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I'm innocent - E N T E R...

Cool - pop me a PM :bigsmile:

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US rapper 50 Cent cuts short Nigerian tour after brawl on jet Bad boy US rapper 50 Cent cut short a Nigerian tour after his entourage got into a scuffle with a local hip-hop star over first-class seating on a chartered jet, a witness told AFP. http://sg.news.yahoo.com/041206/1/3p2cu.html

Hi Jason and welcome to Beatking :scratchin:

At Kennedy Center, politics aside By César G. Soriano, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — The Kennedy Centers Honors weekend festivities all lead up to the regal Sunday gala, but honorees actually received their rainbow-colored medals at a Saturday dinner hosted by outgoing Secretary of State Colin Powell. By J. Scott Applewhite, AP "This is the highlight of the holiday season," Powell said. Powell toasted honoree Warren Beatty by parodying the actor's role as a rapping politician in the movie Bulworth: "I'm Colin Luther Powell/Public service is my thing/Don't do it for the fame/Don't do it for the bling." http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-1...er-inside_x.htm

Sir Elton John and Warren Beatty are among six stars honoured for lifetime contributions to American culture. The singer and actor received Kennedy Center honours alongside soprano Dame Joan Sutherland, composer John Williams and producers Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. Click here to read the article.

Gimme a Z :bigsmile:

Happy Birthday, Dude! :psychofun: :hyper: :hyper: :hyper:

11 Arrested After Being Directed to Wrong Courtroom UPDATED: 11:12 pm EST December 4, 2004 SANFORD, Fla. -- Eleven people directed to the wrong courtroom in the Seminole County Courthouse were arrested and jailed when they didn't appear before the proper judge, who was in an adjoining courtroom less than 100 feet away. Coleman, 33, of Orlando was in court on a ticket for not having her registration and proof of insurance. She had a wrinkled, yellow traffic ticket indicating her hearing was in Courtroom 1B. She and the others were supposed to be in 1A. When they didn't show up in 1A, Seminole County Judge John R. Sloop signed warrants for their arrests. By the time the 11 finally discovered that they had been misdirected by court personnel and asked to appear before the judge to explain what had happened, he would not see them and ordered their arrests. http://www.local6.com/news/3972021/detail.html

That made me Tired

I heard him play recently on John Hassel's new recording and thought I'd look up who else Ry has played with. Check out these guest appearances: http://www.ryland-cooder.com/

Do I hear $79?

On this edition of Sounds Eclectic, host Nic Harcourt plays new, upcoming and recent releases from Rufus Wainwright, The Faint, and the latest from Alison Krauss and Union Station. Plus a live in-studio performance from The Ditty Bops, all this and much more on the next Sounds Eclectic. Listen here: http://www.kcrw.com/cgi-bin/db/kcrw.pl?sho...tmplt_type=show

The elf on the piano

A friend of mine is in this commercial - it's inclusive and fun.. %20pe=sow'>http://www.adage.com/shared/includes/spotw...ty>%20pe=sow

Hip-Hop Family Values By ALEX ABRAMOVICH Published: December 5, 2004 NASIR JONES, the 31-year-old rapper who is better known as Nasty Nas, Nas Escobar, Nastradamus or, more simply, Nas, released his first album, "Illmatic," in 1994. A densely textured, deeply lyrical portrait of life in Long Island City's Queensbridge projects, the record signaled the resurgence of the moribund New York hip-hop scene and helped pave the way for Biggie Smalls, Jay-Z and a new generation of New York rappers. The music press called it a hip-hop masterpiece; The Village Voice called Nas "one of the most important writers of the 20th century." Its no surprise, then, that the appearance of Nas's eighth, and most ambitious, studio album - the two-CD "Street's Disciple," which was released Tuesday - has occasioned cover stories in leading hip-hop magazines. More surprising is the amount of space magazines like The Source and The Ave have devoted to a figure who doesn't fit the archetypal hip-hop narrative: the rapper's father. But if Nas is no ordinary M.C., his father, the Harlem-based singer, cornetist and bandleader Olu Dara, is no run-of-the mill dad. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/05/arts/music/05abra.html

