CHICAGO -- Moms press strollers through throngs of bare-chested, tattooed twentysomethings. Dads in khakis dole out fruit drinks while guys sporting mohawks and ripped jeans sip beer. And the grade-schoolers cheer as loudly as the hard-core metalheads.
Welcome to the new face of music festivals, where everyone from kids in diapers to retirees comes for the same reason: to sway out.
"I was overly young for Woodstock. I didn't really start passing to concerts until my youngest word was honest-to-god enough," aforesaid Dory Schramm of Alamo, Calif., world Health Organization attended this year's Lollapalooza festival in Chicago with her hubby and their 19- and 16-year-old sons, along with other crime syndicate members, including 8- and 10-year-old nieces.
When it began 17 age ago, Lollapalooza was a traveling alternative music fete that drew a decidedly young crowd to learn hard rock, punk and hip-hop bands.
It has evolved into a three-day destination that features alike music and still draws young adults, but more and more caters to all ages.
And that's just fine with Lollapalooza founder Perry Farrell, former lead isaac M. Singer of the now-defunct nineties alternative rock band Jane's Addiction.
"I am about 50 years old, and I surely don't want to be condemned. I don't want to be looked upon as some kind of used-up dude," said Farrell, a father of deuce-ace.
"We created this picture, we merit to be there, we belong in that location."
Farrell says the festival is evolving naturally -- many of those wHO attended the original shows keep advent back, often with their young children in towage or tagging along with their sr. kids.
That might explain why there now is an entire area devoted to kids, called Kidzapalooza; this year, it included performances by such well-known rockers as Farrell, Slash from Guns N' Roses and Jeff Tweedy from Wilco.
"I think it's pretty noteworthy that I get to see people that are below 9 showing up at our festival, and then people in their 50s display up at our festival, and they all seem to value and enjoy the music across the board," Farrell said. "Nobody's going, 'Wow what the hell's going on here?' "
It's the same at early music festivals, organizers say.
The changes at Lollapalooza mirror those that already were occurrence at Texas' Austin City Limits Music Festival, said Brooke Alexander, marketing handler for C3, which helps produce both festivals.
"I think our partners have always pretty much stood by the fact that we're . . . a family fete," she aforesaid. "Obviously Lollapalooza for the last four years hasn't been like Lollapalooza of the early '90s."
Austin -- this year's festival is in September -- caters to an age range of 25 to 38 with more divers food and VIP offers that damage out many younger people, Alexander said, adding: "We are a company of 25 to 38 as well, and we know what we were going away to require to go do if we were going to pay the money.
"Turns out, that's who come to our festivals too."
And then there ar the kids. About 5% of those attending Lollapalooza, for instance, bring their children, Alexander said.
She said the company did not marketplace to a specific eld range, "only we e'er keep in mind that it's getting a little older, and that's identical interesting, especially for Lollapalooza."
Rick Farman, co-owner of Superfly Productions, which puts on Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival in San Francisco, among others, said euphony festivals had always tested to get in big audiences through diverse programing.
For exercise, at the Outside Lands Festival, Tom Petty testament draw an older crowd. The future night, Jack Johnson testament bring in younger folk.
"There's for sure some thought that goes into how do we make the event as broad as possible," he said.
Kristi Chuckel, marketing and populace relations managing director of Summerfest in Milwaukee, said that several age ago organizers began stage setting up a stage only for "classical rock."
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Sunday, 24 August 2008
Gary Glitter released from Vietnam prison
Served near three eld for baby molestation
HO CHI MINH CITY -- Former British glam rocker Gary Glitter was freed from a Vietnamese prison Tuesday after helping nearly 3 years for child sexual molestation, the prison honcho said.
He left the communist country by and by in the day, embarkment a Thai Airways flight to Bangkok, where he was typeset to go on to London, an airline official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The damage of Glitter's 2006 time called for his deportation upon his release.
