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ALL You Need Is Love – Beatles Musical with special guest PETE BEST

marlene — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:10:01 +0000

Endorsed by special guest Pete Best!
First time in the US…
“The Beatles “all you need is love!” A unique musical biography about the life of the most famous band of all time! Certainly, it’s not the original mop heads, which perform in the show produced by Bernhard Kurz, but the no less excellent and perfectly attuned quartet “Twist & Shout” with Jim Owen, Tony Kishman, John Brosnan and Beav Parker. Not only their visual appearance makes you believe that John, Paul, George and Ringo are on stage in person, the artists live performance will make you think you have travelled back in time, as soon as they step on stage. Eight costume changes, video, narration adds to the experience of Beatle mania!

A once in a lifetime … well twice in a life time event! Oct 2nd and Oct 3rd … you can see Pete Live
Pete Best is a original Beatle “Pete Best performed over 1000 and recorded 27 songs with THE BEATLES in a period that spanned 1960, 1961 and 1962”

Come and Meet this famous Beatle: “All You Need is Love” shows on Friday October 2nd and Saturday October 3rd, 2009 Pete will be meeting privately at a special meet and greet for VIP ticket holders. This is your opportunity to meet one of the ORIGINAL Beatles!
Astrid Kirchherr Photo’s
Astrid Kirchherr was fiancée to Stu Sutcliffe, giving the band their infamous mop head haircuts. Her most famous moments in photography were the photos of the early Beatle years. Astrid captured the young Beatles like no other photographer, being a intimate friend of the band. Astrid brings to the Germain Arena a never before seen collection of photos of her days with the Beatles. These photos will be on display both nights for viewing.
For more ticket information: Germain Arena
All You Need is Love!” is endorsed by the Beatles original drummer PETE BEST, and the VIP Packages include a meet-and-greet with the music legend.

Beatles Party Review

marlene — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:39:30 +0000

The event yesterday at Independent Records was outstanding! Freebies, music and of course all things Beatles!!
Gina Kavali DJ at KKFM really put together a great event to celebrate Beatles 09-09-09! I have never seen anyone in the industry with the passion that Gina has for the Beatles!
Tony Kishman who plays Paul McCartney in the Beatles show “All You Need is Love” made the trip to Colorado Springs for the day to help celebrate this special day in Beatles history!
Gina and Tony spent the time interviewing and talking to all the folks that made their way in and out to buy the Beatles Remastered Boxset…which incidently Independant Records sold out while we were there….
Tony Kishman will be back into Colorado Springs on Saturday September 12th for the “All You Need Is Love” Beatles Musical at Pikes Peak Center in Colorado Springs!
Tickets are on sale at Pikes Peak Center and KKFM
The show is at 8:00 and the doors are open at

The Big Beatles Party 09-09-09 Colorado Springs @ Independent Records

marlene — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:20:27 +0000

beatles-party-30-final.mp3 September 9th, 2009 is an exciting day in the the game and music worlds, … the highly anticipated game being launched,Beatles Rock Band and quite the marketing strategy that we are seeing the Beatles historic release of a CD box set of their entire catalog, digitally re-mastered for the first time.
Imagine the Beatles digitally remastered music all in one place for you to enjoy!
Every city in America is taking part in some way to celebrate the Beatles Rock Band Game Release partnering the Beatles Remastered collection… and it is no different in Colorado Springs CO.
Gina Kavali KKFM will be broadcasting a 3 hour show at Independent Records, with a special guest Tony Kishman who plays Paul McCartney… and this guy is a ringer for Paul. from the “All You Need is Love” Beatles Musical. Tony will be spending time with Gina and the Beatle fans, celebrating this special occasion..

Lots of activities are planned… so come and join us SEPTEMBER 9th, 2009 @ Independent Records on Platte Ave.

Reviewers loving Shadowside’s – Dare to Dream CD

marlene — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:30:01 +0000

Review by Novo Metal – Matheus Vieira – 10

“What a band! This Dare to Dream, second effort from Shadowside, is really impressive. The level they have reached is above regular and the evolution from Theatre of Shadows to this one is so big that it makes me say it without a doubt: Shadowside are the best Brazilian band nowadays.

