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Gul rips through England as Pakistan win at The Oval

• Sep 17, 2010 from mikisandi(Mikisandi Frosani) in *
  A magnificent spell of six for 42 from Umar Gul gave Pakistan an unlikely and memorable 23-run victory
  
  Preamble Hello, good afternoon and welcome. Most people like to start a conversation with a quip or a smart comment, to get off on a good footing, but Ive always preferred, especially on first dates, to dive straight in with a classy cricket statistic or two. So, did you know that England have won more international matches in 2010 than in any previous summer or calendar year? Clearly that is in no small part down to the obese modern schedule, but its still worthy of note and maybe even some celebratory eye contact.
  Yet instead of triumphalism, it has engendered a certain ennui (or Thierry ennui as Bumble calls it), making John Buchanans of all: craving a decent contest and loitering in the corridors of expensive hotels in the small hours (Officer, I was just putting a Sun Tzu transcript under her door). Im not the only one who does that, right?
  Whether we will get a close game today, who knows. With Pakistan assuming the cornered-tiger position if they lose, England have won the series anything is possible. What we do know is that todays match will struggle to match the wonderful, nuanced excitement of yesterdays County Championship denouement. The England and Pakistan players arent the only ones who need to raise their game to match it; so do you and me and the other two people who read this. Yesterdays county blog was absolutely marvellous above and below the line, with 80,000 page views and, at the last look, 944 comments almost all of them off the middle of the bat. I hope youve brought your A game today.
  
  Song du jour Music to follow a spot-fixing scandal by.
  
  Pakistan have won the toss and will bat first. Thats no real jazz for England, who are very comfortable chasing at the moment, although Andrew Strauss says he would have batted. Pakistan replace the circus act with Abdul Razzaq a big improvement to their team while England are without Paul Collingwood, who has a virus, Luke Wright comes in, and that leaves the batting looking a wee bit light.
  England Strauss (c), Davies (wk), Trott, Morgan, Bopara, Yardy, Wright, Bresnan, Swann, Broad, Anderson.
  Pakistan Mohammad Hafeez, Kamran Akmal (wk), Asad Shafiq, Mohammad Yousuf, Umar Akmal, Fawad Alam, Shahid Afridi (c), Abdul Razzaq, Umar Gull, Saeed Ajmal, Shoaib Akhtar.
  
  Tony Soprano says that remember when is the lowest form of conversation. Hes right; thats why we love it. So thanks to Gary Naylor for this remarkable discovery, a sensory overload of nostalgia.
  
  Talking of classic action, while Lord Selvey is en route from the office to The Oval, heres some footage of him facing up to a rampant Michael Holding on this ground 34 years ago. Its nicked from the county blog but it deserves to be seen. Six over midwicket you say? Well, not quite.
  
  Regular readers will probably know of Alex Netherton, whose shopping-list riffs have made some for some fun OBOs down the years. Well Alex is getting married tomorrow to another OBOer, Becca Dealtry, so our warmest congratulations to them. I suppose thats the end of Alexs shopping-list riffs; or, at the very least, those shopping lists will look a bit different. No condoms, for a start. That little game is over now.
  Alex and Becca are also keen on donations for Tim Wooliass imminent run for the Laurie Engel Fund, so please give generously.
  
  Your OBO needs you: a rousing speech from Guy Hornsby I think its more like F-game for me this morning Mr Smyth. I feel I now have some connection with the pain of your subcontinent OBOs from back in the day, having celebrated the finish of the gripping County Championship (poor Somerset) last night by drinking champagne for five hours at our work client party. I woke up on the tube home slumped across two seats at 12.30 this morning, and capped off a triumphant trip home with a visit to Chicken Village, Walthamstows finest. My head feels like a bag of smashed crabs and I want to go to bed, but the arrival of the OBO is soothing my fractured brow.
  You know its been a truly special night when you end up not in KFC, not in McDonalds, not even in a kebab shop, but in the local chicken emporium. Part of me still misses living in Hammersmith; no part of me misses those mezzanine trips to Texa Fried Chicken on Fulham Palace Road.
  
  Pee ess Can we not talking about Fred today? Ive still got the radge about the timing of his announcement. Well always love him, and he was the most interesting English cricketer since RWT Ke Sir Iron Bottom, but that was really poor.
  
