The News Review:
- … Can’t Dethrone Billboard King TI – News Story | Music…
- Reaching old Appalachia by way of punk
- THEY’VE GOT IT COVERED
- Winehouse rises to top for Mercury Prize
- The Cleveland Free Times :: Music :: Local Dirt :: Marcarian Tactics
- ECW TV on Sci-Fi Live Report
- Mockers compilation album peace of mind for Fagan
… Can’t Dethrone Billboard King TI – News Story | Music…
MTV.com – Jul 18, 2007
href} {button:true} ); Did all of you Smashing Pumpkins fans miss the memo about the band — well frontman Billy Corgan and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin along with a bunch of hired guns — reuniting to record an album its first in nearly a decade? We ask because only 144800 of you hit the bricks last week to purchase Zeitgeist the Pumpkins’ sixth studio LP and the first since their 2000 breakup and subsequent 2005 re-formation. Music-industry know-it-alls figured Zeitgeist would fare better on next week’s Billboard top 200 bumping T. from the albums chart’s #1 position. But it didn’t work out that way. Instead the Pumpkins debut at #2 after being outsold by T… Entering at #20 is the soundtrack to the film “Hairspray” which features the vocal stylings of John Travolta Zac Efron Queen Latifah Nikki Blonsky Michelle Pfeiffer and more. The set sold 36700 copies during its first week. Following at #35 is the latest from seminal punks Bad Religion New Maps of Hell selling to the tune of 20750. Another soundtrack debuts at #43 this one for the hit film “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” which scanned more than 15900 units. Crowded House’s Time on Earth trails in the #46 spot having sold 15500 copies. Opening at #57 is the latest from Against Me! New Wave which sold more than 12300 copies during its first week in stores. Further down on the chart finishing at #106 with 6800 sold is Monkeys for Nothin’ and the Chimps for Free the new one from Reel Big Fish.
Reaching old Appalachia by way of punk
Globe and Mail – Jul 18, 2007
There’s even a passageway from the urban punk scene to old Appalachia as Kori Miyanishi knows from his own experience. The full text of this article has 856 words… There’s even a passageway from the urban punk scene to old Appalachia as Kori Miyanishi knows from his own experience. The full text of this article has 856 words.
THEY’VE GOT IT COVERED
New York Post – Jul 18, 2007
"I Will Survive" Cake (Gloria Gaynor) Cake never meant this as a joke but alt-hipster fans loved the irony and the song. "Rock el Casbah" Rachid Taha (the Clash) You haven't heard world music until you've heard this Middle Eastern-inflected take on the punk classic. "Sex (I'm A)" Peaches (Berlin) Peaches updates the new-wave classic with a predictably naughty take on an already naughty song. "Caldonia" Mos Def (Cab Calloway) Unpredictable as always the Black Star rapper and actor recorded this swinging jam for HBO's "Lackawanna Blues.
Winehouse rises to top for Mercury Prize
Belfast Telegraph – Jul 18, 2007
The judges don’t need to listen to any of the albums; that is reason enough" he said. "I also like Jamie T he’s one of the freshest things to emerge recently in a gig way. He’s punk rock for the 21st century and puts on a great show. "I remember his show at Auntie Annie’s in Belfast last year when all these kids were going crazy tearing glitter balls from the ceiling and moshing on the tiny dance floor. I’ve never seen anything like it before. " Stephen Curan press officer with Wonderland Promotions said Amy Winehouse was a likely contender to win but his favourite album is Klaxons’ Myths of the Near Future. "The recent history of the Mercury Prize points towards a less high-profile act winning this year.
The Cleveland Free Times :: Music :: Local Dirt :: Marcarian Tactics
Cleveland Free Times – Jul 18, 2007
After decamping for the East Coast the band broke up in 1986 with singer-guitarist Bob Pfeiffer releasing a solo album in 1987 before becoming a record company executive and band manager and singer-keyboardist Myrna Marcarian releasing a solo album in 1989 and then vanishing. Marcarian hasn't returned to Cleveland to play a show since the mid-'80s so old Switchboard fans will definitely want to catch Ruby on the Vine when it plays two shows in the area: at the Beachland Tavern (15700 Waterloo Rd… After decamping for the East Coast the band broke up in 1986 with singer-guitarist Bob Pfeiffer releasing a solo album in 1987 before becoming a record company executive and band manager and singer-keyboardist Myrna Marcarian releasing a solo album in 1989 and then vanishing. Marcarian hasn't returned to Cleveland to play a show since the mid-'80s so old Switchboard fans will definitely want to catch Ruby on the Vine when it plays two shows in the area: at the Beachland Tavern (15700 Waterloo Rd.
ECW TV on Sci-Fi Live Report
Impact Wrestling News – Jul 18, 2007
Punk suddenly caught Burke with a DDT for another nearfall. Burke surprised Punk with a German suplex for a nearfall then he talked trash and landed right-arm clotheslines. Suddenly Punk surprised Burke with the Go 2 Sleep for the pin and the win. They didn’t even have his music cued up until a good 10 seconds after the pin. WINNER: Punk in 14:00. Crowd wasn’t buying into the action as there was never a sense of the wrestlers in jeopardy to be pinned in the first 10 minutes. That’s the problem with wrestling these days.
Mockers compilation album peace of mind for Fagan
New Zealand Herald – Jul 18, 2007
“Everyone comes together with a mutual interest but quite often when you move towns or something your whole focus changes. “Losing interest money issues or tiring of being on the road may have contributed he says. The Mockers had a punk vibe about them but played sing-along music that won them plenty of younger fans around New Zealand. Fagan says touring and living a rock and roll lifestyle was fun but the band got around a lot and eventually started feeling a bit saturated in New Zealand. “We were in a band and that (the fun) was one of the incentives of getting in a band really.