Founder Kimball Stroud. "We felt strongly about finding
local artists to join us for our celebration here in Minneapolis/St. Paul."
"Rock the Vote is lofty to be co-hosting tonight's event in Minneapolis
for the Republican Convention," said Heather Smith, Rock the Vote Executive
Director. "In a year when offspring voters are turning prohibited in record numbers,
Rock the Vote is in ithiel Town this calendar week to take a leak sure political leaders find how
young voters are playing a powerful role in this year's election. Tonight's
event, which brings together politics, euphony, and young people, is what
Rock the Vote is all nigh." Already in 2008, more than 1.2 meg people
have used Rock the Vote's online instrument to register to vote; by November,
Rock the Vote will show more than 2 one thousand thousand 18-29 yr olds, and
mobilize juvenility to the polls in record numbers.
WHAT: Late Night Party Featuring The Alarmists and So It Goes
WHERE: Fine Line Music Cafe - 318 1st Avenue, N
WHEN: Sunday August 31st, 10:00pm - 2:00am
IN ATTENDANCE: Stuart Townsend, Director of the Impact Film Festival's
Opening Film will be on hand to welcome attendees. In addition to The
Alarmists, other local artists are expected to do.
The Alarmists are playacting as parting of the Impact Film Festival at the
Landmark Center. The Festival comes to the Twin Cities after a successful
run at the Democratic National Convention in Denver last week. The Impact
Film Festival is screening topical films followed by discussions with both
filmmakers and policy makers. Discussions testament include the national debt,
fair trade, hurricane Katrina, stem-cell research and ball-shaped water
government. Films screening include ACCIDENTAL ADVOCATE, BATTLE IN SEATTLE,
THE BLACK LIST, BOOGIE MAN: THE LEE ATWATER STORY; FLOW; I.O.U.S.A; TROUBLE
THE WATER and 14 WOMEN.
The Festival was programmed by top festival programmers and industry
visionaries including programmers from Toronto, Sundance, Tribeca, Los
Angeles Film Festival, Full Frame and IFP among others. Key acquisition
executives from POV, Netflix/Red Envelope and HBO also participated on the
programming committee.
The Impact Film Festival is a program of The Impact Film Fund, a 501
(c) 3 not-for-profit organisation founded in 2008 by Jody Arlington, Jamie
Shor and Kimball Stroud, three veterans of the Washington political and
photographic film arena. Our mission is to observe and elevate the diversity and index
of objective and narrative storytelling to engage nuanced conversation
close to the issues of the day and increase cinema's impact. For more
information and Festival updates please visit our website at
http://www.impactfilmfestival.org
Rock the Vote's missionary work is to engage and build the political ability of
pres Young people in order to achieve progressive change in our nation. Rock
the Vote uses music, popular culture and new technologies to engage and
incite young people to register and vote in every election. And we give
cy Young people the tools to identify, teach about, and take action on the
issues that affect their lives, and leverage their power in the political
process. Rock the Vote is creative, effective, and controlled by nobody's
schedule but our own - we tell it like it is and superbia ourselves on being a
trusted germ for information on government. We authorize the 44 million young
people in America wHO want to step up, claim their voice in the political
process, and change the way politics is done. http://www.RockTheVote.com
More information
Tuesday, 2 September 2008
Saturday, 23 August 2008
Spice Girls' Mel C says she's pregnant - Tabloid Hell
The Spice Girls' Mel C, as well known as Sporty Spice, has proclaimed she's pregnant.
The 34-year-old singer posted the news on her site today (August 22) that she's expecting her number 1 child with partner Tom Starr.
"Some happy news! Well, I can buoy now announce that Tom and I are expecting a baby and we are very happy," she wrote.
"As I'm sure you'll understand, we needed time to await for results and assure our families. Thank you for all your
The 34-year-old singer posted the news on her site today (August 22) that she's expecting her number 1 child with partner Tom Starr.
"Some happy news! Well, I can buoy now announce that Tom and I are expecting a baby and we are very happy," she wrote.
