Saurav Lamsal ☆☆☆

Famous Stars & Straps-" A Badge Of Honor"

2011-05-20T06:28:00.000-07:00

This is the best one..Famous SAS

Famous Stars and Straps (or simply Famous) is an American clothing and accessory line created by Travis Barker on December 8, 1999, best known for being the drummer in the band blink-182. The company is based in Ontario, California.

Famous Stars And Straps clothing is influenced by music genres such as punk rock and hip hop. Since their initial boom, Famous has become a respected brand in the skate, BMX, and motorcycle arenas with sponsored riders like Rick Thorne, Dave Dillewaard, and Luis Tolentino. Their stylized "F" logo, known as the "Badge of Honor", has quickly become synonymous with the brand.

Based in Ontario, California, Famous specializes in tee-shirts, jackets, hats, and other accessories, but also sell shoes branded as the FMS shoe line.

FSAS clothing has been worn by many celebrities including Barker himself, Barker's band mates Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge, skateboarder Jereme Rogers, B-Real ofCypress Hill, Sonic Syndicate, Tim Armstrong, Rob Aston, Lil Jon, Roger Argenis, Craig Fairbaugh, DJ Premier, Cassidy, Paul Wall, Bryan Williams, Birdman, The Game, Adil Omar, Kim Kardashian, Eminem, Yelawolf, Steve Jocz of Sum 41, and Fergie of The Black Eyed Peas (who wore the clothing on the cover of DUB Magazine).

Lee Gaze of Lostprophets is also seen sporting a Famous t-shirt throughout the music video for thefakesoundofprogress. Synyster Gates of Avenged Sevenfold has worn their "Wild Ones" shirts during several concerts. Brooke Burke also wore the clothing on the cover of Transworld Stance magazine in June 2003. Matt Tuck of Welsh metalcore band Bullet for My Valentine also wore a FSAS vest throughout the music video for Hand of Blood and also Fluorescent Exit drummer Joe Collen wears the FSAS label. Also the young British drumming sensations Will Hassell and Harry Carman also are endorsees of the FSAS brand. Dru Wakely of comedy band The Midnight Beast is usually seen wearing the brand's shirts in music videos and on tour with the band.

CAN A DRUMMER GET SOME ?-"Give The Drummer Some"

2011-05-20T05:56:00.000-07:00

Travis Barker‘s eagerly-anticipated debut solo album Give The Drummer Some, many of you undoubtedly wondered what the sweet sizzurp-y tones of Lil Wayne might sound like backed up by the maniacal yet masterful drumming of Barker. Well, your wait is substantially shorter than the one for this album as, courtesy of 2DopeBoyz, we have “Can A Drummer Get Some” to enjoy on this most glorious of days. Not only do we get Weezy, but also throwing down verses are Rick Ross and The Game, not to mention sonic support from Swizz Beatz. That should be enough until you get some more when Give The Drummer Some hits stores March 15th via Interscope Records.

Travis and Wayne

2011-05-20T05:50:00.000-07:00

When production duo Play N Skillz started putting out feelers for people to appear on the remix of Lil Wayne's "Got Money" — a track they produced — Travis Barker was one of the first people to respond and record his part for it. One day before the recent plane crash that killed four people and seriously injured Barker and DJ AM, the drummer was in the studio, giving "Got Money" a beautiful beat-down with brand-new thunderous beats.

"We talked to Lil Chris [Baker], his assistant who died in the crash,on Sunday in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where the brothers were performing as part of the third annual New Mexico Takeover. "[Chris] was lining up the remix thing with Travis. I'd never met Travis, but we spoke two days before this happened. He went in the studio, did the 'Got Money' remix. We were really excited about that. Then you wake up one morning, and it's like, 'F---!' "

"It shows how fast something can happen," Skillz added. "The day before his crash, he had just did the drums to the 'Got Money' remix."

Play N Skillz said they took it upon themselves to try to spearhead a remix to the smash single. On Sunday, they had not yet spoken to Waynepersonally about the new song but had talked to members of his camp.

(Go to the Newsroom blog to watch Barker and DJ AM rehearse for the VMAs and check out their full VMA performances.)

The duo said Sunday that there could be multiple remixes for the song, suggesting that one remix could feature just Barker on the drums, another might have Travis and various other MCs (they mentioned Slim Thug, Bun Band Game), or Weezy might decide to lay down some new vocals. At press time the MC details had not been finalized, but Barker's contribution was complete.

"We took it upon ourselves," Play said of the remix. "So many people are doing remixes anyways. We spoke to [Wayne's artist] Mack Maine, who's on the record. We told him what was going on. This whole process with Wayne has never been a very personal relationship. It's been so third-party, but it works. He probably doesn't want to be bothered with that type of thing. I guess he's like, 'Let me get in my space and do what I do.' If Wayne gets involved, even better. I didn't think he's not gonna wanna be a part of it. We're just trying to be innovative, and if anything, it can go to the Internet and to the fans."

Besides the Wayne remix, Barker was also working on several songs forPaul Wall's upcoming LP, The Fast Life, before the crash.

Barker and DJ AM remain hospitalized in Georgia following Friday night's crash. They are in serious but stable condition. The two entertainers were the only two survivors of six passengers. In addition to Baker, Barker's bodyguard, Charles "Che" Still, and the plane's pilots died in the crash. Barker and AM suffered serious burns but are expected to make full recoveries.

If you'd like more information on the memorial funds set up to benefit Chris Baker's and Charles Still's families, visit the Famous Stars and Straps Web site

2010-02-06T11:05:00.000-08:00

Tokio Hotel

A little (English Translated) Biography about Bill Kaulitz!
Name: Bill KaulitzBorn in: LeipzigBirthdate: 1 September, 1989Location: LoitscheStar Sign: Virgio (Maagd)Heigth: 1,77cmWeigth: 53 KgShoe Size: 42 (Might Differ in Countries)Clothing Size: SHaircolour: Black (originally dark-blond)Eyecolour: BrownBrothers/Sisters: Tom Kaulitz (Twin)Tattoo's: 2, the Band Logo in his neck and a star on his right hipPiercings: 2, in his eyebrow and tongue.Hobby's: Music and Parties.Motto: Leb die Sekunde! (Live Every Second)
Other Facts:
First Baught CD: Nena
First Concert Visit: Nena
Perfume: "No Perfume, Deodorant is enough, prefferably Axe."
Hairproducts: Hairspray from Kyrell, Coco Wax and Style Tongs
Skin Products: Baby Products, like Penaten.
Favorite Class: Art
Hated Class: Math, French and Science
Favorite Food: Pizza
Favorite Drink: Redbull and Cola
At the McDonalds he orders: Big Mac, 6 McNuggets with BBQ Sauce and a Vanilla Milkshake.
Favorite TV Series: Freunde-Das Leben Geht Weiter
Favorite "Toy": His Apple iBook.
Favorite Actors: Bradt Pitt and Angelina Jolie
Favorite Word: Dreist
Cellphone: Sidekick II
Allergic To: Mosquitoe-stings. (He was in the hospital for a week because of one. D: Poor Bill.)
Idol: Nena
Pets: Dobermann-Labrador Scotty (Dog), and Cat Kasimir (and rumours about a second dog.)
Positive Skill: Trustworthy
Negative Skill: Selfish
Nickname: Mecki (Given to him by his Grandma)
Doesn't like: Untouched Nature (because of the bugs that are in there.)
Favorite Colour: Red/Black
As a Child, he was afraid of: Witches

