Chris Cornell and Melissa Manchester are also included among the group of 39 that will move on to the next selection round for the honor.

While we're curious to see how the Harvey Weinstein edit of "Dirty Girl" plays--the movie was chopped down from 109 minutes to 90 minutes in order to "broaden its appeal"--we will say this: anyone needing a good '80s fix will be well served by the soundtrack. Starring Juno Temple, Milla Jovovich, William H. Macy, Dwight Yoakam and Mary Steenburgen, the '80s-set film follows a raunchy high school girl who runs away with her closeted gay classmate and drives from Oklahoma to California to find the father she’s never met. And the forthcoming disc boasts fourteen songs that ...

Here at Rockfeedback, we love Everything Everything a whole bunch. It’s always good to catch up with old chums, so I managed to accost them at Parklife Festival in Manchester a couple of weekends back to talk new material, weather and Enya. How is it to be back in Manchester, since you guys originally formed here? Jeremy: Yeah, it’s nice to play a proper festival on home soil. We’ve not really done a proper outdoor festival here before – well, there’s not really been any during our time as a band, apart from obviously this one last ...

Back in 2008, Ringo Starr upset Liverpool by telling Jonathan Ross (remember him?) that there was nothing he missed about the city. Now, having had a chance to think about it - by which, we mean "having booked a gig in the city" - Starr has clarified his comments : Starr, 70, said: "I apologise to those people (who were offended), as long as they live in Liverpool, not outside. "No real Scouser took offence, only I believe people from the outside. "I was brought up there, I went to school there, all my childhood, my youth was there. "It's silly that ...

uxorious \uk-SOR-ee-us; ug-ZOR-\, adjective: Excessively fond of or submissive to a wife. Uxorious is from Latin uxorius, from uxor, wife. page clicker An eBook that is exciting to read and hard to put down. While reading Neil deGrass Tyson's Autobiography on my Amazon Kindle and his personal account of the events of September 11th 2001 I found the eBook to be a real page clicker as I became absorbed in the story. Trivia Which state’s automobile license plate boasts that it is the Birthplace of Aviation? Ohio’s. Dayton was the home of aviation pioneers Orville and Wilbur ...

retrograde \RE-truh-greyd\, adjective: 1. Having a backward motion or direction; retiring or retreating. 2. Inverse or reversed, as order. 3. Exhibiting degeneration or deterioration. Retrograde derives from the Latin retrogradus, "going back." NBB (Nose blow burn) The inevitable chaffing of the nose due to excessive snot blowing and wiping. Dude, i was fine tuning the trumpet snout, and now i got some straight up nasty NBB    Trivia What singer’s backup group is a trio known as the Harlettes? Bette Midler’s. Former members of the ever-changing group include Melissa Manchester, Katey Sagal, and Linda Hart. History New World: Christopher ...

Yesterday started the holy days of the Jewish people (Islam is in the middle of Ramadam but except for Cat Stevens I can't seem to find many famous Moslim rock stars!) and so we wish our Jewish brothers and sisters a happy atonement (am I botching this). And especially the late great Joey Ramone and the still verry much with us Bobby Dylan. Just two of many and two new ones: the Shinobi Ninja twins!! Here is a list we found on sage. As for the Moslems? It is hard to have too many rock stars when you forbid ...

Vice Magazine : Would it be fair to say that the RIAA ’s actions of the past ten years resulted in a PR nightmare of truly immense proportions? When we went into this thing, we knew that it was not going to be popular. We were looking for it to be dramatic. We didn’t want to seem vindictive. We wanted to look reasonable. We also wanted to be strong and determined to protect the property rights of creators. As unpopular as that was going to be, we were prepared to take it on. I’ve heard that people working for ...

Buy the new Goldfrapp CD Head First (due 3.23.10) It wasn't until I heard "Rocket" from Goldfrapp's upcoming album Head First (due 3.23.10) that I realized just how much I missed the early '80s soft-pop stylings of Melissa Manchester ("You Should Hear How She Talks About You"), Sheena Easton ("Telefone Operator"), and Laura Branigan ("Solitaire").  For it seems to be singer Alison Goldfrapp's own desire on this, the fifth Goldfrapp longplayer, to dispense with the more experimental and ambient soundscapes of past efforts and go straight for the throat. Make no mistake, Goldfrapp ...