My Week With Marilyn To Open St. George Openair Cinema

Sydney will get a bit of the Hollywood glam treatment when the premiere screening of 'My Week With Marilyn' opens the 2012 season tonight at the St. George OpenAir Cinema tonight.

The Oscar® buzz has continued on Michelle Williams' due to her impressive portrayal of Marilyn Monroe.

The flick covers matters such as her charm, sexiness, daring, challenges and Monroe's trip to England for 'The Prince and the Showgirl' with Sir Laurence Olivier (Kenneth Branagh).

Movie Summary...

Colin Clark, an employee of Sir Laurence Olivier's, documents the tense interaction between Olivier and Marilyn Monroe during production of The Prince and the Showgirl.

St George Openair Cinema...

Also announced as features of the 2012 season are preview screenings of THE ARTIST, a gorgeous homage to silent films that proved a sensation at Cannes earlier this year where it was awarded best actor, J. EDGAR directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Leonardo DiCaprio as the FBI’s infamous boss, and GOODBYE, FIRST LOVE a poignant French film which explores our lasting attachment to first love.

The 2012 OpenAir program will also include blockbusters such as MONEYBALL, which stars Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill, and the hilarious comedy THE INBETWEENERS MOVIE, which follows on from the edgy UK TV series about the over-imagined sexual ambitions of a group of young males.

The 2012 St.George OpenAir Cinema program will feature fourteen premiere or preview screenings, all the major summer releases, and a selection of the year's best indie films.

The full 2012 program is online via www.stgeorge.com.au/openair

Where:

Mrs Macquaries Point, Sydney - adjacent to Royal Botanic Gardens

When:

January 11 to February 18 2012

Gates, bar and restaurant open from 6.15pm

Films commence shortly after nightfall (approx. 8.30-8.45pm)

Tickets:

Tickets on sale from Thursday 15 December via the event website www.stgeorge.com.au/openair

Advance Bookings*: General $30 / concession $28 + booking fee Door Sales*: General $35 / concession $32 *additional costs may apply for special presentations.

My Week With Marilyn: The Cast...

Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe

Kenneth Branagh as Sir Laurence Olivier

Eddie Redmayne as Colin Clark

Judi Dench as Dame Sybil Thorndike

Emma Watson as Lucy

Dougray Scott as Arthur Miller

Dominic Cooper as Milton H. Greene

Julia Ormond as Vivien Leigh

Derek Jacobi as Sir Owen Morshead

Zoë Wanamaker as Paula Strasberg

Richard Clifford as Richard Wattis

Philip Jackson as Roger Smith

Simon Russell Beale as Admiral Cotes-Preedy

Studios: The Weinstein Company, BBC Films, Lipsync Productions

Directed by Simon Curtis

Produced by David Parfitt and Harvey Weinstein

Box Office to date: $11,106,287

 

Websites

St. George Openair Cinema

http://www.stgeorgeopenair.com.au/

My Week With Marilyn official website

http://www.myweekwithmarilynmovie.com/

NIX Co.

http://www.nixco.com.au/

Eva Rinaldi Photography Flickr

www.flickr.com/evarinaldiphotography

Eva Rinaldi Photography

www.evarinaldi.com

Media Man News

http://www.mediamannews.com/

Music News Australia

www.musicnewsaustralia.com

Tubular Bells For Two; Seymour Centre, Sydney, Australia

Today we had the enormous pleasure to experience Tubular Bells For Two in person at the Seymour Centre in Sydney.

If the name, "Tubular Bells" (For Two) sounds familiar, it should.

The original version by legendary musician Mike Oldfield has been used in many movies and is often referenced in media, and is also understood to be the breakthrough artist signing of Richard Branson's Virgin Records back in 1973.

Daniel Holdsworth and Aidan Roberts did a superb job of entertaining and informing media types who witnessed their magic early today at the Seymour Centre.

It was two artists (bordering on musical genius we think), and 22 instruments, as they performed both 'Tubular Bells' and the somewhat less famous, 'Caveman'. On conclusion numerous media introduced themselves and complimented them on their ultra impressive contribution to the Sydney Festival.

Aidan explained "We started 10 years ago on trumpet and just kept adding instruments".

