Health Care 'Great Unfinished Business Of 20th Century,' Sen. Kerry Writes In Opinion Piece

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"Today, quality health care for all stands only as the great bare business of 20th century progressive social legislation," and "we must now pull in that our failed health care system is non just a moral challenge -- it's a major economic liability, too," Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) writes in an opinion piece in The Hill. According to Kerry, the "Democratic platform reflects the world that devising affordable, meaningful health guardianship a right for all -- non a exclusive right for some -- is essential to our economic future."

The U.S. spends $2 1000000000000 on wellness care yearly, but 47 million residents lack health insurance, Kerry writes, adding, "While going away millions of Americans uninsured might appear to write money, the inefficient maintenance that the uninsured do receive taxes the entire health care system and economy," and results in a "destructive dynamic in which high gear costs lead to more uninsured Americans and more uninsured Americans contribute to higher costs."

In response, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) and other Democrats have proposed to guarantee that "every American has access to an low-priced health project that's portable and just as beneficial as the one their member of Congress has," and to "attack monetary value by modernizing health concern delivery, reduction waste, investment in information technology and controlling the cost of catastrophic sickness," according to Kerry. He writes, "That is our plan -- rooted in a deep understanding of our current health care system, a belief in smart policy that emphasizes the intersection of economic self-interest and shared duty, and reflective of years spent hearing to the American people."

Meanwhile, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) "has dusted off George Bush's so-called 'ownership society' -- and claimed it as his own" -- and his health caution plan "could force 160 million Americans to chip in up their current grouping health insurance and instead use an insufficient tax break to purchase a new single plan in a market place that regularly discriminates against the mad and the elderly," Kerry writes (Kerry, The Hill, 8/25).


Reprinted with kind permission from http://www.kaisernetwork.org. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives, or sign up for email delivery at http://www.kaisernetwork.

Rod Stewart shines in spite of himself

It�s severe to knock a tireless 63-year onetime British stone vet like Rod Stewart.

Sure, his Clive Davis-inspired four-volume raid on the American songbook grew tedious, but it likewise commercially rejuvenated his life history. Since then, however, he�s unleashed a less compelling collection of classic rockers that makes the Songbook discs seem like virtuous genius.

Last night at the Comcast Center, Stewart set on a set that remained impressive and entertaining despite his reliance on material that isn�t in particular flattering to him.

In a shiny flatware blazer and white button-down with skinny tie, he opened with �Some Guys Have All the Luck,� one of his more annoying �80s radio hits, although it made for a spirited party-starter one time some sound issues got hammered out. A stage set constructed of billowy white curtains gave the show a slightly surreal feel, as did the amusing (just egomaniacal and creepy introductory video advertising a fabricated film coroneted �The Rodminator.�

From there he strolled the extraordinarily enthused but less-than-capacity crowd through and through time-tested favorites like �The First Cut Is the Deepest,� �You Wear It Well� and a churched-up �You�re In My Heart� with an able tercet of backup gals. They also proven a great showcase for the trivial talents of J�Anna Jacoby. A pared-down �Tonight�s the Night� retained most of the original�s sexual tension, while �Stay With Me� and �Hot Legs� strutted with abandon.

But the covers were a curious lot. At least the Songbook series presented him in a new light (in the commencement). But Stewart doesn�t bring anything fresh to John Fogerty�s soggy �Have You Ever Seen The Rain?� or �It�s a Heartache,� which could just as easily be croaked out by Bonnie Tyler or even Kim Carnes; unfortunately, last night, Stewart�s readings of both were inconsequential. Cat Stevens� sentimental �Father & Son� went over better thanks to some home motion picture clips and retro stills of Stewart with family. Sam Cooke�s �Havin� a Party� and the Holland-Dozier-Holland classic �This Old Heart of Mine� got a significant lift from Bavarian bombshell Katja Rieckermann on sax.

Overall, Stewart would�ve through with better to fill that space with sorely lost tunes like �Every Picture Tells a Story,� �Young Turks� and/or �Reason to Believe.� The 18-selection place ended predictably with �Maggie May� followed by �Da Ya Think I�m Sexy,� all fine and well, but no measure for last year�s gigs, which averaged 28 songs.

