The Angels Frontman Goes Country
If you have been following the music scene of late, then you will note that that there is shift in allegiance where artists are testing waters in other music genres. The biggest 
shift in focus is the Angels Frontman. The rock icon Doc Neeson, has expressed his interests in country music, a less vigorous and softer genre.
The rock legend is responsible for big hits such as Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again? has plans to prove he still has the music genius in him and he can also flourish in country music just as he made it at the reign of high rocks. He starts his country sail by doing tunes by Jim Reeves and Buddy Holly at the Tamworth Country Music Festival.
Even though the festival will be a perfect opportunity for him to anchor his country music career, he admits that he will be performing in unfamiliar territory; but being and experienced performer, he looks forward at pulling out with less fuss. He states his relation to country music as cordial and points out that this is the music he grew up with. He further reveals that his alias Doc claims of his adoration to country legend Doc Holiday and consequently, he was christened Doc.
Doc Neeson is a lead singer of the Angels, which is based in Australia. The 70s rock sensation latest tour was in 12007 where he was on The Engels music tour that saw them tour Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan in support of the Australian troops. The tour was dubbed Tour De Force. The tour also featured the bands guitarist Mitch Hutchinson, drummer Mick Skelton, Dave Leslie also on the guitar as well as Sara Gray on the bass.
The rock legend says his greatest challenge was to piece up the country music he is to perform. Even though he freely associates with country music, he realized just how blunt his knowledge in the genre is and so he had to spend some time getting the lyrics. This is understandable since he has been a performing artist in a rock band for most of his career. From 2000, he has held successful rock tour in the world and also formed his own band the Red Phoenix two years later. The band has since released an album under its band name. It will be interesting to see how high he will fly in the country music sky. Music has surprises and country music might prove to be a his long time elusive music career,
Rupert Murdoch Grant On Google And Anti Sopa Tech Community
Google has of recent come under sharp criticism from News Corp. Rupert Murdock. The media Guru alleges that Google has a hidden hand support of piracy with Capital Hill debating on whether to enact the Stop Online Piracy Act into law. Bemused Murdoch’s misgivings can be traced back to a function hosted by Google where he was an attendee; a Consumer Electronics Show that was organized by Google in Las Vegas. The function was to demonstrate Google TV, where one could watch TV programs over the internet.
During the presentation, those in attendance including the media mogul were informed that one could find the appropriate content by searching through Google search function. Since the function has catalogs such as Netflix and other video streaming applications such as Amazon and YouTube, one could easily search and play movies and favorite shows. The media don then posed a question to the presenter inquiring if the search engine could filter off pirated sites. When the answer was negative, Rupert took an issue with the answer.
This is not the first time of his waning support to Google and its products; he once described the giant search engine as parasite that has swashbuckling ways of doing business. News Corp spoke so far has not issued a statement on the issue as his counterpart at Google declined to issue a statement. Google has since dismissed the accusations as baseless. In the recent days, Mr. Murdoch has appeared campaigning alongside some members of the congress who appear to introduce some bills to contain online piracy in the recent calls to stop the vice that has its slogan Stop Online Piracy Act that is in the House of Representatives. This has raised sharp reaction from major websites with Wikipedia blackening out its website for twenty-four hours to show its displeasure at the move. Even though the cause is good, the major sites show that they are censorship sites, which may effect regulate the content posted on the sites.
Since Google and other search engines allow pirated content to run on them, Murdoch feels they are the greatest promoters on piracy and profit from pirate activities. This is what he has been tweeting about. Murdoch has spared not even President Obama for his opposition to the SOPA campaign. This has not been taken down by the tech society and this as led them to give the Media magnet some lessons about the internet. It will be interesting to see how this will end, with Rupert tweeting, and the tech community not taking it lying down. For now it seems the tussle between Murdoch and the internet is a hot bed each is not trying to cool.
Should You Feel Guilty About Re-Gifting?
When someone about to give a gift to a friend or family members he or she takes time to make sure that the gift will please the receiver. However, after receiving a gift, you may decide to give it to someone or re-gift it. During Christmas seasons gift we receive gifts from all over. We also present gifts to others, but the choice of the gift can be quite a difficult task. Nevertheless, you can decide to re-gift some the gifts you had received.
However, the question remains, should you feel any guilt about re-gifting? It’s not necessary to feel guilty at all. Surveys that have been carried out show that quite a number of people consider passing unwanted gift. However, this survey also shows that many of them re-gift to bolster their finances. They are some rules that are given to make sure that you do not feel the guilt of re gifting. One of the primary rules is to make sure that you have good intentions and to make sure the gift really captures the spirit of giving.
It’s also an important thing to make sure, that you keep the track of where you originally got the music recording, to avoid awkward situations, where the intended person already has one. Also, when you decide to re-gift, make sure that the gift is in good condition because giving a scratched music CD or DVD recording that cannot play can be quite frustrating to the receiver.
Music gifts can be a good selection of gifts that can be quite be effective to lovers of music. So the next time you think about re-gifting do not feel the guilt but be very confident that the receiver will be happy with it.
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Country Music Great Haggard Hospitalized With Pneumonia
Merle Haggard has canceled the rest of his January tour based on an onset of pneumonia. The word is, the 74-year-old country legend has been getting progressively worse since being admitted in a Georgia hospital. This was on Wednesday the 18th, where he canceled a show set for Columbus just a few minutes before taking the stage. The singer’s tour manager, Frank Mull, put it out there that Haggard had been feeling unwell since leaving his home in Northern California, and had been hoping it was just the flu. Merle Haggard himself had hoped he would be well enough to play.
He had actually worked for three days with no real strain, and it looked as though he’d work it out. Unfortunately, things did not turn out that way. According to his publicist, the country legend is still a bit out of it. We are all hoping he has his fighting gloves on. Merle Haggard is Country music- a paraphrased version of what Keen said about Merle in 2009. The guy is a living legend, no doubt. You rarely ever talk about country music, in any significant proportion, and not talk about Merle Haggard. The guy has clearly made his mark. At 74, he is still not lacking in enthusiasm.
Still going on road shows, and tours, instead of retiring, like the rest of, well, the world! We all hope he gets better, as soon as possible, although I’m sure the doctor will advice him to slow down. His marijuana and tobacco habits aren’t particularly helpful, I hope he’s kicked the nasty habits by now. He was trying to quit, quite the pathological smoker he was, and has gone through his fair share of health problems because of it. However, I say, if he beat cancer-he can beat anything. God speed Merle.
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