Topic: - on February 24, 2003 at 11:52:14 AM CET
List of 2003 Grammy Award winners
Complete list of the 45th Annual Grammy Award winners announced Sunday.
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Topic: - on February 15, 2003 at 9:47:10 PM CET
London alive with the sound of carrots
Mozart will be turning in his grave next week when a Viennese orchestra descends on London to make a meal out of playing the carrot.
The First Vienna Vegetable Orchestra says it will cook up a storm with its carrot flutes, leek violins, celery bongos and aubergine cymbals.
Supported by the occasional use of kitchen utensils such as spoons and food processors, the orchestra has been a hit in its hometown Vienna.
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Topic: - on February 11, 2003 at 12:40:29 PM CET
Musikindustrie führt - Barcode - für Online-Verkäufe ein
Der Weltverband der Musikindustrie IFPI hat einen auf elektronisch ausgelieferte Medien zugeschnittenen "Barcode" vorgestellt, der dabei helfen soll, einen legalen Online-Musikmarkt zu schaffen. Die auf den Namen "Global Release Identifier" (GRid) getaufte Kennung ist insbesondere dafür gedacht, über das Internet ausgelieferte elektronische Medien zu identifizieren. Damit soll sich künftig verfolgen lassen, welche Musik übertragen, lizenziert und verkauft wurde. Ziel von GRid sei es unter anderem, eine faire Vergütung von Künstlern und Urhebern zu gewährleisten, hieß es beim IFPI.
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Topic: - on February 11, 2003 at 11:26:52 AM CET
Music industry unveils Net sales tracking tag
A music industry trade body launched on Monday electronic identity tags to keep tabs on Internet music sales in a bid to compensate musicians and song writers as more of their works become available online. The Global Release Indentifier, or GRid, is a code akin to the Universal Product Code (UPC) bar code found on a CD or cassette tape in stores.
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Topic: - on February 8, 2003 at 1:02:10 PM CET
RIAA Site Under Attack--Again
For one reason or another, your business or organization has raised the ire of some very tech-savvy individuals, and you can't seem to keep your Web site up and running. What do you do? That may just be what the Recording Industry Association of America is asking itself, given that its site RIAA.org came under attack yet again on Friday, knocking it offline.
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Topic: - on February 7, 2003 at 2:58:15 PM CET
Rolling Stones Give Free Concert -- No One Killed
With nary a Hells Angels member or flying pool cue in sight, the Rolling Stones played their first free concert in 33 years on Thursday, as a celebrity crowd headed by former U.S. President Bill Clinton looked on.
The event at the Staples Center was a considerably more sedate affair than their last free show, at the Altamont Speedway near San Francisco in 1969. Then, security was handled by the local Hells Angels chapter, who clubbed fans with pool cues while the band looked on helplessly. A teenager was stabbed to death as he appeared to point a gun at the stage.
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Topic: - on February 6, 2003 at 12:29:58 AM CET
First notes for 639-year composition
The first notes in the longest and slowest piece of music in history, designed to go on for 639 years, are being played on a German church organ on Wednesday.
The three notes, which will last for a year-and-a-half, are just the start of the piece, called As Slow As Possible.
Composed by late avant-garde composer John Cage, the performance has already been going for 17 months - although all that has been heard so far is the sound of the organ's bellows being inflated.
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Topic: - on February 4, 2003 at 2:05:25 PM CET
Singer Love arrested at Heathrow
Singer Courtney Love has been arrested at Heathrow Airport in London, airline officials have said.
She was held on Tuesday as she landed on a transatlantic flight, Virgin Atlantic said.
The airline claimed she had been "verbally abusive" to cabin crew during the flight from Los Angeles.
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Topic: - on February 4, 2003 at 1:59:06 PM CET
London goes wild for Kylie's knickers
he thought of getting a peek at Australian pop diva Kylie Minogue's new knickers had the media flocking to Selfridges today. Kylie, famed for appearing on stage wearing little more than her underwear, was launching her own range of lingerie called "Love Kylie" at the plush store on London's Oxford Street.
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Topic: - on February 3, 2003 at 8:02:57 PM CET
Phil Spector Arrested for Murder
Authorities say record producer Phil Spector has been arrested for allegedly killing a woman.
The Los Angeles County sheriff's department says the Hall of Fame music producer was arrested at a house early today in the Los Angeles suburb of Alhambra. The woman's body was found at the scene.
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Topic: - on February 3, 2003 at 3:38:51 PM CET
Bill Clinton to take to stage at Rolling Stones gig
Bill Clinton is planning to help the Rolling Stones raise awareness about global warming.
According to organisers, Clinton is scheduled to appear at a free Stones concert at Los Angeles' Staples Centre on Thursday.
The ex-president, who sported sunglasses and played his sax on The Arsenio Hall Show during a 1992 campaign appearance, is not expected to perform with the band.
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Topic: - on February 2, 2003 at 3:21:04 PM CET
AOL Time Warner denkt an Ausstieg aus Musikgeschäft
Nach Negativrekorden am laufenden Band -- überthront von einem 100-Milliarden-Dollar Unternehmensverlust zur Jahreswende -- überdenkt das Management von AOL Time Warner nun die künftige Ausrichtung des Unternehmens. Dabei steht sogar die Trennung von der Musiksparte Warner Music zur Debatte, wie US-Medien berichten. Diese Überlegungen stünden allerdings noch ganz am Anfang, verlautete es aus dem Unternehmen.
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