SP AusNet said about 3,800 customers in Australia’s eastern Victoria state are without electricity because of a bushfire. It remains unsafe to access the area around the fire in East Gippsland, Victoria, Joe Adamo, a spokesman for the company, said by phone today from Melbourne. The company aims to install temporary generators by 6 p.m. local time tonight, he said.
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TICKETS ON SALE SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12 AT 10 AM LOCAL TIME
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Kings of Leon announced
that they’ll be adding three dates in America leading into their headline slot of this year’s Coachella Festival. Band of Horses will be opening in Tulsa
and Memphis.
4/8 Tulsa, OK BOK Center
4/9 Memphis, TN FED Ex Forum
4/12 Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center
All dates will go on-sale Saturday, February 12 at 10am, local time.
The news comes off the announcement that the band’s tour in Australia and South Africa, which was postponed due
to surgery on drummer Nathan Followill‘s torn right labrum and bicep, has been officially moved to
October/November 2011.
All other Kings of Leon dates, including a headline slot at the 2011 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April
15, and European dates this upcoming May, June and July will not be affected.
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When Gautam Gambhir was dropped from the 2007 World Cup squad, he was so disappointed that he almost quit cricket. As he makes his World Cup debut at home, one of the world’s most exciting opening batsmen says he would like to do something “special” for the home crowd, “like my unbeaten 150 against Sri [...]
Scot Andy Murray takes to the big stage of the Australian Open final Sunday as he faces Serbian Novak Djokovic without the shadows of tennis giants Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer looming over the proceedings. With his third crack at a Grand Slam final, the number five Scot is totally concerned with taking his chances [...]
Man Down! Singer Jimmy Buffett is nursing a bloddy head injury after he fell off stage during a performance in Australia this week. AC_FL_RunContent(‘codebase’,'http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0′,’width’,’485′,’height’,’350′,’title’,'Video Player’,'src’,'http://www.nydailynews.com/swf/video_player/vp_485_single_06092010′, ‘FlashVars’, ‘embedCode=Z4NmQwMjqg_ZLtv-YbTOOLUdUzVpDpog’, ‘quality’,'high’, ‘play’, ‘true’, ‘loop’, ‘true’, ‘allowFullScreen’, ‘true’, ‘pluginspage’,'http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash’,'movie’,'http://www.nydailynews.com/swf/video_player/vp_485_single_06092010′ ); Witnesses say the “Cheeseburger in Paradise” singer, 64, may have been temporarily blinded by flashing lights when he stumbled [...]
CIMB in a Jan 21 research report says: “K-REIT completed an asset swap of Marina Bay Financial Centre Phase One (MBFC 1) and KTGE Tower and the acquisition of 77 King Street in Australia in December 2010. 4Q10 DPU of 1.7 cents broadly met our expectations and consensus, accounting for 26% of our FY2010 forecast.
SGX says it has secured term loans of $3.8 billion and A$750 million ($952 million) for long-term financing facilities for the proposed ASX-SGX combination announced on 25 October 2010.
The funding comprises to be made available by Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, The Bank of Tokyo- Mitsubishi UFJ, Singapore Branch, DBS Bank, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, United Overseas Bank and National Australia Bank.
The term loans of $3.8 billion and A$750 million ($951.8 million) will come from Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ.AX), Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (8306.T), DBS Group (DBSM.SI), Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC.SI), United Overseas Bank (UOBH.SI) and National Australia Bank (NAB.AX).
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Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi :: 12.31.10 :: Florida Theatre :: Jacksonville, Florida
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Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi put their solo acts on hold in 2010 to write and make music together with a fresh new band. In April they began playing new songs, trying to find their identity. Ten months later they have evolved into a cohesive unit, putting out sets of music that flow as majestically as the nearby St. Johns River into the Atlantic Ocean. Their New Year’s Eve celebration took place near the river banks of Jacksonville, Florida.
After an opening set from Scrapmatic, the Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band began their NYE set with “Don’t Let Me Slide” followed by my personal favorite “Midnight in Harlem,” a hopeful tune with a comforting and familiar feel. Derek & The Dominoes tune “Anyday” saw Trucks sliding up and down his guitar, evoking cheers from the attentive audience. The show took a turn down Funky Street with “Love Has Something Else to Say.” Brothers Oteil (bass, Allman Brothers Band) and Kofi Burbridge (keyboards, Derek Trucks Band) emanated fun-loving grooves from their corner of the stage all night long, making way for some patrons to sashay in their New Year’s attire up the aisles of the Florida Theatre (until being told to sit down by security).
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Kebbi Williams flowed through his saxophone across the stage, inspiring impressive leads from Oteil. Though this marked only the second show with the horn section, put together specifically for this New Year’s run, it seemed as if they had been in the band since April. Joining Williams, on trombone, was Saunders “Service” Sermons and Maurice “Mo’ Betta” Brown on trumpet.
The execution of the Eric Clapton arrangement of “Presence of the Lord” had more and more people finding their way to their feet. However, most in the audience remained unsure of what to do with themselves physically, most remaining seated and grooving cerebrally. Mike Mattison took lead vocal duties on Taj Mahal‘s “Leaving Trunk,” which made way for new blues number “That Did It”. The verses have Mattison and Mark Rivers laying down playful background vocal harmonies with Motown-esque Aah-ooh’s while Susan sings a soulful tale of heartache.
