BP estimates there are 50,000,000 to 100,000,000 barrels of oil in the in Mobile Dome (the undersea structure the Deep Horizon punctured).  I’ll use 100,000,000 barrels (which may still be low if oil is blown in through fissures from other  domes as the pressure lowers in the Mobile Dome).  100,000,000 55-gallon barrels in the dome = 5.5 billion gallons of oil.  That’s 1,000 days worth of blowout at the current high-end estimate (based on visual flow calculations) of 100,000 barrels per day.  So, how much is 100,000 barrels per day?

100,000 bbl/day = 5,500,000 gal/day.  By way of comparison, there are:

9,000 Gallons in a large oil tanker truck (like in Terminator 2)

= 611 tankertrucks per day of blowout
(at Day 50, 30,555 tankertrucks so far)

30,000 gallons standard railroad tank car

= 183 tankcars per day of blowout
(at Day 50, 9,167 tankcars so far)

At a flow rate of 5,500,000 gallons/day  (1 gal = .1337 cubic feet) that’s 735,350 cubic feet/day.  For comparison:

88,000 cu ft (658,189 gal = 11,967 bbl) in an Olympic pool (50 meter x 25 meter x 1.35 meter)

= 8.35625 Olympic pools per day of blowout
(at Day 50, that’s 418 Olympic pools)

11,280,937 cubic feet (84,375,000 gal = 1,534,090 bbl) to fill the Rose Bowl

= 15.34 days to fill the Rose Bowl
(at Day 50 BP has spilled 3.26 Rose Bowl’s worth)

250,000 barrels = size of Exxon Valdez spill

= one Exxon Valdez-sized spill every 2.5 days
(at Day 50, that’s 20 Valdezes so far)

125,000,000 cubic feet is the volume of Superdome  (934,928,945 gal = 16,998,708 bbl)

= 170 days to fill the Superdome, or empty a Superdome sized hole under the sea-floor

I hope somewhere in there you’ll find figures that make a little sense out of the numbers.

We are watching astrological history unfold around us, and it is seldom so easy to watch the play if you know the players.  Whether you believe in astrology or not, check this out for a viewpoint that’s worth considering.  I made it as painless as possible for a long tome. 

Jeremy

Astrology in Motion: Epic Cultural Transformation

In the beginning, astrology and astronomy were day and night of the same science, or more precisely, science and art, left-brain/right-brain, of the same study. It’s only recently, in astrological time, that one was divorced from the other.

As a species we’ve always suffered from a certain intellectual arrogance, where we assume lessons learned in the past over millenia, particularly the ones whose implications we don’t like, are the irrelevant and outdated musings of basically ignorant people, even while we base our philosophy, mathematics and science on those same ancient people.

Astrology is both art and science. The science is easy. The computer you’re reading from can do it. It’s the same science as astronomy: precision orbital calculations. The art, however, came from millions of ancestral astronomer/astrologers standing on each others shoulders to keep refining the lexicon of what happens under certain planetary circumstances.

Determining the influence of planets and aspects takes many observations over many different time frames with many different sets of conflicting influences. It’s the only way to winnow clarity from the myriad combinations of angles, planets, divisions of the sky, and rotations of the Earth and Moon—any of which could influence the interpretation of an interaction between two planets. This is particularly true of the outer planets, which move so slowly that the number of sets of independent observations is limited by orbits longer than the observers’ lifetimes.

Luckily, the outer planets move so slowly they paint in broad strokes, and history is their canvas. They act as deep, tidal pulls under entire generations and populations. The trends are unmistakable, but it’s hard to predict specifics. This is always a sticking point for people resistant to astrology, but let’s be realistic about this.

We know for a fact that the moon pulls around billions of gallons of water every second of every day, and we know precisely when the tide will be peaking in Santa Monica, but we couldn’t even begin to predict every single wave and where it falls. (And they call that a science!) And when it comes to humans in the water, while we have little choice but to go with a wave, we can swim, roll, toss, steer, or even surf it.

So forgetting the minute to minute specifics, let’s look at the broad strokes of one set of interactions in our planet’s current shadow play.

Cultural Transformation

Transformation in astrology is a function mainly of three planets, Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus. To understand the interaction, you have to understand the players, and then you can apply that knowledge to the stage that contains them.

