June 21st: On this Day | |
1948, Columbia Records launched a new vinyl disc that played at thirty-three and one third RPM in New York City, sparking a music-industry standard so strong that the digital age has yet to kill it. | |
1963, The Rolling Stones played at Ricky Tick Club, Star and Garter Hotel, Windsor, Berks. The influential 1960s rhythm & blues club in Windsor, Berkshire, was the host to many important acts such as The Stones, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd and Cream. | |
1966, Reg Calvert the manager of The Fortunes, Screaming Lord Sutch and the owner of offshore pirate radio station Radio City was shot dead by business rival William Smedley during a confrontation. Smedley was the owner of pirate station Radio Caroline and was later cleared of the murder. | |
1966, After a North American tour The Rolling Stones sued 14 hotels over a booking ban in New York, claiming that the ban was violating civil rights laws. | |
1966, Tom Jones needed 14 stitches in his forehead after his Jaguar was involved in a car crash in Marble Arch, London. | |
1966, Working at Abbey Road studios in London, The Beatles recorded from start to finish, a new John Lennon song ‘She Said She Said’. The song was reportedly based on a bizarre conversation that Lennon had with Peter Fonda while John and George Harrison were tripping on LSD. | |
1968, Pink Floyd played two shows in one day: the first at the Commemoration Ball, Balliol College, Oxford, and then at Middle Earth Club, Covent Garden, London. The club was notable for several drug raids by the police, during which underage revellers were arrested; on one occasion a machine called the 'Trip Machine' was dismantled and taken away by the police. | |
1972, The first Stonehenge Free Festival was held at Stonehenge, England culminating on the summer solstice. Staged between 1972 and 1984, acts who have appeared include Hawkwind, Gong, Doctor and the Medics, Flux of Pink Indians, Buster Blood Vessel, Crass, Selector, Dexys Midnight Runners, Thompson Twins, The Raincoats, Amazulu, Wishbone Ash, Man, Benjamin Zephaniah, The Enid, Roy Harper, Jimmy Page, Ted Chippington, Zorch and Ozric Tentacles. | |
1975, Captain and Tennille started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with the Neil Sedaka song 'Love Will Keep Us Together'. The duo of husband and wife "Captain" Daryl Dragon and Cathryn Antoinette "Toni" Tennille had worked as backup musicians for Elton John and Neil Sedaka. | |
1975, Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore quit Deep Purple to form his own group Rainbow. The group went through many line-up changes with, Ronnie James Dio, Graham Bonnet, Cozy Powell, Roger Glover, and Doogie White all being members. | |
1977, Sex Pistol Johnny Rotten was attacked in a brawl outside the live music venue Dingwalls in Camden, London, England. | |
1979, Angus MacLise, Velvet Underground's first drummer died of tuberculosis aged 34. He quit the band in 1965. | |
1980, German orchestra leader and songwriter Bert Kaempfert died aged 56. Both Frank Sinatra (Strangers In The Night) and Elvis Presley (Wooden Heart) covered his songs. Kaempfert released over 50 albums. In 1961, he hired The Beatles to back Tony Sheridan on recording sessions for Polydor, (these were the Beatles' first commercial recordings). | |
1980, French police arrested all members of The Stranglers after a concert at Nice University for allegedly starting a riot. | |
1986, Genesis scored their fourth UK No.1 album with their 13th studio album 'Invisible Touch'. It remained in the charts for 96 weeks, making it the most commercially successful album of their career, eventually selling over 15 million copies worldwide and produced five US Top 5 singles, including the title track. | |
1992, The Orb released 'Blue Room' the single had a duration of 39 minutes and 58 seconds, two seconds shorter than the maximum permitted for a single under UK chart rules. The single peaked at No.8. | |
1994, George Michael lost his lawsuit against Sony Records. Michael claimed that his 15-year contract with Sony was unfair because the company could refuse to release albums it thought wouldn't be commercially successful. Michael vowed he would never record for Sony again. He re-signed with the company in 2003. | |
2000, 39 year-old Karen McNeil who claimed she was the wife of Axl Rose and that she communicated with him telepathically was jailed for one year for stalking the singer. | |
2001, John Lee Hooker, American blues singer and guitarist died in his sleep aged 83. Had hits with 'Boom Boom', 'Dimples' and 'I'm In The Mood'. His songs have been covered by many artists including Cream, AC/DC, ZZ Top, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Van Morrison, The Yardbirds, The Doors and The White Stripes. He appeared and sang in the 1980 movie The Blues Brothers. | |
2011, American band Maroon 5 released 'Moves Like Jagger', featuring Christina Aguilera. Its lyrics refered to a male's ability to impress a female with his dance moves, which he compares to those of Mick Jagger. The video featured old video footage of Jagger and his iconic dance moves. 'Moves Like Jagger' was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 54th Grammy Awards. The single peaked at No.1 on the US chart. | |
2011, People magazine reported that 75-year-old Glen Campbell had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. "I still love making music," said Campbell. "And I still love performing for my fans. I'd like to thank them for sticking with me through thick and thin." | |
2015, Apple Music reversed its payment policy, a day after Taylor Swift said she was refusing to allow the company to stream her latest album 1989. In an open letter to Apple, Swift said she was withholding the record as she was unhappy with the three-month free trial offered to subscribers, saying "We don't ask you for free iPhones. Please don't ask us to provide you with our music for no compensation." Apple now said it would pay artists for music streamed during trial periods. | |
2016, Trumpeter Wayne Jackson, who formed the Memphis Horns duo with saxophonist Andrew Love, died of congestive heart failure at the age of 74. Jackson and Love played together on 52 No.1 songs, supporting the likes of Elvis Presley, Neil Diamond, Otis Redding, Al Green, Aretha Franklin, Peter Gabriel and the Doobie Brothers. | |
June 21st: Born on this day | |
1932, Born on this day, Argentine-born American pianist, composer, arranger Lalo Schifrin, film soundtracks, including, Theme from Mission: Impossible, Enter the Dragon,the Dirty Harry films and Jaws. | |
1936, Born on this day, O.C. Smith, American musician who had the 1968 US No.1 single 'Little Green Apples' and 1968 UK No.2 single 'The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp'. He died on November 23rd 2001 age 69. | |
1944, Born on this day, English musician Ray Davies, singer, songwriter with The Kinks, who had the 1964 UK No.1 & US No.7 'You Really Got Me', and the 1967 UK No.2 single 'Waterloo Sunset' and the 1983 US No.6 single 'Come Dancing'. The Kinks have sold over 50 million records worldwide and among numerous honours, they received the Ivor Novello Award for "Outstanding Service to British Music". | |
1944, Born on this day, Miguel Vicens, from Spanish beat group Los Bravos who had the 1966 UK No.2 & US No.4 single 'Black Is Black'. They were the first Spanish rock band to have a UK & US hit single. | |
1944, Born on this day, English drummer Jon Hiseman who replaced Ginger Baker in the Graham Bond Organisation and worked with Colosseum and Jack Bruce. | |
1945, Born on this day, Chris Britton, guitarist with English garage rock band The Troggs, who had the 1966 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Wild Thing' and the hits 'With a Girl Like You' and 'Love Is All Around'. | |
1948, Born on this day, English composer and rock guitarist Joey Molland who with Badfinger, scored the hits 'Come and Get It' (written and produced by Paul McCartney), 'No Matter What', 'Day After Day' (produced by George Harrison) and 'Baby Blue'. | |
1949, Born on this day, Greg Munford, from psychedelic rock band Strawberry Alarm Clock who scored the 1967 US No.1 single 'Incense And Peppermints'. | |
1950, Born on this day, Joey Kramer, drummer with Aerosmith who scored the 1989 UK No.13 single 'Love In An Elevator', and their 1989 album Pump spent 53 weeks on the US charts They had the 1993 US No.1 & UK No.2 album Get A Grip and the 1998 US No.1 & UK No.4 single 'I Don't Want To Miss A Thing'. Aerosmith is the best-selling American hard rock band of all time, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide. | |
1951, Born on this day, Alan Silson, from English rock band Smokie who had the 1975 UK No.3 single 'If You Think You Know How To Love Me'. Their most popular hit single was 'Living Next Door to Alice'. | |
1953, Born on this day, American musician Nils Lofgren. He joined Neil Young's band aged 17, playing piano on the album After the Gold Rush. From 1971 to 1974 he recorded four albums with his own band, Grin. He had the 1976 solo album, 'Cry Tough'. Joined Bruce Springsteen E Street Band in 1984. And has been a member of Ringo Starr's All-Starr Band. | |
1957, Born on this day, Mark Brzezicki, drummer with Scottish rock band Big Country, who had the 1983 UK No.10 single 'Fields Of Fire' plus 14 other UK Top 40 singles. | |
1959, Born on this day, American soprano vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter Marcella Detroit who with Shakespears Sister had the 1992 UK No.1 single 'Stay'. She co-wrote the 1977 Eric Clapton hit 'Lay Down Sally' and released her debut album Marcella in 1982. | |
1968, Born on this day, British singer, musician and DJ Sonia Clarke, (Sonique), who scored the 2000 UK No.1 & US No.5 single 'It Feels So Good'. She was the lead vocalist on two S'Express singles. | |
1969, Born on this day, Pat Sansone, multi-instrumentalist, from American alternative rock band Wilco who released the albums Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, A Ghost Is Born, Sky Blue Sky and Wilco (The Album). | |
1975, Born on this day, Lee Gaze, lead guitarist, from Welsh rock band Lostprophets, who scored the 2006 UK No.1 album Liberation Transmission. | |
1976, Born on this day, Michael Einziger, from American rock band Incubus, who had the 2001 US No.9 & UK No.40 single, 'Drive', and the 2004 US No.2 and UK No.6 album A Crow Left of the Murder’, and the 2006 US No.1 album Light Grenades. Worldwide, Incubus has sold over 23 million albums. | |
1981, Born on this day, American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Brandon Flowers from The Killers, who scored the 2005 UK No.1 with their debut album Hot Fuss. Their 2017 album Wonderful Wonderful peaked at No.1 on the US & UK chart. In 2010, Flowers released a solo album, entitled Flamingo which peaked at No.1 on the UK charts. | |
1985, Born on this day, American singer-songwriter, Lana Del Rey, (born Elizabeth Woolridge Grant). In 2011 a music video for her debut single 'Video Games' created by Del Rey was posted on YouTube and became a viral internet hit with over 20 million views. Her third studio album, Ultraviolence (2014), became her first album to reach No.1 in the United States. |
THIS DAY IN MUSIC
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Article 0
Sir Paul McCartney: 'Retire from what?'
