Singer/producer Bruno Mars isn’t going to jail for possession of cocaine after all. According to published reports, the Grammy frontrunner has struck a deal with Las Vegas prosecutors after pleading guilty to felony cocaine possession stemming from a drug bust in Sin City last September. Bruno landed himself in trouble when a bathroom attendant at [...]
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Methane on Mars: Now you don’t…
December 29th, 2010 |
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The never-ending search for life on Mars continues
TOWARDS the end of 2011 a large and hugely expensive robotic rover called Curiosity is due to blast off for Mars from Cape Canaveral. If it makes it safely to the planet’s surface in August 2012 (getting down from orbit in one piece has not always proved easy for space probes) one of the first things it will do is sniff the air. Its creators, back on Earth, will be straining to see if that air carries a whiff of methane.
In 2004 three different groups said they had seen signs of methane in the atmosphere of Mars. Since, on Earth, almost all atmospheric methane comes from living things, this provided the biggest news from the planet since ALH 84001, a meteorite purportedly bearing Martian fossils, created headlines in 1996. …
Jared Leto & 30 Seconds To Mars “Hurricane†Music VIDEO Banned By MTV
December 2nd, 2010 |
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MTV has banned a controversial video from Jared Leto’s band, 30 Seconds to Mars, from being broadcast on the network. Leto can finally call himself a rock star after his band’s latest promo was banned from TV for excessive violence. On Monday, Leto, a once awesome actor and now full-time musician, posted a letter from [...]
Bruno Mars “Grenade†Music VIDEO
November 19th, 2010 |
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R&B singer-songwriter Bruno Mars exploded onto the music scene last summer with two charttopping collaborations, “Nothin’ on You†by B.o.B and “Billionaire†by Travie McCoy. Now check out the video premiere for his new single, “Grenade,” featured on the crooner’s solo album Doo-Wops & Hooligans.
Nov. 10, 1999: Metric Math Mistake Muffed Mars Meteorology Mission
November 10th, 2010 |
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1999: A disaster investigation board reports that NASA’s Mars Climate Orbiter burned up in the Martian atmosphere because engineers failed to convert units from English to metric.
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The $125 million satellite was [...]
September 3, 1976: Viking 2 Lands on Mars
September 3rd, 2010 |
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1976: Viking 2, the second mission to Mars, lands on the planet and begins transmitting pictures and soil analyses.
The Viking mission went to Mars to look for signs of life, to study the soil and atmosphere, and to take pictures. There were two launches of paired orbiters and landers, aboard Titan-Centaur rockets. Each orbiter took [...]
NASA Renders Most Accurate Mars Map Ever
July 26th, 2010 |
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NASA’s high-resolution map of the surface of the Red Planet offers detail down to 330 feet wide when at full zoom, and the space agency offers a host of connected Websites the public can use to explore the planet. – A camera aboard NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft has helped develop
the most accurate global Martian map ever, the space agency reported.
The map, which has since been posted on several Web sites, allows the
public to explore and survey the entire surface of the Red Planet. The
map, constructed us…
July 14, 1965: Mariner 4 Brings Mars Up Close and Cardinal
July 14th, 2010 |
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1965: After a few million years of watching Mars from afar, humanity meets the red planet — not quite in person, but through the eyes of NASA’s Mariner 4 satellite.
The half-ton space camera flew past Mars eight months after being shot from Earth on an Atlas rocket, having traveled 325 million miles. It flew within [...]
Stressful training for Mars journey begin in Moscow
June 4th, 2010 |
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In order to have some more experience and data for traveling to Mars, an international team of researches have started on an experiment that will last 520 days and will put the members of the team to extreme pressures required for the journey.
The six-member all male crew for the experiment include three Russians, [...]
European Space Agency Starts 18-Month Mars500 Mission Simulation
June 3rd, 2010 |
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Working in conjunction with the Moscow-based Institute of Biomedical Problems, the European Space Agency "launched" an 18-month simulated manned mission to Mars, designed to test the psychological and physical stresses humans might encounter on such an endeavor. – The European Space Agency, working in collaboration with Institute
of Biomedical Problems in Moscow, initiated Mars500, the first
full-length simulated mission to Mars. The mission is to virtually fly
to Mars in 250 days, divide in two groups, simulate a landing and
exploration of the Martian su…
Phoenix Mars Lander Is Silent, NASA Image Shows Damage
May 25th, 2010 |
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NASA calls it quits on the Phoenix Mars Lander as a photo suggests the spacecraft has sustained heavy damage. The space agency said the lander was not expected to survive the planet’s harsh winter. – NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander has ended operations after repeated attempts to
contact the spacecraft were unsuccessful, the space agency reported. A new
image transmitted by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter showed signs of severe
ice damage to the lander’s solar panels.
quot;The Phoenix spacec…
Mars: A stairway to efficiency Posted By : Christian Steven
May 3rd, 2010 |
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MARS has been through a rigorous field testing and emerged with flying colors! It has helped a telecommunication company to completely revamp its processes and also make a positive difference to its bottom line!
10 NASA Missions to the Moon, Mars and Beyond
May 2nd, 2010 |
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While much of the focus on NASA lately has concerned the end of the space shuttle program, it’s fascinating to look at the unmanned space missions that have taught us so much about the celestial bodies around us. Since the 1970s, NASA has been sending probes to nearly every planet in our solar system, sending back information (and images) of priceless value. With the exception of the Apollo mission, all these spacecraft were unmanned, and some even today are continuing their lonely missions into the deep reaches of the universe.
