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Tuesday 9 September 2008

'Indie music fans have low self-esteem'

A new study has concluded that fans of indie music have low-toned self-esteem and little motivation, but generally describe themselves as creative.

Researchers at the Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh asked over 36,000 euphony fans via Peopleintomusic.com to describe their personalities and matched it with their musical tastes.

As well as the findings on indie fans, they found that fans of rap music thought well of themselves and were extremely outgoing, reports the Independent.

Dance music fans were found to be evenly outgoing, merely more uncongenial and self-centred.

Fans of rock music were found to be creative and had heights self-esteem, plus were tireless and at ease with themselves.

Blues fans had similar self-esteem levels to rock fans and were found to be generally outgoing.

However, classical music fans were found to have high self-esteem, but were non outgoing, spell reggae fans were launch to be creative, outgoing, kind and generous, simply not hard-working.

According to Professor Adrian North, who light-emitting diode the study, heavy alloy fans and fans of classical music had more similar personalities than mightiness be expected, in particular sharing a "love of the grandiose".

North explained: "Aside from their age conflict, they're fundamentally the same kind of person.

"Lots of heavy alloy fans will tell you that they also like Wagner, because it's big, loud and brash. There's also a sense of theatre in both heavy rock and classical music, and I suspect that this is what they're really trying to experience at when they hear."

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Saturday 30 August 2008

Sony finds "Solace" closer to Thanksgiving

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Harry split the scene, so 007 moved in for the kill.

Sony on Thursday stirred its adjacent James Bond film, "Quantum of Solace," back one week to November 14. That move is closely tied to the loss of Warner Bros.' "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" from the November 21 exit berth.

Just last-place week, the sixth "Potter" film freshly planted its domestic pin on July 17, as executives sought-after to fill a pickle in Warners' summer 2009 slate. The most immediate response to that move was Summit Entertainment's conclusion to move its youth-targeted vampire cinema "Twilight" up three weeks into the vacated "Potter" slot.

Now Sony executives -- who had been wishing for a release date closer to Thanksgiving and the vacation boxoffice season for their next Bond release -- have taken "Solace" to a suddenly much more than attractive slot. Bond's premature perch, on November 7, was intended to maximize pre-"Potter" playtime.

Scratch that worry.

"'Harry Potter' moving out gave us an opportunity to get a little finisher to the holidays, which has perpetually been the traditional Bond spot," Sony worldwide merchandising and dispersion chairman Jeff Blake aforesaid. "Bond has a really good story of non only acting through Thanksgiving but release deep into the Christmas holidays."

Sony unspooled the final Bond film, the Daniel Craig-starring "Casino Royale," on November 17, 2006, and it was still performing in well-nigh 1,hundred theaters between Christmas and New Year's, Blake notable.

Sony holds worldwide theatrical rights to the Eon-produced Bond franchise, with longtime Bond distributor MGM controlling all post-theatrical windows.�

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Wednesday 20 August 2008

Delerium takes a 'D-Tour'

Electronic music outfit Delerium [ ] is acquiring ready to launch its first major outing in five years.

The "D-Tour 2008" will feature article guest vocalists including Kristy Thirsk and Sixpence None The Richer's Leigh Nash, both of whom get appeared on Delerium's past tense albums. Up-and-coming Nettwerk Music Group labelmates Elsiane [ ] and Morgan Page [ ] will support the 16-date North American run, which is set to kick off Sept. 11 in Delerium's hometown of Vancouver. The route is listed below.

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Delerium, light-emitting diode by Rhys Fulber and Bill Leeb, released its fifth uncut album, "Nuages Du Monde," in 2006 and snagged the No. 13 post on Billboard's Top Electronic Albums graph. The set, which showcases the band's mix of world medicine, new age electronics and modern classical, continues Delerium's evolution from a preponderantly instrumental band to a full-fledged vocal group. The atmospheric sounds on "Nuages Du Monde" are enhanced by vocalists including opera star Isabel Baryakdarian, Punjabi singer Koran Ahluwalia and Swiss singer/songwriter Jael. A few songs from the album ar streaming at Delerium's MySpace page.

The circle has lately been in the studio apartment working on its next project, an acoustic seance that will comprise past hit singles and two new tracks.

Since the release of its debut album, 1995's "Semantic Spaces," Delerium has sold more than a million albums in North America, and produced a string of successful singles including the terpsichore hit "Silence" featuring Sarah McLachlan, according to a press release.