I'd probably drink one of his bottle of wine to that

Animation by Bernard Dariman and a catchy tune: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/bunny.php

U.S.C. 29, U.C.L.A. 24 Top-Ranked U.S.C. Barely Keeps Grip By JOE LAPOINTE Published: December 4, 2004 PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 4 - After running with handoffs, passes, punts and kickoffs, Reggie Bush had 335 total yards, two spectacular touchdowns and one gratuitous somersault. He and his Southern Cal teammates had a 5-point lead over U.C.L.A. in the final minute of a tense game that had more at stake than just bragging rights around Los Angeles. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/04/sports/n...05USC-WIRE.html

Someone is getting coal in his stockings this year

If you hate the above, try this on for size: http://www.beatking.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9717&hl=

...The disc begins, perversely and brilliantly, with the one-two punch of "Down By the River" and "Cowgirl in the Sand", which together total almost 20 minutes. This seems less an act of rebellion than a simple stroke of luck, as the compilation is sequenced chronologically. Even so, the songs illustrate clearly that Young and the hits format aren't exactly perfect for each other, while still constituting an impressive introduction for newcomers. Which is precisely what this record is designed to do. Greatest Hits is obviously intended mostly for curious initiates or casual listeners (although the remastered tracks will likely attract hardcore Young fans, too), and it achieves its goals sufficiently. Those unacquainted with his work will learn that Young was a tremendous guitar player who gave himself ample room to range; that Crazy Horse understood the need to provide a good backdrop for his solos and knew how to churn a drag-the-river momentum; that Young was an able songwriter who could craft a killer line like "The Needle and the Damage Done" clincher "every junkie's like a setting sun." What they won't learn is the difference between Young's work with Crazy Horse and Crosby, Stills & Nash: All 16 tracks are presented as Young's solo work, which is misleading. Historical liner notes could have cleared this up and even introduced Young's collaborators. Instead, the package leaves it to listeners to infer these distinctions from the song credits. Fittingly, Greatest Hits skews to Young's early material: Eleven of these tracks represent his 1969-71 output, and only two songs postdate the 1970s (and, therefore, the still-in-print, two-disc Decade) Read the full review here: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-revie...test-hits.shtml

Where Will You Be Christmas Day?, curated by ace musicologist Dick Spottswood (and based loosely on his Washington, D.C. radio show), is the latest release from Atlanta's fledgling Dust-to-Digital, the same label that produced the mind-blowingGoodbye, Babylon box late last year. And much like Goodbye, Babylon, this record will leave you wondering why the 1960s are the years everyone always gets so mournfully nostalgic for. Charming, challenging, and endlessly captivating, Where Will You Be Christmas Day? is the kind of quasi-seasonal anthology that you'll totally dig out in July, popsicles and all, suddenly craving (if not requiring) its quiet, unmatched grace. Drawing heavily from early American folk, jazz, and blues (and incorporating classic holiday songs from the Ukraine, Italy, Trinidad, and Puerto Rico), the tracks included here date from 1917 to 1959, and represent an impressive spectrum of vocal styles, stretching from four-note sacred harp hooting to brash, mid-century gospel. Consequently, Where Will You Be Christmas Day? is compelling simply as an anthropological peek, a crackly glimpse at secular traditions-in-the-making-- but all Smithsonian-geekiness aside, the music itself is more than satisfying, loaded with plenty of fresh, regional glee. Delta-blues gurus Lightnin' Hopkins and Lead Belly each contribute tracks, as do The Alabama Sacred Harp Singers, Fiddlin' John Carson and His Virginia Reelers, Butterbeans and Susie, The Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers, Los Jibaros, Kansas City Kitty, Bessie Smith, and 14 others-- even the tracklisting reads like poetry.http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-revie...stmas-day.shtml