Monthly Archives: February 2012

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Ford Shelby GT500 Convertible 2013 from SVT

The Ford Special Vehicle Team celebrated 20 years and presented the new Ford Shelby GT500 Convertible at the Chicago Auto Show 2013.
The new Ford Shelby GT500 Convertible 2013 presented at the Chicago Auto Show, and this edition marks the 20th anniversary of the Ford Special Vehicle Team, which had started with its first models the 1992 which was a Mustang Cobra and an F-150 Lightning.

SVT's new GT500 Convertible is equipped with the same engine as the Coupe version of the powerful model, their turbocharged V8 5,8 l. with his performance touching them 650 horses and the 813 Nm torque. The explosiveness of the GT500, however, is limited by SVT with electronic means, which prohibit the driver from exceeding the 250 km. / time.

As in the Coupe, so also in the "open" version, there are 2 different upgrade packages which are Performance and Track. The first package includes among others, electronically adjustable Bilstein suspensions, while the second has cooling systems for the engine, the differential and transmission, so they don't overheat inside the track.

Source : autotriti.gr

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Mark Lanegan returns to Greece

In Athens and Thessaloniki in April

The leading singer of modern Rock'n'Roll, Μark Lanegan, will be located in Athens, along with his band, on Thursday 5 April (Fuzz Live Music Club) for a unique evening full of the magic of a rare and wonderful voice, melancholic and sometimes dark, his music. One day earlier, on Wednesday 4 April, will perform at the Principal Club Theater, in Thessaloniki.

Voice of the legendary Screaming Trees – perhaps the best and, with no doubt, now overlooked band that sprung from the whole grunge stream – Mark Lanegan is, here and 25 (and put) years, one of the most iconic and charming figures of the underground scene.

Gifted with a unique voice – heavy, imposing and, at the same time, soulful and melancholic – he has released some sensational albums during his solo career («The Winding Sheet»/ 1990, «Whiskey For The Holy Ghost» / 1994, «Scraps At Midnight» / 1998, «I’ll Take Care Of You» / 1999, «Field Songs» / 2001, «Bubblegum» / 2004) and has collaborated with some of the greatest names of the modern Rock scene, like Queens Of The Stone Age, or Greg Dulli, η PJ Harvey, οι Masters Of Reality, as well as with Unkle, the Soulsavers and Isobel Campbell.

A few days ago, at 6 February, released his first personal album here and 8 years! 'Blues Funeral' was recorded on behalf of 4AD and is already receiving rave reviews from the entire music press around the world. Lanegan himself stated that his main influences when writing it came from his favorite albums, such as Gun Club's 'Miami' and Joy Division's 'Closer', including.

Source : newsbeast.gr

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Dance me to the end of Greece 1... Foreign Tourists in Greece: Performance at the Benaki Museum

The Benaki Museum presents the show in the Piraeus Street building “Dance me to the end of Greece 1…Foreign Tourists in Greece” which will last from 17/02/2012 until 18/02/2012.

This is the first stage presentation of travel texts signed by famous travelers of the 19th and 20th centuries.

The actors of the show participate in a storytelling forum, representation and song through poems by Byron and Satovriandos set to music, while they animate the testimonies of famous travelers such as Hans Christian Andersen, Gustave Flaubert, but also the younger Jacques Lacarriere and Henry Miller.

Direction: Spanou Sunday
Sets-Costumes: Apostolos Vettas- Olympia Sideridou-Martha Fokas
Music: Kostas Bombolos
Photos: Manolis Papadakis
Actors: Eleni Efthymiou, Frosso Zagoreou, Themis Mitropoulos, Antonis Gritsis
Piano: Emilios Politis

As part of the performance, the audience will have the opportunity to navigate the original multimedia application entitled ¨Athens through the eyes of the Tourists: 1719th century”, production of the Benaki Museum, which attempts to reconstruct the portrait of the city in that period, through from 500 works of the Collection of Paintings, Engravings and Drawings, several illustrated editions of the Museum Library, as well as selected texts of various travelers who visited it.

There will be two shows specifically for schools (large Primary classes, Middle School and High School):
Wednesday 15 February, 11.00
Wednesday 29 February, 11.00 18/02/2012.

Source : culturenow.gr

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Adel: The winner of this year's Grammys

Won the award for song of the year with 'Rolling in the Deep'


British soul singer Adele won the Grammy Award for song of the year, with "Rolling in the Deep", for Best Pop Solo Performance, with "Someone Like You" and two other awards at the ceremony held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

The ceremony began with emcee El El Cool J offering his condolences to Whitney Houston's family and praying on stage for’ her. Houston's death almost monopolized the talk before the event while it was constantly referenced during it.

Adele receiving the first awards thanked the surgeons who removed a polyp from her vocal cords.

Rock band Foo Fighters were also among the big winners, winning four awards, among them this one for Best Rock Performance with 'Walk'. The leader of the Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl, pointed out that their last record was not recorded in a studio, “but in my garage, with some microphones and a cassette player. ..»

