�Agile Therapeutics, Inc.,
proclaimed that it successfully accomplished two cay clinical trials in
the development of the company's new, innovational low-dose, once-weekly,
contraceptive patch, which the company refers to by its national product
computer code AG-200-15. The Phase 2b safety and efficacy study successfully met its
basal endpoint of ovulation curtailment, cycle control and safety. The
pharmacokinetic (PK) study demonstrated estrogen levels comparable with the
well-established, low-dose oral contraceptive device, LEVLEN(R). There were no
serious adverse events in either study. With the successful pharmacokinetic
and Phase 2b safety and efficacy study results, the Company will hash out
its Phase 3 plans for AG-200-15 with the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA).
Daniel R. Mishell, M.D., Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and
Gynecology at the University of Southern California, and a penis of
Agile's Scientific Advisory Board, commented, "Successful culmination of the
Phase 2b safety and efficacy study is an important step forward in proving
the safety and efficacy of Agile's important, new low-dose contraceptive
patch. For old age, OB/GYN's have been recommending low-dose oral
contraceptives to their patients considering hormone-based contraceptives.
If shown to be safe and effective, a low-dose, once-weekly prophylactic device
patch would be a natural and needed addition to the hormonal-based
contraceptives and an alternative to once-daily oral contraceptives."
Thomas Rossi, Ph.D., Agile's President and Chief Executive Officer,
commented on the top-line data, "The purpose of conducting these studies
was to march that our product delivers an set aside, low loony toons of
oestrogen, and an effective dose of the progestin, levonorgestrel. We are
very pleased with the clinical outcomes, which, in addition to helping us
select the optimal venus's curse for our Phase 3 program, as well demonstrate that our
plot of ground gives reliable adhesion and is well tolerated when worn for 7 days.
Based upon these results, we have been able to select AG-200-15 as our
prospect for Phase 3 growth. We are looking frontwards to discussing our
results with the FDA and solidifying our Phase 3 plan."
Pharmacokinetic Study
The pharmacokinetic study was an open-label, randomized, comparative,
single-center, two-period cross-over study with 39 patients that evaluated
deuce contraceptive patches to ascertain if the systemic exposure of ethinyl
estradiol (EE) and levonorgestrel (LNG) were comparable to the low-dose
oral birth control device, LEVLEN(R). As intended, both the EE and LNG exposure
over time of both patches were less than LEVLEN(R) and uniform with the
levels targeted by the company.
Phase 2b Study
In this multi-centered, multi-cycle Phase 2b safety and efficaciousness study
of 123 women, the Company studied patches with different estrogen and
progestin doses for trey cycles to identify the regimen providing the topper
efficacy (as demonstrated by ovulation suppression), cycle control and
tolerability at the lowest hormonal dose. Top-line results from the trial
showed at that place was a clear dose-response to ovulation suppression and cycle
control. AG-200-15 provided the superlative ovulation curtailment with the
best oscillation control of the iII regimens studied.
About Agile's Product
Agile's low-dose contraceptive patch offers women a commodious, once-
weekly form of birth control condition. Many women prefer a weekly patch over having
to commemorate to pack the tab daily. The Company's low-dose, patented,
rhythm, soft, and flexible patch delivers 60 percent less estrogen than the
only marketed patch available today, Ortho EVRA(R). New market place research
conducted by Agile in 2008 with more or less 1,000 women of reproductive
age highlight that more than 30 percent of women are not satisfied with
their current contraceptive methods. In add-on, the immense majority of
these women found Agile's low-dose preventative patch appealing and over
50 percentage would talk with their doctors about using it. Agile's low-dose
contraceptive fleck is expected to make full a goodish need in the $6 billion
spherical ($2.5 billion U.S.) hormonal preventative market.
About Estrogen
Estrogen is associated with certain common side personal effects, such as breast
softheartedness, bloating/weight acquire and nausea. These side effects ar
believed to be related to the level of hormones delivered into the blood
stream, particularly with higher levels of estrogen. In some rare cases,
high oestrogen levels ar thought to be joined with severe, cardiovascular
side effects in some women. Therefore, abject doses of estrogen in hormonal
contraceptive method are desired.
According to FDA labeling, women using Ortho EVRA(R) are open to
or so 60 percentage more oestrogen than if they were using typical birth
control pills. Increased levels of estrogen may increase the risk of blood
clots, which lead story the FDA to add precautions to Ortho EVRA's label.
About Agile Therapeutics, Inc.
Agile Therapeutics is a privately held, specialty pharmaceutic
company focussed on the development of innovative women's healthcare
products. Historically, the women's healthcare market offers unique
opportunities to a company with proven expertness in clinical development,
regulative affairs, transcutaneous drug delivery and commercialization
experience.
