Pats Playlist: Sammy Morris

With the start of the New England Patriots [team stats] season today, we kick back off Pats Playlist. In this modern Sunday series, which volition run weekly until the Pats� last game, we talk to players around what�s playing on their iPods when they�re non playing on the field.

Running back Sammy Morris exhausted four age with the Buffalo Bills and iII years with the Miami Dolphins [squad stats] in front coming to New England last twelvemonth. His brief season included back-to-back 100-yard rushing games before he suffered a season-ending thorax injury in October.

Age: 31

First concert: 95 South

Favorite genre: �I hazard it would be rap, but hip-hop and r & b are close, neck and neck.�

Artist or group he�d most care to meet: �Outkast. I like their style. Their songs have that certain Outkast feel or sound to them, just at that same time they�re still different from most rap groups.�

Playlist: San Antonio native Morris� favorites includes rap, current and old-school r & b and a bit of rock music. He name calling Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Ludacris, Alicia Keys and Keyshia Cole as some of his favorite artists, merely also gives props to classic musicians who paved the way for today�s stars: the O�Jays, Al Green, the Four Tops, Sade and Earth, Wind & Fire.

�You could even put Journey on in that respect,� Morris added. �I got a little bite of everything.�

Game day: Morris switches to purely rap music by the likes of Ludacris and his ducky group, Outkast. He says hip-hop beat generation put him into the proper state of matter of judgment to beat the opponent.

About rap, Morris said, �I like the lyrical content plus the beats. But on game day it�s pretty lots strictly precisely about the beat.�

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Justice play roof-raising set at Reading Festival

Justice played to a capacity crowd on the NME/Radio 1 Stage[b] tonight (August 23) at [b]Reading Festival.

Gaspard Auge and Xavier de Rosnay appeared onstage after a minor detain to rapturous applause from the crowd. Despite the some mid rain, many people watched the determine from outside the tent.


Flanked either face by a huge stack of Marshall Amplifiers, and with their traditional cross placed underneath them, the French duet launched neat into 'Genesis' from 2007 album 'Cross'.


At one peak, Auge and de Rosnay saluted the crowd in unison, causing a flurry of glowsticks to be thrown skywards towards them.


Although the band played the likes of fan-favourites 'Waters Of Nazareth' and 'The Party', the biggest cheers of the countersink were reserved for 'D.A.N.C.E' and their remix of Simian's 'Never Be Alone', retitled 'We Are Your Friends', both of which saw mass sing-a-longs from the crowd.

NME.COM is bringing you unrecorded coverage square from both sites of the Reading And Leeds Festivals 2008. For the latest news, blogs, pictures and picture interviews head to the Reading And Leeds Festivals index now.


Plus make sure you sustain next week's issue of NME - on newsstands nationwide from Wednesday August 27 - for the ultimate Reading And Leeds Festivals review.


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Download Hawthorne Heights mp3