Name:Bill Kaulitz Birth Date: 1 September 1989
Height: 1.77cm
Weight: 53 kg
Eyecolour: Brown
Haircolour: Black (It's dyed)
Brothers/Sisters: Tom Kaulitz (Twins)
Bill Kaulitz likes to party. It's one of his hobbies, actually. But regarding girls, he says she must be about 10cm shorter than him, preferably doesn't bite her nails, but he says he does it to when he gets nervous he says it’s not really a big thing to him. She could be from a different country but not from Germany. And most likely doesn't know about his success (but he has said he doesn't care if she is a fan or not as long as she is not after fame and money). He believes in true love and he'd like to meet his true love by accident, like bumping into her on the road... But one thing is for sure, he'll never leave his band for a girl. And he likes food: Pasta. Pizza. Fatty stuff.
He really likes strawberry Nesquick. And one thing is for sure: he hates school.
He loves hamburgers too; on YouTube there's this video called, 'Bills love to hamburgers' where he's like, "Dear children, don't eat anything healthy at home just keep eating those hamburgers!" It is really cute.
These facts were found in many, many Tokio Hotel interviews on YouTube:
Perfect Girl:

Beautiful hands, faithfulness, cute (rather than sexy), can make him laugh.

If your perfect girl was a fruit she would be?

"I like pineapple, grapes, watermelons so some kind of fruit mix would be great."

Likes it when part of her bikini (bra? He said bikini though :/) shows under her shirt

Hollywood Crushes:

Ashley Olsen (he thinks she has a cute nose).

On what his favorite foods are, nationally - interview on TRL

Italian (pizza....)

American (hotdogs, hamburgers... :) )

Here are some random things he likes/hates:
Likes: The color orange, to whistle in shower, sleeping, the indoors, listening to "White Flag" when writing songs, girls who scream at concerts, monkeys, sewing, girls hands, thrift store shopping (Note: sarcasm has been used with this, recently. This season Gucci grommet bags you will NOT find at a thrift store o_o), and fast food.
Hates: Spiders, insects, potatoes, chocolate, broccoli, olives, cauliflower, asparagus, girls who bite their nails, liars and unreliable people, girls who are taller than him (he doesn't really hate them but he wouldn't date anyone who was), outdoors, exploring nature, being athletic.
Note: Of course, when he says this, half of the fandom will be able to "qualify" for any of this. So
BILL KAULITZ!

-Allergic of apples
-Doesn’t like chocolate
-Uses 30 min to get ready in the mornings
-Was only 5 years old when he took part in a movie.
-Allergic of mosquito/wasps
-Has divorced parents
-Says that he doesnt smoke, even though he has been caught while smoking with his friends on a resturant.
-Born 10 minutes after his twin brother, Tom
-Has a dog called “Scotty”, and a cute cat called “Kasimir”
-Was only 7 years old when he started writing his own songs.
-Was really good at school, he got 1.9 in average. ( 1 is best, og 6 is the worse).
-He hates sports
-Says that he’s a very sensitive person (emo?)
-Has been single since 2, 1/2 years now, and hasnt kissed any girls since that.
-Has the voice of “Arthur” in the animation movie “Arthur and the Minimoys” which came out 25.january 2007.
-Wants to fall in love again.
-Doesn’t sees any impossibility falling in love with a fan, because then she could understand him better, and that he has to spend a lot of time with the band.
Bill about his dream girl
Height: 10 cm lower than me, I don’t like the girls who’s higher than me.
Haircolour: dark hair, brown or black.
Style: Whatever, doesn’t really matter, but she has to have the style which suits her really much, and I think it should be manifoldly.
Character: Uncontrollable!
Most important for her: true love
Boobs: Doesn’t really matter.
Arms: soft as the baby’s
Body: Not too skinny, and not too heavy.
Music she listens to has to be: not important.
Where she lives: Not in German!!, it’s most better for me if she doesn’t live here.
Fan or not: Hmmm, I don’t know, the most important thing is that she loves me, and not my money
Other facts:
Birth Name
Bill Kaulitz-Trümper
Height
6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
Bilingual: German, English and French.
His parents divorced when he and his brother were 7 years old.
His step-father owns a music school called, “Rock’s cool”.
Favorite musicians are Nena, Green Day, Coldplay, Keane and Placebo.
Likes Gothic fashion.
Translated all his German songs to English for his band’s English album.
His mother is a freelance tailor.
He is 10 minutes younger than twin brother, Tom Kaulitz.
He and his brother, Tom, do not have middle names.
Enjoys peppermint tea.
His first concert he ever attended was Nena.
Favourite food is Pasta.
Is best friends with his twin brother.
Had to undergo surgery to remove the cyst in one of his vocal chords. (March 2008).
One of his favorite television programs is Prison Break.
His good friend is Andreas, who is also the president of Tokio Hotel’s fan club.

Still want to know more?
Here you go!

This loves…Bill Kaulitz-Trümper
You can love him, you can hate him. It depends only at you if you like this boy or not! You can read here what is in his heart in order to be informed
Tom Kaulitz
From all people on the world, the closest person for him is his twin, ten minutes older brother Tom.
Black color
Between his favorite colors belongs orange and red. But he loves black the most. He is naturally ?dark blond? but like a blond-man we deffinitely can?t imagine him!
Music
Nena, The Rasmus, Green Day, Coldplay, Keane, David Bowie, Gwen Stefani, Pink…
Piercing and tattoo
He has piercing in the left eyebrow and tongue and from tattoos he has logo of Tokio Hotel on the neck and star on his belly.
Food
Pizza and pastas ? Bill can eat this whole day. But he has also weakness for hamburgers and chips! He has always Big Mac and vanilla shake in McDonald. He has luck that we can?t see on him this passion.
Dabing
Together with his famous star ? german singer Nena ? he was for a long time in studiu and did dabing into the animated movie Arthur and the Minimoys.
Sea and beachs
My dreamed holiday? Sun, palms and sea! The best would be enjoy this and live in little house on the beach.
Ice Tea
Bill loves in this moment ice tea. He is annoyed of energy drinks.
Monkeys
His favorite animal is monkey.
Rock Style
Leather jacket, tight jeans a T-shirts with rocks motives. You can see Bill in this style a lot.
Olsen’s Twins
His secret wish is to meet another famous twins ? Olsen?s twins. They are for him really cool and sweet.
Child’s dreams
Like a child he wanted to be a witch or singer. Bad people also says that thanks to Tokio Hotel he has both.
True love
When you will ask Bill on what he really believes, he will answer really romantically… ?On true love!?
Chamomile tea
Brr, you probably say. But for Bill is this tea really important part of his life. It helps him on his vocal chords.
Apples
He loves apples! But not for eating, because he has allergy on them just like on wasps.. But he loves notebooks from Apple and everything else like for example: IPhone, IPod etc. Thanks to iBook he can read e-mails from his fans and listen to music on long ways.

