Mashups are generally very appealing in an attempt to please the listener & ensure further interest. That's the purveying attitude among the online bootleggers I've encountered. It's actually mighty sensible considering there's massive competition for listeners what with the over-abundance of music available. (Not to mention all the other media clamouring for you to drop everything & notice.) This didn't matter to a group of offline dj's I got to know. They were sick of the 'pop-ness' of mashups, & wanted to move things forward with something a lot more 'edgy'. (Or obnoxious, if you will.)
Finding a few Southern Michigan club owners willing to take a chance, they started performing at places like Denners & Fortinski's to a very mixed reaction. It seems over half the audience would make that 'scrunchy' face & make tracks for the parking lot! The good news was there were still some willing to pay for drinks & marvel at the noise. After word spread a little, they'd delight in bringing friends by the shows just to see the looks on their faces. With live Crance mixing by dj's like SNOUTBOX & SIR CRANCEALOT there was definitely an air of fascination to seeing the sound develop.
People began asking if they could get copies of some of the tracks so they could have sound memories of the experience. None of the dj's agreed to this, however. They really liked the idea of sentiment colouring the recollections of the shows. I also suspect they didn't want to be compared to the normal bootleggers poppier tunes. There seemed to me to be big resistance to being 'like' the net bootleggers who give their tracks away for free. These guys wanted to be paid to play. They made it clear to me that they disliked net dj's for selling out, as they put it. One of the more outspoken Crance guys, VON MOUTHOFF, told me once, "I'd rather have to eat ramen noodles for the rest of my life than play britney spears or justin timberlake mashups." He's either a man of conviction, or has no taste buds. Lol!
After a bit, despite achieving a small, but regular crowd, they decided to call a halt to the shows. They needed to pay the rent, & it was tough living together in that crowded house. It was decided (mainly by SNOUTBOX) to do one last show, & then kill the scene before it became corrupted. I was available during a period of non-net time I experienced, so against all odds I got them to agree to give me copies of the more-popular tracks they would play. It was like roller-skating in a buffalo herd, but over one fast-paced weekend, I recorded each guy doing one track. Then the collection was burned to disc as a giveaway at that last show. This record, which I called 'The Last Crance-A North American Crance Music Compilation' is available now as an mp3 file here -
thelastcrance.blogspot.com/
There're 12 tracks by 12 mixers, all just about the most challenging tunes you'll experience this side of the mortal veil. Representing the scene are people like Jim Warfare, DJ Scrachity, The Dee Of Jay, The Gumbyoids, & some more that would scorch your ears off if they could! I think what convinced them to allow me to do the collection was the apparent success of my own Crance track, 'EAR PAIN', which despite being a grating tune that lives up to it's name, did way better than many of my other posted mashups. I even made it available as an extended version & that's the one that got the most downloads. Amazing!
There will never be another collection of Crance music, so get your copy now before they make me delete the post.
Thanks to Snoutbox, Denners, Thinhead Tom, Maple Syrup, Sargeant Carlisle (for not busting us), and all the members of the Crance Brigade.
Mix Of The Week - 'This Is Frankie Pigeon' from the mixer of the same name is one enjoyable passage of tracks. It goes over a vast variety of styles with plenty of mixing from Frankie. There's rock, dance, & also fun novelty. Give it the time of day & you'll wonder whay you haven't heard Mr. Pigeon before. Link here -
bmbx.org/2008/10/31/this-is-frankie-pigeon/
Mashup Tip : Mix your track out of key to get more comments. Not positive comments, but more.
EDWARD ROTHSTEIN: He Gave Voice to Many, Among Them Himself (nytimes.com)
The voice is unforgettable, as if each phrase scraped the ear with a scoopful of gravel. What remains in the memory too is the earnestness that could turn both fervent and sentimental. And there was the music, jazz and blues that often provided a respite from the trademark persona.
Edward Lifson: Studs for Obama (huffingtonpost.com)
I'd ask Obama, do you plan to follow up on the program of the New Deal of FDR?
I'd tell him, 'don't fool around on a few issues, such as health care. We've got bigger work to do! Read FDR's second inaugural address!'
