Bad Seeds And Zakary Thaks & other: June 2008

Friday 27 June 2008

Same Ol' Arrest Song for Mindy Mac

Mindy McCready was just popped for the -- oh, hell, we've lost count.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ that the countrymess was just arrested for a probation violation -- she allegedly falsified info on her community service report. Mindy turned herself into Williamson County, Tenn. Sheriffs on Monday night, and we're told she posted bail two hours later.

BTW, Mindz is clearly getting plenty of practice with those mugshots -- yep, that really is a mugshot.

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Monday 23 June 2008

Michael Cohl Transitions to Consultant Role With Live Nation

LOS ANGELES, June 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Live Nation (NYSE: LYV)
announced today that Michael Cohl has transitioned to a consultant role
from his post as Chief Executive Officer of the company's Live Nation
Artists division, effective immediately. Mr. Cohl has also resigned as a
member of Live Nation's Board of Directors.

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"Michael's contributions to the formation of Live Nation Artists have
been immeasurable," said Michael Rapino, President and Chief Executive
Officer of Live Nation. "With his vision and guidance we have signed
historic deals with JAY-Z and Madonna, whose 'Sticky & Sweet' tour is
currently selling tickets at a record breaking pace around the world. We
are also nearing completion of our proposed long-term agreement with U2.
The foundation of Live Nation Artists is firmly established and I thank
Michael for agreeing to stay with the company as a consultant."

"Live Nation's strategy and execution remain on track as we are
committed to acquiring additional artists' rights beyond the concert tour,
including unified rights deals with select artists," continued Mr. Rapino.
"At the same time, we continue to take a disciplined financial approach and
are focused on expanding cash flow and margins and increasing value for
shareholders. We will continue to build out our integrated model as we
selectively look to add more artists that can feed our core concert pipe."

Michael Cohl commented: "I am extremely proud of what we have
accomplished thus far at Live Nation Artists. We have built a division
whose current strategy we believe is set to unlock great value for our
shareholders and our artists. I look forward to continuing to work closely
with Michael Rapino, and remain committed to further growing Live Nation's
enterprise value as a consultant to the company."

ABOUT LIVE NATION:

Live Nation is the future of the music business. With the most live
concerts, music venues and festivals in the world and the most
comprehensive concert search engine on the web, Live Nation is
revolutionizing the music industry: onstage and online. Headquartered in
Los Angeles, California, Live Nation is listed on the New York Stock
Exchange, trading under the symbol "LYV." Additional information about the
company can be found at http://www.livenation.com under the "About Us"
section.

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Sunday 15 June 2008

Mystical Gate

Artist: Mystical Gate

   Genre(s):
Metal

Discography:

In Sadness Gloom

Year: 2004
Tracks: 8

Party Girl Lily Allen Quits Drinking

Sunday 1 June 2008

Naomi Campbell recovering following operation

Supermodel Naomi Campbell is recuperating after being discharged from hospital following surgery.
Last week, she underwent four-and-a-half hours of surgery at a hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to remove a cyst.
The hospital said over the weekend that Campbell had recovered "very well" and left in a helicopter after being discharged on Friday afternoon.
Mirtes Bogea, spokeswoman for the Sirio Libanes hospital, said: "Doctors signed her release and she left in the afternoon in a helicopter that someone sent to pick her up."
Meanwhile Campbell hit out at "ludicrous" reports she was planning a party.
The Brazilian press reported that the 37-year-old planned to throw a lavish party on the day she left hospital.
But the model said in a statement: "I take my health very seriously, so to suggest that I would host a party following an operation is ludicrous.
"I would like to thank everyone for their kind wishes and concern over the past week and for the fantastic service I have received at the hospital. I will now be recuperating in private."
The Streatham-born model underwent a four-and-a-half hour laparoscopy procedure on Monday.
A friend said: "The suggestion that she would throw a party as soon as she leaves is ridiculous and makes light of what she has been through over the last few days."

EastEnders bosses to axe Mickey and Keith

'EastEnders' is to axe son and stepfather duo Mickey and Keith Miller because bosses at the soap feel the characters have "run out of steam".
The characters - who have been played by actors Joe Swash and David Spinx since 2003 and 2004 respectively - were told by executive producer Diederick Santer on Friday that their contracts would not be renewed.
A friend of 26-year-old Swash told The Sun: "He and David were told their characters had run out of steam by 'EastEnders' boss Diederick Santer. Joe was stunned at first. He's loved playing Mickey and felt the fans still enjoyed watching his antics."
The friend added: "But he soon realised if the stories weren't there, he didn't want to be just going through the motions. He's now thinking over his next move carefully. He doesn't want to become just another former soap star."

