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![]() CREATIVE MANAGER A leading management company based in North London is looking to recruit a Creative Manager. Applicants for this new position within the organisation should have in depth experience of the following: 1. Artwork origination process from concept to production and 2. Video commissioning. In addition the successful applicant must have great communication skills with both colleagues and artists along with an up to date knowledge of current creative trends. An ability to work under pressure on multiple projects is also essential. To apply, please send your CV and covering letter to [email protected]. -- FABRIC PRESS DEPARTMENT -- RESEARCHER & ADMINISTRATOR AT UNICORNJOBS.COM -- ADVERTISING MANAGER AT ROCK SOUND
The Brighton Festival is in its final stage, but with plenty more fine theatre, comedy, cabaret, dance, art and debate to come. Plus lots of music. Our sister publication, ThreeWeeks, is covering it all - check out the coverage at www.threeweeks.co.uk. Meanwhile, here's the final batch of reviews from Team ThreeWeeks/CMU from last week's The Great Escape, the big music convention that sits in the middle of the Brighton Festival. First our reviewer's Saturday round up, and then a couple more reviews... Joel's Saturday at TGE... Bon Iver Iron and Wine BACKSTREET BOYS CREATOR GIVEN 25 YEARS As much previously reported, since Pearlman's brief career as American's biggest pop mogul, he got himself involved in a dodgy investment scam that amounted to an elaborate pyramid scheme. As the whole thing began to untangle, leaving hundreds of mainly elderly Americans out of pocket, Pearlman fled the country but finally gave himself up to the feds. Judge G Kendall Sharp said he would reduce Pearlman's sentence by one month for every $1 million he paid back to those he stole from. -------------------------------------------------- WHITNEY DRUGS CHARGES DROPPED -------------------------------------------------- WE MET HIM ON DOZENS OF OCCASIONS: R KELLY TRIAL UPDATE The defence claim that not only is the guy in the video not Kelly, but that the girl that the prosecution have identified isn't in it either. Their claim is aided by the identified girl herself, who denies that it is her. However, the prosecution continued their case yesterday by wheeling in one Simha Jamison, a friend of the alleged victim, who says that it is, in fact, her friend in the vid. Are you following all this, yes? Jamison told the court yesterday the she and her friend, the alleged victim, were best friends throughout school, and that they both visited Kelly at both his recording studio and a Chicago basketball court on "dozens of occasions" while they were about 12. They also visited the house where the prosecution claim the sex tape was filmed. They are claims that certainly help the prosecution's case, which is hindered by the fact it is not especially easy to make out the identities of the two people in the video, although the defence will presumably try to pull her claims to pieces when they cross-examine her later today. Kelly is accused of filming himself having sex with an underage girl, and faces 15 years in jail if found guilty. The case continues. -------------------------------------------------- SPEARS DAD QUITS JOB The request for "replacement compensation" for Jamie, published by People.com says: "The responsibilities he has assumed as conservator ... have required [his] full-time attention. As a result, he has been unable to continue to his prior employment and he has lost his source of income which he needs to pay his living expenses". -------------------------------------------------- EMO FANS TO MARCH ON LONDON Yes, thanks to such OTT declarations of paranoia regarding emo among certain parts of the press – well, the Daily Mail mainly - a group of My Chemical Romance fans have organised a protest march, due to take place in London on 31 May, finishing outside the offices of the tabloid – whose campaign against emo has been particularly fervent. Negative press commentary on emo has grown in recent weeks, of course, in the wake of the suicide of thirteen year old emo fan Hannah Bond. In a statement, organisers of the protest said: "The Daily Mail has repeatedly attacked MCR, going back years. They recently posted an article accusing the band of being a 'suicide cult'. Enough is enough, these boys have worked so hard to keep us out of harm and away from suicide, it's time we bounced back. We need to stand up and let the world know that MCR is a positive band with a positive message". More info: www.whatthefrank.co.uk -------------------------------------------------- DISTURBED VID INCLUDES GRAPHIC PORTRAYAL OF SUICIDE The video, which is online at www.disturbed1.com, is preceded by a message from frontman David Draiman who explains the song is based on his own personal experience of suicide – as a teenager his girlfriend took her own life – and he encourages any Americans contemplating suicide to seek immediate help by contacting the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The song appears on the band's new album, 'Indestructible', out next month. -------------------------------------------------- WENTZ ATTACKS MTV In a follow-up message on Tuesday, Wentz wrote: "It is a network