Bill Facts - Did you know that…

…Bill sometimes forgets to brush his teeth at night?
…Bill is afraid that he and Tom will get in a big fight and never speak to each other again?
…the mark on Bills hairspray is “Kyrell”?
…Bills favorite eyeliner is Maybelline?
…Bill whistles when he’s in the shower?
…Bill is allergic too apples and mosquito bites?
…his favorite color is orange?
…he hates his feet?
…he hates crying fans?
…Bill would sleep until 6 pm if he could?
…Bill got his fist kiss when he was 9 years old
…he is right-handed?
…he doesn’t wear makeup when he’s at home, and alone?
…Bill is very superstitious?
…Bill always has a teddy bear with him to th’s concerts?
…he hates potatoes and broccoli, and once he eat a whole plate of broccoli and threw up afterwards?
…he hates when girls bites their nails, but when he’s nervous he does it himself?
…he is afraid of insects, and especially spiders?
…during the Echo Awards 2007 Bill got stopped when he wanted to go to the men’s room, because the watchman thought he was a girl?
…Bill only sleeps in his underpants?
…When he makes up a song he sings it to Tom, so he can play it for him?
…Bill doesn’t want to sing before 8 am, because he thinks that his voice has not woke up yet.
…He doesn’t like liars and unreliable people?
…He want one more tattoo, there’s placed below the one he has on his hip?
…If somebody tells him that some of his fans is sick, he can think about it for days?
…He and Tom shared their room when they were younger?
…When he was 6 years old he had to look after a rabit, but it ran away?
…He listens to “White Flag” when he has to write songs?
…Bill is more close to Tom, than his mother (Simone)?
…When he was a little boy, he wanted to be a wizard?
…he think that it’s strenuous to reach the high notes?
…he has a T-mobile Sidekick II ?
…He don’t won’t his girlfriend to be taller than himself?
…Bill loves the yellow “Maoam’s” ?
…Once he speeded 17.000€ in a Diesel store, in 30 minutes?
…He’s afraid of seaweed?
…He loves girls that scream to concerts?
…His granny calls him “Macky”?
…He feel’s guilty when he had one-night-stands?
…Bill likes to sew?
…He had stragefright before?
…He don’t like when fans dress like him?
…He spends his money very fast?
…He don’t do his own laundry ?
…He don’t won’t to get married - ever?
…He thinks that he and Tom are bad to break up with girls?
…At McDonald’s he always orders a Big Mac, 6 nuggets and a vanilla milkshake?
…His favorite animal is a monkey?
…He thinks that Georg and Tom talks vulgar?
…He rather wants’ a girl with a good ass, than a girl with big breasts?
…He knows how to play keyboard?

Blink-182 Confirm Reunion On Grammy Stage...isnt that cool?

2010-02-06T10:56:00.000-08:00

It's official: With an introduction of "together again," Blink-182 confirmed that they are back in the Blink business at the Grammy Awards Sunday night (February 8) when they appeared onstage together for the first time in four years.

Emerging to sounds of their 1999 hit "What's My Age Again," bassist Mark Hoppus, drummer Travis Barker — wearing a sling on his injured left arm — and estranged guitarist Tom DeLonge walked out together, with Hoppus joking, "Isn't it great to see the Jonas Brothers and Stevie Wonder back together again?" after the unlikely pairing performed a medley of the Bros' "Burning Up" and Wonder's "Superstition." Barker added, "We used to play music together, and we decided we're going to play music together again," as DeLonge stood awkwardly to the side. Hoppus also yelled, "Blink-182 is back!"

The band's official Web site also confirmed the good news, with a banner that read simply, "Summer 2009." A message from the band explained, "Hi. We're Blink-182. This past week there've been a lot of questions about the current status of the band, and we wanted you to hear it straight from us. To put it simply, We're back. We mean, really back. Picking up where we left off and then some. In the studio writing and recording a new album. Preparing to tour the world yet again. Friendships reformed. 17 years deep in our legacy. Summer 2009. Thanks and get ready."

Hopes were high for the announcement when, on Thursday, it was revealed that the trio would be presenting an award at the Grammys. And they got even higher when Angels & Airwaves guitarist David Kennedy appeared to let slip in a Web chat that same day that Blink were going to record an album this year.

www.cycskate.tk ©

Source : Grammy Awards 2010

Shit !!! I made that hat more famous than yankee can..lol Aint nigguh tho...

2010-02-06T10:48:00.000-08:00

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Pretty ass car..rollsroyce 09/10 model

2010-02-06T10:18:00.000-08:00

The sardar of malaysia is going to buy like..22 RR in one time.....wtf !!

2010-02-06T10:12:00.000-08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf90l_xMRlU

Travis Barker @ grammy 2010

2010-02-06T10:09:00.000-08:00

2010-01-09T01:37:00.000-08:00

Lady gaga

2010-01-09T01:33:00.000-08:00

2009-11-10T13:45:00.000-08:00

NEW DIRT BIKE LAUNCHED BY KTM MOTORS:-

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2009-11-10T11:09:00.000-08:00

I wonder how it feels to play drums to a song to a guy rapping about!!!

2009-11-10T10:54:00.000-08:00

I don't think he's the best drummer, but his groove and his feel is great!. he puts his whole heart into playing. that's what drumming is all about. that's gotta count for something right?
But he's still rocking!

2009-11-10T08:31:00.000-08:00

Lil Wayne's Rock Album Rolling out Next Month!!(Great Daine Plays Guitar)

After much delay, rapper Lil Wayne's rock-inspired album, "Rebirth," is now slated for a December 15 release date according to Universal Music Group.

The set was originally scheduled for April 7. The first single, "Prom Queen," reached No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100. Guest artists include the members of rock band Fall Out Boy, Lenny Kravitz, Travis Barker and Canadian rapper Drake.

Lil Wayne plays guitar on most of the tracks. The leaked song "Fix My Hat" is one of the few rap tracks that made it onto the "Rebirth" set.

In related news at Universal, the new Mary J. Blige album, "Stronger," is due out December 22, while Redman's "9 1/2" is confirmed for a December 15 release date.

Shake ..Shake ..sa..shake shake sa..shake it!!!!

2009-11-09T23:42:00.000-08:00

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SKATEBOARDING, SKATEBOARDING TRICKS &

THE CULTURE OF SKATE PUNK:

Skateboarding is the act of riding and performing tricks using a skateboard. A person who skateboards is most often referred to as a skateboarder, or just skater.

Skateboarding can be a recreational activity, an artform, a job, or a method of transportation.Skateboarding has been shaped and influenced by many skateboarders throughout the years. A 2002 report by American Sports Datafound that there were 18.5 million skateboarders in the world. 85 percent of skateboarders polled who had used a board in the last year were under the age of 18, and 74 percent were male.

Skateboarding is relatively modern. A key skateboarding maneuver, the ollie, was developed in the late 1970s by Alan "Ollie" Gelfand as a half-pipe maneuver. Freestyle skateboarder Rodney Mullen was the first to take it to flat ground and later invented the kickflip and its variations.

HISTORY

The 1940s-1960s

Skateboarding was probably born sometime in the late 1940s or early 1950s when surfers in California wanted something to surf when the waves were flat. No one knows who made the first board, rather, it seems that several people came up with similar ideas at around the same time. These first skateboarders started with wooden boxes or boards with roller skate wheels attached to the bottom. The boxes turned into planks, and eventually companies were producing decks of pressed layers of wood -- similar to the skateboard decks of today. During this time, skateboarding was seen as something to do for fun besides surfing, and was therefore often referred to as "Sidewalk Surfing".

