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Several albums from Wire

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Elliott Smith:: S/T

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Sparks:: Profile

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The Jam:: Setting Sons

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The Jam:: Greatest Hits

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The Hives:: Tyrannosauraus Hives

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The Ramones:: All this stuff and more Vol 1

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Kingblind’s Music News



Broken Social Scene, The Dears, Death From Above 1979, and Stars are planning a tour of Japan for May. BSS is also preparing for the release of its third album in March or April, while Stars releases Set Yourself on Fire on March 8 in the US. (Via DOA)

Mogwai is also gathering together material for a compilation. Entitled Government Commissions, it includes eight years’ worth of sessions from BBC Radio programs and drops February 22nd on Matador. In other news, Mogwai will also be playing the UK All Tomorrow’s Parties alongside Spoon, Matmos, Mark Kozelek (Red House Painters/Sun Kil Moon), and others. (Via DOA)

Low has expanded its winter tour of the east into a national tour. The shows are in support of its latest album, The Great Destroyer, due out January 25th, and will also feature Pedro the Lion most U.S. dates.

TUE 02/01/05 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom w/Pedro the Lion

WED 02/02/05 Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero w/Pedro the Lion

THU 02/03/05 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom w/Pedro the Lion

FRI 02/04/05 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom w/Pedro the Lion

SAT 02/05/05 Somerville, MA Somerville Theater w/Pedro the Lion

MON 02/07/05 Washington, DC Black Cat w/Pedro the Lion

TUE 02/08/05 Lexington, KY Center for the Arts w/Pedro the Lion

WED 02/09/05 Newport, KY Southgate House w/Pedro the Lion

THU 02/10/05 Columbus, OH Wexner Center w/Pedro the Lion

FRI 02/11/05 Chicago, IL Metro w/Pedro the Lion

SAT 02/12/05 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue w/Pedro the Lion

THU 02/17/05 Camgridge, UK The Junction

FRI 02/18/05 London, UK Royal Festival Hall

SAT 02/19/05 Wolverhampton, UK Wulfrun Hall

MON 02/21/05 Brussels, Belgium Ancienne Belgique

TUE 02/22/05 Amsterdam, Netherlands Paradiso

THU 02/24/05 Sheffield, UK The Leadmill

FRI 02/25/05 Glasgow, Scotland Glasgow University Union

SAT 02/26/05 Edinburgh, Scotland The Queens Hall

MON 02/28/05 Dublin, Ireland The Village

FRI 03/18/2005 Omaha, NE Sokol Underground

SAT 03/19/2005 Denver, CO Bluebird Theatre

MON 03/21/2005 Salt Lake City, UT The Velvet Room

TUE 03/29/2005 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall w/Pedro the Lion

WED 3/30/2005 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall w/Pedro the Lion

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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds:: Nocturama (Album Download)

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THE CURE:: Curiosa Festival, Toronto, Canada 08/09/04

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Oceans 12:: OST

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BRILL BUILDING POP

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The Sound of Money:: using music to communicate market data to financial traders

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Duck and Cover: The Citizen Kane of civil defense films

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MSNBC’s Year in Pictures 2004

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Sony PS3 Specs

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Jimi Hendrix:: Studio Outtakes

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Tom Waits: “The Black Rider” Demos and performances

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The Verve – 1992-10-23 – Camden Town Hall, London, England (DVD)

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Ten ways in which you can protect your privacy as a consumer

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A preview of eXeem, Suprnova’s decentralized bit torrent project

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Music In The Sundance Spotlight