Agile's current venture investors include TL Ventures, Novitas Capital
(formerly PA Early Stage Partners), ProQuest Investments, and The Hillman
Company. The Company has raised a total of $35 billion in venture funding
to date. For more entropy, please visit
http://www.agiletherapeutics.com.
LEVLEN(R) is a registered trademark of Berlex Laboratories
Ortho EVRA(R) is a registered trademark of OrthoMcNeil(TM)
Agile Therapeutics, Inc.
http://www.agiletherapeutics.com
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Saturday, 30 August 2008
Audrina's Up for Auction!
It just gets better and better!
MTV is offering one lucky person and their guest to be at this year's Video Music Awards � and all they have to do is place a winning bid on The Hills asterisk Audrina Patridge!
That's right, Lauren Conrad's buxom roomie is up for auction folks. It's for a respectable cause, with proceeds sledding to CharityFolks.com. The fetching bid will, of course, get to hang out with Audrina, as well as walk the red carpet at the VMAs and live it up VIP-style at L.A.'s Standard Hotel.
Bidding has already reached $4,000! So hurry up and you could be at this year's VMAs in Hollywood. Bidding ends August 28.
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Wednesday, 20 August 2008
Download Jon Dee Graham mp3
 Artist: Jon Dee Graham: mp3 download Genre(s): Other Discography:  The Great Battle Year: 2004 Tracks: 12 Best known for his least sandpiper as a member of the acclaimed '80s roots-rock band the True Believers, singer/guitarist Jon Dee Graham was similarly a longtime fixture of the famous Austin, TX music fit. Raised on a cattle farm located near the Texas-Mexico molding, he picked up the guitar at geezerhood 12, age by and by falling proscribed of law schoolhouse at the University of Texas to join the Austin punk rocker band the Skunks. The grouping went on to candid for the likes of the Clash and the Ramones, merely in 1979 Graham -- defeated by his minimum input signal into their creative direction -- left the Skunks to back up blues singer Lou Ann Barton, followed during the early '80s as drawing card of the new moving ridge units Five Spot and the Lift. He coupled the True Believers in 1984, and although the group right away emerged as a major critical favourite they were dropped by EMI in the rouse of their self-titled 1986 debut, disbanding soon later on. Although Graham's gifts as a composer blossomed during his least sandpiper in the True Believers, he chose not to prosecute a solo career in the wake of the band's give, alternatively relocating from Austin to Los Angeles and collaborating with X frontman John Doe on his solo debut Converge John Doe. Subsequently running with everyone from Michelle Shocked to Patty Smyth, Graham earned a reputation as a often sought sideman and writer before going the West Coast in 1995 to go Europe with blues-rocker Calvin Russell. Upon returning to Austin the adjacent year, he was by now so disenchanted with the music manufacture that he accepted a structure job; vocalizer Kelly Willis at last lured Graham back to acting, withal, and in 1997 he too began work on his long-awaited solo debut Escape from Monster Island. Summerland followed in 1999. |
Sunday, 10 August 2008
TVNZ reporter attacked in Beijing
Respected Australian sports reviewer Steve Robilliard, who is working for TVNZ during the Olympics,�has been attacked just 100m from his hotel in Beijing.
Robilliard, an ABC netball commentator for almost 20 years, was hit with a broken in chair as he walked towards the Hubei Hotel in the Haidian dominion of China�s capital city.
He is back at act covering the Olympics for TVNZ today, commentating at the gymnastics.
TVNZ news reporter Craig Stanaway said Robilliard suffered a small cut to the palm of his left hand hand in the wanton attack.
�He aforesaid it�s cipher too sober ... he reckons (the aggressor) was sot,� Stanaway told AAP.
�The hotel is highly humiliated, a complaint has been lodged and they ar doing a sweep of the area.�
TVNZ�s entire 124-strong team is staying at the hotel, about 45 minutes from the National Stadium.