"This is it - the actual one!" Sir Paul McCartney is holding the double bass that belonged to Elvis Presley's original bassist Bill Black.
It's leaning in the corner of his office, above his recording studio in deepest East Sussex.
"Just imagine," he enthuses like a teenage fan "This was here…" he gestures a couple of feet to his left, "… and Elvis stood here!"
He picks it up and starts plucking and singing Heartbreak Hotel. He rests it back on its stand and smiles: "I'd like to think one day this will be in a museum with my little Hofner bass next to it."
It's clear Sir Paul is aware of his standing as the world's most successful and famous musician, but seemingly carries the weight effortlessly.
He's open, funny, cheerily self-analytical and enthusiastic, especially about releasing his first new album in four years, Egypt Station. The first single to be taken from it is the double A-sided Come On To Me and I Don't Know
Sir Paul spoke to the BBC about his new music.
I Don't Know opens with the lyric, "Crows at my window, dogs at my door, I don't think I can take it anymore". This imagery does seem pretty bleak for a comeback.
Well, I was in a bleak mood. It's a well-known fact, you talk to a lot of songwriters, that they write good songs from being in a bad mood.
It can often be a really good motivating factor, because you don't care. You can't just go out to your friends or your relatives, and just start going, 'I've got crows on my window.'
You don't necessarily want to just go and complain about everything, but you can complain to your piano, in this case, or your guitar... It's a great therapy."
Doubt and regret seem to be things that people associate with you.
It's funny, isn't it? People think that about me, that well, when you reach my position... you end up with no problems at all.
But that's unrealistic, because you're in life. And if like me you've got a big family, there's gonna be some sort of problem, even if it's just someone's ill.
So realistically speaking, you have to think that it's very likely that most people you know can have problems. Even President Obama. Even John Lennon. Even Taylor Swift. We've all got problems, and that's what makes us all so human.
And in a way it's a good thing. I don't think I'd want to just be living in some big fairytale castle, away from the realities of the world. Obviously when you're in a problem, it's annoying. But you're in the real world, and that's a good thing.
Do you have a critical voice when you're writing a song?
Yeah, definitely. You hope you have that. It's a good thing to have, because otherwise you're just gonna write songs you've written, or even worse, that other people have written. So you do self-govern as you're going along.
You just think, 'That's a bit corny.' Sometimes I'll go right through it, but I'll remember that little bit that was corny and I'll go back to it. But I might just motor on to get the song done. Then I'll go back and think 'That was a lousy line.' Spend a bit of time on that line and think, 'Oh yeah. Much better way to say.' But often, they just fall out, if you're lucky.
I was just wondering how tough you are on yourself. Because you've had 55 years of people saying you're great.
Yeah.
Does that mean the voice has to be a bit more, 'No you're not, come on.'
No, you're right. The great thing about the fact that you've been so successful for so long, comes the not-so-great thing, which is that at some point, you're just gonna get big-headed. And you are just gonna think, 'I am pretty hot.' And I think you've got to watch out for that. You gotta hope that you're spotting that, as you're doing it.
So yeah, if songs don't just lay themselves out, then I will be quite strict, and think, 'No, this is really lousy. I hate that bit of melody. I've gotta change it.' And so then I will just work harder on it, come back to it, and spend some time, and try and fix it. And if I fix it, that's fine, and then we go and record it. If I don't, that's not fine, and it gets chucked.
Because I think, well, everybody changes as they go through their life, and musicians and artists change creatively. I think, as one gets on in one's life, one can become more melancholic or one can become more optimistic or more sentimental, or more angry about the world. Where do you think you are, now? How have you changed?
Yeah, I think I'm always trying to be optimistic, and I am always pretty optimistic, because there's an expression somebody said to me once. 'I'm an old man with many worries, most of which never happen.' And I think that can be very true. We do worry about things. And I'll often say this to someone who's worrying about, so I'll say, 'Don't worry about it. It's probably not gonna happen. It'll be okay.'
And so yeah, I'm somewhere in the middle. I am optimistic, but I'm a realist, so I try and keep this check on me that just doesn't allow myself to get carried away with 'Oh! It's just all roses and sunshine!'
Because I know it's gonna rain, I know the winter's coming round, and I know about that stuff enough for me to keep a check on myself and just think, 'Look, just land somewhere in the middle of all of this and you'll be okay.'
What gets your back up? You were at the pro gun control march…
Yeah, I just think America's got itself in a crazy position. In the old days when the constitution was written, it said the right to bear arms, because, I don't know, the British were coming, so let's give every man a musket, and allow him to use it. Then, I think it made sense.
But as time's gone by, I think it should have been adjusted. Musket, yeah. If you fire one shot, then you gotta load, and maybe give you time to think about firing the second shot.
But with the assault rifles, it's just got to a ridiculous stage. And with the strength of the NRA, they have so much money, and their attitude is so powerful, that you could see when Trump was campaigning, that he would just say, 'They're gonna take your guns away from you.' And that is powerful, to Americans.
So I think all of that's catching up with America, and I really don't know how they're gonna do it. That's what I think is the biggest problem. I'd love to see gun control. The greatest hope I think, is the kids. The kids from all these shootings, who were at this rally that we went to in New York. And it was so powerful. They were so powerful. You really did think, 'If anyone's gonna change it, it's gonna be them.'
How ambitious are you, these days? Because when bands start, you'll look at the other band on the bill and go, 'I'm gonna beat them. That song! I wish I'd written that.' Do you still do that? Do you watch, say, The Foo Fighters, and think, 'I wish I had written that one.'
No, I don't watch them. I know we're better than them [laughs]. Sorry, Dave. Yeah, I look around, and see who's doing what, and then sometimes you go, 'Yeah, I love that. I love the way he or she sings that.' Or, 'Wow, that's a great little record.' I don't get madly jealous.
I listen to people, and I think there's a lot of good stuff going on, myself. But no, a lot of people my generation will say, 'Oh, music's not as good as it used to be.' But I always say, 'No, that's what our parents said.'
Like when I worked with Kanye [West], and that was great, just seeing how that came together and listening to it, I thought, 'It's great. I love it.' Okay, so I contributed to it, so I would love it, but the bits I wasn't on, I really thought were very cool. And I could see the value of it.