Jeff Cohen: "Studs Terkel: He'll Never Be Silenced" (huffingtonpost.com)
Whenever I did catch up with him, he never turned down a request for help - whether he was sick, under a book deadline, or in mourning over the death of his beloved wife Ida. If it was an issue of social justice or muckraking journalism, he (along with Ida) was ready to sign up and help out.
20 QUESTIONS: "Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman"
Tom Morello is as passionate about politics as he is about music. With the US Presidential elections looming, Morello chats with PopMatters 20 Questions about those who inspire him and the range of cultural and political genres they represent.
RACHEL LASTRA: Going GaGa (curvemag.com)
Lady GaGa offers something different: pop with passion. She's gives us a glimpse of what makes her tick and why she's like a female Andy Warhol.
Greg Archer: Chris Diamantopoulos on Top (advocate.com)
After nearly a decade of guest stints -- from "Law & Order" to "Eli Stone" -- Chris Diamantopoulos has landed the plum role of Debra Messing's best and gay friend, Rodney, in the new USA series "The Starter Wife." For those of you expecting another Will-Grace pairing, you might be surprised to see what this hunk has up his sleeve.
Job Brother: The Anatomy of Jack Wrangler (advocate.com)
John Stillman -- a.k.a. "Jack Wrangler," one of the first gay porn superstars -- opens up with The Advocate about the new documentary on his life, Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon.
David Bruce: Wise Up! Politics (athensnews.com)
* While attending junior high school, gymnast Bart Conner ran for a school office against one of his best friends, and he decided to vote for him out of friendship. When the votes were counted, Bart discovered that he had lost the election by exactly two votes - one was his own vote, and the other was his friend's.
Los Angeles County, provides translations in Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese and Tagalog.
mj was first, but wrong, with:
Before heading off to the circus that is my polling place (I'm one of the minor ring masters) is B.
Charlie answered:
D 7
English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog and Vietnamese
Alan J responded:
D 7
joe b replied:
Maybe I will be closer this time it
is 10.
The Toledo Blade said Ohio is
going to have a 80% turnout for
the vote.
Sally said:
I really didn't know, "In Los Angeles, the official ballot is available in how many languages?" But, I think I know where to go to get the answer: Click here: Election Fraud Blog » State by State: Voting Rules and Restrictions
And, from this site I gleamed:
"2004: Los Angeles County provides ballots in more languages than any other area in the nation - including English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese."
If correct, this would make the answer (D) or seven.
But, who knows? They can be so whacky in California (sorry Marty, know you are out there) that any strange glitch to my assumption, could have occurred.
I mean, where else in the world would people spend millions of dollars trying to prevent gay people from marriage? Children are starving, schools are begging for more funding, food banks are empty - but these idiots think preventing gay marriage is the best way to spend their money! Like, "Life as we know it" will drastically change should a gay couple move in next door to any of us - cretins!
Guess hate is priceless to some folks though, huh?
Happy, "It's OVER, it's FINALLY over" Day,
PS: I heard from our, "Vic in Alaska" yesterday. He is on his way to Podunct Town, in Massachusetts, where he will take care of some business, and enjoy a short visit with family. He asked me to say, "Hi" to his friends on BCE!
Peace out, and safe trip, Vic!!
Marian the Teacher replied twice:
2
Can I change my answer to 7? I just heard a commercial that said it is 7. Couldn't find anything online on it and didn't have time to root around.
And, Joe S wrote:
I'll guess C: 5, but I don't care. I don't care!! I'm so happy I could just shit! President Barak Obama! I love the way that sounds! I'm almost afraid to go to bed and wake up to find it was all a dream.
CBS starts the night with a FRESH'Old Christine', followed by a FRESH'Gary Unmarried', then a FRESH'Criminal Minds', followed by a FRESH'CSI: The 3rd One'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Tom Brokaw, Vera Farmiga, and Brad Paisley.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Paris Hilton and Dr. Drew Pinsky.
NBC opens the night with a FRESH'Knight Rider', followed by a FRESH'Life', then a FRESH'Law & Order'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Samuel L. Jackson, Tony Durant, and Tracy Chapman.
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Dennis Hopper, Katt Williams, and Phil Lesh & Friends.