Glitter, 64, whose real name is Paul Francis Gadd, was arrested in Vietnam in late 2005 and convicted the following year of committing obscene acts with two girls then 11 and 12 in the southern resort town of Vung Tau.
Britain has not announced whatever outstanding charges against the 1970s protrude star once famed for his aureate bouffant wigs and ag jumpsuits, and Glitter has said he would like to make a motion to Hong Kong or Singapore.
"He has the right to go wherever he wants," his lawyer Le Thanh Kinh said.
The British embassy has declined to comment on the case.
Sources at the Home Office in London said if he were to settle in his native state he would be needed to polarity the sex offenders' register.
The one-time pop star eluded waiting journalists early Tuesday when he was enlivened out of his southern Vietnamese prison before dawn.
"He left our prison early this morning and he is now already far from here," said Tran Huu Thong, head of the Z30D Thu Duc prison in Binh Thuan province, adding that Glitter was in the southern metropolis.
His lawyer, Kinh, said Glitter treasured to avoid media attention.
Glitter had various hits in the 1970s including "I'm The Leader of the Gang (I Am!)" and "Do You Wanna Touch Me?" The anthemic 1972 hit "Rock and Roll" is still often chanted in British and U.S. sports stadiums.
He was arrested in Britain in 1997 after he took his computer to a compensate store and hardcore pornographic material was found on the force back. He was sentenced in 1999 to four months in prison, of which he served two.
Keen to avoid the media, Glitter reportedly moved to Cuba and then Cambodia, where he was expelled in 2002, allegedly for trawling for underage sex.
Having settled in Vietnam, where a British newspaper publisher reported he was living with an underage missy, Glitter was arrested at Ho Chi Minh City airport in November 2005 while trying to result for Thailand.
In March 2006 he was sentenced to three years in clink, the minimum term under Vietnamese law, which was later cut by trey months.
Glitter, world Health Organization paid compensation to the families of both victims, evaded the more serious charge of child violation, which carries a maximum penalty of death by firing squad in Vietnam.
The judge world Health Organization presided over the closed trial later called Glitter "sick" and "abnormal," detailing disturbing sexual acts with the children.
The singer during the trial maintained his innocence, darned a media conspiracy and claimed he was instruction the girls English, allowing them to stay overnight because they were frightened of ghosts.
Britain's National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children this month called for problematical action to stop Glitter from travelling abroad again if he returns to his home country.
"Gary Glitter is a persistent offender responsible for a catalog of sexual crimes against children," the charity's Diana Sutton aforementioned in a statement.
"So called 'sex tourists' move around the earth and target area countries they know sustain weak or nonexistent tyke protection systems, such as Cambodia or Vietnam.
"We have intercourse about Glitter because of his fame, but there are many other sexual urge offenders, not in the public eye, who are falling off the radiolocation."
HO CHI MINH CITY -- Former British glam rocker Gary Glitter was freed from a Vietnamese prison Tuesday after helping nearly 3 years for child sexual molestation, the prison honcho said.
He left the communist country by and by in the day, embarkment a Thai Airways flight to Bangkok, where he was typeset to go on to London, an airline official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The damage of Glitter's 2006 time called for his deportation upon his release.
Glitter, 64, whose real name is Paul Francis Gadd, was arrested in Vietnam in late 2005 and convicted the following year of committing obscene acts with two girls then 11 and 12 in the southern resort town of Vung Tau.
Britain has not announced whatever outstanding charges against the 1970s protrude star once famed for his aureate bouffant wigs and ag jumpsuits, and Glitter has said he would like to make a motion to Hong Kong or Singapore.
"He has the right to go wherever he wants," his lawyer Le Thanh Kinh said.
The British embassy has declined to comment on the case.
Sources at the Home Office in London said if he were to settle in his native state he would be needed to polarity the sex offenders' register.
The one-time pop star eluded waiting journalists early Tuesday when he was enlivened out of his southern Vietnamese prison before dawn.