-AAP
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Wednesday, 2 July 2008
The Wrens Rock for Your Internet Rights
Photo: Rob Grabowski / Retna
1. The Wrens, "Sleep"
This gorgeous new Wrens song — which appears on a compilation benefiting Net neutrality — finally makes us understand the importance of keeping the Internet a free and open platform (without a neutral Net, it might be harder to download more Wrens songs). [Rock the Net]
2. John Legend feat. André 3000, "Green Light"
Though this is John Legend's song (available only as a snippet until a few days ago), it's André 3000 who's in the driver's seat, as per usual. [Just a Moment]
3. A-Trak feat. Lupe Fiasco, "Me and My Sneakers"
This is the track that should've been A-Trak's song for Nike, except Lupe was switched out for Kid Cudi because he couldn't get cleared by his record company. We guess Nike doesn't like selling shoes. [Nah Right]
4. Andy Yorke, "Rise and Fall"
We know a guy who studied with Thom's brother Andy at Oxford. This new song from his upcoming solo album is nice enough, but we think that maybe he should've stuck to academics. [Hypeful]
5. Nas, "Sly Fox"
How does Nas feel about Bill O'Reilly and Fox News? To find out, you're just going to have to download this new song. [Nah Right] —Ehren Gresehover
1. The Wrens, "Sleep"
This gorgeous new Wrens song — which appears on a compilation benefiting Net neutrality — finally makes us understand the importance of keeping the Internet a free and open platform (without a neutral Net, it might be harder to download more Wrens songs). [Rock the Net]
2. John Legend feat. André 3000, "Green Light"
Though this is John Legend's song (available only as a snippet until a few days ago), it's André 3000 who's in the driver's seat, as per usual. [Just a Moment]
3. A-Trak feat. Lupe Fiasco, "Me and My Sneakers"
This is the track that should've been A-Trak's song for Nike, except Lupe was switched out for Kid Cudi because he couldn't get cleared by his record company. We guess Nike doesn't like selling shoes. [Nah Right]
4. Andy Yorke, "Rise and Fall"
We know a guy who studied with Thom's brother Andy at Oxford. This new song from his upcoming solo album is nice enough, but we think that maybe he should've stuck to academics. [Hypeful]
5. Nas, "Sly Fox"
How does Nas feel about Bill O'Reilly and Fox News? To find out, you're just going to have to download this new song. [Nah Right] —Ehren Gresehover
Monday, 23 June 2008
604 Bpm
Artist: 604 Bpm
Genre(s):
Trance: Psychedelic
Discography:
Live @ Less 4 Open Air
Year: 2000
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Monday, 16 June 2008
Proconsul
Artist: Proconsul
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Folk: Moldavian and Romanian
Discography:
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Year: 1999
Tracks: 1
Procol Harum is arguably the to the highest degree successful "accidental" group creation -- that is, a band in the first place assembled to charter vantage of the success of a platter created in the studio -- in the history of progressive rock. With "A Whiter Shade of Pale" a monster rack up right knocked out of the box, the dance orchestra evolved from a studio tout ensemble into a successful live act, their medicine reinforced about an eclecticist mix in of blues-based john Rock riffs and lordly classical themes. With singer/pianist Gary Brooker and lyricist Keith Reid providing the band's entire repertory, their music evolved in emphatically linear fashion, the only major surprises approach from the periodical lineup changes that added a new instrumental voice to the minutes. At their most accessible, as on "A Whiter Shade of Pale" and "Conquistador," they were one of the most popular of progressive john Rock bands, their singles outselling all rivals, and their to the highest degree ambitious album tracks still take a strong next.
Procol Harum's roots and origins ar as involved as its success -- specially 'tween 1967 and 1973 -- was pronounced. Pianist Gary Brooker (b. May 29, 1945, Southend, Essex, England) had formed a grouping at school called the Paramounts at age 14, with guitar player Robin Trower (b. Mar. 9, 1945, Southend, Essex) and bassist Chris Copping (b. Aug. 29, 1945 Southend, Essex), with isaac M. Singer Bob Scott and drummer Mick Brownlee. After achieving a certain degree of success at local young clubs and dances, covering accomplished john Rock & roll hits, Brooker took over the vocaliser berth from the at rest Scott, and the radical continued functional after its members gradational -- by 1962, they were doing unnerving (by British standards) covers of American R&B, and got a residence at the Shades Club in Southend.
Brownlee exited the band in early 1963 and was replaced by Barry J. (B.J.) Wilson (b. Mar. 18, 1947, Southend, Essex), world Health Organization auditioned after answering an ad in Melody Maker. Nine months by and by, in September of 1963, bassist Chris Copping opted out of the professional musicians' corps to attend Leicester University, and he was replaced by Diz Derrick. The following month, the Paramounts demonstration track record, consisting of covers of the Coasters' "Poison Ivy" and Bobby Bland's "Farther on up the Road," got them an hearing at EMI. This resulted in their beingness sign-language to the Parlophone label, with their producer, Ron Richards, the recording handler best-known for his many long time of work with the Hollies.