Music seems to take a bigger role each year at the annual Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The Jan. 20-30 independent film showcase will see a slate of eclectic live performances to entertain attendees in between screenings, while music will receive its due on screen from a variety of perspectives. The Sundance documentary competition will host the world premieres of director Jeff Feurzeig’s “The Devil and Daniel Johnston” a profile the beloved Austin, Texas-based singer/songwriter, and Greg Whitely’s “New York Doll,” which captures the reunion of legendary punk Arthur “Killer” Kane, a recovering alcoholic and recent Mormon convert, with the rest of his New York Dolls bandmates. Johnston is also slated to perform at the festival as part of the Jan. 26 Sundance Night Café bill with Craig Armstrong and Yo La Tengo. The wartime hardships of Iraqi pianist Samir Peter are the basis of director Sean McAllister’s “The Liberace of Baghdad,” which will be among the offerings in the world cinema documentary competition, while Don Argott’s “Rock School” will receive a special screening and give festival goers a look at the real life version of an idea that gained acclaim in the 2003 Jack Black comedy “School of Rock.” Distinct areas of the music world are utilized as plot devices in a pair of films receiving their world premiere in Sundance’s dramatic competition. In Craig Brewer’s “Hustle & Flow,” a Memphis pimp attempts a mid-life career change as a rapper. “Forty Shades of Blue,” written by Michale Rohatyn and directed by Ira Sachs, also takes place in Memphis, centering on a young Russian woman’s personal awakening as she meets the estranged son of her husband, an aging rock’n'roll legend. The Australian film “Green Bush” (directed by Warwick Thornton) and the U.S. feature “A Thousand Roads” (directed by Chris Eyre) both probe the reach of radio DJs and the communities they build. Both will receive special screenings during the festival. The “Park City at Midnight” series will showcase “9 Songs,” writer/director Michael Winterbottom’s tale of lovers’ encounters between rock concerts. Sundance will also host the world premiere of director Andy Fickman’s tongue-in-cheek musical adaptation of the classic anti-marijuana propaganda film “Reefer Madness.” On live music side, Michael Franti & Spearhead will entertain at the Gala at Snow Park Lodge at the Deer Valley Resort, the later of a pair of Sundance’s opening night parties. The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) will host the daytime Music Café for attendees throughout the Sundance Film Festival. Four or five artists will perform daily, including vocalists Andgelique Kidjo and Michael McDonald, Toad The Wet Sprocket frontman Glen Phillips with Nickel Creek siblings Sara and Sean Watkins, hip-hop poet Saul Williams, country artist Billy Currington, singer/songwriters Suzanne Vega, Rickie Lee Jones, Linda Perry and Ben Kweller, offbeat performers Dresden Dolls and Nellie McKay and rock acts Midnight Movies, …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead and Kings Of Leon. In addition to the aforementioned Night Café featuring Johnston, an earlier Jan. 23 version will boast a collaboration between Jayhawks leader Gary Louris and ambient electronic artist Raz Mesinai, as well as performances by alaska! and Calexico. The Sundance Village will host Cyrus Chesnutt (Jan. 22), Bill Charlap (Jan. 26), Marcus Roberts (Jan. 28) and Judy Carmichael (Jan. 29) in its presentation of jazz trios at the Sundance Rehearsal Hall. The venue will also showcase Steinway at Sundance, a gallery of legendary pianos. A free outdoor concert will be staged Jan. 22 on Park City’s lower Main Street under the Music on Main banner, while a music showcase will be held Jan. 26 at the “Sundance House,” a meeting place for attendees at the Kimball Arts Center. Performers for those events have not been announced. Additionally music’s role in the movies will be the focal point of “Music and Film: The Creative Process,” a Jan. 26 roundtable discussion as part of Sundance’s conference panel offerings. Among those taking part will be actor/musician Kevin Bacon and his Bacon Brothers bandmate Michael Bacon, composers George S. Clinton (“Austin Powers”), Rolfe Kent (“Mean Girls,” “About Schmidt”) and Peter Golub (“The Laramie Project”) and director/cinematographer Rodrigo Garcia (“Six Feet Under,” “Carnivale”). For more information on the scheduled films and events, visit the Sundance Film Festival Web site at festival.sundance.org.

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FRANZ FERDINAND – Cologne 2004 05 18 (flac)

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Nirvana 1990-08-17- Hollywood Palladium Hollywood Cal

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Scratch Acid – 12/30/86 Duisiberg, Germany

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THE KINKS – Slum Kids:: Live In London

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Doe Inks With Yep Roc For ‘Forever’