Singer/songwriter Josh Kelley, married man of actress Katherine Heigl, warmed up with an assortment of sexy, soulful blues that showcased his impressive pipes. On guitar he and his three-piece band soared, but the piano tunes bordered on schmaltz.

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RCN Responds To Research On Healthcare For Adults Over 50, UK

�Commenting on the British Medical Journal research paper on health care for all over 50 class olds, Chief Executive & General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Dr Peter Carter said:


"We welcome the key findings of this paper, it highlights the importance of training and support for healthcare staff in delivering fundamental substantive care and services to older people.


"More significantly, it besides emphasises the need for more Government action through the recruitment and memory of medical specialist nurses, as well as adequate backing to increase the layer of services available to our about vulnerable citizens."

Notes


The British Medical Journal research paper, Self reported receipt of tending consistent with 32 quality indicators: National population survey of adults aged 50 or more than in England, is available on its website http://www.bmj.org.uk

Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is the voice of nursing across the UK and is the largest professional join of breast feeding staff in the world. The RCN promotes the interest of nurses and patients on a wide-eyed range of issues and helps shape healthcare policy by working closely with the UK Government and other national and international institutions, trade unions, professional bodies and voluntary organisations.

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Lohan, lover get matching tatts

Troubled starlet Lindsay Lohan and her rumoured girlfriend Samantha Ronson have had matching tattoos to stand for their love for each other.

The couple - wHO reportedly started dating belated last year - showed off black love hearts on their left custody as they arrived back in Los Angeles afterward spending time with Samantha's family in Miami.

Lindsay, world Health Organization had a white spirit inked on her script - between her pollex and index finger - in 2006, had it outlined in black, spell Samantha had an identical symbol incised onto her hand.

The Mean Girls actress also had a red star inked on her right hand, to fit the red stars Samantha has tattooed on her right arm.

Before going to Miami, the couple had been to the Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago, where Samantha DJed.

They were "very warm" and "very much in love", according to onlookers.

Lindsay and Samantha have always shared an interest in body art.

In March, the 22-year-old actress hosted a photograph exhibition in New York's Sky Terrace displaying pictures Lindsay felt matched the climate behind her tattoos. Samantha DJed at the exhibition.

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VMAs would consider second chance for Spears

MTV isn't ruling out giving viewers more Britney Spears at this year's Video Music Awards.

"Everyone deserves a second or third chance, right?" Van Toffler, president of MTV Networks Music Group, playfully told The Associated Press during a telephone interview Friday. When asked if he was just joking, Toffler said "sorta."

"Who knows?" he said.




















Spears' out-of-it "Gimme More" comeback performance during last year's MTV Video Music Awards at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas was one of the most-talked televised moments of 2007. The drama-filled VMAs drew 7.1 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research. Another Spears redux could equal even more eyeballs.

"I'm not sure how we top Britney opening the show," said Toffler. "We are working on it every minute of every day."

This year's MTV Video Music Awards will air live from Paramount Pictures Studios in Los Angeles on Sept. 7. (MTV and Paramount are corporate cousins within Viacom Inc.)

Toffler said the award show's performances will occur on the lot's various sound stages, rooftops and faux city streets.

"The backlot gives us versatility," said Toffler. "You can do street performances, on-top-of-building performances, on-the-side-of-a-building performances, inside-of-a-studio performances, so we're pretty excited."

Spec deal at MGM for Kimmel pal

'Le Car' from mastermind behind Damon, Affleck shorts

Who knew that shtupping Matt Damon and Ben Affleck could be such a career booster?


"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" segment director Wayne McClammy, who helmed and co-wrote the popular short video spoofs "I'm Fucking Matt Damon" and "I'm Fucking Ben Affleck," has sold a spec titled "Le Car" to MGM that he co-wrote with "Kimmel" colleague Will Burke.


McClammy also is attached to direct the comedy, which Temple Hill Entertainment partners Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey are attached to produce.