Jupiter is the force of expansion and growth, freedom, luck, bounty, MORE. It rules all things that broaden your horizons, but it has basically one mode, expansion. It’s like a stallion that sees the horizon and runs for it. As it happens, there are horizons all around, so letting the horse have its head is ultimately counterproductive; for it to be useful it needs some control.

Saturn, the next planet out from the Sun, provides the bit and bridle. It rules the forces of restraint, control, focus, examination, restriction, crystallization and stability. Pointedly enough the planet itself is a marvel of organization, ringed with an intricate system of moonlets and tiny particles. Astrologically, it can be a stifling planet, or give you clarity and cohesion. It embodies the force to which we owe our sense of security and the crystallization of our egos. In a sense you can think of it as the skin that holds us into a comfortable shape we recognize.

Like a snake however, we outgrow our skins; they’re just not physical skins. There are times in our life where security and stability become stagnation, then calcification, and the forms we put in place to give us structure become cages. At that point, staying in the cage is deadly to us, like staying in the egg unable to break out of the shell. It then falls to Uranus, the next planet out, to pull us from the shell.

Uranus is the planet of transformation and change. It’s radical, eccentric, creative, experimental, electric, progressive. It’s also cataclysmic, unpredictable, chaotic, explosive and revolutionary. Earthquakes and volcanoes fall under the purview of Uranus, though Neptune and the Moon rule the magma and its tides.

So, those are the players, this time with a complicating, constant, conflictive aspect from Pluto, which intensifies everything generational. Note the players and apply them to current politics. Saturn, the old, ossified forces of the Status Quo, and on the other side Uranus, the force of Change and transformation.

Saturn moves into opposition with Uranus once every 42-45 years. It’s a range because, in every year, there are points in our orbits where we overtake the other planets and they appear to move backwards, or retrograde, against the backdrop of the Zodiac as we pass them by. Then, continuing our orbit, they appear to move forward again. The planets’ locations in their retrograde cycles when Saturn first comes into opposition with Uranus determine the duration of the opposition. Because these planets move slowly, each planet overtakes and retrogrades and re-overtakes, back and forth, at least three times over a couple of years before they are quit of each other. In our current incidence, it’s five times.

History is a great teacher about this aspect. The last Saturn-Uranus opposition began in 1964, though they were tied together through a strong set of third-planet aspects (including Mars) in time for Kennedy’s assassination to be included as a harbinger. It was in effect for the birth of the Vietnam War and more to the point, the student unrest and internal struggles of the 60s. (It can be a very revolutionary aspect.)

The previous opposition came in 1917, though that time the opposition to Uranus was made first in 1914 by Neptune, deep, still, slow, ruler of the seas, and incidentally, spies and poisons—think Archduke Ferdinand and the trench warfare tactics of WW1. Neptune held the opposition with Uranus until Saturn caught up. It was still in effect for the sinking of the Lusitania, but that wasn’t enough to pull us into the war. We didn’t enter until the stepped up German U-Boat campaign interfered with business, which happened as Saturn moved into aspect with Uranus. The opposition lasted until the war was over.

Given all this, I suspected the aspect’s prior occurrence would have been about the time of the Civil War, and the thought of the Lincoln assassination worried me. It turns out that the aspect actually came into force in 1873, and its harbinger was a different kind of assassination, much scarier in its prescient echoes to our current circumstance.

I had to look it up. 1873. The Panic of 1873 led to the Long Depression of 1873-1896. The assassination came in the form of reckless over-speculation—akin to our own today—in the building of the transcontinental rail system, which in 1869 resulted in the crash of the Vienna Stock Exchange, brought down by trumped-up rail bonds. Our current Saturn-Uranus opposition is the first time since then that Jupiter has been parked on top of Uranus at the time of the opposition.

So, what about our current experience with this aspect so far? This time, the planets moved into orb (where the effect can be felt) in October of 2008, just in time for the banking collapse. It tightened and tightened, along with the financial crisis, finally becoming exact on Election Day 2008. It was egged on when Pluto moved into Capricorn later that month, beginning a major reorganization of cultural ideas of commerce and politics.

