“Go with the Flow” is a Queens of the Stone Age song from the album Songs for the Deaf, released as a single in 2003.
The music video for the song was filmed in England by Shynola.The video was highly successful and was nominated in three categories at the MTV Video Music Awards, and eventually won in Best Special Effects category.

The video features the band performing on the back of a truck, which eventually crashes into another truck. This storyline is interspersed with sexual imagery of women, and the car crash can be seen as a metaphor for sex.

It features revolutionary visual effects. The footage was shot in a studio; the desert background was added later.

The song was featured in the video games Freestyle Street Soccer, SingStar Amped, Juiced 2, Gran Turismo 4 and Rock Band as a playable track.

Norwegian electronic music duo Röyksopp has recorded a cover version of this song which is on their Röyksopp’s Night Out EP.

Web – http://www.davegahan.com
MySpace – http://profile.myspace.com/davegahanofficial

Hourglass is the second solo album by Depeche Mode’s singer David Gahan. It was released by Mute Records on October 22, 2007 in Europe, and received generally favorable reviews. Most critics complimented its electronica sound, while a minority criticized it for sounding too similar to Depeche Mode.[1] The album leaked onto file sharing websites in September 2007, despite the songs being protected by audiomarks.

I just love this song, it reminds me when I was young!

If you want to check out the 2007 remix of the song made by Elements vs. Ben VP (Volpeliere-Pierrot) , just go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epx_VxXu3yY

Curiosity Killed the Cat played soulful, jazzy, and funky pop music and were initially signed to Phonogram Records’ Mercury imprint. The first came to notice of the UK music press when they hooked up with photographer Andy Warhol for the video of the 1986 single “Misfit”. This featured the band in New York and at one point featured frontman Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot dancing down a side street whilst Andy Warhol referenced Bob Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues” by dropping pieces of white card in time to the music (an effect that would also be copied by INXS in the video for their track Mediate of 1988).

Their debut album Keep Your Distance entered the UK Albums Chart at number one in May 1987, and stayed in the Top Ten for 13 weeks, however the release of that album’s “Free” as a single lost some of the momentum by limping to only Number 56 in the singles chart.

The band’s second album Getahead was led by an upbeat funky track called “Name and Number”. Even though this record only reached Number 14 in 1989, the “Hey How You Doin’” refrain would find itself in the Top Ten two years later as part of the De La Soul song “Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)” .

After the lack-lustre performance of Getahead and second single “First Place”, Curiosity (as they were now billed) found themselves dropped from Mercury Records. However three years after the release of that single they returned to the UK Top Ten as a three piece on RCA Records, with a cover of Johnny Bristol’s “Hang On In There Baby”. However the band’s follow ups (covers of “I Need Your Lovin’” and “Gimme the Sunshine”) flopped, which resulted in the album Back to Front only being released in Japan and selected overseas markets.

In the 2000s the band reformed for an appearance on a National Lottery midweek show on BBC 1, and since then Volpeliere has toured under the name Curiosity Killed the Cat, on a number of 1980s revival packages.

Blonde Redhead – 23

Web – http://www.blonde-redhead.com
My Space – http://www.myspace.com/blonderedhead

Blonde Redhead es una banda de rock alternativo, formada originalmente por la japonesa Kazu Makino (guitarra y voz), Maki Takahashi (bajo) y los gemelos italianos Simone Pace (batería) y Amedeo Pace (guitarra y voz) en 1993, creando un sonido sofisticado; combinando guitarras disonantes, cambios de ritmo y de tonalidad repentinos, con la aguda voz de Makino y un estilo muy especial de hacer música.

Su nombre viene del nombre de una canción de la banda de los 80’s DNA.

En 1995 lanzaron su álbum debut, “Blonde Redhead”, que fue producido por Steve Shelley, baterista de Sonic Youth, banda con la que han sido muy comparados.

Poco después del lanzamiento del disco, Maki Takahashi dejó la banda y ese mismo año el ahora trío lanzó otro álbum titulado “La Mia Vita Violenta”.

Para su tercer álbumm “Fake Can Be Just As Good” (1997), invitaron al bajista de Unwound, Vern Rumsey.

En 1998, nuevamente como un trío, lanzaron su cuarto álbum, “In an Expression of the Inexpressible”, que fue producido por Guy Picciotto, guitarrista y vocalista de la banda de punk Fugazi.

A éste le siguieron “Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons” (2000), “Mélodie Citronique” EP (2000) y “Misery Is A Butterfly” (2004).

En abril del 2007 sacaron su ultimo album titulado 23.

Blonde Redhead is an alternative rock or indie rock band. It was formed by Kazu Makino, Maki Takahashi and Italian twin brothers Simone and Amedeo Pace. They take their name from a song by DNA, a 70’s and 80’s no wave band from New York. Kazu Makino is married to Amedeo Pace.
Amedeo and Simone Pace were born in Milan and grew up in Montreal, but moved later on to Boston to study jazz. After earning their Bachelor’s degrees, they began playing in the New York City underground music scene. The Pace brothers and Kazu Makino and Maki Takahashi – Japanese art students – formed the band in 1993 after a chance meeting at an Italian restaurant in New York.

Blonde Redhead caught the attention of Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley, who produced their self-titled debut in 1993. Shortly afterwards, Maki Takahashi left the band, and the remaining band members continued as a trio. On their third album, Fake Can Be Just as Good, they were joined by Vern Rumsey of Unwound as a guest bassist. After this, they continued without a bass player for the release of the remainder of their albums. On their fourth album, In an Expression of the Inexpressible, Guy Picciotto of Fugazi was hired as producer, as well as contributing to / singing on the song “Futurism vs. Passeism Part 2″. Guy Picciotto also produced their records, Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons and Misery Is a Butterfly. Alan Moulder (Nine Inch Nails, U2, Smashing Pumpkins) produced their most recent record, 23.

Blonde Redhead has slowly built a sizable fanbase in the underground music scene. Their early music has been described as emulative of Sonic Youth, but their more recent releases have diverted from this generalization. Kazu Makino is noted for her high, eerie voice, which hovers over melodic guitar riffs and clockwork drum beats.

The large span of time between Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons and Misery Is a Butterfly is attributed to Makino’s recovery time after being trampled by a horse. Much of Misery Is a Butterfly’s imagery and illustration is equestrian or reflective of the accident.

Their most recent album, 23, was released on 4AD in April, 2007

Sister Machine Gun – Burn

I look at you and then I see your fire
And I’m thinking about desire
Yes, I’m thinking about desire
Telling me the things you try to hide
And I’m burning up inside
Oh how I’m burning up inside
When I think about the first time that I saw your face
I never felt this way
Oh lord no I never felt this way
And now I’m wishing that you feel the same
And if there’s anyway
I’ll get down on my knees and pray

You’re like a burning flame
And I’ll never be the same
No, I’ll never be the same

What kind of fool am I
To want your body next to mine
I want your body next to mine
I need you any time
And I’m breaking down inside
Oh lord I’m breaking down inside
You cover me with all your hopeless little fantasies
I never had before
No, I never had before
And now I’m living in my own reality
‘Cause of the things you did to me
Oh, the things you did to me

Web :: www.sistermachinegun.com
MySpace :: www.myspace.com/40466849

Sister Machine Gun began life in 1990 as an industrial duo formed by Chris Randall and Chris Kelly in Chicago. Sascha Konietzko (of KMFDM) became interested in their music and produced their first demo, which got them signed to Wax Trax! Records in 1992. Chris Kelly left the band shortly thereafter, and since then Randall has continued the band as a solo project with various collaborators, notably Jim Marcus and Van Christie of Chicago industrial-funk act Die Warzau.

