Fleet Foxes set for Saturday Night Live
Fleet Foxes are set to perform as the musical guests on this week\'s Saturday Night Live, set to air January 17 on NBC.
The Seattle indie rockers will be just the sixth band from an independent label to snag the coveted spot on the legendary US television show in its more than 30-year history.
The band are planning to perform two songs from their 2008 self-titled debut album: \'Blue Ridge Mountains\' and \'Mykonos\'. Actress Rosario Dawson will host the episode.
Meanwhile, the band are scheduled to play three sold-out shows at London\'s Roundhouse in February.
--By our Los Angeles staff.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard, She & Him’s Zooey Deschanel Engaged : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily
Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard and She & Him singer-actress Zooey Deschanel are engaged, a source close to the couple tells Us. The couple are “so thrilled,” the source says, “Zooey was swept off her feet, and Ben is so excited.” To be honest, we didn’t even know Zooey and Ben were an item, and apparently neither did the rest of the media: The announcement came just hours after a false report saying Deschanel was engaged to AFI bassist Hunter Burgan, who immediately denied the reports.
In the end, it was revealed it was Gibbard and not Burgan who is engaged to the Elf actress.
According to some Websites, the couple have been dating for almost a year. In the past, Deschanel has dated artists like actor-drummer-Coconut Records dude Jason Schwartzman and Maroon 5’s Mickey Madden, but it was Gibbard that ultimately, in the words of Beyoncé’s Best Single of ‘08, put a ring on it. While they managed to keep their relationship out of the spotlight, Gibbard and Deschanel have shared the stage on at least one occasion, performing the Everly Brothers’ “All I Have To Do Is Dream” at an Obama fundraiser in August.
In the end, it was revealed it was Gibbard and not Burgan who is engaged to the Elf actress.
According to some Websites, the couple have been dating for almost a year. In the past, Deschanel has dated artists like actor-drummer-Coconut Records dude Jason Schwartzman and Maroon 5’s Mickey Madden, but it was Gibbard that ultimately, in the words of Beyoncé’s Best Single of ‘08, put a ring on it. While they managed to keep their relationship out of the spotlight, Gibbard and Deschanel have shared the stage on at least one occasion, performing the Everly Brothers’ “All I Have To Do Is Dream” at an Obama fundraiser in August.
Monday, December 29, 2008
Mariah Carey told off by Scientists for E=MC2 claims | News | NME.COM
Mathematicians unhappy with new interpretation of Einstein equation
Scientists have criticised Mariah Carey\'s mathematics skills, after she appropriated Albert Einstein\'s mass-energy equivalence formula for an album title.
The singer called her recent album \'E=MC2\', but rather than reference the famous equation, she declared the tile stood for \"emancipation equals Mariah Carey times two\".
Mathematician Dr David Leslie told BBC News that he was upset that the singer had had \"misread the algebra\".
\"The \'two\' in the equation means C squared, not MC multiplied by two,\" he explained. \"The correct reading of the equation is E=MCC, so perhaps Mariah\'s re-interpretation should have been \'emancipation equals Mariah Carey Carey\'?\"
Carey has not commented on her slip-up, but she was one of several celebrities pulled up by charity Sense About Science about their misleading \"scientific\" claims.
Scientists have criticised Mariah Carey\'s mathematics skills, after she appropriated Albert Einstein\'s mass-energy equivalence formula for an album title.
The singer called her recent album \'E=MC2\', but rather than reference the famous equation, she declared the tile stood for \"emancipation equals Mariah Carey times two\".
Mathematician Dr David Leslie told BBC News that he was upset that the singer had had \"misread the algebra\".
\"The \'two\' in the equation means C squared, not MC multiplied by two,\" he explained. \"The correct reading of the equation is E=MCC, so perhaps Mariah\'s re-interpretation should have been \'emancipation equals Mariah Carey Carey\'?\"
Carey has not commented on her slip-up, but she was one of several celebrities pulled up by charity Sense About Science about their misleading \"scientific\" claims.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
RIAA’s Gaze Turns From Users to ISPs in Piracy Fight : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily
RIAA’s Gaze Turns From Users to ISPs in Piracy Fight
12/19/08, 3:30 pm EST
After suing more than 35,000 people for illegally sharing music online since September 2003, the Recording Industry Association of America has canceled its much-publicized lawsuit campaign. The RIAA will instead work with Internet service providers to identify and contact — and sometimes penalize — users who continue to trade copyrighted music.