Media Blurb

Where: The Reginald, Seymour Centre. Corner City Road and Cleveland Street, Chippendale

One album. Two men. Too many instruments. A marathon of multi-instrumentalism.  Two ambitious musicians take up more than 20 instruments to present Mike Oldfield’s classic hit Tubular Bells in a unique musical – and acrobatic – performance. Oldfield’s beautiful and sprawling progressive Celtic-folk-rock opus shot to number one in charts around the world in 1973-74. 

Now Sydney multi-instrumentalists Daniel Holdsworth and Aidan Roberts have arranged the entire score of Tubular Bells to be played live by just two blokes, bringing the influential masterpiece to life in all its multi-layered madness and subtle 

beauty.

Bios (provided)

Aiden Roberts...

Acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, glockenspiel, organ, drums, percussion, vocals, loops, bass guitar, a second slightly distorted guitar, taped motor-drive organ chord, tubular bells.

Aidan is the principal songwriter and multi-instrumentalist for the folk-rock band The Maple Trail (Broken Stone Records). He has toured Australia and the United States and released the albums Dirty Echo Spark (2007), Radio Twilight Lost (2008). Aidan is also a contributing songwriter and guitarist for popular psychedelic rock outfit Belles Will Ring (Remote Control Records), who have released the albums Mood Patterns (2007) and Broader Than Broadway (2008), and have toured Australia regularly, performing at festivals such as The Big Day Out. Aidan has also written and performed scores for theatre, including King Lear (2006, Harlos Productions), Titus! The Ultimate Murder Ballad Musical (2006, Gumption Ubertheatre), Hamlet (2009 and 2010, Harlos Productions), and Tattoo (2009, Griffin Theatre). Other current projects include a 9-part spoken word and experimental music project The Dead City Lullabies, and the highly experimental rock project The Blizzards, with Liam Judson (Belles Will Ring). Aidan and Daniel have been performing together for many years, Daniel having produced Aidan’s first solo album in 2000, Sounds of Planes as well as playing drums in The Maple Trail since 2006.

Daniel Holdsworth...

Acoustic and electric guitars, bass guitar, piano, organ, synthesizer, drums, percussion, loops, vocals, double-speed guitar, one slightly distorted guitar, tubular bells. Daniel is a composer and multi-instrumentalist. A graduate in Composition and Music Technology, he has toured in many Australian bands and has composed music for film, theatre and dance. He is the guitarist/singer/songwriter of The Saturns, who won the 2006 BMMA Award for Best Rock Band. He is a member of Sydney based folk-psych-country outfit The Maple Trail, and plays lead guitar in the acoustic trio Ten Thumb Tom. As a session musician, Daniel has recorded and performed with the likes of Yothu Yindi, and recorded for TV productions such as Blue Heelers. Since 2008, Daniel has been the musician for William Yang’s My Generation, a theatrical piece that explores life within the Sydney arts community in the 1970s and 1980s. During 2009, Holdsworth was composer and musical director for the Acting Factory’s children’s production of Hansel and Gretel. Other theatrical/dance work include compositions for the productions Big Girls Don’t Cry (2004), Hanging by a Thread (2003) and Reinvent Your Name (2002). In film, Daniel has worked with Andrée Greenwell and T.Malfroy, co-composing music for the American feature documentary Refugio (2004). He has composed soundtracks to the short films Shilo Saves the Day (2010), The Gelatinous Drool of Ignorance (2007), and Organ Delivery (2005), and sound design on Entropy Day (2004).

Other...

Tubular Bells is the debut record album of English musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1973. It was the first album released by Virgin Records and an early cornerstone of the company's success. Vivian Stanshall provided the voice of the "Master of Ceremonies" who reads off the list of instruments at the end of the first movement. The opening piano solo was used as a soundtrack to the blockbuster William Friedkin film The Exorcist (released the same year) and gained considerable airplay because of this.

The piece was later orchestrated by David Bedford for The Orchestral Tubular Bells version and it had three sequels in the 1990s, Tubular Bells II (1992), Tubular Bells III (1998) and The Millennium Bell (1999). Finally, the album was fully re-recorded as Tubular Bells 2003 at its 30th anniversary in 2003. A newly mastered and mixed re-issue of the original album appeared in June 2009 on Mercury Records, with bonus material. On 6 June there were international bell-ringing ceremonies to promote the release.

Tubular Bells in Movies and TV...

