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Music Review: Van Halen ageless on new album - KansasCity.com

Van Halen, "A Different Kind Of Truth" (Interscope)

Let's face it, for many fans, Van Halen without founding singer David Lee Roth just isn't Van Halen. It's Van Hagar. Or even Van That-Guy-From-Extreme.Nearly 30 years after Roth and his bandmates parted ways following the group's "1984" album, they're back with "A Different Kind Of Truth."Despite its title, the album's 13 tracks feel more than a little bit familiar, which is a good thing if you're looking to rewind the clock to Van Halen circa the late 1970s and early 1980s. If that sort of thing strikes you as dad-rock, however, then not so much.Regardless, "A Different Kind Of Truth" shows 14 years since the last full Van Halen album, guitar demon Eddie Van Halen remains at the top of his game, betraying no hint of age or wear in his guitar work. All the staples are there: scorching riffs, waves of overlapping notes that dive bomb into deep growls and signature sonic horse wails.Notably absent from "A Different Kind Of Truth" are the keyboard-heavy songs or power ballads found in the stretch of albums with Sammy Hagar on vocals.Instead, Van Halen mostly delivers hard-pounding rockers - less "Jump," more "Atomic Punk."And speed. Several tracks, such as the relentless "Bullethead" and "As Is," fueled by a rockabilly-like riff, are as fast and heavy as anything Van Halen has previously done.A lot of the credit for that goes to drummer Alex Van Halen and Eddie Van Halen's son, Wolfgang, on bass. (Wolfgang replaced original Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony during a U.S. tour about four years ago.)Roth's voice hasn't aged quite as well, but his delivery is lively and he lobs in plenty of his trademark yelps.The singer always was equal parts hype man and frontman, and on some tracks, like the underwhelming first single, "Tattoo," he's in over-the-top, Diamond Dave mode, singing "Sexy dragon magic! So very autobiographic!"Singing with an audible wink worked better on their smash hit "Panama," but you can't blame Roth for trying. He's just giving fans of Van Halen 1.0 what they've wanted for three decades.And on party rocker "Blood and Fire," Roth tells those fans: "Told you I was coming back/Say you miss me/Say it like you mean it."

Source: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/06/3413276/music-review-van-halen-ageless.html

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Report: The New President of Sony Is Kaz Hirai, the Boss of Playstation [Sony]

Nikkei is reporting that Kaz Hirai will finally be promoted to President of Sony (in April). If you remember, Hirai has been the Playstation boss for quite some time and was rumored to be in talks of becoming President as far back as November 2010. Sony sure took its time with this one. More »

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Put these cute Zelda figures from Japan in your pocket

The 50-cent random-toy twist-knob machines lining grocery stores and movie theaters across the western world don't contain Zelda figures, which makes them more proof that Japan is way cooler than everyone else, ever. Takara Tomy Arts is offering six gashapon figurines direct from Japan, including characters from The Wind Waker, Ocarina of Time and Skyward Sword, dubbed the Zelda Figure Collection. Import specialist NCS is taking pre-orders for the collection, priced at $28.90 and scheduled to ship in April.

For just $30 you can get two tiny Links, a Tetra, Zelda, child Link and child Zelda, which is much cheaper than a plane trip to Japan and the 100-yen coins you'd have to spend at the actual machines.

Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/05/put-these-cute-zelda-figures-from-japan-in-your-pocket/

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Senegalese singer N'dour makes presidential run

DAKAR?? Senegalese world music star Youssou N'dour said he will stand in next month's presidential elections, mounting a high-profile challenge to the West African state's veteran leader Abdoulaye Wade.

N'dour has been a vocal critic of President Wade who is hoping to extend his 11-year rule by getting re-elected in February against a field of about a dozen rivals.

"I am a candidate. I will engage in the presidential race," N'dour said in a broadcast late on Monday on his own TFM (Television Futurs Medias) radio and television station.

N'dour has widely criticized what he calls the profligate spending of the Wade leadership in a country where formal employment is scarce and average income per head is $3 a day.

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N'dour enjoys huge popularity in Senegal for his music, which helped expose the country's unique "Mbalax" drumming and singing styles to the mainstream, but it remains unclear if he will be able to translate his fame into votes.

"For a long time, men and women have demonstrated their optimism, dreaming of a new Senegal," he said on Monday. "They have, in various ways, called for my candidacy in the February presidential race. I listened. I heard."

"It is true that I do not have a university education, but the presidency is not something you go to school for," he said.