Scheduled on a FRESHCarson 'The Scab' Daly are Dana Gould and Yelle.
ABC begins the night with a FRESH'Dancing With The Stars', followed by a FRESH'Private Practice', then a FRESH'Dirty Sexy Money'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Sean Hayes, Kenny Mayne, and the latest "Dancing with the Stars" castoff, John Legend.
The CW here has LIVE'NBA Basketball' where the Clips visit the Lakers, both at home.
Faux has a FRESH'Bones', followed by a FRESH'House'.
MY has a FRESH'World's Funniest Moments', followed by a FRESH'Tony Rock Project', then a (R) 'Tony Rock Project'.
A&E has 'CSI: The 2nd One', 'Dog The Racist Bounty Hunter', another 'Dog The Racist Bounty Hunter', still another 'Dog The Racist Bounty Hunter', 'Parking Wars', followed by a FRESH'Parking Wars'.
AMC offers the movie 'Rocky II', followed by the movie 'Rocky III', then the movie "Rocky III', again.
BBC -
[12:30 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 6
[1:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Revisited - Ep 2 Walnut Tree
[2:00 PM] Cash in the Attic - Episode 6
[3:00 PM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 30 Ardingly 65
[3:30 PM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 31 Kedleston 47
[4:00 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 1
[4:30 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 2
[5:00 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 7
[5:30 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 9
[6:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 2 The Fenwick Arms
[7:00 PM] BBC World News America
[8:00 PM] Dragons' Den - Episode 4
[9:00 PM] My Small Breasts and I
[10:00 PM] BBC World News America
[11:00 PM] Dragons' Den - Episode 4
[12:00 AM] My Small Breasts and I
[1:00 AM] Dragons' Den - Episode 4
[2:00 AM] My Small Breasts and I
[3:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 10 Alicia Silverstone, Joan Rivers
[4:00 AM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 30 Ardingly 65
[4:30 AM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 31 Kedleston 47
[5:00 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 15 Mitchell
[5:30 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 16 Farr
[6:00 AM] BBC World News (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Top Design', another 'Top Design', still another 'Top Design', followed by a FRESH'Top Design'.
Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', last night's 'Indecision '08: America's Choice', 'Futurama', 'South Park', another 'South Park', and a FRESH'Chocolate News'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJon Stewart is Chris Wallace.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is Ambassador Andrew Young.
FX has the movie 'The Mummy Returns', followed by a FRESH'Sons Of Anarchy'.
History has 'Modern Marvels', 'MonsterQuest', followed by a FRESH'MonsterQuest', then a FRESH'UFO Hunters'.
IFC -
[7:30 AM] Everyone Says I Love You
[9:15 AM] The Castle
[10:45 AM] Kingdom Come
[12:30 PM] Burden of Dreams
[2:15 PM] Everyone Says I Love You
[4:00 PM] The Castle
[5:30 PM] Kingdom Come
[7:15 PM] Next Stop Wonderland
[9:00 PM] 24 Hour Party People
[11:00 PM] The Filth and the Fury
[12:50 AM] IFC in Theaters
[1:00 AM] 24 Hour Party People
[3:00 AM] The Filth and the Fury
[4:50 AM] IFC News Special
[5:00 AM] The Castle (ALL TIMES EST)
SciFi has 'Ghost Hunters', another 'Ghost Hunters', followed by a FRESH'Ghost Hunters', and another 'Ghost Hunters'.
Sundance -
[05:00 AM] Kill Gil (Volume 2)
[06:45 AM] A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
[09:00 AM] Slings & Arrows - Season 2: Episode 4: Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair
[10:00 AM] Eco Documentaries - Season 1: Our Daily Bread
[11:30 AM] Lights in the Dusk
[12:45 PM] Father and Son
[02:15 PM] The Hawk is Dying
[04:15 PM] Going All the Way
[06:00 PM] One Punk Under God: Episode 6
[06:45 PM] A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
[09:00 PM] Architecture School: Episode 6
[09:30 PM] On the Road in America: Episode 11 - Middle East, Part 2
[10:00 PM] Dans Paris
[11:45 PM] Green Porno
[12:00 AM] Flying: Confessions...: Part 6
[01:00 AM] Architecture School: Episode 6
[01:30 AM] C.R.A.Z.Y.