So yeah, I listen, look at other people. And I'm intrigued by how they do it. So working with Kanye was quite an experience, something I'd never done before. But it was great. Four Five Seconds came out of it. I didn't even know I was making a Rihanna record! And then suddenly, it arrives. And I had to ask people, I'd say, 'Am I on this? Did I do anything with this?'
Surely somebody told you!
No! It arrived out of the blue and what had happened was, I'd played a guitar thing. The whole backing of four or five seconds is a guitar riff thing that I played. But I played it in A, down quite low and quite slow. And then for benefit of the record, and probably for Rihanna's vocal key, they lifted it, they sped it up.
Are you are gonna go out and tour this new album?
Yeah.
When?
Well, okay, we're just planning it now. And we definitely know we're out in September, and beyond. Because you've gotta book those now, kind of thing. And I know we're playing Austin City Limits, which is in October. I think that's been announced. Or did I just announce it? That's the only thing that's been announced, yeah. So we're playing that.
And then, before then, before August, we might just do a couple of little gigs, just because they're fun. We once played The Hundred Club, we once played The Cavern, and those little gigs, they're really nice to do.
And it not only takes you back to where you started, but there's the intimacy in the audience, and you can have a lot of fun. And you sometimes don't feel like it's quite so precious. Because if there's 40,000 people who paid all that money, you've gotta think about pleasing them. If there's only a couple hundred, and we're all having a party, you just think, 'We can throw in 'Matchbox,' or we'll throw in an odd number that we'd only do at sound checks or something. So they're good fun for that reason.
Elton John's announced this is the final tour that he's gonna do...
I'm like these footballers. People say, 'When are you gonna retire?' And they will nearly always say, 'Well, when I don't enjoy it, or when the legs give in,' or something like that. When there's a factor, that makes them retire. I don't think any of them want to retire particularly.
And I was talking to - name-dropping, clunk - Willie Nelson, and I was talking about this whole retiring thing, because he's older than I am, even. And he says, 'Retire from what?' And I think that just says it. Retire from what?
The full interview will be broadcast on the BBC 6 Music Breakfast Show at 08.30 BST on Thursday 21 June.
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Article 11
India has the world's fastest growing population of millionaires
- According to Capgemini, the number of dollar millionaires in India grew by 20% to 263,000 people in 2017.
- What's more, the combined wealth of these individuals grew by 21% to a little over $1 trillion.
- Meanwhile, the global growth in millionaires was 11% and their total wealth rose by a similar percentage, surpassing the $70 trillion mark.
India's growth story, since liberalisation in 1991, has been well-documented. A visible indicator of this growth has been the dramatic increase in the wealth of the country's elites and business owners, who were, to put it simply, at the right place at the right time when markets opened. Concurrently, a lot of people have been left out of this growth story.
A recent report by Capgemini, a technology consultancy, found that India had the highest growth in the number of high-net-worth-individuals (HNWI) — or individuals having investable assets of at least $1 million excluding primary residences — last year.
According to "World Wealth Report", the number of millionaires (in dollar terms) in India grew by 20% to 263,000 people in 2017 — a tiny fraction of India's total population. This growth was aided by a boom in the domestic stock-markets.
What's more, the combined wealth of these individuals grew by 21% to a little over $1 trillion. If they wanted to, they could cancel out all of India's public debt.
Meanwhile, the global growth in millionaires was 11% while their total wealth rose by a similar percentage, surpassing the $70 trillion mark. India's overall ranking in the world in terms of the number of millionaires is 11. The list is led by the US, Japan, Germany and China.
A recent report by Capgemini, a technology consultancy, found that India had the highest growth in the number of high-net-worth-individuals (HNWI) — or individuals having investable assets of at least $1 million excluding primary residences — last year.
According to "World Wealth Report", the number of millionaires (in dollar terms) in India grew by 20% to 263,000 people in 2017 — a tiny fraction of India's total population. This growth was aided by a boom in the domestic stock-markets.
What's more, the combined wealth of these individuals grew by 21% to a little over $1 trillion. If they wanted to, they could cancel out all of India's public debt.
Meanwhile, the global growth in millionaires was 11% while their total wealth rose by a similar percentage, surpassing the $70 trillion mark. India's overall ranking in the world in terms of the number of millionaires is 11. The list is led by the US, Japan, Germany and China.
Second-fastest in terms of billionaires
In terms of billionaires, India took second spot in the world in terms of new additions. According to Hurun, a Shanghai-based reporting group, it added 31 new billionaires in the 12 months to January 2018, compared with 210 for China.
According to the Hurun Global Rich List, India had 131 billionaires at the beginning of the year. And there's no prizes for guessing who leads this list. With a wealth of $45 billion, Mukesh Ambani, the chairman and largest shareholder of Reliance Industries, jumped ten places to the 19th spot on the world's rich list.
Ambani's dominance indicates the direness of India's income inequality problem. According to survey data published by Oxfam India this past January, the country's richest 1% earned 73% of the wealth generated last year. Meanwhile, the bottom 50% of India's population saw their wealth increase by a meagre 1%.
According to the Hurun Global Rich List, India had 131 billionaires at the beginning of the year. And there's no prizes for guessing who leads this list. With a wealth of $45 billion, Mukesh Ambani, the chairman and largest shareholder of Reliance Industries, jumped ten places to the 19th spot on the world's rich list.
Ambani's dominance indicates the direness of India's income inequality problem. According to survey data published by Oxfam India this past January, the country's richest 1% earned 73% of the wealth generated last year. Meanwhile, the bottom 50% of India's population saw their wealth increase by a meagre 1%.
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Article 10
Παρεμβάσεις του Δήμου Θεσσαλονίκης στο πλαίσιο αναβάθμισης της δυτικής εισόδου της πόλης
Σε μια σειρά από παρεμβάσεις σε υπαίθριους χώρους προχώρησαν το τελευταίο χρονικό διάστημα οι αρμόδιες υπηρεσίες του Δήμου Θεσσαλονίκης με αφορμή τα προγραμματισμένα έργα συντήρησης που πραγματοποιούνται στο πλαίσιο αναβάθμισης της δυτικής εισόδου της πόλης.
Μετά την ολοκλήρωση του μεγαλύτερου μέρους απαλλοτριώσεων για τη διάνοιξη της οδού Ιωάννη Κωλέττη, μεταξύ άλλων, η Διεύθυνση Κατασκευών και Συντηρήσεων προχώρησε, στο διάστημα από 11 έως 15 Ιουνίου 2018, στην κατεδάφιση οκτώ κτισμάτων στους αριθμούς 8, 10, 12 και 14 της συγκεκριμένης οδού.
Η παρέμβαση υλοποιήθηκε σε έκταση περίπου 1.200 τ.μ., που ρυμοτομήθηκε σε εφαρμογή του Σχεδίου Πόλης, με τα ετοιμόρροπα κτίσματα να έχουν μετατραπεί σε εστίες μόλυνσης της περιοχής. Επισημαίνεται ότι προηγήθηκε η απομάκρυνση καταληψιών ρακοσυλλεκτών και στη συνέχεια ακολούθησε η συγκέντρωση 1.100 τόνων φερτών οικοδομικών υλικών και σκουπιδιών, καθώς και ο καθαρισμός της παραπάνω έκτασης.
Παράλληλα, εκτελέστηκαν και αναμένεται να ολοκληρωθούν στο προσεχές χρονικό διάστημα κατεδαφίσεις ιδιόκτητων κτισμάτων που έχουν χαρακτηριστεί επικίνδυνα και των οποίων οι ιδιοκτήτες δεν έχουν ανταποκριθεί στις προσκλήσεις του δήμου. Με την ολοκλήρωση των προβλεπόμενων διαδικασιών θα κατεδαφιστούν όλα τα καταγεγραμμένα έως σήμερα επικίνδυνα κτίσματα και θα ακολουθήσουν οι αντίστοιχες χρεώσεις στους ιδιοκτήτες, σύμφωνα με την ισχύουσα νομοθεσία.
Το συνολικό έργο συμπεριλαμβάνεται στο Τεχνικό Πρόγραμμα του Δήμου Θεσσαλονίκης για το 2017-18, με προϋπολογισμό 830.000€ μέσω ΣΑΤΑ (Συλλογική Απόφαση Τοπικής Αυτοδιοίκησης).
Οι ανωτέρω πρωτοβουλίες εντάσσονται στο ευρύτερο πλαίσιο μεταμόρφωσης της δυτικής εισόδου της πόλης και έρχονται να προστεθούν τόσο στη μελλοντική κατασκευή του Μουσείου Ολοκαυτώματος, όσο και στη βελτίωση των προσβάσεων και τη διαμόρφωση πεζοδρομίων στην περιοχή του νέου κτιρίου της Περιφέρειας Κεντρικής Μακεδονίας.
