Lohan to take Spears' place at gala & other: 2008

Monday, 8 September 2008

Family Therapy With Medication Improves Depression In Bipolar Teens

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In combination with medication, family-focused therapy appears to help
aMEX depression symptoms in teens with bipolar disorder, according to a
report released on September 1, 2008 in the�Archives
of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives
journals.�

Bipolar disorders are characterized by occasional periods of elevated
mode, known as mania. A large portion of patients who are diagnosed
with bipolar disorder present in front age 18, according to the authors.
This can own especially negative effects, they say: "Early onset of
illness is associated with an never-ending
course of illness, frequent switches of polarity, interracial episodes,
psychosis, a highschool risk of suicide and poor functioning or quality of
life." They proceed, saying: "The past decade has witnessed a
remarkable
increase in diagnoses of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents
and, correspondingly, drug trials for patients with early-onset
disorder. There has been comparatively small controlled test of
psychotherapy for paediatric patients."

To inquire different therapies for cy Young people with bipolar
disorders, David J. Miklowitz,
Ph.D., of the University of Colorado, Boulder, and colleagues conducted
a randomized controlled trial in 58 adolescent outpatients with
bipolar, with an average historic period of 14.5 age and a mood installment within
the three months preceding the study. The patients were assigned to one
of two groups: either pharacotherapy and family-focused treatment for
adolescents (30 subjects), or the control group administered
pharmacotherapy plus enhanced care. The former treatment was 21
50-minute sessions with the patient, parents, and siblings, relating
education about the disease, communication breeding, and
problem solving skills development. The latter treatment had three
50-minute family roger Sessions with a particular vehemence on relapse
prevention. Evaluators, blinded to the group of the patient, assessed
the teens every xxxvi months for two amount years.

The follow-up was completed by 60% of the family-focused therapy grouping
and by 64.3% of the enhanced tending group. No differences were found
betwixt the iI groups when examining rates or retrieval or in elapsed
sentence before some other episode, and a total 53 (91.4%) patients
experienced full recovery from the

Saturday, 9 August 2008

Why?

Artist: Why?

   Genre(s):
Experimental
   Indie

Discography:

Rubber Traits

Year: 2006
Tracks: 4

Elephant Eye Lash

Year: 2005
Tracks: 12

Oaklandazulasylum

Year: 2003
Tracks: 14

Tuesday, 1 July 2008

Mark Morrison

Artist: Mark Morrison

   Genre(s):
Other

Discography:

Return Of The Mack

Year: 1997
Tracks: 6

Mark Morrison was one of the to the highest degree successful British urban R&B singers of the mid-'90s. His discovery undivided, "Refund of the Mack," became a Top Ten bump off across Europe in 1996, and open the U.S. market for him the undermentioned year. Although he became a commercial success nearly overnight, his career was plagued by run-ins with the practice of law that prevented him from consolidating his position as a star.

Ironically, if it wasn't for poky, Morrison wouldn't get chased a career in music in all. He distinct to go a singer in 1995 piece serving a three-month sentence for causation an incident at a club. Following his acquittance, he entered the studio with a production squad. In the accrue of 1995, he released "Crazy," which became a order darling and a Top 20 bump off in Britain. It was followed in the spring of 1996 by "Return of the Mack," which became a smash make, outgo 2 weeks at number one on the U.K. charts; he became the first blackened male solo artist to reach out number ane in the '90s. Morrison's debut record album, too coroneted Reelect of the Mack, followed and sickly at number four-spot. "Let's Get Down," his one-third undivided, reached the Top 40 that summer.

Although his calling was departure intimately, Morrison was constantly in problem with the law, culminating in an catch for nerve-racking to bring a stun gun onto a airplane. He was convicted and sent to clink in early 1997. Around the like time, he received quadruplet Brit Award nominations (he didn't advance whatever), and "Refund of the Mack" began to climb its way to number 2 on the American charts.

Tuesday, 24 June 2008

Unsigned band become first to play gigs on Facebook

Pop star wannabes hoping to follow in the footsteps of internet-spawned music sensations such as Lily Allen, the Arctic Monkeys and Kate Nash have been given a new window of opportunity by an enterprising London rock outfit.

The unsigned band RedBoxBlue have just completed a world first by broadcasting live gigs on the popular social networking site Facebook, finishing a five-night online residency yesterday, which attracted thousands of curious listeners.

Following their inaugural gigs, the rock-pop six- piece led by the singer songwriter Jonathan Haselden is about to secure a record label deal – a step the band believe is essential to make any headway in the music industry.

Haselden, 26, who lives in Wimbledon, south-west London, said that more than 10,000 people had watched their Facebook shows and that labels from countries as far away as Australia had been calling to speak to them. "It's been really, really successful," he said. "Bands have already starting contacting us asking how they can do the same thing – it looks like it is going to change Facebook quite quickly.

"On each gig we were getting around 2,000 people watching which from our point of view, as an unsigned band, that is fantastic. In comparison when we go out and play live in London we'd usually get a couple of hundred fans at a show.

