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Myspace The New iTunes?
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The talks are part of Rupert Murdoch's plans to distinguish MySpace, born as a haven for new music fans, from fast-moving rival Facebook as the premiere destination for digital media.
One source familiar with the matter said MySpace has held talks with companies over the past few weeks to gauge interest in such a service, which would compete with Apple Inc's popular iTunes.
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Oscars Snub Vedder
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As most of you already know, the Oscars are this Sunday, and two of the award show's most coveted honors are Best Original Score and Best Original Song. Unfortunately, some our favorite picks this year were deemed ineligible by the Academy for various reasons.
Eddie Vedder's soundtrack for the Golden Globe-award winning film Into the Wild was reportedly rejected because it was "too song-based." Come again? Regardless of this fact, the Pearl Jam frontman's vision perfectly matched that of director Sean Penn's and the soundtrack of primarily original music is a moving counterpoint to the Kerouac-esque tale of self-discovery. Bonus props go out to former Sleater-Kinney guitarist/vocalist Corin Tucker for contributing backing vocals to the breakout song "Hard Sun."
- Read Gibson's overview of other soundtracks the Oscars snubbed over the snorfest nominees that made the cut.
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Fiddy Ordered To Pay Up
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The order came down from the judge this week, after a nearly five-year drag out, ruling that Fif must cough up an undisclosed amount of cash to the plaintiff.
Jim Alcorn, then a New York Post deputy photo assignment editor, brought the suit against the rap mogul in 2003 after being knocked to the ground by Fif's body guards outside a jewelry shop when he tried to snap a few pictures of the rapper.
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Jack Still On Top, Jacko Denied, Winehouse Jumps Up
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Here is a little on how the charts shaped up from Billboard: Johnson's "Sleep Through the Static" sold 179,545 copies in the week ended February 17, according to Nielsen SoundScan, enough to lead the field for a second week.
The new 25th anniversary reissue of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" would have opened at No. 2, thanks to sales of about 166,000 copies. But as a catalog release, it was ineligible to chart on the Billboard 200. Instead, the No. 2 slot went to Winehouse's "Back to Black," which yielded five Grammys on February 10. It jumped 22 places after selling about 115,000 copies.
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Brits Love Monkeys and Boy Bands
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[Not ones to ignore non-Brits, The Foo Fighters took Best International Group, Best International Album.]
Also, Amy Winehouse performed twice, although her collaboration with Mark Ronson lost in the Best British Single competition to, yes, Take That. Boy bands will never die!
- Full list of winners after the jump
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Gene Simmons Reacts To Sex Tape
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On his official website Gene Simmons issued the following short response: You may have heard or seen garbage that has sprung up from my past. Rest assured the proper legal team is looking at all ramifications and options.
And us? Shannon, Nick and Soph are happy and healthy. All is well. And thank you all for the kind words of support.
- more news from Sleazeroxx
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Iron Maiden Somewhere Back In Time In America This Summer
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Tickets for Iron Maiden's current "SOMEWHERE BACK IN TIME -- WORLD TOUR 08" dates at the Los Angeles Forum and New Jersey's Izod Centre sold out months in advance, the band are delighted to announce they are coming back for more major USA concerts this summer which will take them to a number of cities they have not played in many years along with a return to the Los Angeles area with 2 nights at the 16,000 capacity Verizon Amphitheatre on Friday May 30 and Saturday May 31. Tickets for the majority of these shows will go on sale to the public on Saturday, March 1st. A special pre-sale will be made available exclusively to members of the Iron Maiden fan club, who will also be eligible to enter to be 'First to the stage barrier'.
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Stalkerazzis Arrested
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All four men were arrested for misdemeanour violations of obstructing a public walkway and released with citations, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokesman Steve Whitmore said Wednesday.
Photographers David Tonnessen and Christian Shostoe were arrested about 7:50 p.m. Tuesday local time in front of West Hollywood's B2V Hair Salon, where 50 paparazzi tried to take shots of Spears, Whitmore said.
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Dillinger Escape Plan US Tour
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The following dates so far have been released:
with HEAVY HEAVY LOW LOW:
April 7 - San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
April 9 - Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
April 10 - Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
April 11 - Boise, ID @ The Venue
April 12 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Avalon Theatre
April 18 - Fort Worth, TX @ Ridglea Theater
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Pennywise CD Details
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To provide fans a sneak preview of the upcoming album, the new PENNYWISE song "Something To Live For" will be available for download as the MySpace "Single Of The Week" from Tuesday, February 19 through Friday, February 22.
For REASON TO BELIEVE--their ninth studio album--PENNYWISE enlisted Grammy Award-winning artist Don Clark of Invisible Creature, Inc. to design the album artwork. In addition, the band teamed with longtime PENNYWISE fan and seasoned producer Cameron Webb (Social Distortion, Motorhead, Sum 41) to produce and mix the upcoming CD. The full track listing is as follows: 1. (Intro) As Long As We Can 2. One Reason 3. Faith And Hope 4. Something To Live For 5. All We Need 6. The Western World 7. We'll Never Know 8. Confusion 9. Nothing To Lose 10. It's Not Enough To Believe 11. You Get The Life You Choose 12. Affliction 13. Brag, Exaggerate & Lie 14. Die For You
- Myspace page
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Govt Not Happy About Idol Breakdown
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Germany's Cultural Council, an official youth protection watchdog, has recommended private German broadcaster RTL be fined for broadcasting the incident, and other humiliating moments on its top-rated "Deutschland Sucht Den Superstar" or "DSDS."
The Cultural Council accused RTL of "malicious disregard" for humanity on the show, arguing that the manner in which contestants are humiliated on the show could have detrimental effects on young viewers.
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Kate Nash US Tour
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The 20 year old has announced dates for her first ever North America jaunt.
Kicking off in April, Nash will headline the NME Awards Tour. No word on any supporting acts.
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Al Jourgensen Goes Behind the Boards
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Discussing his role as the brain-trust behind Ministry's 25 years shaping industrial rock, including the behind-the-scenes writing and production of landmark LPs including 'The Land of Rape and Honey' and 'The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste', Jourgensen joins a list of already-completed exclusive interviews with legendary producers including Bob Rock, Bones Howe, Bob Ezrin, Ritchie Zito, Butch Vig, Tom Werman, Andy Johns, Don Was, Linda Perry, Hugh Padgham, Ron Nevison, Butch Walker, Kevin Elson, Gil Norton, Michael Barbiero and Steve Thompson, Don Gehman, James Michael, Matt Wallace, Keith Olsen, Mike Flicker, Michael Beinhorn, Eddie Kramer, George Drakoulias, Sylvia Massey, Micheal Wagener, Duane Baron, Tom Allom, J. Mascus, and Chris Tsangarides, Dave Jerden, Scott Humphrey and Tommy Lee in an artist/producer segment.
Authored by Jake Brown, Vol. I and II will be released in June, 2008, and Vol. III, featuring Jourgensen's chapter, will be released in December, 2008. [disclosure time: Jake writes the Smack Down column for antiMusic]
- Visit www.rocknrollbooks.com for further information on Behind the Boards.
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Jakob Dylan Sets Release
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Seeing Things was produced by Rick Rubin at his home studio in the Hollywood Hills throughout 2007. Jakob Dylan's raw and dynamic performance on this primarily acoustic album reflects the continuation of Rick's spare and compelling production work.
A headlining tour will be announced shortly with festival dates at this year's Rothbury & Bonnaroo already confirmed and more to come. He will also be at this year's SXSW. Seeing Things will be available simultaneously at Starbucks company-operated locations in the U.S. and Canada and at traditional retail.
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