CSS, Tilly and the Wall invite fans to film shows

Brazilian indie-pop rockers CSS [ ] will solicit up with Omaha-based indie-pop outfit Tilly and the Wall [ ] this month for a little run of North American dates that will be documented for a film.

The bands volition warm up with mid-September shows in the Denver area, Salt Lake City and Vancouver before firing off up the cameras for dates in Seattle; San Francisco; Los Angeles; Portland, OR; and Pomona, CA. The schedule is listed below.

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Though they'll have their own motion-picture show crew, the two groups are also inviting fans to document concerts with video cameras and mail in their own personal footage.

"Start your tape rolling and exhibit us what this music means to you and your lives," the bands said in a weigh release. "We want you to document your lives, your bands, the places you hang out. Show us how CSS and Tilly and the Wall have influenced your life."

Submissions, due Oct. 15, will be viewed and considered for the final plastic film. It should be notable that cameras will non be allowed at the Los Angeles performances. Guidelines and further information tin be establish at White Light Media's website.

CSS is currently in Europe and will inspect Mexico in front the US jaunt, which will be followed by the band's first major UK term of enlistment. CSS's full itinerary fanny be establish at its website.

The Sao Paulo-based group--described as equal parts dance party, urban circus and out-and-out chaos--is supporting its sophomore coif, "Donkey," which surfaced in July and broke into The Billboard 200. The video for the lead single, "Left Behind," is streaming at CSS's MySpace page, along with a few other tracks from the set.

Tilly and the Wall will also keep going later on the joint tour, playing a few more West Coast dates and then heading across the Pond in October. Details tin be found at the band's website.

The Omaha quintette is backup its third album, "O," which popped into the Top 20 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart following its June release. The record is said to redefine the band's sound with bolder steps toward experimentation. A couple songs from "O" can be heard at Tilly and the Wall's MySpace page.



[Note: The following tour dates have been provided by artist and/or tour sources, who swear its accuracy as of the publishing time of this story. Changes crataegus oxycantha occur before go on sale. Check with official artist websites, ticketing sources and venues for late updates.]

September 200814 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheater/Monolith Festival15 - Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue17 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom18 - Seattle, WA - The Showbox19 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theatre20 - San Francisco, CA - Treasure Island Music Festival22, 23 - Los Angeles, CA - Mayan Theatre24 - Pomona, CA - The Glass House

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Judge rules actor's accused stalker competent

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A judge says a woman accused of stalking John Cusack is competent to stand trial, but cannot represent herself.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Susan M. Speer made her opinion Wednesday afternoon based on a psychiatrist's evaluation of Emily Leatherman. The 33-year old was arrested originally this class outside of the actor's home.

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Kevin Costner with daughter Lily Costner at David Letterman show

Kevin Costner and girl Lily Costner at The Late Show with David Letterman at Ed Sullivan Theatre in New York City on July 29, 2008. Photo Credit: PR Photos

July 30, 2008 () - Kevin Costner's daughter Lily Costner attended her dad to the Late Show with David Letterman on July 29, 2008. Kevin is doing the media rounds promoting his new film The Swing Vote.

Kevin Costner and daughter Lily Costner at The Late Show with David Letterman at Ed Sullivan Theatre in New York City on July 29, 2008. Photo Credit: PR Photos

Lily, going on 22, was dressed in a ovalbumin tucked-in tank car and a black slim fitting chick with her straight fortunate blond hair left exposed.

Kevin was dressed casually in a blue jeans and a khaki leash shirt.

The adorable father and girl duo matched their camel shoes.

Kevin Costner and daughter Lily Costner at The Late Show with David Letterman at Ed Sullivan Theatre in New York City on July 29, 2008. Photo Credit: PR Photos

Lily, the "Miss Golden Globe" (2004) award achiever, is the middle daughter from Kevin's first marriage with Cindy Silva. Cindy and Kevin, divorced in 1994 afterwards 16 years of married couple.