After 1997’s Metropolis album, Randall left Wax Trax and sued their parent label, TVT Records, for breach of contract. Since then, he has released all his material on Positron! Records, which is operated by his wife, Lisa Randall.

Currently, the band is comprised of Randall and guitarist Miguel Turanzas.

Sister Machine Gun got their name from an essay written by Die Warzau member Jim Marcus, entitled “Sister Machine Gun, Brother Bomb”. Despite claims to the contrary, the name was not inspired by a lyric from the Skinny Puppy song, “Tin Omen”. In fact, both instances originate from the Marcus essay.

Infected Mushroom – Becoming Insane

Web :: http://www.infected.co.il
MySpace :: http://www.myspace.com/infectedmushroomcentral

Infected Mushroom es un dúo de psytrance israelí formado por los israelies Erez Aizen y Amit Duvdevani (conocido como Duvdev) que ha ganado una gran popularidad en los últimos años desde 1999 al presente (2007). Desde su formación en Tel-Aviv, el grupo conserva el estilo de su primera grabación en 1999 The Gathering apreciándose una constante evolución acústica en las siguientes publicaciones Classical Mushroom (2000), BP Empire (2001) y Converting Vegetarians (2003). El album Im the supervisor (2004) contiene uno de los más grandes éxitos conseguidos hasta el momento de Erez y Duvdev, permitiéndoles presentarse en lugares donde quizás ellos no se imaginaban llegar desde el inicio de su carrera y vendiendo miles de albumes, algo inusual para el Psytrance en general. Actualmente se encuentran en una gira celebrando 10 años como Infected Mushroom,a lo cual han agregado al un baterista proveniente de Brasil, llamado Rogelio Jardim y a un Vj especial para dicha gira. Otro de los integrantes no oficiales de Infected Mushroom es el ya afamado Erez Netz, uno de los guitarristas más importantes en Israel y en otros shows un guitarrista apodado “Jimmy”.
Erez Aizen nace en 1980, tiene como base musical la música clásica, como gran parte de los dj de ahora. Aprende a tocar el órgano a la edad de 4 años, que todavía jugaba con las teclas. A los 11 años se aficionó por los ordenadores.

En plena adolescencia, Aizen es invitado por Avi Nissim para conocer Ibiza, sube por vez primera a un avión que lo acerca a la famosa isla y al amanecer de su cumpleaños toca ante 1000 invitados en una playa paradisíaca. Al poco tiempo uniéndose a DJ Jorg forman “Shiva Shidapu”. Se produjeron tres álbumes y muchos más bajo el nombre del grupo. En esos instantes todavía no conocía a Amit Duvdevani (Duvdev), paralelamente publica sus propios temas con el nombre de I-Zen. Todavía colabora en algunos junto con Yahel y otros músicos (Goa Gil y Simon Postford).

Amit Duvdevani nace en 1974, sus comienzos son parecidos a los de su compañero Erez Aizen. Tocó el piano a los 9 años. Se interesó por el new wave/punk rock. Formó parte de una banda local cercana a Haifa, llamada “Enzyme”, donde tocaba el órgano y escribía la mayoría de las letras de sus temas.

Pasado un tiempo Duvdev tocó en una banda punk rock llamada “Infected Mushroom”. Su primera experiencia en una “trance party” fue en el año 1991, poco antes de ir al ejército. Influyó mucho en su vida esa experiencia trance, tanto que desde ese momento hasta el presente sólo piensa en la música electrónica.

Tras un año en la India, decide hacer música por su cuenta. En principio trabaja con Roy Sasson, componente de la banda Shidapu, en 4 temas que nunca saldrían a la luz hasta el día de hoy (todavía no han salido). Después se unió a Erez y comenzaron sus proyectos juntos

Erez y Duvdev sacaron varios temas como “Shidapu & Duvdev”. Comenzaron a investigar nuevas formas musicales entremezclando temas suaves y chillantes e intensos hasta llegar a lo que son conocidos hoy “Infected Mushroom”.

Este dúo ha impactado al mundo entero con varios álbumes que han tocado hondo en los escenarios electrónicos mundiales. El disco “The Gathering” ocupó uno de los primeros lugares de “most played trance album” (álbum trance más tocado) el mejor inicio que puede pedir cualquier banda que se inicia en cualquier tipo de música.

Infected Mushroom evoluciona con el tiempo, desde su primer álbum “The Gathering”, algo que tenían ganas de hacer y les salió genial, publicando a continuación “Classical Mushroom”, después su tercer álbum “BP Empire”, suiguiendo con el completo “Converting vegetarians” y terminando de momento con el “Im the supervisor”. Ahora pasan por una etapa de relajación estudiando nuevas músicas para adquirir conocimientos y aplicarlo a su estilo, por ejemplo letras y cosas parecidas, aunque su finalidad es seguir haciendo música electrónica y terminando en esa línea más que como banda de trance.

En el año 2004, el grupo deja las afueras de Tel Aviv para instalarse en Los Ángeles, con el fin de acercarse a su público más numeroso (en América del Sur y en América del Norte), y para realizar un nuevo álbum en un estudio más equipado.

Vicious Delicious es el ultimo album de Infected Mushroom. El arte de tapa fue realizado por David Ho. El album estaba originalmente listo para salir el 6/6/06, pero se retrazo porque la banda no habia conseguido suficientes lugares para salir a tocarlo en vivo. El album sera lanzado el 26 de marzo del 2007
Vicious Delicious fue leakeado en Internet el 13 de Marzo (Oops!)

Bottom Line: Vicious Delicious es un disco de puta madre y no para de sonar en mi Ipod

Infected Mushroom is an Israeli psychedelic trance duo which has attained significant popularity from the late 1990s to the present time (2007). Formed by Erez Eizen (also known as I.Zen) and Amit Duvdevani (also known as Duvdev) in the city of Haifa, located in the northern parts of Israel, the duo has garnered a large international fanbase. Infected Mushroom are known for their consistent sonic evolution exemplified by the subsequent albums The Gathering (1999), Classical Mushroom (2000), BP Empire (2001), Converting Vegetarians (2003), IM the Supervisor (2004), and Vicious Delicious, scheduled for release in early 2007.

Erez Eizen was born on September 8, 1980 and has early musical training; he learned to play the organ at age 4 and started studying piano in the Haifa Conservatory at the age of 8. At age 11 he started toying with computerized music, first using Impulse Tracker, later moving to more advanced musical composition software. By the age of 18, Erez had collaborated with DJ Jörg and other notable psytrance artists, and had released 3 albums and a multitude of tracks under different psytrance acts (including Shidapu and Shiva Shidapu).

Amit Duvdevani was born on November 7, 1974 and has a similar musical background. He played the piano for 9 years, starting at the age of 7, before taking a turn towards heavy metal and punk rock. Amit played keyboard and wrote most of the material for a local Haifa punk rock band known as Enzyme. Amit went to his first trance party in 1991, a week before being conscripted into the Israeli army (where he was first nicknamed Duvdev). He has more than once described this experience as life changing – from that time onwards all he could think of was trance music. After he finished his mandatory service, Amit spent a year in India (primarily in Goa), and finally decided to make music himself. He collaborated with a member of Shidapu on 4 tracks but never actually released them.

In 1998, Eizen and Duvdevani began playing together. At first they released a few tracks as Shidapu & Duvdev. These tracks were ‘happier’ and of the simpler side of trance. Later on, they formed the duo Infected Mushroom and started working on their first album. The name Infected Mushroom was chosen to commemorate a disbanded (1989 to 1993) punk rock band of the same name, which Amit had admired.

Guitarists Tom Cunningham and Erez Netz joined in 2004.

Tom plays with Infected Mushroom in the United States, while Erez Netz plays the rest of their gigs. He is a famous guitarist from Israel, and he opens their live shows with some electric guitar exhibition – playing with his mouth.

