The former manager of Amy Winehouse is concerned for her wellbeing, and believes she should take a career break to deal with her personal demons before releasing another album.
Pop supremo Nick Godwyn signed Winehouse to 19 Management when she was just 16, and despite being highly praised as a musician, Amy’s life outside her chosen profession has caused concern.
Godwyn says: "What is happening now is not very pleasant for anybody to watch. I feel she seems to be sad.
"People talk about wasted talent, but I don't look at it like that. If Amy never made another record again it would be sad, but it's less about the music for me and more about, 'this is a human being that maybe isn't very happy'."
And he believes the 24-year-old has always lived an unhappy life. He adds: "There were signs, even back then, that she wasn't happy.
"You can listen to the words of her songs and there aren't many happy, upbeat love songs.
"And I think that's a reflection of where she is. She only writes songs from personal experience.
"There are some beautiful songs which, lyrically, are fascinating. But some of them are quite sad."
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Friday, 27 June 2008
Monday, 23 June 2008
Perrineau Jr. Is A Dad Again
Lost star Harold Perrineau Jr. is celebrating after becoming a dad for a second time. The actor's wife Brittany gave birth to baby girl Wynter Aria on 7 May in a Los Angeles hospital. The couple wed in 2002 and they are already parents to 12-year-old Aurora Robinson. A statement released to People.com reads: "Mum and baby are doing fine, along with dad and big sister."
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Monday, 16 June 2008
Puretone
Artist: Puretone
Genre(s):
Electronic
Electronic
Discography:
Stuck In A Groove
Year: 2002
Tracks: 12
Australian remixer/producer Josh Abrahams as well known as Puretone bust into the dance music prospect world-wide with "Addicted to Bass," the first single from his record album Stuck in a Groove. Formerly known as member of the Future Sound of Melbourne, a house supporting players comprising producer Davide Carbone and DJ Steve Robins, Josh Abrahams decided to go on his have in 1995. Filmmaker Baz Lurhmann teamed up with him to bring forth the 1998 album Something for Everybody featuring the spoken word single hit "Everybody's Free (to Wear Sunscreen)," and afterward to co-produce Moulin Rouge based on the successful 2001 remaking of the classic flick.
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Sunday, 15 June 2008
Jessica Simpson - Romo Speaks Out Against Joe Simpson Interfering Allegations
JESSICA SIMPSON's American footballer boyfriend TONY ROMO has laughed off reports the pop star's dad has driven a wedge between the two lovers, dismissing the rumours as "laughable".
The couple was alleged to have split last month (May08), with American tabloids claiming Romo ended the relationship after growing sick of Joe Simpson meddling with their romance.
Simpson and Romo have since been photographed out and about together, putting on a united front against the accusations.
Joe - who manages both Jessica and Ashlee Simpson - recently hit out at the allegations himself, insisting he hasn't stepped over the line.
And now Romo has issued a brief statement to People.com in a bid to silence their critics.
He says, "It's all laughable. (Joe's characterisation is) so far from the truth."
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Polanski Slams Modern Film Studios
Film maker Roman Polanski has blasted modern-day Hollywood techniques, claiming studios ruin movies by giving away too much in the trailer. The Chinatown director claims studio bosses over-market movies in a bid to lure cinema-goers; and destroy the mystery of film in the process. He tells TV show Shootout, "Trailers now sell the whole film. There's no point going to see the film. Marketing goes before the art. There's no mystery, no surprise any more."
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Trouble at 50's pad
An employee of 50 Cent has been arrested for allegedly attacking a woman at the rapper's mansion. Police said Dwayne McKenzie, 27, was arrested this week after they received a call from the 22-year-old woman. McKenzie was charged with assault, strangulation, breach of the peace and unlawful restraint. He was released after posting US$10,000 bond and is due back in court July 15. Police said McKenzie allegedly choked the woman and struck her with a belt during an argument on 50 Cent's property. Court records show McKenzie was on conditional discharge from an arrest in Hartford for allegedly pistol-whipping a nightclub promoter.
