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Myspace Adds More 30 Second Commercials

Source: HypeBot
February 10, 2010

As part of an effort to boost revenue MySpace has been testing 30 second audio ads since December. Last week they began appearing as users listened to songs on artist profiles, album pages, playlists and pop-out players. Most of the audio ads are scheduled so that users can hear 100 songs on a playlist or a full album with just one commercial after the first song.

The ads are being sold by TargetSpot and initial advertisers include TurboTax ...

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DVD Review: "Genesis: The Movie Box 1981-2007"

Source: Pop Dose
February 9, 2010

Although Genesis has stayed away from the studio since 1997's poorly-received (and Phil Collins-less) Calling All Stations, the band hasn't given their fans much reason to complain: Over the past 11 years theyve released six boxed sets, covering studio material, rarities, and live concerts. The seventh and final in the set is Genesis: The Movie Box 19812007. The set includes five DVDs, including two concerts new to the format, all with new 5.1 DTS and Dolby Digital sound mixes. Though ...

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Weekend Extra: Woody Herman&Apos;S Second Herd

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
February 7, 2010

Browsing YouTube, I came across what must be among the rarest pieces of jazz film, a sequence of Woody Herman's Second Herd, the celebrated Four Brothers band. We hear Herman's vocal and a bit of Stan Getz's tenor saxophone on “Caldonia," then most of “Northwest Passage," both pieces holdovers from the First Herd destined to be staples in the Herman book for the rest of his life. Herman, Getz and Shorty Rogers play the trio section of “Northwest Passage," then ...

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Gettin' Funky with Galactic and Karl Denson

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
February 7, 2010

This week, we've got clips of the New Orleans funk/jazz band Galactic and the equally funky saxophonist Karl Denson, both of whom will be in St. Louis to share a bill at The Pageant on Thursday, February 18.Up top, you can see Denson and his band Tiny Universe performing “Everything (Is Going to Be Alright)" while down below this chunk o' text, Denson and TU serve up the reggae-flavored “The ...

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James Brown Gives Dance Lessons

Source: HypeBot
February 6, 2010

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A Branford Marsalis Sampler

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
January 30, 2010

This week, we've got some video clips of saxophonist Branford Marsalis, who will be in St. Louis on Friday, February 12 for a concert at the Touhill Performing Arts Center.Part of the famous New Orleans musical family, he and brother Wynton first gained fame as the most-hyped of the early 1980s “Young Lions." But by the middle of the decade, Branford went his own way, continuing to perform acoustic jazz ...

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The Montmarte Masks

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
January 29, 2010

If you have seen videos filmed at the Montmartre club in Copenhagen in the 1950s and '60s, you may have wondered about the stylized wall masks that often show up in the opening moments. Rifftides reader Dave Bernard has wondered about them, too. Mr. Bernard researched the masks and reports the results in the comments section of a recent post about Bud Powell. To see the masks and what he has learned, go here.

While we're at it, we may ...

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The Blues Are Brewin'

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
January 27, 2010

1947 was a good year for movies. It saw the release of Miracle on 34th Street, Gentleman's Agreement, Life with Father, Lady from Shangai and Out of the Past, among other excellent films. New Orleans also hit the screen that year. It began life as an Orson Welles project, but Welles dropped it and went on to other things. If he had developed it, the movie might not have been in a league with Citizen Kane, but it would likely ...

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