«Το τελευταίο διάστημα εντατικοποιούνται οι ρυθμοί, προκειμένου να αναπτυχθεί αυτή η ιδιαίτερη περιοχή και ενόψει της χωροθέτησης του Μουσείου Ολοκαυτώματος -που βρίσκεται από πλευράς γραφειοκρατίας και διαδικασιών στην τελική ευθεία- να αποκτήσει την ανάλογη οντότητα και σημασία που της αρμόζει» τονίζει σχετικά ο Αντιδήμαρχος Τεχνικών Έργων, Περιβάλλοντος και Καθαριότητας, Θανάσης Παππάς και προσθέτει: «Παράλληλα με το έργο της κατασκευής των πεζοδρομίων και οδοστρωμάτων και τις συνεχείς κατεδαφίσεις, όπως και του ηλεκτροφωτισμού γύρω από το κτίριο της Περιφέρειας Κεντρικής Μακεδονίας, επιτυγχάνεται η αισθητική αναβάθμιση των οδών που περικλείουν το συγκεκριμένο Ο.Τ. και η εξασφάλιση της άνετης και ασφαλούς κυκλοφορίας των πεζών όπως και η διευκόλυνση κάθε είδους δραστηριότητας στην περιοχή. Ύψιστη προτεραιότητα της διοίκησης του Δήμου παραμένει η βελτίωση των αστικών χώρων και υποδομών, που έχει ως στόχο τη χρηστική τους ένταξη στη ζωή της πόλης».
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Τέσσερις αυτόματοι, εξωτερικοί απινιδωτές
από τον Σεπτέμβριο
στο Διεθνές Εκθεσιακό Κέντρο Θεσσαλονίκης
Τέσσερις αυτόματοι, εξωτερικοί απινιδωτές θα βρίσκονται από τον Σεπτέμβριο εντός του Διεθνούς Εκθεσιακού Κέντρου Θεσσαλονίκης, σε σημεία όπου η προσέλευση του κόσμου είναι συνεχής. Μάλιστα για τη χρήση τους πραγματοποιήθηκε σεμινάριο εκπαίδευσης των εργαζομένων και των συνεργατών της ΔΕΘ-Helexpo από το άρτια εκπαιδευμένο και εξειδικευμένο προσωπικό του ΕΚΑΒ.
Ειδικότερα, ήταν ένα πεντάωρο πρόγραμμα εκμάθησης πρώτων βοηθειών, καθώς και εκπαίδευσης για τη σωστή χρήση του εξωτερικού, αυτόματου απινιδωτή, που στόχο είχε να αποτελέσει την αφετηρία της γνώσης για την ορθή και άμεση αντιμετώπιση των παθήσεων και των προβλημάτων τόσο του αναπνευστικού όσο και του κυκλοφορικού συστήματος. Οι τέσσερις εξωτερικοί, αυτόματοι απινιδωτές θα βρίσκονται στο Συνεδριακό Κέντρο «Ι.Βελλίδης», στα κεντρικά γραφεία της ΔΕΘ-Helexpo, στο Ιατρείο της εταιρείας και στον χώρο των σεκιούριτι.
Η διοίκηση της ΔΕΘ-Helexpo είναι συνεπής στην πολιτική της για συνεχή αναβάθμιση των υπηρεσιών που προσφέρει καθ’ όλη τη διάρκεια του έτους στους χιλιάδες επισκέπτες της, αλλά και σε όλους τους εργαζόμενους εντός του εκθεσιακού κέντρου.
Το σεμινάριο πραγματοποιήθηκε από τη ΔΕΘ-Helexpo σε συνεργασία με το ΕΚΑΒ και την εταιρεία ιατρονοσηλευτικής πρωτοβάθμιας κάλυψης «Νοσοκόμα».
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Article 4
David Kait: Από τα ΜΑΤ των Εξαρχείων και την ΑΟ Ποντίων, στο Χόλιγουντ
Η απίστευτη πορεία του αξιωματικού της Ελληνικής Αστυνομίας Νταβίντ Καϊτίδη από τα ΜΑΤ και τα ποδοσφαιρικά πρωταθλήματα στο modeling και την υποκριτική στην Αμερική
Πριν από λίγες ημέρες το Forbes αναρωτήθηκε έαν ο David Kait (σ.σ. που γεννήθηκε Νταβίντ Καϊτίδης) είναι ο πρώτος αξιωματικός της αστυνομίας που θα γίνει επαγγελματίας ηθοποιός. Ας του δώσουμε λίγο χρόνο να το αποδείξει μέσα από την δουλειά του και ας ακούσουμε από τον ίδιο όπως ξετύληξε το κουβάρι της ζωής του στο NEWS24/7 την πορεία του από την Σκύδρα και την Έδεσσα στην υπηρεσία των ΜΑΤ και από εκεί σε μία δεύτερη, πιο λαμπερή καριέρα στην Αμερική.
H ιστορία του ξεκινάει με την διάλυση της Σοβιετικής Ένωσης και την επιστροφή χιλιάδων ομογενών από την περιοχή του Καυκάσου. Οι γονείς του, που εγκατέλειψαν την πρωτεύουσα της σημερινής Γεωργίας, Τυφλίδα και μαζί με αυτή μία στρωμένη ζωή – ο πατέρας του ήταν μηχανολόγος μηχανικός και η μητέρα του χημικός μηχανικός - για μία καλύτερη τύχη, περιπλανήθηκαν σε διάφορες περιοχές της Βορείου Ελλάδας και από την Σκύδρα όπου γεννήθηκε το 1991 ο Νταβίντ Καϊτίδης κατέληξαν στην Έδεσσα.
Ζωηρό και δραστήριο παιδί ο μικρός Νταβίντ θα ακολουθήσει μία φορά τους γονείς τους στην βιβλιοθήκη της πόλης και θα ανακαλύψει νέους κόσμους να ανοίγονται μπροστά του. «Το καλοκαίρι, που δεν είχαμε σχολείο, περνούσα ώρες ολόκληρες και διάβαζα το ένα βιβλίο πίσω από το άλλο. Ακόμη και αυτά που δεν ήταν της ηλικίας μου. Εκεί γνώρισα και αγάπησα τα βιβλία του Καζατζάκη».
Πίσω στο σπίτι της οικογένειας Καϊτίδη, που ήταν πλέον αυτό μίας τυπικής ελληνικής οικογένειας υπήρχε η “πίεση” για καλούς βαθμούς. Για τον David δεν ήταν δύσκολο καθώς όπως λέει τα “έπερνε τα γράμματα”. Σημαιοφόρος από το δημοτικό, στο Γυμνάσιο και στο Λύκειο απουσιολόγος για έξι συνεχόμενα χρόνια. Την χρονία που έδωσε πανελλήνιες συγκέντρωσε 19.500 μόρια καταφέρνοντας να μπει στην ζηλευτή κατηγορία των “πρώτων των πρώτων” και να τιμηθεί από το πρόγραμμα αριστείας της Eurobank αλλά και την συντοπίτισσα του, τότε, Υπουργό Παιδείας Άννα Διαμαντοπούλου.
Η φλόγα του Καυκάσου έκαιγε βαθιά μέσα του και παρά τους άριστους βαθμούς ήταν και ένα όργισμένο νιάτο καταφέρνοντας αν και απουσιολόγος να έχει τις περισσότερες απούσιες στην τάξη του. Ιδιαίτερα αθλητικός τύπος δέθηκε με το ποδόσφαιρο το οποίο υπήρξε μία από τις «ζωές» του καθώς έπαιξε σε αρκετές ομάδες. «Η πρώτη μου επαφή με την μπάλα σε ομάδα ήταν σε ηλικία 5 χρονών και δεν σταμάτησα μέχρι που μετακόμισα στην Αμερική. Ήμουν πολύ τυχερός γιατί είχα ένα πολύ καλό προπονητή τον κ. Κώστα Παρίση ο οποίος μας έμαθε να αθλούμαστε με νοοτροπία επαγγελματία αν και ήμασταν μαθητές που παίζαμε ερασιτεχνικά. Με το που τελείωσα το σχολείο και κατέβηκα Αθήνα άρχισα να ασχολούμαι πιο ζεστά. Ξεκίνησα από την Νέων στην Ηλιούπολη η οποία τότε έπαιζε στην Football League, έγινα αρχηγός στην Νέων και μετά πέρασα στην ομάδα των ανδρών. Oι υποχρεώσεις μου όμως με την σχολή δεν μου επέτρεψαν να προπονούμε στον βαθμό που πρέπει για επαγγελματία αθλητή και έτσι συνέχισα το ποδόσφαιρο, που το αγαπώ και μου λείπει, σε πιο μικρές ομάδες όπως στα Κριεζά στην Εύβοια και στην ΑΟ Ποντίων στον Πειραιά».
