...Klinghoffer has been involved in music from a very early age as a talented multi-instrumentalist, after having dropped out of formal education at age 15. Klinghoffer's first recording experience came as the instrumentalist of the short lived band, The Bicycle Thief, who were fronted by singer Bob Forrest. In 2000, Klinghoffer and The Bicycle Thief were one of the opening acts on the Red Hot Chili Peppers' support tour for Californication. Klinghoffer was also briefly a member of Forrest's other group, Thelonious Monster, a band that at one point auditioned John Frusciante before he joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Klinghoffer is perhaps best known for his work with his friend John Frusciante and has regularly contributed to his solo albums including a joint album titled A Sphere In The Heart Of Silence. Klinghoffer and Frusciante have also collaborated with Joe Lally of Fugazi in 2004 under the name Ataxia. During this short period they played two live shows and released two albums, Automatic Writing and AW II. Despite being released several years apart, these albums were both recorded at the same time. In 2007, Klinghoffer joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers for the later part of the Stadium Arcadium tour as a backing musician where he provided backing vocals, keyboard instruments and a second guitar to the band. On May 8, 2009, Klinghoffer, Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith, Ron Wood and Ivan Neville performed under the name The Insects at a MusiCares event to honor Kiedis for...
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...PROMOTION PRESS RELEASES ASSIGNMENT #1 SYLLA OUMAR 13430 WARNER/REPRISE ARTIST JOSH GROBAN FINALLY ANNOUNCES “BRAND NEW” NORTH AMERICAN TOUR His new album “all that echoes “debuting #1 is available. The dates for his worldwide tour are now known. (Toronto, ON - January 9, 2013) – The world famous singer and songwriter Josh Groban From warner/reprise is releasing the dates to his new “Brand NEW” north american tour following the success of his latest album “All That Echoes”!Tickets will be available for purchase on April 25 2013 directly on www.JoshGroban.com , through Ticket Master or Live Nation. This was announced at a special event at the Marriott Hotel in Toronto, Ontario where Josh Groban had been performing for a corporate party. Josh Groban has had an amazing fan based in all parts of the world. From places in the Middle East to North America, everyone seems to just love and adore Josh Groban. Josh has been nominated Grammy Awards for songs like Noel – 2006 and you Raise Me Up – 2007 and has been nominated by Billboard Magazine for the Number One Song of the Year three consecutive years in a row (2003, 2004, 2005). Josh Groban has not released anything new since You Raise me Up in 2007 and this world tour is a new chance for him to test out some of his new material on the crowds that are just ecstatic. “The 31-year-old classical-pop crossover singer again makes the decision to write — he co-wrote seven songs on his new album, “All That Echoes” — but he also...
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...Mickey Mantle Complete a baseball card collection with the 1957 Mickey Mantle #95 Topps card. Mickey Mantle, was a popular major league outfielder for the New York Yankees, and his legacy has made the #95 baseball card a treasured collectible. Mantle played among such legends as Joe DiMaggio and Lou Gehrig, cementing his place in baseball history. When first recruited in the early 1950s, he scored three home runs while being scouted in a game and was subsequently dubbed the 'next Yankees star.' Celebrate his contributions to major league baseball with this Topps card, a classic collector's item that has a photo of Mantle holding a bat on the front as well as his player statistics on the back. Mickey spent his entire major league career as a center fielder and first baseman with the New York Yankees from 1951 to 1968. He is considered to be one of the greatest baseball players of all time. He was inducted to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974 on the first ballot with 88% of the vote. He was also named to the Major League All-Century Team in 1999 along with eight other Hall of Fame outfielders such as Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, and Joe DiMaggio. At the time of his retirement, he put up some of the best career all time numbers on offense, and even by today’s standards, his numbers are still considered solid. When compared to other center fielders who played up to 1968, Mickey had the highest on-base, slugging, and stolen base percentage in the history of the game. In...
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...Josh Groban is a 30 year old American singer songwriter. On Friday October 28th Groban perform at he St. Pete Times Forum to a mixed variety crowd. No matter what age or ethnicity all can appreciate the baritone’s magnificent voice. Groban is a very accomplished prolific singer having performed with other amazing singers such as Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion. He has also sung multiple memorable performances at a variety of events including the Grammys, American Music Awards and the Super Bowl XXXVIII. Groban selected to open the show with a piano solo of “You Are Loved”. He sung to a lento tempo graciously to the crowd of 20,000 people causing an amazing silence. Following after a few second cadences Groban continues to sing another ballad “Awake”. Groban makes all the women sway their hands to the pretty grave tempo. He sings a story pleading to stay awake to avoid a broken heart as the flutes and piano softly makeup the triple composition. The song is mainly homophonic and toward the end goes into a polyphonic rondo. “Awake” ends with a pianissimo crescendo of all instruments. The band consisting of two basses, six violins, two french horns, a trumpet, two flutes, a harp, drums, a piano and two guitars helps Groban transition into “Oceano”. “Oceano” is sung in Italian and depicts an amazing abyss of love that a man attempts to hide. The mezzo forte crescendo leading to the chorus causes the forum to tremble. The piano carries strongly as the violins sing the tale...
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...Nicole Modak Music 100 September 11, 2012 Music Genealogy As a child I remember listening to the typical children’s music. Barney was my favorite television show, so I can still remember the songs that Barney used to sing such as The Clean Up Song. My parents also exposed me to the types of music they enjoyed listening to. My mother loves artists such as Babyface and Toni Braxton. It was our tradition to clean the house while playing music. We would sing and dance to my mom’s favorite songs for hours. My mother also loves music by Josh Groban. She always played his music in the car, which instantly made me sleepy. My father’s favorite artist is Bruce Springsteen and because my father exposed me to his music at such a young age I grew to love the music as well. My dad also introduced me to classic hits by the Jackson 5. As a child I took chorus in elementary school where we sang and learned about music. I played the flute during the fourth and fifth grades. I loved the music in the Broadway musicals I have attended with my family. I have seen The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast. The music in both plays was fantastic. My classmates influenced my musical taste because during free time in class teachers would play music. My peers and I would all decide which songs the teacher would play. This encouraged me to listen to the types of music that my classmates listened to even if it was different then the songs I typically liked. I grew up living 30 minutes from New York City...
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...Mitt Romney introduces Paul Ryan as his vice president. Refers to the man as a “strong and caring leader that is down to earth, and confident in the challenge this moment demands.” Romney reminds the audience that freedom is what first made America special. He makes an attempt to win hearts and minds by referencing small businesses and graduating students. He implies that Obama made promises of hope and change but did not follow through with them. “This was when we were supposed to start paying down the national debt and rolling back those massive deficits. This is the hope and change America voted for. It’s not just what we wanted. It’s not just what we expected. It’s what Americans deserved!” Romney exclaims. Just then the crowd begins to chant U.S.A. Romney talks of his childhood, and how he was a “baby boomer” in the middle of the country, reminds the crowd of Neil Armstrong’s walk on the moon, Talks of his mother giving up giving up her acting career to marry his father. He tells us he grew up in a Morman family in Michigan. “My mom and dad were married for 64 years, and if you wondered what their secret was you could have asked the local florist, because every day Dad gave Mom a rose which he put on her bedside table. That’s how she found out what happened on the day my father died. She went looking for him because that morning there was no rose. My mom and dad were true partners,” Romney says. The camera then cuts to a couple older women holding back...
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