|
Post by Quettalee on Oct 25, 2006 9:09:17 GMT -5
NEW YORK (AFP) - Angst-ridden grunge rocker Kurt Cobain has pushed Elvis into second place in a list of highest-earning dead celebrities, with the late Nirvana frontman raking in 50 million dollars in the past year. The Forbes.com website ranks 13 celebrities pushing up daisies on their income and proves that death need not be an obstacle to making money, with the group collectively earning 247 million dollars in the last year. "Peanuts" creator Charles Schulz, whose cartoons are syndicated in thousands of newspapers worldwide, came third after earning 35 million dollars, ahead of John Lennon with 24 million and Albert Einstein with 20 million. The German-born physicist's earnings come from rights to use his famously unkempt image and the Baby Einstein line of educational toys from Walt Disney. Another cartoonist, creator of the Dr Seuss series Theodor Geisel, ranks seventh, one place behind Andy Warhol but ahead of Ray Charles and Marilyn Monroe, whose likeness continues to pay more than 40 years after her death. While Elvis, who has been dead for almost 30 years, slipped to number two in the list for the first time since 2001, his estate still managed to earn 42 million dollars in the past 12 months. J.R.R. Tolkein, the creator of the Lord of the Rings epic, slid three places since last year, but the success of the film trilogy, DVD sales and offshoot merchandise have continued to make a killing for the English writer. Success of the Johnny Cash biopic "Walk the Line" helped the Man in Black avoid going into the red, pulling in eight million dollars for his heirs, while late Beatles guitarist George Harrison and reggae legend Bob Marley both earned some seven million dollars, mostly through CD sales and royalties. Perhaps we should give the man his props....
|
|
|
Post by Quettalee on Oct 30, 2006 8:20:40 GMT -5
OK...report on the Cirque du Soliel show from Saturday night. I haven't answered up until now because I have been searching for the words. It finally hit me this morning after starting to watch The Witches of Eastwick. I have been fortunate enough to have seen similar shows in the past. In particular, I saw Cher twice when her tour was "Cher du Soliel". (Inhere lies the degree-of-separation connection.) It was basically the same thing except with the Cher concert, I got the benefit of Cher's music with it. I messed up Saturday by not getting a good nap in while Mary was at work. I was waiting for her, but then she ended up an hour late getting off and then she had to drop the girls at the sitter an hour later...we laid down about 4:45pm; needed to leave for the show no later than 7. I told myself I was just going to "rest my eyes for an hour or so"....at 6:50 I woke up. By the Gods! I had to shower, both of us had to dress...needless to say we were about a half hour late. We only missed all but two songs from the opening act, however. Remember I said I had paid more for these tickets than any others EVER for ANYTHING...our seats were like 10 rows from the roof!! There were huge screens and really not a bad seat in the house, but I was expecting to be in two sections below where we actually were--according to the seating chart on the computer. Again, not such a problem; that high up, you can usually just grab an empty seat. We took two on the end aisle with absolutely no one around us. Good thing, because at that altitude, the comfort level of the seats is like.... "ZERO". Now, remember I'm going on an hour and a half's sleep in two days and my eyes will not stay open. Mary went to get something to drink and a very small and expensive souvenier, and I swear, my head was bobbing and my eyes closed the whole time she was gone. Nonetheless, it was an impressive show and Mary was in awe having never seen anything like it before in her life--which means it was everything I could've possibly asked for it to be. Do I regret going? Absolutely not-for that reason alone. Would I pay the same money to see it again? Absolutely not. Would I pay the same money to see the Cher du Soliel show again? Absolutely. We missed the party afterwards. Came home for a pitstop and change of clothes--since we didn't have time to prepare for both before we left the first time--I don't know what happened. We were changing clothes, we both realized about the same time that we were alone in the house--that we would be alone for the rest of the night....next thing we know it's hours later and we're waking up on the livingroom floor.... That's the weekend report in a nutshell....pretty much.
|
|
Sofa Loren
Mounted Samurai
Sofa-rajet pilot
Posts: 112
|
Post by Sofa Loren on Nov 3, 2006 16:07:38 GMT -5
Hi y'all. I have DSL now and can handle any graphic onslaught you can throw at me....at least my PC can...not so sure about me.
