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In the News (Fri 25 Dec 09)

  
  Madura
Madura is an Indonesian island off the northeastern coast of Java, near the port of Surabaya.
Madura is administered as part of the East Java province.
Madura is famous for is bull-racing competitions, where a jockey, usually a young boy, rides a simple wooden sled pulled by a pair of bulls over a course of about 100 meters in ten to fifteen seconds.
www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/ma/Madura.htm   (599 words)

  
 The Hindu Business Line : Madura says it with its jeans
As the brand head of SF Jeans - it marks the foray of Madura Garments into the big bad world of denims - he is talking loud, and radically enough, to draw sharp reactions from his established rivals.
Madura Garments has set up SF Jeans Co as a subsidiary and is open to the idea of registering it in San Francisco, reflecting the brand's global ambitions at a future date.
Company insiders say that the top brass at Madura Garments were literally "shocked" when they first saw the prints of the advertisements shot in South Africa, which are yet to break on the national media.
www.blonnet.com /catalyst/2003/01/30/stories/2003013000160300.htm   (1477 words)

  
  Madura Gold   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
, Madura]] Madura is famous for is bull-racing competitions, where a jockey, usually a young boy, rides a simple wooden sled pulled by a pair of bulls over a course of about 100 meters in ten to fifteen seconds.
On the whole, Madura is one of the poorer regions of the East Java province.
Madura can be seen and heard LIVE on a short concert scene in J.W. Guerico's movie "Electra glide In Blue" (1973) playing a part of "Free from the devil".
www.wwwtln.com /finance/119/madura-gold.html   (1251 words)

  
 Positively Entertainment and Dining -- Feature Stories
The band is: Mike Simpson, bass guitar and vocals; James Deibert, lead guitar and vocals; Ron Stapleton, rhythm guitar and guitar synthesizer; Marie Madura, lead vocals; and Gene Wood, drums and vocals.
Madura says she was also raised in a musical family.
Now, here’s the fun part; Madura, after passing the audition for Split Decision, was informed that the second guitar player in the band was leaving and they were in search of another guitar player.
www.positivelyentertainment.com /features/feb2006/splitdecision.html   (899 words)

  
 Gamelan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gamelan orchestras are common to the Indonesian islands of Java, Madura, Bali, and Lombok (and other Sunda Islands), in a wide variety of ensemble sizes and formations.
Experimental pop groups His Name is Alive and Xiu Xiu use Gamelan percussion in many songs.
The experimental art-rock band King Crimson, while not using Gamelan instruments, used interlocking rhythmic paired guitars that were influenced by Gamelan.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gamelan   (2120 words)

  
 Chicago Rock Band   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Chicago (band) - Chicago is a rock band that was formed in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois.
It was the band's first album, notable for the fact that the band had not previously released any EPs or 7" singles (traditionally, punk...
Madura (rock band) - Madura was a 1970s rock/fusion band from Chicago, United States.
guitars.vvvvvv3.com /chicagorockband.html   (641 words)

  
 Madura's was hot night spot, Times article by Gayle Faulkner Kosalko
When it Madura's Danceland opened in 1929 it was the Premier ballroom in northwest Indiana and even had a dance instructors club.
It was responsible not only for pages in the story of big band history and its personalities, but for the personal romantic stories of so many of the ballroom dancers who danced or fell in love there during its 38 year run.
She is working on a book about Madura's Danceland, tracing its history back to 1929 until it's waning days of the late '50s so Mike Madura's dream will live on.
www.cegur.com /html/dancelandarticle2.html   (532 words)

  
 Spectropop Group Discussion Archives: Digest Number 1118 - 18 Nov 2003
If a band had a smash-selling album, the label worked overtime to stitch together another one to ship as soon as possible, while the fever was high.
Arguably Jug Band music is the first footings of rock ‘n’ roll, genuine ensemble playing that was made to dance to, listen to and generally inspire a good time feeling.
Madura was a 3-piece (keyboards, guitar & drums) formed from the ashes of the Bangor Flying Circus, managed & produced, like labelmates Chicago, by Jimmy Guercio.
www.spectropop.com /archive/digest/d1118.htm   (6089 words)