X guitarist/vocalist John Doe has inked with independent label Yep Roc, which will on March 22 release his next album, “Forever.” The 11-track set is Doe’s first since “Dim Stars, Bright Sky,” released in 2002 by iMusic. He’s the latest veteran act to sign to Yep Roc, which this year alone has inked Bob Mould, Robyn Hitchcock, Dave Alvin, Paul Weller and Ken Stringfellow. “Forever” finds Doe surrounded by such guests as Alvin and Grant Lee Phillips on “The Losing Kind.” Phillips also sings on “Twin Brother,” while Neko Case duets with Doe on “Hwy 5,” a track co-written with X’s Exene Cervenka. Throwing Muses mastermind Kristin Hersh guests on “Ready,” a tribute to fallen musicians such as Elliott Smith and the Germs’ Darby Crash. Veteran guitarist Smokey Hormel appears on “There’s a Black Horse,” while Doe’s daughter Veronica Jane makes her singing debut on “Mama Don’t.” The set was produced by Doe and Dave Way, who worked behind the boards on the artist’s 2000 album with his band the John Doe Thing, “Freedom Is…” Doe is expected to embark on a North American tour in support of “Forever” this spring.

The Futureheads:: S/T (Album Review)



Well, no-one’s going to mistake this for ‘Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space’ in a hurry. And, to be honest, if you’re going to make any mistakes at all where this album’s concerned then you’re going to have to do it in as much of a hurry as possible. In its original form – that’s minus their glorious cover of ‘Hounds Of Love’, of course – this is a 14-track, 33-minute affair, and, like all the most intense and intoxicating of affairs, it crackles with an urgency that suggests a fear of being caught out. Good call! See, at every turn ‘The Futureheads’ is a confident, rampant holler that bristles with the energies of prime new wave, the proselytising vigour of the most barnstorming white soul, and the wry, cerebral kickback of most of the artier artists of the last thirty years. They’re also nothing if not a genius pop band too, as was evidenced spectacularly on debut single proper ‘First Day’, with its elevation of the mundane, gleeful springiness and insistent, uncalled-for accelerations, and showcased many times over here. In fact, if anything was ever an element of crossover in the 80s, it’s probably on here somewhere. There’s a glut of tribal rhythms and Burundi wallop a la the Ants – just look at ‘Stupid And Shallow’ or the affably stop-start ‘A To B’ – and, rather more rarely, there’s a strong sense of the Housemartins here, especially in the harmonies on ‘He Knows’ (the only track that clocks in anywhere over the three-minute mark. Why, that’s practically prog, that is!) and the brilliant ‘Danger Of The Water’, but it’s all done in a fashion that’s not only so reverent but also so playful that it ends up sounding like essentially no-one else at the moment, which is the stuff of smartness indeed. Who else would trundle through the clockwork crystallinisms of ‘Le Garage’? Or the, well, exploding teardrops that cascade through ‘Alms’? Moreover, and we suspect this is going to be a welcome feature in these post-Franz Ferdinand times, the whole thing’s performed in the band’s own Sunderland accents, which lend proceedings even further conviction and softens the likes of forthcoming single ‘Decent Days And Nights’ in the wake of their almost exhaustive irrepressibility. Yes, ‘The Futureheads’ might, ironically, be something of a blast from the past. But what a blast! (Iain Moffat)

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M83:: Before Dawn Heals Us (Album Download)

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Fiery Furnaces:: Blueberry Boat (Album Download) back by popular request

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9 Diamanda Galas Albums

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Costello Cooking Up New EP, DVDs, Tour



Never one to rest on his laurels, Elvis Costello has a variety of projects on the horizon, including a 10-inch vinyl EP of previously unreleased recordings, two DVDs and a 2005 itinerary packed with touring. First up is the seven-song vinyl release “The Clarksdale Sessions,” due Jan. 25 via Lost Highway. The set chronicles a rehearsal session for Costello’s latest album with the Imposters, “The Delivery Man,” captured on tape at a one-room recording studio in Clarksdale, Miss. In addition to “The Delivery Man” tracks “The Monkey” (an alternate version of “Monkey to Man”) “Country Darkness,” “Needle Time,” “The Scarlet Tide” and the title song, “Sessions” sports a cover of the Chips Moman/Dan Penn composition “Dark End of the Street” and the previously unreleased original “In Another Room.” Costello and the Imposters recently released five additional live-in-the-studio versions of tracks from the album exclusively via Apple’s iTunes Music Store as “The Futurama Sessions.” A collection of music videos and TV performances, “The Right Spectacle,” will arrive on DVD Jan. 17 in the U.K. via Demon, with release plans in other territories still being finalized. And although details are still being nailed down, April 19 will bring the release of the concert DVD “Club Date: Live in Memphis” via Eagle Rock Entertainment, taped this summer at the city’s 250-capacity Hi-Tone Lounge. The artist already has a full slate of 2005 tour dates on tap, beginning Jan. 19 in Stockholm and wrapping Feb. 20 in Manchester, England. A two-month North American run is scheduled for March, but the only dates confirmed so far are three Florida engagements: March 2 in Orlando, March 4 in Miami and March 5 in Tampa. Finally, Costello was nominated for three Grammys last week: best rock album for “The Delivery Man,” best rock performance by a duo our group with vocal for “Monkey to Man” and best male pop vocal performance for “De-Lovely,” from the film of the same name.

