Na ongeveer twee jaar staan die Brixton Moord en Roof Orkes weer op. En op gepaste wyse vind dit plaas in die Steak en Ale op 12 Maart 2010 dieselfde plek waar ons (tydelik) van hulle afskeid geneem het.
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Pastor Ray McCauley’s wife Zelda is going to divorce him, the Rhema Bible Church said on Thursday.
“The executive board of Rhema Bible Church and the International Federation of Christian Churches (IFCC) are sad to announce that Pastor Ray McCauley has received from Zelda notice of her intention to file for divorce,” church administrator Giet Khoza said in a statement. (more...)
It seems that the underhanded tactics of the big record companies are getting exposed more and more:
BBC NEWS | Technology | Court curbs French net piracy law
Court curbs French net piracy law
Frances top legal body has struck down a key provision of new legislation aimed at punishing internet pirates. Consumer groups warned that the new law could punish the wrong people.
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If you live in Madrid or Barcelona, you might not notice the air pollution due to your contact buzz according to a new study. The Spanish Superior Council of Scientific Investigations found the air in the two cities to be laced with at least five drugs: amphetamines, opiates, cannabinoids, lysergic acid and most prominently cocaine. Scientists found cocaine in concentrations between 29 and 850 picogram per cubic meter of air.
Read more at: http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/health/44975752.html
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And we always thought getting free designer clothing was the real reason to become a soldier.
BBC NEWS | Europe | Russian army scraps new uniforms
A plan to replace Soviet-era Russian military uniforms with ones by a leading fashion designer has been abandoned because of a lack of money. The plan to bring in the new uniforms, designed by Valentin Yudashkin, was supported by Russian PM Vladimir Putin. There is now only enough money to pay for uniforms for soldiers taking part in the forthcoming Victory Day parade. Everyone else, it seems, will remain in the rather drab olive shades Russia inherited from the former Soviet Union.
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Well … Maybe not. More than 200 000 people found out that their friendships were actually worth less than a tenth of a hamburger as the following message on the comp.risks mail list reports:
A person could go mad trying to pinpoint the moment he lost a friend. So
seldom does that friend make his feelings clear by sending out an e-mail
alert.
It’s not just a fact of life, but also a policy on Facebook. While many
trivial actions do prompt Facebook to post an alert to all your friends -
adding a photo, changing your relationship status, using Fandango to buy
tickets to “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” – striking someone off your list simply is
not one of them.
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All Africa, All the Time.
Angola: Trícia Almeida Seeks Music Market Affirmation
The Angolan singer, Trícia Almeida, said Sunday in Luanda that her CD, entitled "Só Para Ti", has enough quality to get affirmed on the Angolan music market.
Eritrea: Second Phase of Shingrwa Music Talent Competition Concludes
The second phase of Shingrwa music talent competition that ran for an entire year in four different stages concluded today with a final competition among three finalists. The event was broadcast live in Eri-TV and Dimsti Hafash.
Angola: About 800 Fans Watch Jovens Do Prenda at Kilamba Cultural Centre
About 800 fans were on Sunday at Kilamba Cultural and Recreational Centre in Luanda to watch and listen to the performance of Angolan music group, Jovens do Prenda.
Botswana: French Stage Night of 'Talking' Fingers for Quake Victims
Alliance Francaise was on Friday home to a night filled with finger works. They called it Guitar Night. The artistic marriage between the guitar and the exceptionally poised finger tips that made the night the guitar one put forth awesome performances. The night took off with a French poem dedicated to the lives lost during the January Haiti earthquake.
Botswana: Dikakapa, No Surprise
It should not surprise that it is the traditional dance troupes that have been making headway on the international scene.
Botswana: Urban Music Stars Add Colour to Magosi Album Party
It was a busy week for Urban music duo, Magosi who staged two big events to announce their long awaited new album, Thuto le Thobo", which is actually derived from the two Magosi rappers' first names.
Botswana: My Star Performance Simply Sensational
Linga Longa Restaurant cabaret singer Francois announced herself as probably the most complete pop talent in the history of the My Star show on Friday when she presented Queen's Too Much Love will Kill you, in a rendition that left the Botswana Television (Btv) Auditorium literally spellbound.
Angola: Tunjila Tuajocota Guarantees More Success of New Album
The vocalist of folkloric group "Tunjila Tuajocota", Augusto Ngaca Lupossa "Kanjila", guaranteed that the new album entitled "Kiucumba Kiutobessa", launched this Sunday will overcome the previous work.
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Shoot’em up on the rythm!
Leading iPhone game publisher, Chillingo, announced the launch of Radio Flare REDUX for iPhone and iPod touch. Developed by Austria-based indie developer studio radiolaris, the game is a stylized side-scrolling shoot-’em-up featuring groundbreaking music and multi-touch gameplay.
Radio Flare REDUX combines shoot-‘em-up gameplay with a revolutionary soundtrack which affects the game itself. Enemies move in time [...]
Featured artist of the week, #20
A young artist from Winnipeg, Canada, Jamie Rumley mixes folksy acoustic songwriting with more pop-rock elements. Think Tracy Chapman, Alanis Morrisette or Indigo Girls. She has a great and widely appreciated EP on Jamendo, “Renovations”, as well as a recently uploaded acoustic single, “Fade Away”.
Check her out!
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Featured artist of the week, #19
This week’s artist is a seasonal selection. The Bronx-based hip hop label Drop Zone has just uploaded a little album of Holiday songs. Quite unexpected from Mr. Tac aka “Chocolate” and his crew, but so fitting, a week away from Christmas!
What better occasion to wish you all very happy holidays; see you in 2010!
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Music from Jamendo, now on Deezer.com
We are proud to officially announce the signing of a partnership with Deezer.com, Europe’s number one free music streaming website. Deezer users will now be able to listen to some of the independent artists from Jamendo’s 200,000 track catalog of free music.
For Jamendo artists, it’s an additional way to gain exposure and be discovered by [...]
Tweet about your favorite music!
You certainly have noticed the little Twitter symbol that has recently appeared next to every Jamendo artist and album.
Have you tried clicking it? If you have a Twitter account, it will automatically post a little message to your profile saying you are a fan of this artist or album, along with a link so [...]
Jamendo teams up with ccMixter!
As you may already know, ccMixter is a community of musicians who make remixes in the spirit of and based on the legal backbone of Creative Commons. The management of the site and community was recently passed on from the Creative Commons organization to ArtisTech Media, a forward-looking music label that embraces open formats, based [...]
Creative Commons needs your support!
As you may know, Creative Commons, creator of the licenses under which is published all the music on Jamendo, is a non profit organization. Founded six years ago, it functions thanks to the generosity of its supporters.
Like every year, CC just launched last October its fall fundraising campaign. As a user of jamendo, you are [...]
It’s Christmas time!
Here’s a little seasonal playlist we put together, just to put you in that Christmas mood. Enjoy!
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Manik Moon, Abelarde Steward, provider of many great tunes as member of ”Abstract Evil Barbee”, “Atmosphere Control Unit” and one of the resident DJs at the Abelarde Sanction released the 11th Episode of his podcast “Bullits from the Belfry” on the 11th of the 11th.
The featured bands are: Sonolux, Dada Dumdums, Bird Eats Baby , The Nightshade Family and Peibol. They sing of voyages and death and china dolls, of shivers (always of course) and hourglasses. (more…)
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The world was dealt a blow early this morning, in a small town outside Naples, Italy when Zenzile Miriam Makeba..Mama Afrika to the world, passed away.. and left this earth, aged 76 years. She was born on 4th March 1932.
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