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Song Of The Week

 “This Road “By: Sol’Jibe

“The IMAs celebrate artists who follow their own muse and the true music fans who support them,” said Martin Folkman, Executive Director of The Independent Music Awards.

The releases of the Album category winners will be featured at The Independent Music Awards page on the iTunes Store. The page launches today, Tuesday, January 26.

Additionally, the releases of the Album category Winners will be featured on the iTunes Indie Spotlight page here.

iTunes store links for all The IMA Winners, Nominees and Judges can be found on The Independent Music Awards site.

“The artists who’ve been honored by The IMAs create some of the best music you may never have heard, and we’re delighted to promote them at the world’s largest music retailer,” said Folkman, “The Indie Spotlight section especially is a boon to fans who seek a more unique and diverse play list.”

PARK CITY, UT (January 27, 2010)—Jeffrey Allard (THE VIOLENT KIND, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE) and Adam Donaghey (LOVERS OF HATE, ST. NICK) announced plans to produce the horror feature STRIPPED with Tiffany Shepis (THE VIOLENT KIND, NIGHTMARE MAN) confirmed for the cast.

Written by Justina Walford and John Wildman, the film will mark Wildman’s feature directorial debut after recently departing AFI as the Head of Press and Public Relations.

Described as post-feminist horror, STRIPPED follows the events surrounding a birthday outing with two brothers and a friend which turns into a horrific fight for survival after they become trapped in a house with a “family” of malevolent women.
Along with Shepis, negotiations are also underway with Samrat Chakrabarti (FINDING GRACELAND, KISSING COUSINS) to join the cast. Financed independently, filming is set to begin in Dallas, Texas in late May following Wildman’s work as the PR Director for the DALLAS International Film Festival (April 8-18).
“Adam and I have been looking for the right project to team up on,” said Allard, “And this script immediately got my attention. It’s exciting that this has all come together at the same time we both have films at Sundance.”
Donaghey agreed, adding, “Justina and John have not only created some iconic female genre characters that jump off the page, but Jeffrey and I were also impressed with John’s directorial approach to the material.”
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Whenever we want to place our fingers on the underground art scene here in Dallas, TX we turn to a lovely art collective ArtLoveMagic.   Their events are crowded and peaceful.  Artists showcase their art and and even create pieces live.  It’s such a wonderful experience each and every time we go out we just had to say so and let you know.

Song Of The Week

 ”2:11″ By: Novus Dae     

http://www.unsignedthemagazine.com/content/songoftheweek/song_of_the_week.html

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ — Applications are now being accepted for the 2010 G.I.R.L. Scholarship to help educate and recruit more women into the field of video game production and design. Sponsored by Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE), a global leader in online gaming, and administered by Scholarship America®, a leading non-profit educational support program, applications are available at https://www.scholarshipamerica.org/gamersinreallife and more details, including official rules for entry are also available online at http://www.station.sony.com/girl/.

Naw I’m not sad, nor am I missing my ex live in boyfriend that moved out last weekend.  But if I did miss him then ‘Missing You’ by Texas singer Damian Giglio would fit just perfect.  His voice is so pure and emotive on this track it actually leads me to believe that men have feelings and that their feelings can be hurt.  (just kidding I know you all have feelings).

The Artist That Brought You
“Do The Ricky Bobby” Is Back

                                                     This Time It’s Going To Be Fooly!!!!!!  

 Brandon “B-Hamp” Hampton is the artist responsible for the dance craze that swept the nation “Do the Ricky Bobby”. This song that was based off of the movie “Talledega Nights” quickly took off throughout the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas and Georgia and eventually became a hit on BET staying on the 106 & Park countdown for over 6 weeks.
 