Other singles to make the Top 10 on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart over the years include "Truly" featuring Nerina Pallot, "After All" with Jael, "Underwater" featuring Rani and "Innocente" with vocals by Leigh Nash.

[Note: The following tour dates have been provided by artist and/or tour sources, who verify its accuracy as of the publication time of this story. Changes whitethorn occur before go on sale. Check with official artist websites, ticketing sources and venues for late updates.]

September 200811 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom12 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom13 - Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo15 - San Francisco, CA - Slim's16 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues17 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre18 - Anaheim, CA - House of Blues21 - Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre24 - Maplewood, MN - Myth25 - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave26 - Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music Hall27 - Toronto, Ontario - Guvernment28 - Montreal, Quebec - Club Soda30 - New York, NY - B.B. King Blues Club and GrillOctober 20081 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club4 - Atlanta, GA - Center Stage Theatre

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Sunday 10 August 2008

The Schiavo Case - Are Mass Media To Be Blamed?

� In 1990, Theresa Schiavo, an American citizen, had a cardiac check that caused irreversible brainiac damage which led to a haunting vegetative province diagnosis. A few years later, this diagnosis became a reservoir of dispute over the interruption of artificial alimentation. The "Schiavo Case" was widely discussed from a medical, ethical and social standpoint in the United States and elsewhere. In an article to be published in the September 23 issue of Neurology, the illustrious journal of the American Academy of Neurology, and available online today, a team of bioethicists composed of Dr. �ric Racine of the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montr�al (IRCM) and experts from Stanford University, in California, and the University of British Columbia examines the media coverage featuring this famous grammatical case.

The study reviewed American daily newspapers that were most prolific about this story: the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Tampa Tribune and the St. Petersburg Times. A total of 1 141 articles and over 400 letters to the editor were analyzed. Never before had the media coverage of such a clinical case been studied so extensively. The accuracy and the nature of the statements on Terri Schiavo's neurological condition, her behaviours, her behavioural repertoire, her prognosis and the withdrawal of treatment were examined. "In the course of our research, we were surprised by the amount of medical inaccuracies that these newspapers had published, aforementioned Dr. Racine. Some journalists even wrote about Mrs. Schiavo's reactions to specific words or expressions supposedly showing that she was conscious." More than scientific and medical information, the legal, political and ethical dimensions made the headlines.

Only 1% of the articles examined gave a definition of the "pertinacious vegetative state," an essential concept to understand the issues at stake. The persistent vegetative state is an established neurological status characterized by severe lesions to the cerebral cerebral cortex, which eliminate higher functions: inability to communicate, absence of memory, absence of pain, etc. However, the brain stem responsible for vital functions is non damaged, which accounts for the patients' reflexes and their power to emit and unsay independently. Despite the fact that Terri Schiavo's aesculapian condition did not allow for any reasonable hope of recovery, a fifth of all articles (21%) contained statements according to which her condition would amend. "Our observations show that the

Tuesday 1 July 2008

Mekkanikka

Artist: Mekkanikka

   Genre(s):
Trance

Discography:

Ressurection (Unreleased)

Year: 2005
Tracks: 1

Wednesday 18 June 2008

Daryn Okada selected president of ASC

Will be third term heading cinematography group

Daryn Okada has been selected to serve a third one-year term as president of the American Society of Cinematographers.

The 2008-09 officers are vps Michael Goi, Owen Roizman and Richard Crudo; treasurer Victor J. Kemper; secretary Isidore Mankofsky; and sergeant at arms John Hora. The board members include Curtis Clark, Caleb Deschanel, John C. Flinn III, William A. Fraker, Stephen Lighthill, Robert Primes, Nancy Schreiber, Dante Spinotti and Kees Van Oostrum.

Membership in the 90-year-old ASC is by invitation based upon the individual's body of work.

Okada's credits include "Baby Mama" and "Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay," which opened at Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, at the boxoffice on the same weekend this year. His upcoming titles include "The Goods: The Don Ready Story" and "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past."

"We are looking forward to a banner year," Okada said. "ASC has broken ground for the renovation of our historic Hollywood clubhouse, where our members and friends have met for 70 years. It contains a treasure trove of early film history and is a constant reminder of our mission." The project is expected to be completed next spring.

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