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...honored at London's Grosvenor Hotel with a Music Industry Trust Award in November 2008, he was feted by some of the biggest names in the business. Bono and the rest of U2 presented the award, Take That performed, and Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, the male half of ABBA, tried to outbid British rock band Snow Patrol in the fundraising auction that followed. (See the top 10 Michael Jackson songs...
...last available official figures put Iran's economic growth at just 2.5% for the first half of the Iranian year (March-August 2009) - far short of the 8% targeted in Iran's fourth Economic Development Plan, which ends this year. Despite the apparent unknowability of third-quarter statistics, figures closely associated with growth - capital investment and permits for new construction projects - showed double-digit declines. Overall unemployment stood at 11.3%, while the out-of-work figure for those between the ages of 15 and 24 was estimated to be just over 24%. Real unemployment figures, however, are suspected...
Rogue Wave fail to completely move away from their indie intimacy, yet can’t come to terms with embracing their newfound love of the studio, which is better used on the album’s first half. Instead, the band occasionally takes a middling arena-rock approach, weakening the songs by starving them of the sentiment of their earlier work, while trying to build upon the grandiose and bombastic statements of their third album...
This is not to say “Permalight” is a bad record, but it’s certainly an uneven one. The captivating hooks of the album’s first half showcase an engaging sound for the band, but the second half never reaches those heights. At this point in their career, it’s understandable that Rogue Wave is in transition, but they haven’t yet quite figured out how to effectively innovate their core sound...
...Medina. A former Ron Paul for President volunteer, Medina climbed out of obscurity thanks to good performances in the debates and her Tea Party connections. But after some impressive showings in preliminary polls, she appeared to have flatlined as election day drew closer. Her lack of money - just under half a million dollars compared to Perry's $16.7 million and Hutchison's $19.7 million - plus her comment on the Glenn Beck radio show that some of the conspiracy theorists who see the federal government's hand in the 9/11 attacks "have some good arguments" have cost her, Jillson says. Medina...