It is no secret that Susan is a world class vocalist, but on “That Did It” her guitar skills were front and center. She laid into her instrument with enough soul and power to make the ghost of Sister Rosetta Tharpe proud. Her approach to the six-string is a no-gimmick, loud and subtle reminder that she is the mother of Derek Trucks’ children.
Derek Trucks’ role as bandleader is performed perfectly. He gives everyone else onstage the space they need to become who they are musically. At times, when all eyes turn to him for a solo, he will defer the moment to someone else. Once everybody has found themselves in their given space, Trucks’ bright red Gibson SG is implied. With a meditative expression on his face, Derek tears sonic holes in the universe; each one providing grist for the mill of his spiritual journey with a guitar.
“Learn How to Love” is a thick swamp-fueled song that Derek and Susan wrote with Eric Krasno. Max Roach’s “Garvey’s Ghost” made an appearance late in the set featuring a powerful, tribal and lyrical drum solo which started with Tyler “The Falcon” Greenwell on groove duty while JJ Johnson took lead until handing it off to Greenwell, which led to both drummers playing off of each other with brilliant melody. The other band members gave the drummers their full, conscious attention during the drum solo, including Trucks, who took a knee center-stage as if to show respect for the most ancient form of musical expression.
 Derek & Susan Band by Ray Proetto |
The best, and rarest, quality of a good drummer is selflessness. Johnson and Greenwell pull selflessness out of each other creating a huge seamless rhythmic foundation on which the rest of the band rests upon. The end of “Garvey’s Ghost” began a cover of Joe Cocker’s “Space Captain.” which Derek and Susan recorded earlier in the year with Herbie Hancock at their backyard home studio.
The triumphant vocals at the beginning of Delany & Bonnie’s “Coming Home” started the countdown to midnight. Smiles, hugs, and kisses welcomed in the New Year as the band celebrated with Ray Charles’ “Night Time is The Right Time” and Mattison’s song “Bound for Glory”. Aretha Franklin’s “Spirit in The Dark” encored the evening and sent the North Florida faithful strutting into the night.
The band is due to release their first album in June of 2011 and has dates booked in April for Australia and New Zealand.
May the best of last year be the worst of this year.
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As I’ve previously noted, interest rates have risen both times after the Fed implemented quantitative easing.Graham Summers points out that food prices have also skyrocketed both times:In case you’ve missed it, food riots are spreading throughout the…
What record food prices mean for business
HIGH prices are good for farmers. Low prices are good for consumers. “And we are in the middle,” says Alberto Weisser, the boss of Bunge, a trader of agricultural commodities. After poor harvests in Russia, Canada and Ukraine last year, a recent heatwave in Argentina and floods in Australia that wiped out much of the country’s wheat crop, everyone is grappling with pricey food.
According to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), food prices last month surpassed their previous high in 2008. “The situation is not rosy, but there is no reason for panic-buying,” says Abdolreza Abbassian at the FAO. …
OCBC Investment Research in a Jan 19 research report says: “The floods in Australia have taken a toll on Tat Hong Holdings (Tat Hong), which announced that one of its seven branches in Queensland was evacuated on 11 Jan as a result of the floods.
Some of his Bollywood peers own one. But Saif Ali Khan says he has moved on from his dream of owning an Indian Premier League (IPL) team since he’s “not a billionaire” and wants to focus on acting and production instead. “We were at one point considering getting involved (in IPL), but now I think [...]
Australia, South Korea, the Philippines, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh already operate without a lunch interval. Singapore’s trading day now runs from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. local time, followed by a 90 minute break and an afternoon session between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.
Singapore Exchange, operator of the city’s derivatives and securities market, will scrap its midday trading break from March as it seeks to increase its regional role.
Australia, South Korea, the Philippines, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh already operate without a lunch interval. Singapore’s trading day now runs from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., followed by a 90 minute break and an afternoon session between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.
SPI (Australia) Assets Pty, a unit of Singapore Power, will meet investors in Europe starting Jan. 24, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
BNP Paribas SA, Credit Agricole CIB, HSBC Holdings Plc and Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc are arranging the meetings, the people said.
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Fast bowler Peter Siddle was excluded while inexperienced all-rounder John Hastings found a berth in Australia’s 15-man World Cup squad that was annunced here Tuesday. Skipper Ricky Ponting and veteran Michael Hussey were named in the squad despite injuries. Ponting is recovering from a finger fracture while Hussey suffered a serious hamstring injury Sunday. Hussey [...]
Net income climbed to $74.2 million in the three months ended December from $71.8 million a year earlier, the company said in a statement today. Excluding $7.5 million of costs for the pending takeover of ASX, Australia’s main bourse, profit increased to $81.7 million. Analysts had expected US$85 million ($109.5 million), based on the median of five estimates compiled by Bloomberg News.
The Black Keys are sleepy. The bluesy-rock duo, comprised of musicians Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, cancelled their tour of Australia — Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, and Melbourne — and New Zealand this week due to exhaustion. Shows in Germany, Switzerland, and France scheduled for March have also been scrapped. In a statement Monday, the [...]