"Le Car" is designed to unspool as a "found film" made in the 1980s about a group of CIA agents who try to foil a plot by an evil car aiming to detonate an H-bomb at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y.


This is the fourth comedy spec that MGM has picked up since April; "Bobism," "The Zookeeper" and "Executive VP David M. Murch's Adventures in the Land of Zametherea" also are in the studio's development stable.


Executives Cale Boyter and Becky Sloviter will oversee "Le Car" for MGM.


McClammy's "Kimmel" shorts generated tens of millions of views online and rocketed him into the Web comedy pantheon. The writer-director, repped by Paradigm and Rain Management Group, also handles directing duties on Comedy Central's "The Sarah Silverman Program." He recently enrolled to direct "Cool School," a Fox comedy penned by Derek Guiley, David Schneiderman and Mark Perez.


Paradigm also reps Burke, an actor who has appeared on "NCIS" and "Sex and the City," for this deal.


Temple Hill has the video game adaptation "Gears of War" in development at New Line, and it produced the Jennifer Aniston starrer "Management," which MGM will release in September.



Borys Kit and Kimberly Nordyke contributed to this report.

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Junior Wells and Junior Mance

   
Artist: Junior Wells and Junior Mance

   Genre(s): 
R&B: Soul
   

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Discography:


   
 Buddy and the Juniors

   Year: 1992   
Tracks: 7

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More Colorful Characters Descend on R. Kelly Trial

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As R. Kelly's child-pornography trail slowly turns into the 23rd chapter of Trapped in the Closet (except gravely serious and not funny at all), two men from Kansas City are en route to Chicago where they're expected to give an explosive press conference tomorrow that will purportedly be "big news" and "reveal all." Keith Murrell and Charles "Chuck" Freeman are former associates of Kelly and Lisa Van Allen (the woman who testified Monday that she'd partaken in videotaped threesomes with Kelly and his alleged underage victim) who have been accused by Kelly's lawyers of extortion and faking the sex tape at the center of the trial.

Neither has been called as a witness, but Van Allen mentioned their names in court on Monday and claimed that Kelly's business manager paid Murrell $20,000 to return a second sex tape featuring one of those threesomes (both men currently refuse to say if they know of any additional copies). Also, Freeman sued Kelly in 2002 for reneging on a deal to pay him $100,000 for recovering the sex tape at the center of this case (we certainly hope he lost because clearly he didn't do a very good job). "The truth lies in Kansas!," Freeman told the Chicago Sun-Times last night. "Everything will come out when we get to Chicago. It will be big news." He added cryptically, "There's more to this case than R. Kelly."

What the heck does that mean? We have no idea! Is any of this good news for R. Kelly? Probably not!

Can Kansas City duo shed light on alleged threesome tape? [Kelly Chronicles/Chicago Sun-Times]

Album Review: We Are Scientists, "Brain Thrust Mastery" (Astralwerks)

We Are Scientists [ tickets ], Brooklyn-based indie-dance rockers with a knack for fun, catchy choruses and tongue-in-cheek lyrics, make a spectacular return with their sophomore release, "Brain Thrust Mastery." The band's 2006 major-label debut, "With Love and Squalor," a feisty mix of high-energy rock and shout-along hooks, aligned We Are Scientists with such famed UK-acts as Editors and Arctic Monkeys. Since that album, We Are Scientists lost a member (drummer Michael Tapper) and replaced him with two musicians-for-hire who bring with them an array of instrumental sounds, including keyboards and saxophone. Despite Tapper's absence, We Are Scientists' music is fuller and bigger than ever.With "Brain Thrust Mastery," the Scientists (vocalist/guitarist Keith Murray and bassist Chris Cain) take the concept of their previous songs--startling, rapid indie rock and '90s garage-driven tunes--and turn them into Cure-like unforgettable '80s new wave melodies, TV on the Radio climaxes and Bloc Party-esque lively guitar moments. Lyrically, Murray still contemplates the beauty of endless drunken nights and takes playful approaches to romantic drama. Undertones of wit, sarcasm and wordplay have become trademarks of this clever duo. Astute listeners (and most of this group's fans are) will find a plethora of brilliant lyrical antics. On "Tonight," Murray insists: "I promise to remember that making promises is always a mistake." Encouraging the party not to stop is the album's most outstanding pop track, "After Hours," during which Murray sings: "We're finally drunk enough that we're finally soaking up the hours that everyone else blows away � One final round 'cause time means nothing." Although there are a couple of swoon-worthy ballads, overall, "Brain Thrust Mastery" is essential party music at its finest. Side effects from listening may include worn-out dancing shoes and a heavy-duty hangover.