[04:00 AM] Live From Abbey Road - Season 1: The Feeling, Gnarls Barkley & The Killers
[05:00 AM] Test Signal
[05:30 AM] The Hawk is Dying (ALL TIMES EST)
An aerial view of the face of U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL), sculpted from gravel and sand by US artist Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada, along the Barcelona beachfront, November 3, 2008. Rodriguez-Gerada, who was born in Cuba, created the portrait that covered an area of nearly 1 hectare (2.5 acre).
Betty Owen is 92 and after a stroke four years ago, needs a feeding tube and can't walk. But she was determined not to miss Tuesday's election. She arrived at her polling place on a gurney in an ambulance, where an election judge and support worker climbed aboard with an electronic voting machine and let her cast her ballot.
"And you have voted," precinct judge Sam Green said after Owen pushed the red button finalizing her choices. "You know, you look so pretty in that red dress."
Owen, a Marine Corps veteran who served in World War II, cast her first ballot for Wendell Willkie, a Republican running against Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940.
She became a Democrat after voting for John Kennedy in 1960. She cast a straight Democratic ballot Tuesday.
The Supreme Court appeared divided on Tuesday over a U.S. government crackdown on dirty words on television as the justices carefully avoided uttering the two four-letter expletives at the heart of the case.
In considering the policy that subjects broadcasters to fines for airing a single expletive blurted out on a live television show, the justices and the lawyers who argued the case instead referred to the "F word" and the "S word."
Several (sic) liberal justices seemed concerned over how broadcasters could prevent dirty words from being aired at live events like sports contests and whether the words might have other meanings beyond sexual or excretory connotations.
Some of the conservative justices appeared supportive of the crackdown adopted by the Federal Communications Commission against the one-time use of profanity on live television when children are likely to be watching.
Palestinian painter Waleed Ayyoub adds the last touches on a painting he drew of Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama, in the center of the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. Democrat Barack Obama joined the nation's earliest voters Tuesday as people around the nation began lining up to cast ballots in a historic election pitting Republican John McCain against the man seeking to become the first black president in U.S. history.
Photo by Muhammed Muheisen
Around the world, throngs packed outdoor plazas and pubs to await U.S. elections results Tuesday, many inspired by Barack Obama's promise of change amid a sense of relief that - no matter who wins - the White House is changing hands.
As millions of voters decided between Obama or John McCain, the world was abuzz with the sense of bearing witness to a moment of history that would reverberate well beyond American borders.
In Kenya, Obama's ancestral homeland, the atmosphere was electric with pride and excitement as people flocked to all-night parties to watch election results roll in.
IObama-mania was evident not only across Europe but also in much of the Islamic world, where Muslims expressed hope that the Democrat would seek compromise rather than confrontation.
Prince of Darkness Ozzy Osbourne was named a living legend at the Marshall Classic Rock Roll of Honour awards.
The Black Sabbath frontman, who has also enjoyed solo success, was handed the award by guitar legend Slash at the gathering of rock glitterati in London.
Slash, the former Guns N' Roses guitarist, received the Marshall "11" award "for his services to balls-out guns-blazing rock n' roll".
Led Zeppelin won event of the year prize for their return to the live circuit last December for their one-off London 02 show and album of the year went to Whitesnake for Good To Be Bad.
A rare 8mm film reel of an "unscheduled" Beatles gig has been sold at auction, to the fab four's record label Apple.
The two-minute long footage, taken in Kansas City during the band's first tour of the US in 1964, fetched £4,100 when it went under the hammer at the sale in Reading.
It was re-discovered in the bottom of a drawer by fan Drew Dimmel who, as a 15-year-old boy, smuggled the movie camera into the concert hall.
The silent footage shows John, Paul, George and Ringo during a performance at the Municipal Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.
Seiji Fujihara, secretary general of 'Obama for Obama,' a local support group for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at Hotel Sekumiya in Obama, western Japan, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. On account of the same name, Obama the city is nuts about Obama the man.
