Happy Birthday JIMMY CLIFF (video)

Jimmy Cliff, OM (born James Chambers on April 1, 1948) is a Jamaican musician, singer and actor. He is the only currently living musician to hold the Order of Merit, the highest honor that can be granted by the Jamaican government for achievement in the arts and sciences.

Cliff is best known among mainstream audiences for songs such as "Wonderful World, Beautiful People", "The Harder They Come," "Sitting in Limbo", "You Can Get It If You Really Want" and "Many Rivers to Cross" from the soundtrack to The Harder They Come, which helped popularize reggae across the world; and his covers of Cat Stevens' "Wild World" and Johnny Nash's "I Can See Clearly Now" from the film Cool Runnings. Outside of the reggae world, he is probably best known for his film appearance in The Harder They Come. Cliff was one of five performers inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010.

source: wikipedia

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Happy Birthday ERIC CLAPTON (video)

Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, (born March 30 1945) is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. He is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time. Clapton ranked second in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and fourth in Gibson's Top 50 Guitarists of All Time.

In the mid-1960s, Clapton departed from the Yardbirds to play blues with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. In his one-year stay with Mayall, Clapton gained the nickname "Slowhand". Immediately after leaving Mayall, Clapton joined Cream, a power trio with drummer Ginger Baker and bassist Jack Bruce in which Clapton played sustained blues improvisations and "arty, blues-based psychedelic pop." For most of the 1970s, Clapton's output bore the influence of the mellow style of J.J. Cale and the reggae of Bob Marley. His version of Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff" helped reggae reach a mass market. Two of his most popular recordings were "Layla", recorded by Derek and the Dominos, another band he formed, and Robert Johnson's "Crossroads", recorded by Cream. Following the death of his son Conor in 1991, Clapton's grief was expressed in the song "Tears in Heaven", which featured in his Unplugged album.

A recipient of seventeen Grammy Awards, and the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, in 2004 Clapton was awarded a CBE at Buckingham Palace for services to music. In 1998, Clapton, a recovering alcoholic and drug addict, founded the Crossroads Centre on Antigua, a medical facility for recovering substance abusers.

source: wikipedia

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SERENITY - Wings of Madness (video)

I've been a fan of SERENITY since 2007 and even have a copy of their Starseed V.R. demo EP (2003/2004). As I await my copy of their newly released album, War Of Ages, the band just released a new video for "Wings Of Madness". This is the debut of the band's new co-lead vocalist Clémentine Delauney, former touring member now full-time.

LTD Edition Digipak + 2 Bonus Tracks: http://tiny.cc/warofages-digipack

Buy on iTunes: http://tiny.cc/WarOfAgesiTunes

for more visit: http://www.serenity-band.com/

From wikipedia:
Serenity was founded in Tyrol, Austria in January 2001 receiving "fine reviews" for their first demo "Starseed V.R.". In 2003/2004, three of the original members left the band. The replacement members were contacted throughout February to March 2004. The band's next demo, "Engraved Within", was released in April 2005 and was met with positive reviews from such reputable magazines as Germany's Metal Hammer. Their first full album, "Words Untold and Dreams Unlived", was released in Europe on April 27, 2007 and May 8 in the USA and Canada through Napalm Records. The band toured Europe in support of "Words Untold and Dreams Unlived" with Morgana Lefay, Threshold and later Kamelot. The second full length album entitled "Fallen Sanctuary" was produced from December 2007 to April 2008 and was released August 29, 2008 in Europe and September 9 in the USA. The CD contains the band's first video clip "Velatum" which was shot by director Robert Geir and "Wildruf" camera crew from July 2 to 5, launched online on July 17 to promote the upcoming album.

older videos:

source: Serenity

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KICK ASS 2 - Hit Girl featured in new trailer (video)

As a huge fan of the first film, I cannot wait for the next chapter! 

If you have not seen Kick Ass yet, go now.  

One of the best "superhero" movies from a whole different perspective.

Hit Girl rocks! (and it looks like she is a major part of the sequel!)

KICK ASS 2 will be released worldwide in August

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THE WOLVERINE: International Trailer (video)

Looks like we will finally get a worthy Wolverine movie!
(I was always a Cyclops fan and feel he got the short end of the stick in the movies, but that's another story.)  

James Mangold is directing and I have enjoyed his work on Identity, Kate & Leopold and 3:10 to Yuma. (He also directed: Girl, Interrupted, Knight and Day, Walk The Line, Copland, etc)

The WOLVERINE opens in July!

 http://www.thewolverinemovie.com

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