Devotchka

   
Artist: Devotchka

   Genre(s): 
Rock
   

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Discography:


   
 Curse Your Little Heart

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 6


   
 How It Ends

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 14


   
 Una Volta

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 11


   
 Supermelodrama

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 13

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Devotchka formed in Mile-High City, CO, and included Nick Urata on vocals, guitar, and trumpet; violinist/accordionist Tom Hagerman; sousaphone/bass doer Jeanie Schroder; and drummer Shawn King. Supporting musicians revolved in and out of the eclectic group's identity card, confluent such sounds as strings and bazoukis. Spell around described Devotchka's sound as polka-rock or circus music, the ring was actually a cross-pollination of legion influences, including club, spaghetti Westerns, and the immigrant dance music of Eastern Europe. Supermelodrama, their self-released 2000 debut, garnered legion accolades, and the isthmus toured in support of the record with such luminaries as Calexico, 16 H.P., Whipping Mollie, and Bowman Prewitt. Una Count Alessandro Volta followed in May 2003. Issued by the Bowlder, CO, indie Cicero, Devotchka promoted the criminal record album through and through a tour with illustrious burlesque/fetish entertainer Devil tree Von Teese.





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Corrie star named Celeb Mum of the Year

Corrie star named Celeb Mum of the Year

'Coronation Street' star Kym Ryder has been named Famous person Florist's chrysanthemum of the Twelvemonth by Tesco Magazine.
The 31-year-old actress, wHO plays barmaid Michelle Connor in the soap, has two children, 12-year-old Jacques Louis David and 10-year-old Emily.
The actress was reportedly chosen as Famous person Mum of the Yr because of her power to balance her acting and charity function with her class life.
Ryder said: "I'm shocked and thrilled to have won this award from Tesco Powder magazine. And I feel humbled to have south Korean won alongside such amazing mums, whose stories ar rightfully incredible."
"I'll be delivery scores of tissues to the awards ceremony as I know it testament be a really emotional and inspiring day."

Owen Wilson ready to return to work

Owen Wilson ready to return to work

Sir Richard Owen Wilson is countersink to return to work vI months later a reported self-annihilation endeavor.
The 39-year-old is starring in 'Marley & Me', a comedy about a author world Health Organization adopts a mischievous dog, according to Hoi polloi cartridge clip.
The film, which co-stars Jennifer Aniston as Wilson's married woman, is scheduled to be shot in Miami from 10 Mar until mid-May and is based on the script of the lapp nominate by John Grogan.
Grogan told People: "I'm thrilled they're starting production on this. It's been a long prison term approach and I real couldn't be happier on that. I read the script and I like it. I think it's truly true to the book."
The source likewise said that he is delighted that President Wilson is involved with the send off. He said: "I'm actually really thrilled to have Robert Owen Edmund Wilson portray me. We don't look anything alike just I suppose his personality volition be a great fit to my own. And my married woman, Jenny, is thrilled with existence played by Jennifer Anniston and so am I. What's non to like, right?"
James Wilson has been keeping a relatively low profile, and this marks the start time Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson has worked since the crisis that adage him admitted to Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical checkup Center.
In Sept, the worker dropped out of the Ben Stiller-directed clowning 'Tropic Thunder' and was replaced by Gospel According to Matthew McConaughey.
'Marley & Me' is scheduled to be released on Christmas Clarence Day.