After peeking at number 68 on the Billboard hot 100, B-Hamp is now working on his sophomore project with yet another club banger that will have the nation dancing. “Fooly” the club phenomenon that is once again taking off in Texas is the lead single from his sophomore project which is currently untitled and industry experts are saying that this one will go further than the Ricky Bobby.
 Brandon is very proud to be responsible for not only his career but the beginning of a number of other artist careers under his label CKB. Now that CKB has joined with the industry veterans at Malaco Records they are preparing to once again sweep the nation with another B-Hamp classic and B-Hamp is preparing to take his new label mates with him.
  So what’s next in the works B-Hamp?  A movie deal is being discussed with one of the leading independent film entertainment studios in the country and a sunglass deal that has been signed with Forever the K. Michael Collection with major marketing being slated to begin in the summer of 2010.  These two major steps along with working with up and coming artist signed to CKB entertainment will make 2010 a very busy year for raps newest superstar.  

   
Listen Now And Download

 Club
http://www.zshare.net/audio/707800505683fd59/
 Radio
http://www.zshare.net/audio/70780163b4a59984/
Acp
http://www.zshare.net/audio/707802806112a9ca/
 Inst
 http://www.zshare.net/audio/70780390419c4534/

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 News from Victory Records!

 The latest episode of VicTorV is now available to stream and for download as the only label-created video program. Episode #54 is hosted by A HERO A FAKE who will soon be releasing their complex and engaging new album Let Oceans Lie. This jam-packed episode brings you the newest music videos from A DAY TO REMEMBER and A HERO A FAKE. Plus, an exclusive performance by THE AUDITION featuring a brand new track entitled The Art Of Living from their upcoming release Great Danger in the VicTorV LIVE segment. We also dig deep into the Victory Vault to replay the exciting (and overlooked) music video for DRIVER SIDE IMPACT’s All For Nothing.

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Electrifies . . . like unexpected lightning.”—New York Times

“Andersen has a prodigious gift for language, making words arc and soar, and conjuring unexpected rhymes.”—Village Voice
In October 2009 Lemon Andersen’s County of Kings, produced by Spike Lee and the Culture Project, premiered at the Public Theater garnering glowing reviews from such prestigious publications as the New York Times, New Yorker, Variety, Associated Press, and the Village Voice.  Within just a few short weeks of its limited run, the compelling staged-memoir is now available in print.

County of Kings is a jarring and poignant coming-of-age memoir told in a unique voice that seamlessly flows from compelling prose to hard-edged poetry without skipping a beat. The poetic and often times gritty narrative paints a vivid portrait of Lemon’s difficult, yet at times humorous experiences growing up in New York City. Published independently by County of Kings Publishing, which also published Lemon’s first book Ready Made Real, this memoir promises to be the Down These Mean Streets for the hip-hop generation. This is the kind of memoir that redefines the genre while telling a true tale of an all-American community from the 1980’s to the present.

PRAISE FOR THE SHOW County of Kings:

“Mr. Andersen has a distinctive talent that makes words sing in a way that insist you listen.”—New York Times
“In compelling and well-performed iambics, whose artfulness somehow takes the hurt out the horror, Andersen evokes and enacts the barbarous Brooklyn of his youth.” —New Yorker
“The language in Andersen’s show is so much fun that it’s tempting to quote the entire script . . .”—Variety
“In a masterful blend of verse, rap and dialogue, Andersen paints a highly original portrait of his beloved urban wonderland . . .”–Associated Press

LEMON ANDERSEN is an original cast member of Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry Jam on Broadway. The show took home the Tony Award for “Special Theatrical Event” in 2003 and the Drama Desk nomination for “Unique Theatrical Experience.” Lemon’s film acting credits include The Soloist, starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Jamie Foxx, as well as Spike Lee’s Miracle At St. Anna, Sucker Free City, She Hate Me, and he appeared opposite Denzel Washington in Inside Man.  His theater credits include Slanguage, which was directed by Jo Bonney and premiered at the New York Theater Workshop to rave reviews and sold out shows. Lemon is also the author of Ready Made Real a self-published collection of his poetry. He is currently touring County of Kings the show which was produced by Spike Lee and the Culture Project at the Public Theater in October 2009 to critical-acclaim. A native New Yorker, Lemon was born, raised, and currently resides in Brooklyn.
County of Kingsby Lemon Andersen
978-0-9761401-0-8
$14.99 US/$17.99 Can.
December 2009
County of Kings Publishing
Currently available on www.amazon.com

For more information contact Paola Soto:
countyofkingspublishing@gmail.com