The opening theme, which was eventually chosen for the 1973 film The Exorcist, gained the record considerable publicity and introduced the work to a broader audience. Along with a number of other Oldfield pieces it was used in the 1979 NASA movie, The Space Movie. The opening theme has been sampled by many other artists such as Janet Jackson on her song "The Velvet Rope". The opening theme has also gained cultural significance as a 'haunting theme'; partly due to the association with The Exorcist.

In television it was also used in several episodes of the Dutch children's series Bassie en Adriaan, an episode ("Ghosts") of the BBC series My Family and an episode ("Poltergeist III - Dipesto Nothing") of Moonlighting. It was also used in a television advertisement for the Volkswagen Golf Diesel in 2002.[23] It has also been used in other films such as 1974's Black Christmas, 1985's Weird Science, 2001's Scary Movie 2, 2002's The Master of Disguise and 2004's Saved!. The album is also referenced in the Only Fools and Horses episode "Fatal Extraction", although the cover of Tubular Bells II is shown on screen.

 

Websites

Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells 'For Two'

www.tubularbellsfortwo.com

Seymour Centre

www.sydney.edu.au/seymour

Sydney Festival

www.sydneyfestival.org.au

Sydney Festival - Tubular Bells For Two

www.sydneyfestival.org.au/2012/All-Events/Tubular-Bells-for-Two-Inner-West

Mike Oldfield official website

www.mikeoldfieldofficial.com

Music News Australia

www.musicnewsaustralia.com

Eva Rinaldi Photography

www.evarinaldi.com

Eva Rinaldi Photography Flickr

www.flickr.com/evarinaldiphotography

Media Man News

www.mediamannews.com

One album. Two men. Too many instruments. A marathon of multi-instrumentalism.

Tubular Bells, a photo by Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
One album. Two men. Too many instruments. A marathon of multi-instrumentalism.

Two ambitious musicians take up more than 20 instruments to present Mike Oldfield's classic hitTubular Bells in a unique musical - and acrobatic - performance. Oldfield's beautiful and sprawling progressive Celtic-folk-rock opus shot to number one in charts around the world in 1973-4.

Now Sydney multi-instrumentalists Daniel Holdsworth and Aidan Roberts have arranged the entire score of Tubular Bells to be played live by just two blokes, bringing the influential masterpiece to life in all its multi-layered madness and subtle beauty.

Website

Sydney Festival
www.sydneyfestival.org.au

Splash News
www.splashnews.com

Music News Australia
www.musicnewsaustralia.com

Elen Levon to perform in Mandarin at Beijing’s Gala World Music Festival this week!

Elen Levon to perform in Mandarin at Beijing’s
Gala World Music Festival this week!
Pop starlet set to dazzle an audience of over 1 billion…
If January is anything to go by, 2012 is going to be a phenomenal year for local pop sensation Elen Levon, who jets to Beijing this week as the stand-alone Australian representative at the annual Gala World Music Festival.

Thrilled to have been personally invited by the Beijing Government to perform her song ‘Sun Burns Out’ in Mandarin specially for the event, Elen said that “It’s an amazing honour to have been invited to perform at this very prestigious festival… I still can’t believe there will be over 1 billion people tuning in to see my performance – it’s mind-boggling! What a great start to 2012.”

Co-written with Brian McFadden, ‘Sun Burns Out’ is an upbeat, synth-heavy dance-floor filler. Elen’s Mandarin version of the song will be broadcast to over 1 billion people on 20th January via China’s largest television network, Beijing TV.

Elen Levon’s smashing debut single ‘Naughty’ made waves in the local electro-pop scene last year, gaining solid support from the likes of Channel V and MTV, along with the Today and Nova networks nationally. The follow-up single ‘Like A Girl (In Love)’, written by James Ash of Rogue Traders fame, will hit radio in early February. The video, to be shot in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh later this month, brings in the directorial talents of Sydney-based Benn Jae, who has worked with the likes of Havana Brown, Amy Meredith, Marvin Priest and more.

To round off a huge month for Elen, it has been confirmed that her single ‘Naughty’ will feature as a synch for global smash hit television series Gossip Girl on Fox8 across the month of January.

Watch this space, as 2012 promises to cement Elen’s place as one of the country’s leading ladies of pop!