This all gives us an idea of the focus of the aspect this time through, but as an aside, the strongest recent point of contact was the Haiti earthquake, triggered at the exact minute of arc that the moon—just prior to being eclipsed—drew giant Jupiter’s energy into the mix. Oh, and into aspect with Neptune, ruler of the seas (and islands, by the way.) It was probably unpredictable in advance, but it was really distinctive once you saw it play out.

The timing for the rest of the year, and what we might be able to expect from it in Part 2. In the near term, though, the 4th contact of this opposition is tightening now after a lull in which the economy pretended to recover because people were feeling more hopeful (Mars-Venus conjunction) and due to the easing of the Saturn-Uranus opposition. That’s over. We’ve already seen the opposition’s effect return as populist outrage (Uranus) forced the SEC to take on Goldman Sachs (Saturn). By mid-May the opposition is exact again in the midst of the nastiest set of aspects in a long time. May will be ugly. How remains to be seen.

Oh, the final scorecard for this plucky little aspect: two wars, two economic wars, two depressions, a cultural revolution, and whatever else we have in store for us this time through. Not bad for only four occurrences. I’d bet on a record like that.

Cultural Transformation: Astrology in Motion Pt. 2

So, now we come to the fun part. Here’s how a Saturn-Uranus opposition’s transformation works out on the ground. The transits in the sky operate on entire civilizations, but we experience personal transits in our own lives when transiting Saturn or Uranus crosses its counterpart in our birth chart. The process and effect are the same on this personal scale.

On the first contact, you start to feel dissatisfied with whatever is holding you back or restraining you. If it’s your job, you’ll probably wonder why it’s not satisfying, then over the course of the transit it will become almost unbearably stifling. If it’s your country, you’ll feel the same and maybe you’ll elect a progressive “Champion”. (Like it or not, that’s what Obama is: A Uranian champion of Change.) Then Saturn moves past (out of orb) with Uranus, and the feeling dwindles. It gets harder to keep your energies marshaled toward it. The Saturnian forces of the Status Quo regain precedence.

In a traditional triple transit, the second step is when Saturn retrogrades back into orb with Uranus. At this point you’re offered the opportunity to change the status quo. (Obama takes office.) In the current transit, because of retrograde cycles, it never got out of orb between the first contact at Obama’s election, and the retrograde contact as he took office, so it fell to the next pass for this effect to be felt.

The entire year of 2009 was a textbook course in astrology, simply watching as the events played past. It was all back and forth, ebb and flow between the inevitable Change parrying and thrusting trying to break the shell, and the Status Quo hanging on with all its might, all marked by the retrograde/direct cycles of Uranus and Saturn. Remarkable. The end result of that pass (the battle for Health Care Reform) almost had to be counted as a victory for the Status Quo, but it was forged under the auspices of the Uranus aspect, so it will probably turn out to be the beginning of a major transformation.

In the final step—or steps in this case—of the Uranian transformation process, it’s taken out of your hands completely. You are transformed kicking and screaming all the way. IF you manage to escape without being forced to change, it’s 42 years till you get another chance, and you deal with the effects of that failure for the entire four decades. (You stay in the job you hate till it destroys your health and kills you—or you retire, whichever comes first—or the Status Quo regains precedence and fiddles while the Earth burns.)

In our case as a country, and possibly a world, we wouldn’t survive this failure in our present form. The second economic crash will bring us all down—we were offered the chance and time to change and we bailed out the people who put us here instead. Now we’re racing the clock before the change is forced. Given the tremendous geologic change we’ve seen from this cycle already, the means might well be a disaster (dis-aster).

The timing goes like this: the current slacking of the Saturn-Uranus opposition is ending and the 4th contact is tightening after a lull in which the economy pretended to recover because people were feeling more hopeful, aided in the lull by a strong Mars-Venus conjunction. We’ve seen the oppotition’s return beginning as public outrage (Uranus) forced the SEC to take on Goldman Sachs (Saturn). By mid-May the opposition will be exact again in the midst of the nastiest set of aspects in a long time. May stands to be ugly. How remains to be seen.

