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This is the discussion topic for: Kanye West's Mom Passes Away During Plastic Surgery Access Hollywood and TMZ.com are reporting that a week prior to Donda West's medical procedure, Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Dr. Andre Aboolian refused to perform a tummy tuck and breast reduction due to a medical condition and requested medical clearance before performing surgery. Donda allegedy ignored Aboolian's orders and had the procedure anyway, but not by Aboolian. Lt. Fred Corral said Monday that preliminary information from Centinela Freeman Regional Medical Center, where she died on Saturday, indicates that her death is the result of "complications of surgery." Patricia Green, a publicist and consultant for West, initially told the press that Donda passed away after cosmetic surgery. According to the Associated Press, she retracted her statements, claiming she received conflicting reports. An autopsy will is scheduled for Wednesday. She was 58.

This is the discussion topic for: Radiohead Sign Deal For US 'In Rainbows' Release Radiohead have as expected signed with ATO Records Group for the physical release of ‘In Rainbows’ in the US. The deal had been rumoured for a couple of weeks after ATO began plugging the tracks ‘Bodysnatchers’ and ‘Jigsaw Falling Into Place’ to American radio stations. The album will be released on the bands own imprint TBD Records on January 2, two days after the UK release via XL.

This is the discussion topic for: Led Zeppelin tickets set to break world record Led Zeppelin are on course to break the record for the selling the most expensive concert tickets in British history. Frontman Jimmy Page donated three pairs of tickets to be auction for charity - and the lots have been marked with a reserve price of GBP5,000 ($10,000) for a pair. The ticket sale will go live on Tuesday (13Nov07) at auction website SeatWave.com.

This is the discussion topic for: Moby Gives His Music Away to Indie Filmmakers Sure, when making that film that has been stuck in your head for years, you can choose tracks by the Beatles, U2 or Bob Marley. You know what? That will get you sued if your film is a success. Well, at least one musician out there is lending a helping hand to filmmakers in need of music for their films. Variety.com reported this week that Moby is giving away 44 unreleased tracks for use by indie, nonprofit and student filmmakers (11 instrumental tracks from "Hotel," six from "Play: B Sides" and three from "18."), which are available on mobygratis.com "The biggest complaint I hear from my friends who are indie filmmakers is that they can't get calls returned from record companies or that licensing quotes are outlandish," said Moby. "Whenever I tell anyone about this, people keep expecting a catch. There isn't one." Users just register at his site where they can download the music. If a film's creator finds distribution for their work, or they are creating something for commercial purposes, they can apply for "an easy license, with any money that's generated being given to the humane society." Moby said, "I structured it so that it's impossible for me to make any money from it." He's planning to make 20 more tracks available on the site by the end of the month.

This is the discussion topic for: Radiohead Responds to Download Stats: Says They're False Radiohead has decided to respond to the previous coverage of their social experiment of offering their album online at a name-your-own price. According to a study (by comScore), only 38% of downloaders paid something while the 62% majority paid nothing. And of those paying, most paid less than $4. “In response to purely speculative figures announced in the press regarding the number of downloads and the price paid for the album, the group’s representatives would like to remind people that… it is impossible for outside organisations to have accurate figures on sales. However, they can confirm that the figures quoted by the company comScore Inc are wholly inaccurate and in no way reflect definitive market intelligence or, indeed, the true success of the project.”

This is the discussion topic for: J.Lo faces axe Jennifer Lopez is facing being dropped from her record label after disappointing sales of her latest album 'Brave'. The seventh studio effort from the Get Right hitmaker was released last month and sold only 53,000 copies in its first week, prompting reports the J.Lo would be dropped by Epic Records (Sony BMG). The label is reportedly fed up with Lopez's poor record sales and the extravagant costs to maintain the artist, including an album cover that cost US$60,000 and a make-up fee of nearly US$8,000 for each promotional appearance. Epic Records says, "Lopez costs too much money and doesn't sell enough. The woman requires everything short of flying monkeys to get on a stage."

This is the discussion topic for: Led Zeppelin channel launches in US XM Radio will launch a new channel dedicated to the music of rock legends Led Zeppelin on November 8th, it was announced today. The new channel, XM LED: The Led Zeppelin Channel (XM 59), will feature the band's complete audio catalog, interviews with band members and other unique content that celebrates the musical contributions of Led Zeppelin. On the day the channel launches XM will also offer the U.S. premiere of the forthcoming reissued two-disc soundtrack for the band's landmark concert film The Song Remains The Same, which features six previously unreleased songs from Led Zeppelin's 1973 Madison Square Garden shows.