 
‘NAUGHTY’ out NOW
‘LIKE A GIRL (IN LOVE)’ out February 2012

For more information, head to www.facebook.com/elenlevon http://www.facebook.com/elenlevon

Adele returns to ARIA Album Chart peak, as LMFAO enjoys further success on ARIA Singles Chart

Adele returns to ARIA Album Chart peak as
LMFAO enjoys further success on ARIA Singles Chart…
Revisiting the top of the ARIA Album Chart for a fourth spell, and chalking up twenty-four non-consecutive weeks at the peak, is last year’s global breakthrough album ‘21’ from Adele. The smash hit ‘Sexy And I Know It’ from pop duo LMFAO holds at the ARIA Singles Chart pinnacle for the second week this year, and total of nine weeks overall, as ‘Party Rock Anthem’ featuring Lauren Bennet & GoonRock remains at No.14 after topping ARIA’s End of Year Singles Chart for 2011.

Swooping from No.12 to 2 on the ARIA Singles Chart this week, and experiencing strong sales growth, is Foster The People’s ‘Pumped Up Kicks’, which previously peaked at No.7 in October 2011. Coldplay achieves their third Australian top 5 single and first since 2008, as ‘Paradise’ races three spots up the chart to No.3. The band’s most recent top 5 track, ‘Viva La Vida’, reached No.2 in mid-2008. Climbing back into the top 10 from No.11 last week is ‘Dedication To My Ex (Miss That)’ from Lloyd featuring Andre 3000 & Lil Wayne, which claims its seventh non-consecutive week in the top 10. Local pop/hip-hop artist Timomatic races from No.17 to 12 with the catchy ‘Set It Off’, as Gotye’s former chart-topper ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ featuring Kimbra moves six spots up the chart to No.15. Blasting a mammoth eighteen spots up the chart to No.22 is ‘Summer Paradise’ from Simple Plan featuring K’naan. Four debuts make their way into this week’s top 40, the highest entry coming from Laurent Wery with ‘Hey Hey Hey’ featuring SwiftKid at No.32, followed by Pitbull’s ‘International Love’ featuring Chris Brown at No.34, Drake’s ‘Take Care’ featuring Rihanna at No.35 and ‘Sorry For Party Rocking’ from LMFAO at No.38.

Over on the ARIA Album Chart, LMFAO’s ‘Sorry For Party Rocking’ returns to its 2011 peak position of No.2, up two spots from No.4 last week. Racing seven spots up the chart to No.6 is ‘Triple J’s Like A Version 7’, which chalks up a fifth week in the top 10 after reaching No.5 last November. Just below at No.7 is Gotye’s ‘Making Mirrors’, up five spots from last week to claim its twelfth week in the top 10 after topping the chart late last year. After achieving a No.7 debut last month, The Black Keys’ ‘El Camino’ blasts from No.17 to 8 to chalk up a second non-consecutive week in the top 10, as ‘Up All Night’ from One Direction jumps five spots to No.9, claiming a total of three weeks in the top 10. Rounding out the top 10 this week is the celebrated former chart-topper ‘Ceremonials’ from Florence + The Machine, which climbs from No.11 to 10 and racks up a sixth week in the top 10.

Propelled by the success of the lead single ‘Pumped Up Kicks’, Foster The People’s debut record ‘Torches’ swoops into twelfth position on the ARIA Album Chart, up twelve spots from last week to revisit the top 10 after reaching No.9 last year. Further notable mentions this week go to Foo Fighters, who blast from No.23 to 17 with ‘Wasting Light’, as both Kimbra’s ‘Vows’ and Beyonce’s ‘4’ shoot eight spots up the chart to No.26 and 27 respectively. Just below at No.28 is P!nk’s ‘Greatest Hits… So Far!!!’, the chart-topping album re-entering the top 40 this week. Also revisiting the top 40 is Bon Jovi with ‘Bon Jovi’s Greatest Hits’ at No.34, ‘Red Dog: Music From The Movie’ at No.37, Foo Fighters ‘Greatest Hits’ at No.38 and The Beatles’ ‘1’ in 40th position.