Επιστροφή στον “πρώτο των πρώτων” Νταβίντ, ο οποίος είχε επιλέξει στο μηχανογραφικό των Πανελληνίων ως πρώτη του επιλογή την Σχολή Αξιωματικών της Αστυνομίας. «Γνωρίζουμε καλά πως είναι τα πράγματα στην ελληνική επαρχία σε ότι αφορά την επαγγελματική αποκατάσταση. Εγώ δεν ξέφυγα από την πεπατημένη. Από παιδί δεν μπορούσε να περάσει από το μυαλό μου ότι υπάρχει κάποια άλλη διέξοδος πέρα από το να εργαστώ στον δημόσιο τομέα. Δυστυχώς υπήρχε γύρω μου η νοοτροπία της ασφάλειας του δημοσίου με την “θεσούλα”, την σταθερή ασφάλιση και την πορεία προς την σύνταξη. Σαν άνθρωπος του αθλητισμού και της δράσης είδα στο πρόσωπο της Αστυνομίας μία θέση στο δημόσιο αλλά όχι στο γραφείο γιατί δεν τα πηγαίνω και τόσο καλά με τους κλειστούς χώρους».
Για την επιλογή του αυτή δεν θα το μετανιώσει «Η Σχολη Αξιωματικών της Αστυνομίας ήταν ενα μεγάλο σχολείο για εμένα και το επίπεδο των μαθημάτων ιδιαίτερα υψηλό. Ακόμη και σήμερα που έχω φύγει από τον χώρο μαθήματα που έχω διδαχθεί στην σχολή τα συναντώ μπροστά μου και μου είναι ιδιαίτερα χρήσιμα. Θεωρώ σημαντικό ότι την ίδια στιγμή που οι συνομήλικοι προσπαθούσαν να βρουν τα πατήματα τους η σχολή με είχε βοηθήσει να ωριμάσω και να έχω μία πιο κατασταλαγμένη είκονα». Η χρονιά που θα περνούσε την πόρτα της Σχολής ήταν και η χρονία που η Ελλάδα θα έμπαινε στα μνημόνια και ενώ όλων οι δουλειές έπαιρναν την κατιούσα αυτή των αστυνομικών χτυπούσε διπλοβάρδιες ώστε να “αντεπεξέλθει στις αυξημένες απαιτήσεις”.
Η αποφοίτηση του το καλοκαίρι του 2013 και η ένταξη του στην Υποδιεύθυνση Αποκατάστασης Τάξης – τα πάλαι ποτέ ΜΑΤ – θα τον βρουν παρόν σε ένα από τα σημαντικότερα γεγονότα της δεκαετίας. Το βάπτισμα πυρός θα το πάρει στο Κερατσίνι λίγη ώρα μετά την δολοφονία του Παύλου Φύσσα. «Οι ταραχές ήταν πρωτόγνωρες για εμένα. Χωρίς ιδιαίτερη εμπειρία καθώς είχα ενταχθεί στην μονάδα πριν από ένα μήνα βρέθηκα σε μία από τις βίαιες καταστάσεις που θα αντιμετώπιζα τα επόμενα τρία χρόνια στην Αστυνομία. Εκείνη την στιγμή δεν σκέφτεσαι τίποτα, δεν υπάρχει χρόνος να σκεφτείς το παραμικρό, αλλά έστω και στιγμιαία αναρωτιέσαι αν θα καταφέρεις να βγεις ζωντανός από όλα αυτά που συμβαίνουν γύρω σου. Ουσιαστικά ήμουν ακόμη ένα παιδί και δεν το κρύβω ότι έννοιωσα τον μεγαλύτερο φόβο που είχα βιώσει μέχρι τότε στην ζωή μου. Το βράδυ που γύρισα σπίτι από την ταχυπαλμία δεν μπόρεσα να κοιμηθώ». Όταν έχεις να κάνεις με συγκρούσεις είναι μία ιστορία που είναι εξ ορισμού δύσκολη. Η αποστολή των ΜΑΤ είναι πολύ συγκεκριμένη και είναι ταραχές. Είτε αυτές είναι στους δρόμους, είτε στα γήπεδα, είτε σε διαδηλώσεις. Τα ΜΑΤ λειτουργούν σε καταστάσεις που δεν είναι όμορφες και όσο να προσπαθήσεις δεν υπάρχει όμορφος τρόπος να το προσεγγίσεις αυτό το θέμα. Η ιστορία αυτή είναι βαμμένη με άσχημα χρώματα από την αρχή».
Την περίοδο των δακρυγόνων ο David θα γνωρίσει τον έρωτα της ζωής του χάρη στον οποίο θα αλλάξει κεφάλαιο. «Η κοπέλα μου τότε, και σήμερα σύζυγος μου, η Victoria, είναι Αμερικανίδα. Από μικρός είχα μία κλήση στην διοίκηση επιχειρήσεων και στην Σχολή τα μαθήματα διοίκησης ήταν αυτά που κέντριζαν περισσότερο το ενδιαφέρον. Συζητώντας το μαζί της βρήκαμε ένα σχετικό μεταπτυχιακό πρόγραμμα στο Σαν Φρανσίσκο. Πριν από δύο χρόνια, πήρα άδεια άνευ αποδοχών από την υπηρεσία μου και κάθισα ξανά στα θρανία αυτή την φορά στον τομέα της διοίκησης επιχειρήσεων».
Η Αμερική είναι η χώρα των ευκαιριών και ο Νταβίντ Καϊτίδης θα αποδείξει ότι δεν αξίζει να αφήνεις καμία ευκαιρία χαμένη γιατί ποτέ δεν ξέρεις που μπορεί να σε οδηγήσει. «Η Victoria είναι φωτογράφος, όταν έψαχνα μία δουλειά που θα μπορούσα να κάνω παράλληλα με τις σπουδές μου, μου είπε “γιατί δεν πας να γίνεις μοντέλο”. Ήμουν τόσο άσχετος με τον τομέα που δεν ήξερα καν ότι τα μοντέλα πληρώνονται για αυτό που κάνουν. Φωτογραφήθηκα, έφτιαξα το book μου, βρήκα ατζέντη αλλά μέσα μου δεν πίστευα ότι αυτό το πράγμα θα δουλέψει.
Το Σαν Φρανσίσκο διαθέτει 5-6 μεγάλα πρακτορεία, μέσα σε λίγο διάστημα δέχτηκα σχεδόν από όλα πρόταση να συνεργαστώ. Στα δύο χρόνια που δουλεύω έχω πάρει μέρος σε παραγωγές για την Google, την Hilton, την BMW, την Dolby και άλλες μεγάλες εταιρείες. Μετά τον πρώτο μήνα όμως άρχισαν να έρχονται προτάσεις πέρα από την φωτογράφιση που ήθελαν κάτι παραπάνω, την δυνατότητα υποκριτικής. Στάθηκα πολύ τυχερός καθώς βρήκα μία καλή σχολή υποκριτικής όπου με το που είδα μία παράσταση των μαθητών της κάτι έκανε κλικ μέσα μου και είπα “εδώ ανήκω”. Έβαλα το 150% των δυνάμεων μου και από τότε τα πράγματα άρχισαν να γίνονται όλο και πιο σοβαρά μέρα με την ημέρα».
Ο David Kait, όπως είναι πλέον το καλλιτεχνικό του όνομα, έχει συμμετάσχει ήδη σε δύο θεατρικές παραστάσεις στο Σαν Φρανσίσκο, η μία από αυτές ήταν ο Μάκβεθ του Σαίξπηρ, έχει κάνει περάσματα από αρκετές τηλεοπτικές σειρές και ετοιμάζεται να δει τον Σεπτέμβριο τον εαυτό του στο πανί καθώς συμμετείχε στην αβάπτιστη ακόμη νέα ταινία του Christopher Coppola.
