Main Menu

Share us with friends

Crossover Albums

News

03/17/2008 03:34 PM

Celebrity baseball fever, catch it with Billy Crystal

So the commissioner’s office granting Billy Crystal permission to suit up as a New York Yankee for a spring game Thursday against the Pittsburgh Pirates—a charming experiment or a harmful pattern?I mean, for a major-league team to actually sign a comedian and actor to a one-day contract this way?”My only concern for Billy is that [...]

03/13/2008 01:35 PM

Stars, diamonds, ostrich- feather fans … this celebrity …

Sport Relief Does The Apprentice (BBC1) is the strident child of charity and celebrity. The sport is in putting five celebrities in a sack and waiting for them to start killing each other. You won’t wait long. Sir Alan Sugar ran through their claims to fame in case, as he said drily, “Some of the viewers [...]

03/13/2008 01:35 PM

Handbags clobbered by celebrity fatigue

It’s all over for the “it” bag - or so says consumer research specialist Mintel. Fashion shoppers - mostly female - are finally losing their passion for celebrity-endorsed handbags that can cost thousands of pounds each. The market for big-ticket, big-name bags, as sported by the likes of Kate Moss and Victoria Beckham, has been expanding [...]

03/13/2008 09:34 AM

How SXSW parties kick it VIP-style

When Kirsten Dunst was spotted last year during South by Southwest, the A-list star most certainly was not languishing in a long line or grooving with the festival masses. Rather she was, as one American-Statesman staffer blogged, ” … at the Spin Party, watching Kings of Leon and puffing cigarette after cigarette.” That’s right, like [...]

03/13/2008 09:34 AM

Claudia Thomas, MD: A Pioneer on Two Fronts

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) is honored to recognize a surgeon who heals, inspires and encourages others. Claudia Thomas, MD, the first black female orthopaedic surgeon in her field, was presented today with the Academy’s 2008 Diversity Award at the 75th Annual Meeting. Dr. Thomas has worked throughout her residency and practice to recruit and retain individuals who [...]

Crossover Biography

New York transplants Mark Ingram (aka Desmond/Spaced Out Kid Humanoid) and Vanessa Josti-Crossover (aka Verona/Darling-Starchild) formed the duo Crossover, a fun-loving electro-pop outfit, in 1998. Drenched in their influences (synth pop, disco, electro, old school rap) and not ashamed to share their love for storytelling of the mystical variety, Crossover made their full-length debut on International Deejay Gigolos in early 2002 with Fantasmo. Somewhat different from the clinical productions and detached vocal stylings of labelmate Miss Kitten, Fantasmo featured lower-fi productions with buoyant vocals. Codek picked up the record for distribution in the States, shortly after its initial release. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

Popular Biographies:

Widowmaker Biography: Long before ex-Twisted Sister vocalist Dee Snider fronted a short-lived heavy metal band named Widowmaker in the early '90s, there was another band called Widowmaker, a British-based one that was...

Jarboe Biography: Coming to rock and experimental music from a complex, fascinating background (both her parents were FBI agents; her upbringing in the South included such elements of extreme American religious faith...

Freya Biography: After breaking up in 2001, Earth Crisis reorganized as Freya, with three ex-Earth Crisis members (vocalist Karl Buechner, guitarist Erick Edwards, and bassist Bulldog) joined by new recruits Darien...

Blessid union of souls Biography: With their optimistic, spiritual outlook and song-oriented mix of pop, R&B, and folk -- dubbed "rural soul" by the band -- Blessid Union of Souls quickly became one of the most popular bands in the...

Matchbook romance Biography: In 2002, the punk world met and fell for Poughkeepsie, NY's Matchbook Romance. The band's foundation dates back to 1997, when bassist Ryan Kienle, vocalist/guitarist Andrew Jordan, and drummer Aaron...

Gretchen Biography: Relying in her dizzying curves and hot dancing style, the Carioca vocalist Gretchen (sister of Sula Miranda's, with whom she kept in their teens the short-lived group As Melindrosas) was launched in...

Uranium 235 Biography: New York City's industrial band Uranium 235 features vocalist/guitarist Shane, guitarist/vocalist Matt Brown, bassist Jimmy McConnell, keyboardist Chris Bride and drummer Rob Steele. The group's...

Sonic reign Biography: German black metal duo Sonic Reign, comprised of two evil gentlemen known simply as Sebastian and Ben, arrived on the scene in 1997 under the name Megiddo. The pair changed their name to its current...