Yikes on dead celebrity take. That is just spooky. Do they include oldies, too? Beethoven vs. Mozart?
|
|
|
Post by Quettalee on Nov 30, 2006 8:49:44 GMT -5
Sad, sad days for Q.
My computer crashed two days ago. I got a disk from a girl at work and we were able to save the computer, but absolutely everything was wiped completely clean.
1388 music files. That is the worst.
It has taken me over an hour to get Incredimail reinstalled. I don't even want to be on here right now.
I think I need some time to mourn. Later guys and gals.
|
|
|
Post by gams on Nov 30, 2006 11:19:35 GMT -5
Damn, Quetta!!!! I wondered why who didn't stop by yesterday. You gotta be sick about losing all those files! Anything I can do to help? Limited knowledge, I know, and small beans in the scheme of things, but I have a lot of the things you sent on file.
|
|
|
Post by Joxcee on Nov 30, 2006 17:59:16 GMT -5
So sorry to hear that Q. I understand the having to take time off the computer though . . . I do that whenever I have computer problems too.
|
|
|
Post by Quettalee on Nov 30, 2006 22:30:26 GMT -5
Thanks, ladies.
I've heard of it happening. It happened to Mary. First time for me. I just thought the worst thing was losing my music files. That will be easy and you know kinda fun for me recovering as much of them as I can--if I can ever get back all my accounts--Limewire, 4Share, etc... Remembering passwords, waiting for downloads and installations--damn. I am really depressed about it--more than I should be, for sure.
|
|
|
Post by fallenangel on Dec 25, 2006 10:27:19 GMT -5
James Brown, the dynamic, pompadoured "Godfather of Soul," whose rasping vocals and revolutionary rhythms made him a giant of R&B and an inspiration for rap, funk and disco, died early Christmas morning. He was 73.
Brown was hospitalized with pneumonia at Emory Crawford Long Hospital on Sunday and died around 1:45 a.m. Monday, said his agent, Frank Copsidas of Intrigue Music.
Copsidas said the cause of death was uncertain. "We really don't know at this point what he died of," he said.
Along with Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan and a handful of others, Brown was one of the major musical influences of the past 50 years. At least one generation idolized him, and sometimes openly copied him. His rapid-footed dancing inspired Mick Jagger and Michael Jackson among others. Songs such as David Bowie's "Fame," Prince's "Kiss," George Clinton's "Atomic Dog" and Sly and the Family Stone's "Sing a Simple Song" were clearly based on Brown's rhythms and vocal style.
"He was an innovator, he was an emancipator, he was an originator. Rap music, all that stuff came from James Brown," entertainer Little Richard, a longtime friend of Brown's, told MSNBC. "A great treasure is gone."
If Brown's claim to the invention of soul can be challenged by fans of Ray Charles and Sam Cooke, then his rights to the genres of rap, disco and funk are beyond question. He was to rhythm and dance music what Dylan was to lyrics: the unchallenged popular innovator.
"James presented obviously the best grooves," rapper Chuck D of Public Enemy once told The Associated Press. "To this day, there has been no one near as funky. No one's coming even close."
His hit singles include such classics as "Out of Sight," "(Get Up I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine," "I Got You (I Feel Good)" and "Say It Loud — I'm Black and I'm Proud," a landmark 1968 statement of racial pride.
He won a Grammy award for lifetime achievement in 1992, as well as Grammys in 1965 for "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" (best R&B recording) and for "Living In America" in 1987 (best R&B vocal performance, male.) He was one of the initial artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, along with Presley, Chuck Berry and other founding fathers.
story at yahoo
|
|
|
Post by Quettalee on Jan 26, 2007 23:12:45 GMT -5
Duh...color me slow. I totally missed this post. And I get on Kat all the time for "not reading outside the box".