This is the discussion topic for: Four people shot dead at Carl Cox gig Four people were shot dead and nine injured by a gunman during a Carl Cox DJ set in Caracas, Venezuela on Saturday. Cox was headlining the Red Noise event at the La Rinconada Terrace venue when, ten minutes into his set, a gunman opened fire in the audience. Police are yet to release details of the shooting, but the incident is thought to be gang-related. Video footage of the shooting has begun circulating the internet (see below). Cox said: "I am deeply shocked and still stunned by the events of this Saturday. My condolences go out to victims that were caught up in this horrific act. I am informed that it was gang-related, and feel so sad that anybody would act in such a manner when the event was full of 7000 people having fun. This is NOT what the dance scene is about and is a million miles away from what I want to do, or promote."

This is the discussion topic for: Pete Doherty filmed taking heroin post-rehab Babyshambles' frontman Pete Doherty has been filmed taking heroin in his Wiltshire, UK home on Friday, November 2. The Sun has posted video footage, taken on a cameraphone, on their website. On the evening before the incident was filmed, Doherty had spoken to NME.COM, confessing that staying clean had been difficult, explaining that he was "mourning for an armful".

This is the discussion topic for: Creative sheriff enrages Ozzy Osbourne When police in North Dakota were hunting around for a way of bringing in hundreds of petty criminals on outstanding arrest warrants, they hit on the novel idea of inviting them to a fake party the night the rocker was due to play a local arena, reports The Guardian. More than 30 people turned up at the nightclub in Fargo hoping to meet the former Black Sabbath frontman and reality television star. They were promptly arrested. But Sheriff Paul Loney had never bothered to ask how Osbourne might feel about having his name used to lure the criminals. "Sheriff Laney should be apologising to me for using my name in connection with these arrests," Osbourne said in a statement. "It is insulting to me and to my audience and it shows how lazy this particular sheriff is when it comes to doing his job." The sheriff was unapologetic, saying that the greater good of the community had been served. "We meant no disrespect toward Mr Osbourne or his show," Mr Laney said, adding that the people on his guest list had evaded arrest for years. "They get very creative in how they abscond from the law," he told reporters. "We just got real creative in how we reeled them in."

This is the discussion topic for: Led Zeppelin Reunion Concert Postponed Due to Fractured Finger Led Zeppelin’s November 26th reunion concert has been pushed back to December 10th because guitarist Jimmy Page fractured his finger.The injury, which he sustained this past weekend, will make him unable to play guitar for the next three weeks. “I am disappointed that we are forced to postpone the concert by two weeks,” Page said in a statement. “However, Led Zeppelin have always set very high standards for ourselves, and we feel that this postponement will enable my injury to properly heal, and permit us to perform at the level that both the band and our fans have always been accustomed to.” Led Zeppelin tickets bought for the original show will be valid on the new date, and refunds will also be available.

This is the discussion topic for: Decemberists pull all dates The Decemberists have axed their remaining live US dates this winter due to sickness in the band. "One of our band members has been ill for a while but we thought all would be well in time for these tour dates. After a couple shows, though, it has become clear that the illness is much worse than we had initially realized." Cancelled dates: 1st - New York, NY Terminal 5 2nd - New York, NY Terminal 5 3rd - Boston, MA Orpheum 4th - Boston, MA Orpheum 6th - NC Millennium Center 7th - NC Millennium Center 9th - Washington, DC 9:30 Club 10th - Washington, DC 9:30 Club 11th - Washington, DC 9:30 Club 12th - Washington, DC 9:30 Club 15th - Columbus, OH Lifestyle Communities Pavilion 16th - Columbus, OH Lifestyle Communities Pavilion 18th - Milwaukee, WI Riverside Theater 19th - Milwaukee, WI Riverside Theater 23rd - San Francisco, CA The Fillmore 24th - San Francisco, CA The Fillmore 25th - San Francisco, CA The Fillmore 26th - San Francisco, CA The Fillmore 29th - Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern 30th - Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern 1st - San Diego, CA Spreckels Theatre 2nd - San Diego, CA Spreckels Theatre 5th - Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom 6th - Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom 7th - Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom 8th - Seattle, WA Moore Theatre 9th - Seattle, WA Moore Theatre

this is the discussion topic for: Snoop Dogg and David Beckham make movie Snoop Dogg and David Beckham are set to make a Hollywood movie. The pair - who have been friends for years and have frequently partied in Los Angeles since David moved there this summer - are hoping to finance their own big screen project. Snoop said: "David and I go back years. No one would have thought me and my boy David would have anything in common because we come from such separate worlds. "But he has the dollars at his disposal and we're talking about putting our money together to do a movie. It's incredibly exciting." The 36-year-old rapper also revealed they are considering launching a fashion line together, and joked David takes style tips from him. Speaking on his upcoming TV documentary 'Father Hood', Snoop said: "We both love fashion and we might even do a fashion label. I think he got his idea to have cornrows in his hair from me, which is great."

