Rent a crowd queue for Mick Jagger showcase in LA tonight
There will be an all-star lineup at the El Rey Theater in LA tonight
but they'll be queuing on the outside to see Mick Jagger. LA's
rent-a-crowd will be out in full force.
Among the guests expected to attend are: Meg Ryan, Angelica Huston,
Paul Newman, Kevin Costner, Sean Penn, Bill Murray, Laura Dern,
Alicia Silverstone, David Spade, Carmen Elektra, Jeff Bridges, Tracey
Ullman, Carrie Fisher, Tom Petty, James Woods, Naomi Campbell,
Michael Vartan, Molly Sims, Joe Pesci, Matt Dillon, Melissa Joan
Hart, Vin Diesel, Chris Cornell, Ben Harper, Billy Corgan, Zack de la
Rocha and Dan the Automator of the Gorillaz.
Jagger will perform for the invite only audience. The performance,
will be taped for an upcoming documentary and ABC special, Being
Mick. The Rolling Stones frontman has allowed film crews to chronicle
the making of his new album, Goddess In The Doorway, and tonight's
performance will cap off the documentary.
Goddess in the Doorway is Jagger's 4th solo album and features
appearances from Rob Thomas, Lenny Kravitz, Pete Townshend and Bono.
The album will be released worldwide next week.
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PINK FLOYD OUTSELLS MICHAEL JACKSON
Beatles' song catalog hang in the balance
Britney's debut did significant damage to Michael Jackson. His
comeback album Invincible fell to No. 3, with 202,000 copies sold.
According to SoundScan, which supplies the numbers, Invincible has
now sold a total of 570,000 copies. If this week's sales follow suit,
Jackson will be in a dire situation regarding the money he owes Sony
Music Corp. from loans. His rights to The Beatles' song catalog hang
in the balance.
Pink Floyd, a group that hasn't been together for years, outsold
Jackson with a greatest hits collection and landed at No. 2 this
week. They sold 215,000 copies of a CD that contains music already
available in about 12 different places and formats.
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Musicians' Brains Wired Differently
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The brain waves of professional musicians respond to
music in a way that suggests they have an intuitive sense of the
notes that amateurs lack, researchers said Wednesday.
Neuroscientists, using brain-scanning MRI machines to peer inside the
minds of professional German violinists, found they could hear the
music simply by thinking about it, a skill amateurs in the study were
unable to match.
The research offers insight into the inner workings of the brain and
shows that musicians' brains are uniquely wired for sound,
researchers said at the annual meeting of the Society for
Neuroscience.
Neuroscientists often study how we hear and play music because it is
one of the few activities that use many functions of the brain,
including memory, learning, motor control, emotion, hearing and
creativity, said Dr. Robert Zatorre of the Montreal Neurological
Institute.
``It offers a window onto the highest levels of human cognition,''
Zatorre said.
In a study by researchers at the University of Tuebingen, the brains
of eight violinists with German orchestras and eight amateurs were
analyzed as they silently tapped out the first 16 bars of Mozart's
violin concerto in G major.
Brain scans showed professionals had significant activity in the part
of their brains that controlled hearing, said Dr. Gabriela Scheler of
the University of Tuebingen.
``When the professionals move their fingers, they are also hearing
the music in their heads,'' Scheler said.
Amateurs, by contrast, showed more activity in the motor cortex, the
region that controls finger movements, suggesting they were more
preoccupied with hitting the correct notes, she said.
Scheler, a former violinist with the Nuremberg Philharmonic
Orchestra, said the findings suggest that professionals have
``liberated'' their minds from worrying about hitting the right
notes. As a result, they are able to listen, judge and control their
play, Scheler said.
``Presumably, this enhances the musical performance,'' she said.
In a second experiment, the violinists were asked to imagine playing
the concerto without moving their fingers. Brain scans showed again
that the professionals were hearing the music in their heads.
Zatorre, who has studied the brain's response to music for two
decades, said it was the first time anyone had studied music and its
relationship to motor control and imagery.
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Thanks to our friend Rip Rense for sending this along
abbeyrd.best.vwh.net
Update (11/14/01) Interesting note from Jerry Spanbauer:
I was in NYC in October and on Sat. Oct. 13, I saw George and Olivia walking.
I was walking and looking at a map near Greenwich Village when my wife said
"Jerry, I think that was George Harrison that just walked by." I quickly
turned and sure enough, it was him! Being a huge fan, I made a feeble attempt
to shake his hand, but it was obvious (understandably) that he did not want
any attention drawn his way. I patted him on the back and said "Sorry man,
didn't mean to bother you!" I am happy to report that I thought he looked
fantastic. He was very well-dressed (with shades on) with a long gray hair
and a beard and didn't not look thin or gaunt at all. I was hoping
(convinced)he was going to make a surprise appearance at the Paul concert. I
personally feel that he is tired of the media scrutiny and is probably in
much better shape than the media is describing. I pray that he makes a
recovery and puts out the new material we have been waiting for! GOD BLESS
YOU, GEORGE!!!
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