Thanks for adding, 'angel. Funny, because I didn't even hear about his death until over a week later. I guess because I was back and forth between Mom's and home--out of the loop.
|
|
|
Post by Quettalee on Jan 26, 2007 23:15:36 GMT -5
Running with the devil - again
POSTED: Thursday, January 25, 2007
David Lee Roth has reached an agreement to return to Van Halen as the frontman and lead singer for a 40-stop tour this summer, according to Billboard.com.
The band hasn't been on the road since 2004, when it toured with Sammy Hagar. But Hagar called it quits after feuding with Eddie Van Halen -- and he took his buddy bassist Michael Anthony with him. (Eddie's son Wolfgang will take over bass duties for the tour.)
This isn't a huge surprise -- Roth told Billboard a few months ago that a reunion was inevitable. But wow, what a year we've had with reunions.
Consider:
The original lineup of Asia launched a world tour last year, playing together for the first time in about 20 years.
Genesis reunited with Phil Collins, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford, and have scheduled a summer tour for Europe.
Crowded House just today announced they'll reunite, release a CD and tour the world.
The Police confirmed this week they're considering a reunion to mark their 30th anniversary.
Thomas Dolby returned to the music world and launched a U.S. tour.
Patty Smyth and Scandal reunited for short series of gigs.
I read tickets are $80 for V Halen. I'm guessing that's one I'll skip.
|
|
|
Post by Quettalee on Mar 1, 2007 9:21:05 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by gams on Mar 2, 2007 8:11:36 GMT -5
What?! No, no, no, say it ain't so. Damn. I wonder if it was Cornell's decision to remake Jackson's "Billie Jean" that did them in? Or his obvious insanity based on that fact.
|
|
|
Post by Quettalee on Mar 10, 2007 4:30:59 GMT -5
LEAD SINGER FOR BOSTON FOUND DEAD IN HOME
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Brad Delp, the lead singer of the 1970s and '80s rock band Boston was found dead at his home in southern New Hampshire on Friday, local police said.
Delp, 55, apparently was home alone and there was no indication of foul play, Atkinson, New Hampshire, police said.
With Delp's big, high-register voice, Boston scored hits with "More Than a Feeling," "Long Time," and "Peace of Mind."
The band's popularity peaked in the late 1970s, but it remained active off and on, producing its last album "Corporate America" in 2002.
Delp was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and bought his first guitar at age 13 after seeing the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show, according to his Web site. Since 1994, he spent his spare time working in a tribute band called Beatle Juice, the band's Web site said.
The band's Web site carried a statement, "We've just lost the nicest guy in rock and roll."
|
|
|
Post by Quettalee on Jul 18, 2007 13:57:56 GMT -5
This really raises a bunch of questions in both directions for the music and record (cd) industry...!
|
|
katmandu
Kenin
kenin
Don't Mess With Me, I Bite! =D
Posts: 2,803
|
Post by katmandu on Jul 18, 2007 21:44:18 GMT -5
This really raises a bunch of questions in both directions for the music and record (cd) industry...! Sounded like a good deal until I read that to get the album you had to pay $3 for the paper, and that would make it to expensive in my book; come to think of it they'd have to give me at least that much to take the album off their hands, though it would come in handy as a coaster I guess. Is it just me being an old fogie [ probably ] or is that guy totally devoid of any semblance of talent.
|
|
|
Post by gams on Jul 19, 2007 7:19:35 GMT -5
Actually, Katina, putting all the man's oddities aside, he is very talented. I, personally, don't care for his music - it's just not the type I like. But he is considered one of the greatest guitar players, and is called a musical genius by some. He does a lot of work behind the scenes that doesn't carry the "Prince", the "Artist Formerly Known as Prince", the symbol guy, or simply "The Artist" name. A lot of the scores for movies are written by whatever-you-want-to-call him; Batman and Happy Feet are the ones that pop into my head right now.