The first manufactured skateboards were ordered by a Los Angeles, California surf shop, meant to be used by surfers in their downtime. The shop owner, Bill Richard, made a deal with the Chicago Roller Skate Company to produce sets of skate wheels, which they attached to square wooden boards. Accordingly, skateboarding was originally denoted "sidewalk surfing" and early skaters emulated surfing style and maneuvers. Crate scooters preceded skateboards, and were borne of a similar concept, with the exception of having a wooden crate attached to the nose (front of the board), which formed rudimentary handlebars.

A number of surfing manufacturers such as Makaha started building skateboards that resembled small surfboards, and assembling teams to promote their products. The popularity of skateboarding at this time spawned a national magazine,Skateboarder Magazine, and the 1965 international championships were broadcast on national television. The growth of the sport during this period can also be seen in sales figures for Makaha, which quoted $10 million worth of board sales between 1963 and 1965 (Weyland, 2002:28). Yet by 1966 the sales had dropped significantly (ibid) and Skateboarder Magazine had stopped publication. The popularity of skateboarding dropped and remained low until the early 1970s.

The 1970s

In the early 1970s, Frank Nasworthy started to develop a skateboard wheel made of polyurethane, calling it the 'Cadillac', as he hoped this would convey the fat ride it afforded the rider.The improvement in traction and performance was so immense that from the wheel's release in 1972 the popularity of skateboarding started to rise rapidly again, causing companies to invest more in product development. Many companies started to manufacture trucks (axles) especially designed for skateboarding, reached in 1976 by Tracker Trucks. As the equipment became more maneuverable, the decks started to get wider, reaching widths of 10 inches (250 mm) and over, thus giving the skateboarder even more control. Banana board is a term used to describe skateboards made of polypropylene that were skinny, flexible, with ribs on the underside for structural support and very popular during the mid-1970s. They were available in myriad colors, bright yellow probably being the most memorable, hence the name.

Manufacturers started to experiment with more exotic composites and metals, like fiberglass and aluminium, but the common skateboards were made of maple plywood. The skateboarders took advantage of the improved handling of their skateboards and started inventing new tricks. Skateboarders, most notably Ty Page, Bruce Logan, Bobby Piercy, Kevin Reed, and the Z-Boys (so-called because of their local Zephyr surf shop) started to skate the vertical walls of swimming pools that were left empty in the 1976 California drought. This started the vert trend in skateboarding. With increased control, vert skaters could skate faster and perform more dangerous tricks, such as slash grinds and frontside/backside airs. This caused liability concerns and increased insurance costs to skatepark owners, and the development (first by Norcon,then more successfully by Rector) of improved knee pads that had a hard sliding cap and strong strapping proved to be too-little-too-late. During this era, the "freestyle" movement in skateboarding began to splinter off and develop into a much more specialized discipline, characterized by the development of a wide assortment of flat-ground tricks.

As a result of the "vert" skating movement, skate parks had to contend with high-liability costs that led to many park closures. In response, vert skaters started making their own ramps, while freestyle skaters continued to evolve their flatland style. Thus by the beginning of the 1980s, skateboarding had once again declined in popularity.

The 1980s

This period was fuelled by skateboard companies that were run by skateboarders. The focus was initially on vert rampskateboarding. The invention of the no-hands aerial (later known as the ollie) by Alan Gelfand in Florida in 1976 and the almost parallel development of the grabbed aerial by George Orton and Tony Alva in California made it possible for skaters to perform airs on vertical ramps. While this wave of skateboarding was sparked by commercialized vert ramp skating, a majority of people who skateboarded during this period never rode vert ramps. Because most people could nt afford to build vert ramps or did not have access to nearby ramps, street skating gained popularity. Freestyle skating remained healthy throughout this period with pioneers such as Rodney Mullen inventing many of the basic tricks of modern street skating such as the Impossible and the kickflip. The influence freestyle had on street skating became apparent during the mid-eighties, but street skating was still performed on wide vert boards with short noses, slide rails, and large soft wheels. Skateboarding, however, evolved quickly in the late 1980s to accommodate the street skater. Since few skateparks were available to skaters at this time, street skating pushed skaters to seek out shopping centres and public and private property as their "spot" to skate. Public opposition, and the threat of lawsuits, forced businesses and property owners to ban skateboarding on their property. By 1992, only a small fraction of skateboarders remained as a highly technical version of street skating, combined with the decline of vert skating, produced a sport that lacked the mainstream appeal to attract new skaters.

The 1990s to the present

The current generation of skateboards is dominated by street skateboarding. Most boards are about 7¼ to 8 inches wide and 30 to 32 inches long. The wheels are made of an extremely hard polyurethane, with hardness(durometer) approximately 99a. The wheel sizes are relatively small so that the boards are lighter, and the wheel's inertia is overcome quicker, thus making tricks more manageable. Board styles have changed dramatically since the 1970s but have remained mostly alike since the mid 1990s. The contemporary shape of the skateboard is derived from the freestyle boards of the 1980s with a largely symmetrical shape and relatively narrow width. This form had become standard by the mid '90s.

Go Skateboarding Day was created in 2004 by a group of skateboarding companies to promote skateboarding and help make it more noticeable to the world. It is celebrated every year on June 21st.

TRICK SKATING

With the evolution of skateparks and ramp skating, the skateboard began to change. Early skate tricks had consisted mainly of two-dimensional manoeuvres like riding on only two wheels ("wheelie" or "manual"), spinning only on the back wheels (a "pivot"), high jumping over a bar and landing on the board again, also known as a "hippie jump", long jumping from one board to another (often over small barrels or fearless teenagers) or slalom.

In 1976, skateboarding was transformed by the invention of the ollie by Alan "Ollie" Gelfand. It remained largely a unique Florida trick until the summer of 1978, when Gelfand made his first visit to California. Gelfand and his revolutionary manoeuvre caught the attention of the West Coast skaters and the media where it began to spread worldwide. The ollie was adapted to flat ground byRodney Mullen in 1982. Mullen also invented the "Magic Flip", which was later renamed the Kickflip, as well many other tricks including, the 360 Kickflip, which is a 360 pop shove it and a kickflip in the same motion. The flat ground ollie allowed skateboarders to perform tricks in mid-air without any more equipment than the skateboard itself, it has formed the basis of many street skating tricks.

Types of tricks

Skateboarding tricks can be grouped into the following five categories:

§ Freestyle tricks involve balancing on some other part of the board than all four wheels, such as two wheels or one wheel, the tail of the board, or the edges on either side. Various ways to flip and manipulate the board in and out of these stances were invented in the earliest years of skateboarding and these form the basis of freestyle or flatground skateboarding. It is your own tricks

§ Aerials involve floating in the air while using a hand to hold the board on his or her feet or by not keeping constant and careful pressure on the board with the feet to keep it from floating away. This class of tricks was first popularized when Tony Alva became famous for his Frontside Airs in empty swimming pools in the late 1970s and has expanded to include the bulk of skateboarding tricks to this day, including the Nollie and all of its variations.

§ Flip tricks are a subset of aerials which are all based on the Ollie. The first such trick was the Kickflip. You can spin the board around many different axis, and even combine several rotations in to one trick. These tricks are undoughtfully most popular among street skateboarding purists, although skaters with other styles perform them as well.

§ Boardslides and Grinds involve getting the board up on some type of ledge, rail, or coping and sliding or grinding along the board or trucks, respectively. When it is primarily the board which is contacting the edge, it's called a slide; when it's the truck, it is a grind. Grinding and sliding skateboards started with sliding the board on parking blocks and curbs, then extended to using the coping on swimming pools, then stairway handrails, and has now been expanded to include almost every possible type of edge.