called 'Music Television' that does not play music videos. And when they do play videos, it is in 30 second clips on 'TRL' or underneath the credits of whatever reality show. The truth is we have a collective memory of videos. Certain ones we can all sit and look back and say 'Oh I remember that' or 'I can't believe Axl rocked the NWA hat and the bicycle shorts in the same video'". He added that he has been told – by the powers that be, presumably - that people no longer have attention spans long enough to watch full music videos, which surely means we're now in some kind of sub-MTV generation, where everyone just tails off in the middle of... Wentz continued: "People say that with the ADD generation, people can't pay attention to a whole music video. I disagree. As most of you do, as well. The truth is whole videos should be played. Bands should play live. Premieres should be a big deal like they used to be, not just a snippet of a video. Artists should be able to let their imaginations go and know that people will be able to see what they have crafted. Artists should talk about their videos. We should and can make the music video important again". -------------------------------------------------- MORISSETTE HITS OUT AT 'SEXIST' MUSIC INDUSTRY It's obviously rubbish that there's any sexism in music, but isn't it cute that she has an opinion? Morissette has also recorded a new single (with the help of several men, I bet) called 'Underneath', which is released on Monday. -------------------------------------------------- TING TINGS ASK TO BE DROPPED Referencing the experience of being dropped by Universal/Mercury as members of Dear Eskimo, the band's Jules De Martino admitted: "We were really nervous about getting involved with a label after being dropped before. When it came to putting pen to paper we panicked. It was horrible. I fled to the Scottish highlands for a week and Katie hid at her mum's so they couldn't find us. [When Mike Pickering and Rick Rubin came on board] we thought, 'Look, they obviously like us so let's do the deal". But, nevertheless, they admit the being dropped thing provided much inspiration for their work as Ting Tings, so being dropped a second time could have advantages. De Martino Continued: "We ripped up the rulebook for the first [Ting Tings] album. I think the second album will be really hard, so I've already asked the label to drop us again so we'll have something to write about". The Ting Tings' debut album 'We Started Nothing' is reportedly currently 5000 sales ahead of the current number one, Neil Diamond's 'Home Before Dark', in the midweek album charts. -------------------------------------------------- HIP HOP ICONS STAGE NO PROFANITY CONCERT Blow, who has been a vocal supporter of the most recent rallying call to end the use of racist and sexist language in hip hop, told AllHipHop.com this week: "I've always been a stickler for being more conscious of the lyrics in hip hop. Not only do I think it's important to support no profanity in hip hop and rap music, but also it's more important to support no profanity in everyday life because in our society, most violence starts with the way we talk to each other". -------------------------------------------------- HAPPY MONDAYS BACK IN THE STUDIO Speaking to Billboard, Ryder said: "It's sounding good. We had a few tracks left over from the last Mondays album. So, we thought that we might as well do another one". He wasn't too sure about a release date for the album, though. He said: "Knowing us, it'll probably come out in about two years time. I mean, the other one, we had that in the can for, what, two years before that got released, because of legal problems. It took us eight or nine years to sort out all that. So, we've now got ourselves a new set of legal problems, which will probably take another few years to sort out and then we can get this one out". Fret not, though, Ryder fans! You will have some new music from the vocalist this year. He also revealed that he has contributed vocals to songs by unsigned Manchester band Some Other Guy, two of which are due to be released on limited edition 7" vinyl later this year. Ryder says: "One of them is a poem - a John Cooper Clarke/rap sort of thing. I'm just talking, sounding very common. And the other one is me doing Frank Sinatra over some really nice atmospheric music". -------------------------------------------------- ARCTIC MONKEY ANNOUNCES NEW PROJECT Speaking to NME, Nicholson said: "I thought I'd keep my head down, grow up a bit and come back twice as strong. I could have got a deal as 'Andy Nicholson' but I wanted to do what's right for me. Mongrel is something you can't pigeonhole - there's dub tunes, reggae tunes and dancey tunes". -------------------------------------------------- CARLA BRUNI ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM 'Comme Si De Rien N'Etait' ['As If Nothing Had Happened'], is named after a photograph taken by the singer's brother, Virginio Bruno Tedeschi, and has already sparked controversy in France, due to a song called 'My Junk', which includes drug references. All royalties from the album will be donated to charity. -------------------------------------------------- MCFLY CONSIDERING THEIR OPTIONS FOR INDIE RELEASE Fletch: "It's one of the options we're