Vicious Delicious is an album that is released in early 2007 by psychedelic trance duo Infected Mushroom. The cover art was done by David Ho. The album was originally scheduled to be released on 6/6/06, but the release date was postponed because, according to posts by the band on their forum, promotion had not begun far enough in advance and the parties involved decided to delay the release. The album will be released on March 26, 2007, but preordering will be accepted on March 16 at BNE.

The album leaked onto the Internet on March 13 (Oops!)

Bottom Line: Vicious Delicious is a hell of a cd, It is constantly playing on my Ipod

Kate Havnevik – New Day

Beautiful day
Watching you as you awake
Morning stars in your eyes
Your hand in mine

The sky is lit up
Day will be richer than night
So dont think of yesterday
Its here and now

Its a, its a, its a…new day
Its a, its a, its a…new day

The beauty of you
Gives me my fortitude
Stronger than any dark cloud
Screaming out loud, hey, hey

The sky is lit up
Day will be richer than night
So dont think of yesterday
Its here and now

Web :: http://www.katehavnevik.com
MySpace :: http://www.myspace.com/katehavnevik

Kate Havnevik is a Norwegian singer and songwriter from Oslo. Her debut album, the trip-hop and electronica infused Melankton, was released in March 2006 on iTunes and April 2006 (on physical CD) in Norway, before being licensed internationally later in the year. Havnevik has been working on three albums simultaneously – Melankton, an untitled project and an acoustic album entitled Embla. Kate is releasing her albums through her own record label, Continentica Records, which she runs with her husband.

Kate is a classical musician, and can play the piano, the guitar and the melodica amongst other instruments, having wanted to be a classical and jazz musician, up until the age of 14, when she joined an all female punk rock band rehearsing and playing at Oslo’s illegally occupied club, Blitz. The experience changed her musical horizons, and led her to pursue an interest in classical music mixed with modern electronica. She says she became interested in songwriting at the age of 16 or 17, when she began to experiment with lyrics, as opposed to solely focusing on instrumentation. Her father (who is English) and mother are also both classically trained musicians, who play the flute. When she was 19, she decided to travel to England, and studied music and composition in Liverpool, before moving to London to further her career.

Havnevik set about working with producers to help hone her sound, the most famous of which is Guy Sigsworth, part of Frou Frou, who has also worked with Imogen Heap, Madonna, Jem, Britney Spears and Björk. Havnevik tracked down Sigsworth around five years ago, rang him and left phone messages, until one day he agreed to meet her. The pair have co-written and recorded many songs together, some of which will be featured on Melankton, including “Unlike Me,” “Not Fair” and “You Again,” and some of which will be included on the second, as yet untitled project, including “Disobey,” which Havnevik premiered on her official web site. She describes Melankton as “dramatic, beautiful and euphoric,” and deemed it the perfect introduction to her music, which is why it is being released first. The album title is from a character in a Norwegian book Havnevik was reading, and also translates to “black rose,” which she says is very fitting for the album. Melankton was mastered in Devon, partly mixed in LA, partly mixed and recorded in London, Bratislava, Oslo, Reykjavík and LA. The album was premiered online on Havnevik’s official web site for 48hours from 11th-12th March 2006, and was added to Apple Computer’s iTunes music store on 27th March 2006. It was commercially released on CD on 3rd April in Norway; a special UK edition, omitting “Someday,” and instead including “Travel In Time,” was released on 16th October 2006.

In early 2006, a track from Melankton, “Unlike Me,” was featured in an acapella form (available commercially on the UK “Unlike Me” single, which was released on 16th October 2006) in a season two episode of hit ABC hospital drama, “Grey’s Anatomy,” and later on in the season, “Nowhere Warm” was also featured. A new song she composed exclusively for the season finale, entitled “Grace,” was featured in May 2006 and features on the second “Grey’s Anatomy” soundtrack CD. A further Havnevik track, entitled “So:Lo” featured in an episode of season three of the show, and has been made available as an iTunes] exclusive; whilst album tracks “Kaleidoscope” and “New Day” have also been used. A song called “Strangelove” was featured in an episode of “The West Wing”, but is yet to be released. On December 5 2006 she made her first ever UK broadcast media appeearance, on Janice Long’s BBC Radio 2 show, performing “Unlike Me,” “I Don’t Know You” and “New Day.”

In addition to Sigsworth, Havnevik has also collaborated with Marius De Vries, who has previously worked with Björk and David Gray and Yoad Nevo, famous for his work with Welsh singer Jem. For her future third album – an acoustic project – entitled Embla, which she started recording in May 2005, Havnevik worked with the harpist Rhodri Davies, vibraphonist Orphy Robinson and Lamb bassist Jon Thorne.

As well as her solo projects, Kate has also co-written and provided guest vocals on the tracks “Only This Moment” and “Circuit Breaker” by Röyksopp, both featured on the album The Understanding. Havnevik also contributes vocals to Röyksopp’s recently released live EP, Röyksopp’s Night Out.

A collaboration she recorded with Carmen Rizzo (”Travel In Time”) featured on Rizzo’s album, The Lost Art Of The Idle Moment. The track was remixed for the UK version of Melankton and featured on a season 3 episode of the FOX teen drama series “The O.C.” and an episode of NBC TV show “Windfall”.

She co-wrote and provided vocals on the track “Crazy”, featured on Mono Band’s self-titled LP, a solo project of former Cranberries guitarist Noel Hogan. Working extensively with Guy Sigsworth, she also provides backing vocals to a Britney Spears track he produced, which was released in late 2005, entitled “Someday (I Will Understand).”

Web :: http://www.remyshand.ca
MySpace :: http://www.myspace.com/remyshand

Remy Shand (born in 1978 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian R&B/soul singer, who released his debut album, The Way I Feel, on Motown Records in 2002.

Early years

Remy Shand was born in 1978 to Doug and Lana Shand. His father was of Scottish/English descent and his mother was of Italian descent. By the age of 12, Remy Shand had learned to play the guitar and acoustic bass. At a young age while most people his age during the 1980s and 1990s were influenced by early hip hop and pop music, his father was into soul. Shand says that instead his father influenced and exposed Shand into R&B/soul such as Steely Dan, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Herbie Hancock, Isley Brothers and Stevie Wonder.

During his home schooling in Winnipeg he had barged and searched for his parent’s R&B, blues and soul albums, spending a lot of time in his basement sampling old retro music. Shand’s funk sense of music typically made him an outcast from outsiders who did not share his passion. The soul styling music of Remy Shand is considered and labeled by some as neo soul. His parents had encouraged him to earn his GED, and to work on his music just as a project.

The Way I Feel (2002)

By the age of 19 Remy Shand managed to send a demo tape to Steve Warden who became his manager and helped to find Shand a prominent record deal. Three months after Shand had a chance to be signed a recording deal he was offered two different labels for development but turned down the offer, fortunately Universal Music Canada had signed Shand to a record deal with Motown Records in the United States. Recording and mixing on Shand’s debut album, The Way I Feel, began during the spring of 2001 at his home in Winnipeg. The album featured songs such as “The Colour of the Day” and “I Met Your Mercy”, are a few examples of his particular genre. Remy says his track “Everlasting” was sort of the blueprint towards The Way I Feel’s content, being the oldest track on the album (it was recorded in 1998).

The Way I Feel was released on March 12, 2002, and won a Juno Award for Best R&B/Soul Recording in the 2003 Juno Awards. Other than being successful in Canada, he managed to sell roughly 500,000 albums in the U.S. Shand received four Grammy nominations for his work.

In October 2003, Remy’s official website stated that he was working on his second album called Day In The Shade. However, there has been no public information regarding Shand’s whereabouts or recording projects since then – the site has not been updated since that point.