§ Lip tricks are done on the coping of a pool or skateboard ramp. Most grinds can be done on the coping of a ramp or pool as well, but there are some coping tricks which require the momentum and vertical attitude that can only be attained on a transitioned riding surface. These include Inverts and their variations as well as some dedicated air-to-lip combinations.

§ Pressure tricks are performed differently than normal flip tricks in that the board flips using pressure technique in areas of the tail/nose with the foot you pop with.

§ Manual tricks are performed by balancing the board while riding on either the two front or rear wheels, suspending the opposing wheels in the air.

Impossible Tricks- there are tricks that some people think of impossible but a large amount of people can, certain tricks are Impossible and Hardflips. A Hardflip is when the person riding flips the board a whole spin vertically towards themself. An Impossible is very close to a Hardflip but is flipped away from the performer.

Many types of tricks can be combined together. Finding new combinations and variations is often stated as the reason that skateboarding keeps its appeal amongst its followers.

Naming conventions

As with all recreational activities, skateboarding has its own vernacular and slang. Most of the names of standard tricks were made up by the person that invented them, and to some extent they reflect what the person was thinking about the trick at the time. The names range from descriptive (kickflip) to silly (Ho-Ho plant) to intentionally provocative (sac-tap, sex change). The earliest tricks were often named after the person that invented them (Andrecht after Dave Andrecht; Ollie after Alan "Ollie" Gelfand; Elguerial after Eddie Elguera). The origins of some trick names are obscure, either because the inventor didn't name the trick or intentionally gave it an obtuse meaning based on an inside joke that was never shared. Some tricks have more than one name, likely because several people independently invented the same trick around the same time and gave it different names, or because the original name was inadequate.

Most newer tricks are invented by combining existing tricks together rather than creating something completely new, and the naming reflects that. For example, when Danny Way became the first to do a Kickflip into an Indy, he simply called it a Kickflip Indy rather than come up with a completely new name. Most other combinations of tricks follow suit, though occasionally very complicated tricks prove to be too much of a mouthful and are thus given a unique name. For example,Andy MacDonald made up a trick that could be accurately called a Nollie Heelflip Varial Body Varial Slob Air, but he called it a Salad Shooter.

Similarly, when a new trick is invented by changing an element of existing trick rather than adding to it, skaters often simply put the names together. For example,Tony Hawk did the first 720 from fakie grabbing Mute, but he didn't bother to use the terms "fakie" or "Mute". He simply called it a 720. However, when he tried something new by grabbing with the other hand, he called it an Indy 720 because the trick combined the elements of an Indy and a 720 together, changing the original meaning of 720 in the process. This is a source of confusion among skateboarders, as it often becomes difficult to remember which variation of a trick was done first and exactly how it was performed.

Another source of debate is the varying styles of performance of a trick and whether variations of style warrant giving a trick a new name. Skaters can be seen engaging in heated debates on Internet forums over what exactly constitutes giving a certain trick a certain name, or whether it should be called something else entirely. Other skaters simply don't care and ignore such debates.

skateboarding has a large dictionary of terms, and there is no one place to find them all defined accurately. As stated above, the definitions are often subjective. For new skateboarders, the large amount of new words to learn can be daunting, and it can be argued that this is part of a new skateboarder's initiation into skateboarding's unique culture.

Stances

In modern skateboarding (and actually in all modern boardsports, including surfing and snowboarding) there are two basic ways to stand on the board, one of which will instinctively be preferred by the rider. This instinctive preference for one stance over the other is called footedness, and the two possibilities are called "regularfoot" and "goofyfoot". Regularfoot (or simply "regular") refers to standing on the board with your left foot forward, while goofyfoot (or simply "goofy") refers to standing on the board with your right foot forward. As with handedness (right-handed versus left-handed), almost all riders will find that they have a natural, instinctive preference for one stance over the other. Across all boardsports, it seems that most riders (65-75%) are regularfooters, and a smaller number (25-35%) are goofyfooters. In this way, being a regularfoot is analagous to being a right-hander, and being a goofyfoot is analagous to being a left-hander... but otherwise "footedness" and "handedness" are not directly related. In other words, a left-hander can find that he or she is a regularfoot, and a right-hander can find that he or she is a goofyfoot. Lastly, just as it is possible but extremely rare for a person to be naturally ambidextrous (equally dominant with both the left hand and the right hand), it is also possible but extremely rare for a boardrider to be naturally "ambi-footed" (equally comfortable in either the regularfoot stance or the goofyfoot stance). This is called being a "switch-foot". Also, just as it is difficult but not impossible to teach oneself to become ambidextrous, it is also difficult but not impossible to teach onself to become a switchfoot.

The regularfoot stance and the goofyfoot stance have an inverse relationship in terms of the direction of both the flip and the spin with which tricks are performed. It is important to note that tricks are named differently depending on the stance of the skater. As mentioned above, an inverse of a trick in "goofy" would be the same as the trick done in the "regular" stance.

When a skater skates in the opposite stance to which they are naturally adapted, this is called "switch stance" or more simply "switch". This should not be confused with "Fakie", which refers to riding the board in the skater's natural stance while rolling backwards, or to a trick done while the skater is rolling backwards.

The term "Nollie" originally referred to an Ollie done by popping off the nose of the board rather than the tail (Nose + Ollie = Nollie). The term is added to a trick name to describe any trick based on the Nollie- such as the Nollie Kickflip, Backside Nollie 180, et cetera.

The term "mongo" refers to a method of pushing in which a skater keeps their back foot on the board while pushing with their front foot. It is considered by some to be bad form, and makes riding harder, but is nevertheless stubbornly and widely practiced.

The terminology of "frontside" or "backside"(also referred to as "blindside") is vitally important when discussing skateboarding maneuvers in direct relation to the position of attack on any given obstacle that a skateboarder is negotiating. Frontside is related to having your front side (i.e. face, chest, etc.) facing towards the lip, rail, or curb that the trick is being performed on. Backside denotes the inverse of frontside, meaning the back of the body is facing the object the trick is being performed on.

There are many other subtleties and nuances within skateboarding trick terminology. Terms may be combined with others (the alley-oop, the shuffle, the revert, etc.) that are performed when either entering or exiting (or both) a skateboard trick.

SKATE PUNK

Skate punk (sometimes called skate core or skate rock) is a subgenre of punk rock, originally a derivative of hardcore punk, that has been popular among skateboarders. Skate punk grew from the Nardcore punk scene out of Oxnard,California. It is very similar to Nardcore, as it is fast and aggressive, yet some skate punk focuses more on melodic and harmonious vocals. Skate punk is usually also more technical than Nardcore. Many members of skate punk bands have been skateboarders. Their lyrics occasionally focus on, or at least reference, skateboarding. Because there is a lot of overlap between skate punk and other forms of punk, many skate punk bands also fit into the genres pop punk, hardcore punk, melodic hardcore and thrashcore.

History

Skate punk started in early 1980s California, where skateboarding was popular and was considered a form of rebellion. Bands that influenced the genre include Black Flag, JFA, Agent Orange and Minor Threat. The 1990s saw a rise in its popularity, with skate punk bands experiencing commercial success and events like the Warped Tour and the X-gamesfeaturing skate punk bands. Since the 1990s, skate punk has slowly grown in popularity (with the exception of the United States), especially in Europe, Japan, and South America. Bands such as RKL, Stalag 13, NOFX, and Suicidal Tendencies first started this style.

