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Mac Gems: Gems Grab Bag for October 2, 2007 (MacCentral Online)
Mac Gems: Gems Grab Bag for October 2, 2007 (MacCentral Online)
Looking for a way to make your cursor vanish? Customize folder icons? View iTunes lyrics? Today’s grab bag of Gems is for you.

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28 Apr

‘Panga’ lyrics cause white fright (Independent Online)

The BCCSA has ruled on a controversial kwaito song’s lyrics.

Offensive lyrics incite racism, says FF+ (Cape Argus)

Music has always been a powerful tool of expression but a string of controversial songs in recent years has raised questions about whether artists are crossing the line with lyrics that are racially or religiously offensive.

Senate passes bill updating state song’s lyrics and approves official anthem (7 News Miami)

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A bill updating the lyrics of Florida’s state song, Stephen Foster’s “Old Folks at Home,” and approving an official state anthem has passed the Florida Senate.

CD reviews: Ryan skillfully blends bubbly sound, meaningful lyrics (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

Matthew Ryan’s music has a startling dichotomy, his effervescent melodies acting in counterpoint to darkly themed lyrical content.

Florida Senate launders lyrics of state song Swanee River (Sun-Sentinel)

After laundering the lyrics to delete racially offensive terms like “darkeys,” the Florida Senate voted Thursday to retain the tune familiarly known as Swanee River as the official state song, and also adopted much newer work by a Broward music teacher as the state anthem.

Cult hip-hop band the Roots struggle at new label (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Philadelphia’s hip-hop collective the Roots are off to a rough start at their new label.

The power of imagination (Orlando Sentinel)

Parramore’s Johnny Wineglass is a font of ideas. This is what it looks like inside the head of Johnny Wineglass: a baseball bat that registers the force of a batter’s swing; new song lyrics; a recipe for Cajun rice pizza; a foolproof home-security system; cartoon characters who fight crime in the inner city.

Following up its 2004 Rune Grammofon debut, (All About Jazz)

Fabula , Skyphone’s Avellaneda may be the most beautiful near-pop record of 2008. This Danish trio makes music so song-like that it could, with added lyrics and a different approach to production, easily exist in the kind of dreamy experimental post-rock terrain of Iceland’s Sigur Rs. In its seamless integration of technology and acoustic instrumentation it shares much with Norways’s Svalastog …

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27 Apr

Dayna Devon Attempts ‘The Singing Bee’ (Extra TV)
Dayna Devon Attempts ‘The Singing Bee’ (Extra TV)
Joey Fatone is giving Dayna the ultimate test - singing the lyrics to the best ’80s songs on "The Singing Bee!" How did she do?

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25 Apr

Florida Senate launders lyrics of state song Swanee River (Sun-Sentinel)

After laundering the lyrics to delete racially offensive terms like “darkeys,” the Florida Senate voted Thursday to retain the tune familiarly known as Swanee River as the official state song, and also adopted much newer work by a Broward music teacher as the state anthem.

Senate passes bill updating state song’s lyrics (WTSP - Tampa Bay’s 10 News)

A bill updating the lyrics of Florida’s state song, Stephen Foster’s “Old Folks at Home,” and approving an official state anthem has passed the Florida Senate.

House Leader May Block State Song Bill (The Tampa Tribune)

Efforts to revise Florida’s state song may be in jeopardy. Authors of legislation that would remove offensive lyrics from the current state song, “Old Folks at Home,” say the measure may not reach the House floor for a vote, even though it won unanimous approval from the Senate on Thursday.

Panic releases entertaining, odd sophomore album (Daily Nebraskan)

The lyrics hark back to “A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out” and its prankster ways, which, in all reality, comes out as fun in this combination.

Music Review: Rapper Lyrics Born CD (AP via Yahoo! News)

Lyrics Born, “Everywhere At Once” (Anti-): For his sophomore release, the Tokyo-born, Bay Area-raised rapper Tom “Lyrics Born” Shimura employs live instrumentation instead of the sample-heavy textures of his 2003 solo debut, “Later That Day …” Though hip-hop purists may wince, the musical shift only further helps Lyrics Born expand on his own genre-bending sensibility.

Florida Senate approves Old Folks as state song (Orlando Sentinel)

After updating its lyrics to eliminate offensive words like “darkies,” the Florida Senate on Thursday voted to make “Old Folks At Home” the official state song and adopted a more modern tune written by a Broward music teacher as the state anthem.

American Idol Elimination: Carly Smithson’s ‘Star’ Burns Out, Brooke White Gets A Second Chance (MTV Asia)

What does a contestant have to do to get kicked off American Idol? You’d think flubbing your song so bad that you have to start over, or forgetting some lyrics, or just being kind of boring would be enough when there are only six bodies left to choose from. But on Wednesday night the contestants learned that sometimes it’s one of your best performances of the season that trips you up.