talking about, but we haven't made any decisions yet. You'll have to wait and see. There's not a set way of doing things anymore. Now, especially with stuff like downloads, or giving music away, there's so many options for what you can do". -------------------------------------------------- MIGHTY BOOSH TO RECORD ALBUM The source said: "The Mighty Boosh lads are looking for a studio to work on new material. They want to write and record some new tracks. Record labels have been trying to get them to release an album for ages". I'm not sure a Boosh album now is such a good idea myself – I'm feeling a little too exposed to all things Boosh at the moment. -------------------------------------------------- DOORS DRUMMER GETS FORMER BANDMATE TO GUEST ON JAZZY SOLO ALBUM Warning Doors fans that his new solo work has a different sound to it, Densmore says of his new long player: "For thirty years I've been saying I was a jazz drummer before I got into The Doors. Finally I am putting my sticks where my mouth is. I joined forces with Art Ellis. Art had been producing his original afro/jazz music, as well as performing as (an) opening act in festivals with Sting and many others. We began reworking the wonderfully melodic lines of Art's music into a synthesis of world rhythms and acoustic classic jazz that pleases us both". The album will be released digitally via www.Omstream.com -------------------------------------------------- EUROVISION UPDATE In a pre-Eurovision poll conducted by the BBC, Sweden came out top by quite a long way – their entrant, Charlotte Perrelli, has already had one Eurovision win, back in 1999, and could win again with new song 'Hero' if the Beeb's pan-European poll is to be believed. Ukraine, Switzerland, host nation Serbia and Russia were the next most popular entrants in the pre-Contest poll, the UK entry – Andy Abrahams' 'Even If', came so low down, I didn't get that far down the list. If Perrelli was to win on Saturday night she'd be the second singer to have two wins in the Contest – Ireland's Johnny Logan won in both 1980 and 1987. There are two semi-final heats this week (the second tonight) – though we here in the UK, of course, don't have to bother with such tedious early stage shenanigans, us having a guaranteed place in the final as a result of us paying for the whole thing. France, Germany and Spain likewise – and last year's winners are also guaranteed a spot in the final. A viewer vote decides which of the 38 countries competing in the semis will get through to Saturday's final, though a jury of pundits will also get to put one artist from each heat through in addition to those selected by the viewers, seemingly in a bid to ensure the notoriously political Eurovision voting doesn't leave one bit of the continent particularly badly represented on Saturday night. Which countries compete and get to vote in each of the two heats have also been strategically organised so to reduce the impact of viewers in any one country automatically voting for their neighbours. The voting at the final on Saturday, however, will be left to viewers all across Europe, as normal. It will air on BBC1 from 8pm. -------------------------------------------------- POLAR MUSIC PRIZE WINNERS ANNOUNCED Fleming receives the award "in recognition of her sublime unparalleled voice and unique stylistic versatility", while Pink Floyd are recognised "for their monumental contribution over the decades to the fusion of art and music in the development of popular culture". Both winners will receive 1 million Swedish Kronor (approx £86,000) from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at a gala ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall on 26 Aug. -------------------------------------------------- MUSICIANS AWARDED AT BMI FILM & TV AWARDS Composer Christopher Young received the Richard Kirk Award for "significant contributions to film and television music". Recognising his soundtrack work on films such as 'Ghost Rider', 'The Grudge' and 'The Exorcism Of Emily Rose'. The Who's Pete Townshend took home three awards from his work on 'CSI', 'CSI:Miami' and 'CSI:NY'. The head of the Sundance Institute's Film Composers Lab, Peter Golub received the Classic Contribution Award for his role in enhancing music in independent film. Other winners included Steve Jablonsky, Rupert Gregson-Williams, George Fenton, Mychael Danna, Aaron Zigman, Kevin Kiner, Mike Post and Matt Koskenmaki. -------------------------------------------------- THREE TENORS LAUNCH NAMED BEST CULTURAL MOMENT -------------------------------------------------- SPEARS FOR LAS VEGAS? However, the new issue of The National Enquirer reports that Britney is planning a "multi-million dollar stage production she hopes will jump-start her career". They quote a source, who says: "She wants to make a splashy comeback in Las Vegas. She wants the show to be full of high energy and flashy costume changes". -------------------------------------------------- GLASTONBURY SPECIAL GUEST ANNOUNCED Asked by BBC Newsbeat if she thought Winehouse was too unreliable to take such a prominent slot on the bill, Glastonbury's Emily Eavis said: "I have total faith. I think she'll come and deliver. This is one of the biggest sets of the summer, supporting the most anticipated artists at Glastonbury