Artist: Hawthorne Heights: mp3 download    Genre(s):  Rock Alternative Other     Discography:      If Only You Were Lonely    Year: 2005    Tracks: 2      The Silence In Black And White    Year: 2004    Tracks: 11      Free mp3 - Winamp bundle    Year:     Tracks: 1 Post-hardcore/emo-pop quintette Hawthorne Heights came to life in the summer of 2001. Originally called A Day in the Life, the Dayton, OH, collective saw numerous batting order changes and shifting music styles sooner subsiding on its flowing formation. Composed of drummer Eron Bucciarelli, bassist Matt Ridenour, vocalist/guitar player J.T. Woodruff, and guitarists Casey Calvert and Micah Carli, Hawthorne Heights built their fan nucleotide on a solid monstrance and a series of self-booked national tours that saw them sharing the phase with the likes of From Autumn to Ashes and the Descendents. In 2003, they signed with Chicago label Victory Records, resulting in the 2004 release of their potent full-length debut, The Silence in Black and White. As the guys relentlessly toured behind it, the record album became Victory's highest-selling debut, spell their tip single, "Buckeye State Is for Lovers," slow invaded tilt radio, MTV, and teen hearts across the rural area. Their follow-up, If Only You Were Lonely, as well as the DVD This Is Who We Are, arrived in 2006. Leading up to the album's waiver, Victory urged street team members to avail it debut above urban singer Ne-Yo, whose possess hyped handout came out on the same day. Questionable promotional tactics included rearranging stock displays to shroud Ne-Yo's record and make Hawthorne Heights' more big. Lonely debuted at number trinity on the charts, though, unsurprisingly, more than a few eyebrows were raised in the band and label's guidance. Regardless, the album continued to sell well, as its get-go single, "Locution Sorry," garnered airplay on many a modern rock candy radiocommunication station. However, controversy came to a head in early August when Hawthorne Heights suddenly proclaimed that not only were they departure Victory Records (despite a contractual obligation of deuce more albums for the label), just also suing them all over respective issues including unpaid royalties and tarnishing their discover and relationship with fans over the aforementioned incident (the band claimed to have no noesis of the street team letter that was issued as though personally from them). In a statement issued online, the dance orchestra compared their fourth dimension at the label to being in an "abusive relationship" and straight attacked "greed driven" label chief Tony Brummel. As issues were sorted out behind the scenes (and Victory counter-sued the banding claiming they simply wanted to jump to a major), Hawthorne Heights continued touring nationwide and served as headliners on the fall 2006 translation of the democratic Nintendo Fusion Tour with openers Relient K, the Sleeping, and more.

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People, Hello! buy first photos of Jolie-Pitt twins

NEW YORK () - The first pictures of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's newborn twins experience been sold to entertainment news magazines People and Hello!, with all issue going to charity.

Getty Images said on Friday it had done an exclusive photo pip of the twins, Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline, with Jolie, Pitt and the couple's four other children, Maddox, Zahara, Pax and Shiloh -- three of whom are adopted.

Getty did not disclose the amount gainful by the magazines for the exposure rights simply some newsworthiness media reported it was about $11 million. An industry source said that figure was higher than the amount of money paid by both People and Hello!

"The Jolie-Pitt family and Getty Images have in agreement that all proceeds will be used for charitable purposes," the agency said in a statement.

It aforesaid the photos will be published on Monday in People in North America and in Hello! elsewhere.

Oscar winner Jolie, 33, gave birth to the twins on July 12 in Nice, France. The family has rented a villa in nearby Provence.

Jolie and Pitt, 44, are one of Hollywood's virtually glamorous couples, dubbed "Brangelina" by the celebrity urge on, and the birth of their gemini was the subject of obsessive media coverage.

People magazine reportedly nonrecreational $4 gazillion in June 2006 for North American rights to pictures of Jolie and Pitt's number one biological child, Shiloh, although industry sources said that figure was wildly inaccurate.

The couple donated the money from the photos of Shiloh, world Health Organization was born in Namibia, to charities helping African children.�

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Fade To Bluegrass

   
Artist: Fade To Bluegrass

   Genre(s): 
Country
   

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Discography:


   
 The Bluegrass Tribute to Metallica

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 10

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Country singer Sara Evans marries former Alabama quarterback

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Country star Sara Evans has married former University of Alabama quarterback Jay Barker.

Lori Genes, the singer's publicist at Sony BMG Nashville, said Monday that Evans and Barker had married but didn't provide details of the wedding.

People magazine reported on its Web site that the outdoor ceremony took place Saturday on a farm in Franklin, Tennessee.

The 37-year-old singer filed for divorce from Craig Schelske in October 2006 after 13 years of marriage. The divorce was completed last September.

Barker led Alabama to a national championship in 1992 and hosts a radio show in Birmingham.

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Danilo Rea and Doctor 3

   
Artist: Danilo Rea and Doctor 3

   Genre(s): 
Jazz
   

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Discography:


   
 Bambini Forever

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Tracks: 10

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Free Music on Last.fm Boosts CD and Download Sales

Album and Track Purchases by Users of Social Music Network Grow 119% After
Launch of Free-On-Demand Service

NEW YORK and LONDON, April 9 -- Last.fm announced today
that its free-on-demand music service has had a direct and positive impact
on the music purchases of its users. Since the service launched in January,
overall CD and download sales through Last.fm's partnership with Amazon.com
have experienced a 119% increase.