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Saurav Lamsal©

2009-11-09T08:44:00.000-08:00

Lady Gaga Returns With 8 New Songs on 'The Fame Monster'

Agencies:-

SANTA MONICA, California., Oct. 08/09 -- Lady Gaga announced today, that she will release The Fame Monster, a re-package of her 4 million-selling album The Fame. The album will include the entire breakthrough album The Fame, along with eight entirely new songs. The Fame Monster (Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree/Interscope Records), deals with the seamier side of fame, as experienced by Gaga over the course of her last history-making year. The new version will be released on November 24, 2009.

Says Lady Gaga, "On my re-release The Fame Monster, I wrote about everything I didn't write on The Fame. While traveling the world for two years, I've encountered several monsters, each represented by a different song on the new record: my 'Fear of Sex Monster,' my 'Fear of Alcohol Monster,' my 'Fear of Love Monster,' my 'Fear of Death Monster,' my 'Fear of Loneliness Monster,' etc."

"I spent a lot of nights in Eastern Europe, and this album is a pop experimentation with industrial/Goth beats, 90's dance melodies, an obsession with the lyrical genius of 80's melancholic pop, and the runway. I wrote while watching muted fashion shows and I am compelled to say my music was scored for them. I also composed a ballad for the album, 'Speechless,' a song for my father, and it's my favorite work of all. I wrote every piece on the road - no songs about money, no songs about fame. I wrote it for my fans, so I wrote everything in between."

The first club-banging single, the RedOne-produced "Bad Romance," will be released in early November. Other collaborators on the new tracks include Teddy Riley, Rodney Jerkins, Ron Fair and Fernando Garibay.

Lady Gaga is also in the process of planning her next tour after her co-headlining tour with Kanye West was canceled last week.

Saurav lamsal

2009-11-09T08:04:00.000-08:00

LADY GAGA(Intro)

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (born March 28, 1986), better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American recording artist. After being signed to and quickly dropped from Def Jam Records at age 19, she began performing in the rock music scene of New York City's Lower East Side. During this time, she was also working atInterscope Records as a songwriter for several established acts, including Akon, who, after hearing Gaga sing, convinced Interscope chairman Jimmy Iovine to sign her to a joint deal with the label and Akon's Kon Live Distribution label.

Her debut album The Fame, was released in August 2008 and was a critical and commercial success. In addition to receiving generally positive reviews, it has gone to number one in four countries, also topping the Billboard Top Electronic Albums chart in the United States. The album's first two singles, "Just Dance" and "Poker Face", have become international number-one hits, and the former was nominated for Best Dance Recording at the 51st Grammy Awards. In 2009, after having opened for New Kids on the Block and the Pussycat Dolls, Gaga embarked on her first headlining tour,The Fame Ball Tour.

Gaga is inspired by glam rockers such as David Bowie and Queen, as well as pop singers such as Madonna and Michael Jackson. She is also inspired by fashion, which she claims is an essential component to her songwriting and performances. To date she has sold over 20 million digital singles and more than four million albums worldwide.

Biography

1986–2004: Early life and education

Born on March 28, 1986, in Yonkers, New York, the eldest child of Italian American parents Joseph and Cynthia Germanotta,^[ at age 11 she was set to join Juilliard School in Manhattan,^[ but instead attended Convent of the Sacred Heart, a private Roman Catholic school.^[ Playing piano by ear from the age of 4, she went on to write her first piano ballad at 13 and began performing atopen mike nights by age 14.At age 17, she gained early admission to the New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. There, she studied music and improved her songwriting skills by composing essays and analytical papers focusing on topics such as art, religion and socio-political order. She later withdrew from the school to focus on her musical career.

Germanotta signed with Def Jam Records when she was 19, after record executive L. A. Reid heard her singing down the hallway from his office. However, she claims Reid never met with her, and after three months, she was dropped from the label.^[10] She moved out of her parents' house and started performing downtown in the Lower East Side club scene, with ban

2005–2007: Career beginnings

Mackin Pulsifer and SGBand. Around the same time, she started taking drugs and performing at burlesque shows; Gaga said her father "just didn't understand" it, and that he could not look at her for several months. Music producer Rob Fusari, who helped Gaga write some of her earlier songs, compared her vocal style to that of Freddie Mercury. He nicknamed her Gaga, after the Queen song "Radio Ga Ga." She began to use it as her stage name and was known thereafter as Lady Gaga.

Throughout 2007, Gaga collaborated with performance artist Lady Starlight, who helped her create her onstage fashions. The pair began playing gigs at downtown club venues like the Mercury Lounge, The Bitter End, and the Rockwood Music Hall, with their live performance art piece known as "Lady Gaga and the Starlight Revue." Billed as "The Ultimate Pop Burlesque Rockshow," their act was a low-fi tribute to 1970's variety acts. In August 2007, Gaga and Starlight were invited to play at the American music festival Lollapalooza. The show was critically acclaimed, and their performance received highly positive reviews. Having initially focused on avant-garde, and electronic dance music, Gaga found her musical niche when she began to incorporate pop melodies and the vintageglam rock of David Bowie and Queen into the mix.

During this time, she began writing for artists signed to Akon's Konvict label, as well as Fergie, the Pussycat Dolls, Britney Spears, and New Kids on the Block.After hearing her sing a reference vocal for one of his tracks, Akon formed the opinion that she was also a good singer. He ultimately convinced Interscope Records chairman Jimmy Iovine to sign her to a joint deal with his own label, Kon Live Distribution, and would later call Gaga his "franchise player." Through her affiliation with Akon, Gaga started to work on her own new material for her debut album with producer RedOne. Already having a solid selection of electro-glam, David Bowie-esque, and Queen-inspired songs, Gaga wanted to mix her retro dance beats with urban melodies, a pop chorus and still retain a rock and roll edge. The first song they produced together was "Boys Boys Boys", a mash-up of Mötley Crüe's "Girls, Girls, Girls" and AC/DC's "T.N.T."

2008–present: The Fame

By 2008, Gaga had relocated to Los Angeles, working closely with her record label to finalize her debut album The Fame. Gaga said that she combined a lot of different genres on the album, "from Def Leppard drums and handclaps to metal drums on urban tracks." She began to work with a collective called the Haus of Gaga, who collaborate with Gaga on her clothing, stage sets, and sounds. The Fame received mostly positive reviews from critics; according to the music review aggregation of Metacritic, it has received an average score of 71/100. Times Online described the album as "a fantastic mix of Bowie-esque ballads, dramatic, Queen-inspired midtempo numbers and synth-based dance tracks that poke fun at celebrity-chasing rich kids." The Fame peaked at number one in Austria, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Ireland, and at number four in Australia and the United States; worldwide sales as of July 2009 stand at 3 million copies. The album's lead single, "Just Dance," was released on April 8, 2008, and has topped the charts in six countries - Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It received a Grammy nomination for the Best Dance Recording, but lost to Daft Punk's "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger." The second single, "Poker Face", was released on September 23, 2008, and has reached number one in nearly twenty countries, including almost all major music markets in the world. "Poker Face" became Gaga's second consecutive number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 2009.