 
ARIA Top 5 Albums     w/c 9th Jan 2012
1. Adele “21”
2. LMFAO “Sorry For Party Rocking”
3. Reece Mastin “Reece Mastin”
4. Coldplay “Mylo Xyloto”
5. Bruno Mars “Doo-Wops & Hooligans”

Top 40 Debuts:
Nil
 
ARIA Top 5 Singles      w/c 9th Jan 2012
1. LMFAO “Sexy And I Know It”
2. Foster The People “Pumped Up Kicks”
3. Coldplay “Paradise”
4. Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa Feat. Bruno Mars “Young, Wild & Free”
5. Reece Mastin “Good Night”

Top 40 Debuts:
32. Laurent Wery Feat. SwiftKid “Hey Hey Hey”
34. Pitbull Feat. Chris Brown “International Love”
35. Drake Feat. Rihanna “Take Care”
38. LMFAO “Sorry For Party Rocking”

 
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David Guetta releases yet another hit, Titanium ft. Sia

VIDEO: David Guetta, Titanium ft. Sia

David Guetta releases yet another hit single taken from his Nothing But The Beat album - and this time it features none other than local lady Sia. Check out the supernatural video for Titanium below.

http://www.youtube.com/v/JRfuAukYTKg?

Summernats rocked by metal rockers Heaven The Axe

The 25th Summernats festival reved up things for Canberra again today as it continued on with parade of show cars.

It was Summernats where we discovered one of our fav new rock band discoveries - Heaven The Axe.

In the festival's showcase watering hole - The Jim Beam Bar - rockers Heaven The Axe were doing some reving up of their own... and talk about Loud and V8 style fan interaction.

However, it wasn't just about cars at Summernats as event co-owner Andy Lopez told the press. It was more about entertainment and a more family atmosphere, but make no mistake - it was mainly about the cars...and a good dose of loud music - as if the roar of the engines wasn't enough to burst your eardrums (earplugs are provided upon entrance to the festival - satisfying OH&S regulations).

Our favourite band at the festival was 'Heaven The Axe', and they sure gave our eardrums a workout, as well as kept on camera crew of its toes with all the jumping around on (and off) stage.

Their performance was not so much catering for the family friendly theme, but more for those who enjoy hard metal rock and they played at the Jim Beam Bar - an 18+ venue at the festival.

Event co-owner Andy Lopez, who purchased Summernats said on the event: "This isn't a choir convention, but at the same time we're not like a gathering of satanists either".

Heaven The Axe (fronted by leather clad Phoebe Pinnock), who is a bit of a Joan Jet - Angus Young (AC/DC) hybrid in our estimation and anyone who dares experience their breed of hard rock will not be disappointed.

Pinnocks said "I wanted to be a stripper first...and then music stole my heart". 

The band's website tells the world of the wildchild...music was the only thing that kept her alive after being orphaned at a young age and a year of working as a dancer in the Sydney’s notorious badlands, Kings Cross.

Heaven The Axe was a bit of an interesting choice of band for this years Summernats, given what is at least perceived as a bit of a watered down hard edge and more rated PG environment. We're sure glad the promoters went with 'The Axe'.

Summernats mainly attracted the nations most talented motor and mechanical craftsmen, artists and all matter of other folks who are in the business of hotted up cars. They also attract news media from from across the country - and this year its been mainly positive, with the festival being pro active to remove the more troublesome aspects of years gone by. The festival also adds a much needed boost to the ACT economy, with nightclubs, hotels and restaurants all reporting business definitely being up since the car-show hit down.

We're dead set convinced that Heaven The Axe attracted a good dose of rock lovers to the famous festival - whether they were big on cars or not.

Speaking of music, a big G'day and congrats to Radio Revhead who provided on location broadcasting at Summernats. John McCoy-Lancaster and special guest in from Utah 1060AM U.S - J.C Hackett were the voices of the show, and something tells us that Team Radio Revhead may help rocket Heaven The Axe on an international scale - especially in the exciting U.S sector.

Heaven The Axe recently released their debut record titled 'Sex, Chugs & Rock 'N' Roll' and we suggest you check it out real quick so you don't deprive yourself any longer.

They are consistently Number #1 on unsigned radio charts from around the world and there's good reason for that. Witness Aussie music history in the making today and check em out.

Websites

Summernats

www.summernats.com.au

Street Machine

http://motoring.ninemsn.com.au/streetmachine

Heaven The Axe

http://www.heaventheaxe.com/

DBC2

http://www.dbc2.com.au/

Music News Australia

www.musicnewsaustralia.com

Eva Rinaldi Photography

www.evarinaldi.com

Eva Rinaldi Photography Flickr

www.flickr.com/evarinaldiphotography

Media Man News

http://www.mediamannews.com/

Summernats Festival delivers Canberra cars, music, girls, tourismdollars and more

Summernats Festival delivers Canberra cars, music, girls, tourism dollars and more, a photo by Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer on Flickr.