Things may get better for a while in June as Jupiter conjuncts Uranus at 0 Aries, the Vernal Equinox point. This is a massively transformational placement, with Jupiter’s expansiveness fueling Uranus’ explosive drive to change, at the birth-point of the Zodiacal wheel. It will remain in effect for the next big connection, still largely positive because of that aspect, but also remarkable in its import. That comes July 11 of this year, when the longest total solar eclipse of the millennium falls on only one piece of land on Earth, Rapa Nui (Easter Island). The last total solar eclipse to hit Easter Island, the Roman Empire was crumbling. The Moai statues weren’t even there yet.

The fifth contact between Saturn and Uranus is brutal. (In my own files, I simply name the entire conflagration Clusterfuck and name aspects to it as a group.) It comes into HARD focus at the end of July, and never lets up through the entire month of August, with Saturn finally moving on for good the first week of September. Then, Jupiter retrogrades in September, just before it would have left orb with Uranus, melding its expansive energy with the Uranian energies of transformation through the end of the year.

The final contact is at the end of September, when the Sun passes over Saturn, drawing its energies back into the mix. Probably there will be a hype-driven, pre-election bump in some wrong poll or another, quickly righted. All that’s left by Election Day 2010 is the now dominant Jupiter-Uranus transformative growth aspect. Saturn is virtually unaspected, completely out of the loop. The election is going to be a bloodbath. Anyone seen to be allied with the (by then) totally discredited forces of the Status Quo won’t have a prayer in the election. California’s marijuana initiative shouldn’t even be close.

All of this is why I said earlier, this is important. We DON’T have all the time in the world to work this out. This is no time for timidity. Timidity is Saturn talking, and it will lose. Obama is really going to have to step up. If the hero doesn’t champion, we all pay the price for it. He needs to act like the transformational leader he campaigned as. We didn’t elect him because we wanted the illusion of change. That will never satisfy the desire for transformation we are all feeling. And Uranus is not fooled by fake change.

It’s not just business as usual. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to save the world. Obama fails, we all fail. I’m happy to see he’s growing into the role.

Here are some of the artists I looked up for whatever reason:

Caro Emerald – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Caroline van der Leeuw (born 26 April 1981 in Amsterdam), better known by her stagename Caro Emerald, is a Dutch jazz singer. She debuted on 6 July 2009 with her single “Back It Up”. In week 32, 3FM Radio declared “Back It Up” a 3FM Megahit.

Ellie Goulding – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ellie Goulding (born Elena Jane Goulding on 30 December 1986)[1] is an English singer–songwriter and guitarist. She rose to fame after topping the BBC Sound of 2010 poll and winning the Critics Choice Award at the 2010 BRIT Awards.

Gorillaz – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gorillaz are an English virtual band created in 1998 by Damon Albarn of Britpop band Blur, and Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of the comic book Tank Girl. The band is composed of four animated band members: 2D (lead vocals, keyboard), Murdoc Niccals (bass guitar), Noodle (lead guitar and occasional vocals) and Russel (drums and percussion). The band’s music is a collaboration between various musicians, Albarn being the only permanent musical contributor.

The Big Pink – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Big Pink are an electro-rock duo from London, England, comprising multi-instrumentalists Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell. The duo signed to the 4AD label in 2009, and won the prestigious NME Philip Hall Radar Award for best new act.

Young Money Entertainment – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Young Money Entertainment is an American record label founded by rapper Lil Wayne. The label is an imprint of Cash Money Records and is distributed by Universal Records.

Jurk! – Wikipedia via Google Translate

Jurk! is a Dutch music-and-comedy duo consisting of Jeroen Koningsbrugge and Dennis van de Ven. Op 8 januari 2010 verscheen de single Zou zo graag van het op 15 januari 2010 gepresenteerde debuutalbum Avondjurk .

Falco (musician) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Johann (Hans) Hölzel (19 February 1957 – 6 February 1998), better known by his stage name Falco, was an Austrian, pop and rock musician and had four #1 Hits – “Der Kommissar”, “Rock Me Amadeus”, “Jeanny”, and “Coming Home (Jeanny Part 2)”. With “Rock Me Amadeus” he is the first and so far only artist to score a #1 Hit in the U.S. with a German language song. His albums and singles have sold about 60 million copies worldwide.

