AO On Site at the 54th Venice Biennale 2011 Preview Ray Winstone To Star In Tv Adaptation Of Great Expectations America Beautiful 'Dream role' for No letup perpetual music maker Quincy Jones Planningtorock W R.I.P. Cornell Dupree Guitarist 'Respect ' Early Hendrix Cohort R&B/Jazz Legend... Charles A Lost Moment Rock 'n' Soul EXCLUSIVE Justin Theroux Talks Your Highness Alternate Ending 'Glee' Breaks Elvis Presley's Record Most Singles on Billboard Hot 100 Chart Hank Haney will dissect Rush Limbaugh's golf game Latin groove and electrofusion energize Borneo Jazz Festival 28 Black Music Milestones Charles' 'Georgia' Becomes State Song Sony's missteps Vittorio Tafur's top 10 boxers of alltime Wolfgang's Vault Debuts Free Streaming Concert Video Archive

All photos by Caroline Claisse. Currently on view at the Punta della Dogana, housed in the magnificent Palazzo Grassi, is "The World Belongs to You." Curated by Caroline Bourgeois, the exhibition brings together artists from different generations, geographical locations, and practices to explore history and current realities. The Punta della Dogana became the official exhibition [...] British film hardman Ray Winstone is heading back in time to play one of Charles Dickens' most famous characters in a TV re-telling of classic novel Great Expectations. Bosses at the Bbc are planning to celebrate the bicentenary of the legendary British au... (Scott) Ray Charles's magnificent version of "America the Beautiful" reminds us that it is a perfect song for Memorial Day. In order to overcome the familiarity that prevents us from hearing the words of such songs, Charles begins with the song's relatively unknown third verse on martial sacrifice: > O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife, Who more than self the country loved And mercy more than life! America! America! May God thy gold refine Till all success Be nobleness And every gain divine! By this time, of course, he has our attention. After the chorus, Charles sings the song's true first verse, but prefaces it by saying playfully, "You know when I was in school we used to sing it something like this..." He begins to sing it like a precocious choirboy, but then sings the second half of the verse with a lover's uninhibited passion. As he returns to the chorus on the original recording he testifies in gospel style: "America! I love you America!" RAY Winstone is to star in a BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, the corporation has announced. RABAT (Reuters) - After a frenetic career as producer to Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Michael Jackson and many other music legends, 78-year-old Quincy Jones refuses to slow down and has just signed up for a new project in the Arab world. Less pretension, more tickling the perimeter of pop perfection next time please, **Planningtorock**. @WildAboutMusic: RIP Cornell Dupree, the guitarist formerly known as Uncle Funky. Respect 2 the man who graced "Repect," "Rainy Night In Georgia" & many more Variety: > Guitarist Cornell Dupree, one of the most prolific and talented session players in R&B and jazz, died May 8 in Fort Worth, Texas. > > Dupree was 69 and had recently been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. > > Known as "Mr. 2500" (for the number of recording sessions on which he reputedly played) and "Uncle Funky," Dupree established himself as a studio star at Atlantic Records in the '60s. Over the years he cut freelance dates with Miles Davis, B.B. King, Ray Charles, Herbie Mann, James Brown and Jimmy Smith, to name just a handful of his most notable employers. > > Born in Fort Worth, Dupree was initially an alto saxophonist but was inspired to pick up the guitar as a teen after seeing a local concert by Johnny "Guitar" Watson. A blues player, he branched into R&B at 19 when he joined saxophonist King Curtis' band the Kingpins, where he played alongside the pre-stardom Jimi Hendrix… Read and comment. From thedailyswarm.com. Ray Charles' gritty voice takes a trifle of a tune and transforms "Isn't It Wonderful" into an intimate and enticing lover's plea, beautifully seasoned with blue notes, off-the-cuff testimony and libidinous chuckles. The evil wizard of this rousing adventure reveals that there will be an all- new dragon birth when the film hits Blu-ray and DVD. [...] Lindsay Powers With 113 single entries, they also top James Brown, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and The Beatles. read more Talk radio icon Rush Limbaugh, who swings mightily from the right, follows basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley and comedian Ray Romano as ... Day Three of the four-day Borneo Jazz Festival in Malaysia was a high-energy climax with bands from Canada, Malaysia, Japan, Holland and the US. Borneo guitarist Victor Yong, originally from... While the song "Georgia On My Mind" had been around for thirty years when Ray Charles recorded it in 1960, it wasn't until the piano man sang the tune that it became a hit... and the official Georgia state song. From hidden rootkits on music CDs to the hacked network, the software company has suffered a lot of bad publicity • **October 2005** A Windows expert blogs about a "rootkit" – hidden software – he discovered on Sony BMG music CDs. A month later Sony recalls and exchanges all the affected CDs and releases software to remove the rootkit, which was included to prevent people copying the music. • **June 2006** Sony delays launch of its high-definition Blu-ray DVD players after problems manufacturing enough of the blue lasers required. • **October 2006** The company recalls 9.6m laptops after a problem with exploding batteries. • **June 2007** Sony releases PlayStation 3 in Europe with limited ability to play PlayStation 2 games – meaning some people's catalogues of games are useless. The PS3 is criticised for high prices in the UK and Europe. • **September 2008** The firm recalls 438,000 laptops after more reports of overheating and burning. • **April 2011** A total of 50m PS3s have been sold worldwide – not many fewer than Microsoft's Xbox 360. The Nintendo Wii, however, has sold about 80m units. • **April 2011** Sony PlayStation Network systems are hacked and millions of credit card ... The 10 best pound-for-pound fighters of all time (regardless of weight class): 1. Muhammad Ali: The Olympic and heavyweight champ (56-5-0), says Robinson is the best. But Ali floated like a butterfly and stung like a... _New York_ - Wolfgang's Vault, an archive of live music recordings and vintage music memorabilia, on Wednesday announced the launch of the Video Vault, which will offer thousands of live concert performances for free streaming. The footage, which dates back to the 1960's, includes vintage video of performances by the Who, Grateful Dead, Ray Charles, the Sex Pistols, in addition to sets from newer acts like American Analog Set, Bob Mould and Deerhunter. read more
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