Photo by Itsuo Inouye
Fox's canceled veteran animated series "King of the Hill" could reign again at ABC.
Sources said the network is eyeing "King" as a companion for its upcoming animated comedy "The Goode Family," which comes from "King" co-creator Mike Judge.
A spokesman for "King of the Hill" producer 20th Century Fox TV would only confirm "another network" is interested in the show. ABC had no comment.
If ABC were to pick up the show, it would mark the second series to change broadcast networks in the past year -- the first being "Scrubs'" move from NBC to ABC. ABC also expressed interest in CBS' "The New Adventures of Old Christine" when the show was on the bubble last year. All three titles are half-hour shows, a format the network has had some difficulty programing.
It was definitely a girls' night out as the hottest females in pop slipped on their party frocks and vertiginous heels for the Music Industry Awards on Monday. Led by Lulu and Cheryl Cole, the ladies reminded fans that even when the weather turns cold a true diva never looks less than her best.
Geordie beauty Cheryl and her Girls Aloud bandmates looked fabulous in minis, while Lulu, celebrating her 60th, made her entrance in a luxurious coat, flattering slim-fit trousers and a top with a gold leaf-print.
The Sixties icon arrived on the arm of Topshop boss Philip Green. They were joined by the Sugababes and U2 frontman Bono for a glitzy evening of entertainment that included a charity auction and performances by Mika and Take That.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday approved a plan sought by tech companies like Google Inc and Microsoft Inc to open soon-to-be-vacant television airwaves to new wireless devices.
The five-member FCC voted to open unlicensed pockets of the spectrum known as white space that will become available when U.S. broadcasters are required to move to digital television next year.
Traditional broadcasters such as Walt Disney Inc's ABC, General Electric's NBC, CBS Corp and even country singer Dolly Parton opposed the plan. They said signals sent over that part of the spectrum could cause interference with broadcasts or wireless microphones at live productions.
"Motorola, Google and Microsoft have invested five years and millions of dollars to get this approved," Feld said. "The people that made those decisions are going to show they made good decisions."
An oval pencil drawing of Winnie-the-Pooh, Tigger, and Piglet, by E. H. Shepard, is seen in this undated handout photograph, received in London on November 4, 2008.
Many Americans endured long lines to vote. Tim Robbins had to get a court order before he was allowed to cast his vote for president.
The 50-year-old actor's voting woes began Tuesday morning when he ran into trouble at his polling station: His name was missing from the registration rolls. He said his name was nowhere to be found on the books at a YMCA in downtown Manhattan, where he'd previously voted in presidential elections.
Robbins, who lives with partner Susan Sarandon and has been registered to vote in New York since 1988, said he doesn't trust paper or affidavit ballots because "oftentimes those things get lost or thrown away." So he did not submit his and asked to speak to a supervisor.
The supervisor said a police officer had been called over, he said, "at which point, I said to him, `Are you trying to intimidate me?'" The police at the location said he had "every right to be there," said Robbins, well-known as a liberal activist who even played a candidate running for the Senate in "Bob Roberts," a 1992 film he also wrote and directed.
Erotic movies are making a tentative comeback in South Korea, where they were banned as recently as the late 1990s.
The second annual Pink Film Festival, which kicked off in Seoul on Saturday, is bringing movies to the big screen that were previously available only from vendors' carts in the city's backstreets.
But there are still limits to Korea's nascent openness. For starters, the monthlong festival is open to women only on opening night in each of the four cities where the festival will travel this month and on designated "couples days" -- Wednesdays and Saturdays. Female moviegoers, for their part, seem to be disappointed that the films are not racy enough.
In this photo provided by the L.A. Mayer Museum for Islamic Art Monday, Nov. 3, 2008, a gold and rock crystal pocket watch made for the French queen Marie Antoinette by the famed watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet, seen, one of the items returned after Israeli police detectives have cracked a legendary clock heist at a Jerusalem museum after a 25-year search. The 1983 theft saw 106 clocks worth millions of dollars disappear from the L.A. Mayer Museum for Islamic Art.
Japanese prosecutors on Tuesday arrested one of the most successful producers in Japan's pop music history, the company behind one of his acts said, reportedly on suspicion of fraud.
