Morning Jacket suits Hub well

My Morning Jacket provided ample rest from Hurricane Hannah.

The Louisville, Ky., quintette staved turned the storm during its sold-out three-hour throwdown at Bank of America Pavilion on Saturday night. When the pelting and wind finally kicked up during the encore, it felt up like an appropriate response to the creative divide happening onstage.

Opener �Mahgeetah,� a fine slash of MMJ�s folkie Southern-soul amalgam, fix an fitly insular pure tone with frontman Jim James musing about being �all wrapped up in a bottle of wine.� The eccentric person fusion of spy-thriller guitar riffs and bouncy island beats in �Off the Record� followed soon after, trailed by the falsetto-spiked funk of the title track from MMJ�s envelope-pushing new CD, �Evil Urges.�

And while the new material may indeed showcase unexpected turns, MMJ�s sonic core - a hazy, unspecific drone of warm melodic indulgences tempered with carefully measured, frequently vaguely danceable midtempo rhythms - remains intact. Although it�s hard to distinguish what James� singing voice sounds like because it�s always inhumed in reverb, parting with the outspoken effects would mean a substantial loss of pinna candy. Either way, James sounded spot-on sensational Saturday, whether reaching for the Frankie Lymon-inspired heights of �Wordless Chorus,� or splendidly harmonizing with his cohorts through the acoustically impelled hills and valleys in �Golden.�

cw-4 Throughout, James bobbed across the stage like a curly-topped jester, at times throwing a cape over his shoulders to portray the mock-vampirism fueling parts one and two of �Touch Me I�m Going to Scream,� the latter for which he lightly tapped out a tonal pattern on autoharp. But outside of minor instrumental changes (guitarist Carl Broemel added periodic texture with pedal steel and sax), the caped shenanigans and a pair of menacing, video-projected eyeballs on display, the show was more about the music than the visuals.

cw-3 Saturday�s victorious set proves MMJ is headed in the right direction: combine a willingness to take chances with melodic know-how, instrumental artistry, occasional booty-shaking jaunts, enigmatical songwriting and an overall playful feel and you�ve got the makings of a career band. It�d be a shame if the jam-band community�s patent embrace off MMJ�s live sets into little more than than drug-drenched debauchery. But for now, unending praise is due. James saluted Boston�s fullness of spirit for coming out in such heavy weather. In turn, Boston applauds James and Co. for helping wind down a shaky summer concert season on a note of hand so gratifying and high.

MY MORNING JACKETAt the Bank of America Pavilion, Saturday night.

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Colin Farrell filming in West Cork

Colin Farrell's next film 'Ondine' has begun shot on locating in Ireland.

Principal photography on 'Ondine', which also stars Stephen Rea ('Breakfast on Pluto') and Dervla Kirwan ('Ballykissangel'), began on 18 July.

Directed by Neil Jordan, the film is a modern day lyrical fairytale place in Ireland.

The story follows a fisherman from the South West world Health Organization instead of fish, catches a surviving girl in his net.

Theories about where the girl comes from efflorescence, as she transforms the lives of all around her.

'Ondine' is filming in and around the Beara peninsula in West Cork.

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El As De La Sierra

   
Artist: El As De La Sierra

   Genre(s): 
Latin
   

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Discography:


   
 Que Viva la Polvadera

   Year:    
Tracks: 14


   
 Puros Corridos Bravos

   Year:    
Tracks: 10


   
 14 Exitos Con Banda

   Year:    
Tracks: 14

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Bill Maher and Garry Shandling honour George Carlin at service

LOS ANGELES - He was the comedian who actually said the seven words you can never say on television, but close friends and family members remembered George Carlin as a man who, when he was off stage, had only a kind word for everyone he met.

At a private memorial service Sunday attended by some 150 people - "That was as small as we could keep it," chuckled Carlin's daughter, Kelly Carlin McCall - her father was memorialized by comedians Bill Maher, Garry Shandling and others as someone who had no enemies, in part because he was nice to everyone he spoke to.

"What everyone said tonight is if you spent time with my father, whether it was five seconds or five hours, he was kind, attentive, very connected to you, compassionate," said Carlin's daughter.

Among those who spoke at the service, which was closed to the public and news media, was Shandling, who told of being a teenage college student when he sought out Carlin nearly 40 years ago.

"My dad read his material and encouraged him to continue on, which was a life-changing moment in Garry's life," McCall told The Associated Press after the service.

Overall, Carlin's daughter said, the service was a happy event, one presided over in part by her father himself, who spoke from a montage of video clips assembled from his 51-year career.

Carlin, who died June 22 of heart failure, recorded nearly two dozen albums, 14 HBO comedy specials, wrote three bestselling books and appeared in numerous movies and TV shows.

"It was a very, very light event, as he wanted it," McCall said of the two-hour service. "He wanted a lot of laughter. I'd say 90 per cent of it was laughing and just remembering what he brought to us in his funny way."

Although his standup routines were often filled with four-letter words - so many that early in his career Carlin was sometimes hauled off stage and taken to jail - his dead-on ability to highlight the absurdities of everyday life, and do so in such comical voices and faces, made his humour come across as anything but harsh.

And although famous for four-letter words, Carlin, 71, did not always use them. He was also Mr. Conductor on the children's show "Shining Time Station," Fillmore the hippie van in the 2006 children's movie "Cars," and the guest host of the first "Saturday Night Live" episode ever broadcast. That 1975 show was replayed by NBC on Saturday night in his honour.

There also was more to Carlin than just the comedian, said McCall, and that too was reflected at her father's funeral.

He loved music, and his service was attended by Kenny Rankin, who sang "Here's That Rainy Day," and Spanky McFarland of the 1960s pop group Spanky and Our Gang, who performed the song "Coming Home."

Other speakers included Carlin's older brother, Patrick, his partner, Sally Wade, and his former standup partner, Jack Burns. Carlin's wife, Brenda Hosbrook Carlin, died in 1997.

Carlin and Burns had met in 1960, and although they worked as a comedy duo only briefly they remained lifelong friends.

In an earlier AP interview, Burns recalled Carlin calling him several times a year to remind him of such things as the anniversary of the day they met, the day they did their first show together and, in one less-than-joyful incident, the day they were jailed for armed robbery in Texas in a case of mistaken identity.

That's just the sentimentalist he was, said McCall, who is Carlin's only child.

"He went out of his way to make sure friends and family members, if they needed anything, he was there for them," she said. "He was a complete man. He was more than just the seven words you can never say on television."

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The former Saved by the Bell star insists the acrobatic tryst is his proudest sexual moment, and he jokes that Disneyland bosses should honour his achievement in some way.

Lopez tells People magazine, "(It's) a long ride... It's very dark. Hopefully I'll get the raft named after me."

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Darkspace

   
Artist: Darkspace

   Genre(s): 
Metal: Death,Black
   

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Discography:


   
 Dark Space II

   Year: 2005   
Tracks: 3


   
 Dark Space I

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 7

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Snoop Dogg's court appeal

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The multi-platinum-selling musician was barred from Britain after he was arrested on charges of violent disorder at London's Heathrow Airport in 2006. But the hip-hop heavyweight successfully appealed the ban and received entry clearance from an asylum and immigration tribunal in January.

The Border Agency said it would challenge the ruling at a hearing next week.

In March 2007, Snoop Dogg was forced to cancel a tour of Britain with fellow rap icon P Diddy after authorities denied him a visa.




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