Τα βήματα του τον φέρνουν όλο και πιο κοντά και στο Λος Ατζελες και το Χόλιγουντ καθώς όπως παραδέχεται στο γειτονικό Σαν Φρανσίσκο η παραγωγή είναι μικρή. Πριν από λίγες ημέρες βρέθηκε στο φεστιβάλ ελληνικού κινηματογράφου που πραγματοποιήθηκε στην πρωτεύουσα της Καλιφόρνια. «Ήταν μεγάλη μου χαρά που είδα από κοντά ανθρώπους που θαύμαζα την δουλεία τους όπως τον κ. Τάσο Μπουλμέτη, τον Φαίδωνα Παπαμιχαήλ, τον Σωκράτη Αλαφούζο που θυμόμουν από παιδάκι στην Λάμψη και ακόμη μεγαλύτερη χαρά που είδα ότι στην Ελλάδα γίνονται αξιοπρόσεκτες και ενδιαφέρουσες ταινίες. Για εμένα ήταν ξεχωριστή εμπειρία και έκπληξη να δω αυτά που έζησα στην ζωή μου μερικά χρόνια πριν μέσα από την ταινία Χρόνια Πολλά του Χρίστου Γεωργίου όπου ο πρωταγωνιστής της είναι ένας αξιωματικός των ΜΑΤ στην Αθήνα της κρίσης».
Παραδέχεται ότι ποτέ ως παιδί δεν είπε ότι θέλει να γίνει ηθοποιός όταν μεγαλώσει, όμως σήμερα που έχει κάνει βήματα που άλλοι θα προσπαθούσαν χρόνια για να τον φθάσουν, θεωρεί ότι όλο αυτό βρισκόταν μέσα του και απλώς δεν είχε εκφραστεί. «Κάτι που με ενδιέφερε από πολύ μικρή ηλικία, δεν ξέρω γιατί, ήταν η ανάλυση ψυχολογίας. Στα βιβλία του Καζατζάκη που με αυτά μεγάλωσα προσπαθούσα να καταλάβω γιατί λειτουργούσε με τον τρόπο που λειτουργούσε ο κάθε χαρακτήρας, το οποίο είναι μεγάλο κομμάτι της δουλείας μου τώρα. Κοντολογίς, είχα τις τάσεις όμως δεν είχα τα λόγια να πω αυτό που νιώθω, να το περιγράψω με χαρακτηρισμούς καριέρας».
Για το μέλλον, και μετά από όσα έχει ζήσει, έχει μόνο ένα μότο «Ποτέ μην λες ποτέ. Όπως έλεγα ότι ποτέ δεν θα πάω στην Αμερική έτσι δεν μπορώ να πω ότι δεν θα επιστρέψω στην Ελλάδα. Με ενδιαφέρει να εδραιωθώ εδώ ιδανικά και να κάνω ταινίες οι οποίες όταν επιστρέφει ο θεατής στο σπίτι του να σκέφτεται το νόημα τους πριν πέσει στο κρεβάτι. Δεν ξέρω όμως που θα με βγάλει, έχω την όρεξη, την διάθεση και την πίστη να το κυνηγήσω όσο πιο πολύ γίνεται. Ακόμη και να μην το πετύχω τουλάχιστον θα ξέρω ότι το έχω προσπαθήσει με όλες μου τις δυνάμεις».
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Article 3
2002Widespread Panic headlines the first Bonnaroo Music Festival, held on a 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee. The inaugural four-day event - named for the Creole slang for "good stuff," borrowed from a Dr. John album - focuses on jam bands and folk acts, welcoming Trey Anastasio, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Jurassic 5, and The String Cheese Incident to the line-up.
1994A judge rules against George Michael in his lawsuit against his record label, Sony, derailing his music career for two years.More
1988After a six-month delay while they wait to clear the Star Trek samples used on three tracks (notably Spock's "Pure Energy" on "What's On Your Mind"), Information Societyrelease their self-titled major-label debut album. They quickly become one of the top techno/freestyle acts of the late '80s.
1970Who guitarist Pete Townshend, while waiting for his flight at the airport in Memphis, likens the band's latest album, Tommy, to the atomic bomb, causing officials who misheard the remark to search the facilities for a real bomb.
1967Must be the Summer of Love: There's a free concert in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park celebrating the Summer Solstice. The Grateful Dead, Big Brother & the Holding Company, and Quicksilver Messenger Service all perform.
1948The Columbia label announces its new technological breakthrough, a "long-playing" vinyl phonograph record that can hold up to 23 minutes of music on a side.
2011Crossfade return after five years with We All Bleed - the band's first album after being dropped by Columbia Records in 2008.
2011Bon Iver, the self-titled second album by Bon Iver, is released. The album reaches #2 in the US.
2010Tam White, the Scottish singer and actor who was the first person to sing live on Top of the Pops in 1975 with a rendition of "What in the World's Come Over You," dies of a heart attack at age 67.
2007After dating for 18 years, Tony Bennettmarries teacher Susan Crow.
2001Bluesman John Lee Hooker dies of natural causes at age 83.
1994Bone Thugs-N-Harmony release the EP Creepin on ah Come Up, which eventually goes platinum four times.
1990Little Richard finally gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Says Richard: "Like everything I got, it took a long time to get."
1988The Rascals reunite onstage for the first time in eighteen years.
1982The first "Fête de la Musique," a music festival also known as "World Music Day" and taking place on June 21 every year, is launched in France. Its purpose is to promote music in two ways:
1) Amateur and professional musicians are encouraged to perform in the streets. The slogan "Faites de la musique" (Make music), a homophone of Fête de la Musique, is used to promote this goal.
2) Many free concerts are organized, making all genres of music accessible to the public. Two of the caveats to being sanctioned by the official Fête de la Musique organization in Paris are that all concerts must be free to the public, and all performers donate their time for free. The Fête de la Musique has spread to many countries throughout the world.
1) Amateur and professional musicians are encouraged to perform in the streets. The slogan "Faites de la musique" (Make music), a homophone of Fête de la Musique, is used to promote this goal.
2) Many free concerts are organized, making all genres of music accessible to the public. Two of the caveats to being sanctioned by the official Fête de la Musique organization in Paris are that all concerts must be free to the public, and all performers donate their time for free. The Fête de la Musique has spread to many countries throughout the world.
1981Brandon Flowers (lead vocalist of The Killers) is born in Henderson, Nevada.
1981Walter Becker and Donald Fagen announce the split of Steely Dan and begin work on solo projects. They would re-form in 1993.
1980Bert Kaempfert, composer of "Strangers in the Night" and "Moon Over Naples," dies after suffering a stroke at age 56.
1979Angus MacLise (original drummer for The Velvet Underground) dies of hypoglycemia and tuberculosis at age 41.
1976Mike Einziger (guitarist for Incubus) is born in Los Angeles, California.
The Spice Girls Say They'll Be There
2007The Spice Girls announce that they're getting back together, with the five original Spices reuniting.
With all five of the original members present, the Girls hold a press conference in London to announce they will reunite for a one-off tour. Initially consisting of 11 dates across six continents, the North American and European sections are later expanded to 47 dates, and the other shows across the world are cancelled. The tour makes over $70 million, but does not lead to a permanent reunion.
The Spice Girls are one of the biggest "girl bands" in the UK, comprised of five sassy Brits, each with their own style and personality. After their debut single, "Wannabe," from their first album topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic - spearheading the pop-music assault of the "Second British Invasion" - they became huge worldwide stars and remain media darlings despite having not released any new music in eight years. As well as their three studio albums - Spice (1996), Spiceworld (1997), and Forever (2000) - they also starred in a feature film, Spice World, in 1997, which featured cameos from a host of stars including Meat Loafand Elton John.
Although the group never officially split, Geri Halliwell left the band in 1998, and the remaining four members have been on an indefinite hiatus since 2000. The band members have all launched solo careers with varying success. Melanie Brown ("Mel B") topped the British Charts with "I Want You Back" (a duet with Missy Elliott), and Melanie Chisholm ("Mel C") also launched her post-Spice Girls career with a duet, appearing on Bryan Adams'"When You're Gone." Geri Halliwell and Emma Bunton have also had #1 hit singles since leaving the band, but Victoria Beckham has focused on her career as a fashion designer, and as such is the only one of the five who does not perform a solo song in the reunion shows - instead appearing on a catwalk in a mock fashion show.
The Spice Girls are one of the biggest "girl bands" in the UK, comprised of five sassy Brits, each with their own style and personality. After their debut single, "Wannabe," from their first album topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic - spearheading the pop-music assault of the "Second British Invasion" - they became huge worldwide stars and remain media darlings despite having not released any new music in eight years. As well as their three studio albums - Spice (1996), Spiceworld (1997), and Forever (2000) - they also starred in a feature film, Spice World, in 1997, which featured cameos from a host of stars including Meat Loafand Elton John.
