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Reggae singer on fake gun rap 'can still be star'

THE manager of an Edinburgh reggae singer dropped by a top record label after she was found with a fake gun says she can still be a star.

Japanese technopop music video of a French sixties tune

As a tribute to sixties pop star Claude François (he wrote the original tune for Sinatra's My Way and many other mega-hits in France), quirky Japanese musician Kenzo Saeki made this funky remix of Lundi au Soleil. It's actually part of a collaborative album dedicated to the French heartthrob?and commissioned by a French record label?called Clo Clo Made in Japan. You can see François' original version of Le Lundi au Soleil here. As far as I can tell, Saeki didn't change the words much, he just added some beats and made an awesome video to go with it. ( Lisa Katayama is a guest blogger.)...

Ballboy roll out landmark album

EDINBURGH band ballboy have released their new album on their own record label.

Aug. 25, 1973: More Than One Way to Slice a CAT

1973: The CT scan goes into use in the United States. Lives will be saved. Originally known as a CAT scan -- for computed (or computerized) axial tomography, or computer-aided (or assisted) tomography -- the process uses a series of X-rays to create sequential images of virtual slices of body tissue. Those can be integrated into a 3-D X-ray, so doctors know the precise position of diseased or otherwise abnormal tissue. In Medford, Massachusetts, in the 1960s, Tufts University physics professor Allan Cormack's main field was particle physics, but he laid the foundation for computerized tomography in his spare time. He theorized that you could take X-rays from varying angles; account for differences in the density of bone, muscle and organs; and program a computer to assemble 3-D images. Electrical engineer Godfrey Hounsfield was working on a similar line of research at the EMI Central Research Laboratories in England. (Yes, that's the same EMI as the record label, and massive profits from The Beatles' 1960s hits funded development of the CT scanner.) Hounsfield developed a CT machine that could perform brain scans. He began testing it in 1971 -- sometimes carrying bull's brains across London on public transit. His announcement of the invention at a series of British scientific meetings in 1972 created a stir. Hounsfield's prototype took five minutes to make a scan, and two-and-half hours for the computer to process an image. The first production-model EMI-Scanner took four minutes to scan, and its Data General Nova minicomputer needed seven minutes to compute each picture. Meanwhile, back in the United States, dentist-physicist Robert Ledley developed a whole-body scanner at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., in 1973. It saved its first life while still in development, when a pediatric neurosurgeon used it one weekend while Ledley was off-duty. The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, claims to be the first U.S. medical institution to install the CT, but Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston also began using the CT scanner in August 1973. Hounsfield and Cormack shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Ledley was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1990. (Among other achievements, he also devised the image processor and wrote a seminal paper on medical informatics, or computer-aided diagnosis.) CT scanners today are faster -- four to eight images a second -- and more agile. Instead of taking discrete, individual "slices" as images, they use spiral, or helical, tomography, like a virtual Honeybaked ham. That's a lot of progress in 35 years ... which is, after all, 245 in cat years. Source: Various

RECORD LABEL WITH ROOMS FOR RENT IN OFFICE (emeryville) $250

We are an independent record label looking for officemates who can share our casual and spacious office in Emeryville. We have twos room for rent at $250 each (not including utilities which run $50 a month). Each room is roughly 136 sq ft. The office has a large common area (742.5 sq ft) where we eat lunch or relax. Already wired for high speed internet, multi-lined phone system, etc. We are located right near the Amtrak station, just underneath the Powell Street overpass. A very easy commute via MacArthur BART and the free Emery-Go-Round shuttle which stops a block from the office. Common building and private entrances. We are looking for someone to move in ASAP. If you are interested please e-mail Cory at macher@absolutelykosher.com or Rosemary at rosemary@absolutelykosher.com or call us at 510-658-9400.

Leto hits out over contract claim

Jared Leto has criticises his former record label after it claimed his band failed to fulfil its contract.

Room for Rent with the Best Roommates Ever!!!!! (danville / san ramon) $800

Check it out, check it out, check it out!! We now have a room available to rent in our SUPER HOUSEHOLD! About the house: 2story 3br 3bath w/office, house in Windemere just minutes from everything. If you know the area, then you already know. But if not, let me know and I'll explain. Full access to kitchen, washer and dryer Storage for your stuff Living room Wireless access Community pool Plasmas and entertainment systems in both living room and garage About Us: We are 3 professional working individuals, that work as a stylist, sales rep, and IT admin/record label We're all pretty laid back with the ages from 24-32. We share the food in the house and typically cook together, if everyone is home at the sametime. This house will be your house too, so mutual respect....yup its a must. There are occasions that we all party together, local bars, birthdays..whatever, or just sitting on the couch all day watching movies recovering from the weekend. There is a little dog in the house, his name is Murphy, Murphy Dog, Murphster...great dog!!!!! The Good Stuff: Rent is $800 Deposit is $800 Utilities are about $90 - $100 a month Own room w/ mirrored closets Your own full bath downstairs or choose to share a double sink upstairs Everything in the kitchen, the house is free for all, just the respect for each others rooms Come take a look and meet us, wont regret it.