  
 ManzeROCK
This is a cult song, and modern Norwegian rockabilly bands have it in their repertoire.
The band founded by Gustav Frkal (who changed his and the band’s name due to the WWII stormy events after a chemical element, Bromine) signed up for their first professional engagement in June 1940.
During its fabulous career the band fulfilled all Brom‘s dreams — it won world-renown and in the 1960s it was rated one of the top ten big-bands of the world.
manzerock.blogspot.com   (2856 words)

  
 The Big Tripout Diary - Australia January 2002
The rock formations of the pinnacles was spectacular but only worth an hours visit so went for a swim on a nearby beach and headed all the way back to Fremantle.
The band were actually quite good and much to Toby's delight played alot of AC/DC Watching the locals was the funniest thing though as they just went mad on the dance floor, people of all ages just hopping about - alot were real local country folk who looked quite peculiar but were really enjoying themselves.
Rocks' which were a huge group of oddly shaped rocks ontop of another large rock - sounds odd I know but was quite interesting.
thebig.tripout.co.uk /country/australia/australiajan02.html   (11831 words)

  
 Indonesia
Although government-sponsored transmigration from heavily populated Java and Madura to less populated areas contributed to the increase in the Muslim population in the resettlement areas, no evidence suggests that the Government intended to create a Muslim majority in Christian areas, and most Muslim migration seemed spontaneous.
The Madura regency of Pamekasan established a local Shari'a implementation committee in 2003 calling for the wearing of Muslim attire by Muslim civil servants and the cessation of public and work activities during the call to prayer.
The singer's second band had to change its cover as well after receiving complaints from Hindu groups for publishing a picture of a Hindu god on the cover.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/irf/2005/51512.htm   (8602 words)

  
 Side Effects (of living and being me) :: April :: 2006
The pomp and ceremony were impressive, and the band he was auditioning for knew he was the right man, especially when he got around to singing.
The other members of the band were Chris Chesney on vocals and guitar, bass player Paul Milan, Jeremy ‘Rubber’ Gallop on rhythm guitar and Rob Tyrell on drums.
Freddie designed the band’s logo using their birth signs: two fairies for him (Virgin), two lions for Roger and John (Leo) and a crab for Brian (Cancer).
bellatryx.blogs.ie /2006/04/09   (2737 words)

  
 TODD RUNDGREN
The days I spent with The Band changed my perspective and they taught to me that working together is important; every second with the group can create a new feeling, later reflected in the recording.
I did not know that in order to have the maximum from Janis, you had to speak and speak to her, to talk to her self-esteem until putting her in the suitable mood.
She knew that she was going to retire during a long period and she had not communicated it to the rest of the band although she did it to me. A complicity that created problems.
trconnection.com /trc/Toddfactory.html   (7011 words)

  
 DVD Extra - Music from the Movies
Fans of the minor prog-rock band Madura might also recognise the film, since the group make a fleeting appearance in a concert stadium, as they were the intro for a concert with the band Chicago.
Argento's films have largely functioned as vessels to showcase elaborately choreographed murder sequences, and while the giallo genre of violent Italian mystery-thrillers never depended on coherent narratives (often wrapping things up with a preposterous revelation), Argento is perhaps the only vintage practitioner of the genre who's still quite active.
Though the band officially disbanded years ago, core members reunited for their stellar recording of Non Ho Sonno (Sleepless) in 2001, and while fans may have hoped the quartet would've re-teamed for Card Player, Argento once again engaged ex-Goblinite Claudio Simonetti for the score.
www.musicfromthemovies.com /dvd.asp?ID=13   (3289 words)