"As I'm sure you'll understand, we needed time to await for results and assure our families. Thank you for all your
Wednesday, 13 August 2008
Download Relient K
 Artist: Relient K: mp3 download Genre(s): ROck: Alternative Rock Indie Other Discography:  Let It Snow, Baby...Let it Reindeer Year: 2007 Tracks: 17  Five Score and Seven Years Ago Year: 2007 Tracks: 14  Mmhmm Year: 2005 Tracks: 14  Apathetic EP Year: 2005 Tracks: 7  Two Lefts Don't Make a Right... But Three Do Year: 2003 Tracks: 15  Deck The Halls Bruise Your Hand Year: 2003 Tracks: 10  The Best Of Year: 2002 Tracks: 23  The Anatomy Of Tongue In Cheek Year: 2001 Tracks: 17  Publicity Is A Stunt Year: Tracks: 11 Canton, OH's Relient K formed in 1998 and linked the parade of Christian punk-pop artists (MxPx, Ghoti Hook, Slick Shoes, etc.) with their self-titled 2000 debut, mixing catchy melodies and snot-nosed position with unearthly concerns. The platter was produced by dc Talk guitarist Mark Townsend, and the banding comprised Matt Thiessen, guitarist Matthew Hoopes, bassist Brian Pittman, and drummer Stephen Cushman. David Douglas united up in plaza of Cushman by the year's end, and Relient K followed up in August 2001 with The Anatomy of the Tongue in Cheek. The album sold ccc,000 copies and Relient K's momentum continued to build as they played nearly 200 shows in North America sooner the yr closed out. A tierce gear full-length, Deuce Lefts Don't Make a Right... But Three Do, debuted at number 38 on Billboard's Top two century album graph upon its release in spring 2003. The striation didn't waste whatsoever time recording a twenty-five percent album; MMHMM, which was produced by lead isaac M. Singer Thiessen and dc Talk's Townsend and sundry by Tom Lord-Alge, was released in November 2004 by Gotee/Capitol. MMHMM scanned over 51,000 copies sold during its first basis week, striking issue 15 on the Top deuce hundred and bit i for Christian Albums. It finally went amber, Relient K's third gear serial album to do so, and the band's mainstream crosswalk was in total swing with singles "Be My Escape" and "World Health Organization I Am Hates Who I've Been" doing identical well on modern persuade radiocommunication and MTV. Pittman left field the group after MMHMM's release (after going on to play with Inhale/Exhale), and John Warne (ex-Ace Troubleshooter) filled in on bass for touring purposes, becoming a permanent appendage in 2005. Relient K further added Jonathan Schneck as a third gear guitarist (world Health Organization besides played banjo and bells) that year, bumping them up to pentad condition. Touring constantly in support of MMHMM, the Apathetic EP followed in November 2005 as another regale to hold over fans as the guys readied their following album. V Score & Seven Years Ago (as in their fifth album in seven-spot old age) was largely produced by Howard Benson (My Chemical Romance, Less Than Jake) and released in early March 2007. True to strain, Relient K sic extinct on a full circle of countrywide dates, including spring shows with Mae and Sherwood, earlier cathartic the Christmas-themed album Let It Snow Baby... Let It Reindeer (containing respective tracks from the band's former holiday release, Deck the Halls, Bruise Your Hand) later that strike. |
Wednesday, 6 August 2008
Strictly Cha Cha
Artist: Strictly Cha Cha
Genre(s):
Easy Listening
Discography:
New 101 Strings Orchestra
Year:
Tracks: 14
Monet painting smashes record, art boom goes on
Thursday, 26 June 2008
Black Keys to headline LA's Sunset Junction
The Black Keys, Broken Social Scene, Cold War Kids and !!! are among the bands that will headline this year's Sunset Junction Festival in the Silver Lake neighbourhood of Los Angeles.
Wednesday, 18 June 2008
Gavin Rossdale plays Bush hits at London gig
Gavin Rossdale played his debut UK solo show last night (June 12) at Camden's Underworld.
London-born Rossdale, who now lives in Los Angeles with wife Gwen Stefani, played a set packed full of hits by his former band Bush, including 'Swallowed' and Glycerine'.
Taking to the stage with his band just after 9.20pm (BST) Rossdale, wearing a black shirt and silver chains and basked in a red light, launched straight into Bush song 'Machine Head'.
Before the second track Gavin nodded and smiled to the gathered crowd asking: "Hello, you alright?"
After playing a few more tracks, which saw the already clearly excited crowd chanting back word-for-word, a now sweat-drenched Rossdale told the crowd: "It's been too long, it's real good to see you."
Then Gavin took off his guitar and pulled the mike off the stand to perform new solo song 'This Is Happiness'.
Then after another two solo album tracks Rossdale said: "Thank you, I just want to say a special hello to all my friends who came down - all the locals."
Then the band launched into Bush's biggest UK hit, 'Swallowed', that saw Rossdale show off his guitar skills with the solo near the end.
Before the encore Rossdale said: "I played here with Bush when we were coming up and I love this place." He then launched into a spine-tingling rendition of his old band's hit 'Glycerine', which received an abundance of cheers.
The band joined him again and after another two songs an obviously touched Rossdale, now drenched head to toe in sweat but still smiling, said: "Thank you so much. We look forward to coming back to play to you in London real soon, if I had my way. But thanks for coming out we appreciate that."
Gavin Rossdale played:
'Machinehead'
'Frontline'
'Can't Stop The World'
'Everything Zen'
'The Trouble I'm In'
'This Is Happiness'
'If Youre Not With Us You're Against Us'
'Love Remains The Same'
'Swallowed'
'The Chemicals Between Us'
'Glycerine'
'When Animals Attack'
'Comedown'
Jun 12, 2008 at Night And Day Cafe, Manchester -
More Bush tickets
London-born Rossdale, who now lives in Los Angeles with wife Gwen Stefani, played a set packed full of hits by his former band Bush, including 'Swallowed' and Glycerine'.
