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Re-patching Drivers Made Easy for ATI Drivers Posted By : C.Begar
December 31st, 2009 |
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Despite the skyrocketing popularity of ATI technologies when it comes to on board computer peripherals and video card, there is a conflict that surrounds the name.
How to Update Your Radeon X1600 Driver Posted By : C.Begar
December 31st, 2009 |
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Designed for outstanding performance, the Radeon X1600 is one of the most reliable graphics card for 3D entertainment that will surely entice gamers all over the world.
Rush Limbaugh Hospitalized With Chest Pains
December 31st, 2009 |
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Shock jock loudmouth Rush Limbaugh is hospitalized in serious condition in Honolulu this final Wednesday of 2009 after complaining of chest pains at a local resort.
Paramedics responded to a call for help at 2:41 PM at the Kahala Hotel and Resort, where the controversial conservative is vacationing, according to Hawaiian TV station KITV. Limbaugh [...]
GIC may include China inflation in return target
December 31st, 2009 |
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Singapore’s GIC, the world’s fourth-biggest sovereign wealth fund, is considering whether to include China’s inflation rate in its benchmark for targeting returns, deputy chairman Tony Tan said in a magazine interview.
“We are thinking about this already because you have to,” Tan told Taiwan’s Commonwealth Magazine. A transcript of the interview was published in The Straits Times newspaper today.
Singapore Nov bank lending up 1.01% from October
December 31st, 2009 |
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Total bank lending in Singapore rose 1.01% to $278.2 billion in November from $275.4 billion in October, central bank data showed today. Housing loans to consumers rose almost 2% to $90.86 billion from $89.1 billion in October.
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“Thriller†VIDEO, “The Muppet Movie†Preserved In U.S. Film Registry
December 31st, 2009 |
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Michael Jackson’s groundbreaking music video horror flick has been immortalized among the nation’s treasures in the world’s largest archive of film, TV and sound recordings. Jackson’s 1983 short movie “Thriller,” featuring an unforgettable graveyard dance that helped revolutionize music videos, will live on in the U.S. National Film Registry.
The 14-minute “Thriller” video is among 25 [...]
STI falls 0.3% to 2,871.90 as of 9:47 a.m.
December 31st, 2009 |
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Singapore’s Straits Times Index fell 0.3% to 2,871.90 as of 9:47 a.m. Four stocks fell for every one that rose on the 30-member gauge.
Shares on the measure trade at 17 times estimated earnings, compared with about 10 times at the start of the year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The index has risen 63% this year, after falling 47 % in 2008. The gauge added 14% through the decade. The following shares were among the most active in the market.
Phish | 12.30 | Miami Setlist
December 31st, 2009 |
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Phish :: 12.30.09 :: American Airlines Arena :: Miami, FL
Set 1: Soul Shakedown Party, Runaway Jim, Jesus Just Left Chicago, Dixie Cannonball[1], Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Corrina, What’s the Use?, Tela, Gone[2], Rocky Top, Chalk Dust Torture, David Bowie
Set 2: Sand, The Curtain With, Lifeboy, Back on the Train[3] > Wading in the Velvet Sea, Hold Your Head Up > Love You[4] > Hold Your Head Up, Free, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Run Like an Antelope
Encore: Frankenstein[5]
[1] Phish debut
[2] debut
[3] with Limb by Limb jam
[4] w audience member Rich on vac
[5] w Page on keytar
Gone was a debut, and Dixie Cannonball was a Phish debut. Back on the Train featured an extended jam including hints of Limb by Limb. During Love You, Fishman mentioned Trey’s announcement the previous night that it was Fishman’s last vacuum solo “of the aughts,” so he announced that he needed “someone dressed like me” to do it, brought audience member Rich onstage to do the solo, then gave him the vac! Frankenstein included Page on keytar. Corrina was last played February 24, 2003 (100 shows ago) and Tela was last played November 24, 1998 (235 shows ago). 2009 has now had more unique songs (242) than any other year in Phish’s history, beating out 1998 by 2… so far!
Source: Phish.net
Order the show for Download on LivePhish.com
Mel Gibson Movie Sparks Protests At Mexican Prison
December 31st, 2009 |
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Mel Gibson’s upcoming film has been met with protests in Mexico over plans to transfer prisoners ahead of shooting.
Gibson will begin filming the action-drama How I Spent My Summer Vacation at the Ignacio Allende prison in the Gulf coast city of Veracruz next month and some inmates will be be relocated to make way for [...]
Singapore’s economy probably shrank in Oct-Dec, says Bloomberg survey
December 31st, 2009 |
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Singapore’s economy probably shrank this quarter after six months of growth as weaker manufacturing output cooled the island’s recovery from the global recession.