Here are Elvis Costello’s tour dates:

Jan. 19: Stockholm (Concert House)

Jan. 21: Oslo (Rockefeller)

Jan. 22: Copenhagen (Vera)

Jan. 24: Utrecht, Holland (Music Centrum)

Jan. 26: Antwerp (Koningen Elizabeth Hall)

Jan. 28: Berlin (UDK)

Jan. 29: Hamburg (Kampnagel)

Jan. 30: Frankfurt (Mouson Turm)

Feb. 1: Murcia, Spain (Auditorio de Murcia)

Feb. 2: Valencia, Spain (Palau De La Musica)

Feb. 5: Milan (Auditorium Verdi)

Feb. 6: Rome (Parco Della Musica)

Feb. 9: Brighton, England (Brighton Dome)

Feb. 10: London (Hammersmith Apollo)

Feb. 12: Bristol, England (Colston Hall)

Feb. 13: Coventry, England (Warwick Arts Center)

Feb. 14: Edinburgh, England (Usher Hall)

Feb. 16: Liverpool, England (Royal Court)

Feb. 17: Sheffield, England (Octagon)

Feb. 18: Buxton, England (Opera House)

Feb. 20: Manchester, England (Bridgewater Hall)

March 2: Orlando, Fla. (House of Blues)

March 4: Miami (Jackie Gleason Theatre)

March 5: Tampa (Tampa Theatre)

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM KINGBLIND.COM (X-MAS Edition MP3′s)



Tijuana Christmas Album

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Johnny Cash:: Merry Christmas Mary

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The Cash Family:: Silent Night

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Leadbelly:: Christmas is Coming

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Bing Crosby – Happy Holidays (Beef Wellington Remix)

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Low:: Blue Christmas

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Santa came on a nuclear missle

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Sufjan Stevens:: Christmas Songs

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Beach Boys:: Smile (Bootleg)

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Tom Waits:: Swordfishtrombones / Rain Dogs / Franks Wild Years / Bone Machine (Album Downloads)

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The Beatles:: Please Please Me / With the Beatles / A Hard Days Night (Album Downloads)

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Santa saves time by skipping the red states (from SNL)

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A very rare Holiday album

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Punk-O-Rama Vol 1-9 and more (Album Download)

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The Complete Fugazi Discography

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Tons of Live Decemberists

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Scared of Santa:: A photo gallery of terrified

children

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Meet the Beastles

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Download MP3′s for pennies

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White Stripes, Bjork, Cardigans- etc Album Downloads

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Yeah Yeah Yeah’s:: Live in Central Park 7-24-04

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Arcade Fire:: CBC Radio 3 Session 10-2-2004

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Thom Yorke:: Live at Omega Studios, Maryland 4-10-96

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Some Crazy Ass Guitar Playin’

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The Jimi:: A Wallet for people who hate wallets

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NME’s top of 2004

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A glimpse through the costumes of the new film The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe.

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MSNBC Profiles Pinback

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Dizzee Rascal – Manchester Academy Live 2004

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Rolling Stones:: Flashpoint LIVE

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REM:: Automatic for the people (Album Download)

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Jimi Hendrix:: The Ultimate Experience (Album Download)

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Christmas in Cuba

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iPod gets people laid

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Win a iPod!