This "shows that the human element is important" in music, he added.

The reports in Houston, who was found dead yesterday in a hotel in Los Angeles aged 48 years, they were continuous. Melanie Fiona, which won the award in the R performance category&B with the song "Fool For You" said that the deceased was her source of inspiration. "I wouldn't be standing here if it wasn't for you", he said.

Among the rest of the winners - in total 75 categories- it was also Jay Z and Kanye West for the rap song 'Otis', who, however, did not show up to receive their award.

Source : tovima.gr
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Mark Lanegan returns to Greece

In Athens and Thessaloniki in April

The leading singer of modern Rock'n'Roll, Μark Lanegan, will be located in Athens, along with his band, on Thursday 5 April (Fuzz Live Music Club) for a unique evening full of the magic of a rare and wonderful voice, melancholic and sometimes dark, his music. One day earlier, on Wednesday 4 April, will perform at the Principal Club Theater, in Thessaloniki.

Voice of the legendary Screaming Trees – perhaps the best and, with no doubt, now overlooked band that sprung from the whole grunge stream – Mark Lanegan is, here and 25 (and put) years, one of the most iconic and charming figures of the underground scene.

Gifted with a unique voice – heavy, imposing and, at the same time, soulful and melancholic – he has released some sensational albums during his solo career («The Winding Sheet»/ 1990, «Whiskey For The Holy Ghost» / 1994, «Scraps At Midnight» / 1998, «I’ll Take Care Of You» / 1999, «Field Songs» / 2001, «Bubblegum» / 2004) and has collaborated with some of the greatest names of the modern Rock scene, like Queens Of The Stone Age, or Greg Dulli, η PJ Harvey, οι Masters Of Reality, as well as with Unkle, the Soulsavers and Isobel Campbell.

A few days ago, at 6 February, released his first personal album here and 8 years! 'Blues Funeral' was recorded on behalf of 4AD and is already receiving rave reviews from the entire music press around the world. Lanegan himself stated that his main influences when writing it came from his favorite albums, such as Gun Club's 'Miami' and Joy Division's 'Closer', including.

Source : newsbeast.gr

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Dance me to the end of Greece 1... Foreign Tourists in Greece: Performance at the Benaki Museum

The Benaki Museum presents the show in the Piraeus Street building “Dance me to the end of Greece 1…Foreign Tourists in Greece” which will last from 17/02/2012 until 18/02/2012.

This is the first stage presentation of travel texts signed by famous travelers of the 19th and 20th centuries.

The actors of the show participate in a storytelling forum, representation and song through poems by Byron and Satovriandos set to music, while they animate the testimonies of famous travelers such as Hans Christian Andersen, Gustave Flaubert, but also the younger Jacques Lacarriere and Henry Miller.

Direction: Spanou Sunday
Sets-Costumes: Apostolos Vettas- Olympia Sideridou-Martha Fokas
Music: Kostas Bombolos
Photos: Manolis Papadakis
Actors: Eleni Efthymiou, Frosso Zagoreou, Themis Mitropoulos, Antonis Gritsis
Piano: Emilios Politis

As part of the performance, the audience will have the opportunity to navigate the original multimedia application entitled ¨Athens through the eyes of the Tourists: 1719th century”, production of the Benaki Museum, which attempts to reconstruct the portrait of the city in that period, through from 500 works of the Collection of Paintings, Engravings and Drawings, several illustrated editions of the Museum Library, as well as selected texts of various travelers who visited it.

There will be two shows specifically for schools (large Primary classes, Middle School and High School):
Wednesday 15 February, 11.00
Wednesday 29 February, 11.00 18/02/2012.

Source : culturenow.gr

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Adel: The winner of this year's Grammys

Won the award for song of the year with 'Rolling in the Deep'

British soul singer Adele won the Grammy Award for song of the year, with "Rolling in the Deep", for Best Pop Solo Performance, with "Someone Like You" and two other awards at the ceremony held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

The ceremony began with emcee El El Cool J offering his condolences to Whitney Houston's family and praying on stage for’ her. Houston's death almost monopolized the talk before the event while it was constantly referenced during it.

Adele receiving the first awards thanked the surgeons who removed a polyp from her vocal cords.

Rock band Foo Fighters were also among the big winners, winning four awards, among them this one for Best Rock Performance with 'Walk'. The leader of the Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl, pointed out that their last record was not recorded in a studio, “but in my garage, with some microphones and a cassette player. ..»

This "shows that the human element is important" in music, he added.

The reports in Houston, who was found dead yesterday in a hotel in Los Angeles aged 48 years, they were continuous. Melanie Fiona, which won the award in the R performance category&B with the song "Fool For You" said that the deceased was her source of inspiration. "I wouldn't be standing here if it wasn't for you", he said.

Among the rest of the winners - in total 75 categories- it was also Jay Z and Kanye West for the rap song 'Otis', who, however, did not show up to receive their award.

Source : tovima.gr