Gross domestic product contracted an annualised 2.1% from the previous three months, after climbing 14.2% from July to September, according to the median estimate of eight economists surveyed by Bloomberg News. The trade ministry will release the data at 8 a.m. on Jan 4.
Mariah Carey Vanessa Hudgens To Play Singing Mom-Daughter In Proposed Movie
December 31st, 2009 |
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Mariah Carey and Vanessa Hudgens have been tapped to play a crooning mother and daughter duo in a new motion picture comedy about televison talent shows.
“Mariah is eager to capitalize on her acclaimed performance in Precious with another movie,” says a Hollywood producer, who asked to remain anonymous. “There is one project where she would [...]
Dec. 31, 1999: Horror or Hype? Y2K Arrives and World Trembles
December 31st, 2009 |
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1999: The world braces for chaos as midnight approaches. Will computer systems crash when the calendar switches over to 2000?
Although the answer turned out to be “no,” and the so-called Y2K crisis never materialized, the potential for disaster seemed real enough in the days and weeks leading up to the final day of the 1900s. [...]
What Are You Doing For NYE?
December 31st, 2009 |
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Happy New Year!
We all know that New Year’s Eve is the time for bands to really shine. It’s the Super
Bowl of live music events. They bring out their best, their brightest and pull out all
the stops.
Below is a flurry of our favorite choices to whet your end of the year appetite. For a
full list of New Year’s Eve concerts, please visit our NYE Shows Page, and please share your NYE plans with the world in our Comments Section.
All of us at JamBase wish you a magical musical New Year’s Eve celebration, no matter what your midnight moment may be!
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Alaska
Jerry Joseph and The Jackmormons
The
Sitzmark at the Alyeska Resort | Girdwood, AK
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Soul
Kitchen | Mobile, AL
BoomBox
with Grown Folks Band
Shoals Theater | Florence, AL
The Dexateens
The Nick | Birmingham,
AL
Tea Leaf Green
The Compound | Phoenix,
AZ
Xtra Ticket
with David
Gans
Orpheum Theater | Flagstaff, AZ
Reverend Horton Heat
with Circle
Jerks, Street Dogs
House of Blues | Anaheim, CA
The English Beat
briXton | Redondo
Beach, CA
Jackie Greene
with Mark Karan,
Jemimah Puddleduck
Great American Music Hall | San Francisco, CA
The Roots
with Orgone, DJ Harry
D
The Warfield | San Francisco, CA
Brett Dennen
with ALO,
SambaDa
Fox Theater | Oakland, CA
Les Claypool
with Khi
Darag
The Fillmore | San Francisco, CA
Furthur
with Bob Weir, Phil
Lesh, Jay Lane, Jeff Chimenti, Joe Russo, John Kadlecik
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium |
San Francisco, CA
Chromeo
with Gaslamp Killer,
Peanut Butter Wolf, VEGA
Club Nokia | Los Angeles, CA
Sea of Dreams
with Ozomatli,
Bassnectar, Ghostland Observatory, Yard Dogs Road Show, The Glitch Mob, EOTO, Sila and the
Afro-Funk Experience, Random Rab, Marty Party, DJ Laird, ANA SIA, an-ten-nae , David
Starfire, Motion Potion, Jef Stott, DJ Feral , LYNX & Janover
Concourse Exhibition
Center | San Francisco, CA
The Devil Makes Three
with The
Stone Foxes
The Catalyst | Santa Cruz, CA
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
with Zigaboo Modeliste
The Independent | San Francisco, CA
Above & Beyond
with
Kaskade
Westin Bonaventure Hotel | Los Angeles, CA
The Mother Hips
Marilyn’s on K |
Sacramento, CA
Christopher Lawrence
with
Kaskade, DJ Mark Farina, Joachim Garraud
Sheraton Hotel | San Diego, CA
ALBINO!