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Pulp:: Different Class (Album Download)

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Pixies:: Surfer Rosa (Album Download)

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T-Rex:: Various Albums and Songs

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Kingblind.com Album Giveaway (What Is Hip: Remix Project Vol-1)



What Is Hip: Remix Project Volume 1, is an innovative musical marriage of hot young remixers with vintage hits from the Warner Bros. catalog, including classic tracks from Seals & Croft, Rod Stewart, America, Devo, Doobie Brothers, Todd Rundgren and more. Includes a Soul Hooligan remix of Ambrosia’s “The Biggest Part Of Me;” George Benson’s “Masquerade” remixed by Nightmares On Wax; “What Is Hip?” the Tower of Power perennial remixed by Meat Beat Manifesto; a remix of Nicolette Larson’s 1978 hit “Lotta Love” by Nic Jodoin and Charles Wright’s “Express Yourself” remixed by Mocean Worker.

Kingblind has 3 Copies to giveaway.. We will randomly pick the winners thru out the day.. So send your email WITH your mailing address to Kingblind(at)gmail.com and please have WHAT IS HIP as the email subject… U.S. Residents only.

Devo:: Whip it (Remix)

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Attn Star Wars Geeks:: *SPOILER WARNING* Anakin versus Dooku

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Holiday Shoppers:: READ THIS

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Singer Brown treated for cancer



Brown is due to tour Asia and Australia earlier next year Singer James Brown, dubbed the Godfather of Soul, underwent surgery to treat prostate cancer on Wednesday. Dr James Bennett said the 71-year-old soul star was “resting comfortably” after surgery at the Midtown Urology Surgical Centre in Atlanta, in the US. “We expect a full recovery,” said Dr Bennett. “With proper follow-up and care, we can also expect a full cure.” Before the operation, Brown said: “I have overcome a lot of things in my life. I will overcome this as well.” Brown, who recently finished a two-week Canadian tour, is expected to spend three weeks recovering from the operation. “Mr Brown has always been a fighter and we are confident that he will be back ‘on the good foot’ soon for another 50 years,” said the singer’s manager, “SuperFrank” Copsidas. Best known for hits such as I Feel Good and Cold Sweat, Brown was diagnosed with prostrate cancer late last week. He still plans a tour of Asia and Australia next year and is due to release an autobiography next month. Earlier this year, the soul legend was charged with domestic abuse after a row with his fourth wife Tomi Rae Hynie, but the allegation was resolved when he failed to contest the charge. Prosecutors said Brown had pleaded guilty to the charges and would forfeit a $1,000 bond as a fine.

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AIR:: Talkie Walkie (Album Download)

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!!!:: Louden up now (Album Download)

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Misc Johnny Cash

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Kings of Leon:: Aha Shake Heartbreak (Album Download)

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New Apple Signature iPods

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World’s most expensive iPod speaker system

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The 10 most accurately rated artists in rock history

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Kingblind.com Presents and Evening of Holiday Films & noWax



Wednesday, December 15th 2004

Doors 8:00pm

Echo Lounge

551 Flat Shoals Ave

Atlanta, GA 30316

http://www.echostatic.com

Cost: 100% FREE

Kingblind.com Presents and Evening of Holiday Films & noWax

(The evening kicks off with a couple of our favorite holiday films)

The Grinch who stole christmas (8:30pm till 9:00pm)

A Nightmare Before Christmas (9:00pm till 10:20pm)

(Then comes the music)

(10:30pm till 2:30am)

noWax

The New DJ Revolution: mp3j’s who use iPods: “Somewhere in East Atlanta the turntables are motionless. The only thing spinning is a chorus of iPod hard drives, or the ceiling (if you’re friends with the bartender). The club is the Echo Lounge and the event is called noWax. The concept for noWax is simple: MP3s, not wax. iPods, not decks. On noWax nights, mp3j’s bring their iPods and wait for the automated projector above the DJ booth to flash their number. They then plug-in and mix three songs back-to-back against another mp3j. noWax is a public competition very similar to ‘Rap Battles’, a la Eminem’s movie 8 Mile.” except of course.. The music will be MUCH better. This is the first event of it’s kind in North America.. and it’s happening on Wednesday December 15th 2004 at The Echo Lounge. noWax was originally conceived in London and will their blessing and help of the founders. Kingblind.com and the Echo Lounge is proud to present noWax.. Let the revolution begin!!