Alongside an increase in visitors to Last.fm -- which has seen the
community grow massively since the site started offering free access to its
music catalogue in January -- this boost is also fueled by existing users
purchasing 66% more albums and tracks than they did prior to the launch of
free-on-demand.

According to Martin Stiksel, Last.fm Co-Founder, this demonstrates that
giving users free access to streaming songs encourages music purchasing.
"In just over two months it's become clear that people will buy CDs and
downloads if they get access to the kind of service we offer. No one else
can give music fans this amount of music for free -- but more importantly
also drive their discovery, as we do through our unique recommendation
engine. That's why people are sticking around on Last.fm -- minutes spent
on site are up 118% month-on-month -- and discovering new music to listen
to and buy."

Last.fm has affiliate deals with partners including iTunes, Amazon and
7Digital, allowing users to buy CDs and downloads from a catalogue that
includes all four major labels and thousands of independent labels and
artists. Affiliate links on the site's music players allow users to click
through from any song they're listening to and buy individual tracks or
full albums from any of those partners.

Since launching free-on-demand in January -- a service which currently
offers free access to over five million tracks for full-length streaming --
Last.fm has become the fastest growing free music Web site in the U.S.

About Last.fm

Founded in 2002, Last.fm is the largest global free music platform on
the Web. Last.fm can offer music fans millions of tracks in every genre for
free- on-demand streaming thanks to partnerships with Universal, EMI,
Warner Music Group, Sony BMG, CD Baby, independent aggregators The Orchard
and IODA, and more than 150,000 independent artists and labels -- without
the need to sign up or download any software. As well as being able to
access tracks for free - - a service which has seen Last.fm become the
fastest-growing free online music network in the U.S. -- music fans can
also share their music preferences by linking their media player to the
Last.fm database. As a result, Last.fm can intelligently recommend songs,
artists, local concerts and even other members based on their musical
tastes. Last.fm also supports unsigned artists by offering them an
unprecedented Artist Royalty program through which they can earn revenue
directly from Last.fm every time their music is streamed. Learn more about
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Fall Of The Leafe

   
Artist: Fall Of The Leafe

   Genre(s): 
Metal: Gothic
   Metal: Death,Black
   Rock
   Rock: Sympho
   

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Discography:


   
 Volvere

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 11


   
 Fermina

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 9


   
 August Wernicke

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 10


   
 Evanescent, Everfading

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 9

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On their 1998 debut album, Evanescent, Everfading, Fall of the Leafe displayed the distinctive qualities of Finnish heavy metal: a bevy of Scandinavian expiry and designate metal tricks spliced with tribe music and laden with grandiose vocal titles. Formed in the town of Turku iI old age earlier by singer Jani Lindström, guitarists Jussi Hänninen and Kaj Gustafsson, bassist Juha Kouhi, and drummer Marko Hyytiä, the chemical group had issued a identification number of demos leading up to their first base contract with bantam independent label Defiled, just they were clear noneffervescent probing for a comfortable direction to pursue. Enter new vocaliser Tuomas Tuominen and keyboardist Petri Hannuniemi, world Health Organization helped flesh out the band's sound with mediaeval overtones for the sophomore Lordly Wernicke in 2000. Recorded with returning guitar player Gustafsson (he'd been temporarily replaced by Mika Rostedt on the said L.P), 2002's Fermina showed even more improvement while bringing Fall of the Leafe closer to the more conventional, if still somewhat skew, style of hard stone made popular by Finnish headliners Amorphis. This direction was farther explored by 2004's Volvere (introducing unexampled drummer Matias Aaltonen), which was Fall of the Leafe's first recording for English independent Rage of Achilles Records.

Frank Sinatra - Sinatra Letter To Be Auctioned

An angry letter FRANK SINATRA sent to a Catholic priest attacking the men who were jailed for kidnapping his son is expected to fetch $36,000 (GBP18,000) at auction.

The late crooner fired off the type-written missive in 1964 to Federal Bureau of Prisons Chaplain Roger Schmit, after Schmit had asked him to forgive the men who snatched Frank Sinatra Jr the previous year, when he was 19.

