A Night out in Africa - Part I |
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 | I thought I was ready for a night out but they have certainly proven me wrong this time. I found myself in the middle of a loud lounge type vibe sipping beers at R15 a pop, oh boy did I have to get out of there... an hiatus in the tunes provides the perfect opportunity to slip out and have a game with the real wild life and I'm not one to miss out on that.
Out in the street I find myself wanting for direction... I'd never been here before and I wasn't liking it one bit,... read more?
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| Published by: Asterix | on: Saturday 16th of May 2009 at 15:06 |
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Heaven and Hell - The Devil You Know |
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 | Heaven and Hell, previously known simply as "Black Sabbath with Ronnie James Dio singing and Vinny Appice on drums" excel at ye olde power-dungeon plod. Too bad Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler's most churning riffs tend to last mere seconds, before getting buried under attention-deficit arrangements and Dio's theatrical mythopoeia — which gets tiring when so many songs exceed six minutes.
Here and there, gothic-dirge effects and emotionally spent choruses shine through. More... read more?
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Published by: Asterix
Source: Rolling Stone | on: Monday 11th of May 2009 at 13:35 |
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Cancer Benefit Concert for Sister of Slayer Frontman |
[ Read Article ] | For the past 13 years Anamaria Araya (eldest sister of famed Slayer frontman, Tom Araya) has been fending off aggressive ovarian cancer, utilising increasingly expensive treatments and the strong will for which the Araya family is known.
Unfortunately her fight is becoming more and more difficult as the costs of treatments steadily surpass her - and her family's - ability to keep up with.
Now the Araya family - a family blessed with an abundance of creative and musical... read more?
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Source: Myspace and other News Sources | on: Thursday 7th of May 2009 at 21:47 |
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The Rock Showdown |
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 | Inner Flame Studios and Thornrose Music proudly present:
"The Rock Showdown"
This is not a battle.. it’s a war!
Help us find the next great rock band in South Africa!
How it works:
This is a competition like no other before here in South Africa. For the first time ever, bands will be able to compete fairly in all aspects of their trade, not just on a stage like all the other battle of the bands in the past.
The Rock Showdown will test bands in the rehearsal room, on... read more?
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Published by: Asterix
Source: Facebook Group "The Rock Showdown" | on: Monday 20th of April 2009 at 21:54 |
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Event and Music Promotion |
[ Read Article ] | Overview:
Events - add to facebook, add gig guide to your website
Music - file sharing, radio
Events
In the effort to create a central point for event promotion we've taken a couple steps forward:
You can now port an event from this site to Facebook Events (unfortunately due to limitations in the Facebook API we can't port the flyer, nor can we invite your friends, yet!). You can add an event while viewing it in the gig guide or upon successful... read more?
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| Published by: Asterix | on: Tuesday 7th of April 2009 at 23:16 |
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Bullet posters |
[ Read Article ] | Exclusively available at selected Musica stores countrywide. Stocks are limited. Collect them all! R 59-95... read more?
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| Published by: musicmerc | on: Tuesday 7th of April 2009 at 14:54 |
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Iron Maiden Flight 666 Movie |
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 | British heavy rock legends, Iron Maiden, in association with Banger Productions, EMI Records, Universal (USA) and Arts Alliance Media, announce that they will be releasing a feature length documentary film into cinemas worldwide on April 21st 2009.
As you may know from Rod's tour diaries, Iron Maiden have been working on a feature length documentary. Entitled 'IRON MAIDEN: FLIGHT 666', the movie follows the band on the first leg of their Somewhere Back In Time World Tour... read more?
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Published by: Asterix
Source: Iron Maiden Official Website | on: Saturday 4th of April 2009 at 22:40 |
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Guitarists Brains Swing in Tune |
[ Read Article ] | Berlin - When guitarists get together and things get loud, it is not just the music that is in tune: new European research published on Tuesday shows that their brainwaves are also in synch.
Scientists took eight different guitar duos in the laboratory, attached electrodes to their scalps and got them to play a short jazz fusion melody up to 60 times while they recorded their brains' electrical activity.
The researchers from Berlin's Max Planck Institute for Human... read more?
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Published by: Asterix
Source: News24.com | on: Thursday 19th of March 2009 at 15:18 |
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