Jessica Simpson & Tony Romo Get 'Cozy' At Ashlee's Wedding

Jessica Simpson & Tony Romo Get 'Cozy' At Ashlee's Wedding

Jessica Wallis Warfield Windsor and Tony Romo were every column inch the tea cosy duet at Ashlee Simpson’s wedding to Pete Wendz at the weekend, according to the latest reports.
Amid rumours of a break up and claims that Jess begged the NFL star to attend her sister's big mean solar day, onlookers sound out that the twin put on a convincing show of togetherness during the fairy story hymeneals.
"They were cuddling and retention custody passim the night," an insider tells People.
"He was rattling sweetness to her. They were very much a pair."
As for reports that the kinship hit the skids because Jess has been unable to buzz off over her ex Lav Louis Burt Mayer (world Health Organization latterly went world with his fresh romance with Jennifer Aniston)?
"She's unquestionably not lamentation Can Louis B. Mayer! She was in an amazing mood and so happy her sis was acquiring married," the source insists.
We wonder if Jess was still in trade good john Barleycorn when Romo skipped come out on a Wallis Warfield Windsor fellowship lam following the wedding?
 

Pizzicato Five

   
Artist: Pizzicato Five

   Genre(s): 
Rock
   Pop: Japan
   Pop
   Electronic
   Other
   

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Discography:


   
 Great White Wonder

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 20


   
 Singles in Triad and Readymade years (cd2)

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 10


   
 Singles in Triad and Readymade years (cd1)

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 10


   
 Remix Album: Happy End Of You

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 13


   
 Pizzicato Five R.I.P. Big Hits and Jet Lags 1998-2001

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 17


   
 Pizzicato five '85

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 8


   
 In the Mix

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 28


   
 Ca et La du Japon

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 16


   
 24 December Ep (2001)

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 3


   
 The Fifth Release From MATADOR

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 14


   
 Remixes 2000

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 7


   
 Pizzicato Five in the Bag: COZA-50233

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 4


   
 Pizzicato Five in the Bag: COZA-50232

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 6


   
 Pizzicato Five in the Bag: COZA-50231

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 5


   
 Pizzicato Five in the Bag: COZA-50230

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 6


   
 Pizzicato Five in the Bag: COZA-50229

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 5


   
 Pizzicato Five in the Bag: COZA-50228

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 6


   
 24 December ep (2000)

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 3


   
 24 December ep

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 3


   
 Voyage a tokyo e.p.

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 3


   
 Pizzicato Five VS Darlin' Of Discotheque

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 5


   
 Pizzicato Five TM

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 12


   
 Nonstop To Tokyo EP

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 5


   
 Darlin' of Discotheque e.p.

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 5


   
 Darlin of Discoteque EP

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 5


   
 A Perfect World EP

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 2


   
 Such A Beautiful Girl Like You EP

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 3


   
 Readymade Remixes

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 13


   
 Playboy and Playgirl

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 13


   
 La Rigle Du Jeu EP

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 3


   
 Happy End of You

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 13


   
 Playboy, Playgirl (Single)

   Year: 1997   
Tracks: 3


   
 Playboy and playgirl vinyl

   Year: 1997   
Tracks: 3


   
 Mon Amour Tokyo CD (Euro Edition)

   Year: 1997   
Tracks: 4


   
 Mon Amour Tokyo CD

   Year: 1997   
Tracks: 4


   
 Its'a Beautiful Day

   Year: 1997   
Tracks: 4


   
 I Hear A Symphony EP

   Year: 1997   
Tracks: 4


   
 Happy End Of The World

   Year: 1997   
Tracks: 13


   
 Sister Freedom Tapes (1996)

   Year: 1996   
Tracks: 9


   
 Great White Wonder (Euro Edit)

   Year: 1996   
Tracks: 20


   
 Combinaison Spaciale EP (1996)

   Year: 1996   
Tracks: 6


   
 Combinaison Spaciale EP

   Year: 1996   
Tracks: 6


   
 Baby Portable Rock

   Year: 1996   
Tracks: 4


   
 A Message Song EP

   Year: 1996   
Tracks: 4


   
 Triste ep

   Year: 1995   
Tracks: 3


   
 The sound of music

   Year: 1995   
Tracks: 16


   
 Quickie EP

   Year: 1995   
Tracks: 4


   
 By Her Majesty's Request

   Year: 1995   
Tracks: 17


   
 Antique'96

   Year: 1995   
Tracks: 17


   
 Overdose

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 13


   
 On the Sunny Side of the Street EP

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 3


   
 Made in USA

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 11


   
 Happy Sad ep (Euro ed)

