Nick Vidal Nu York

Nu York is a play of melodies within it's own deep house style. Nick Vidal makes sure of that as he starts the show with the unforgettable vocals of MAW's To Be In Love. In fact, there is a reoccurring theme with MAW's Everybody be Somebody followed by tribal beats and old...

Gordon Brown takes Over UK Labour Party

Tony Blair officially handed over control of Labour to former Chancellor Gordon Brown, who promised changes to the party's structure, as well as a renewed focus on the nation's ailing National Health Service. "Mr Brown said from now on the party's deputy leader would also be...

Care conflict over BC sextuplets sparks bloody row

"It is written in the Book of Leviticus: "As for any man who eats any sort of blood, I shall certainly set my face against the soul that is eating the blood, and I shall indeed cut him off from among his people." An injunction against cannibalism, perhaps? To most practising...

Guns N, Roses in SA as First-ever African Show

"Guns N' Roses will play their first-ever African shows when they headline My Coke Fest 2007. The rock group tops a bill that so far includes Evanescence and Hoobastank at Johannesburg's New Market Racecourse on April 27 and Cape Town's Kenilworth Racecourse on May 1. My Coke...

Friendship: The Laws of Attraction

"The conventional wisdom is that we choose friends because of who they are. But it turns out that we actually love them because of the way they support who we are. My best friend, Olivia, and I met in a fiction-writing class almost 20 years ago. We bonded in an instant during...

The influence of "black Indian" culture

"Post-Katrina, it has become commonplace to lament the decline of New Orleans' distinctive character. But nothing cuts closer to the soul of this city's culture—or the origins of American music—than the endangered art and ceremony of the Mardi Gras Indians. Though...

Justice Dept. Database Stirs Privacy Fears

Size and Scope of the Interagency Investigative Tool Worry Civil Libertarians "The Justice Department is building a massive database that allows state and local police officers around the country to search millions of case files from the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration...

Godfather of Soul' Singer James Brown Dead at 73

James Brown, the legendary singer known as the "Godfather of Soul," has died, his agent said early Monday. He was 73. Brown was hospitalized with pneumonia on Sunday at Emory Crawford Long Hospital and died around 1:45 a.m. Monday, said his agent, Frank Copsidas of Intrigue...