  1st over: Pakistan 6-0 (K Akmal 4, Hafeez 0) Kamran Akmal, who looks in good nick at the moment, pushes Bresnans last ball through the covers for four. This could be an extremely good day for batting. I would like to add my congratulations to Mr Netherton, says Richard OHagan. And my commiserations to the soon to be Mrs Netherton. But please, in the name of all sanity, put the condoms back on the list. There are two...

Ted Nugent

• Sep 21, 2010 from pixelstoreus(PIXELSTORE.US) in *
  Ted Nugent
  Career
  To date, Nugent has released more than 34 albums, and he has sold a career total of 30 million records. He was known throughout his early career in the 1970s for using Fender amps, a large part of his signature sound, and is now also famous for playing the hollow Gibson Byrdland. Gibson Guitar Corporation has developed a model named for him.
  
  Nugent in concert with his signature Gibson Byrdland guitar.
  Performing professionally since 1958, Nugent has been touring annually since 1967, averaging more than 300 shows per year (196773), 200 per year (197480), 150 (198189), 127 concerts in 1990, 162 concerts in 1991, 150 concerts in 1993, 180 in 1994, 166 in 1995, 81 in 1996, Summer Blitz 97, 98, Rock Never Stops 99, 133 concerts with KISS 2K. Nugents 2005 plans involved a tour with country music singer-songwriter Toby Keith, whom Nugent met in Iraq while they were both performing in USO-sponsored shows for the coalition troops.[citation needed]
  On July 4, 2008 at the DTE Energy Music Theater in Clarkston, Michigan, Ted Nugent played his 6,000th concert. Derek St. Holmes (original singer for the Ted Nugent band), Johnny Bee Badanjek (drummer for Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels), and Teds guitar teacher from 1958 Joe Podorsek all jammed on stage with Ted for various tunes.
  Amboy Dukes
  His first edition of The Amboy Dukes played at The Cellar, a teen dance club outside of Chicago in Arlington Heights, Illinois, starting in late 1965, while Nugent was a student at St. Viator High School. The Cellars house band at the time had been the Shadows of Knight, although the Amboy Dukes eventually became a staple until the clubs closing.
  The Amboy Dukes second single was Journey to the Center of the Mind, which featured lyrics written by the Dukes second guitarist Steve Farmer. Nugent, an ardent anti-drug campaigner, claims to this day he did not realize this song was about drug use. The Amboy Dukes (1967), Journey to the Center of the Mind (1968) and Migration (1969) all recorded on the Mainstream label sold moderately well.
  After settling down on a ranch in Michigan in 1973, Nugent signed a record deal with Frank Zappas DiscReet Records label and recorded Call of the Wild. The following year, Tooth Fang & Claw (which contained the song Great White Buffalo) established a fan base for Nugent and the other Amboy Dukes. Personnel changes nearly wrecked the band, which became known as Ted Nugent & the Amboy Dukes.
  Ted Nugent reunited with the other members of the Amboy Dukes at the 2009 Detroit Music Awards, which took place April 17, 2009. The psychedelic band received a distinguished achievement honor at the event. The Dukes also played together at the ceremony, marking their first public performance in more than 30 years.
  Solo career
  Main article: Ted Nugent discography
  Nugent dropped the Amboy Dukes band name for good in 1975, and signed to Epic Records. Derek St. Holmes (guitar, vocals), Rob Grange (bass) and Clifford Davies (drums) were the primary additional band members for his classic 1970s multi-platinum albums: Ted Nugent (1975), Free-for-All (1976) and Cat Scratch Fever (1977). These albums produced the popular radio anthems Hey Baby, Stranglehold, Dog Eat Dog and Cat Scratch Fever. This band lineup toured extensively, also releasing the multi-platinum live album Double Live Gonzo!, until its breakup in 1978 when St. Holmes and Grange departed. St. Holmes was replaced by Charlie Huhn and Grange by Dave Kiswiney. Davies finally left around 1982 after staying on to record Weekend Warriors (1978), State of Shock (1979), Scream Dream (1980) and Intensities in 10 Cities (1981).
  On July 8, 1979, Ted was on the rock radio program King Biscuit Flower Hour. This was the original broadcast of Teds performance of Live at Hammersmith 79 which had been recorded during the second set of a sold-out night at Londons Hammersmith Odeon in 1979. An album of this program, however, was not released until 1997.
  During this era, Nugent was notable for his frequent declarations that he did not drink alcoholic beverages or smoke tobacco or marijuana. In an interview for VH1s Behind The Music, Nugent said this was due to his father having sternly reprimanded him when he came home smelling of alcohol after a night of drinking. This was an unusual stance for a major rock performer of the 1970s, and Nugent has been cited as an important early influence on the straight edge movement, which disavows drinking and recreational drug use.
  Damn Yankees
  Ted Nugent live in 2007
  During the period of 1982-86, Nugent released a series of moderately successful solo albums. Near the end of the 1980s, he formed the supergroup Damn Yankees, with Jack Blades (bass/vocals, formerly of Night Ranger), Tommy Shaw (guitar/vocals, formerly of Styx) and Michael Cartellone (drums/vocals). Damn Yankees (1990) was a hit, selling 5 million albums, thanks in no small part to the smash-hit power ballad High Enough. The video for this...