with The
Flux
Yosemite Bug Hostel & Lodge | Midpines, CA
Flogging Molly
with The
Aggrolites, With a Bible and a Gun
The Wiltern | Los Angeles, CA
Erykah Badu
House of Blues | West
Hollywood, CA
Delta Spirit
Birch North Park Theatre
| San Diego, CA
B-Side Players
Belly Up Tavern |
Solana Beach, CA
Cubensis – Grateful Dead tribute
The
Waterfront Concert Theatre | Marina Del Rey, CA
Aphrodesia
with Boca do Rio, DJ
Jeremiah
The New Parish Music Hall | Oakland, CA
STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9)
with
Big Gigantic, Virtual Boy, St. Andrew
Wells Fargo Theatre | Denver, CO
The Greyboy Allstars
with
Kinetix
Ogden Theatre | Denver, CO
Yonder Mountain String Band
with
The Lee Boys, Darol Anger
The Fillmore Auditorium | Denver, CO
Leftover Salmon
Boulder Theater |
Boulder, CO
These United States
with Paper
Bird
Hi Dive | Denver, CO
J.Wail
Fly Me To The Moon | Telluride,
CO
Cracker
The Soiled Dove Underground |
Denver, CO
Melvin Seals & JGB
with The
Schwag
Owsley’s Golden Road | Denver, CO
Devotchka
with Gregory Alan
Isakov
The Mercury Cafe | Denver, CO
The Motet
with Hot Buttered Rum,
The Everyone Orchestra, Holden Young
Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom | Denver, CO
Pepper
with Passafire
Fox
Theatre | Boulder, CO
Leo Nocentelli
with Frogs Gone
Fishin’, The Meters’ Experience feat. Leo Nocentelli of the Meters
Quixote’s True Blue
| Denver, CO
Ryan Montbleau Band
Fairfield Theatre
Stage One | Fairfield, CT
The Breakfast
Daniel Street | Milford,
CT
Max Creek
The Warehouse | Hartford,
CT
Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings
9:30
Club | Washington, DC
The Wailers
with The
Supervillains
House of Blues | Orlando, FL
Johnny Sketch and the Dirty
Notes
Green Parrot | Key West, FL
JJ Grey & Mofro
with Snarky
Puppy
Freebird Live | Jacksonville Beach, FL
Phish
American Airlines Arena | Miami,
FL
Donavon Frankenreiter
Metropolitan
Park | Jacksonville, FL
Simian Mobile Disco
Shore Club Hotel |
Miami Beach, FL
Particle
The Vagabond | Miami, FL
Perpetual Groove
Variety Playhouse |
Atlanta, GA
Band of Horses
with The
Dynamites Featuring Charles Walker
The Tabernacle | Atlanta, GA
Widespread Panic
Philips Arena |
Atlanta, GA
The Black Lips
The Earl | Atlanta,
GA
Bonerama
with Lil’ Brian & The
Travelers
Melting Point | Athens, GA
Telepath
with
Dubconscious
New Earth Music Hall | Athens, GA
Public Property
with
Euforquestra , The Uniphonics
Englert Civic Theatre | Iowa City, IA
Family Groove Company
Redstone Room |
Davenport, IA
The Infamous Stringdusters
with
Uncle Earl
Old Town School of Folk Music | Chicago, IL
Umphrey’s McGee
with Prefuse
73
Aragon Ballroom | Chicago, IL
The Black Keys
with Kurt
Vile
The Riviera Theatre | Chicago, IL
Big Head Todd and the
Monsters
with Wayne Healy
House of Blues | Chicago, IL
Girl Talk
Congress Theater | Chicago,
IL
Jens Lekman
Empty Bottle | Chicago,
IL
Backyard Tire Fire
Chord on Blues |
St. Charles, IL
The Fiery Furnaces
with
Cryptacize
Lincoln Hall | Chicago, IL
Pretty Lights
The Vic Theatre |
Chicago, IL
Future Rock
with Dark Party
(featuring Eliot Lipp & Leo123), DJ Thibault
Kinetic Playground | Chicago, IL
Supersuckers
Reggie’s Music Joint |
Chicago, IL
Chicago Farmer
The Farmhouse |
Delavan, IL
Crystal Castles
Logan Square
Auditorium | Chicago, IL
The Crystal Method
Green Dolphin
Street | Chicago, IL
AutoVaughn
The Music Mill |
Indianapolis, IN
The Elms
with Duke
Tumatoe
Hyatt Regency Indianapolis | Indianapolis , IN
Galactic
with John
Mooney
Tipitina’s Uptown | New Orleans, LA
Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk
Howlin’
Wolf | New Orleans, LA
Eric Lindell
D.B.A. | New Orleans ,
LA
Soul Rebels Brass Band
Le Bon Temps
Roule | New Orleans, LA
Cyril Neville
with Anders
Osborne, Jumpin’ Johnny Sansone
Tipitina’s French Quarter | New Orleans, LA
Enter the Haggis
Iron Horse Music Hall
| Northampton, MA
The Indobox
with
Jimkata
Middle East Upstairs | Cambridge, MA
They Might Be Giants
Calvin Theater |
Northampton, MA
Assembly of Dust
Tupelo Music Hall |
Salisbury, MA
Little Feat
Recher Theatre | Towson,
MD
Dark Star Orchestra
with Donna
Jean Godchaux Band w/Jeff Mattson, The Bridge
Rams Head Live | Baltimore, MD
SOJA
with Easy Star All-Stars,
Pasadena, 86 the Effort, Three Legged Fox, Among Criminals
Bourbon Street Ballroom |
Baltimore, MD
Southern Culture On The Skids
The 8X10
| Baltimore, MD
Rustic Overtones
Port City Music Hall
| Portland, ME
Greensky Bluegrass
with Seth
Bernard, Seth Bernard and Daisy May
State Theatre | Kalamazoo, MI
Project/Object
with Cloud
Magic
Mac’s Bar | Lansing, MI
The Pnuma Trio
with Two Fresh,
Mimosa (SF)
The Loft @ Barfly | Minneapolis, MN
Trampled By Turtles
with Two
Many Banjos
Fine Line Music Cafe | Minneapolis, MN
Cowboy Mouth
Harrah’s Voodoo Lounge |
St. Louis, MO
Break Science ft Adam
Deitch
with DJ Icey
Koken Art Factory | St. Louis, MO
Lightnin’ Malcolm & Cedric Burnside
The Thirsty Hippo |
Hattiesburg, MS
The Avett Brothers
with
Langhorne Slim
Asheville Civic Center | Asheville, NC
Keller Williams
Neighborhood Theatre |
Charlotte, NC
Erik Gates, “Mythbusters†Expert, Dies In Fall
December 31st, 2009 |
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Erik Gates, who guest-starred as an Amateur Rocket Expert on the popular Discovery Channel show MythBusters, died in a freak accident Dec. 20. He was 47.