"He left our prison early this morning and he is now already far from here," said Tran Huu Thong, head of the Z30D Thu Duc prison in Binh Thuan province, adding that Glitter was in the southern metropolis.
His lawyer, Kinh, said Glitter treasured to avoid media attention.
Glitter had various hits in the 1970s including "I'm The Leader of the Gang (I Am!)" and "Do You Wanna Touch Me?" The anthemic 1972 hit "Rock and Roll" is still often chanted in British and U.S. sports stadiums.
He was arrested in Britain in 1997 after he took his computer to a compensate store and hardcore pornographic material was found on the force back. He was sentenced in 1999 to four months in prison, of which he served two.
Keen to avoid the media, Glitter reportedly moved to Cuba and then Cambodia, where he was expelled in 2002, allegedly for trawling for underage sex.
Having settled in Vietnam, where a British newspaper publisher reported he was living with an underage missy, Glitter was arrested at Ho Chi Minh City airport in November 2005 while trying to result for Thailand.
In March 2006 he was sentenced to three years in clink, the minimum term under Vietnamese law, which was later cut by trey months.
Glitter, world Health Organization paid compensation to the families of both victims, evaded the more serious charge of child violation, which carries a maximum penalty of death by firing squad in Vietnam.
The judge world Health Organization presided over the closed trial later called Glitter "sick" and "abnormal," detailing disturbing sexual acts with the children.
The singer during the trial maintained his innocence, darned a media conspiracy and claimed he was instruction the girls English, allowing them to stay overnight because they were frightened of ghosts.
Britain's National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children this month called for problematical action to stop Glitter from travelling abroad again if he returns to his home country.
"Gary Glitter is a persistent offender responsible for a catalog of sexual crimes against children," the charity's Diana Sutton aforementioned in a statement.
"So called 'sex tourists' move around the earth and target area countries they know sustain weak or nonexistent tyke protection systems, such as Cambodia or Vietnam.
"We have intercourse about Glitter because of his fame, but there are many other sexual urge offenders, not in the public eye, who are falling off the radiolocation."
Friday, 15 August 2008
Download Ezra
 Artist: Ezra: mp3 download Genre(s): Rock: Progressive Discography:  Big Smiley Sun Year: 1998 Tracks: 10 Not to be lost with the alternative pop/rock band Better Than Ezra, on that point ar many world Health Organization consider Ezra to, in fact, be better than Better Than Ezra. The chemical grouping was formed in 1990 in England. The released their identification number 1 album, Shapes, assorted lineup changes later. Just afterward the release of the CD, the batting order changed once more, passing from four-piece to a three-piece. The group's second record album was Big Smiley Sun. |
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Thursday, 7 August 2008
Frozen River
In Courtney Hunt's Frozen River, deuce mothers begin smuggling illegal aliens across the Canadian border by way of the St. Lawrence River. One of them is white American, the other is Native American. The white mother wants to rekindle the trust between her and her iI sons. The other mother simply wants her son back from her one-time mother-in-law.
Shot on DV and acquired by Sony Pictures Classics for under a million, River north Korean won the prestigious Grand Jury Prize in the Dramatic Competition at this past year's Sundance Film Festival, beating out Lance Hammer's upcoming, hypnotic Ballast and Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden's Sugar, Fleck's followup to the enthralling Half Nelson.