Within Temptation – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Within Temptation is a Dutch rock/metal band. The band was founded in 1996 by vocalist Sharon den Adel and guitarist Robert Westerholt.[2] Their music is described as symphonic metal,[3] gothic metal[4] ,[3][5][6] although in an interview, Den Adel said they fell into a symphonic rock genre with various influences,[7] and in a later interview with 3VOOR12, Sharon stated that “we consider ourselves more a symphonic rock band … we are in my opinion no gothic band”.

Hadouken! – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hadouken! are a dance-punk band from London. They originally formed in Leeds, West Yorkshire after James Smith and Daniel “Pilau” Rice met at Leeds University. It was here they began their own record label, Surface Noise Records.[1] After forming the label, Smith began writing and demoing the first Hadouken! tracks. In February 2007, Hadouken! self-released a two song limited edition vinyl, a double-a side of “That Boy That Girl” and “Tuning In.” The former gained popularity after the video made it to number one in MTV Two’s NME Chart.[2]

After releasing their 12-track EP mixtape, Not Here to Please You on November 12, 2007, the band returned to the studio to complete their debut album, Music for an Accelerated Culture. The album featured nine new songs as well as previous singles “Liquid Lives” and “That Boy That Girl.”

Iyaz – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Keidran Jones, better known by his stage name Iyaz, is a Virgin Islander singer and rapper. He was born into a musical family and grew up on Tortola in the British Virgin Islands.[1] His song “Replay” reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2009.[2] In December 2009 “Replay” peaked at #1 on the Billboard Pop Songs chart.[2] It also reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart on January 10, 2010.

Simian Mobile Disco – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Simian Mobile Disco are an English production and remix team. Formed from the ashes of Simian in 2005 its members are James Ford and Jas Shaw. In addition to his work with Simian Mobile Disco, James Ford is a producer and has worked bands such as the Arctic Monkeys, Peaches and Klaxons.

Sidney Samson – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sidney Samson (born 2 October 1981) is a Dutch disc jockey and dance musician. Samson started DJ’ing at the age of 14, focusing on hip-hop music before working seriously on house music.[1] He is a DJ at The Matrixx, a major Dutch nightclub

The Temper Trap – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Temper Trap are a rock band from Melbourne, Australia. They are noted for their atmospheric sound, featuring grand guitars set to pulsating rhythms.[1] Lead singer Dougy Mandagi has said in an interview that he’s more intimidated by a small intimate venue than an arena.

Sub Focus – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nick Douwma, better known by his stage name Sub Focus, is an English drum and bass record producer. He has been releasing records since 2003.[1] On 12th October 2009 he released his self-titled debut album

Delphic – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Delphic are a band from Manchester, United Kingdom.[1] They are signed to Polydor and released a single called “Counterpoint” in April 2009 through R&S Records, produced by Ewan Pearson.[

Joe McElderry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Joseph McElderry (born 16 June 1991)[citation needed] is an English singer. He won the sixth series of the ITV show The X Factor in 2009.[1] His first single “The Climb” reached number one on the UK and Irish Singles Charts.

Girls Can’t Catch – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Girls Can’t Catch are a British girl group. Their debut single “Keep Your Head Up” entered the UK Singles Chart at number 26.[1] They are currently working on their debut album and will release their second single “Echo” on 18 January 2010.

BB Brunes – Wikipédia

Les BB Brunes sont un groupe de rock français faisant partie de la nouvelle scène rock française[1].

LPCoverLover.com - Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of record covers from the golden age of LPs

It’s so cool I almost didn’t want to pass it around.

The San Francisco Chamber Orchestra will perform “Double Trouble “, their first of four concerts at Vallejo’s Empress Theatre on Saturday, January 2, 2010 at 8:00. This free program will feature high-school-age cello prodigies Lau and Luo performing Vivaldi’s dramatic Double Cello Concerto in G minor as well as

The Vallejo Symphony will be performing their first concert of the year, “Ludwig Has Left The Building” at Hogan Auditorium on January 9th at. The symphony will perform Mozart’s Serenade in D major, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 and a very special performance of Michael Daugherty’s Dead Elvis.