ImDB :: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115033
Rotten Tomatoes :: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/young_poisoners_handbook

Last night I was sitting on my sofa at home, just listening music at night and suddenly I started to think about a movie I saw back in the 90’s in Argentina, I remember I was watching HBO Ole on a Sunday after midnight and I was trapped by this dark English movie based in a real life case, about a 14 years old kid who poisoned his family with Thallium and was obsessed with Nazi paraphernalia.

The Young Poisoner’s Handbook (1995) is a British-German-French-produced black comedy film based on the life of Graham Frederick Young, more commonly known as the “teacup murderer”. It was directed by Benjamin Ross, and written by the aforesaid director and Jeff Rawle. The film stars Hugh O’Conor in the lead role.

The film is also known as Das Handbuch des jungen Giftmischers in German.

The film’s portrayal of Graham Young is not wholly true to life, and thus, the film is not truly biographical. Nonetheless, the main truths about him are conveyed. He was a poisoner, a murderer, a genius and a thoroughly amoral man.

The early parts of the film show the viewer that Young is a child with preoccupied with the macabre. In his teen years, he actually poisons a schoolmate — sickening him rather than killing him — in order to date a girl his schoolmate was seeing. His conversation with his date involved vivid, graphic descriptions of deadly car accidents.

He also reads a comic book account of an event in which the Dutch Resistance killed a whole German army camp in the occupied Netherlands during the Second World War by poisoning their water supply with thallium.

Graham Young is arrested at the age of 14 outside his home in Neasden after having killed his stepmother and having tried to do the same to his father by lacing their food or medicine with thallium. During the struggle with police Young abuses the policemen because he drops his “Exit Dose” of thallium which he intended to use to commit suicide should he be caught. He is imprisoned for nine years in an institution for the criminally insane, during which time a psychiatrist works with him in the hopes of rehabilitating him.

Graham’s dishonesty becomes evident to the doctor, who can see that Graham is trying to deceive him. Graham apparently has no dreams to share with the psychiatrist so he “borrows” a fellow prisoner’s dreams. This source is shut off to him, however, once the fellow prisoner commits suicide. Despite the initial evidence of deceptiveness on Graham’s part, the doctor eventually gets him released.

Graham then goes to work in a camera factory, and is shown the secret ingredient used in the company’s shutter system — thallium. It is not long before Graham has reverted to his old behaviour and is poisoning people. He kills two of his workmates by poisoning their tea with thallium stolen from the laboratory, and sickens many others. For months, the source of the “bug” afflicting the workers at the factory remains a mystery until one unforeseen event leads to Graham’s being found out. As a hygiene measure, all the personalized teacups are replaced with uniform ones, leaving Graham unable to poison people selectively. His efforts to memorize which cup is going to which person give him away, and his workmates finally realize what is going on.

Graham is arrested soon afterwards, and he is later sentenced to a lengthy prison term, this time in an ordinary prison. He commits suicide by poisoning there, unlike the real Graham Young, who died of a heart attack. The film insinuates that Graham’s ambition in life was to create a diamond using his poisons and chemistry knowledge, in reality his ambition was to become an infamous poisoner which he achieved.

Graham Frederick Young (September 7, 1947 – August 1, 1990) was a British murderer who poisoned a total of three people to death (his stepmother, and then years later two work colleagues, Bob Egle and Fred Biggs) as well as administering smaller doses to scores of others.

Born in Neasden, he was fascinated with poisons and their effects on the human body from a young age. In 1961 (at the age of 14) he started to test poisons out on his family in doses strong enough to make them violently ill. He bought a large quantity of poison by frequently buying small amounts of antimony and digitalis, lying about his age and claiming that they were for science experiments at school.

Graham Frederick Young. When the press asked for a photo, he insisted they use this photobooth shot in which he looked ‘particularly cold-eyed and sinister.’In 1962 Young’s stepmother Molly died from poison. He also had been systematically poisoning his father, sister, and a school friend. Young’s aunt Winnie, who knew of his fascination with chemistry and poisons, had become suspicious. He might have escaped suspicion if no one had known of his interests because he regularly suffered the same nausea and sicknesses as the rest of his family, often because he forgot which foods he had laced. He was sent to see a psychiatrist, who was concerned enough to recommend contacting the police. Young was arrested on 23 May 1962. He confessed to the attempted murders of his father, sister, and friend. The remains of his stepmother could not be analysed, because she had been cremated.

Young was sentenced to 15 years in Broadmoor Hospital, an institution for mentally unstable criminals. He was released after nine years, when he was deemed “fully recovered”. During his years in the hospital, however, Young had studied medical texts, improving his knowledge of the effects of poisons on the human body, and had continued his experiments, using fellow inmates and hospital staff as guinea pigs

After his release from hospital in 1971, he worked at a photographic supply store not far from his sister’s home in Hemel Hempstead in nearby Bovingdon, Hertfordshire. His new employers received references from Broadmoor, but were inexplicably not informed of his past as a convicted poisoner. Soon after he began work, his foreman, Bob Egle, grew violently ill and died. Young had been making tea laced with poisons such as antimony and thallium for his colleagues. A sickness had swept through his workplace and, mistaken for a strange virus, was nicknamed the “Bovingdon Bug”. All these cases of nausea and illness, sometimes severe enough to require hospitalisation, were later attributed to Young and his tea.

Young poisoned about 70 people during the next few months, none fatally. Egle’s successor sickened soon after starting work there, but decided to quit. That decision probably saved his life. A few months after Egle’s death, another of Young’s workmates, Fred Biggs, grew ill and was admitted to the London National Hospital for Nervous Diseases. It was too late to save him, however, and after suffering in agony for several weeks, he became Young’s third and final victim.

At this point, it was evident that a proper investigation into the sicknesses and deaths was necessary. Young asked the company doctor if the investigators had not considered thallium poisoning as a cause of the symptoms. He had also told one of his colleagues that his hobby was the study of toxic chemicals. Young’s colleague went to the police, who immediately checked Young’s background and uncovered his criminal record.

Young was arrested in Sheerness, Kent, on November 21, 1971. Police found thallium in his pocket and antimony, thallium and aconitine in his flat. They also discovered a meticulously detailed diary that Young had kept, noting all the doses of poisons he had administered, their effects, and whether he was going to allow each person to live or die.

At his trial at St Albans Crown Court, which started 19 June 1972, and lasted for 10 days, Young pleaded not guilty, and explained the diary away as a mere fantasy he was planning to base a novel on in the future. In light of the evidence, however, Young was found guilty and was sentenced to life in prison. He was dubbed The Teacup Poisoner, although he apparently wanted to be remembered as the World’s poisoner.

While in prison, he befriended fellow serial killer Ian Brady, whom he bonded with over their shared fascination with Nazi Germany. In his 2001 book, The Gates of Janus, Brady would write that “it was hard not to have empathy for Graham Young”.

Young died in his cell at Parkhurst prison at the age of 42 in 1990. The official cause of death was listed as a myocardial infarction, but there is some conjecture that fellow prisoners were the culprits.

Graham Frederick Young. When the press asked for a photo, he insisted they use this photobooth shot in which he looked ‘particularly cold-eyed and sinister.