Although the group never officially split, Geri Halliwell left the band in 1998, and the remaining four members have been on an indefinite hiatus since 2000. The band members have all launched solo careers with varying success. Melanie Brown ("Mel B") topped the British Charts with "I Want You Back" (a duet with Missy Elliott), and Melanie Chisholm ("Mel C") also launched her post-Spice Girls career with a duet, appearing on Bryan Adams'"When You're Gone." Geri Halliwell and Emma Bunton have also had #1 hit singles since leaving the band, but Victoria Beckham has focused on her career as a fashion designer, and as such is the only one of the five who does not perform a solo song in the reunion shows - instead appearing on a catwalk in a mock fashion show.
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ΓΙΟΡΤΗ ΠΑΝΣΕΛΗΝΟΥ 2018
ΣΕ ΣΥΝΕΡΓΑΣΙΑ ΜΕ ΤΟΝ Σ.Φ.Μ.Θ.
Ο Σύλλογος Φίλων Μουσικής Θεσσαλονίκης, σε συνεργασία με το Μέγαρο Μουσικής Θεσσαλονίκης, πραγματοποιεί φέτος την Κυριακη 1 Ιουλιου, για δεύτερη χρονιά, την επιτυχημένη «Γιορτή της πανσελήνου του καλοκαιριού»που περυσι συγκεντρωσε 5.000 ακροατες.
Στην πλατεία ανάμεσα στα δύο κτίρια του Μεγάρου, και κάτω από το φως του καλοκαιριάτικου φεγγαριού, ο δημοσιογραφος και μουσικός παραγωγός Λευτέρης Κογκαλίδης θα παρουσιάσει σαν ραδιοφωνικη εκπομπη ένα νοσταλγικο μουσικό πρόγραμμα τριών ωρών από την προσωπική του δισκοθήκη.
Το πρόγραμμα περιλαμβάνει τα πιο γνωστά ιταλικά και γαλλικά τραγούδια από το β’ μισό του 20ού αιώνα, που τραγουδήθηκαν και χορεύτηκαν σε όλο τον κόσμο, ενώ η διαχρονική αξία τους αγγίζει ακόμη και τη σημερινή νεολαία.
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το μεγαλύτερο ακατοίκητο νησί του Αιγαίου
Έχετε αναρωτηθεί ποτέ, πιο είναι το μεγαλύτερο νησί του Αιγαίου Πελάγους, το οποίο δεν έχει κατοίκους; Πολλοί το χαρακτηρίζουν και ως την ελληνική Πολυνησία.
Είναι το νησί Πολύαιγος που έχει έκταση 17 τ.χλμ. και βρίσκεται δίπλα από τα νησιά της Μήλου (6χλμ) και της Κιμώλου (2 χλμ). Έχει μέγιστο μήκος 6 χλμ και πλάτος 4 χλμ, ενώ η περίμετρός του είναι περίπου 27 χλμ.
Η Πολύαιγος σε σχέση μεγέθους είναι κατά μερικά τετραγωνικά χιλιόμετρα, πιο μεγάλη από την Δονούσα η οποία έχει περίπου 165 μόνιμους κατοίκους.
Κάποτε υπήρχε στο νησί ανθρώπινη δραστηριότητα. Το 1951 είχε 14 κατοίκους, ενώ ακόμη παλαιότερα αναφέρεται ότι κατοικούσαν εκεί 170 άτομα.
Χρησιμοποιείται κυρίως ως βοσκότοπος κάτι που δικαιολογεί και το όνομα της «Πολύαιγος», από το «πολλές αίγες», δηλαδή «πολλές κατσίκες».
Από το 1898 υπάρχει στο νησί φάρος, στο ακρωτήρι Μάσκουλα, σε ύψος 138 μέτρων. Στο βορειοδυτικό τμήμα του νησιού υπάρχουν ερείπια της Μονής Κοιμήσεως της Θεοτόκου, ο ναός της οποίας ήταν βασιλική με τρούλο, που είχε ιδρυθεί το 1622. Η ανθρώπινη δραστηριότητα είναι επίσης εμφανής από δυο λατομεία στο ίδιο τμήμα όπου γινόταν εξόρυξη τραχείτη, χρησιμοποιούμενου για μυλόπετρες.
Η χώρα μας έχει περιλάβει την Πολύαιγο στο πρόγραμμα Natura 2000 της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης, θεωρώντας την σημαντικό βιότοπο ανενόχλητο από την ανθρώπινη παρουσία. Στο νησί γεννά τα μικρά της η μεσογειακή φώκια Monachus Monachus.
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THIS DAY IN MUSIC
June 22nd: On this Day | |
1956, Elvis Presley started a three-day run playing 10 shows at the Paramount Theater in Atlanta, Georgia. The stage manager was told; "Pull all white lights. Presley works all in color, Presley act has no encore. When he leaves the stage, immediately close curtains." | |
1963, 13-year old Stevie Wonder first entered the US singles chart as Little Stevie Wonder with 'Fingertips Parts One and Two.''Fingertips' which featured a young Marvin Gaye on drums was the first live, non-studio recording to reach No.1 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States since Johnny Standley's 1952 comic monologue 'It's in the Book'. | |
1964, The Beatles played their first ever show in New Zealand at Wellington Town Hall. The local Chief Constable refused a police escort for The Beatles leaving just two policemen to control over 5,000 fans. | |
1968, Herb Alpert started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'This Guys In Love With You'. His first No.1 plus first No.1 for the A&M label and the writer's Bacharach and David's first chart topper. A No.3 hit in the UK. | |
1968, The Jeff Beck group featuring Rod Stewart made their US debut at the Fillmore East, New York. | |
1968, The Otis Redding album Dock Of The Bay went to No.1 in the UK. The posthumously released album, and his sixth studio album contained a number of singles and B-sides dating back to 1965 and one of his best known songs, the posthumous hit (Sittin' On The Dock) Of The Bay. | |
1969, American singer, actress, Judy Garland, died of a barbiturate overdose aged 47, she was found on the floor of her rented Chelsea home, in London, UK. Made more than two dozen films, played Dorothy in the 1939 film 'Wizard Of Oz', sang 'Over The Rainbow' in the film, (voted the 'Song Of The Century' in a 2001 poll published in America). 1961 US No.1 comeback album 'Judy At Carnegie Hall'. | |
1970, Led Zeppelin appeared at Laugardalsholl Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland on the group's one and only visit to Iceland. It is suggested that Robert Plant was inspired to write the lyrics to 'Immigrant Song' during this trip." | |
1971, The second Glastonbury Festival in England took place. Held over 5 days to coincide with the summer solstice, (the weather was, for a British 'summer' very good). Acts who appeared included: Melanie, Quintessence, David Bowie, The Edgar Broughton Band, Pink Fairies, Terry Reid - with David Lyndley and Linda Lewis, Gong, Hawkwind, Arthur Brown, Brinsley Schwarz, Fairport Convention, Family and Traffic. Over 7,000 fans attended the event. | |
1971, Joni Mitchell released her fourth studio album Blue. The album is now generally regarded by music critics as one of the greatest albums of all time. In July 2017, Blue was chosen by NPR as the greatest album of all time made by a woman. | |
1980, Don McLean had his second UK No.1 single with the Roy Orbison song 'Crying'. The song had been a No.2 US hit for Orbison in July 1961. In 1987, Orbison re-recorded the song as a duet with k.d. lang as part of the soundtrack for the motion picture, Hiding Out. Their collaboration won the Grammy Award. | |
1981, Mark Chapman pleaded guilty to the charge of murdering John Lennon in 1980. He was later sentenced to 20 years to life. | |
1985, Bryan Adams started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Heaven', his first No.1 single, it made No.35 in the UK. The song had been featured in the film 'Night In Heaven'. | |
1988, American session guitarist Jesse Ed Davis died of a heroin overdose after collapsing in a laundry room in Venice, California, aged 43. Worked with Conway Twitty, The Monkees, John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Leonard Cohen, Keith Moon, Jackson Browne, Steve Miller, Harry Nilsson and Taj Mahal. | |
1990, Ry Cooder and David Lindley, The Cure, Happy Mondays, Sinead O'Connor,Deacon Blue, De La Soul, Adamski, Blue Aeroplanes, Julian Cope, Del Amitri, Jesus Jones, James and The Pale Saints all appeared on the first day of this years Glastonbury Festival. A three day ticket cost £38. | |
1992, Nirvana's Kurt Cobain was rushed to hospital after a gig in Belfast, Northern Ireland suffering from acute stomach pains brought on by ulcers. | |
1992, Three members of M.C. Hammer's tour crew were wounded in a drive in shooting incident, three days later Joseph Mack, a dancer in Hammer's entourage was shot on stage during a concert in Nevada. | |
1996, The brother of singer Diana Ross, Arthur Ross and his wife were murdered by suffocation in the basement of their rented Detroit home. The badly decomposed bodies were discovered after neighbors complained of a foul odor coming from the house. Two men were later charged with murder and robbery. Arthur Ross had written songs for Marvin Gaye, The Miracles and Madonna. | |
2002, U2 guitarist 'The Edge' married his girlfriend of ten years Morleigh Steinberg in Eze in the south of France. The couple first met when she was a belly dancer on the bands Zoo TV tour. Guest's included Bono, Eurythmics Dave Stewart and Lenny Kravitz. | |