ARTS + FEATURES (St. Petersburg Times)

This week, local television channel 100-TV banned a live appearance by Televizor , a local band whose recent lyrics criticize Kremlins policies and whose frontman, Mikhail Borzykin, has been a frequent participant of opposition rallies. The show was due to air on Thursday.

Televizor (St. Petersburg Times)

, a local band whose recent lyrics criticize Kremlins policies and whose frontman, Mikhail Borzykin, has been a frequent participant of opposition rallies. The show was due to air on Thursday.

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24 Apr

Music Review: Rapper Lyrics Born CD (AP via Yahoo! News)

Lyrics Born, “Everywhere At Once” (Anti-): For his sophomore release, the Tokyo-born, Bay Area-raised rapper Tom “Lyrics Born” Shimura employs live instrumentation instead of the sample-heavy textures of his 2003 solo debut, “Later That Day …” Though hip-hop purists may wince, the musical shift only further helps Lyrics Born expand on his own genre-bending sensibility.

Dylan Without the Lyrics, Just the Melodies in Mind (New York Times)

The three musicians in this band find what they like in the songs, letting the melodies guide them, and play in the wide-open way they like to play.

Famous rap stars spread gospel through songs, lyrics for fans’ benefit (Daily Vidette)

ATLANTA (AP) - Yung Joc appears on stage for a performance as an assembly of youth swarms toward his direction, screaming at the top of their lungs. Only this time, the rapper delivers a message nothing like his raucous songs “I Know You See It,” ”Dope Boy Magic,” or his smash hit “It’s Goin’ Down.

‘American Idol’: Better Than ‘Cats’ (Entertainment Weekly)

Okay, American Idol fans, here’s the ultimate Andrew Lloyd Webber-night head scratcher: Can you do more damage to your credibility by remembering every line of your script than by noticeably flubbing your lyrics?

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21 Apr

Words and Music (New York Times)

The 92nd Street Y?s Lyrics & Lyricists series will present ?The 1959 Broadway Songbook.?

Swanee River to remain state song, but get new lyrics (Sun-Sentinel)

When it comes to the state song, it looks like Florida lawmakers and Floridians will still be singing the same tune. Gov. Charlie Crist won’t be humming along, however.

City lights: English gets insulted by pop lyrics (Billings Gazette)

English, as everybody knows, is the international language of business, science and technology. Much to the displeasure of the guardians of French culture, English is also the international language of pop music.

Sebastien Tellier - Tellier Adds French Lyrics After Eurovision Controversy (ContactMusic)

LATEST: France’s Eurovision Song Contest entrant SEBASTIEN TELLIER has promised to add French lyrics to his song - after his exclusively English entry sparked controversy in …

Column: Imitating Life (The News Record)

Sex sells. So the saying goes, and it cannot be denied that sex appeal is a major component of all entertainment. The public enjoys sex. We enjoy having it, thinking about it and talking about it. We enjoy songs with sexy lyrics and dancing in a sexual way.

Theater to open with gentle lyrics of Tony Bennett (Columbia Daily Tribune)

Ladies and gentlemen, the Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts proudly announces its premiere act for opening night at its newly renovated historic building:

Foster’s "Swanee River" To Remain State Song (FOX 35 Orlando)

When it comes to the state song, it looks like Florida lawmakers and Floridians will still be singing the same tune. Gov. Charlie Crist won’t be humming along, however. After spending over a year trying to come up with a new song to replace the Stephen Foster classic “Swanee River,” which had lyrics some found racist, Florida politicians are expected to keep the song but update its lyrics — if …

France’s Eurovision entry may add some French to English lyrics to calm uproar (International Herald Tribune)

A singer representing France at next month’s Eurovision song contest said Thursday he is ready to add more French lyrics to his English-language tune to calm an uproar.

Swanee River remains state song (WTSP - Tampa Bay’s 10 News)

When it comes to the state song, it looks like Florida lawmakers and Floridians will still be singing the same tune. After spending over a year trying to come up with a new song to replace the Stephen Foster classic Swanee River, Florida politicians are expected to keep the song but update its lyrics.

Songs as Monologues, Injected With New Life (New York Times)

To hear ?Mack the Knife? and ?Surabaya Johnny? delivered as spoken monologues with piano accompaniment by the cabaret singer Julie Wilson was to discover them stripped naked.

Lyrics of Two man sound - Disco samba (real time)

Hygiene, based on the natural laws;
During fifteen years with Birkenhead and Kent,
At this great end it its lent rare knowledge
A burning public worker in the cause
Hygiene, based on the natural laws;
During fifteen years with Birkenhead and Kent,
At this great end it its lent rare knowledge.