Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Veteran rocker Mark E Smith faces RSPCA probe for chopping up rare red squirrels with hedge-clippers
Ever since Ozzy Osbourne bit the head off a bat, hard-core rockers have had much to live up to in the depravity stakes.So perhaps Mark E Smith, frontman of The Fall, was trying to go one better when he boasted of murdering endangered red squirrels with hedge clippers. The short-tempered punk rocker - said to have been one of Radio 1 DJ John Peel's favourite acts - bragged to a music magazine he had "killed a couple last weekend". But if the readers of Uncut magazine were impressed, the RSPCA is decidedly unamused by Smith's claims - and yesterday announced an investigation. Now the 51-year-old could be prosecuted under the Wildlife and Countryside Act if his backyard bloodbath is confirmed. The gruff singer claimed he would "happily set about an endangered red squirrel with a set of professional hedge-clippers". He added: "Squirrels mean nothing to me. I killed a couple last weekend actually. They were eating my garden fence. "My sisters are animal lovers and they had been leaving food out for these squirrels. They've got rats in the bloody house now. Serves 'em right." To make matters worse, the maverick frontman went on to add that he 'wouldn't have a problem' with running over seagulls for fun. But the RSPCA said its investigators were appalled by the remarks and were now preparing a prosecution.
(Thanx Michael)
@ Reuters
CHAM, Switzerland and LONDON, November 2 /PRNewswire/ --
- Band and Label to Give Away Entire Album to Fans for Free
Earache Records have partnered with RapidShare for the promotion of Gama
Bomb's new album, "Tales From The Grave In Space". From 5th November 2009 all
songs will be available from http://www.earache.com/gamabomb, powered by
RapidShare. Earache and Gama Bomb's aim is to grow the overall fanbase of the
band and promote the sales of the CD box released in February 2010 as well as
concert ticket sales through the more widespread distribution of the music.
The independent UK record label also wants to remain at the cutting edge of
the digital future of the music industry.
"We're giving the album away for free as a natural progression," Philly
Byrne, singer of Gama Bomb, comments. "It's an open-handed gesture that
reflects the room the download revolution has created in the music business:
the label is up for it, which would have been impossible 10 years ago. Also,
it's a box-breaker for us: taking away the many restrictions of a
physical-only traditional release opens us up to a new and wider audience.
More people will hear the music and enjoy it and talk about it, and if that
leads to them helping us out by buying a t-shirt or coming to a show, so be
it. We're making our own kind of history here, and it's exciting. It's an
open road, so let's go."
Digby Pearson, Founder and Managing Director of Earache Records says:
"Actually the cost saving of distribution through the internet is a big
incentive for us. Piracy is not a problem, because if a fan passes on the
download link it can also be seen as free promotion for the band. In the
future we expect digital music to be ubiquitous and the payments made to the
artists or those who look after the artists to be small but consistent."
"We are pleased to help Earache Records support Gama Bomb's new album and
explore new ways of marketing," explains Bobby Chang, COO of RapidShare. "We
believe that the ability to spread electronic content fast and easily will
become one of the keys to success as consumers devote more and more time to
the internet."
About Earache
Earache Records is one of the few truly independent global record labels,
has 20 year history of providing extreme music and boasts an impressive back
catalogue of 450 albums.
About RapidShare
RapidShare AG distributes digital information to companies and individual
clients. Data can be uploaded into a system in a few easy steps and then made
available for users to download. RapidShare AG was founded in 2006 and has
its headquarters in Cham, Switzerland.
Contacts:
Talita Jenman, Earache Records Ltd., Tel.:+44-207-240-5002,
E-Mail: press@earache.com.
Bobby Chang, COO RapidShare AG, Tel.: +41-41-748-78-88,
E-Mail: bchang@rapidshare.com
Katharina Scheid, Company Speaker RapidShare AG, Tel.:
+41-41-748-78-81, E-Mail: kscheid@rapidshare.com.