  
 Tamil Nation - Dravidian Temple Architecture
It is possible that the cave at Pillaiyarpatti is one of the earliest Pandya attempts in the rock medium as evidenced by the archaic palaegraphy of the inscription in Vatteluttu characters in it.
In this movement of scooping out live rocks for divine abodes minor dynasties like the Atiyas and Muttaraiyars also participated, though stylistically their excavations are much akin to those of their political master.
The rudiments of this practice are to be found in the carved-out stupas in the caves of Western India and the vimana-form in the Tawa cave at Udayagiri but it was at Mahabalipuram under the Pallavas that it found a full and eloquent expression.
www.tamilnation.org /culture/architecture/temple.htm   (5129 words)

  
 Alan DeCarlo - AOL Music
Only one personal change was made: drummer Michael Tegza...
What: Styled to the nines, the Dutchess graces our studio with her royal pop presence.
Highlights: A live band and a duo of dancers backed her for a riotous 'London Bridge.'
music.aol.com /artist/alan-decarlo/69452/main   (136 words)

  
 The Hindu Business Line : A hard night's day
The HP band, called Wind Tunnel Road (named after the road where the call centre is located) comprises seven members.
This is a real stress buster for BPO employees." Gomez who has been with ICICI OneSource for three and a half years recalls his schooldays and likens this event to each student trying to project his or her school in the best possible light.
He was with his school band and has participated in several musical events in the past.
www.thehindubusinessline.com /life/2004/05/21/stories/2004052100140100.htm   (915 words)

  
 The Mathematical Impossibility of the Christian God
He was anointed with oil by women, and enabled his disciples to net large amounts of fish with little effort.
Interestingly, in the Gospel of the Infancy, a writing once regarded by the church as authentic, Jesus and his parents once lived in a place called Materea.
Mithras, an ancient persian deity, allegedly born on December 25th, was born of a rock and armed with a knife and torch at birth.
www.angelfire.com /band/kissed/stolen.html   (1388 words)

  
 [No title]
Unknown to her was the fact that her strange, pale, friend knew the singer...
Apparently a bunch of rock stars have gotten together and remixed the stuff and are releasing it on a children's CD." Schanke answered as he plopped down in his chair.
A character that had caused several youths in the past to attempt dangerous behaviors, and this character was once again to appear in another `Rock Opera' type movie to croon his way into the hearts, or should that be veins?, of gorgeous, and dumb, women.
www.fkfanfic.com /fanfic/p/pain2443.txt   (23727 words)

  
 MundoRockero - Miguel Rios y las Estrellas del Rock Latino
Sin el rock, es imposible entender nuestra historia más reciente.
Un año más tarde llegó "El rock de una noche de verano", con vocación antinuclear y una gira de 32 conciertos por campos de fútbol y plazas de toros que atrajo a más de medio millón de espectadores.
Sin el rock es imposible entender nuestra historia y sin Miguel Ríos es imposible entender nuestro rock.
www.mundorockero.com /MiguelRios.asp   (1582 words)

  
 ASAP Indonesia News Digest #17 - April 23-30, 2005
Indra Harsaputra, Madura -- Eyes glistening with tears, Lina (not her real name) slowly, painfully recalled for her visitor the horrors she had suffered in Batam, where the 13-year-old Madura native had been offered a job as a shopkeeper but instead was forced to work as a prostitute.
Soft rock band Dewa is now the object of rage from the FPI and several Muslim groups, which reported the band to the city police for contempt of religion on Tuesday, over the use of the word Allah written in Arabic on the cover of its Laskar Cinta (Soldier of Love) album.
The groups were also outraged when the band members put their feet (a cultural/religious sign of great disrespect) on the design during a gig, as it was emblazoned on the stage.
www.asia-pacific-action.org /southeastasia/indonesia/netnews/2005/ind_17v9.htm   (18855 words)