Check out the video of these two brilliant conductors after the jump:

As another year draws to a close, artists all over Europe have released their latest, hopefully CD-sales-inspiring, singles. With all of our time devoted to getting ready to go live on the FM dial, and being out of our studio while it’s remodeled, the past couple weeks things have mounted up, so there’s a ton of new music. As usual this is my worksheet, so not everything will be covered… just artists I needed to remember. The nice part of it is that WordPress has pretty good search capabilities, so as I grab these snippets, more and more of the international artists will be searchable here.

Here are the ones new this week:

Dan Bălan – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dan Mihai Bălan (born February 6, 1979 in Chişinău, Moldavian SSR) is a Moldovan singer, songwriter, and producer. He has performed rock, and pop. One of the most successful part of his music career was when he was part of the eurodance music trio O-Zone, a group he led to fame across Europe with the hit single Dragostea din Tei.

In 2007, Balan introduced an alter ego, “Crazy Loop” with the Eurodance
flavored song “Crazy Loop (Mm Ma Ma).” The video, directed by Marc
Klasfeld, was released throughout Europe in the fall of 2007 and was
voted the song of the year by fans. In December 2007, Dan also released
a Crazy Loop album called “The Power of Shower”. The song “Crazy Loop”
reached number 1 on the Romanian Charts.

Charlotte Gainsbourg – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Charlotte Gainsbourg (born 21 July 1971 as Charlotte Lucy Gainsburg) is a French actress and singer-songwriter. Gainsbourg was born in London, but was raised in Paris. She is the daughter of
British actress and singer Jane Birkin and French actor/singer Serge
Gainsbourg.

Kane (Dutch band) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kane is a Dutch rock band. The group consists of the two original members,
Dinand Woesthoff (lead vocals) and Dennis van Leeuwen (guitar). Their
music can be described as “guitar rock” and is inspired by U2. At the
moment, Kane is working on their fourth album, which was planned for
release in late 2007 but has been delayed and will be released in the
beginning of 2008.

King Kuduro, bio

Le projet King Kuduro vient de Obed, un jeune producteur et réalisateur
d’origine haïtienne. Déjà impliqué dans la tentative de dancehall
français de Keen V., il signe avec Warner et développe le projet King
Kuduro.

Draft King Kuduro comes from Obed, a young producer and director of Haitian origin. Already involved in the attempted French dancehall V. Keen, he signed with Warner and develops the project Kuduro King.

Mini Viva – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mini Viva are an English pop duo formed in 2008 by UK pop songwriting production house Xenomania, managed by Simon Fuller and signed to the newly reformed Geffen Records UK. The band consists of Frankee Connolly and Britt Love.

Superbus (band) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Superbus is a five-piece French power pop band formed in 1999

In 2004, David’s single “Anyway” was the only independent hit on the R&R Top-40 indicator chart, quite a feat for a local artist. Even then, he was turned away by every Bay Area radio station he approached. “We don’t break new music,” was the general response from Program and Music Directors.

Hearing those words was disheartening. The couple had put so much time, effort and money into the project only to hear that today’s radio market had no interest in new artists, not even those with proven talent. The Martins decided to reverse the current model and create a company where artists would find encouragement, assistance and local radio airplay. Vallejo, California — a city with a rich entertainment heritage and plenty of local talent– was a perfect setting for such an endeavor.  The rest is history, or will be soon enough.

This week is all Euro, because last week the flurry of activity around our license grant and a trip to the transmitter site made it a coasting week.  So, here we go, top to bottom.  New on the Euro200:

ROBBIE WILLIAMS – YOU KNOW ME

Robert Peter “Robbie” Williams (born 13 February 1974) is a BRIT Award-winning English singer and musician. He is EMI’s best selling artist, along with rock band Coldplay. His career started in 1990, at the age of 16, as a dancer and singer with the pop band Take That. He left the band in 1995 to launch his solo career.

It has been claimed that Williams has sold more albums in the UK than any other British solo artist in history and has won more BRIT Awards than any other artist to date. His album sales stands at over 55 million worldwide.

AURA DIONE – I WILL LOVE YOU MONDAY

Ever since she was a child, Aura has dreamed of taking the world by storm with her music. Now, the 22- year-old Danish songbird is able to spread her wings via a major deal with Sony BMG in Europe.