Remember Shakti

Artist: Remember Shakti

   Genre(s):
Ethnic

Discography:

Saturday Night In Bombay

Year: 2001
Tracks: 4

The Believer

Year:
Tracks: 6

Built to Spill working on album

Will perform 'Perfect From Now On' in entirety on tour

NEW YORK -- Built to Spill has finished recording basic tracks for its next Warner Bros. studio album, due in spring 2009 via Warner Bros. The group also is embarking on a fall tour of North America and Europe, during which it will perform its 1997 album "Perfect From Now On" in its entirety.
As for the new album, the songs will be a mix between newly penned material and retooled tracks considered but ultimately dropped from Built to Spill's previous album, 2006's "You in Reverse." Guitarist Doug Martsch said the sessions have been more collaborative than ever, owing to the fact that the band is recording to Pro Tools rather than analog tape.
"You have endless tracks, so (all three Built to Spill guitarists) can be in a room together and do five takes," he says, adding, "Then, hopefully somebody can go through it and find out what's good."
Martsch expects songs like "Nowhere Lullabye," "Done" and "Good Old Boredom," which Built to Spill has already tested out live, to make the cut, while the newer "Planting Seeds" is "a real conventional kind of pop/rock song. It reminds me of a Tom Petty song or something, but it probably doesn't sound anything like that."
Another tune that doesn't yet have lyrics is "kind of like a Treepeople song; a fast, postpunk thing. We've recorded 15 songs, but not everything will make it onto the record." Built to Spill has completed a couple of overdubbing sessions for the project, but Martsch says the band is planning on returning to the studio until the end of June.
Meanwhile, work has begun on preparing for the tour, which will find Built to Spill joined by "Perfect From Now On" cellist John McMahon to more accurately recreate that material. Although dates are still coming together, Martsch says the band will play a handful of West Coast shows in September, followed by an East Coast run of 10 to 12 gigs and a previously announced appearance at the My Bloody Valentine-curated All Tomorrow's Parties festival in Monticello, N.Y. A month-and-a-half-long run in Europe will follow.
Martsch promises the band will play an encore of songs from throughout its back catalog after the in-sequence "Perfect" performances, but he's still trying to figure out which ones will work best. "I started to listen to 'Perfect' and made it halfway through, and I realized it's real slow," he said. "We'll need some rockers to even out the tempos."

Shusha

Artist: Shusha

   Genre(s):
Other

Discography:

Persian Love Songs and Mysti..

Year:
Tracks: 16

Derek Webb

Artists sing out over net neutrality

Wilco, They Might Be Giants among acts on new CD

WASHINGTON -- A group of the nation's hottest new-music talent plans to inject themselves into the national policy debate over the so-called "network neutrality" doctrine by issuing a music compilation in the name of an open Internet.
Such acts as Wilco, They Might Be Giants, Aimee Mann and Guster were recruited by the Future of Music Coalition to release a CD at the end of July that they hope will underscore the importance of the policy debate going on in Washington.
"The Future of Music Coalition Presents: Rock the Net" will be released July 29 and includes work from 15 artists.
Network neutrality is a hotly debated issue that has drawn the attention of Congress and the FCC. Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., have introduced legislation that would ensconce the doctrine in telecommunications and copyright law.
The doctrine basically is a government requirement to ensure that the big cable and telephone companies will treat all Internet traffic the same. Many artists fear that the companies would favor material they have a percentage in or own outright.
Cable and telephone companies contend that the requirement is unnecessary and would impede their ability to manage their networks. They say it allows a few bandwidth hogs to bog down the system for everyone.
The motion picture studios, record labels and songwriters have sided with the network companies, contending that a government-enforced network neutrality doctrine would prevent them from deploying sophisticated piracy countermeasures.
The other acts on "Rock the Net," according to the coalition, are the Wrens, Bright Eyes, DJ Spooky, Vernon Reid, Matthew Ship, David Bazan, Palomar, the Classic Brown, Portastatic, BC Camplight and David Miller.