this is the discussion topic for: Oasis to start recording sessions Oasis will finally get down to the serious job of recording their new studio album from next week as sessions begin at Abbey Road studios. Speaking to BBC 6Music, band leader Noel Gallagher revealed the band have already completed work on two songs set for the set, with the remainder of tracks still existing as demos. "We start in Abbey Road a week on Monday [November 5]," he said. "Then we'll probably work through a couple of months there, have Christmas off, then go and mix it and see where we're at. We all write separately, but for some reason all the songs sound like they've got a common thread. We've been focusing round the grooves more this time." He adds: "The last album was quite 'songy', if that makes any sense - it was quite a British, retro, '60s sounding album. This is focusing round the grooves more." However the singer/songwriter says it hasn't all been easy sailing, adding weight to reports that he'd been suffering writers block. "I've literally got nothing left to write about. I've written about being a youth, and I've written about being a rock star, and I've written about living life in the big city."

this is the discussion topic for: NIN consider free album release Nine Inch Nails could be the latest high-profile artist to offer their new album up for free. According to a new post by band leader Trent Reznor on the NIN website, the band will be out of contract for the first time by the time their latest studio set is released in 2008, and the band want to forge a 'direct relationship' with their fans. He said "Hello everyone. I've waited a LONG time to be able to make the following announcement: as of right now Nine Inch Nails is a totally free agent, free of any recording contract with any label. I have been under recording contracts for 18 years and have watched the business radically mutate from one thing to something inherently very different and it gives me great pleasure to be able to finally have a direct relationship with the audience as I see fit and appropriate. "Look for some announcements in the near future regarding 2008. Exciting times, indeed."

this is the discussion topic for: Woodstock museum to open A museum to commemorate the Woodstock festival is set to open, despite the US government pulling money from it. Officially, the Woodstock Museum is known as the Museum At Bethel Woods and is due to open next year. However, the US government has withdrawn $1,000,000 from the project. "Our plans haven't changed," says Ellyn Solis a spokeswoman for the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, which is developing the museum as the newest part of its 2000-acre performing arts venue. Last week, legislators voted to strip the $1,000,000 million earmark sought by New York. The museum is being built on top of the hill where the stage of the legendary festival was located, reports Yahoo News.

this is the discussion topic for: The B-52's Announce First New Album In 16 Years

this is the discussion topic for: The Beatles film 'Help!' released

this is the discussion topic for: DJ Mag Top 100 list announced 1 Armin van Buuren 2 Tiesto 3 John Digweed 4 Paul van Dyk 5 Sasha 6 Above and Beyond 7 Carl Cox 8 Ferry Corsten 9 Infected Mushroom 10 David Guetta 11 Deep Dish 12 Paul Oakenfold 13 Markus Schulz 14 Hernan Cattaneo 15 Sander van Doorn 16 Eddie Halliwell 17 James Zabiela 18 Astrix 19 Richie Hawtin 20 Marco V 21 Judge Jules 22 Fedde le Grand 23 Gabriel and Dresden 24 Erick Morillo 25 Roger Sanchez 26 ATB 27 Sven Vath 28 Yahel 29 Umek 30 Andy Moor 31 Gareth Emery 32 Benny Benassi 33 Axwell 34 Mauro Picotto 35 Sander Kleinberg 36 Eric Prydz 37 Blank and Jones 38 Bad Boy Bill 39 Pete Tong 40 DJ Vibe 41 Tiga 42 Steve Lawler 43 Danny Tenaglia 44 Ronski Speed 45 Nic Fanciulli 46 Steve Angello 47 Nick Warren 48 Matt Hardwick 49 Ricardo Villalobos 50 James Holden 51 Mark Knight 52 The Thrillseekers 53 Marco Bailey 54 Anderson Noise 55 Lange 56 Offer Nissim 57 Kyau and Albert 58 Justice 59 Matt Darey 60 Timo Maas 61 Danny Howells 62 Menno De Jong 63 Bob Sinclar 64 John Acqaviva 65 Agnelli and Nelson 66 Fatboy Slim 67 Andy C 68 Ricky Stone 69 Donald Glaude 70 Desyn Masiello 71 Daft Punk 72 Martin Solveig 73 BT 74 Chris Liebling 75 Valentino Kanzyani 76 Trentmoller 77 Jeff Mills 78 John Graham 79 Robbie Rivera 80 The Chemical Brothers 81 Luciano 82 Hype 83 Lisa Lashes 84 Filo and Peri 85 Lee Burridge 86 Armand van Helden 87 Magda 88 Dave Seaman 89 Victor Calderone 90 Dave Clarke 91 Richard Durand 92 Westbam 93 Sebastien Leger 94 Chus and Ceballos 95 Wally Lopez 96 Bookla Shade 97 Adam Beyer 98 Dirty South 99 Erol Alkan 100 Laurent Garnier

this is the discussion topic for: James McAvoy To Play Kurt Cobain

this is the discussion topic for: Sex Pistols make chaotic live return

this is the discussion topic for: Metallica reveal new album details

this is the discussion topic for: Amy Winehouse cleans up

I thought you were my friend... *beep* BTW, sometimes Method molests me in a way I'm not entirely comfortable with.

this is the discussion topic for: Radiohead Set To Sign Physical Record Deal