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New Release of the Week 8/25/09: Imogen Heap
Although she’s still not known to the public at large, British singer Imogen Heap seems to be on the verge of a breakthrough. Her album “Speak for Yourself” got the notice of critics, Zach Braff (who featured “Hide & Seek” on the soundtrack to his movie “The Last Kiss”), and the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, who nominated Heap for Best New Artist. Imogen garnered even more publicity when she showed up at […]
Simon Cowell’s Favorite Audition
A day after making UK headlines by badmouthing auditions of hit show The X Factor, Simon Cowell anointed a Susan Boyle successor yesterday.
Britain’s newest star and the Internet’s latest viral video belongs to handsome 27 year old Danyl Johnson. No, Daryl Johnston is the football announcer. Danyl is a guy who sang With A Little Help From My Friends and then proved he only needed four friends when the judges cooed, oohed […]
Always Something There to Remind Me
On my second day in Peru, my iPod died. I was on a bus the size of a Volkswagen, trying to stand in the narrow row between seats as we careened around hairpin turns. People sat on the roof; people sat on furniture that had been tied to the roof. Many passengers had portable radios in their laps, cranked over the din of kids whining, babies crying, couples bickering. One minute, I was safe inside […]