  
 Chicago FAQ
There's a rumor that he was forced to leave the band because of drugs, but the more likely story is that he was sick of the group's exhausting touring schedule.
His first solo album was seen as an insult to the band, and when he decided he wanted to begin on a second one, Chicago told him, "it's either it, or us," so he left the group.
The band has said on numerous occasions that on the album they "took chances", and this is probably why Reprise didn't want to put out the album, considering how mediocre the sales of 'Twenty-1' were.
jm.richer.free.fr /MUSIQUE/CHICAGO/chicago-faq.html   (4397 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/thenewfleshband
The New Flesh nace en el 2000, despues de que sus miembros fundadores Alex R. y Marcos G., cansados de tocar Gothic rock y Dark wave, decidan crear una banda para tocar musica oscura mas moderna de corte industrial.
Tras mucho tiempo parados por circunstancias varias, el grupo vuelve a la vida con nueva formacion y muchas ganas de crear algo nuevo.
After a few years stopped by various problems, the band returns to life with new musicians and a wish to create something new.
www.myspace.com /thenewfleshband   (1011 words)

  
 rubiks's ROCK N ROLL REFERENCE DISCOGRAPHY
Band, The - "Daniel And The Sacred Harp" (Stage Fright) cap/emi 1970
Band, The - "I Shall Be Released" : (Rock Of Ages/Big Pink) cap 1972
Band, The - "Unfaithful Servant, The" (The Band) 1969
www.rockmusiclist.com /rock_ban.htm   (3049 words)

  
 The Daily Beacon
Melody Maker magazine probably describes the band best, calling them "The Most Rock-n-Roll Rock-n-Roll Band in the World." I'm not sure what that means, but it's the catchiest phrase in their press kit.
With their stylistic honesty and the somewhat "complex emotional themes"of their lyrics, the Black Crowes are definitely on the first "new" thing in Southern Rock in years.
New to his band is the ex-Aquarium Rescue Unit drummer known as Apt.
dailybeacon.utk.edu /printarticle.php?articleid=19426   (1318 words)

  
 Madura (rock band) at AllExperts
Madura was a 1970s rock/fusion band from Chicago, United States.
Madura can be seen and heard live on a short concert scene in J.W. Guerico's movie Electra Glide in Blue (1973) playing a part of Free from the devil.
The band's name "Madura" was inspired by the Meenakshi temple in Madurai
en.allexperts.com /e/m/ma/madura_(rock_band).htm   (257 words)

  
 Motorcycle Forums - Saxon Tribute Band
I talked to one of my guitar playin' buddies, He has been asked to participate in a Saxon Tribute Band down in Texas.
He was trying to get me in as the bass player (they already had someone - thank goodness).
I have friends in Def Leppard, SRV, and other tribute bands, and they do pretty well.
www.motorcycle-journal.com /forum/off-topic/3105-saxon-tribute-band-print.html   (339 words)

  
 Electra Glide in Blue
He's also part of a rock band that plays a concert in the movie.
Chicago didn't perform as a band on the soundtrack, but several members of the group performed in the orchestra that recorded the sound track.
Ross Salomone, drummer for the rock band in the movie, played on Robert Lamm's "Skinny Boy" solo album along with Alan DeCarlo, the guitarist in the movie band.
www.timmwood.com /electraglide.html   (835 words)

  
 Album Cheung Jacky   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Joplin released four albums as the frontwoman for several bands from 1967 to a posthumous release in 1971.
Homer Ledford and the Cabin Creek Band - A traditional bluegrass and gospel band from the heart of bluegrass country where it all began - Kentucky.
White Willow (rock band) - White Willow is one of Norway's foremost exponents of art rock, mixing elements of orchestral pop, 1970s progressive rock, jazz-rock and even electronic elements.
sa55.g-style-japan.com /albumcheungjacky.html   (1045 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Madura: Music: Madura   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Well, as we arrived in Chicago, the musics "scene" was quite alive in the middle 70s, and the City of Chicago had very unique sounds.
Madura was a grupo that, as is totally "unacceptable" in the standard of the recording industry in 2007, was not of one catagory.
This was a Terry Kath solo project, but he couldn't use his real name at all due to contract obligations.
www.amazon.com /Madura/dp/B00008HC7O   (1129 words)

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