N'dour, who has also broken into the North American and European charts and collaborated with Neneh Cherry on the international hit "7 Seconds," announced in November he was canceling concert dates to focus on politics.

The Feb. 26 poll has been dominated by a noisy constitutional row over whether Wade, 85, has the right to stand for a third term in a country that prides itself on a record of peaceful leadership changes.

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The revised Senegalese constitution limits presidential terms to two, but Wade argues that this should not apply to his first term starting in 2000, as this pre-dated the amendment.

Simmering resentment over Wade's leadership boiled over in June when Wade proposed new electoral rules that his critics said would have made it easier for him to win the poll and eventually hand power over to his son.

Protesters, also enraged by chronic power cuts, clashed with riot police in the capital Dakar leaving more than 100 wounded and forcing the president to back down.

An opponent of Wade was detained last week on suspicion of involvement in a fatal shooting, underlining tensions ahead of the poll.

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Source: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/45855296/ns/today-entertainment/

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Tennis roundup: Raonic advances in India

Milos Raonic won his second round match at the Chennai Open in India on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012. (REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen/Files)

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Reigning champion Stanislas Wawrinka and promising Canadian slugger Milos Raonic were among Wednesday's second-round winners at the 2012 season-opening Chennai Open tennis event.

The third-seeded Swiss Wawrinka continued his fine play at this Australian Open tune-up by coming from behind to beat French lucky-loser Edouard Roger-Vasselin 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 on the hardcourts at SDAT Tennis Stadium.

Wawrinka topped 2007 champion Xavier Malisse in last year's finale here and was the runner-up in 2010.

Meanwhile, the fourth-seeded Raonic rolled past Romanian Victor Hanescu 6-1, 6-4 and Japanese qualifier Go Soeda upset fifth-seeded Croat Ivan Dodig 7-6 (8-6), 6-3. The rising Raonic was the 2011 ATP's Newcomer of the Year. Soeda will meet Wawrinka in Friday's quarterfinals.

One other second-rounder on Day 3 saw Israeli Dudi Sela outlast France's Benoit Paire 4-6, 6-2, 6-4. Sela should have his hands full with Raonic in the quarters.

Nadal, Federer land in Doha quarters

DOHA, Qatar - Top-seeded Rafael Nadal and reigning champion Roger Federer were easy second-round winners Wednesday at the season-opening $1.024 million Qatar Open.

The former world No. 1 Nadal blew past German qualifier Denis Gremelmayr 6-2, 6-2 in an hour-and-a-half on the hardcourts at Khalifa International Tennis Complex.

Up next for the reigning French Open champion and 2010 Doha runner-up Nadal will be seventh-seeded Russian Mikhail Youzhny, who beat 6-foot-10 Croat Ivo Karlovic 6-2, 6-7 (3-7), 6-3 on Day 3 here.

The second-seeded former No. 1 Federer, meanwhile, handled Slovenian qualifier Grega Zemlja 6-2, 6-3 amid windy conditions in one hour. The iconic Federer has now won his last 19 matches, dating back to the latter stages of last season.

The 16-time Grand Slam champion and three-time Doha titlist Federer closed out 2011 as the hottest player in the world, as he won his last 17 matches on his way to three straight titles, including the prestigious ATP World Tour Finals.

Third-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga moved into the quarterfinals with a 7-6 (10-8), 6-3 victory over Italian Flavio Cipolla. The French Tsonga will face Spaniard Albert Ramos in the round of eight after Ramos received a walkover into the quarters when his scheduled opponent, sixth-seeded Russian Alex Bogomolov Jr., pulled out of the draw.

In other second-round action involving seeds, No. 5 Viktor Troicki of Serbia stopped German qualifier Matthias Bachinger 7-6 (8-6), 6-1 and a No. 8 Seppi dismissed Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 7-5, 6-3.

Serena wins, then withdraws

BRISBANE, Australia - Serena Williams' preparations for the upcoming Australian Open took a hit on Wednesday when the former world No. 1 star won a second-round match, but then withdrew from the Brisbane International tennis event because of an ankle injury.

A fourth-seeded Williams got past Serbian Bojana Jovanovski in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4, but injured her left ankle in the process at Queensland Tennis Centre.

The 13-time Grand Slam champion Williams, playing in her first tournament since losing to Samantha Stosur in September's U.S. Open final, was serving for the match at 6-2, 5-3 against Jovanovski on Wednesday when she twisted the ankle and fell hard to the court.