X FACTOR FINALISTS 2009 – YOU ARE NOT ALONE

The X Factor is a franchise originating in the United Kingdom, where it was devised as a replacement for Pop Idol. The programs are produced by executive producer Simon Cowell and his company Syco TV.

PIXIE LOTT – CRY ME OUT

Victoria Louise “Pixie” Lot born 12 January 1991 in London, England) is an English singer–songwriter, actress, and dancer signed to Mercury Records in the UK and Interscope Records in the U.S. Her debut single “Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)” was released for download on 6 June 2009 and physically on 8 June, going straight to number one in the UK on 14 June 2009.

DAVID GUETTA FEATURING KID CUDI – MEMORIES

David James Guetta (pronounced GET-ah; born 7 November 1963) is a French DJ.  In 2009, Guetta produced the Black Eyed Peas song “I Gotta Feeling” for their album The E.N.D.

In 2008, he was elected as World DJ No. 5 and best house DJ by the British DJ magazine.  In 2009, Guetta was named the number 3 DJ in the world by DJ Mag.

JUMO SELESAO – LES JUMO (ZOOMER)

Jumo Sélésao is made up of Docta Lava & Linho de Gaucho who originiate from DR Congo and Guadeloupe.

Their mix of zouk and dancehall put fire at the dancefloors in the summer 2009.
They are part of the collective, Sélésao, which also has Jessy Matador.

DIAM’S – ENFANTS DU DÉSERT

Diam’s (born Mélanie Georgiades on July 25, 1980 in Nicosia, Cyprus) is a French-language rap artist of French and Greek Cypriot origin. Her family moved to Essonne (near Paris) in 1984.

REAMONN – AEROPLANE

Reamonn is a German rock and pop band that is well known all over Europe. They have recorded six albums.

EL CANTO DEL LOCO – QUIERO APRENDER DE TI

El Canto del Loco (The Song of the Madman in English. Sometimes abbreviated ECDL) is a Spanish pop rock band, although its members recognize that some of their songs are more in the style of power pop. The group was created in 1994 by Dani Martín and Ivan Ganchegui (who left the group in 2002) although the final five members would not come together until years later. Influenced mainly by other Spanish groups from the 1980s and with five studio albums, El Canto del Loco has gone on to sell more than a million albums

RAF – PER TUTTO IL TEMPO

Raffaele Riefoli (born September 29, 1959, Margherita di Savoia, Italy) is an Italian popular singer who is better known as simply Raf.

MARC LAVOINE – REVIENS MON AMOUR

Marc Lavoine (born 6 August 1962 in Longjumeau, Essonne) is a French singer and actor. In 1985, his hit single “Elle a les yeux revolver” allowed him to reach the top of the French chart and marked the beginning of his successful singing career.

THOMAS GODOJ – NICHT ALLEIN

Thomas Godoj (born March 6, 1978 in Rybnik, Poland) is a Polish-German rock-pop singer and songwriter. He is known most notably for winning the fifth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German version of Pop Idol.

LUZ CASAL – HISTORIA DE UN AMOR

Luz Casal (born November 11, 1958 at Boimorto, is a Spanish pop singer. She grew up in neighbouring Asturias, took singing, piano and ballet classes, and moved to Madrid to pursue a career as a musician.

SKUNK ANANSIE – SQUANDER

Skunk Anansie (or SA) are a worldwide multi-platinum selling English rock band whose members include Skin (born Deborah Dyer, 3 August 1967, Brixton), Cass (born Richard Keith Lewis, 1 September 1960, London), Ace (Martin Ivor Kent, 30 March 1967, Cheltenham) and Mark Richardson (born 28 May 1970, Leeds).

Skunk Anansie formed in March 1994, disbanded in 2001 and reformed in 2009. The name ‘Skunk Anansie’ is taken after the West African folk tales of Anansi the spider-man^[1], with “Skunk” added to “make the name nastier.”

MARCO – IL NOSTRO CONCERTO
MARCO – KISS
MARCO – BACK IN BLACK
MARCO – SENZA FINE

Marco Mengoni is a competitor of the third edition of X Factor in the 16-24 category of Morgan.