Tetsuya Komuro, who has sold millions of records with J-pop sensations such as TRF and globe, was seen on television being driven to prosecutors' offices in the western city of Osaka.
Komuro is alleged to have defrauded an investor out of 500 million yen (five million dollars), Japanese news agencies and television networks said.
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Oct. 27-Nov. 2. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.
1. (X) World Series Game 5 Conclusion (Wednesday): Tampa Bay vs. Philadelphia, Fox, 19.84 million viewers.
2. (1) "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 19.1 million viewers.
3. (2) "Dancing With The Stars," ABC, 18.88 million viewers.
4. (6) "Dancing With The Stars Results," ABC, 17.45 million viewers.
5. (3) "NCIS," CBS, 17.26 million viewers.
6. (6) Sunday Night Football: New England at Indianapolis, NBC, 16.74 million viewers.
7. (6) "The Mentalist," CBS, 16.07 million viewers.
8. (5) "Desperate Housewives," ABC, 15.93 million viewers.
9. (4) "Grey's Anatomy," ABC, 15.32 million viewers.
10. (13) "60 Minutes," CBS, 14.32 million viewers.
11. (6) "Criminal Minds," CBS, 13.97 million viewers.
12. (10) "CSI: NY," CBS, 13.75 million viewers.
13. (13) "House," Fox, 13.5 million viewers.
14. (X) World Series Game 5 Beginning (Monday): Tampa Bay vs. Philadelphia, Fox, Fox, 13.24 million viewers.
15. (13) "Survivor: Gabon," CBS, 13.02 million viewers.
16. (32) "The Simpsons," Fox, 12.4 million viewers.
17. (47) College Football: Texas at Texas Tech, ABC, 12.2 million viewers.
18. (16) "Without a Trace," CBS, 12.19 million viewers.
19. (X) "World Series Game 5 Conclusion Pregame," Fox, 12.08 million viewers.
20. (21) "Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick," NBC, 12.02 million viewers.
Star US-French ballerina Rosella Hightower, who danced with Rudolf Nureyev and was ballet mistress at the Paris Opera and Milan's La Scala, died overnight Monday to Tuesday aged 88.
Her daughter Dominique Monet Robier told AFP that Hightower, who was born in Ardmore, Oklahoma, passed away in the Riviera city of Cannes after suffering several strokes.
Hightower's dancing debut was with the prestigious Ballet Russe in Monte Carlo in 1938. She then joined the US Ballet Theatre and was given her first role as ballerina with New York's Metropolitan Opera in "Giselle".
In 1947 she joined the Nouveau Ballet de Monte-Carlo later named Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas where she danced until 1961, her partners including Rudolf Nureyev. The company was named after a Chilean who married John D. Rockefeller's grand-daughter and was to become the last of the great independent ballet companies.
Hightower in the 1960s and 1970s was named ballet mistress at the Marseille and Nancy operas in France before being appointed ballet mistress to the Paris Opera from 1981 to 1983 -- where she unveiled star dancer Patrick Dupond -- and then La Scala from 1983 to 1986.
She married painter and interior decorator Jean Robier and set up her own ballet school in Cannes in the 1960s where she taught dance until 2000.
Her last appearance on stage was in 1991 in "Harold and Maud" choreographed for her by Etienne Frey.
Detroit soul singer Nathaniel Mayer, who embarked on an unlikely comeback four years ago with the help of some young punk musicians, has died from complications following a series of strokes, his representatives said on Tuesday. He was 64.
Mayer suffered a stroke in April, and his representatives said at the time that doctors were hopeful he could make a considerable recovery. But the announcement of his death said that he suffered many months of complications and illnesses.
Mayer, a devotee of James Brown, enjoyed a minor hit single in 1962 with "Village of Love." But he largely abandoned the recording business until 2004, when he made the album "I Just Want To Be Held" for Fat Possum Records, the boutique Mississippi label famed for its raw sound and salty bluesmen.
He released a follow-up in August 2005, "Why Don't You Give It To Me?" (Alive Records), helped by a crew of young punk and soul revivalists, including Black Keys guitarist Dan Auerbach.
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