The five-time Aussie Open champ laid near the baseline for several minutes while receiving medical attention.

After having her ankle wrapped, Williams returned to action, only to have her serve broken, but would then prevail in the following game.

She then withdrew from Brisbane later Wednesday, saying "I have a left ankle sprain (and) that I probably shouldn't play on."

"I'm going to take a couple of days off -- not too many -- and see how I feel," Williams said in a statement. "I'm still hopeful of playing the Australian Open."

The Aussie Open will commence January 16 in Melbourne.

Williams' scheduled quarterfinal opponent in Brisbane, Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova, received a walkover into the semis.

Meanwhile, Czech left-hander Iveta Benesova took down the local favourite and top seed here, the U.S. Open champion Stosur, 6-4, 6-2.

In other second-round action, sixth-seeded former world No. 1 Serb Jelena Jankovic cruised to a 6-3, 6-2 win over Russian qualifier Nina Bratchikova and Estonia's Kaia Kanepi upset seventh-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia 6-0, 6-3.

Murray reaches Brisbane quarters

BRISBANE, Australia - Top seed Andy Murray was tested before reaching the quarterfinals at the 2012 season-opening Brisbane International tennis event.

The world No. 4 and 2011 Australian Open runner-up Murray dropped the first set against left-hander Gilles Muller of Luxembourg on Wednesday before prevailing for a 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-0 victory in just over two hours on the hardcourts at Queensland Tennis Centre.

Murray will face former Aussie Open runner-up Marcos Baghdatis in a quarterfinal here on Friday. The Cypriot Baghdatis took out fifth-seeded Japanese Kei Nishikori 6-3, 6-4 on Day 4.

Second-seeded Gilles Simon avoided an upset with a 6-3, 7-5 victory over Aussie wild card James Duckworth. Simon will meet Colombian Santiago Giraldo in a quarter here on Thursday. Santiago stopped German Philipp Petzschner 6-4, 6-4.

Three other seeds reached the round of eight, as No. 3 Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine outlasted Russian qualifier Igor Andreev 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (11-9), 6-2, No. 6 Czech Radek Stepanek beat Finn Jarkko Nieminen 7-6 (7-3), 6-2, and No. 8 Aussie favourite Bernard Tomic trounced Japanese qualifier Tatsuma Ito 6-1, 6-2. The tour veteran Stepanek titled here in 2009.

Dolgopolov and Stepanek will square off here on Thursday.

Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin received a walkover into the quarterfinals when his scheduled second-round opponent, oft-injured German Tommy Haas, withdrew from the tournament.

Lisicki survives test from Barthel

AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Top-seeded Sabine Lisicki survived for a three-set win Wednesday over fellow German Mona Barthel in the second round at the season-opening ASB Classic.

Lisicki needed almost 2 1/2 hours to hold off Barthel in 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 6-3 fashion on the hardcourts at ASB Tennis Centre.

Barthel saved 16-of-23 break points in the rain-delayed match, but Lisicki moved on to face another fellow German, Angelique Kerber, who upended No. 5 seed and compatriot Julia Goerges in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3.

Second-seeded Chinese Shuai Peng was also ousted in two sets, dropping a 6-4, 6-3 decision to Czech Lucie Hradecka.

Third-seeded Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova, meanwhile, cruised past American teenager Christina McHale 6-1, 6-1 and No. 4 seed Flavia Pennetta of Italy bested Brit Elena Baltacha 6-4, 6-2. Pennetta was a finalist here two years ago.

In other action involving seeds, Russian Elena Vesnina upset No. 6 Italian Roberta Vinci 6-3, 6-4, unseeded Italian Sara Errani erased No. 7 Belgian Yanina Wickmayer 4-6, 6-1, 6-1, and No. 8 Monica Niculescu of Romania was ousted by Chinese Zheng Jie 6-0, 6-2. Wickmayer was last year's Auckland runner-up to Hungarian Greta Arn and titled here in 2010 by beating Pennetta in the finale.

Source: http://www.torontosun.com/2012/01/04/tennis-roundup-raonic-advances-in-india

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Technology ? Long-awaited Facebook IPO looms in New Year

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Source: www.japantoday.com --- Monday, January 02, 2012
Facebook co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has deflected talk of going public for years but it looks like it is finally going to happen in 2012. "The Facebook IPO will be the biggest financial event in the tech industry for 2012," Forrester Research analyst Josh Bernoff said, and one? ...

Source: http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/long-awaited-facebook-ipo-looms-in-new-year

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