Propaganda – Your Wildlife

Hold me kiss me miss me
Miss me on a rainy day
Though I may be far away
Hold me kiss me miss me
I want you to be

Be there be there
Your wildlife beats deep inside
Be there be there
Your wildlife beats deep inside

So what kind of girl do you take me for
Did I say I want you baby
Did I say I want you baby
One day some day
Even if it doesn’t mean
Even if it doesn’t show I know
Permanently you’ll be thinking ’bout me baby

Be there be there
Your wildlife beats deep inside
Be there be there
Your wildlife beats deep inside

First time I saw you
International wildlife
First time I saw you
In-formation
First time I saw you
In-formation
I’ll give you everything everything
Locked up with me I want you to be

Be there be there
Your wildlife beats deep inside
Be there be there
Your wildlife beats deep inside

International wildlife information

Propaganda was a synthpop musical group formed in Germany in the early 1980s by Ralf Dörper (a member of the German industrial band Die Krupps), Andreas Thein and Susanne Freytag. The trio recorded some demos for future release. With the inclusion of classicaly trained musician and composer Michael Mertens and 19 year old vocalist Claudia Brücken, now a five-member band, journalist Paul Morley signed the band to Trevor Horn’s ZTT Records label.

The group relocated to the United Kingdom and released the single “Dr. Mabuse”, which, with help from David Sylvian, reached the UK Top 30.

Thein left the band before it began recording its debut album A Secret Wish. ZTT’s plan to have Trevor Horn produce Propaganda’s debut had to be abandoned because of the huge success Horn was having with Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Stephen Lipson (Horn’s engineer) took his place. The release of the album was preceded by the release of the single “Duel” which became a hit. The album received considerable critical acclaim and commercial success, but the group members had lost faith in ZTT. A remix album, Wishful Thinking was compiled by producers Stephen Lipson and Bob Kraushaar and released in 1986 without consulting the group.

Friction between Propaganda and ZTT had arisen when the band realized that their recording contract with ZTT would leave them without any remuneration for their work. A source close to the band confirmed that the group members received their first royalty payment for A Secret Wish from ZTT in 2000. The royalty payment amounted to £182 per band member. ZTT had recouped recording costs of more than £500,000 since 1985, which ZTT claimed they’d spent on Propaganda’s behalf in the Sinclair/Horn family owned “Sarm West Studios” on Basing street in London. A very unusual amount of money for a new group, but it was a simple setup between ZTT and Sarm Studios, both owned by Jill Sinclair and Trevor Horn. ZTT’s cost’s were Sarm Studios gain. Basically they were changing money from one pocket into another, then charged Propaganda for it. The receipts Propaganda later received for the use of some of Trevor Horn’s private equipment were so high, that some of those items rented could have been bought more than 3 times over, but that wasn’t in the interest of Sinclair/Horn. ZTT had absolutely no inclination to keep recording costs low. When, behind the group’s back, ZTT initiated the remixes for “Wishful Thinking” at Sarm West Studio, Propaganda was in Italy promoting their singles. After they realized what had happened on their behalf, it appeared to them, that Sarm Studios was in a bit of a draught and needed some bookings. For ZTT it was a win-win situation, the more money they spent in Sarm Studio, the later they had to pay any money out to the band. For the members of Propaganda, all the time they’d spent on writing, recording, traveling and promoting, everything was in vain. A groupmember later declared that the way he was treated by ZTT and Perfect Songs made him feel that the artists were looked at as a “necessary evil”.

Under Propaganda’s recording contract with ZTT, each of the four band members received a gross royalty of a mere 1.5% of UK sales, less for sales outside the UK, and even less for sales outside of Europe. This royalty was less than the average contract that would divide 10% between the band members (performance royalties) and another 10% between the songwriters (writers royalties). In determining the royalty payment, ZTT also subtracted a large “packaging deduction”, even though neither the vinyl LP nor the CD had expensive-to-produce packaging. A fee for the record producer was also deducted. Facing a disastrous loss of image and credibility when these contracts became subject to a court case between the bands (FGTH, Propaganda) and the label (ZTT lost both bands), ZTT Records claimed that these terms were not uncommon for a new group.

The publishing contract with Jill Sinclair’s “Perfect Songs Ltd.”, which all members of the group had to sign, was a “50/50 non-source publishing” deal. This deal enabled Perfect Songs to contract with multiple subpublishers in order to minimise the composers’ royalty to a fraction of what it would have otherwise been. The contract also denied the composer any sync-rights (the rights to earn royalties when a song is used in TV, movies or computer games).

Claudia Brücken left Propaganda to pursue a solo career. She stayed with ZTT, having married the label’s publicist Paul Morley. She joined Thomas Leer to form Act, who in 1988 released their only album Laughter, Tears and Rage. She later recorded a solo album for Island Records. Both records failed to meet expectations.

In 1990, Mertens returned with a new Propaganda line-up which included vocalist Betsi Miller, former Simple Minds rhythm section player Derek Forbes and Brian McGee. The result was a new LP 1234 produced by Ian Stanley and Chris Hughes (of Tears for Fears fame), on which Freytag and Dörper made guest appearances. Despite a radio-friendly first single “Heaven Give Me Words”, co-written by 1980s ’synthpop king’ Howard Jones, and a fine album of intelligent material, the new Propaganda were not a huge success. Perhaps in part due to MTV dropping the video for “Heaven Give Me Words” after only very few plays. Times were changing; melodic synth pop quickly became out of fashion as house was all the rage.

In 1998, Mertens, Brücken and Freytag reunited, signed an options deal with Eastwest Records, and began working on new Propaganda material. Several tracks were completed including one produced by Tim Simenon and featuring Martin Gore on guitar. A video for one song, “No Return”, was produced in Morocco and directed by “Keyser Soze” (likely a pseudonym) in December 1998. Two-minute clips of it, along with photos of the shoot, were released via the band’s official website in early 2000. However, no album materialized, and in January 2002, Brücken announced, “The reunion was worth a try, but did not work out.” Later that year, an untitled nine-track CD was leaked via file-sharing networks on the Internet. Track titles were “Cloud 9″, “Ignorance”, “Who’s The Fool”, “Beast Within”, “No Return”, “To The Future”, “Turn To The Sun”, “Dream Within A Dream”, and “Anonymous”.

In early 2005, Propaganda, now Susanne Freytag and Michael Mertens, started to release new material on the German independent label Amontillado-Music.

In November 2005, the original Propaganda line-up with Ralf Dörper but sans Thein performed at the Wembley Arena showcase of Trevor Horn’s lifetime celebration. The band played Dr. Mabuse.

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F.I.R. (Traditional Chinese: 飛兒樂團, 飛兒; Simplified Chinese: 飞儿乐团, 飞儿; pinyin: Fēier Yuètuán) is a popular Taiwanese music group. Renowned producer Ian Chen formed his own band and recruited the other two members to form F.I.R. They are well known throughout Asia with their hit “Lydia,” which was the theme song for the Taiwanese TV drama “The Outsiders(鬥魚).” The drama was aired in Taiwan without revealing the singer of the theme song. Having a beautiful voice that asked for attention, the song attracted many fans, leading to F.I.R.’s big success when they finally debuted in 2004. Since their debut, they have often been compared with the disbanded Japanese rock band, Do As Infinity, because of the similar music styles and formation of the group members.

The name F.I.R. comes from the initials of the names of the three members: Faye, Ian, and Real. It is also an acronym for “Fairyland in Reality”, one of their albums.

Christopher O’Riley – Between the Bars

Christopher O’Riley – Cupid’s Trick

Track List

1. coast to coast
2. let’s get lost
3. i didn’t understand
4. speed trials
5. i better be quiet now
6. roman candle
7. satellite
8. independence day
9. cupid’s trick
10. o well, okay
11. no life
12. between the bars
13. christian brothers
14. everything means nothing to me
15. waltz #1
16. not half right
17. stupidity tries
18. bye

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Christopher O’Riley is an American classical pianist and public radio show host, who is also known for his piano arrangements of songs by alternative pop artists.