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McCartney Catalog Reissued
April 23rd, 2010 |
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MULTI-ALBUM ROLLOUT BEGINS WITH AUGUST RELEASE
OF ’73 CLASSIC BAND ON THE RUN
FEATURING REMASTERED AUDIO, ENHANCED PACKAGING AND RARE
BONUS CONTENT
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Paul McCartney‘s MPL and
Concord Music Group have announced an agreement to globally market and distribute McCartney’s solo and Wings catalog. The announcement coincides with the 40th anniversary of McCartney, his first solo album released April, 1970.
This exclusive global arrangement, will cover both physical and digital distribution of McCartney’s post-Beatles catalog including landmark solo albums such as McCartney, Ram, McCartney II, Tug Of War, Pipes of
Peace, Give My Regards To Broad Street, Press To Play, Flowers in the Dirt, Off the Ground, Flaming Pie, Driving Rain,
Chaos and Creation in the Backyard, Memory Almost Full, and Good Evening New York City. The classic Wings
albums include Wildlife, Red Rose Speedway, Band On The Run, Venus and Mars, Wings At The Speed of Sound,
Wings Over America, London Town and Back To The Egg. The reissue campaign also includes albums recorded under the McCartney pseudonyms Percy “Thrills” Thrillington, The
Fireman and Twin Freaks.
McCartney fans can look forward to an ambitious and rewarding reissue program beginning in August with
Band On The Run, which will be available in a variety of configurations, including a special collector’s multi-disc edition with remastered audio, enhanced packaging and rare bonus content.
“Since the release of Memory Almost Full in 2007 I’ve had a good working relationship with Concord and enjoyed our mutual love of music,” states McCartney. “I’m looking forward to continuing this relationship with the new catalog campaign. I’m always looking for new ways and opportunities to get my music to people and Concord share this passion.”
“Working with Paul McCartney, the MPL team and this tremendous catalog is an unbelievable honor,” stated Glen Barros, Concord Music Group President and CEO. “To so many of us here at Concord and to millions of people all over the world, Paul’s music has formed a big part of ‘life’s soundtrack.’ So to now be a part of representing this
amazing body of work is nothing short of a dream come true.”
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Deadly violence mars Rio’s Carnival
February 16th, 2010 |
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The climax of Rio’s famed Carnival yesterday was overshadowed by a series of violent incidents that left two people dead – one of them a murdered girl – and raised questions over security in the city that is to host the 2016 Olympics. Brazilian media reported that the bloody, half-naked body of
Deadly violence mars Rio’s Carnival
February 16th, 2010 |
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The climax of Rio’s famed Carnival yesterday was overshadowed by a series of violent incidents that left two people dead – one of them a murdered girl – and raised questions over security in the city that is to host the 2016 Olympics. Brazilian media reported that the bloody, half-naked body of
NASA Admits Mars Rover Permanently Stuck but Not Dead
January 27th, 2010 |
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After months of trying to extricate the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit from its Martian sand trap, NASA says its efforts have failed and reclassified Spirit as a stationary science platform. Spirit’s first assignment: survive the harsh Martian winter.
– Despite the ongoing efforts of NASA engineers to free the stuck Mars
Exploration Rover Spirit mired in a Martian sand trap, the space agency
admitted Jan. 26 Spirit will no longer be a fully
mobile robot. The space agency declared Spirit is now officially a
stationary science platform with the i…
NASA Begins Search for Phoenix Mars Lander
January 12th, 2010 |
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NASA plans to send its Mars Odyssey orbiter in search of radio signals from the Phoenix Mars Lander, silent since 2008, which NASA thinks has become a victim of the harsh Martian winter.
– The odds are long, but NASA plans to begin searching Jan. 18 for the Phoenix
Mars Lander, which hasn’t been heard from since it quot;completed five months
of studying an arctic Martian site in November 2008, quot; the space agency
said in a news release Jan. 11. quot;The solar-powered lander op…
The Mars Volta: Another New Drummer
November 30th, 2009 |
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The Mars Volta: Another New Drummer
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Following a cancelled show last month in Raleigh, NC, rumors have been flying about the state of The Mars Volta.
Word is that drummer Thomas Pridgen, the band’s skin basher since 2007, walked out of a rehearsal in Raleigh following an argument with vocalist Cedric Bixler Zavala. Pridgen confirmed leaving the band on Facebook (thanks to antiquiet.com for the JPG) where he said: “I’m not in TMV anymore but it’s all good. I’m 25, I’ve done enough now not to have to be someone’s employee… I feel more free, honestly it’s a good feeling.”
The circumstances behind Pridgen’s departure are familiar to those who have been following the band’s evolution. Previous drummer Jon Theodore left in a similar manner. Bottom line seems to be it’s Omar and Cedric’s way, or the highway.
Dave Elitch has replaced Pridgen and is currently touring with the band in Europe.
Here’s a clip from last night’s show (11.29, Norway) featuring Elitch:
The Mars Volta tour dates are available here.
For more on the internal operations of The Mars Volta, check our exclusive feature/interview with bandleader Omar Rodriguez Lopez here.