He also addresses rumours his son was in on the plot, writing, "You have had no prior relationship to the Sinatra family. It is presumptuous for you to ask us to forgive them... Up to this time I have remained silent about the harm done to my son by the claim of 'hoax', but your letter, written in the name of God, has caused me to break the silence."

Memorabilia collectors can bid on Momentsintime.com.

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A Mind Confused

   
Artist: A Mind Confused

   Genre(s): 
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Spears' family fear for her life

Following her unexpected release from a Los Angeles hospital yesterday, the parents of troubled singer Britney Spears have said that they believe her life is at risk.
In a joint statement given to The Associated Press, Jamie and Lynne Spears said they were "extremely disappointed" about their daughter's release from the UCLA Medical Center where she had been undergoing psychiatric evaluation.
The statement said: "As parents of an adult child in the throes of a mental health crisis, we were extremely disappointed this morning to learn that over the recommendation of her treating psychiatrist, our daughter Britney was released from the hospital that could best care for her and keep her safe."
The statement continued: "We are deeply concerned about our daughter's safety and vulnerability and we believe her life is presently at risk. There are conservatorship orders in place created to protect our daughter that are being blatantly disregarded. We ask only that the court's orders be enforced so that a tragedy may be averted."
The Los Angeles Times reported that Spears left the UCLA Medical Center quietly with a small security group.
However paparazzi later followed the singer when she left her home.
Spears was tailed by photographers to the Beverly Hills Hotel where police broke up the crowd and escorted the 26-year-old inside.
It was not clear why Spears, who it was reported had been ordered to undergo psychiatric evaluation for two weeks, was released from hospital.
A UCLA Medical Center spokesman refused to comment, citing patient confidentiality laws.

Amel Larrieux

   
Artist: Amel Larrieux

   Genre(s): 
R&B: Soul
   Rock
   

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Discography:


   
 Lovely Standards

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 10


   
 Morning

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 10


   
 Bravebird

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 12


   
 Infinite Possibilities

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 10

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R&B singer-songwriter Amel Larrieux grew up in New York's Greenwich Village; her mother, Brenda Dixon Gottschild, was a dance critic and professor, and she was raised in an artistic environment. She formed Groove Theory, a brace with former Mantronix member Bryce Wilson (AKA Bryce Luvah), which signed to Epic Records and scored a gold-selling Top Ten pop and R&B hit in October 1995 with "Say Me," followed by the Channel Theory record album, which score the Top 20 of the R&B charts. In 1996, Larrieux was a vocalist on the self-titled album by Sweetback, an instrumental group made up of other members of Sade's substitute band, which reached the charts. Larrieux released her debut solo single, "Aim Up," in November 1999, and it reached the R&B charts. Her debut solo album, Infinite Possibilities, was released by Epic/550 Music in February 2000. Larrieux teamed with balladeer Glenn Lewis and recorded "What's Come Over Me?" for the Barbershop soundtrack, released in 2002. The 2 reunited a class by and by and appeared on Stanley Clarke's 1, 2, to the Bass record album with their version of "Where Is the Love," a performance that earned them a Grammy nomination. In 2004, she affected to the Blisslife label for Bravebird, followed in 2006 by Morning.

Wilco guitarist pays tribute to Bo Diddley

Wilco guitarist Nels Cline has added to the tributes pouring in about Bo Diddley, the legendary guitarist who died Monday (June 2) after suffering heart failure.

Campbell Pays Tribute To Saint Laurent

British supermodel Naomi Campbell has paid tribute to late designer Yves Saint Laurent praising his role in promoting black models in the fashion world. Saint Laurent died from a brain tumour at his home in Paris, France on Sunday The fashion legend was the first designer to use black models the catwalk - and launched Campbell's career in the 1990s In a tearful tribute, Campbell said Saint Laurent had "done so much for people of colour". She says, "My first Vogue cover ever was because of this man. Because when I said to him 'Yves, they won't give me a French Vogue cover, they won't put a black girl on the cover' and he was like 'I'll take care of that, ' and he did. "He was the king of fashion. He created pret-a-porter, he was the first designer to put women of colour on the runway, he was extremely important in my career, giving me one of my first jobs." Last week (ends30May08), Campbell signed a comeback deal to front the company's autumn/winter 2008 campaign.


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