Via Flickr:

The 25th Summernats festival reved up things for Canberra again today as it continued on with parade of show cars.

It wasn't just about cars as event co-owner Andy Lopez told the press. It was more about entertainment and a more family atmosphere, but make no mistake - it was mainly about the cars...and a good dose of loud music - as if the roar of the engines wasn't enough to burst your eardrums (earplugs are provided upon entrance to the festival - satisfying OH&S regulations).

Event numbers are understood to be up this year, approaching 90,000, up at least 10,000 from the last Summernats Festival.

Mr Lopez said "People are going to get see something really terrific...two hundred cars in convoy, beautifully managed, well presented, a complete range of all the types of vehicles that Summernats has to offer and I think pretty much the community is excited about it."

Canberra has had a bit of a love - hate relationship with Summernats over the years, but this year there was plenty of love to go around. There were loads of car lovers, even love-mobile muscle cars, and of course the Ms Summernats competition - and not to be outdone, Fever Australia girls gave the Ms Summernats young ladies a run for the money with photographers and news crews.

No, there were not any riots and a good number of police and event organisers were quick to defuse any potential incidents before they started.

New co-owner Andy Lopez, who purchased Summernats said it's another sign the event has turned a corner.

"This isn't a choir convention, but at the same time we're not like a gathering of satanists either," he said.

"Ninety-nine-point-nine per cent of people that go to Summernats are there because they love what the event is about and if there is anyone else who is looking to cause trouble then we're going to deal with it."

Mr Lopez, originally had little interest in cars, said 2012 is shaping be the most successful Summernats yet.

"We want this to be the premier street machine, modifier event in the world," he said.

"We'll have 1200 people watching our burnout competition and that's something you can't do anywhere else in the world.

"If you win the summernats burnout competition, you are the undisputed champion.

"That's what we want the Summernats to be about."

Summernats attracts many of the nations most talented motor and mechanical craftsmen, artists and all matter of other folks who are in the business of hotted up cars. They also attract news media from from across the country - and this year its been mainly positive, with the festival being pro active to remove the more troublesome aspects of years gone by. The festival also adds a much needed boost to the ACT economy, with nightclubs, hotels and restaurants all reporting business definitely being up since the car-show hit down.

Some of our favourite aspects of Summernats 2012 included:

The burnouts - big congratulations to Peter and Debbie Gray (burnout masters and celebrated husband and wife team).

Miss Summernats contestants - Canberra local Sabrina Damiano, 25, who took out the Miss Summernats honours this year from a field of 14 contestants.

Show N Shine - car enthusiasts shinned up their toys and showed them off to thousands of adoring fans

Radio Revhead - great show put on by John McCoy-Lancaster and special guest in from Utah 1060AM U.S - J.C Hackett

The music - rockin with the massively talented Heaven The Axe (fronted by Phoebe, who is a bit of a Joan Jet - Angus Young (AC/DC) hybrid in our estimation. Phoebe and her crew absolutely rock and they reved up a storm at the Jim Beam Bar

Unexpected attendance by SBS entertainers / actors Rob Shehadie and Tahir (from Fat Pizza fame)

Body ink comp and display

Sidcrome tools display

The super cool personalised number plates which accompanied all show-cars

Top 60 finalist (car) show

A big thank you to Tom and the media crew for being so helpful, and to the other great people who worked so hard to make this years event such a massive success.

It's not too late to enjoy Summernats - it runs through to the 8th, and you don't have to be a rev head to enjoy it. Get your set of wheels and join in the action, and please drive safely.

Websites

Summernats
www.summernats.com.au

Street Machine
motoring.ninemsn.com.au/streetmachine

Heaven The Axe
www.heaventheaxe.com

Sidrome
www.sidchrome.com.au

Rob Shehadie official website
www.robshehadie.com

Tahir official website
www.tahir.com.au

DBC2
www.dbc2.com.au

Music News Australia
www.musicnewsaustralia.com

Eva Rinaldi Photography
www.evarinaldi.com

Eva Rinaldi Photography Flickr
www.flickr.com/evarinaldiphotography

Media Man News
www.mediamannews.com

Summernats Festival delivers Canberra cars, music, girls, tourism dollars and more

The 25th Summernats festival reved up things for Canberra again today as it continued on with parade of show cars.