in the past 38 years. I don't know how much [speculation that she is unreliable] is hot air from the press and how much is reality but she is pretty reliable actually. It's her personal life and no one really knows the extent of what she's up to and I don't think it should be public knowledge. We all know she's a brilliant performer and I think that's what we should be focussing on". -------------------------------------------------- ORIGINAL SPECIALS LINE-UP OFFICIALLY REFORMS Frontman Terry Hall told Billboard: "We've been trying to do it for five years, but we solved those problems and hopefully got over them. Seven 50 year old men together in a room is not very pleasant, no matter who you are. But we're getting on great and that's all you can hope for, really. It's weird because we're all living all over the place, so it's difficult arranging to be in the same place at the same time. We're doing a block of rehearsals in June and then once we've done that, we'll see when we're ready. We're going to play just the first and second album. The first album probably in full and half of the second one. That's all we want to do - just get together and play the songs once more". Hall also said that the band intend to play small UK venues, rather than heading off on a large-scale world tour: "That's the kind of venue where we started. I don't like arena dates, at all. They're just soulless. The very nature of this band, we shouldn't go and play sit-down theatres. It would just be weird. I think we should carry on where we left off". -------------------------------------------------- NEW ART SITE LAUNCHES TONIGHT --------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------- CHINESE SEARCH ENGINE FINED OVER MP3 SEARCH Similar MP3 search services are offered by the market leader search engines in China, Baidu and Yahoo! China. It allows users to easily find illegal sources of music on the net, though the search companies originally claimed they themselves were not infringers because they didn't host any of the infringing content on their servers. The defence worked when the majors sued Baidu, but then the Chinese authorities clarified the country's digital copyright laws, and as a result the courts found in favour of the record companies when they sued Yahoo! China over their MP3 search facility. On the back of that the record companies have had the OK to launch new proceedings against Baidu. The action taken by the Copyright Bureau against Zhongsou should make things easier for the record companies, taking some of the responsibility for bringing net firms in line out of their hands. Commenting on the fine, IFPI Regional Director Asia Leong Mayseey told reporters: "We are pleased with the maximum fine imposed by the administrative authorities against Zhongsou's blatant and deliberate infringement of our members' copyright. This should send a signal to other similar infringing music services. China has the potential to be one of the most dynamic digital music markets in the world, but legal services cannot compete when household names like Zhongsou deliberately break the law, abuse the rights of others and seek to drive advertising revenue by providing illegal content. We cannot tolerate such abuse of our members' rights and other internet companies that are breaking the law should be warned that we are coming after them next". -------------------------------------------------- BAUER APPOINT NEW Q ONLINE EDITOR --------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------- PETE DOHERTY REFUNDS FAN -------------------------------------------------- ZUTON FANS DON'T KNOW ZUTON SONGS -------------------------------------------------- WENTZ-SIMPSON PRE-NUPTIAL Wentz said: "We have signed a pre-nup. She legally is a Wentz. I don't know what she'll do with her stage name, that's up to her. She hasn't decided that". He also told US TV/radio presenter Ryan Seacrest that the couple are going on a rather unorthodox honeymoon in their basement: "We got some blow-up palm trees. A little fake 'n' bake tanning booth. We're eating DiGiorno's pizza, getting in that tanning oven every once in a while, it's great. It's gonna look like we're on that private jet. We're gonna save that 30 grand, you know?" Seacrest also asked Wentz about rumours that his new wife is pregnant. He replied: "Ryan, this baby has not been confirmed". Which I'm taking to mean she is pregnant. Is that wrong? -------------------------------------------------- SKINNER FAILS TO WALK TO FRANCE Writing on his MySpace blog, Skinner said: "The rules of my walking adventure through France have been bent slightly. ['Beat Stevie' TV show co-presenter] Ted Mayhem offered me his clothes and a meal in a lovely restaurant. I couldn't refuse. The descriptions on the menu were so funny and as Ted read them to me out the car window I salivated profusely. I also hadn't realized that I had a gig to do in Austria tomorrow. I made the flight to Vienna and I have to make the decision whether to go back for more walking or home to my bed and back to Stevie's house to edit the video". -------------------------------------------------- GALLAGHER SWEARS AT PHOTOGRAPHERS -------------------------------------------------- MADONNA CAN'T OUT-DIVA THE BOYS |
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