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Radiohead:: Black Sessions 1993 (Album Download)

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Arcade File:: Funeral (Album Download)

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Beach Boys:: Pet Sounds (Album Download)

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Kingblind Album Giveaway:: The Futureheads



The prizes are 2 autographed copies of The Futureheads debut CD and 1 runner-up receives a non-autographed CD (OPEN TO US Residents ONLY) Send your name and address to kingblind@gmail.com and with the subject FUTUREHEADS

and we will pick 3 winners randomly.. Good Luck!

Sunderland four-piece The Futureheads are both an intriguing and powerful mass of contradictions. They are a band who – like all the best bands – look and feel like a gang, but who, in this instance, can rarely agree on anything at all. A band who have deliberately set themselves only short-term, low-key goals, but are, realistically, on the verge of going all the way. A band who recognize and salute the DIY ethic, while simultaneously detesting its implicit under-achievement. A band who can accurately cite Devo, Queen, Fugazi and Kate Bush as influences, but who have carved out their own instantly identifiable sonic niche. Maybe it’s a result of the four of them being a reasonably well-functioning democracy. And maybe that’s a result of them each having a microphone and, therefore, four separate voices on stage. And possibly that came aboutbecause, having no PA, they had to have first a music and then a vocal rehearsal, and so decided they might as well each have a bash at singing. Some things about The Futureheads, you see, make straightforward sense…

Official Website

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The Futureheads:: “First Day” Video

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Futureheads Spring tour dates:

2/21 Washington, D.C.

2/22 New York, NY

2/23 Philadelphia, PA

2/25 Boston, MA

2/26 Montreal, QC

2/27 Toronto, ON

2/28 Detroit, MI

3/1 Chicago, IL

3/3 Minneapolis, MN

3/6 Seattle, WA

3/7 Vancouver, BC

3/8 Portland, OR

3/10 San Francisco, CA

3/11 Los Angeles, CA

3/12 San Diego, CA

3/13 Phoenix, AZ

3/16 Houston, TX*

3/18 Austin, TX*

3/19 Dallas, TX*

*Subject to change

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Home-Brew IPod Ad Opens Eyes

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A Visit to the Museum of Underappreciated Games

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John Vanderslice:: Mass Suicide Occult Figurines (Album Download)

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Folk Implosion:: Session Planet Claire bootlegs

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Sloppy Meateaters – Forbidden Meat (Album Download)

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Hanson Bros:: Sudden Death (Album Download)

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Radiohead:: Black Sessions 1995 (Album Download)

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Rock And Roll Hall of Fame 2005 inductees announced

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Hellacious Riders 1 terabyte email accounts

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The Grinch Has Truly Stolen Christmas

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Flavor Flav Brewing Solo, Public Enemy Discs



Thrust back into the limelight thanks to his scene-stealing appearances on the latest edition of the VH1 reality show “The Surreal Life,” Public Enemy rapper Flavor Flav is working on a new album with PE colleague Chuck D as well as a solo disc. A new single, “Flavor Man,” will be out early next year. Of the as-yet-untitled solo effort, the Viking helmet-clad Flav tells Billboard.com, “The only people I really feature on it are the Beatnuts. I ran into the great, great, great Ce Ce Peniston, and we’re talking about doing a song together. I’m not going to remake one of her songs — I’m going to remake a song and have Ce Ce on it. I want to help bring my girl back to the surface.” After years of turbulent relationships with record labels, Flav insists, “I’m going independent right now. Right now, I’m going to release it. I will spend my own money to press it up until someone picks it up. I don’t want to sign with another record company. All companies I sign to make money off of me. Now it’s my turn to make some money off of me!” Public Enemy’s label status is also up in the air. The group’s most recent album, “Revolverlution,” was released in 2002 by Koch. “Me and Chuck have an album brewing up right now,” Flav says. “It’s really almost done. Honestly, this album is way better than our most recent albums. But I’m not sure exactly what label it will come out on — to be determined.” For the time being, fans can absorb a dose of Flav on the track “Come on Down,” from De La Soul’s new Sanctuary album, “The Grind Date.” Thanks to the romance Flav began on “The Surreal Life” with co-star Brigitte Nielsen, the pair will soon be seen in their own reality show, “Strange Love,” which premieres early next year on VH1. “The only love life I really have is with me and my kids,” the rapper says. “‘The Surreal Life’ was a good thing, but it was just a vehicle. My main purpose moving to Los Angeles from New York in the first place was to switch over into television. I’m happy to have been part of the biggest and highest rated show VH1 has ever had. I have goals I want to reach, so hopefully TV can help me reach them.”