Taking to the stage with his band just after 9.20pm (BST) Rossdale, wearing a black shirt and silver chains and basked in a red light, launched straight into Bush song 'Machine Head'.
Before the second track Gavin nodded and smiled to the gathered crowd asking: "Hello, you alright?"
After playing a few more tracks, which saw the already clearly excited crowd chanting back word-for-word, a now sweat-drenched Rossdale told the crowd: "It's been too long, it's real good to see you."
Then Gavin took off his guitar and pulled the mike off the stand to perform new solo song 'This Is Happiness'.
Then after another two solo album tracks Rossdale said: "Thank you, I just want to say a special hello to all my friends who came down - all the locals."
Then the band launched into Bush's biggest UK hit, 'Swallowed', that saw Rossdale show off his guitar skills with the solo near the end.
Before the encore Rossdale said: "I played here with Bush when we were coming up and I love this place." He then launched into a spine-tingling rendition of his old band's hit 'Glycerine', which received an abundance of cheers.
The band joined him again and after another two songs an obviously touched Rossdale, now drenched head to toe in sweat but still smiling, said: "Thank you so much. We look forward to coming back to play to you in London real soon, if I had my way. But thanks for coming out we appreciate that."
Gavin Rossdale played:
'Machinehead'
'Frontline'
'Can't Stop The World'
'Everything Zen'
'The Trouble I'm In'
'This Is Happiness'
'If Youre Not With Us You're Against Us'
'Love Remains The Same'
'Swallowed'
'The Chemicals Between Us'
'Glycerine'
'When Animals Attack'
'Comedown'
Jun 12, 2008 at Night And Day Cafe, Manchester -
More Bush tickets
Monday, 9 June 2008
Old NASA footage shows space program in new light
By Barry Garron
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - High definition is not
just a way of making video look crisp and bright. It also is a
reason for making programs -- maybe the reason -- as "When We
Left Earth" suggests.
One can say, as the Discovery Channel does in its press
materials, that this comprehensive and authoritative six-hour
miniseries running June 8, 15 and 22 was produced to mark the
50th anniversary of NASA and the U.S. exploration of space. In
reality, though there is abundant history on the space program,
there is scant information that hasn't already been seen, heard
or written somewhere else.
What makes this mini different from all those other
projects is that, for the first time, we get to see rare NASA
footage -- sort of like the space agency's home video -- which
was removed from cold storage and transferred to high
definition just for this project.
And what footage it is. Not merely breathtaking space and
launch photos but clips that reveal the risks, danger and
anxiety of NASA employees and astronaut wives at each new
venture.
It is so simple and certain in hindsight but the NASA films
show the palpable tension in Mission Control, such as just
before Apollo 8 emerged from the dark side of the moon and
broke out of lunar orbit. Other highlights include training for
the unexpected, fiery rockets and the cool blue of an Earth
rise seen from the moon.
In between clips of vintage NASA footage (more than 100
hours of old film was converted to high definition for this
project) are bits of recent interviews with astronauts and
flight directors, often recollecting events of decades past as
if they had just happened that morning.
Like the space capsules themselves, this mini speeds
through its mission. Each of the first three hours, for
example, are spent, respectively, on the Mercury, Gemini and
Apollo programs.
Tune in to learn about the strategy of each launch and for
those amazing vintage films. Keep in mind, though, that with
the focus so squarely on NASA, there is little reference to
other concurrent but related events, such as domestic politics
or the Cold War.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - High definition is not
just a way of making video look crisp and bright. It also is a
reason for making programs -- maybe the reason -- as "When We
Left Earth" suggests.
One can say, as the Discovery Channel does in its press
materials, that this comprehensive and authoritative six-hour
miniseries running June 8, 15 and 22 was produced to mark the
50th anniversary of NASA and the U.S. exploration of space. In
reality, though there is abundant history on the space program,
there is scant information that hasn't already been seen, heard
or written somewhere else.
What makes this mini different from all those other
projects is that, for the first time, we get to see rare NASA
footage -- sort of like the space agency's home video -- which
was removed from cold storage and transferred to high
definition just for this project.
And what footage it is. Not merely breathtaking space and
launch photos but clips that reveal the risks, danger and
anxiety of NASA employees and astronaut wives at each new
venture.
It is so simple and certain in hindsight but the NASA films
show the palpable tension in Mission Control, such as just
before Apollo 8 emerged from the dark side of the moon and
broke out of lunar orbit. Other highlights include training for
the unexpected, fiery rockets and the cool blue of an Earth
rise seen from the moon.
In between clips of vintage NASA footage (more than 100
hours of old film was converted to high definition for this
project) are bits of recent interviews with astronauts and
flight directors, often recollecting events of decades past as
if they had just happened that morning.
Like the space capsules themselves, this mini speeds
through its mission. Each of the first three hours, for
example, are spent, respectively, on the Mercury, Gemini and
Apollo programs.
Tune in to learn about the strategy of each launch and for
those amazing vintage films. Keep in mind, though, that with
the focus so squarely on NASA, there is little reference to
other concurrent but related events, such as domestic politics
or the Cold War.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
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