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Saturday, 23 August 2008

Download Miki Howard mp3

Artist: Miki Howard: mp3 download

   Genre(s):

R&B: Soul

Discography:

Three Wishes

Year: 2001

Tracks: 10

Miki Howard grew up in the church, where both of her parents were gospel singers. Her mother was besides a appendage of the religious doctrine chemic group the Caravans and was acquainted with divers entertainers. Howard's mother would assume her to the homes of diverse stars such as Aretha Franklin and Mavis Staples.

While still in elementary school day, Howard moved to Los Angeles with her ma. At the age of 15, she performed in a adolescent pageant. After the show, she met Side Effect member Augie Johnson, world Health Organization happened to be in the hearing and began working with Howard creatively. After a period of time, Howard became a Side Effect member -- upon the deviation of Sylvia St. James. Howard's tenure with the chemical group lasted a few age. During this time, she too had iI children by Johnson. In addition to vocalizing with Side Effect, she did background vocals for Wayne Henderson, Roy Ayers, Stanley Turrentine, and several other artists.

Subsequently leaving Side Effect, Howard signed a deal with Atlantic. Her first-class honours degree reach for the pronounce was the Billboard R&B Top Ten single "Come Share My Love." She followed that with the remaking of Glenn Miller's 1940 hit "Resource." Her success continued with iI more than Top Ten singles, "Baby Be Mine" and "That's What Love Is." The latter was a duet with Gerald Levert and was the event of the originative matrimony Howard formed with Marc Gordon and Levert. Howard and Levert later became romantically involved, and that romance spawned one of Howard's biggest hits, "Love Under New Management." The song was written during their abbreviated love social occasion, only was released after their romance had dissolved.

In 1990, Howard signed a deal with Giant, which facilitated the dismission of her number one smash gain "Ain't Nobody Like You." Howard's life line at Giant was cut short due to an affray her married man had at the pronounce. She likewise made an appearance as Billie Holiday in a club conniption in the Spike Lee moving picture Malcom X. Howard continued to way out albums throughout the '90s and early 2000s, a few of them heavy on -- or wholly reliant upon -- covers. Her releases during these age included Femme Fatale (1992), Shining Through (1993), Live Plus (1996), Can't Count Me Out (1997), Troika Wishes (2001), and Pillow Talk (2006).

Wednesday, 13 August 2008

Minogue sisters duet for TV theme tune

Kylie and Dannii Minogue will couplet on a theme tune for a new BBC Two comedy series.

According to The Sun, the sisters have recorded a cover of Abba's 'The Winner Takes It All'.

The track will apparently soundtrack the opening credits for Jonathan Harvey's fresh sitcom Beautiful People.

Harvey's committal to writing credits admit Coronation Street, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme and The Catherine Tate Show.

Meera Syal will star in the show, which is based on the puerility of British writer Simon Doonan, world Health Organization currently plant as a designer in New York.

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Wednesday, 6 August 2008

Tetraktys

Artist: Tetraktys

   Genre(s):
Rock

Discography:

Voreion Sellas

Year: 2005
Tracks: 8

Thursday, 26 June 2008

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R+B star BLU CANTRELL has reportedly agreed to pose naked for Playboy magazine after shedding upwards of 25 pounds (11.3 kilograms) while training for new U.S. TV reality show CELEBRITY CIRCUS.

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Wednesday, 18 June 2008

Vancouver's classic wooden roller coaster celebrates 50 years

VANCOUVER - The first drop is the best - or the worst, depending on how you look at it.

One of a few remaining wooden roller-coasters still in working order, Vancouver's classic coaster celebrated its 50th anniversary Tuesday.

The old-fashioned scream machine reaches speeds of more than 70 kilometres per hour after dipping over its first hill, prompting shrill cries from riders as they plummet down the track and bounce around in their seats.

"It's my favourite ride," Ariana Louwe, 16, said after taking a free ride as the Pacific National Exhibition celebrated the anniversary.

"The first hill is the best, definitely, it's really fast. It's not so much scary, just exciting."

The ride - simply named The Coaster - was built in 1958, and now sees half a million riders each year.

It's made from Douglas fir wood and stands 23 metres tall at its highest point.

The 90-second ride is mostly powered by gravity. The trains are pulled by a chain on a motor up each slope, allowing momentum to carry forward to the base of the next big climb.

As the trains twist through the track, riders are held in only by a lap bar, compared with the seatbelts and snug shoulder restraints on modern-day roller-coasters.

And while Vancouver's wooden coaster doesn't go upside-down or travel at the same break-neck speeds as its modern-day steel cousins, riders say it still provides a thrill.

"It's got great hills and it's got great curves," said Paul Kool, 47. "Growing up here, I remember wanting to ride it ever since I was not tall enough to ride it."

Ulyana Yordan, a 31-year-old Ukrainian currently studying in Vancouver, rode the roller-coaster more than two dozen times Tuesday.

"I love it - we don't have such roller-coasters in Ukraine," she said. "I like how you fly around, because in other ones you are fully fixed, you don't feel it as much."

The ride was designed by Carl Phare and built by Walker LeRoy. It's now the only standing roller-coaster built and designed by Phare and LeRoy, who are legendary in the coaster world.

Phare's daughter, Nina Faley, and granddaughter, Jennifer Juelich, attended the anniversary ceremony.

Faley rode her first roller-coaster when she was just two years old, one of Phare's creations at his own amusement park, Seattle's Playland, which closed more than 40 years ago. She said she was happy to see one of his coasters still standing.

"I can't tell you how glad I am," said Faley, before taking a ride herself.

"And we're really glad that it's going to last another 50 years, hopefully," added Juelich. "Because he might not be here physically, but his spirit is making hundreds of thousands of people really happy."

A few years ago, the city talked about relocating the amusement park, leaving some worried that a move could mean the end.

American Coaster Enthusiasts, a U.S.-based group devoted to the rides, listed The Coaster as "endangered."

But the relocation plans have since fizzled away, and the city's deputy mayor, Suzanne Anton, said it isn't going anywhere.

"This historic roller-coaster, with all its creaks and groans and stomach-stopping excitement - it has to stay here for another 50 years," said Anton.

Steve Gzesh of American Coaster Enthusiasts said Vancouver's wooden roller-coaster is one of the best in the world.

"It doesn't look like much from the street, but let me tell you, it delivers every time you ride it," he said.

"One of the things that many coaster enthusiasts really adore is air time, that sensation that you're lifted up out of your seat, and this coaster does it on every single drop. It's just phenomenal."