It wasn't just about cars as event co-owner Andy Lopez told the press. It was more about entertainment and a more family atmosphere, but make no mistake - it was mainly about the cars...and a good dose of loud music - as if the roar of the engines wasn't enough to burst your eardrums (earplugs are provided upon entrance to the festival - satisfying OH&S regulations).

Event numbers are understood to be up this year, approaching 90,000, up at least 10,000 from the last Summernats Festival.

Mr Lopez said "People are going to get see something really terrific...two hundred cars in convoy, beautifully managed, well presented, a complete range of all the types of vehicles that Summernats has to offer and I think pretty much the community is excited about it."

Canberra has had a bit of a love - hate relationship with Summernats over the years, but this year there was plenty of love to go around. There were loads of car lovers, even love-mobile muscle cars, and of course the Ms Summernats competition - and not to be outdone, Fever Australia girls gave the Ms Summernats young ladies a run for the money with photographers and news crews.

No, there were not any riots and a good number of police and event organisers were quick to defuse any potential incidents before they started.

New co-owner Andy Lopez, who purchased Summernats said it's another sign the event has turned a corner.

"This isn't a choir convention, but at the same time we're not like a gathering of satanists either," he said.

"Ninety-nine-point-nine per cent of people that go to Summernats are there because they love what the event is about and if there is anyone else who is looking to cause trouble then we're going to deal with it."

Mr Lopez, originally had little interest in cars, said 2012 is shaping be the most successful Summernats yet.

"We want this to be the premier street machine, modifier event in the world," he said.

"We'll have 1200 people watching our burnout competition and that's something you can't do anywhere else in the world.

"If you win the summernats burnout competition, you are the undisputed champion.

"That's what we want the Summernats to be about."

Summernats attracts many of the nations most talented motor and mechanical craftsmen, artists and all matter of other folks who are in the business of hotted up cars. They also attract news media from from across the country - and this year its been mainly positive, with the festival being pro active to remove the more troublesome aspects of years gone by. The festival also adds a much needed boost to the ACT economy, with nightclubs, hotels and restaurants all reporting business definitely being up since the car-show hit down.

Some of our favourite aspects of Summernats 2012 included:

The burnouts - big congratulations to Peter and Debbie Gray (burnout masters and celebrated husband and wife team).

Miss Summernats contestants - Canberra local Sabrina Damiano, 25, who took out the Miss Summernats honours this year from a field of 14 contestants.

Show N Shine - car enthusiasts shinned up their toys and showed them off to thousands of adoring fans

Radio Revhead - great show put on by John McCoy-Lancaster and special guest in from Utah 1060AM U.S - J.C Hackett

The music - rockin with the massively talented Heaven The Axe (fronted by Phoebe, who is a bit of a Joan Jet - Angus Young (AC/DC) hybrid in our estimation. Phoebe and her crew absolutely rock and they reved up a storm at the Jim Beam Bar

Unexpected attendance by SBS entertainers / actors Rob Shehadie and Tahir (from Fat Pizza fame)

Body ink comp and display

Sidcrome tools display

The super cool personalised number plates which accompanied all show-cars

Top 60 finalist (car) show

A big thank you to Tom and the media crew for being so helpful, and to the other great people who worked so hard to make this years event such a massive success.

It's not too late to enjoy Summernats -  it runs through to the 8th, and you don't have to be a rev head to enjoy it. Get your set of wheels and join in the action, and please drive safely.

Websites

Summernats
www.summernats.com.au

Street Machine
http://motoring.ninemsn.com.au/streetmachine

Heaven The Axe
www.heaventheaxe.com

Sidrome
www.sidchrome.com.au

Rob Shehadie official website
www.robshehadie.com

Tahir official website
www.tahir.com.au

DBC2
www.dbc2.com.au

Music News Australia
www.musicnewsaustralia.com

Eva Rinaldi Photography
www.evarinaldi.com

Eva Rinaldi Photography Flickr
www.flickr.com/evarinaldiphotography

Media Man News
www.mediamannews.com

Summernats 2012

Summernats 2012, a photo by Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer on Flickr.