"It was harder than I thought it would be to put this gig on, but we have had a really great response and are really proud of how it has gone."

Until now, MySpace has been the social networking website of choice for singers and bands, but RedBoxBlue's initiative could see a shift in the balance of power with other musicians lining up to promote themselves on Facebook.

To get the show online the band had to get permission from the website in the UK and have an entirely new programme developed for the site that would allow the gig to be streamed live. The application which Facebook users had to load on to their page was developed by the specialist American social networking technology company KyteTV.

Haselden said: "Some people didn't believe we were actually performing live, so to prove it we answered questions during that the shows that people had come online and asked us through Facebook.

"There have been online gigs before of course and you can do it through MySpace, but we thought doing it through Facebook would better target our fan base, which is generally 18-to 35-year-olds.

"MySpace generally has a little younger audience and is definitely more geared up for music and for fans to interact. Facebook has a long way to go, but is really useful for attracting new fans because of its strong networking element.

"If one person added the application to watch our gig, all their friends could see, and then they might also come and have a look at our profile or watch one of the shows which stayed on the site after we'd finished performing."

Haselden, who has been playing guitar since the age of 11 and has been in bands for nine years, fronts RedBoxBlue along with the drummer, Tom Marrow, the keyboardist, Sam Harrop, the bassist, Dominic Gianetta, and the guitarists, Rob Bohner and Tino Simpson, who also sing.

The band's musical influences are distinctly rock and include Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and Oasis.

Haselden has experience of online firsts. In 2006, he sold a lyric from one of his tracks for more than £11,000 on eBay after placing the song online in a desperate bid to get noticed.

He said: "When I sold that line I got good coverage and at that point I got the band together, it all kick-started from there. I don't have any more online stunts planned at the moment, but watch this space."

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Monday, 16 June 2008

McCartney's Homecoming A Hit With Fans

Sir Paul McCartney thrilled 36,000 music fans on Sunday night after playing a sensational homecoming gig in his native Liverpool, England. The former Beatle headlined the show at Liverpool's Anfield stadium to celebrate the English city being crowned as the European Capital of Culture for 2008. McCartney kicked off the show singing Chan Romero's Hippy Hippy Shake to the ecstatic crowd before jaunting into a mixed musical set, including songs from his days with the Beatles as well as his solo work. And the singer was happy to be back performing in his hometown: "I was born just down the road and I lived not far from here. Every time I come back to Liverpool all the memories come flooding back." McCartney was joined onstage by Foo Fighters rocker Dave Grohl, who played guitar while the former Beatle sang a Wings track. The evening also attracted McCartney's former bandmate John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono, who watched his set from the audience. Other bands to take part in the celebration included fellow Liverpudlian musicians The Zutons, who originally wrote and recorded Amy Winehouse's track Valerie, and British rockers Kaiser Chiefs.

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Friday, 6 June 2008

Ford denies wedding rumours

Harrison Ford has blasted rumours he is planning to marry longtime girlfriend Calista Flockhart this summer, imdb.com reports. Some have suggested the pair, who have dated since 2002, will make their union formal as soon as Ford finishes promotional duties on the new Indiana Jones movie. But a representative for the 65-year-old insists marriage reports are �tabloid rumour and nothing more.�

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Thursday, 5 June 2008

Alim Qasimov Ensemble

Artist: Alim Qasimov Ensemble

   Genre(s):
Folk

Discography:

Legendary Art of Mugham

Year: 1998
Tracks: 5

Karavan and Boban Markovic

Artist: Karavan and Boban Markovic

   Genre(s):
Other

Discography:

Gypsy Flamenco

Year: 2003
Tracks: 12

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Another Miley Cyrus pic scandal surfaces

Miley Cyrus has been lying low after a series of raunchy photo scandals, but that hasn't stopped more pictures of the teen queen surfacing.

The Cranberries

Artist: The Cranberries

   Genre(s):
ROck: Alternative
   Alternative
   Pop: Pop-Rock
   Rock: Pop-Rock
   Rock

Discography:

Stars: The Best Of 1992-2002 (CD 2)

Year: 2002
Tracks: 5

Stars: The Best Of 1992-2002 (CD 1)

Year: 2002
Tracks: 20

Stars (The Best Of 1992-2002)

Year: 2002
Tracks: 20

Promises Promo Cds

Year: 1999
Tracks: 1

Bury The Hatchet

Year: 1999
Tracks: 19

Odd Bits and Hits. Best and Rare

Year: 1998
Tracks: 19

No Need To Argue (The Complete Sessions 1994-1995)

Year: 1994
Tracks: 18

No Need To Argue

Year: 1994
Tracks: 13

Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We

Year: 1993
Tracks: 11

Everybody Else Is Doing It So Why Can't We? (The Complete Sessions 1991-1993)