I saw a television documentary about him once. Very impressive talent.
|
|
|
Post by Quettalee on Aug 28, 2007 23:09:24 GMT -5
Lots of great music coming out in the next couple of months...something for all of us...Drowning Pool, Annie Lennox, Melissa Etheridge, Beth Hart, Queen Latifah, Robert Plant (Led Zep) and Allison Krauss (odd combo, but I previewed and it's not bad), Matchbox 20, Joni Mitchell (love her)...and that's just off the top of my head!
I can't wait.
|
|
|
Post by Quettalee on Nov 9, 2007 12:23:39 GMT -5
And speaking of Zepplin...
One concert, one date, London. Can you believe it!? After 19 years, they are reuniting for one show. Jon Bonham's son on drums and all the original members. Xengab...think you can get me tickets for this??
I was/am a huge "Led for the head" fan...and I actually saw Jimmy Page and Robert Plant when they toured several years ago, but we were in the nosebleed section in Indy--so far up that it made you dizzy to stand.
I'll be adding more to this--complete with YouTube--when I get home, but I need to bolt for now. Get this--the radio station from Atlanta that I tune to when I'm in this area had 25,000,000 people enter their online contest for tickets to go to this show in London. Can you imagine?!
Gams, I think they are giving away six tickets...interested when I win them?
|
|
katmandu
Kenin
kenin
Don't Mess With Me, I Bite! =D
Posts: 2,803
|
Post by katmandu on Dec 28, 2007 6:07:16 GMT -5
Very sad news, only just discovered this truly talented artist recently thanks to you champ.
"Singer Dan Fogelberg dies NEW YORK (AP) -- Dan Fogelberg, the singer and songwriter whose hits "Leader of the Band" and "Same Old Lang Syne" helped define the soft-rock era, died Sunday at his home in Maine after battling prostate cancer. He was 56.
His death was announced Sunday on the singer's Web site.
"Dan left us this morning at 6 a.m. He fought a brave battle with cancer and died peacefully at home in Maine with his wife, Jean, at his side," it read. "His strength, dignity and grace in the face of the daunting challenges of this disease were an inspiration to all who knew him."
Fogelberg discovered he had advanced prostate cancer in 2004. In a statement then, he thanked fans for their support: "It is truly overwhelming and humbling to realize how many lives my music has touched so deeply all these years. ... I thank you from the very depths of my heart."
Fogelberg's music was powerful in its simplicity. He didn't rely on the volume of his voice to convey his emotions; instead, they came through in the soft, tender delivery and his poignant lyrics. Songs like "Same Old Lang Syne" -- in which a man reminisces after meeting an old girlfriend by chance during the holidays -- became classics not only because of his performance, but also for the engaging storyline.
Fogelberg's heyday was in the 1970s and early '80s, when he scored several platinum and multiplatinum records fueled by such hits as "The Power of Gold" and "Leader of the Band," a touching tribute he wrote to his father, a bandleader. Fogelberg put out his first album in 1972.
Fogelberg's songs tended to have a weighty tone, reflecting on emotional issues in a serious way. But in an interview with the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Journal Sentinel in 1997, he said it did not represent his personality.
"That came from my singles in the early '80s," he reflects. "I think it probably really started on the radio. I'm not a dour person in the least. I'm actually kind of a happy person. Music doesn't really reflect the whole person.
"One of my dearest friends is Jimmy Buffett. From his music, people have this perception that he's up all the time, and, of course, he's not. Jimmy has a serious side, too."
Later in his career, he would write material that focused on the state of the environment, an issue close to his heart. Fogelberg's last album was 2003's "Full Circle," his first album of original material in a decade. A year later he would receive his cancer diagnosis, forcing him to forgo a planned fall tour."
|
|
|
Post by Quettalee on Dec 28, 2007 9:41:59 GMT -5
OMG! I hadn't heard. Thanks for posting, Kat. I love Dan. The only concert I ever tried to see him...he was an hour late stumbling onto stage. He tried to start playing his guitar, put it down, and said, "I'm just too f'ed up to sing. Get your money on the way out". Then he walked off stage and that's the last we saw. Two of my favs. Thanks for the tunes, Dan!
|
|