Afterward, the Haus of Gaga turned its focus further upon the American market with Gaga going on her first ever concert tour with fellow Interscope pop group, the reformed New Kids on the Block. Gaga started her stint with them in Los Angeles on October 8, 2008, and continued through the end of November. She appeared as a guest artist on the song "Big Girl Now" from their new album, The Block. Gaga's first headlining North American tour, The Fame Ball Tour, began on March 12, 2009, and has received critical acclaim. Gaga opened for the Pussycat Dolls on the U.K leg of their World Domination Tour and Australia in May. Her performance there was well-received, with a reviewer claiming that she upstaged the Dolls. Around the same time, the music video for her international third single, "LoveGame," was banned by the Australian channel Network Ten, who refused to play the video reasoning that it contained sexually explicit imagery.

Gaga appeared semi-nude, wearing only plastic bubbles, on the cover of the annual 'Hot 100' issue of Rolling Stone in May 2009. In the issue she discussed that while she was making her beginnings in the New York club scene, Gaga was romantically involved with a heavy metal drummer. Gaga described their relationship and break-up, saying of it, "I was his Sandy, and he was my Danny! [of Grease], and I just broke." He later became an inspiration behind some of the songs on her debut albumThe Fame. Gaga also stated that she is bisexual and is inspired by beautiful women, which she says makes her boyfriends "uncomfortable." She later regretted disclosing her orientation, saying, "I don't like to be seen as somebody who is using the gay community to look edgy. I'm a free sexual woman and I like what I like. I don't want people to write that about me because I feel like it looks like I'm saying it because I'm trying to be edgy or underground." She had previously told a crowd at one of her concerts that her song "Poker Face" lyrically discusses fantasizing about a woman while being in bed with a man. Gaga appeared on rapper Wale's single "Chillin."

Gaga was nominated for a total of nine awards at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards includingVideo of the Year, Best New Artist, Best Female Video and Best Pop Video for "Poker Face" and Best Direction, Best Editing, Best Special Effects, Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction for "Paparazzi. Gaga managed to win the award for "Best New Artist" while her single "Paparazzi" won two awards for "Best Art Direction" and "Best Special Effects." In October, Gaga received Billboard magazine's Rising Star of 2009 award. Later she appeared on Saturday Night Live, in a comic skit with Madonna and performing a part of her upcoming single "Bad Romance", from the re-release of her debut album titled The Fame: Monster. Gaga attended the Human Rights Campaign's "National Dinner" on October 10th, 2009, before marching in the National Equality March in Washington, D.C. "In the music industry there's still a tremendous amount of accommodation of homophobia. [...] So I'm taking a stand," she commented. She then started to perform a rendition of John Lennon's "Imagine" while changing some lyrics to referenceMatthew Shepard's 1998 murder, the college student's death which has been a rallying cry for the gay rights movement. "I'm not going to play one of my songs tonight, because tonight is not about me," Gaga said before she sat in front of a grand piano to sing and play, "It's about you."

Musical style and influences

Lady Gaga has been primarily influenced by pop singers Michael Jackson and Madonna. She is also heavily influenced by glam rock stars such as David Bowie and the band Queen, from whom a song inspired her stage name.Artist Andy Warhol, poet Rainer Maria Rilke, fashion icon/actress/singer Grace Jones, and fashion as a whole, have all been cited as inspirations as well. She has often been likened to Blondie singer Debbie Harry.Gaga's vocals have drawn frequent comparison to Madonna and Gwen Stefani, while the structure of her music is said to be reminiscent of classic 1980s pop and 1990s Europop.In reviewing her debut album The Fame, The Sunday Times asserted "in combining music, fashion, art and technology, Lady [Gaga] evokes Madonna, Gwen Stefani circa Hollaback Girl, Kylie [Minogue] 2001 or Grace Jones right now." Similarly, The Boston Globecritic Sarah Rodman commented that Gaga draws "obvious inspirations from Madonna to Gwen Stefani... in [her] girlish but sturdy pipes and bubbly beats."Madonna herself had once commented to Rolling Stone that she sees "[her]self in Lady Gaga." The entertainer explained, "[w]hen I saw her, she didn’t have a lot of money for her production. She’s got holes in her fishnets, and there’s mistakes everywhere [...] it was kind of a mess, but I can see that she has that it Factor. It’s nice to see that at a raw stage." Baby A. Gil of The Philippine Star asserted that Gaga's voice is "just right for the mix of dance and rock that she does." As an artist, Alexis Petridis of The Boston Globe commented that although Gaga lacks originality, "pop music doesn't have to be blindingly original or clever to work: it needs tunes, and Lady [Gaga] is fantastically good at tunes." Though Gaga's lyrics are said to lack intellectual stimulation, "[she] does manage to get you moving and grooving at an almost effortless pace."

Gaga has stated that she is "very into fashion" and that it is "everything" to her.Her love of fashion came from her mother, who she stated was "always very well kept and beautiful." She claims that: "When I'm writing music, I'm thinking about the clothes I want to wear on stage. It's all about everything altogether—performance art, pop performance art, fashion. For me, it's everything coming together and being a real story that will bring back the super-fan. I want to bring that back. I want the imagery to be so strong that fans will want to eat and taste and lick every part of us."^[ She has her own creative production team called the Haus of Gaga, which she handles personally. The team creates many of her clothes, stage props, and hairdos.Gaga has six known tattoos,among them a peace symbol which was inspired by the late English musician John Lennon who The Guardian remarked as Gaga's "hero," and a curling German script on her left arm which quotes the poet Rainer Maria Rilke with the lines "In the deepest hour of the night, confess to yourself that you would die if you were forbidden to write. And look deep into your heart where it spreads its roots, the answer, and ask yourself, must I write?" Gaga described Rilke as her "favorite philosopher," commenting that his "philosophy of solitude" spoke to her. In response to Gaga saying that she considers Donatella Versace her muse,Melissa Magsaysay of Los Angeles Times commented, "[Gaga's] aversion to wearing a top and bottom at the same time [...] swigging champagne and being fanned by oily men in Speedos [is] very Donatella-esque." Toward the end of 2008, comparisons were made between the fashions of Gaga and recording artist Christina Aguilera, noting similarities in their styling, hair, and make-up. Aguilera later claimed she was "completely unaware of [Gaga]" and "didn't know if it [was] a man or a woman." Afterward, Gaga released a statement in which she welcomed the comparisons due to the attention providing useful publicity. Gaga said, "She's such a huge star and if anything I should send her flowers, because a lot of people in America didn't know who I was until that whole thing happened. It really put me on the map in a way." Gaga is a natural brunette, but her hair is bleached blonde because she was often mistaken for fellow musician Amy Winehouse.^[4]

Gaga attributes much of her early success as a mainstream artist to her gay fans and is considered to be a rising gay icon. She claimed difficulty in the early stages of her career in getting her songs to receive radio airplay and stated, "The turning point for me was the gay community. I've got so many gay fans and they're so loyal to me and they really lifted me up. They'll always stand by me and I'll always stand by them. It's not an easy thing to create a fanbase." Gaga thanked FlyLife, a Manhattan-based LGBT marketing company with whom her label Interscope works, in the liner notes of her debut studio album, The Fame, saying, "I love you so much. You were the first heartbeat in this project, and your support and brilliance means the world to me. I will always fight for the gay community hand in hand with this incredible team." After The Fame came out, she revealed that the song "Poker Face" was about her bisexuality. In an interview with Rolling Stone, she spoke about how her boyfriends tended to react to her bisexuality, saying "The fact that I’m into women, they’re all intimidated by it. It makes them uncomfortable. They’re like, 'I don’t need to have a threesome. I’m happy with just you'." One of Gaga's first televised performance was in May 2008 at theNewNowNext Awards, an awards show aired by the LGBT television network Logo, where she sang her song "Just Dance."In June of the same year, she performed the song again at the San Francisco Pride event. When she appeared as a guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in May 2009, Gaga praised DeGeneresfor being "an inspiration for women and for the gay community," and while accepting the Best New Artist trophy at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, she dedicated the award to "God and the gays."^[She proclaimed that the October 11, 2009, gay rights rally on the national mall was "the single most important event of my career", exiting with an exultant "Bless God and bless the gays!"