The Paramounts' first single, "Poison Ivy," released in January of 1964, reached telephone number 35 on the British charts. The radical too got an authoritative endorsement from the Rolling Stones, with whom they'd worked on the television show Thank Your Lucky Stars, world Health Organization called the Paramounts their ducky British R&B band. Unfortunately, none of the group's subsequent Parlophone singles over the following 18 months establish any chart success, and by mid-'66, the Paramounts had been decreased to service of process as a championship band for popsters Sandy Shaw and Chris Andrews. In September of 1966, the Paramounts went their severalize ways; Derrick out of the clientele, Trower and Wilson to gigs with other bands, and, most luckily, Gary Brooker decided to break his career as a songster.
This light-emitting diode Brooker into a partnership with lyricist Keith Reid (b. Oct. 19, 1945), whom he met through a reciprocal acquaintance, R&B impresario Guy Stevens. By the bounce of 1967, they had a considerable body of songs disposed and began looking for a band to play them. An advert in Melody Maker lED to the formation of a band initially called the Pinewoods, with Brooker as pianist/singer, Matthew Fisher (b. Mar. 7, 1946, Croydon, Surrey) on reed organ, Ray Royer (b. Oct. 8, 1945) on guitar, Dave Knights (b. June 28, 1945, London) on bass part, and Bobby Harrison (b. June 28, 1943, London) on drums. Their first recording, produced by Denny Cordell, was of a piece of dreamlike Reid poetry called "A Whiter Shade Of Pale," which Brooker set to music loosely derived from Johann Sebastian Bach's Air on a G String from the Suite No. 3 in D Major.
By the time this recording was ready for release, the Pinewoods had been rechristened Procol Harum, a name derived, as flip stories tell it, either from Stevens' cat's birth security, Procol Harun, or the Latin "procul" for "far from these things" (hey, it was the mid-'60s, and either is possible). In early May of 1967, the mathematical group performed "A Whiter Shade of Pale" at the Speakeasy Club in London, piece Cordell staged for a liberation of the undivided on English Decca (John Griffith Chaney Records in America), on the companies' Deram label. Ironically, Cordell's sometime clients the Moody Blues were around to wear out out of a long commercial spin on the very same label with a similar, classically-tinged pair of recordings, "Nights in White Satin" and "Years of Future Passed," and 'tween the deuce groups and their breakthrough hits, Deram Records would be for good characterized as a progressive sway imprint.
Cordell had as well sent a copy of "A Whiter Shade of Pale" to Radio London, one of England's legendary offshore sea robber tuner stations (they competed with the staid BBC, which had the official broadcast monopoly, and were infinitely more honey by the teenagers and most bands), which played the criminal record. Not only was Radio London deluged with listener requests for more plays, but Deram suddenly plant itself with orders for a record not scheduled for button for some other calendar month -- in front May was half all over, it was pushed up on the schedule and rush into shops.
Meanwhile, the prototypic Procol Harum made its concert debut in London opening for Jimi Hendrix at the Saville Theater on June 4, 1967. Four years by and by, "A Whiter Shade of Pale" reached the summit of the British charts for the first of a six-week operate in the top blot, making Procol Harum only the one-sixth recording act in the history of British popular music to turn over the number one and only spot on its number 1 vent (not regular the Beatles did that). The next month, the record reached number five-spot on the American charts, with sales in the United States uphill to all over a jillion copies (and six-spot million copies worldwide).
All of this seemed to foretell well for the band, leave out for the fact that it had only a single song in its repertory and no real stage act -- real one-hit wonders. The same calendar month that the record peaked in the United States, Royer and Harrison were ravaged and replaced by Brooker's former Paramounts bandmates Robin Trower and B.J. Wilson on guitar and drums, respectively.
The "real" Procol Harum band was now in place and a indorsement individual, "Felt hat," was duly recorded. Reminiscent of "Whiter Shade of Pale" in its quality of benighted magnificence, this single, released in October of 1967 on EMI's Regal Zonophone pronounce, got to number sixer on the British charts. The group's debut album, entitled Procol Harum, managed to get hold of number 47 in America during October of 1967, based on "A Whiter Shade of Pale" being among its tracks (which included the first edition of "Conquistador") -- simply a British version of the LP, issued over in that location without the reach, failed to appeal any important gross revenue. The unmarried "Fedora," however, got no higher than number 34 in America a calendar month afterwards.