Filmed in upstate New York, Hunt's film stars Melissa Leo as Ray, the
Friday, 27 June 2008
Thursday, 19 June 2008
Live Review: Kenny Chesney in Glendale, AZ
Kenny Chesney [ tickets ] didn't win those Entertainer of the Year awards for nothing. With his music festival in tow, Chesney proved why he's the CMA and ACM's reigning king of country Saturday (5/31) in front of 40,000 fans at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, AZ.Besides Chesney, the "Poets and Pirates Tour 2008" boasted three other star-quality headliners: tattooed California country artist Gary Allan [ tickets ], the "Red Rocker" Sammy Hagar [ tickets ] and Aussie Keith Urban [ tickets ]. With a confident swagger, Chesney took advantage of the massive stage set up and ran from stage left to stage right, and out onto an intricate catwalk that jetted deep into the main floor. He didn't miss a beat as he squatted down, sang and signed autographs at the same time. Chesney frequently rocked out with his band, playing air violin to "Live Those Songs," the set opener. With his enthusiasm and wide grins, he makes every show feel like it's his first. He genuinely looks like he loves what he's doing.Peppered throughout the two-and-half-hour show--including during "Beer in Mexico"--he played electric guitar. Accompanied by an 11-piece band, including a horn section, Chesney cracked jokes at Urban's expense, singing the line "like she was Keith Urban in a skirt," during "Big Star."A set of 13 video screens captured the event while sometimes serving as a backdrop, as with the song "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem," when beach scenes were displayed. Homemade family films aired on the screens during "Don't Blink," which appears on Chesney's latest album, "Just Who I Am: Poets and Pirates," and his crew localized the footage for "Back Where I Come From," which featured clips of Arizona State University, Scottsdale and downtown Phoenix. There were a few slow moments in the show. It seemed to lose a bit of momentum in the middle, during which he played a slew of down-tempo songs including "Don't Blink" and "Shiftwork." But it soon picked up. Stars twinkled through the stadium's open roof during "Living in Fast Forward" and "Young" (though the roof was closed for the rest of the performers to keep out the 100-degree heat). Chesney pointed enthusiastically at the crowd to tell them to sing the "doo doo" parts of the song. Detroit pop singer Uncle Kracker made a guest appearance during the song "When the Sun Goes Down," and stuck around to duet with Chesney on the Uncle Kracker hit "Follow Me." Chesney had plenty of competition from his co-headliner Urban as well as former Van Halen singer Hagar, but not so much from opener Allan, who put on a less-than-dynamic performance at 4 p.m. He kicked off his 45-minute set with "Watching Airplanes" as the crowd began filling the stadium. The performer, who lacked the energy of other acts on the bill, did, however, share a haunting rendition of Vertical Horizon's "Best I Ever Had." Hagar isn't exactly a country act, but he shares the love of Mexico and the beach with Chesney. He arrived on stage to his quasi-anthem, "Mas Tequila," and immediately began sharing blue alcoholic drinks with his audience. He also kick-started the party mood by shooting confetti from an air gun toward the end of the song. The Red Rocker tore through his set, offering "There's Only One Way to Rock," Van Halen's "Why Can't This Be Love" and "Finish What You Started," and "Three Lock Box," as well as Toby Keith's "I Love This Bar," a cover version of which appears on Hagar's most recent solo album, 2006's "Livin' It Up.""We're gonna throw a party like this in the broad daylight?" Hagar asked the crowd. "Do you mind if I get drunk during the show? Waitress!" That was followed by a more sincere, "Cheers. I'm happy to be here." He gave a long speech about organizers telling him he couldn't use any profane language, using it as a segue to "Sam I Am.""I'm trying to change my whole life," Hagar said. "My wife has been trying to change me for 12 years. I am who I am and I wrote a song about it."Urban, who is married to Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman, began his rock-inspired set with the one-two punch of "Days Go By" and "Where the Blacktop Ends." One of country's top guitar players, Urban performed a little medley of rock hits including Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water," Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" and Aerosmith's "Walk This Way."Urban soaked up the moment when fans sang the chorus to an acoustic rendition of "Raining on Sunday" while he tapped out a drum beat on the body of his guitar. The acoustic set continued with "Think of Me." "I Wanna Love Somebody Like You" closed the set, with Urban high-fiving the crowd between guitar licks. With such a stellar line-up, Chesney seems to be doing for country what Ozzy Osbourne did for rock with his Ozzfest: bringing the masses together for an all-day run of prime music.
Saturday, 14 June 2008
Peace Division
Artist: Peace Division
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Year: 2006
Tracks: 2
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