O’Riley was born in Chicago, Illinois and grew up in Evanston, Illinois. Beginning with a background in jazz, O’Riley switched to classical piano and studied at the New England Conservatory of Music. He has received awards at the Leeds, Van Cliburn, Busoni and Montreal competitions, as well as an Avery Fisher Career Grant. O’Riley has made many recordings of classical music. His debut album, a collection of the works of Ferruccio Busoni, including the seldom performed Fantasia Contrappuntistica, was released in 1983. He has since released several recordings, including works of Maurice Ravel, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Jean-Philippe Rameau, John Adams, Igor Stravinsky, and Alexander Scriabin, as well as a recording of Rhapsody in Blue with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

O’Riley is the host of the weekly National Public Radio program From the Top, on which young musicians are heard and interviewed. According to its website, it is the most popular classical music show on the air today. O’Riley first began performing Radiohead songs as a time-filler during a break in the program, to supplement preludes and miniatures by composers such as Debussy and Rachmaninoff. Many of those short classical pieces are found on his CD release At the Break.

True Love Waits: Christopher O’Riley Plays Radiohead, his recording of his own piano arrangements of songs by the experimental rock band, was released in 2003. O’Riley’s second Radiohead-derived album, Hold Me To This, followed two years later and contains a different selection of songs. Both albums had moderate success on the classical crossover charts. In 2006, he released a piano tribute to Elliott Smith, Home to Oblivion, again featuring his own arrangements.

O’Riley claims his renditions have introduced the music of Radiohead to an ignorant classical audience as well as introducing classical music to a wider or younger audience, as he sometimes performs both standard concert repertoire, such as Shostakovich or Mozart, and Radiohead, Elliott Smith or Nick Drake interpretations at the same concert. O’Riley describes himself as an obsessed Radiohead fan in interviews, and says he was attracted to the multilayered nature of the band’s music, leading him to listen and transcribe lesser known album tracks, live bootleg recordings of performances, b-sides, and even songs never officially released, as well as some of their hit singles. In his liner notes for Home to Oblivion, he calls Elliott Smith “the most important songwriter since Cole Porter,” although admitting he was unaware of Smith’s music until his apparent suicide in 2003. When asked to explain his unusual choice of material for a classical pianist, O’Riley has often quoted Duke Ellington’s statement that “there are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.”

O’Riley does not sing, but his pop interpretations usually stick to the original song’s structure and incorporate the vocal melody. He compares them to the work of classical composers who sought material in popular songs and dances, although O’Riley notes he is not a composer. His intricate Romantic-style performances have met with praise from many Radiohead fans, especially on the Internet, while some would have preferred more improvisatory arrangements (such as those of jazz pianist Brad Mehldau), or feel he is unfairly profiting from the band’s name, or from the untimely deaths of cult icons like Smith and Drake (his next project).

O’Riley’s work, however, has often been distinguished from other classical rock-tribute albums by music critics, who note O’Riley’s quality of playing. True Love Waits received 4 out of 5 stars from Rolling Stone magazine, allegedly the only “classical” recording to do so, while his Radiohead concert programs have received generally favorable notices from classical critics and promotion on NPR’s Performance Today.

Recoil – Incubus

Every time I think I’m gonna wake up
back in the jungle
Every minute I stay in this room
I get weaker
Each time I looked around
the walls moved in a little tighter

I’ve never seen a man so broken up
ripped apart
They say my name is death
I’ve never seen a man so broken up
ripped apart
But I’m alive, I am alive
I’ve never seen a man so broken up
ripped apart
I am born ten thousand times
I’ve never seen a man so broken up
ripped apart
Ten thousand ways, I’m alive

I am the shadow
I am the evening come
I am your greatest fear
Your greatest love

Born in ten thousand ways
for each and every day
I am alive

I am the victim of lying morality
and so, I am beyond caring
I am born ten thousand times
in ten thousand ways
My head swims in spoilt mothers milk
I am too alive
There are too many of me,
too many to kill
They’re in my head
They know my name
My name is death but I am alive,
I am alive

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MySpace :: http://www.myspace.com/recoil

Alan Wilder is working in the new Recoil album to be released in 2007, but let’s hear it from Alan himself.

Recoil is the musical venture of ex-Depeche Mode member Alan Wilder, for which he writes the music and invites various guest musicians to write the accompanying lyrics and perform them on the record. The vocal parts are either sung, or performed as spoken word pieces.

The sound of Recoil is – while also heavily electronic – quite different from the Depeche Mode sound. The lyrics often deal with the dark side of human nature.

Recoil’s first single was a cover of the Sensational Alex Harvey Band’s “Faith Healer”, with Douglas McCarthy from Nitzer Ebb on vocals, who would later reappear for two songs on the Unsound Methods album including one single from that album.

Depeche Mode – Martyr (Paul Van Dyk Vonyc Lounge Mix)

I’ve been a martyr for love
And I will die in the flames
As I draw my last breath
As I’m close in on death
I will call out your name

I’ve been a martyr for love
Nailed up on the cross
While you’re having your fun
As the damage is done
I’m assessing the cost

I knew what I was letting myself in for
I knew that I could never even the score

I’ve been a martyr for love
I need to be by your side
I have knelt at your feet
I have felt you deceit
Could have leave if I tried

I’ve been a martyr for love
Tortured every hour
From the day I was born
I’ve been moved like a pawn
By the greatest of powers

I knew that I would have to suffer in vain
A way that I would never outgrow the pain

I’ve been a martyr for love
I’ve been a martyr for love
I’ve been a martyr for love

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MySpace :: http://www.myspace.com/depechemode
Video :: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b66MFwKzXWI (Mute’s Version)

“Martyr” is Depeche Mode’s most recent non-album single, intended to promote the new compilation, The Best Of, Volume 1, released on November 13, 2006. The single was released on October 30, 2006 in three formats: CD single, CD maxi and DVD single.

The song, originally titled “Martyr for Love”, is a well-known missing track from the Playing the Angel sessions. The song was mentioned on one of the FletchCam videos (where it can faintly be heard playing in the background), and has been mentioned in interviews. Playing the Angel programmer Dave McCracken has said that it did not make the album due to it being a bit poppier than the rest of the album. There are no other new songs on the single; the B-Sides are remixes of Martyr and previous releases.

A video was being directed by Andreas Nilsson, who was reportedly hired because Dave Gahan was impressed by his video for The Knife’s “Silent Shout”. The video was made in Gothenberg, Sweden, and members of the group do not appear in it. The band subsequently rejected this video, which was replaced with a video montage produced by Mute Records.

BTW, if you know if the Andreas Nilsson’s video version can be download it or there is a place to watch it online let me know.

Deftones – Cherry Waves

A sea of waves
We hug the same plank
Just as I rehearsed over an hour break

The waves suck you in, and you drown

If you’d just stay down with me
I’ll swim down with you, you

You hang anchors over my neck
I liked it at first
But the more you laugh – crazy

The waves suck you in, and you drown

If you’d just stay down with me
I’ll swim way down with you

Is that what you want?
With you
Is that what you want?

If you’d just stay down with me
I’ll swim way down with you

Is that what you want?
With you
Is that what you want?
With you, you

Web :: http://www.deftones.com
MySpace :: http://www.myspace.com/deftones

Deftones es una banda de metal alternativo de Sacramento, California.
Sus integrantes son Camillo “Chino” Wong Moreno (vocalista y guitarrista), Stephen “Stef” Carpenter (guitarrista), Abraham “Abe” Cunningham (baterista), Chi Ling Dai Cheng (bajo) y Frank Delgado (giradiscos, samples, teclados).

Deftones ha sido considerada como una de las bandas más innovadoras de los últimos años. Johnny Casas Navarro (RSE) dijo “la crítica rockera comúnmente les reserva un lugar especial sobre el resto del metal. Mientras ellos definitivamente comparten la influencia de grupos como Tool y Korn, Deftones siempre se han demostrado curiosos y deseosos de incorporar sonidos como los del ‘dream pop’ y el ‘hardcore de D.C.’ en su metal alternativo de California del Norte”.

