London For Ever

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Artist of the week (2)

Lady Gaga (born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta; March 28, 1986) is an American recording artist. She began performing in the rock music scene of New York City's Lower East Side. She soon signed with Streamline Records, upon its establishment in 2007. During her early time at Interscope, she worked as a songwriter for fellow label artists and captured the attention of Akon, who recognized her vocal abilities, and had her also sign to his own label.

Her debut album The Fame, was released on August 19, 2008. In addition to receiving generally positive reviews, it reached number-one in Canada, Austria, Germany, and Ireland and topped the Billboard Top Electronic Albums chart. Its first two singles, "Just Dance" and "Poker face", became international number-one hits, topping the Hot 100 in the United States as well as other countries. The album later earned a total of six Grammy awards nominations and won awards for Best Electronic/Dance Album and Best Dance Recording.

Lady Gaga is inspired by glam rock musicians such as David Bowie and Freddie Mercury, as well as pop music artists such as Madonna and Michael Jackson. She has also stated fashion is a source of inspiration for her songwriting and performances. To date, she has sold over ten million albums and over thirty-five million singles worldwide.

Lyrics training

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Key vocabulary: translation tool, gadget, android, smartphone, application
Download the pdf and try to do the listening exercise (google translate)...

Theatre

Superlosers:
Face2Face: April 14, 2010

Ex-Super Hero, Jack Lipshitz is faced with a new mission to clean up the streets after years of retirement. A freak accident at Sci-Tech Technologies turns Eco-Scientist, Dr. Einsteen into the evil Bag Lady, a deformed and powerful villain. To save the world from the evil Bag Lady, Super Loser must return to school to regain his super powers. With the help of his new super friends he will take on the Bag Lady and her cohorts. Will Bag Lady succeed with her demonic plan? Or will Super Loser triumph over evil and save the day? Find the asnswer to these and other questions in this hilarious romp through the world of sperheroes, baddies and recycling.

If you want to get a sneak peek at some of the songs the actors will be singing in the play, check out the lyrics and the key vocabulary at the superloser song link. You can also listen to the original songs on YouTube: I feel good; Crazy little thing called love.

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Artist of the week

Milow:

The Belgian singer-songwriter, Jonathan Vandenbroeck (born July 14, 1981, Leuven) a.k.a. Milow was first heard on the 2004 Humo's Rock Rally competition. His performance was awarded with a position in the finals but just out of reach of a top three position.

In 2006, Milow produced his first album The Bigger Picture together with Nigel Powell (from the British group Unbelievable Truth). The first single from the album, "One Of It", was played frequently on the radio station Studio Brussel. The second single "You Don't Know" reached #3 in the Ultratop 50.

Flemish newspaper De Standaard offered Milow a column in their online edition. Milow still writes in this blog titled Off the Record about his songs and events in his life. On 28 June 2007, Milow was the opening act on Rock Werchter.

In September 2008 Milow released a cover version of Ayo Technology, a song originally written and recorded by 50 Cent, Justin Timberlake and Timbaland. It has received over 28 million plays on Youtube alone. The single reached #1 in Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and Denmark, as well as a #1 position on the Spotify Top List. More than 300.000 copies were sold in Germany alone, worldwide more than 600.000 copies. Milow sold also over 400.000 copies of his album "Milow".

Milow spent a year as an exchange student in California, USA with the AFS Intercultural Programs.

If you want to learn more about Milow, have a look at his webpage...

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