Assassin's Creed

Simple Minds NEW Album 'GRAFFITI SOUL'

Simple Minds unveil NEW Album 'GRAFFITI SOUL' - release date: 25th of May 2009!

Hi wilmetjp, Hot on the heels of their 30th Anniversary Celebration Tour that saw them playing to over a quarter of a million people during their sold out 2008 European/UK arena tour, and their performance at Nelson Mandela's 90th Birthday concert in London's Hyde Park, Simple Minds are about to enter the most prolific period within their extensive career with the highly anticipated brand new album 'Graffiti Soul' due for international release on May 25th by Universal Music Records label. Their 15th studio album, 'Graffiti Soul' was initially written on location in Rome, Sicily, Antwerp and Glasgow. Simple Minds then returned for the first time in almost three decades to the famous Rockfield Studios where the Scottish group originally recorded their earlier seminal albums 'Real To Real Cacophony', 'Empires And Dance' and sowed the seeds of 'New Gold Dream'. Produced by Jez Coad and Simple Minds, the new album was mixed in Los Angeles by the legendary Bob Clearmountain, who previously mixed Simple Minds multi platinum 'Once Upon a Time album', and who's mixing credentials include Bruce Springsteen's 'Born In The USA', David Bowie's 'Let's Dance', and 'Roxy Music's 'Avalon'. "Graffiti Soul is a bold and energetic collection of songs, and we could not be happier with the result," says lead singer, Jim Kerr. "Stylistically, this is a truly vibrant rock'n'roll album that's bursting at the seams with quite possibly the most ballsy pop songs we have written in years." Although the heart and soul of 'Graffiti Soul' is contemporary in sound, the feel of classic Minds is evident, although the spirit of some of Simple Minds' original contemporaries such as Joy Division, Magazine and the Stranglers, are not far away. Continues Kerr, "It's taken us a while, but over the last couple of years Charlie Burchill and I have put together a great team of individuals to work with, and that, as well as a revitalised and energetic new commitment has triggered an effect that has dramatically overhauled Simple Minds. 'Graffiti Soul' is testament to that." In addition to the launch of the new album, Simple Minds are in the process of confirming an extensive 'Graffiti Soul' world tour that will encompass a lot of songs from the new album, plus the band's best loved classics including 'Alive and Kicking', 'Sanctify Yourself', 'Waterfront', 'Promised You A Miracle' and 'Don't You (Forget About Me)'. "It was a great pleasure making the new album," concludes Kerr. Sometimes you hit a period where everything just fits together perfectly and turns out exactly as you hoped it would. 'Graffiti Soul' reflects that very sentiment, and much more." OTHER NEWS... Congratulations to Bjorn Hellstrom of Eskilstuna, Sweden who won the VIP TRIP for two people to see Simple Minds play at Edinburgh Castle, Scotland in July. The competition was open to Members who had visited the Members Area and those in the audience during last years '30 Years Live' UK Tour dates. We'll be in touch with more tour and release details soon... Kind regards and best wishes SIMPLEMINDS.COM

5 heures Julien Doré - "Chat-Bite à Nagui!"

Julien Doré était hier dans 5 heures, chez Rudy Léonet. Cette rencontre (immortalisée ici par la webcam), vous pouvez la réécouter en podcast ici-même.

The Shield - Season 7

La secte des assassins

C'est à partir de 1090 que le philosophe Hassan ben Sabah - c'est-à-dire le "vieux de la montagne" - rassemble ses adeptes dans sa forteresse d'Alamût, dans le nord de l'Iran actuel. Chiite ismaélien, il a fondé une secte qui s'oppose au pouvoir des Turcs seldjoukides. Ces derniers, de confession sunnite, règnent alors sur un immense empire qui s'étend de l'Espagne à l'Inde. Pour s'attaquer à eux, le chef de la secte dispose de cinq mille guerriers, regroupés dans un chapelet de places fortes. Mais ils ne sont pas en mesure d'affronter les immenses armées que leurs adversaires peuvent mobiliser. C'est ainsi que naît l'idée d'actes terroristes perpétrés par des individus isolés, indifférents aux conséquences terrestres de leur acte. Le meurtrier qui se sacrifie est un fedayin, un martyr, auquel un merveilleux paradis est promis aussitôt après la mort. Ces hachichiyin (l'origine du mot, qui désignerait des fumeurs de haschich, reste contestée) passeront au fil de l'épée monarques, princes, vizirs, imams et autres puissants du monde arabe. Ils prendront aussi pour cible les chrétiens lors de l'arrivée des premiers croisés, en 1097. La société très secrète des assassins agira deux siècles durant, jusqu'à la prise d'Alamût par les Mongols en 1256. Filmé dans les paysages splendides qui ont vu naître la secte, ce document fait appel à la reconstitution pour évoquer les grands moments de son histoire.

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The Arcade Legends Full Size 125 Game System.

Asteroids®. Centipede®. Missile Command®. Tempest®. Over one hundred classic games return to life in this full-sized upright console. Unlike lesser imitations that are 70% the size, this console is the real thing: it uses the original programming that gave arcade games such a distinctive, groundbreaking feel, with all the lights, color, sound, and gaming action you remember. The console is made in the U.S. by the world-renowned Chicago Gaming Company, experts in arcade games for over 30 years, and makers of fine game systems for such names as Williams® and Konami®. This system is the same kind that has been tested in arcades for years, and delivers true arcade-style play and feel. A crisp Wells Gardner 25" monitor (not a computer monitor) doesnt let a single visual detail escape the eye, and real arcade controls--including two joysticks, a 3" trackball, and multiple buttons--lend a true-to-life feel that will give you the upper hand in challenging one-on-one game play. A host of vintage Atari® and Capcom® games (125 in all, including classics like Battlezone®, Millipede™, Super Breakout™, Ghosts 'n Goblins™, and Street Fighter II™) ensure plenty of challenge variety and an interactive menu lets you customize sound volume, delete high scores, and add future games as they are made available. The only difference between this unit and the games in the arcades is you don't have to constantly feed it quarters or wait for your turn (authentic coin door does not work--commercial use prohibited). Ages 8 and up. Plugs into AC. 68" H x 25 1/2" W x 3 31/4" D. (300 lbs.)

R2D2 Le robot media center / home cinema

R2D2 le robot media-center
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