Summernats ass shot of car girl

Summernats, a photo by Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer on Flickr.

Bronwyn Bishop

Bronwyn Bishop, a photo by Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer on Flickr.

Jim Ward Cancels Sydney Show

It is with deep sadness Jim Ward must cancel his Sydney show at the Sandringham Hotel on Friday 6^th January.

A statement from Jim explains, “ We just found out a dear friend of Gabe and I has been murdered – we need to get home to be with family, friends and have the support of our gang”

A donation page  http://forouresmeb.blogspot.com/ has been set up to help the family to pay for services and expenses.

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Moshtix will refund ALL tickets.
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For further information contact Carly Graham – carly@stopstartmusic.com.au

3M Citycruise brings Summernats to the heart of Canberra

Capture the excitement of the Summernats 3M Citycruise tomorrow from the best vantage point, and be part of a pre-cruise press conference with event co-owner Andy Lopez, at the corner of Northbourne Avenue and Alinga Street in the heart of Canberra.

The Summernats 3M Citycruise will take to Northbourne Ave at 12pm midday on Thursday January 5th 2012 to launch the 25th birthday of the iconic Street Machine Summernats, proudly supported by Rare Spares.

In a street parade of the likes not seen before in Canberra, a convoy of 200 of Australia’s best street machines will parade along Northbourne Avenue.

The Citycruise convoy will make its way from Exhibition Park along Northbourne Avenue to London Circuit, before turning back up along Northbourne to return to the festival venue.
When:    Thursday 5th January, 2011

Where:    Corner of Northbourne Avenue and Alinga Street, Canberra


Press conference/interviews – Summernats co-owner Andy Lopez discussing the 3M Citycruise
Time:    11:45am


Footage – 3M Citycruise cars driving past media vantage point
Time:    12:10pm



Summernats 25 will be held at Exhibition Park in Canberra from the 5th – 8th January 2012.  For more information visit the website at http://www.summernats.com.au/

Reggae Producer Kemar ‘Flava’ Mcgregor to Release New Single

"Club Dance Riddim" was produced by Kemar "Flava" McGregor, and features vocal performances from Grammy Award-winner Sinead O'Connor; reggae legends Nadine Sutherland and Chalice; British Lovers Rock Queens Carroll Thompson and Janet Kay; and romantic reggae sensations Peter Spence, Tony Anthony, Sadiki, Adele Harley, Lady Lex and Nikesha Lindo, among others.

Kemar 'Flava' McGregor is currently the most popular, and the most in-demand producer in the roots-reggae industry today, and has produced tracks for the most renowned and legendary reggae artists, including Sean Paul, Maxi Priest, Wayne Wonder, Beenie Man, Marcia Griffiths, Buju Banton, Sizzla, Beres Hammond, Gyptian, Freddie McGregor, Sugar Minott, Barrington Levy, Sanchez, Gregory Isaacs, and many more.

A Steve McQueen film - SHAME

A Steve McQueen film

SHAME

Starring Michael Fassbender –

winner of the Best Actor prize at the Venice Film Festival 2011

“Provocative, beautifully directed and perfectly performed”

- Mark Adams, Screen International

SCREENINGS

January 19 at 1pm

Paramount Theatrette, 208 Clarence St, Sydney

Janujary 19 at 6pm

Sony Theatrette, Level 19, 1 Market St, Sydney

SYNOPSIS

If Steve McQueen’s first film, Hunger, was about a man with no freedom, Shame is an examination of a character who has all the western freedoms and who uses his body to create his

own prison. Brandon (Michael Fassbender) is a young successful thirty-something living comfortably in his apartment in New York. As a distraction from day-to-day cubicle life, he seduces women, juggling a string of doomed romances and one-night stands.

The tightly controlled rhythm of Brandon's life begins to collapse, however, when his wayward, unruly sister Sissy (Carey Mulligan) arrives for an unannounced visit. Her disruptive presence in

his life propels Brandon further into New York's dark underbelly as he tries to escape her need for connection and the memories she stands for.

Shame is a compelling and timely examination of the nature of need, how we live our lives and the experiences that shape us.

RELEASE DATE:  February 9, 2012

RUNNING TIME: 99 mins

CLASSIFICATION: R 18+

Images, press kit and trailer available to download at:

www.transmissionfilms.com.au/index.php/cinema/coming-soon/