Thugfucker
Artist: Thugfucker
Genre(s):
Techno
Electronic
Discography:
Blatant Promotion__Incl Guy Gerber Remix-(BR064) Vinyl
Year: 2007
Tracks: 3
The Dance
Year: 2006
Tracks: 2
Back To School With Cyndi Lauper, 1988, In The Loder Files
Where do old interviews go to die? Since 1988 they've gone into the MTV News vault, but we've been exhuming them to bring you these classic natterings. Here's the latest in the series, which runs every Tuesday.
In June of 1988, just days after celebrating her 35th birthday, singer Cyndi Lauper was back in her native Queens to mark another milestone — her long-delayed high school graduation. It was a little odd. Lauper was at that point one of the world's most recognizable pop stars — a thrift-store-fashion pioneer with an endearing nasal honk that morphed, onstage, into a phenomenal alto wail that could pin back your ears. Her 1984 debut album had spun off some very big hits — chief among them, the deathless "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" (currently featured in "Baby Mama") and the chart-topping "Time After Time" — and the title track of its follow-up, the 1986 "True Colors," had returned her to number one.
And yet there she was, up on a little stage at Richmond Hill High School, in cranberry robe and mortarboard, waiting in a line of more conventionally successful students to pick up her diploma. "I really tried doin' the formal education," she told us, noting that she'd flunked out of four different high schools altogether. "I figured, I'm a dummy, OK, I can deal with that."
Lack of high school certification didn't affect her career, obviously (1988 was also the year she made her first feature-film appearance, starring with Jeff Goldblum in a movie called "Vibes," which, alas, went nowhere). She was hampered, however, by the loud, wacky image her video fame had been built upon — wackiness having a fairly short shelf life. She remains a great singer, though, and has in fact never stopped making albums for her original record company. Her latest release, just out, is called Bring Ya to the Brink. The wackiness is long gone, but the voice remains undimmed. You might want to give it a listen.
Enjoy digging through The Loder Files? You'll find more here, and there's much more to come from the vaults — check back every Tuesday!
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Radio sees dialed-down revenue
On-air revenue falls 7% in first quarter
The radio business just can't seem to catch a break.
On-air revenue for the first quarter fell 7% to $3.8 billion. Even factoring in network radio revenue, which grew 7% to $274 million, and off-air revenue (which includes online), up 15% to $388 million, revenue was down 5% to a little less than $4.5 billion.
Local spot, radio's bread and butter, slid 6% to $3.1 billion. In contrast to network radio -- which is gaining favor among advertisers for its ability to split copy down to the station level -- national spot is hurting, down 11% to $649 million. Network radio benefited from a 157% increase in spending by Wal-Mart.
The Radio Advertising Bureau, which released the estimates Thursday, did point to the number of new and returning advertisers that increased budgets in the quarter, including insurance companies (24%), specialty retail (20%), professional services (20%) and beverages (12%). But whether those categories can offset decreases in automotive and communications remains to be seen.
The RAB's figures are based on a pool of more than 100 markets as reported by accounting firm Miller, Kaplan, Arase & Co.
The radio business just can't seem to catch a break.
On-air revenue for the first quarter fell 7% to $3.8 billion. Even factoring in network radio revenue, which grew 7% to $274 million, and off-air revenue (which includes online), up 15% to $388 million, revenue was down 5% to a little less than $4.5 billion.
Local spot, radio's bread and butter, slid 6% to $3.1 billion. In contrast to network radio -- which is gaining favor among advertisers for its ability to split copy down to the station level -- national spot is hurting, down 11% to $649 million. Network radio benefited from a 157% increase in spending by Wal-Mart.
The Radio Advertising Bureau, which released the estimates Thursday, did point to the number of new and returning advertisers that increased budgets in the quarter, including insurance companies (24%), specialty retail (20%), professional services (20%) and beverages (12%). But whether those categories can offset decreases in automotive and communications remains to be seen.
The RAB's figures are based on a pool of more than 100 markets as reported by accounting firm Miller, Kaplan, Arase & Co.
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