Gates was doing electrical work on a roof at a building in Newbury Park, California when he fell 30 feet from a skylight. Gates was an owner of Gateco Electric, [...]
Ke$ha “Tik Tok†Sets Billboard Record
December 31st, 2009 |
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The debut album from pop newcomer Ke$ha has been circulating the Interwebs for a couple days now — and for good reason — Ke$ha currently holds the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 with her record-breaking first single “Tik Tok.”
“Tik Tok” sold 440,000 downloads over the Christmas holiday — a 175% increase of [...]
Eric Dane Rebecca Gayheart Baby Girl
December 31st, 2009 |
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Eric Dane and Rebecca Gayheart are expecting a baby girl according to PEOPLE. Despite stepping out with an obvious baby bump in September, “The Noxzema Girl” and “Dr. McSteamy” had not formally announced the pregnancy until now. The couple has been married since 2004.
Leftover Salmon 12/30 & NYE Broadcast Live in High Def
December 31st, 2009 |
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Leftover Salmon to Broadcast Boulder Theater New Year Shows Online, Live in High Definition
 Leftover Salmon |
Leftover Salmon will perform the historic Boulder Theater December 30 and 31 to celebrate “20 years of Leftover Salmon” to ring in the New Year. Fans unable to make it to the performances are invited to take advantage of the band’s special offer to stream video of the shows online. For a nominal fee fans can enjoy both shows “live” during Mountain Standard Time or enjoy the streaming broadcast on their own schedule anytime during the month of January. Details and the link to the shows will be found at www.leftoversalmon.com this week.
Additionally, fans who are in the Colorado region for the shows are welcomed to join Leftover Salmon in Denver on New Year’s Day at a meet and greet with the band on January 1 from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. at the Millennium Hotel in the lobby bar. Fans are invited to join the band for Bloody Marys and ease in to the New Year together. There will also be an art show featuring Jason Rizzi and Scramble Campbell’s work with Leftover Salmon and a merchandise sale. Leftover Salmon performs the Ogden Theatre in Denver on Saturday, January 2.
Leftover Salmon recently announced a short tour including a two-night stint at San Francisco’s Independent February 12 and 13 along with a Valentine’s Day performance at The Depot in Salt Lake City February 14. In addition, the band has also been added to the 37th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival in June for yet another performance on the main stage.
For more on Leftover Salmon, including a free live double album, see the most recent piece of our “Leftover Salmon: Celebrating 20 Years” feature here.
Evening Crunch Crumbs: Teddy Riley Attacks Daughters; Lindsay Lohan Expands Fashion Line; Diddy Offers Free NYE Rides Home
December 31st, 2009 |
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-Break out the earplugs, Flavor Flav takes autotune to another level with his heartfelt love song “I’ll Never Let You Go.” Maybe he should stick to the VH1 chitlin’ circuit……..
-Teddy Riley — a pioneering producer of the New Jack Swing-era of ’90s R&B — is accused of beating his teen daughters with a guitar from [...]
World’s fastest train stopped by… Chinese smoker
December 31st, 2009 |
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China has unveiled what it says is the fastest rail link in the world, but the train came to a screeching halt this week, leaving thousands of passengers stranded — thanks to a law-breaking smoker. The cigarette smoke triggered a fire alarm Tuesday on the train connecting the southern