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QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS - North American Release Date Confirmed For New Album
05.09.2008 14:20
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QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS' forthcoming album, The Cosmos Rocks, will be released on CD in North America via Hollywood Records/Universal on October 14th. The album...
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METALLICA Deluxe Ticket Package Includes Copy Of Death Magnetic
05.09.2008 14:20
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According to The Pulse Of Radio, METALLICA is offering a Death Magnetic Experience pre-sale ticket package between now and September 13th, the official general on-sale...
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TODAY IS THE DAY's Steve Austin Announces SuperNova Records' New Direction
05.09.2008 14:20
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TODAY IS THE DAY frontman Steve Austin delivers the following statement about the future of SuperNova Records, the label he launched in 2006, and proposes...
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VENOM - Limited Edition Paper Sleeves Of Welcome To Hell, Black Metal Due In October
05.09.2008 14:20
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On October 22nd, Universal Music Japan are reissuing two essential titles from UK black metal legends VENOM as Limited Edition Paper Sleeves. They include: Welcome...
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SUICIDAL TENDENCIES - French Fall Tour Dates Announced
05.09.2008 14:20
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California thrash/punk icons SUICIDAL TENDENCIES have confirmed the following French fall tour dates: October 24 - Grenoble, France - Festival les Rocktambules 25 - Poitiers, France -...
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SHADOWS FALL Announce Free MTV Canada Appearance
05.09.2008 14:20
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SHADOWS FALL have issued the following: "Hey Everyone, We're just about to head out on tour with AVENGED SEVENFOLD and while we're in Canada we thought we...
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LENG TCH'E Announce Canadian Tour With KRISIUN
05.09.2008 14:20
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Belgian death metal/grindcore stalwarts LENG TCH'E have issued the following update: "Here are the dates of our upcoming tour of Canada together with Brazilian legends KRISIUN...
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QUEENSRŸCHE - Soundcheck Passes For Reno, Las Vegas
05.09.2008 14:20
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QUEENSRŸCHE have issued the following update: "For any fan club member buying tickets to the Reno show on September 27th through the fan club we will...
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Finland: Eurovision fanclub night this weekend
05.09.2008 14:19
esctoday.com
Fans in Helsinki will have one more opportunity to dance to theie favourite Eurovision tunes this weekend, at the Hercules Club during the Eurovision Fanclub night with DJ Ohremeister. (http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/12252)
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OGAE HCSC 2008: Song submission has begun
05.09.2008 14:19
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The 17th edition of the OGAE Home Composed Song Contest for amateur composers, lyricists and singers started just four days ago, but already seven songs from four different countries were submitted. (http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/12251)
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Switzerland: Geo Voumard dies at the age of 87
05.09.2008 14:19
esctoday.com
Architect and jazz pianist Geo Voumard, co-writer of the first ever Eurovision song Contest winner among other Swiss entries, died last Wednesday at the age of 87. Mr Voumard will be remembered in the Eurovision community mostly as the composer of Refrain which won the first Eurovision Somg Contest, performed by Lys Assia. (http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/12250)
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Simplified spelling lesson from former president of the American Literacy Council
05.09.2008 14:19
boingboing.net
Ed Rondthaler, age 102, gives a very cool lesson about how odd the written English language is. Andy Cruz of House Industries says: We had the privilege to spend a day filming Ed Rondthaler, the founder of Photo-Lettering, Inc., former president of the American Literacy Council and author of The Dictionary of Simplified American Spelling. Another living legend, writer/director Erich Weiss, is in the process of editing down all of the film we shot. Click here for the “trailer” he put together for us. Ed Rondthaler...
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Mr. Bus' bus buzzer collection
05.09.2008 14:19
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In Japan, when you want to get off a bus, you press a little button with the words "will stop next" on it. The button lights up, a beep goes off, and a robotic woman's voice says: "We will stop next." Mr. Bus is a quirky guy who dedicates all his free time to collecting these bus buzzers. He started 25 years ago and now has over 200 different ones, some of which he has wired into this giant billboard so he can light them up. He finds them at bus depots and by scavenging through discarded vehicles at dumpsters. "It's a very Japanese thing, the polite exchange between passenger saying 'I pushed it' and the bus buzzer saying 'I have received your request,'" he says. "It's such a thoughtful invention." Mr. Bus' web site (via The Almanac of Weird Hobbies)( Lisa Katayama is a guest blogger.)...
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Kevin Kelly on the history of Wired
05.09.2008 14:18
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Wired magazine went around to interview the founders of Wired. Here's Kevin Kelly talking about Wired and HotWired. (In this video, you can see the back of my head at 1:32. Boing Boing manager John Battelle is in the blue t-shirt across from me.) To celebrate its 15th anniversary, Wired sent a film crew around to some of its former co-founders so we could reminence on tape. They came to my studio this spring and I talked about why the magazine was started and why I still read it and write for it. They edited the footage as a commercial for their ad sales efforts. I just noticed it was up on YouTube. (Louis Rossetto's is here.) Naturally they cut out the interesting stuff, but I did enjoy the little fragments and glimpses of the early Wired days. History of Wired...
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ICED EARTH Launch New Website, Official Fanclub
05.09.2008 12:30
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ICED EARTH have launched a newly designed website featuring artwork showcased in the band’s forthcoming CD, The Crucible Of Man (Something Wicked Part...
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