SOURCE RapidShare AG
Contacts: Talita Jenman, Earache Records Ltd., Tel.:+44-207-240-5002, E-Mail:
press@earache.com; Bobby Chang, COO RapidShare AG, Tel.: +41-41-748-78-88,
E-Mail: bchang@rapidshare.com; Katharina Scheid, Company Speaker RapidShare
AG, Tel.: +41-41-748-78-81, E-Mail: kscheid@rapidshare.com.
@'Reuters'
Spank!
Rapper and 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit' actor Ice-T attended Mariah Carey's Halloween party with wife Coco dressed up in S&M gear. Harvard to offer class on 'The Wire'
"Omar coming"THE Wire," HBO's gritty se ries about life in the Baltimore ghetto, is about to become a course at Harvard.
The announcement came at a panel discussion at the school featuring several of the show's stars, according to the Harvard student newspaper, The Crimson.
The class will be taught by sociology professor William J. Wilson, one of the best-known African American history professors in the country, who has made no secret of the fact that he is a huge fan of the show.
"I do not hesitate to say that it has done more to enhance our understanding of the challenges of urban life and the problems of urban inequality, more than any other media event or scholarly publication," Wilson told the audience before poking fun at himself, "including studies by social scientitsts."
Sonja Sohn, who played Det. Kima Gregs, Andre Royo (Bubbles) and Michael Kenneth Williams (Omar Little) were on the panel talking about the show's unusual impact.
The series ran for five seasons, starting in 2002. Each year, it took on a different aspect of urban life -- from drugs to schools to the news media.
Harvard will be not the first college course on "The Wire." Other students commented on The Crimson's site that courses on the TV show already exist at Duke University and Middlebury College.
@'NY Post'
The announcement came at a panel discussion at the school featuring several of the show's stars, according to the Harvard student newspaper, The Crimson.
The class will be taught by sociology professor William J. Wilson, one of the best-known African American history professors in the country, who has made no secret of the fact that he is a huge fan of the show.
"I do not hesitate to say that it has done more to enhance our understanding of the challenges of urban life and the problems of urban inequality, more than any other media event or scholarly publication," Wilson told the audience before poking fun at himself, "including studies by social scientitsts."
Sonja Sohn, who played Det. Kima Gregs, Andre Royo (Bubbles) and Michael Kenneth Williams (Omar Little) were on the panel talking about the show's unusual impact.
The series ran for five seasons, starting in 2002. Each year, it took on a different aspect of urban life -- from drugs to schools to the news media.
Harvard will be not the first college course on "The Wire." Other students commented on The Crimson's site that courses on the TV show already exist at Duke University and Middlebury College.
@'NY Post'
Dan Gentile's Live @ Bird's Barbers Mix # 1
Peter Brown – Do Ya Wanna Get Funky With Me? / Burning Love Breakdown
6th Borough Project – Just a Memory
D Train – Tryin’ To Get Over
Dam Funk – Electrik Breeze
Timex Social Club – Rumors (12” Mix)
Grace Jones – Pull Up to the Bumper (Larry Levan Mix)
Harlequin 4’s – Set It Off
Hot Chocolate – Haven Is In The Backseat Of My Cadillac (The Revenge Mix)
Sir Joe Quarterman – (I Got) So Much Trouble in My Mind (South City All Stars Remix)
NYC Peech Boys – Don’t Make Me Wait
Hall & Oates – Can’t Go For That (Beatconductor Remix)
Steely Dan - Peg
Amplified Orchestra – The Fighter
Motor City Drum Ensemble – Raw Cutes #5
Jackson 5 – What You Don’t Know (Eli Escobar Edit)
Eddy Grant – My Turn to Love You
Oliver Cheatham – Get Down Saturday Night
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Ian Brown arrested after disturbance at home
Ian Brown has been arrested for allegedly attacking his wife.The former The Stone Roses man was arrested on suspicion of assault yesterday (November 2) after his neighbours alerted the police to a disturbance at the couple's west London home.
"A 46-year-old man was arrested at the address and taken to a police station," Scotland Yard confirmed to The Mirror.
As police investigated the disturbance it is claimed Brown's wife Fabiola Quiroz told officers he had attacked her.
Brown was taken into custody, but was later freed on bail until next month.
@'NME'
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