“We’re faced with the reality of ‘this shit isn’t working.’ And legally the ground is getting shakier in terms of winning these lawsuits. And it’s costing money,” says a major-label source familiar with the lawsuit discussions. “So, time to move on.”
The RIAA, a trade association that represents the world’s biggest record labels, has made headlines for suing 13-year-old Brianna LaHara as well as a multitude of students, flight attendants, engineers and karaoke DJs over five years. But while the RIAA insisted the lawsuits were crucial for educating customers that file-sharing is illegal, they haven’t reduced piracy, according to BigChampagne.com numbers.
Some at labels have recently been vocal about stopping the lawsuits, notably Warner Music chairman Edgar Bronfman Jr. Album sales have dropped from 636 million in 2003 to 585 million last year — and another 14 percent in 2008, according to Nielsen Soundscan. Eventually, the major-label source says, it became obvious even to the most aggressive lawsuit supporters that the lawsuits weren’t worth pursuing. “It probably started when they started looking at budgets for the coming year,” he adds. “There was an acknowledgement, finally — ‘where are we headed with this program? Piracy hasn’t decreased.’ Everybody realized this was making us the most hated industry since the tobacco industry. Everybody got to the same place at a different time.” RIAA reps would not be quoted for this story, but agreed to confirm certain details.
Although pending litigation will continue, the recording industry agreed to stop new lawsuits after working with Andrew Cuomo, New York’s attorney general, and unidentified ISPs throughout the fall. Under the new plan, copyright owners will send infringement notices to ISPs, who will in turn notify their users — and possibly sanction them if they don’t respond to numerous messages. “It’s a great thing,” says Charles Lee Mudd, a Chicago attorney who has represented more than 100 people sued by the RIAA. “Many of my clients did not know what they were doing was illegal. Many thought they were safe or fine. Had they learned otherwise, they would have ceased immediately.”
Steve Knopper
12/19/08, 3:30 pm EST
After suing more than 35,000 people for illegally sharing music online since September 2003, the Recording Industry Association of America has canceled its much-publicized lawsuit campaign. The RIAA will instead work with Internet service providers to identify and contact — and sometimes penalize — users who continue to trade copyrighted music.
“We’re faced with the reality of ‘this shit isn’t working.’ And legally the ground is getting shakier in terms of winning these lawsuits. And it’s costing money,” says a major-label source familiar with the lawsuit discussions. “So, time to move on.”
The RIAA, a trade association that represents the world’s biggest record labels, has made headlines for suing 13-year-old Brianna LaHara as well as a multitude of students, flight attendants, engineers and karaoke DJs over five years. But while the RIAA insisted the lawsuits were crucial for educating customers that file-sharing is illegal, they haven’t reduced piracy, according to BigChampagne.com numbers.
Some at labels have recently been vocal about stopping the lawsuits, notably Warner Music chairman Edgar Bronfman Jr. Album sales have dropped from 636 million in 2003 to 585 million last year — and another 14 percent in 2008, according to Nielsen Soundscan. Eventually, the major-label source says, it became obvious even to the most aggressive lawsuit supporters that the lawsuits weren’t worth pursuing. “It probably started when they started looking at budgets for the coming year,” he adds. “There was an acknowledgement, finally — ‘where are we headed with this program? Piracy hasn’t decreased.’ Everybody realized this was making us the most hated industry since the tobacco industry. Everybody got to the same place at a different time.” RIAA reps would not be quoted for this story, but agreed to confirm certain details.
Although pending litigation will continue, the recording industry agreed to stop new lawsuits after working with Andrew Cuomo, New York’s attorney general, and unidentified ISPs throughout the fall. Under the new plan, copyright owners will send infringement notices to ISPs, who will in turn notify their users — and possibly sanction them if they don’t respond to numerous messages. “It’s a great thing,” says Charles Lee Mudd, a Chicago attorney who has represented more than 100 people sued by the RIAA. “Many of my clients did not know what they were doing was illegal. Many thought they were safe or fine. Had they learned otherwise, they would have ceased immediately.”
Steve Knopper
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