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PoP Matters Top 20 International Indie Films of 2007 The reviews come complete with trailers and posters; here's a sample: Still Life Director: Jia Zhangke Cast: Zhao Tao Han Sanming (SHANGHAI FILM STUDIOS; US: 30 MAR 2007) 1 Still Life Jia Zhang-ke Where Mainland Chinese wunderkind Jia Zhang-ke’s first three films registered the influence of gritty Italian Neorealism, Still Life feels more discernibly indebted to Antonioni’s architectural mise-en-scene, a trend that first seemed present in his fourth feature, 2004’s The World. Without sacrificing a shred of empathy for his cautiously optimistic, mostly working class characters, Jia has progressively heightened the formalist nature of his aesthetic, balanced with a few sly surrealist touches. To be sure, Still Life‘s lush, almost tropical locale provides a welcome opportunity for Jia’s career-long DP Nelson Yu Lik-wai to shine. The high-def DV master lends this one a Malick-like view of natural wonder, of ephemeral beauty in peril. The result is a profoundly sad movie--a masterful meditation on loss. Josh Timmerman

Drowned In Sounds 'Certifiable (Artists) Successes Picks Artists: The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Kills, Black Mountain, Hot Chip, Panic! At The Disco, Foals, Adele, Santogold Other Picks Early Doors Fanfarlo Abe Vigoda Telepathe Banjo or Freakout Atlas Sound Beestung Lips Broken Records Johnny Foreigner Eugene McGuinness Wild Beasts Next-Steppers The Twilight Sad These New Puritans Laura Marling Glass Candy Errors No Age Yeasayer Los Campesinos! Friendly Fires

Thanx for the tip - will check it out. And welcome to Beatking! You can listen to some Natalia's music HERE - she's listed an as an alternative/rock/electronica artist.

Breatkthrough Radio has assembled a number of 'best' live songs and concerts from 2007, including Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - the full list is below. You can check out the shows and listen to them right HERE. Enjoy,

Wye Oak, formerly known as Monarch, are a music duo comprised of Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack. They hail from Baltimore, MD. Merge Records will release their album, If Children, in April this year. Pretty nice sound, me thinks. Enjoy. Family Glue Bonus: The Warning

Bring on the lawsuits! On another front, the FCC is looking into Comcast's P2P Blocking. According to Phawker, "the two groups also asked the FCC to fine Comcast $195,000 per affected subscriber. Comcast has 9.1 million subscribers to their digital services, according to their most recently issued investor’s report. FYI: 9.1 million multiplied by $195,000 equals $1.77 trillion"

Jimmy Page was born on January 9th, 1944. Here is a rare acoustic solo of White Summer/Black Mountain Side, which transcends the poor video quality. Here is an electrified version of White Summer...much better video quality, too

Here is a short bio, courtesy of Wikipedia: "Philip Burnett Franklin Agee (July 19, 1935 – January 7, 2008 was a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employee and author who wrote the book, Inside the Company: CIA Diary (1975), detailing his experiences in the CIA. Agee joined the CIA in 1957 and worked as a case officer with postings in Washington, D.C., Ecuador, Uruguay, and Mexico. After leaving the service in 1968 he (like John Stockwell) became a leading opponent of CIA practices. He resigned from the CIA in 1968. From the early 1970s, he became the most visible opponent of CIA practices. He died in Cuba in January 2008." If you want to know more, you can read the New York Times Obituary

According to Stereogum, RadioHead will hit the following cities on their US 2008 tour. No venues or dates have been firmed yet... Atlanta Boston Charlotte Chicago Cleveland Dallas Houston Indianapolis Los Angeles Miami Montreal New York Philadelphia San Diego San Francisco Santa Barbara Seattle St Louis Tampa Toronto Vancouver Washington DC

King Crimson is a musical group founded by guitarist Robert Fripp and drummer Michael Giles in 1969. King Crimson's style has typically been categorised as progressive rock, although it incorporates diverse influences ranging from jazz, classical and experimental music to psychedelic, New Wave, hard rock, gamelan and folk music. King Crimson has garnered little radio or music video airplay, but gained a large cult following. Their debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King (1969), is widely regarded as a landmark in progressive rock. Here is a cinematic interpretation of the song. Below Robert Fripp, shows of his guitar work.

Jay-Z seems to be the cat's meow these days with everyone.

Iron and Wine - The Devil Never Sleeps from their latest cd, The Shepherd's Dog

you mean "classical" , me thinks

Nice work. Who is the female vocalist? From his MySpace page: ''Bobby Deep'' was born and raised in Lamia, a city in central Greece. He has been a dj from the begining of 1993 when he started playing music in local clubs. International music is a beloved passion for Bobby, collecting records & djing have been one of his first hobbies from the off. So far he has performed many times as a dj with appearances in clubs and on radio along side top djs, such as Duskie Jay (boz boz ), Andreino (mas collective) , Pete Gooding, Terry Lee Brown, Paper Samurai aka Marcus Wortley(ALDJ / Ableton), Mikele, Petros floorfiller, Leon Segka & Miss Lefky. During the last 3 years Bobby has started producing his own music to a very high level . His first works have received a very enthusiastic response from established djs all around the globe & those in the Release Record Pool. He is currently starting his first batch of remixes and is also looking for other artists to work with and share his passion for music.

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mccain wasnt expected to win....particularly like he did, so its considered a big loss for romney im for edwards and no, it really wasnt much of a concession speech

John Edward's concession speech

Try Me Read More Ok, enough of the fun and games. According to Slashdot: "In a developing story, registrar Network Solutions has been caught front-running domain names. Any domain names searched via NSI's whois are being immediately purchased by the registrar, thereby preventing a registrant from purchasing the domain at any other registrar. There are multiple reports of this practice over at DomainState.com." Someone at Reddit decided to have a little fun and get revenge at the same time :)

The Aquarium Drunkard is hosting a five part series of audio interviews conducted by music journalist Neil Strauss with the indie artist Beck, in which the Beck discusses his motivations behind the making of the album "Mutations", including: The Process The Music The Body of Work The Plans The Sacrifice Listen to the conversations @ The Aquarium Drunkard

The Harmonica Orchestra (The Philharmonicas, playing Raymond Scott's song "Powerhouse")

Beevis and Butthead watch Vanilla Ice

Beevis and Butthead/Crank Dat Soulja Boy Mashup

Beevis and Butthead watch "Institutionalized Video" by Suicidal Tendencies

Beevis and Butthead watch Annie Lennox's "No More I Love You's"

Beevis and Butthead & Pantera