After a four yr courtship Costner, 53, married his twenty year jr. girlfriend Christine Baumgartner on September 25, 2004, at his ranch in Aspen, Colorado. The couple has a word Cayden Wyatt Costner, natural on May 6, 2007.

Costner produced political comedy, Swing Vote, is around a girl father relationship. He besides stars in the film along with Paula Patton, Kelsey Grammer, Dennis Hopper, Nathan Lane, Stanley Tucci, George Lopez and debutante Madeline Carroll.

He plays Bud Johnson, an apathetic, beer slinging, lovable failure whose unitary bright pip is Molly, his twelve-year-old, over achieving daughter. She takes care of both of them until Election Day when in a remarkable turn of events, the result of the presidential election comes down to one man's right to vote - Bud Johnson's!

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Pantheist

   
Artist: Pantheist

   Genre(s): 
Metal: Death,Black
   Metal: Doom
   

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Discography:


   
 The Pains Of Sleep

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 3


   
 Amartia

   Year: 2005   
Tracks: 10


   
 O Solitude

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 5


   
 1000 Years (Demo)

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 6


   
 1000 Years

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 6

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Jakob

Popa dispensed fatherly wisdom to Wu-Tang crew

Popa Wu is the only dad some Wu-Tang Clansmen have ever known.
When the New York collective ascended the global rap scene in the early ’90s, Wu kept the crew in check. Call him the Clan’s spiritual adviser.
“I was always like a father figure,” said Wu, who brings his lessons to the Western Front Thursday. “(Wu Tang Clan members) Raekwon, Meth and Ghost didn’t have pops like that, so I would tell them what they could and couldn’t do.”



Wu’s tenure with the Clan dates back to when the crew was called All In Together Now. The original posse, which featured GZA rapping, RZA spinning and Ol’ Dirty Bastard beat-boxing, looked to Wu, then known as Freedom Allah, for more than knowledge.
“It started off with us four hanging in my grandmother’s house, and I was the eldest,” said the 51-year-old Wu. “I’m musically inclined myself, and a lot of them picked things up watching me play keyboards, sax and clarinet.”
Though he considers himself a jazzman, Wu never let generational differences dissuade him from guiding Wu-Tang’s magic carpet ride. He’s rolled with the group on tours to nearly every continent, and not just to take in the sights.
“I like to teach in the streets,” Wu said. “When we used to go on tour, everybody else would go back to the hotel. I would sit outside with all the kids speaking.”
He also had to rapper-sit the Clan.
“I had a rough time,” Wu said, “but mostly they were a riot. Everyone had respect for me. I grew up in gangs myself, so to them I was the craziest guy they knew.”
Wu’s move from a criminal to spiritual path came in the 1960s when he joined the Five-Percent Nation. The Harlem-based Islamic sect taught him to value education and civic involvement, ideals that he teaches to and through Wu-Tang, as well as on his own records.
While Wu doesn’t rap, he spits knowledge at his shows, as he has on well-known Clan tracks, including Ghostface Killah’s “All That I Got Is You.” On his own “Visions of the 10th Chamber” releases, the second of which dropped last week, he introduces fans to some of the young Wu-Tang Clan affiliates from across the country who will be joining him onstage in Cambridge.
“Popa Wu is giving the youth a chance at experience,” he said. “Your tongue is like a double-edged sword: You can either take a life or save a life. I’m making sure that kids everywhere know that.”
So far Wu has mentored the nine-man Clan and many of their countless affiliates. Imagine how much love he’ll get on Father’s Day.
“A lot of groups came out and didn’t have an older mentor,” Wu said. “That was the difference with Wu-Tang. I was there to make sure everything went right.”
Popa Wu, with Timbo King, Raydaar Van, D Lah, Killa Bam, DJ Nino Carta, Hands Down & Cash, at The Western Front, Cambridge, Thursday. Tickets: $10; 617-492-7772.

Arctic Monkeys - Brit Bands Battle Over A Guitar

British groups THE ARCTIC MONKEYS and THE KOOKS are reportedly at war – over a guitar.