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 3


   
 Happy sad ep (1994)

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 3


   
 Happy sad ep

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 3


   
 Five By Five (1994)

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 5


   
 Five By Five

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 5


   
 The Night is Still Young EP

   Year: 1993   
Tracks: 3


   
 Instant Replay

   Year: 1993   
Tracks: 12


   
 Expo 2001

   Year: 1993   
Tracks: 9


   
 Bossa Nova 2001

   Year: 1993   
Tracks: 16


   
 Sweet Pizzicato Five

   Year: 1992   
Tracks: 9


   
 This year's model ep

   Year: 1991   
Tracks: 5


   
 This year's girl

   Year: 1991   
Tracks: 17


   
 This Year' Model

   Year: 1991   
Tracks: 5


   
 Sister Freedom Tapes

   Year: 1991   
Tracks: 9


   
 Shibuya on air 28th Sept 91

   Year: 1991   
Tracks: 12


   
 London-Paris-Tokyo Ep

   Year: 1991   
Tracks: 6


   
 London-Paris-Tokio ep

   Year: 1991   
Tracks: 6


   
 Hi guys! Let me teach you

   Year: 1991   
Tracks: 14


   
 Soft landing on the moon (Euro Edit)

   Year: 1990   
Tracks: 20


   
 Soft Landing on the Moon

   Year: 1990   
Tracks: 20


   
 Bellisima!

   Year: 1988   
Tracks: 10


   
 Pizzicatomania

   Year: 1987   
Tracks: 8


   
 Couples; Pizzicato Five Takes Twelve New Directions

   Year: 1987   
Tracks: 12


   
 In Action

   Year: 1986   
Tracks: 2


   
 Singles

   Year:    
Tracks: 3


   
 Romantique 96

   Year:    
Tracks: 16


   
 pizzicato five JPN

   Year:    
Tracks: 16


   
 Live at Chicago Metro and Hamburg Mojo Club

   Year:    
Tracks: 1


   
 Baby portable sessions

   Year:    
Tracks: 8

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Godfathers of the Shibuya-kei scene, Edo kitsch-pop deconstructionists Pizzicato 5 originally began pickings material body as far back as 1979, when university students Yasuharu Konishi and Keitaro Takanami first bag met at a local anaesthetic music society get together. Agreeing to constellation a band, they shortly recruited fellow smartness arrange member Ryo Kamamiya; their hunting for a suited isaac Bashevis Singer proven frustrative, however, and only in late 1984 did they settle on isaac Bashevis Singer Mamiko Sasaki. The first base Pizzicato Five person, "Audrey Katharine Houghton Hepburn Composite," followed a division later, and in 1986 the mathematical group issued their debut LP, Pizzicato Basketball team in Action; a slip of subsequent records established them among the to the highest degree pop acts of the Apostles in Japan, in spite of a series of queue up fluctuations which saw both Kamamiya and Sasaki outlet in 1988, replaced shortly after by vocalist Takao Tajima (world Health Organization in turn forego the pursuit year). Beginning with the 1990 individual "Lovers Rock," Maki Nomiya was the freshly P5 singer; their popularity at home continued to soar, and in 1994 the American indie label Matador agreed to subject the compiling EP Quintuplet by Five. Takanami take leave short after its release, nevertheless, reducing the mathematical radical to a duo; after a pair off of other US compilations, Made in United States Army and The Sound of Music by Pizzicato Five, in 1997 they issued Happy End of the Macrocosm, the low gear base of their LPs to enrapture coinciding Nipponese and American handout. The International Corinthian and Playgirl Record followed deuce long time afterward, and the group's last aright book record album of the millennium, Pizzicato Five (tm), appeared in November 1999.