Dare to Dream really deserves to be listened to and Shadowside, respected as a great band. I say that because as well as having this CD in hands, I also had the opportunity to check them out live and saw that their ‘firepower’ on stage is even bigger.

There is no way out. Gold medal. Deserving of lots of applause and of course, maximum score.”

OtherSide of Clearview… Debut release…

marlene — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:19:23 +0000

Music and Reviews
“Otherside of Clearview” is a extraordinary band up and coming band, out of Fort Collins Colorado. A group of wildly talened young men who are not strangers to writing great music or working hard at their craft, giving up nothing to create their own unique sound of music. I am blown away by the songs here in their debut album they bring us the best of what is out in the music scene today!

The first track, “Space Flight of the Troubadours” … you are barely able to hear the first few tinkling bars of music… the music build here is slow folks, moving onto a drum beat that has your head bopping, toe tapping, you can’t help but want to get up and dance with anyone who is handy … Spectacularly strong vox by Matt Luizza, throughout the album, this kid has a set of lungs on him… proven over and over again in later tracks.

The title track “Sweet Release” starts out strong and then explodes into Rock/Pop music fest, the lyrics only are made better by once again Matt Luizza’s voice… can’t say enough about the talent here…being backed by a well qualified talented band…

“Suicide Polictico” is a beat driven song that changes tempo, but still pushing the beat … love this song, reminiscent of ‘war song’ lyric’s speaking of dissatisfaction or warning lyrics to what is going on in the world… but with better written music than what we heard in past era’s.
“One for the Road” is another one of my favorite tracks on the album, the music and the lyrics swirl around in your head, can’t quite hear enough… with a surprise at the end of the song that will make you put this song and hit replay again and again.

Otherside of Clearview “Sweet Release is a “Outstanding, Stellar ” First Effort! Not a bad song in the bunch!! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! “Sweet Release is in my Top Ten for 2009~ These boys are definitely On the Road to success! … listen to the sample below

Marlene Palumbo ~ Indienink Music

“Sweet Release”

Lost video … Michael Jackson – Smooth Criminal

marlene — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 21:42:06 +0000

The sudden death of Michael Jackson brings on different emotions to all of us. One thing important here is that we each are entitled to our oppinions. I would like to remember this talented man, troubled with problems, like the rest of us for the great music that he gave us over the years. We all know where we were when we heard our favorite song… as we all know where we were the day he died.
We have lost a unique talent, and here is one of my favorite video’s that I just found on YouTube.
Please look at the production and spectacular talent that we have lost.

Beatlemania… creating a stir throughout the US….

marlene — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:19:08 +0000

I was quite impressed with these guys…what do you think?

Would love to hear your feed back on this show…

Rollo Time … Love this band!!

marlene — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:58:10 +0000

Rollo Time is the best power pop CD that I have heard in a very long time. With the first song “Maintenance Time” is my favorite on this album, with the influences of Shazam and Superdrag… if you are a fan of either of these bands you will want to take a listen.

“Float Down the River” is a beat driven song that has your toes tapping and the melody rolling around your brain for some time after… all around a great album… not a bad track here. This is a power pop band that screams “Indie Pop” (meaning… this is heads above anything that we have heard before this great music) which in my book makes this band one of my favorites for 2009!!…
Fans of Superdrag,Shazam, will love this CD.
Thanks Jon! I can’t get the tunes out of my head!

Dare To Dream…. Shadowside Did…What happened????

marlene — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:03:35 +0000

Brazilian metallers Shadowside are about to release the new album Dare to Dream. A press release with more information regarding artwork, tracklisting and high resolution cover image and 2009 promo picture follows below.

Shadowside reveal new album tracklist and cover artwork
Brazilian metallers Shadowside have just unveiled Dare to Dream cover artwork and tracklist, the band’s forthcoming album. The cover was designed by Brazilian artist Jobert Mellow who had previously worked with the band on the american edition of the successful debut album Theatre of Shadows (2007) and is also known for works with Sabaton.

