Knut

   
Artist: Knut

   Genre(s): 
Rock
   Rock: Hard-Rock
   Hardcore
   

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Discography:


   
 Terraformer

   Year: 2005   
Tracks: 12


   
 Challenger

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 8


   
 Knut EP

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 4

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Geneva, Switzerland-based hardcore/metal band Knut (marked "cnoot") formed in 1994 and consists of Didier on vocals, Philippe on guitar, Jeremy on freshwater bass, and Roderic on drums. Following a couple of 7" releases, they released their number one CD, Leftovers, in 1997 on the Snuff mark, which is co-run by isthmus members Didier and Roderic. Bastardiser, the review to Leftovers and the band's low full-length CD, came out the following year, as well on Snuff Records. It was eventually reissued in the U.S. by Hydra Head Records in 2000 after Jake Bannon from the Boston metalcore band Converge introduced it to mark promontory Aaron Turner. In 2000, Knut toured the U.S. for the low clock time with Turner's band ISIS and Thrones and also released a new, self-titled EP, over again on Hydra Head. The EP's songs had actually been previously released on deuce limited edition 7"s in Europe. Knut returned with its minute full-length, Challenger, in 2002.





Harmful

Drunvalo Melchizedek

   
Artist: Drunvalo Melchizedek

   Genre(s): 
New Age
   

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Discography:


   
 Merkaba Meditation

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 4

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Fight Club: Lily Allen v Perez Hilton

There's nothing more stimulating than a catfight on the internet. Nothing. Not even 20,000 volts to the head while a polar bear massages adrenaline into your groin. And if we could actually understand what's going on in the feud between Lily Allen and Perez Hilton we're sure we'd be tearing at the walls with excitement right now.

Basically, it seems that the daughter of Keith has fallen out with the son of Paris over whether she knew the true identity of Katy Perry, the singer of popular hit UR So Gay, and for how long she has known this.

All of this would seem rather inconsequential to the rest of us, but Perez, who has been championing Perry for the best part of a year, has used a minor discrepancy to launch a number of pithy and, indeed, petty assaults on the girl everyone loved in 2006 but now, not so much.

You can read the whole thing either on Perez's blog or Lily's MySpace journal and, seeing as it's so convoluted and catty, we might just leave you to do that. As an example of what you can expect, however, here's an excerpt from Perez, taking issue with Lily's ignorance of the whereabouts of the offices of Capitol records:

"You're obviously an idiot!

"How could you not know that your US label, Capitol Records, has an office in Los Angeles????

"In fact, their building is one of the most iconic structures in Hollywood!

"Did we also mention that you're a liar?"

Sterling stuff. It makes you proud to be an internet scribbler, that's for sure.

Middle-aged behaviour alert: Smart Gordon reports in this morning's Bizarre that ex-Formula 1 baron Eddie Jordan is to attend this weekend's Isle of Wight festival. And, of course, he plans to do it in an unnecessarily lavish fashion. Says Smarto: "He will arrive at the Isle of Wight festival aboard a multi-million-pound Sunseeker yacht full of playboy racing drivers and glamorous girls.

"The Irishman's band Eddie Jordan and the Robbers, in which he drums, will play the Seaclose Park bash at the weekend."

In the News will not be at Seaclose Park this weekend, but does hope that this sparks a new trend for fat cats playing festivals. Donald and the Trumps? Stuart Rose and the Thorns? Richard Branson and the Pickles? Bring 'em all on.


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Dough! "Simpsons" cast gets a hefty raise

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The standoff between "The Simpsons" voice cast and series producer 20th Century Fox TV is over.


After months of negotiations, the cast of Fox's long-running animated series reached a new four-year deal with the studio during the weekend.


Under the pact, the top actors will be paid nearly $400,000 per episode. While this is lower than the reported $500,000 the cast originally sought, it remains a significant increase from their current paychecks of about $300,000 an episode. (By contrast, Charlie Sheen is the highest-paid sitcom star, reportedly earning $350,000 per episode in 2006.)


Additionally, Dan Castellaneta, who voices Homer Simpson and has penned several "Simpsons" episodes over the years, is being named a consulting producer.


Castellaneta and most of the other key "Simpsons" voice players -- Julie Kavner (Marge), Nancy Cartwright (Bart), Yeardley Smith (Lisa) and Hank Azaria (Moe) -- are slated to begin work on the upcoming 20th season Tuesday.


As of Monday, the status of Harry Shearer, who voices Mr. Burns and Ned Flanders, among other characters, was unclear. Because of a last-minute snag, his deal did not close with the other cast members', and it was not clear if he would show up for work on Tuesday.


As a result of the drawn-out contract negotiations, the upcoming season of "The Simpsons" has been reduced by two episodes to 20. While the deal makes the voice cast available for four more seasons, Fox has yet to order the animated comedy beyond season No. 20.


The "Simpsons" cast and 20th TV have been down this road before. Most recently in 2004, the actors held up production of the 16th season by skipping two table reads during negotiations. They ended up more than doubling their previous salary.


Reuters/Hollywood Reporter