The HOLMES BROTHERS Righteous! The Essential Collection

• Sep 19, 2010 from avadakadabra in *
  Free Download Mp3 Album The HOLMES BROTHERS Righteous! The Essential Collection
  Styles: Modern Electric Blues, Soul-Blues, R&BRecorded: 1989/1991-1993/1996Released: 2002Label: RounderFile: mp3 @ 320kbps Size: 172.23 MBTime: 74:21Art: Full Covers
  1. Got Myself Together 4:54 2. Promised Land 3:34 3. When Something Is Wrong With My Baby 6:32 4. Fannie Mae 3:19 5. The New And Improved Me 3:55 6. I Surrender All 4:44 7. Train Song 2:56 8. None But The Righteous 5:58 9. Dashboard Bar 3:44 10. Dont Spare Your Sword 6:09 11. Ive Been A Loser 3:21 12. Please Dont Hurt Me 4:19 13. The Final Round 2:51 14. There Goes My Everything 5:55 15. Theres A Train 3:55 16. And I Love Her 4:50 17. Walk In The Light 3:15
  Personnel: Wendell HOLMES Guitar, VocalsSherman HOLMES Bass, VocalsPopsy DIXON Drums, VocalsLee Allen Zeno BassRov Levy, Jon Cleary, Phil Chandler Hammond B3 OrganAnders Gaardmand Tenor & Baritone SaxophonesGib Wharton Pedal Steel GuitarScott Billington PercussionAlison Krauss Harmony FiddlesThe Hells Kitchen Horns
  
  Notes: The Holmes Brothers unique synthesis of gospel-inflected R&B harmonies, accompanied by good drumming and rhythm-based guitar playing, gives them a down-home rural feeling that no other touring roots music group can duplicate. Brothers Sherman and Wendell Holmes, along with drummer Popsy Dixon (the falsetto voice), are the groups core members, although they occasionally tour with extra musicians. All three harmonize well together. The Holmes Brothers are so versatile, theyre booked solid every summer at folk, blues, gospel, and jazz festivals, as they play a style of music that is a gumbo of church tunes, blues, country, funk, reggae, roots rock, and soul. Although people like Bo Diddley and especially Jimmy Reed were early influences on Wendell and Sherman, gospel music also played an important role in their respective upbringings.Andy Breslau described the Holmes Brothers music as gospel-infused doo wop funk, which pretty much captures the spirit and synthesis of their style. Combining old R&B, soul, and gospel, brothers Sherman and Wendell Holmes along with Popsy Dixon create a rich sound filled with lovely harmony. The intensity of the groups studio performances evokes a live feel, offering an inkling of what their performances at Lynchs in Manhattan must have sounded like during the 80s. Righteous! collects almost 75 minutes of material from the groups four Rounder albums, beginning with In the Spirit in 1990 and ending with Promised Land in 1997. The album kicks off with a bit of electric blues topped with a healthy dose of soul on Got Myself Together, a song that jumps out of the gate at a gallop and holds to a steady gait for five minutes. Gospel-drenched pieces like Promised Land, complete with electric guitar, will have non-believers singing along, while classics like There Goes My Everything combine classic soul with a touch of country. One also wouldnt want to miss the Holmes Brothers takes on Tom Waits Train Song and the Beatles And I Love Her. Breslaus liner notes, which travel back to the Holmes Brothers residency at Lynchs, are both edifying and fun to read. While all of the albums the Holmes Brothers recorded for Rounder are worthy efforts, Righteous! offers a solid introduction to anyone who has missed out on their wonderful music ~~ by Ronnie D. Lankford Jr.
  