Dare to Dream was produced and mixed by Dave Schiffman (System of a Down, Audioslave, Avenged Sevenfold) at LCM Studio in Sao Paulo, Brazil and mastered by Howie Weinberg (Aerosmith, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Pantera and several others) at Masterdisk Studio in New York.
The tracklist for the CD is as follows:
1. Nation Hollow Mind
2. In The Night
3. Last Thoughts
4. Hideaway
5. Baby in the Dark
6. Ready or Not
7. Memories
8. Wings of Freedom
9. Time to Say Goodbye
10. Life Denied
11. Dare to Dream

Frontwoman Dani Nolden comments on the artwork, reason for the “Dare to Dream” title and identity of this new material: “We wanted to achieve something that would represent the whole idea behind the Dare to Dream title and Jobert knew exactly how to capture that, not only on the cover but in the entire album artwork. The title works really well in our area once every single great band was born from a child’s or teenager’s dream however it applies to everyone, anywhere. It’s for a child that doesn’t understand why there are wars out there, for those tired of the office work, dreams of going away on a trip or switching jobs, for those who think of a distant future or simply of what is going to happen tomorrow. Daring is essential in everybody’s life and it isn’t any different in our case. In this new material we kept everything we have been about since the beginning but we dared going one step further. The energy is there as well as the heaviness but we went a little more melodic in some parts and angrier in others. I believe Dare to Dream will come as a shock in a positive way. I see ourselves with a lot more identity nowadays, lyrics are extremely personal and I can say this album is 100% Shadowside”.

As of right now, Dani Nolden (vocals), Raphael Mattos (guitars), Edu Simões (bass) and Fabio Buitvidas (drums) have started promoting the recorded and will announce tourdates in the following months.

Dare to Dream samples are available at www.myspace.com/shadowsideband

Check out the Dare to Dream cover at http://www.shadowside.ws/daretodream/shadowsidedaretodream.jpg
Dare to Dream artwork low resolution: www.shadowside.ws/daretodream/shadowsidedaretodreamsmall.jpg
Dare to Dream artwork high resolution: www.shadowside.ws/daretodream/shadowsidedaretodream.jpg
New Shadowside promo picture low resolution: www.shadowside.ws/daretodream/shadowsidepromosmall.jpg
New Shadowside promo picture high resolution: www.shadowside.ws/daretodream/shadowsidepromo.jpg
2 New Shadowside promo pictiure low resolution: www.shadowside.ws/daretodream/shadowsidepromo1small.jpg
2 New Shadowside promo picture high resolution: www.shadowside.ws/daretodream/shadowsidepromo1.jpg
Photo Credits: Ricardo Zupa
Best regards,
Costábile Salzano Jr
Shadowside Press Agent
+55 13 3273.8515
+55 13 9161.6267
press@shadowside.ws
MSN: costabilejunior@hotmail.com
www.shadowside.ws
www.myspace.com/shadowsideband
www.myspace.com/shadowsidepress

Marlene Palumbo
IndienInk – Shadowisde PR
marlene@indienink.com
http://www.indienink.com/
http://www.myspace.com/indienink

“Sweet Lou” Hetzer
Shadowside Management – GlamSLAM28 Entertainment
sweetlout@shadowside.ws or glamslaminc@aol.com
www.glamslamproductions.com
http://www.myspace.com/glamslamproductions

New Review … “No Liquor”

marlene — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:32:57 +0000

Well with the New Year comes new music… and I am happy to say that Gary Dean Smiths CD – “No Liquor” is a Southern Rock meets Folk Rock… I like the sounds here and I am sure that you will as well… Check out the review below and listen at Indienink.com

“No Liquor” …. sweet sounds here folks! The first few chords in the song “No Liquor” remind me of “Rascal Flatts” song Stand.Albeit for just for a few brief moments, than G.D. Smith opens up and brings forth smooth raspy vocals that is very enjoyable to hear.music to my ears… Not surprisingly, Smith has a been influenced by some of the greatest artists, but creates all the influence into his own brand of good music. Listen to “Tumbledown” I definitely love hearing undertones of Bruce Springsteen in another time. Smith is a very talented musician and proves it to the rest of us who have the pleasure of listening “No Liquor”. This is definitely in my “Top Ten” for 2009!

There will be more great music coming up this week…