According to the Mirror, the two indie outfits have been at each other's throats for the past year, since KOOKS frontman LUKE PRITCHARD caught ALEX TURNER trying to unplug his instrument during a gig.

"We've had a weird relationship with the Arctics since we first met. I had to kick Alex in the face because he was trying to pull the leads out of my guitar pedals while we were on stage," Luke told the publication.

The singer, whose band have just released their new single DO YOU WANNA, added that he has tried to make it up with Turner and has even asked him to have a jamming session.

However, he claims that Alex just turned his back and walked away.

Meanwhile, regarding other pop feuds, the newspaper also reports that ROBBIE WILLIAMS' drummer has left him to join OASIS, whose lead singer NOEL GALLAGHER has been notoriously scathing of Robbie, once referring to him as "the fat dancer from TAKE THAT".

A source added that the move is sure to "infuriate" Robbie.



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Flowing Tears

   
Artist: Flowing Tears

   Genre(s): 
Metal: Gothic
   Metal
   

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Discography:


   
 Razorbliss

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 12


   
 Serpentine

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 12


   
 Joy Parade

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 10

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Through the mid-'90s and into the raw millenary, the German darkwave rig Flowing Tears built a solid reputation with their well-polished recordings of metallic churl. Formed in the southeastern German town of Saarbrücken in 1994, the radical was earlier called Flowing Tears & the Withered Flower. It wasn't to a fault long earlier the group attracted the attention of Italian indie label Seven Art Music, and in 1996 the radical released their debut on the label. The ironically titled Swansong featured an other band lineup of Manfred Bersin on lead vocals, Benjamin Buss handling both guitar and keyboard/programming duties, Frederic Lesny on freshwater bass, and Christian Zimmer on drums. The debut did non get the warmest reply and it was distinct that the grouping needed a new vocalist to realize the hard-edged melodrama they were shooting for. Vocalist Stefanie Duchêne was brought into the fold and, along with another addition of Eric Hilt replacement Zimmer on drums, Flowing Tears returned to the studio apartment to create their Seven Arts follow-up with Bersin handling second guitar duties. 1997's Joy Parade and Duchêne were a great deal more than of a shoot then their respective predecessors. The moody, simply well-articulated stylings of the adolescent Duchêne (world Health Organization sounded something like a heavily medicated, contralto Tori Amos) caused many barbarian fans to take notice, and the group was invited on their number one enlistment of the continent in keep of Norway's the 3rd & the Mortal. It was during this tour and subsequent performances in accompaniment of Joy Parade in Germany that the radical became unitary of the biggest energetic name calling in the Euro darkwave underground.


Energized by the their new status and the congenator success of Joy Parade, Flowing Tears dropped the final quaternion quarrel from their soubriquet -- streamlining it only as they were refining their expansive music -- and self-released the four-song EP Swallow in 1999. Considering their ontogeny popularity and the fact that there weren't any batting order changes between releases, Swallow merely reinforced on the successful formula of Joy Parade, relying heavily on Duchêne's affected, more or less removed delivery to propel the music's epic gloom. Metal underground legitimacy came for Flowing Tears when the banding was signed to Century Media presently later on Swallow's sack. New keyboardist Mike Volz joined the lineup just in time to help record Jade, the group's 2000 debut for their new label and third base full-length release. Produced by Waldemar Sorychta (probably best known in the U.S. for his work both as guitarist and producer for Dave Lombardo's Grip Inc.), Jade continued Flowing Tears' sonic and artistic maturation. The band toured considerably passim Europe in support of Jadewith acts like the Gathering, My Dying Bride, and Voivod. When the touring schedule was realised and provision began for another recording, Bersin, Hilt, and Volz each exited the grouping. Buss took over keyboard/programming duties over again, Frédéric Lesny was brought on to play bass, and Stefan Gamballa replaced Hilt on drums. The infusion of new talent and energy helped to make 2002's Snaky the group's most complete crusade. Again produced by Sorychta for Century Media, Snakelike has a heft up and melodic consistency rare even inside the extremely stylized darkwave literary genre. The mathematical group continued to term of enlistment and record well into the millenary.