2003, Clay Aiken, runner-up in the 2003 US American Idol went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'This Is The Night.' Luther Vandross was at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Dance With My Father'. | |
2008, Coldplay went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Viva La Vida', their first UK No.1. History was made by this single, as it had no physical CD-single release in the UK, being available by internet download only. The song won a Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 2009. | |
2011, It was reported in the Irish press that Bono's wandering peahen was causing havoc for some south Dublin residents. The peahen the less spectacular-coloured female partner to a male peacock had arrived in the Ard Mhuire housing estate in Killiney near to where the singer lived. One newspaper ran the headline: "Bono's cock drives me nuts". Local woman Susan McKeon said she first noticed the bird at night. "It had a tiny head and a huge body. It was actually quite ugly but I don't think it's fully grown." | |
2012, MP Andrew Turner called for a review of procedures after thousands of rock fans were delayed for hours heading to the Isle of Wight Festival. After heavy rain cars were unable to park on waterlogged fields - leading to gridlock as about 55,000 people headed to the site. Some fans were stuck in traffic for up to 16 hours on the way to the festival. Elbow, Lana Del Rey, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Bruce Springsteen and Pearl Jam all appeared at this year's festival. | |
2013, 'Blurred Lines' by Robin Thicke started a 13 week run at No.1 on the US singles chart. Featuring American rapper T.I. and American singer and producer Pharrell, the video was made in two versions; the first video features models Emily Ratajkowski, Jessi M'Bengue, and Elle Evans being topless, the second features them covered. The topless version of the video was removed from YouTube for violating the site's terms of service regarding nudity, though it was later restored, but flagged as inappropriate. 'Blurred Lines" peaked at No.1 in 14 countries. | |
2015, P Diddy was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon in Los Angeles. The alleged incident occurred on the University of California campus where his son was on the football team. The weapon in question was a kettlebell, which is used for weight training. Diddy - whose real name is Sean Combs - was released on $160,000 (£101,000) bail. | |
2016, Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant told a court hearing the 'Stairway To Heaven'copyright dispute that he had a dim memory of the time the song was written. Plant also said he could not remember meeting the band Spirit, who claimed the band stole their guitar riff for Stairway to Heaven in the 1970s. "I don't have a recollection of almost anyone I've hung out with," Plant said, causing roars of laughter in the court. The case was brought on behalf of Spirit's late guitarist, Randy Wolfe. His estate claimed the opening riff of the 1968 song Taurus is fundamentally the same as the iconic opening bars of Stairway to Heaven. | |
June 22nd: Born on this day | |
1936, Born on this day, Kris Kristofferson, musician, actor, and writer, known for such hits as 'Me and Bobby McGee', 'For the Good Times', 'Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down', and 'Help Me Make It Through the Night'. In 1985, Kristofferson joined fellow country artists Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash in forming the country music supergroup The Highwaymen. In 2004, Kristofferson was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. | |
1944, Born on this day, Peter Asher, Peter &Gordon, who had the 1964 UK & US No.1 single 'World Without Love', written by Lennon & McCartney. Asher was a producer and Head of Apple Records in late 60s and went on to become James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt's manager. | |
1947, Born on this day, Howard Kaylan, from the The Turtles who had the US 1967 No.1 single 'Happy Together' and the 1967 hit 'She'd Rather Be with Me'. He later worked with Frank Zappa, alongside his friend and partner Mark Volman who used the stage names of Flo & Eddie. | |
1948, Born on this day, American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and record producer Todd Rundgren. Member of Nazz and Utopia. Had the solo 1972 US No.16 & 1973 UK No.36 single 'I Saw The Light'. Rundgren engineered / produced many notable albums for other acts, including The Band's Stage Fright (1970), Badfinger's Straight Up (1971), Grand Funk Railroad's We're an American Band (1973), the New York Dolls's New York Dolls (1973), Hall & Oates's War Babies (1974), Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell (1977). | |
1949, Born on this day, Alan Osmond from American family group The Osmonds. They had the 1971 US No.1 single 'One Bad Apple', the 1974 hit 'Crazy Horses' and the 1974 UK No.1 single 'Love Me For A Reason'. They had their own 1972–1973 Saturday morning cartoon series, The Osmonds, on ABC-TV. The Osmonds have sold over 75 million records world wide. | |
1953, Born on this day, American singer, songwriter Cyndi Lauper, who had the 1984 US No.1 single 'Time After Time', and the UK & US No.2 single 'Girls Just Want To Have Fun', (first recorded in 1979 by American musician Robert Hazard). The song received Grammy Award nominations for Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. | |
1956, Born on this day, Derek Forbes, bassist with Scottish rock band, Simple Minds, who had the 1985 US No.1 single 'Don't You, Forget About Me', and the 1989 UK No.1 single 'Belfast Child', plus over 20 other UK Top 40 singles. | |
1956, Born on this day, Green Gartside, singer, songwriter from British band Scritti Politti, who had the 1984 UK No.10 single 'Wood Beez, Pray Like Aretha Franklin', and the hit 'The Word Girl', as well as a US Top 20 hit 'Perfect Way'. | |
1957, Born on this day, Gary Beers, bassist from Australian rock band INXS, who had the 1988 UK No.2 & US No.1 single 'Need You Tonight'. Their 1987 album Kick has sold over 10m copies in the US alone and features four Top 10 singles; 'Need You Tonight,''Devil Inside', 'New Sensation,' and 'Never Tear Us Apart.' INXS has sold over 55 million records worldwide. | |
1959, Born on this day, Alan Anton, bassist with Canadian alternative country/blues/folk rock band, Cowboy Junkies. | |
1961, Born on this day, Jimmy Somerville, UK singer, who with Bronski Beat had the 1984 UK No.3 single 'Smalltown Boy'. With British pop duo The Communards had the 1986 UK No.1 single with a cover version of the Thelma Houston hit 'Don't Leave Me This Way'. | |
1962, Born on this day, British Jamaican R&B and soul singer, Ruby Turner, who scored the 1987 UK hit single 'I'd Rather Go Blind'. As a session backing vocalist, she has worked with Bryan Ferry, UB40, Steel Pulse, Steve Winwood, Jools Holland and Mick Jagger. | |
1964, Born on this day, Bobby Gillespie, guitar, vocals, from Scottish rock band Primal Scream who had the 1994 UK No.7 single 'Rocks' and the 1991 UK No.8 album Screamadelica. | |
1964, Born on this day, Mike Edwards, vocals with English group Jesus Jones who had the 1990 US No.2 hit with 'Right Here Right Now' and the 1991 UK No.7 single 'International Bright Young Thing'. | |
1965, Born on this day, Tom Cunningham, drummer with Scottish band Wet Wet Wet who formed in 1982. They are best known for their 1994 cover of The Troggs'1960s hit 'Love Is All Around', which spent 15 weeks at No.1 on the UK charts. | |
1970, Born on this day, Steven Page, guitar, vocals, with Canadian rock band Barenaked Ladies who scored the 1998 US No.1 & UK No.5 single 'One Week'. The group has sold over 15 million records including albums and singles, and were inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in March of 2018. | |
1976, Born on this day, Sally Polihronas, Australian singer from Bardot, winners of the Australian Popstars reality show, who had the 2000 Australian No.1 single ‘Poison’, and 2000 Australian No.1 self-titled album. | |
1981, Born on this day, Chris Urbanowicz, guitarist, with English rock band The Editors, who had the 2007 UK No.1 album An End Has a Start and earned the band a Brit Awards nomination for best British Band. |
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