MIKE CANDYS & JACK HOLIDAY – INSOMNIA

MIKE CANDYS
House / Electro / Disco House
Zürich
Switzerland

RESIDENCE DEEJAYS & FRISCO – SEXY LOVE

The Romanian producers behind Residence Deejays teamed up with American vocalist and producer Frissco. Together they bring us a warm and housy banger called ‘Sexy Love’.

30 SECONDS TO MARS – KINGS & QUEENS

30 Seconds to Mars is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1998. The band features actor Jared Leto as vocalist, rhythm guitarist and songwriter.

SUSAN BOYLE – WILD HORSES
SUSAN BOYLE – I DREAMED A DREAM

Susan Boyle (born 1 April 1961) is a Scottish singer who came to international public attention on 11 April 2009, when she appeared as a contestant on Britain’s Got Talent, singing “I Dreamed a Dream” from Les Misérables.

STANFOUR – WISHING YOU WELL

Stanfour are a German rock band who formed in 2004.  The band was founded on the German island of Föhr where the four core members live. Already prior to the band’s formation, brothers Alexander and Konstantin Rethwisch spent years in Los Angeles working closely together with a producer of film music. This is one of several reasons for the band’s American style of music.

TAKEN BY TREES – SWEET CHILD O’ MINE

Taken by Trees is the solo project of Victoria Bergsman, former lead singer for the Concretes.

THE PRODIGY – INVADERS MUST DIE

The Prodigy are an English electronic music group formed by Liam Howlett in 1990 in Braintree, Essex, England. Along with Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers and The Crystal Method, as well as other acts they are pioneers of the big beat electronic dance genre which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s and 2000s, and are known for high-quality live performances. They have sold nearly 20 million records worldwide which is unequalled in dance music history.

TAIO CRUZ – NO OTHER ONE

Taio Cruz (pronounced Tie-oh Cruise), was born 23 April, 1985. He is a Brit Award Winning & MOBO-nominated English singer-songwriter and music producer.

CHIPMUNK – LOOK FOR ME

Jahmaal Noel Fyffe, (born 26 November 1990) is a solo grime artist, and was also member of the grime collective, Circular Movements. He is from Tottenham, England. He is best known by the stage name Chipmunk, which started as a nickname given to him by his friend Ben Broadhurst on the estate where he grew up, referring to the unusual shape of his teeth.

ARCTIC MONKEYS – CORNERSTONE

Arctic Monkeys are an English alternative rock band from High Green, a suburb of Sheffield. Formed in 2002, the band currently consists of Alex Turner (lead vocals, guitar), Jamie Cook (guitar), Nick O’Malley (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Matt Helders (drums, backing vocals).

BEYONCÉ – RADIO
TIMBALAND FEATURING NELLY FURTADO & SOSHY – MORNING AFTER DARK
BEYONCÉ FEATURING LADY GAGA – TELEPHONE
JENNIFER PAIGE FEATURING NICK CARTER – BEAUTIFUL LIE
GREEN DAY – 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN
DAVE MATTHEWS BAND – YOU & ME

Unfound:

DAMIANO – ANIMA
PETER KAY’S ANIMATED ALL STAR BAND – BBC CHILDREN IN NEED MEDLEY
BUDKA SUFLERA – SIĘGNĄĆ GWIAZD
ROD STEWART – YOU MAKE ME FEEL BRAND NEW

Golden Lady has been responsible for many of the Bay Area’s first Reggae festivals and concerts.  She was one of the founders of Out of Many One Productions in Oakland, California, well-known for their local Reggae productions in the 1990s, including the Peter Tosh Birthday Celebrations.

Golden Lady has worn many hats in the music business from publicist to promoter, including artist management  for Tony Rebel and Queen Ifrica, Sister I-Live, Sylvia Tella,  and currently Queen Omega.  She brings an amazing insider knowledge to her show.  She has interviewed artists such as reggae great Everton Blender, Queen Omega, Black Lung, Streets to the Hill, Val Serrant, Rankin Scroo and more.

In addition to her efforts in the Reggae music industry, Golden Lady loves to throw and style fabulous events. She also enjoys Caribbean cooking, interior design, maintaining her extensive pineapple collection and hanging out with her trusty dog, Marley, aka Toto “The Ozdog”, and Catfish her personal “Oz-cat”.