On March 26, 1968, "A Whiter Shade of Pale" south Korean won the International Song of the Year award at the thirteenth Annual Ivor Novello Awards (form of the British equivalent of the Grammys). The group's newest unmarried, "Quite an Rightly So," still, merely reached the number 50 spot in England in April of that year. A fresh get for the group was secured with A&M Records in America (they remained on Regal Zonophone in England), and by November, a second base album, Shine on Brightly, highlighted by an 18-minute epic entitled "In Held 'Twas I," was finished and in the stores, and rose to number 24 in America only failed to chart in England. The following calendar month, they were playing the Miami Pop Festival in front of hundred,000 people, on a billhook that included Chuck Berry, Canned Heat, the blues version of Fleetwood Mac, and the Turtles, among others.
In March of 1969, David Knights and Matthew Fisher exited the batting order shortly subsequently finishing sour on the group's new album, A Salty Dog, preferring management and production to the playacting side of the music business. Knights' going away open the way for bassist Chris Copping to join Procol Harum (thus re-creating the lineup of the Paramounts), playing bass and organ. Another American tour followed the following calendar month, and in June of 1969 A Salty Dog was issued. This record, considered by many to be the original group's best work, combined high-energy vapours and classical influences on a august scale of measurement, and returned the band to the U.S. charts at number 32, while the title song ascended the British charts to number 44. The album afterwards reached number 27 in England, the group's first long-player to chart in their own country.
Contempt the group's chair gross revenue in England and America, they remained among the more democratic progressive rock music bands, capable of reaching more middlebrow listeners wHO didn't have the patience for Emerson, Lake & Palmer or King Crimson. Robin Trower's gaudy guitar promptly made him the star of the grouping, as practically as singer/pianist Brooker, and he was considered in the like league with Alvin Lee and any number of late-'60s/early-'70s British blues axemen. Matthew Fisher's noble, cathedral-like organ had been a seminal percentage of the band's heavy, juxtaposed with Trower's blues-based riffing and Reid's unusual, darkly witty lyrics as soft by Brooker. Following Fisher's going away, the group took on a more straightforward rock sound, but Trower's playing remained a major attraction to the absolute majority of fans.
"Whaling Stories" was an example of quintessential Procol Harum, a integrate of 19th century cantata that sounds like it came out of a Victorian-era duomo, with igneous blues riffs blatant at its plaza. And being stiff in Reid's dark, eerie, regret-filled lyrics didn't catch "A Salty Dog" from becoming unitary of the group's most popular songs.
It was a year earlier their next record album, Home, was released, in June of 1970, ascending to the American figure 34 and the British 49 slur. This marked the end of the group's contract with Regal Zonophone/EMI, and on the button of their adjacent LP in July of 1971, they were at present on Chrysalis in England. Broken Barricades reached figure 32 in America and 41 in England, just it too marked the departure of Robin Trower. The founding guitar player left that month and subsequently organized his own mathematical group, with a heavy sculpturesque along lines standardized to Jimi Hendrix, which had outstanding success in America throughout the 1970s.
Trower's replacement, Dave Ball (b. Mar. 30, 1950), joined the same calendar month, and the lineup expanded by one with the addition of Alan Cartwright on bass, which freed Chris Copping to boil down full-time on the hammond organ. The radical returned to something of the wakeless it had earlier Fisher's difference, although Trower was a tough dissemble to espouse. It was this edition of the band that performed on August 6, 1971 in a concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and the DaCamera Singers in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada -- the concert was a bold and expansive, high orchestrated reconsideration of before material (though non "A Whiter Shade of Pale") from the group's repertoire, and, released as an prescribed hot album in 1972, proved to be the group's most successful LP button, peaking at number five-spot and drawing in thousands of new fans.
In England, Procol Harum Live: In Concert With the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra only rose wine to number 48 in May of 1972, just it was competing with a reissue of the group's debut album (retitled A Whiter Shade of Pale, with the single added) paired with A Salty Dog, which outperformed it considerably, reach number 26. A single lifted from the hot criminal record, "Conquistador," redone in a rich and dramatic version, shot to identification number 16 in America and 22 in England that summer. Soon after, the U.S. distributer of the debut album, London Records, got further play from that record by re-releasing it with a dagger announcing the presence of "the original version of "Conquistador."
Amid all of this success, the group's batting order over again was thrown into excitement in September when Dave Ball left Procol Harum to link up Long John Baldry's ring. He was replaced by Mick Grabham, at one time of the bands Plastic Penny and Cochise. The band's next record album, Heroic Hotel, was a delightfully melodious and decadent assembling (anticipating Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music in some respects) that featured node backing vocals by Christianne Legrand of the a cappella singing group the Swingle Singers. That record, their first-class honours degree released on Chrysalis in America as comfortably as England, peaked at number 21. Six months later, A&M released the number one digest of the band's material, Best of Procol Harum, which only made it to number 131 on the charts.