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Coldplay:: Parachutes (Album Download)

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The Clash:: Discography (Album Download)

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U2:: All that you can’t leave behind (Album Download)

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Trailer for Tim Burton’s remake of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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iPod Your Photo

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Wrapping Paper from Hell

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Road Rage Cards

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FLAMING GOOD COVER!



THE FLAMING LIPS have recorded their cover of THE WHITE STRIPES’ ‘SEVEN NATION ARMY’ and will release it next year. The band plan to release the song as a limited edition 7″ single in the New Year and also feature it on their forthcoming compilation Late Night Tales. The band played the song for the first time at T In The Park in 2003 when they stepped in at the last minute to replace the White Stripes at the festival. Jack and Meg were unable to play the festival because Jack smashed his finger in a car crash.

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Shins:: Oh Inverted World (Album Download)

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Modest Mouse:: This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About / Good News for People who Like Bad News (Album Download)

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Fatboy Slim:: Live at One Big Weekend

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Pantera’s ‘Dimebag’ Darrell, four others dead in concert shooting



A gunman who charged onstage during a Wednesday night (12/8) Damageplan concert in Columbus, OH, shot and killed four people–including group co-founder/guitarist Darrell Abbott (a.k.a. Pantera “Dimebag” Darrell)–before a police officer gunned him down, according to local reports. Columbus’ NBC affiliate reported that the incident took place shortly after 10 p.m. at a club named Alrosa Villa. Moments after Damageplan began to perform, a man identified as Nathan Gale, 25, of Marysville, OH, ran on stage and fired four shots at point-blank range at Abbott, who was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the report. The report said that Gale shot and killed another unidentified member of the band before firing shots into the crowd of about 250 people, killing audience members Nathan Bray and Erin Halk. Minutes later, a police officer who was responding to 911 calls reportedly shot and killed Gale. Two other unidentified shooting victims were transported by ambulance to a local hospital. Their condition was unknown, according to reports. Abbott founded Damageplan along with his brother and fellow Pantera band member Vinnie Paul (drums). The group, which also featured singer Patrick Lachman and bassist Bobzilla, released its debut album, “New Found Power,” earlier this year.

Neko Case:: The Tigers Have Spoken (Album Review)



Alt.country star Neko Case has earned her cult following; she belts out songs like a burlesque house Patsy Cline, her brash lyrics fading into sentimental phrases as a chorus of drunken cowboys cry in the background. The redhead more than holds her own in this macho world—she owns the space, melting hardened hearts when she croons “Favorite” and “If You Knew.” On The Tigers Have Spoken (culled from a string of dates in Toronto and Case’s current hometown of Chicago), she’s in perfect form. Her voice has strengthened and deepened—surely a result of her recent tour with Nick Cave—and she inhabits the stage like a natural-born performer. Surprisingly, Case doesn’t take the opportunity to air out old favorites; instead, she unearths Buffy Sainte-Marie’s “Soulful Shade of Blue” and the Shangri-La’s “Train From Kansas City.” Like a siren luring sailors to their doom, Case channels melancholia for Cathy Irwin’s “Hex” and a mournful version of “Wayfaring Stranger.” At the opposite end of the emotional spectrum, she rips through the Nervous Eaters’ punkish “Loretta,” before approaching Loretta Lynn’s “Rated X” with equal delight. On the title track, Case combines ghoulishness and glee into a perfect package, while three more originals, including the eerie “Blacklisted,” round out the mix.(by: Andria Lisle)

James Brown has prostate cancer



NEW YORK (AP) — James Brown, the “Godfather of Soul” and a legend in rap, rock and funk, has announced that he has prostate cancer. In a statement released to The Associated Press on Friday morning, Brown, 71, said that he will undergo surgery for the ailment on December 15. “I have overcome a lot of things in my life. I will overcome this as well,” Brown said. Brown, best known for seminal hits like “I Feel Good,” “Please, Please, Please,” and “Cold Sweat,” is also a diabetic. Dubbed the hardest working man in show business, he just finished a two-week Canadian tour on Thursday night. He is expected to spend three weeks recovering from the procedure. Earlier this year, he faced other troubles when he was charged with domestic abuse after an altercation with his wife. The allegation was resolved when he failed to contest the charge. Brown is due to release an autobiography next month. Besides promoting the project with a slew of appearances, he still plans a tour of Asia and Australia early next year.