Las poéticas letras de Moreno (descriptas por la crítica de la revista Time como “furiosamente inteligentes”), son a menudo evocadoras y suficientemente ambiguas para permitir interpretaciones múltiples. Moreno ha mencionado a Morrissey, Rivers Cuomo de Weezer, Robert Smith de The Cure y David Gahan de Depeche Mode entre sus cantantes favoritos, y más allá de la similitud ocasional en la técnica vocal, el sentido arrollador de dramatismo y delicada vulnerabilidad de estos cantantes es a menudo evidente en las interpretaciones de Moreno.

El nuevo disco, Saturday Night Wrist, fue lanzado el 30 de Octubre de 2006, cuyo primer single y video es Hole in the Earth.

Deftones are a Grammy award-winning experimental rock band from Sacramento, California. Deftones are: Chino Moreno (vocals, guitar), Stephen Carpenter (guitar), Abe Cunningham (drums), Chi Cheng (bass) and Frank Delgado (turntables/keyboards).

Deftones have often been praised as one of the more innovative and unique rock bands of recent years. Johnny Loftus writes, “Rock critics usually reserve a special place for Deftones above or at least away from the rest of the turn-of-the-century nu metal movement. While they definitely share the influence of a group like Tool with peers like Korn, Deftones have always seemed more curious, more willing to incorporate traditionally revered sounds like dream pop or D.C. hardcore into their Northern California metal.” [1]

Moreno’s poetic lyrics—described by a Time magazine critic as “furiously intelligent”—are often evocative, yet sparse enough to allow for multiple interpretations. Moreno has cited Morrissey, Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo, The Cure’s Robert Smith, Bad Brains’ H.R., and Depeche Mode’s David Gahan among his favorite singers, and, beyond an occasional similarity in vocal technique, these singers’ sweeping sense of drama and delicate vulnerability is often evident in Moreno’s vocals.

The band’s latest album, titled Saturday Night Wrist, was released on October 31, 2006. It debuted at No. 10 in the US Billboard chart with sales of just over 76,000, a significant decrease on the two previous releases.

Rather than work with longtime producer Terry Date, Deftones decided to record with Bob Ezrin. Cunningham says that while the group enjoyed working with Date, “At this point, we just needed to change things up … And this is definitely a different style. Working with him (Ezrin) is just putting us fucking upside down. He’s cracking the whip.”[7] The band has since chosen not to go with Ezrin’s production of their work. As of April 7, 2006 the band is finishing recording the album with former Far guitarist Shaun Lopez as producer. Confirmed collaborations on the record include Annie Hardy from Giant Drag on the song ‘Pink Cell Phone’ and Serj Tankian from System of a Down on the track ‘Mein.’

The album’s first single is called “Hole in the Earth” and as of August 19, 2006 it can be heard on the Deftones’ Myspace page, or the official site. The single is scheduled to hit the radio on October 16th, 2006. On certain dates of the 2006 Family Values Tour, fans will be able to pre-order the album.

On September 28th, 2006, the song “Rapture” could be heard on the band’s MySpace page. The song disappeared the next day until October 4, 2006, when it was available for listening at their MySpace page once again. Around the same date, supposedly ‘advance’ copies of Saturday Night Wrist started leaking on the internet. However, this turned out to be a hoax. On Friday, October 13, the album was leaked to the internet. On October 16, the band posted a different version of “Beware” than had previously leaked on their MySpace page (with the outro of “Rapture” heard over the beginning of the song), suggesting the copy of the album that leaked on October 13th could possibly have been an unmastered version.

The Deftones published that they would stream the entirety of Satuday Night Wrist on their myspace on October 24th, 2006. This was marred by a late start and the wrong album being uploaded. Despite having the track names of the SNW, the songs were those from the B-Sides and Rarities album.

The album features a song titled “U,U,D,D,L,R,L,R,A,B,SELECT,START”, a possible reference to the Konami code, which is normally represented as (U,U,D,D,L,R,L,R,B,A,Start). This code is featured in many games published by Konami, as well as several other video game publishers. Chino said it was a misprint, & it should be b,a,select,start. the title code does however work for “TMNT 3: the manhattan project” for the NES, a rare instance where the konami game switches the b,a to a,b in the code

VNV Nation – Rubicon

Praying for myself.
These thoughts I try to hide.
I have faith in me and hope this will survive.
But it’s tearing me apart.
I can’t hear the words by which I guide.
So I must ask again who will carry me.

I cannot not deny that nothing can defend
from the helplesness that’s cutting deep inside,
and I cannot prevent the thought that nothing’s real.
Seems I’ve waited years for this day to end.

The strength I need to feel, the pride inside of me,
Are not there behind the face staring back at me.
The anger and the pain of knowing where I am.
I have come so far and I cannot return.

Nothing I can do that I have not done.
No words I can say. No truth left that I can see.
So must I let this end so everything falls apart.
Before I live my life as I have always done.

Tell me what to do so I do nothing wrong.
Something I can hope for. Something real that I can see.
So nothing falls apart. So that it does not end.
I cannot return. I can’t start again

Web :: http://www.vnvnation.com
MySpace :: http://www.myspace.com/vnvnation

VNV (which stands for Victory, not Vengeance) Nation, is an electronic music group originally from London, now based in Hamburg, that combines elements of trance, synthpop and electronic body music (EBM), into what they call futurepop. The members are Ronan Harris and Mark Jackson.

The group’s first album, Advance and Follow, was released in 1995. This was a mixture of danceable synthesizer melodies and harsh electronic beats firmly in the tradition of middle-era EBM, supplemented with elements of orchestral music. Their next release, 1998’s Praise the Fallen, continued largely in this vein, and they began to enjoy a larger degree of commercial success.

During that time Harris also wrote for Side-Line Magazine and was also the webmaster until 1999.

1999’s Empires was their breakthrough album, gaining them widespread commercial success (topping the German DAC charts for seven weeks) and almost single-handedly spawning a genre of similar artists. While in the vein of their previous two works, Empires expanded the bombastic synthesizer lines and incorporated tighter song organization with verses and catchy choruses. Furthermore, the harsher ’sheet metal instrumentals’ of albums like Praise The Fallen were largely gone, and the music as a whole was far more complex with multiple-layered arpeggios and pads. This album was composed using only one synthesizer (the legendary Access Virus) and two (rather low-quality) samplers.

Their 2002 album, Futureperfect, represented a departure in many ways, largely away from EBM and towards synthpop, even incorporating some elements of trance. Furthermore, some neoclassical instrumental pieces were included in the album. This shift caused their mainstream popularity to increase still further, but alienated some of their fans who preferred their earlier harsher and darker sound, leading to a somewhat weakened reputation in the “underground” music community. Nonetheless, they embarked on several highly successful world tours in 2002 and 2003, including to the United States, where this genre of music does not normally enjoy much commercial success. Notably, the album was produced using mainly software synthesizers instead of hardware synthesizers. Some hardware was used, but the majority of instruments used were software programs.

Their latest album, Matter + Form, released in 2005, expanded on the soundscape established with Futureperfect while also adding a harder and more mechanical sound in some songs. Notable for this harder-edged sound was the first single Chrome. Also of note is the lack of effects applied to the vocals, a departure from previous albums, which allows Ronan Harris’ voice more space in the mix. Of course, there were also several songs with a softer and more pensive theme. Some songs even had a slight “rock” feeling to them, mostly with how drum sequences and bass-lines were arranged, the most obvious being the album-closing song Perpetual. The instrument assortment used in the production was much expanded upon from previous albums and everything from the Access Virus to a custom-made analog modular synthesizer and several software synthesizers were used. This album was also the first time VNV used an outside producer, and the overall mix and master of the album is much improved.