The group's adjacent iI albums, Alien Birds and Fruit (May 1974) and Procol's Ninth (Sep 1975), the latter produced by rock & roll songsmiths Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, performed moderately well, and "Pandora's Box" from Procol's Ninth became one of their larger hits in England, emerging to number 16. July of 1976 sawing machine a exit and a lateral reposition in the group's batting order, as Alan Cartwright left the band and Chris Copping took over on basso, patch Pete Solley joined as keyboard player.
By this time, the band's string had carry out, as everyone seemed to know. A new record album, Something Magic, hardly scraped the U.S. charts in April of 1977, and the band tear up following a net tour and a farewell concert at New York's Academy of Music on May 15, 1977. Only five-spot months later, the band was back together for a one-off performance of "A Whiter Shade of Pale," which had interpreted on a life of its own separate from the group -- the song was named stick succeeder (along with "Bohemian Rhapsody") of the Best British Pop Single 1952-1977, at the Britannia Awards to mark Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee, and the band performed it live at the awards ceremony.
Apart from Trower, Gary Brooker was the about successful and visible of all ex-Procol Harum members, cathartic deuce-ace solo albums between 1979 and 1985. Fear of Flying (1979) on Chrysalis, produced by George Martin, attracted the about attention, only Lead Me to the Water (1982) on Mercury had some notable node artists, including Eric Clapton and Phil Collins, while Echoes in the Night (1985) was co-produced by Brooker's previous bandmate Matthew Fisher. During the late '80s, however, Brooker had turned to committal to writing orchestral music, chiefly ballet material, only this didn't stop him from turn up as a invitee at 1 of the yearbook Fairport Convention reunions (Procol Harum and Fairport had played some important early gigs together) at Cropredy, Oxfordshire, in August of 1990 to sing "A Whiter Shade of Pale."
Still, Procol Harum had bleached from the consciousness of the medicine human beings by the end of the eighties. The death of B.J. Wilson in 1990 went for the most part unreported, to the chagrin of many fans, and it seemed as though the group was a closed in book.
Then, in August of 1991, Brooker re-formed Procol Harum with Trower, Fisher, Reid, and drummer Mark Brzezicki. An album, Squanderer Stranger, was recorded and released, and an 11-city tour of North America took home in September of 1991. Although this lineup didn't final -- Trower and company, later on all, were push 50 at the time -- Brooker has unbroken a new version of Procol Harum together, in the pretense of himself, guitar player Geoffrey Whitehorn, keyboardman Don Snow, and Brzezicki on drums, which toured the United States in 1992.
Thursday, 12 June 2008
Lionel Richie Pokes Fun At Nicole
Having a famous child isn't all it's cracked up to be, according to Lionel Richie, who poked fun at his socialite daughter Nicole while accepting an award over the weekend.
Receiving the 'Icon' at the TV Land Awards on Sunday night (June 8), Richie joked, "Forget about surviving 40 years in the music business - just surviving 27 years of Nicole Richie has been a struggle-and-a-half, I want to tell you."
Nicole Richie has had numerous run-ins with the law, including spending 82 minutes in jail after being convicted of driving under the influence of drugs last year.
"I stand here as a survivor," Richie said as he continued his acceptance speech. "I want you to know, for all the parents out there."
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This bloke is a "Jim" dandy
Make no mistake. Though he’s a near-unknown here, Jamie Lidell has emerged as a bona fide pop star in the UK. His 2005 blue-eyed soul song “Multiply” was a Brit hit that made critical and commercial waves overseas, even if the CD of the same name barely moved 20,000 copies in America.
And to look at the itinerary for his current stateside club trek, which brings him to the Paradise tomorrow night, you wouldn’t guess that Elton John cherry-picked Lidell to open his Red Piano UK arena tour next fall.
But Lidell isn’t bothered by his newcomer status on this side of the Atlantic. The 34-year-old native of Cambridgeshire seems to enjoy switching things up. He began his career in 2000 with the jarring electronica of “Muddlin Gear,” then pulled an about-face in 2005 with the old school r & b of “Multiply.” Now he’s put his electronic know-how to use creating the infectious retro-modern feel of his latest album, “Jim,” which nods to both Motown and Prince. Lidell likes to confound.
“We never thought we’d see Nicolas Cage in an action movie, either,” he quipped good-naturedly by phone from Paris. “There was a time that seemed quite a stretch. Hard to imagine him holding an M-16, but it happened. It’s similar to what I always loved about Prince as well, this ability to appear 100 percent at home in unexpected surroundings. He’s always been this demanding little guy who’s unafraid to combine electronics with organic soul. I grew up fascinated with him.”