Kingblind’s MP3 Downloads PART 1 (Bit Torrent Edition)



Smog, live at K. B., Malmö, Sweden Dec. 4, 200

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On this day in 1980 John Lennon was shot and killed



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John Coltrane’s composition “Giant Steps” forms both a ditone and quadratone progression between the key centers of B, Eb and G.

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Bill Hicks Bootleg Archive

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Brian Wilson to receive MusiCares award

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Outkast complete movie



Outkast have finished shooting their first movie. “My Life In Idlewild” was written and directed by video director Bryan Barber, who made the duo’s recent “Hey Ya!” and “Roses” promos, amongst others. The $15m [£7.8,] production features Andre 3000 and Big Boi in lead roles alongside Ving Rhames and Rosario Dawson. Big Boi told MTV: “It’s like two stories going on the same time… Dre’s is like more a love story and mine is kind of crazy, wild.” “Bryan Barber did a really good job writing the script, and it’s going to be real good.” The movie is: “A musical set in the Prohibition-era American South, where a speakeasy performer [Big Boi] and his piano player [Andre 3000] contend with gangsters who have their eyes on the club.” Outkast have almost completed the accompanying soundtrack album and are also at work on a new studio album to follow-up 2003′s “Speakerboxxx”/”The Love Below”. Big Boi added: “We’re trying to do a song with Anita Baker, Sade, maybe Kate Bush if we can find her… They say she’s crazy, so I don’t know what’s going on.”

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Stooges, Black Keys On Kimbrough Tribute



Iggy and the Stooges, the Black Keys and Pete Yorn are among the artists who have contributed tracks to a forthcoming tribute to Junior Kimbrough. The independent Fat Possum label will release “Sunday Nights: The Songs of Junior Kimbrough” Jan. 17, the exact six year anniversary of the death of the blues guitar great. “Sunday Nights” includes 14 songs, including two takes of “You Better Run” recorded in the spring by founding Stooges members Iggy Pop (vocals), Ron Asheton (guitar) and Scott Asheton (drums), with punk rock icon Mike Watt standing in for late bassist Dave Alexander. The set will mark the first release by this lineup of the band, which has toured the United States twice since early 2003. “Iggy Pop got Junior Kimbrough,” Fat Possum founder Matthew Johnson says. “He invited him to go on the road and open his 1996 tour. Despite being in his 60s and having to walk with the aid of a cane, Junior Kimbrough had no problem holding his own with Iggy. Junior, in addition to fathering 36 kids, had way more fun than you or I ever will. When Iggy learned about the project he called us to say he had to have ‘You Better Run.’” Akron, Ohio-based rock duo the Black Keys contributes a cover of “My Mind Is Rambling,” while Yorn adds his version of “I Feel Good Again,” which also opens his concert release from earlier this year, “Live From New Jersey” (Columbia). Blues Explosion adds a version of “Meet Me In the City” with late singer/songwriter Elliott Smith, and former Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan offers his run through “All Night Long.” Others appearing on the set include Spiritualized, Firey Furnaces, Jim White and the Ponys.

Here is the “Sunday Nights: The Songs of Junior Kimbrough” track list:

“You Better Run” (first version), Iggy and the Stooges

“Sad Days Lonely Nights,” Spiritualized

“Meet Me In the City,” Blues Explosion with Elliott Smith

“Done Got Old,” Heartless Bastards

“My Mind Is Rambling,” the Black Keys

“I’m Leaving,” Fiery Furnaces

“I Feel Good Again,” Pete Yorn

“Do the Romp,” Cat Power & Entrance

“All Night Long,” Mark Lanegan

“Release Me,” Thee Shams

“Done Got Old,” Jim White

“Lord Have Mercy On Me,” Outrageous Cherry

“Pull Your Clothes Off,” Whitey Kirst

“Burn In Hell,” the Ponys

“You Better Run” (second version), Iggy and the Stooges