  Righteous! The Essential Collection
  
  Free Download Mp3 Album The HOLMES BROTHERS Righteous! The Essential Collection

Marc Bolan

• Sep 22, 2010 from pixelstoreus(PIXELSTORE.US) in Technology
  Marc Bolan
  Biography
  Early life and career
  The son of a lorry driver, Bolan grew up in post-war Hackney, East London, amongst a Jewish family, and later lived in Wimbledon, southwest London. He fell in love with the rock and roll of Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Arthur Crudup and Chuck Berry[citation needed] at an early age and became a Mod, hanging around coffee bars such as the 2 Is in Soho. He appeared in an episode of the television show Orlando as a Mod extra.
  At the age of nine, Bolan was given his first guitar and began a skiffle band shortly after, and at fifteen, he left school by mutual consent.
  Plaque marking Marc Bolans childhood home, 25 Stoke Newington Common, Hackney. (November 2005)
  He briefly joined a modelling agency and became a John Temple Boy, appearing in a clothing catalogue for the menswear store. He was used as a model for their suits in their catalogues as well as a model for cardboard cut-outs to be displayed in shop windows. TOWN Magazine featured him as an early example of the Mod movement in a photo spread with a couple of other faces.
  Marc Feld had changed his name to Toby Tyler when he met and moved in with child actor Allan Warren, who was to become his first manager. Warren saw Toby Tylers potential whilst Toby spent hours sitting cross-legged on Warrens floor playing his acoustic guitar. Warren then took him to the photographer Michael McGrath and commissioned a series of photographs. Warren then hired a recording studio and had Bolans first acetates cut. One track being the Bob Dylan song Blowing in the wind. Also a version of Betty Everetts Youre No Good which was later submitted to EMI for a test screening but they turned down the then Toby Tyler. Warren later sold Marcs contract and recordings for 200.00 to his landlord, property mogul David Kirch, in lieu of three months back rent. Kirch was far too busy with his property empire to do anything for him. A year or so later, Marcs mother pushed into Kirchs office and shouted at him that he had done nothing for her son. She demand he tear up the contract and willingly he complied.
  The tapes produced during the Toby Tyler recording session vanished from thought and mind for over twenty-five years before resurfacing in 1991 and selling for nearly eight thousand dollars. Their eventual release on CD in 1993 made available the earliest of Marcs known recordings.
  After changing his name again to Marc Bolan (via Mark Bowland) while with Decca Records he released his first single The Wizard. In early 1967 Manager Simon Napier Bell added him to the Pop-Art/mod band Johns Children, which achieved some success as a live band but sold few records. A Johns Children single written by Marc Bolan called Desdemona was banned by the BBC for its line lift up your skirt and fly. His tenure with the band was brief. Bolan claimed to have spent time with a wizard in Paris who allegedly gave him secret knowledge and could levitate. The time spent with him was often alluded to but remained mythical; in reality the wizard was probably U.S. actor Riggs OHara with whom Bolan made a trip to Paris in 1965. His songwriting took off and he began writing many of the neo-romantic songs that would appear on his first albums with Tyrannosaurus Rex.
  Besides Berry, Bolans influences included Bob Dylan, Syd Barrett, Cliff Richard and Elvis Presley.
  Tyrannosaurus Rex
  When Johns Children collapsed (amongst other problems, the band were stunned to discover their equipment had been stolen from a studio, according to a Bolan biographer), Bolan and Steve Peregrine Took created Tyrannosaurus Rex, a psychedelic-folk rock acoustic group, playing Bolans songs, with Took playing assorted hand and kit percussion and occasional bass to Bolans acoustic guitars and voice.
  This version of Tyrannosaurus Rex released four albums and four singles, flirting with the charts, getting as high as number fifteen and getting airplay and support from Radio 1 DJ John Peel. One of the highlights of this era was playing at the first free Hyde Park concert in 1968. Drug-taking and free spirited Took was fired from the group after their first American tour. A rock and roller at heart, Bolan began bringing amplified guitar lines into the duos music, buying a vintage Gibson Les Paul guitar (later featured on the cover of the album T. Rex in 1970). After replacing Took with Mickey Finn, he let the electric influences come forward even further on A Beard of Stars, the final album to be credited to Tyrannosaurus Rex. It closed with a song, Elemental Child, featuring a long electric guitar break influenced by Jimi Hendrix.
  Then Bolan, by now married to his girlfriend June Child (a former secretary to the manager of another of his heroes, Syd Barrett), shortened the groups name to T.Rex and wrote and recorded Ride a White Swan, dominated by a rolling, hand clapping back-beat, Bolans electric guitar and Finns percussion.
  T. Rex and glam rock
  Bolan and his producer Tony Visconti...