With school in full swing, peers are probably just about caught up on the comings and goings of their summer: tans, vacations, romances, iPod downloads, concerts. But few had stories to tell like the members of the rock band P.R.Y.D.E., who spent the last three months on the road.
When a rubbery-countenanced and cornrowed Axl Rose took the stage to cheers at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards, he said he wasn’t really an awards-show kind of guy.
Toronto singer Lukas Rossi may have won the reality television contest Rockstar: Supernova, but judging by the feedback from Stuff.co.nz readers, the decision, and feedback, has struck a nerve with many.
Film listings are edited by Cheryl Eddy. Reviewers are Robert Avila, Kimberly Chun, Michelle Devereaux, Susan Gerhard, Max Goldberg, Dennis Harvey, Johnny Ray Huston, Jonathan L. Knapp, Laurie Koh, Lynn Rapoport, Jason Shamai, and Chuck Stephens. The film intern is Sara Schieron.
ON Wednesday August 9, 2006 the Federal Executive Council (FEC) rose from its meeting and announced to Nigerians and the whole world that it has, after due consultation and consideration, approved the merger of Nigerian Security and Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) as part of the on-going reforms in the Police.
It looks like we're going to see a banner crop of pop and rock CDs this fall. Of the thousands slated for release, here are 22 we think are noteworthy, either because they're good (see Black Keys), or newsworthy (see the Who), or are going to sell a gajillion copies (see Fergie). Either way, inquiring minds want to know.
“My grandfather, that's about the furthest I can remember back. Sundays when the slaves would meet--that was their free day--he beat out rhythms on the drums at the square, Congo Square they called it. He was a musician. No one had to explain notes or feeling or rhythm to him.
NEW ORLEANS & NEW YORK----Sept. 8, 2006--The Voodoo Social Aid and Pleasure Club, a mobile community created by Rehage Entertainment and Counts Media, is luring music fans to New Orleans via Creole-laced mobile messages, mysterious band interactions, and a unique experience of New Orleans.
Fashion-hungry retailers have their fingers on what they hope becomes winter chic: fingerless gloves. Gloves that cover the palm and wrist but not the fingers are not just warm, they're hot. Roughly 75% of the gloves sold at trend-setting Urban Outfitters are fingerless.