Currently, VNV Nation is working on a live/remix/studio followup to the Matter + Form sessions and tour, called Reformation, as well as their sixth studio album, entitled Judgement. Judgement is scheduled to be released in 2007

Moka Only – Once Again (Feat. Mad Child)

(It might seem) It seems like I’m in love
(Big mistake) But that’s a big mistake
(I’ll just hang) Just hanging for a while
(Like your smile) Guess I like your smile
(Here again) December’s here again
(Should I go?) I’ll leave just tell me when
(Feel no pain) I won’t feel no pain
But let me love you once again

Now how we jumped into this thing with no preconceived ideas
I always thought that me and she could be free
And I see, it’s not as easy as I once believed
The more I look at the alternative the harder to leave

(No more) No more looking in your eyes
(Before) No more staring at the sky
(It was cool) I only asked if I could stay
(No rules) From December until May

No more counting down the days
No more drifting into space
We’re just living for today
(Ain’t it cool to feel this way)

(It might seem) It seems like I’m in love
(On the surface) But that’s a big mistake
(What’s the purpose) Hanging for a while
Guess I like your smile
(Here again) December’s here again
(Is it too long?) I’ll leave just tell me when
(Should I move on) I won’t feel no pain
But let me love you once again
let me love you once again
let me love you once again
It seems like I’m in love
so let me love you once again

When we connected, we made an agreement
No strings attached we were keeping it even
It was like take it or leave it let’s be casual
Until we got lost in time it was magical
But I’m not ready for this settling down talk again
A cat needs his space, you’re tryin to box me in
I need oxygen, let me get back in and do my thing
This was only supposed to be from winter to spring
I think it’s time for us to end this
What you call falling in love, I call it more than friendship
Got mixed feelings, but I’ll be alright
I’m out the door but let me stay just one more night

(It might seem) It seems like I’m in love
(On the surface) But that’s a big mistake
(What’s the purpose) Hanging for a while
Guess I like your smile
(Here again) December’s here again
(Is it too long?) I’ll leave just tell me when
(Should I move on) I won’t feel no pain
But let me love you once again
let me love you once again
let me love you once again
It seems like I’m in love
so let me love you once again (X2)

Web :: http://www.mokaonly.com
MySpace :: http://www.myspace.com/mokaonly

Moka Only (born Daniel Denton, November 14, 1973), is a Canadian hip hop artist from Vancouver, British Columbia who grew up in Langford, BC. Graduating from high school in 1989, Moka Only started freestyling at house parties and ciphers with K-Prevail, now known as Prevail from Swollen Members. They recorded a few demos that were released as an album called Splitsphere. They moved to San Diego later in 1994 to hook up with other rappers. In 1995, Moka returned to Vancouver and met Mad Child, an upcoming MC in the Vancouver music scene. The three of them formed the group Swollen Members late night at a Denny’s after a party. This marked the beginning of Battleaxe Records as well. Moka started his solo career in 1994 and has released over 15 albums independently since, gathering huge credibility in the underground hip hop scene. He is also a producer/singer and a songwriter and is in many other groups such as Perfect Strangers, Swollen Members, Code Name Scorpion, Cryptic Souls Crew, The Dominant Mammals, City Planners, Nowfolk, and much more. Moka also goes under many different aliases such as Ron Contour, TJ Slim, Mr. Behaviour, Torch, Him Himself and The Durable Mammal. Moka Only has now left Swollen Members and Battleaxe Records to pursue a solo career on Camobear Records. (Josh Martinez record label).

Colony 5 – Like Leaves

It’s getting colder
The wind tore up the sea
The rain is flooding the streets
And we are falling
We crawl back in our shell
So weak
So beaten
But still we regain

We are falling like leaves
We release
Too hard to hold on
So hard to stay warm
All that kept us strong
Within the darkness
It’s all gone

It’s like a disease
That could break a man out in tears
A man that nothing fears
Except himself
The colours are dead and pale
Fighting for survival
Waiting for the winter day
To fade away

Web :: http://www.colony5.com

Colony 5 is a Swedish futurepop/synthpop band founded in March 1999. P-O Svensson started the band as a hobby with Magnus Löfdahl. The music style has changed with group membership and their sound became more consistent. They have toured through Europe – Denmark, Russia, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Poland, Norway, Estonia and even Mexico..

Following a performance at the Quest for Fame contest (they came second), they began recording their first EP, Colony 5, and their first full CD, Lifeline. they released their second single, “Follow Your Heart”, then in 2003, the single “Black,” and the album Structures, which was featured on NBC Giga. Their output slowed in 2004 and 2005, as they toured eastern Europe. They released a collection of singles called Colonisation and a new album in 2005, Fixed.

The band came in second at the “Quest for Fame” competition and was nominated as “Best Newcomer” at the Scandinavian Alternative Music Awards 2005. And again for Best Band and Best Song (Plastic World) at Scandinavian Alternative Music Awards 2006 which they won.

Lorne Greene O.C., LL.D. (February 12, 1915 – September 11, 1987) was a Canadian actor best known for two iconic roles on American television.

Lorne Hyman Greene was born in Ottawa, Ontario to Russian Jewish immigrants, and began acting while attending Queen’s University in Kingston. He gave up on a career in chemical engineering and, upon graduation, found a job as a radio broadcaster for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). He was assigned as the principal newsreader on the CBC National News. The CBC gave him the nickname “The Voice of Canada”; however, his role in delivering distressing war news in sonorous tones following Canada’s entry into World War II in 1939 caused many listeners to call him “The Voice of Doom”. During his radio days, Greene invented a stopwatch that ran backwards. Its purpose was to help radio announcers gauge how much time they had available while speaking. He also narrated documentary films, such as the National Film Board of Canada’s Fighting Norway (1943). In 1957 Greene played the role of the prosecutor in the socially controversial movie Peyton Place.

The first of his American television roles was as family patriarch Ben Cartwright on the long-running western series Bonanza (1959–1973), making Greene a household name. He garnered the role after having turned in a highly-regarded performance in a production of Nineteen Eighty-Four for the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS). After the cancellation of Bonanza, he was host for the CBS nature documentary series “Last of the Wild” from 1974 to 1975.

Greene’s next best-known role was Commander Adama, another patriarchal figure, in the science fiction feature film and television series Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979) and Galactica 1980 (1980).

In 1964, Greene had a #1 single on the music charts with his hit ballad, “Ringo.” He was also known as the host and narrator of the nature series, Lorne Greene’s New Wilderness. He also appeared in the HBO mockumentary The Canadian Conspiracy, about the supposed subversion of the United States by Canadian-born media personalities. For nearly a decade, Greene co-hosted the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC. He is also fondly remembered as the founder of Toronto’s Academy of Radio Arts which had been founded as the Lorne Greene School of Broadcasting.

He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada on October 28, 1969, “For services to the Performing Arts and to the community.” [1] Greene was the 1987 recipient of the Earle Grey Award for Lifetime Achievement at the Canadian Gemini Awards. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1559 N. Vine Street.

He was married twice, to Rita Hands (1938–1960, divorced) and to Nancy Deale (1961–1987, Greene’s death). He has two children by Rita Hands, Belinda Susan Bennet (née Greene) and Charles Greene, and one child by Nancy Deale, Gillian Greene.

Greene died of pneumonia in 1987 in Santa Monica, California. He was interred at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery, Culver City, California. Only weeks before his death, he had been signed to appear in a revival of Bonanza.

In May 2006, Greene became one of the first four entertainers to ever be honored by Canada Post by being featured on a postage stamp