Year: 1993
Tracks: 18

Wake Up and Smell The Coffee

Year:
Tracks: 13

To The Faithful Departed

Year:
Tracks: 15

Everybody Else Is Doing It So

Year:
Tracks: 12

Best

Year:
Tracks: 19

Eddie Money

Artist: Eddie Money

   Genre(s):
Rock

Discography:

The Essential Eddie Money

Year: 2003
Tracks: 15

Shakin' with the Money Man

Year: 1997
Tracks: 14

No Control

Year: 1990
Tracks: 11

Eddie Money

Year: 1990
Tracks: 10

Greatest Hits: The Sound of Money

Year: 1989
Tracks: 13

Playing For Keeeps

Year: 1980
Tracks: 9

Eddie Money arrived in the late '70s at the height of album rock's popularity. While Money didn't have a remarkable interpreter, he had a hang for attention-getting, blue-collar rock & roll, which he delivered with a surprising amount of polished, radio-friendly delicacy. He was able to go in the early MTV era by filming a series of suspect story videos, something his AOR peers were loath to do. However, he wasn't able to resist the temptations of a rock & wave lifestyle, and his popularity swayback in the mid-'80s as he struggled with various addictions. Once he sobered up, he made a remarkable comeback in the late '80s, with singles like "Take Me Home Tonight" and "Take the air on Water" reaching the Top Ten. It proven to be Money's last string of hits -- during the early '90s, his popularity weakened and he retired to the oldies electrical circuit.

Initially, Eddie Mahoney was going to follow in his father's footsteps and turn a Brooklyn nab. He tended to the New York Police Academy during the early '70s, simply at night, he american ginseng in tilt & roll bands under the name Eddie Money. After a few days, he decided to quest after tilt & roll as a career and quit the honorary society, moving to Berkeley, CA. Money became a veritable at Bay Area clubs, where he eventually got the attention of legendary promoter Bill Graham, wHO signed the vocalist to his management company. Graham as well secured him a foreshorten with Columbia Records, and Money released his eponymic debut in 1977.

During the late '70s, Eddie Money had a fistful of album rock hits and wound up crossing over into the Top 40 with songs like "Baby Hold On" and "Perchance I'm a Fool." During the early '80s, Money began to make funny narration videos, which became staples on early MTV and made "Shakin'" and "Consider I'm in Love" hits. His life history come to a slump during the mid-'80s as he struggled with diverse do drugs addictions, simply he made a comeback in 1986 with Can't Hold Back. Featuring the strike duo with Ronnie Spector "Subscribe to Me Home Tonight," as well as the Top 20 "I Wanna Go Back," the album became a Top Ten smash, re-establishing Money as a successful blue-collar rocker. Money followed the album in 1988 with Goose egg to Lose, which featured the Top Ten "Take the air on Water." Two age later, "Peace of mind in Our Time," taken from the 1989 Greatest Hits: Sound of Money, reached number 11.

"Peacefulness in Our Time" proven to be Money's last large hit. During the early '90s, his hearing slowly washed-out away, as both 1991's Right Here and 1992's Disconnect It In were neglected. Columbia dropped him in the mid-'90s, and he worn-out the remainder of the 10 touring the oldies racing circuit. He returned with a new album, Ready Eddie, in 1999.

Downloading case in the High Court

Four record companies have brought a High Court action to compel Eircom - the State's largest broadband service provider - to prevent its networks being used for the illegal downloading of music.
It's the first case to be aimed at the service provider rather than at individual illegal downloaders.
The four record companies taking the action are EMI, Sony BMG, Universal Music and Warner Music.
Willie Kavanagh, Managing Director of EMI Ireland and Chairman of the Irish Recorded Music Association, said because of illegal downloading and other factors, the Irish music industry was experiencing a "dramatic and accelerating decline" in income.
He said sales in the Irish market dropped 30% in the six years up to 2007.
EMI and the other companies are challenging Eircom's refusal to use filtering technology or other measures to voluntarily block or filter illegally downloaded material.
Last October Eircom told the companies it was not in a position to use the filtering software.
Eircom also told the companies that it was not on notice of specific illegal activity which infringed the companies' rights and it had no legal obligation to monitor traffic on its network.

Britney taking advice from David Hasselhoff?

Britney Spears has reportedly started taking advice from former 'Baywatch' star David Hasselhoff in a bid to overcome her troubles.
According to a report in the Daily Star, Spears' father Jamie believes that Hasselhoff can provide a positive influence for the singer.
The newspaper is reporting that Spears has been spending time at Hasselhoff's home where she has been watching episodes of 'Knight Rider' and partaking in primal scream therapy.
A source said: "Britney turns up looking like she's carrying a big bag of bad on her back and the noise can get a bit much, but she always leaves with a smile on her face."
The newspaper also claimed that Lynne Spears, Spears' mother, is angry that her ex-husband is letting the pair meet and apparently thinks it is all a publicity stunt for Jamie's new restaurant.
A source added: "Britney's mum is incandescent with rage at Jamie's stupidity. She wants her daughter to stay out of the headlines, but she thinks her ex-husband just wants publicity for his new business."