With “Jim,” Lidell admits he’s looking to make an impression on both sides of the pond.
“It was time for me to make a record like this,” he said, “something song-based, likable, accessible. (‘Multiply’) was like that as well, but this takes it a step further and it’s much, much better. And for me, no matter what anyone else might say, that qualifies as being out on a limb.”
He’s going out on another kind of limb on his current tour: Instead of his usual one-man loop-and-pedal format, Lidell’s performing with a full band for the first time.
“It’s taken me a while to come to terms with it,” he said. “Which is strange, because I’ve functioned in bands before much earlier on. But whereas on previous tours I’d build the music around my voice, now the other musicians are doing it, which leaves me to concentrate on singing the damn song.
“But it’s been steadily getting better,” he added, “and I’ve begun taking more risks. I still break it down in the middle of the set for a half-hour of solo futuristic mayhem.”
Jamie Lidell, with Jennifer O’Conner, at the Paradise, tomorrow at 9 p.m. Tickets: $15; 617-562-8800.
And to look at the itinerary for his current stateside club trek, which brings him to the Paradise tomorrow night, you wouldn’t guess that Elton John cherry-picked Lidell to open his Red Piano UK arena tour next fall.
But Lidell isn’t bothered by his newcomer status on this side of the Atlantic. The 34-year-old native of Cambridgeshire seems to enjoy switching things up. He began his career in 2000 with the jarring electronica of “Muddlin Gear,” then pulled an about-face in 2005 with the old school r & b of “Multiply.” Now he’s put his electronic know-how to use creating the infectious retro-modern feel of his latest album, “Jim,” which nods to both Motown and Prince. Lidell likes to confound.
“We never thought we’d see Nicolas Cage in an action movie, either,” he quipped good-naturedly by phone from Paris. “There was a time that seemed quite a stretch. Hard to imagine him holding an M-16, but it happened. It’s similar to what I always loved about Prince as well, this ability to appear 100 percent at home in unexpected surroundings. He’s always been this demanding little guy who’s unafraid to combine electronics with organic soul. I grew up fascinated with him.”
With “Jim,” Lidell admits he’s looking to make an impression on both sides of the pond.
“It was time for me to make a record like this,” he said, “something song-based, likable, accessible. (‘Multiply’) was like that as well, but this takes it a step further and it’s much, much better. And for me, no matter what anyone else might say, that qualifies as being out on a limb.”
He’s going out on another kind of limb on his current tour: Instead of his usual one-man loop-and-pedal format, Lidell’s performing with a full band for the first time.
“It’s taken me a while to come to terms with it,” he said. “Which is strange, because I’ve functioned in bands before much earlier on. But whereas on previous tours I’d build the music around my voice, now the other musicians are doing it, which leaves me to concentrate on singing the damn song.
“But it’s been steadily getting better,” he added, “and I’ve begun taking more risks. I still break it down in the middle of the set for a half-hour of solo futuristic mayhem.”
Jamie Lidell, with Jennifer O’Conner, at the Paradise, tomorrow at 9 p.m. Tickets: $15; 617-562-8800.
Jennifer Aniston And John Mayer's Romantic Weekend
Jennfier Aniston and rocker John Mayer are reportedly spending a second romantic weekend together in Florida, fuelling speculation they are a couple.
The pair was photographed embracing on a Miami, Florida beach last month. Mayer has since hinted the rumours are true - insisting the camera never lies - but the stars have yet to confirm their relationship.
Mayer has now reportedly flown back to the city from New York to spend two days with the former Friends star. And both are reportedly keen to keep their meetings hidden from the paparazzi this time.
A source tells The Sun, "Things are going well between them. But this time they want it to be private, so they will be keeping a low profile."
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Paris Hilton And Joel Madden's Dogs Are 'Dating'
Paris Hilton is already dating her best friend Nicole Richie’s husband’s brother - and now her dog is getting in on the action.
The socialite’s beloved Chihuahua Tinkerbell has started a loving relationship with Joel Madden’s Pitbull Terrier Eazy.
Joel’s brother and Good Charlotte bandmate Benji - who has been dating Paris for some months - revealed the happy news on the group’s website.
He writes about a recent family get together at Hilton’s house, “There were lots of babies around and everyone brought their dogs and they were all dressed up.
“We just found out that Eazy, Joel’s dog, and Tinkerbell are now seeing each other. She seems happy, we wish them the best...”
The socialite’s beloved Chihuahua Tinkerbell has started a loving relationship with Joel Madden’s Pitbull Terrier Eazy.
Joel’s brother and Good Charlotte bandmate Benji - who has been dating Paris for some months - revealed the happy news on the group’s website.