Report Collected By:-

SAURAV LAMSAL

(Dept.of secret journalism)

2009-11-09T07:30:00.000-08:00

'TRAVIS BARKER' PLANE CRASH

(DRUMMER - BLINK182 )

On September 19, 2008, Barker was injured when the( Learjet 60 )in which he was a passenger crashed outside Columbia,South calorina. The jet was headed for Van Nuya,California. According to the FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION; the plane was departing the airport when air traffic controllers saw sparks emanating from the plane. It went off the runway, smashed through a fence, crossed a nearby road, slammed into an embankment and caught fire.Barker had performed the night before at an event with former Janes Addiction singer Perry farrel, Gavin de graw and D.J AM Barker was transported to the JOSEPH M. Still burn center in Augusta, Georgia, where he was listed in critical condition. DJ AM was also injured in the crash and was also listed in critical condition. Four others were killed in the crash, three males and one female. With autopsies being performed to identify the bodies, two of the deceased were crew members, and two were passengers, including Chris Baker, Barker's personal assistant who often appeared in Meet The Barkers,and Charles Still, Barker's security guard.On September 21, Dr. Fred Mullins, medical director of the Burn Center reported that Barker sustained second and third degree burns on his lower body and torso and is expected to fully recover within a year. Barker stopped his vegetarian diet and began eating meat in order to increase his protein intake and possibly speed up healing of his burns.

Barker returned to the recording studio in November 2008, with long time friend and Keys to the Cadillac drummer Mike Barbalaci just two months after the plane crash. On his first television interview since the crash, he said to MTV, "I'm already playing my drums again, and I'm already back in the studio". Elaborating by stating that the return to the studio "was like riding a bike. It was really exciting to know I still have my chops. It still felt good... I still can make it around the kit. Everything felt right, so I'm thankful to be able to play."

Barker sued the plane's owners, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., and an airplane maintenance company on November 21, 2008. He sought more than $25,000 in damages "for pain and suffering, disfigurement, loss of earnings, and medical and legal expenses", claiming that the companies had "improperly operated and maintained the Learjet". The lawsuit claims the Learjet's pilots were "improperly trained and should not have tried to take off rather than continue down the runway. The mother of Barker's bodyguard, Charles Monroe Still Jr., who was killed in the crash, joined the lawsuit. She sued the companies for "damages including grief and sorrow, funeral expenses and loss of earnings."

On December 1, 2008, Tv Guide reported that Barker will make his first appearance with DJ AM (Adam Goldstein) since the two survived the plane crash. The duo performed at New year's Nation's ,L.A. New Year's Eve Party at The Wilterm. Their performance was to be streamed live on the Internet via New Year's Nation's official site, and broadcast at other New Year's Nation parties across the U.S. Of the gig, Barker told press, "I'm ready to get back onstage with AM and continue to rock the house. I'm very excited to bring in the New Year in my hometown of L.A.

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Saurav Lamsal

Kathmandu-3,

Nepal.

(Dept.of secret journalism)

2009-11-09T07:04:00.001-08:00

Will The World End on DEC 21,2012 ?

The Day is DEC21,2012!

This is the worst scenario of what the ancient Mayan people predicted would happen more than 2,000 years ago.

Now the prophecy has been turned into the movie 2012, which is due for release in July.

Worryingly, the prediction is backed up by scientists, respected scholars and modern technology.

The latest doomsday countdown starts with the Mayans, a highly intelligent race who lived around Mexico, Belize and Guatemala from about 1,800BC.

When they weren't sacrificing babies or tearing enemies' hearts out to offer to the sun gods, the Mayans were skilled at counting time.

Despite not having even invented the wheel, they created a complicated calendar system accurate to within 34 seconds of what we know a lunar month to be today.

But unlike our calendar, which counts dates up, theirs lasts 5,000 years and counts down to the winter solstice on December 21, 2012 - or 13.0.0.0.0 in what is called their "Long Count" system.

Adrian Gilbert, author of The End Of Time: Mayan Prophecies Revisited, said: "They based their calendar around this end date. They knew it was important.

"Each Mayan age ends with a cataclysmic event. The last ended with water, this one is supposed to end with earthquakes and Earth changes.

"What we do know is that the Earth's magnetic field is reversing. So north will become south and south will become north.

"No one is entirely sure what that is going to mean - but it could cause earthquakes."

The new movie, directed by Roland Emmerich of The Day After Tomorrow fame, shows awesome scenes of a huge tidal wave engulfing the world.

A trailer to the film, which stars Woody Harrelson, shows a Buddhist monk banging a gong in vain warning as a huge tidal wave approaches his Himalayan monastery.

Eerily, the date the Mayans picked as the day civilisation would change forever coincides with an event in space that only occurs every 25,800 years.

On December 21, 2012, for the first time in recorded history, the sun will block our view of the centre of the galaxy as we move exactly in line - disrupting any energy that flows to us from there, claims Gilbert.

Havoc

On its own, this event doesn't scare the experts. But separately, scientists from Nasa have also found a cycle of sun spots - magnetic blasts shot to us from the sun -and another is soon to begin.

These storms wreak havoc with satellites and electronic devices. In extreme cases they can even affect our magnetic field, which protects us from the sun's killer radiation.

This next cycle is feared to feature huge activity and is due to peak in . . . you guessed it, 2012.

Bizarrely, throughout history, tribes across the world that have never had any contact also predict a cataclysmic event to occur around 2012.

They range from the ancient Chinese, who prophesied it in their I Ching book more than 5,000 years ago, to the soothsayers of ancient Rome and Egypt.

An internet-searching programme called the WebBot Project also foresees disaster - nuclear attacks by the end of next year, building up to an apocalyptic event at the end of 2012.

The programme was originally designed to scan what people search for online to predict movements in finance.

But it predicted US anthrax attacks in 2001, earthquakes in August 2004, Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the September 11 attacks.

One theory about the end of the world is that the disruption caused to our magnetic field will make the Earth tilt on its side.

Adrian Gilbert adds: "Others think aliens will arrive, some think apocalypse. I think it will see humans waking up to our possibilities and becoming more in tune with the universe in the same way computers' possibilities became endless when they plugged into the internet."

Thousands of people in America, Asia and Europe - particularly Holland - have quit their jobs, joined survival groups and are stockpiling supplies.

But most in the scientific community are not worried.

Dr Sue Bowler, editor of Astronomy And Geophysics magazine, said: "I don't think we're all going to die. Nobody knows how a magnetic field reversal affects the Earth. But you can tell from fossil examples that mass extinctions don't happen.

"Birds won't be falling out of the sky and we won't be unprotected from blasts of killer radiation. Earthquakes aren't caused by it either. The last time it happened was around 780,000 years ago. Nobody ever died from this."

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