He writes about a recent family get together at Hilton’s house, “There were lots of babies around and everyone brought their dogs and they were all dressed up.
“We just found out that Eazy, Joel’s dog, and Tinkerbell are now seeing each other. She seems happy, we wish them the best...”
Amy Winehouse - Landlord Assaulted By Winehouse Husband Accepted Bribe
A pub landlord assaulted by the husband of Amy Winehouse reportedly took a bribe of £200,000 to drop the charges.
Blake Fielder-Civil, the singer's husband, and Michael Brown, 25, from Holloway, north London, admitted charges of grievously bodily harm in the last week, having attacked James King, 36, at the Macbeth pub in Hoxton, east London in June 2006
But although Mr King was hospitalised following the incident, he was prepared to strike a deal to save his attackers from jail, Snaresbrook crown court heard today.
Prosecutor Sean Larkin told the court that after the intervention of middle men Anthony Kelly, 25, from Chalk Farm, north-west London, and James Kennedy, 19, from Hatfield, Hertfordshire, King agreed to accept a bribe to "throw the case".
"King would prepare what is known as a withdrawal or retraction statement saying he no longer wished to pursue the prosecution," he explained.
It was agreed that King would leave the country, making him ineligible to give evidence at Fielder-Civil and Brown's trial, but the plot was exposed when King and Kelly attempted to sell the story to a tabloid newspaper.
The pair boasted that that they had a "bigger story" than the assault and revealed the attempted bribery.
Mr Larkin explained: "[Daily Mirror journalist] Stephen Moyes asked whether or not Amy Winehouse was involved.
"He was told by Kelly, 'who do you think is paying for it, of course she is'."
However, police confirmed in February that the Back to Black star would not be charged, due to a lack of evidence connecting her to the case.
Fielder-Civil, Kelly, Kennedy and Brown have admitted perverting the course of justice but King denies the charge.
10/06/2008 16:49:05
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The Apprentice coming to Irish TV
Television viewers in Ireland will have their own Irish version of 'The Apprentice' this autumn.
TV3 will screen the new show, with 14 candidates battling it out to become millionaire entrepreneur Bill Cullen's apprentice.
The winner will receive a 12-month contract working alongside Cullen with a package worth €100,000.
Commenting, Cullen said: "'The Apprentice' brings an exciting opportunity to budding Irish achievers. As a hands-on operator with various business activities I will give the winner an exceptional grounding in how to win in the tough environment of our current economic situation - and our morning meetings start at 6.30am. That's a fact."
For more on the BBC's 'The Apprentice', read our blog here.
TV3 will screen the new show, with 14 candidates battling it out to become millionaire entrepreneur Bill Cullen's apprentice.
The winner will receive a 12-month contract working alongside Cullen with a package worth €100,000.
Commenting, Cullen said: "'The Apprentice' brings an exciting opportunity to budding Irish achievers. As a hands-on operator with various business activities I will give the winner an exceptional grounding in how to win in the tough environment of our current economic situation - and our morning meetings start at 6.30am. That's a fact."
For more on the BBC's 'The Apprentice', read our blog here.
Wilco adds summer dates, hints at new material
Wilco [ tickets ] continues to build its summer trek, adding new dates to a headlining tour that now looks set to keep the band on the road through late August.The Chicago-based act, led by singer/guitarist Jeff Tweedy, will kick off the run July 25 way up north in Fairbanks, AK, the first of two shows outside the contiguous US, before returning in early August for a hometown appearance at the Aug. 1-3 Lollapalooza Festival. Dates are below.Wilco continues to tour behind "Sky Blue Sky," its seventh studio album. The set, which follows 2004's "A Ghost is Born," was recorded and self-produced by the band in its own Chicago studio, with TJ Doherty (Sonic Youth, The Hold Steady) handling recording chores and Jim Scott (The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dixie Chicks) doing the mixing.The album arrived on The Billboard 200 album chart in the No. 4 spot, marking the band's highest debut ever, and selling 87,000 copies in the US during its first week.The set helped Wilco nab its fourth Grammy nomination in December, receiving a nod in the Best Rock Album category (it lost out to Foo Fighters' "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace"). The band, which has now received four Grammy nominations overall, scored two trophies with 2004's "A Ghost is Born," which took home wins for Alternative Rock Album and Best Recording Package.According to a recent interview with Wilco guitarist Nels Cline published in Madison, WI's Capital Times newspaper, the group plans to enter a recording studio to begin work on material a new studio album, but Cline didn't know if any of the new material would be unveiled during the band's summer road trip."It's not up to me," Cline told the interviewer.
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