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		<title>The Warrior Song To Benefit Armed Forces</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Warriors Song All profits from the sale of this song will be donated to the This a music video and song dedicated to all the US Armed Forces as we get closer to Veterans Day, Wednesday on November 11th. It is available on Itunes.com for .99.Armed Forces Relief Trust Proceeds go to military families. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themusicpublicity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5917458&amp;post=7&amp;subd=themusicpublicity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>All profits from the sale of this song will be donated to the</p>
<p>This a music video and song dedicated to all the US Armed Forces as we get closer to Veterans Day, Wednesday on November 11th. It is available on Itunes.com for .99.Armed Forces Relief Trust</p>
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<p>Proceeds go to military families. Please share this story by clicking on the share button in the column, look for your MySpace, FaceBook or Twitter button, signin with your username and password which is on your account and hit enter, that simple. It will post this video on your social account sites. Thanks for your support!</p>
<p>No matter what branch of the United States Armed Forcesyou serve under or have served under, <span style="text-decoration:underline;">this song is dedicated to you</span>!</p>
<p>“The Warrior Song” mp3 is <span style="text-decoration:underline;">currently for sale to the public oniTunes for .99 cents</span>.</p>
<p>Every purchase supports members of the United States Military, as the profits derived from its sale will be donated to the Armed Forces Relief Trust, to be dispersed by, and at the discretion of, the respective charities operated by the Navy/Marines, Army, Coast Guard, Air Force, and National Guard.</p>
<p>Active duty and former servicemen and women can receive a <span style="text-decoration:underline;">free copy</span> of the song by simply <span style="text-decoration:underline;">e-mailing your request to:<a href="mailto:warriorsong@echosonic.com" target="_blank">warriorsong@echosonic.com</a></span> (or via the Contacts pageon<a href="http://www.thewarriorsong.com/Contact.html" target="_blank">http://www.TheWarriorSong.com/Contact.html</a>). <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Please include your Rank and Unit.</span></p>
<p>We will respond to you as quickly as possible.</p>
<p>There is no goal.</p>
<p>Your support is invaluable! To help, all you have to do is <span style="text-decoration:underline;">buy a copy of the song on iTunes.</span></p>
<p>The support of America’s Warriors is an ongoing responsibility.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">All profits from the sale of this song will be donated to the Armed Forces Relief Trust.</span></p>
<p>In the interest of transparency and disclosure, a portion of the revenue generated by every song sold on iTunes is kept by Apple, Inc., as a fee for the use of the iTunes service as a sales vehicle.  Apple, however, <span style="text-decoration:underline;">has nothing to do with this project</span>, and will receive no more money than they would for any song by any other artist on iTunes.</p>
<p>Please look to the Disclosures page on the<a href="http://www.thewarriorsong.com/" target="_blank">www.TheWarriorSong.com</a> website for updates on the progress being made, and please do bear in mind that updates will necessarily trail all activity by at least one accounting period.</p>
<p>The Warrior Song Project would like to thank all of the following individuals for their selfless contributions to this effort:<br />
James De Vito, US Marine Corps, for vocals<br />
Sachiko De Vito, for being brilliant<br />
Rock Williams, for vocals<br />
Sean Hurwitz, for the guitars<br />
Bernie Pershey, for the marching snares<br />
Kashan Curry, US Marine Corps, for images &amp; advice<br />
Justin Sullivan, for “The Wobble Beat”<br />
Robb Hendrick, for advice &amp; creative design</p>
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The Warrior Song Project<br />
Robert S. Greenstein, Esq.<br />
Greenstein Law Offices<br />
22911 Crespi Street<br />
Woodland Hills, CA 91364-2808</p>
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		<title>Actress Sol Romero to Attend First Music Film Festival in Downtown LA</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Actress and Model Sol Romero plans to attend the Downtown Film Festival — L.A. and The GRAMMY Museum at L.A. LIVE Actress Sol Romero Los Angeles, CA &#8211; &#8220;This is the first ever Music Film Festival with seven nights, seven artists and seven films, that&#8217;s going to keep us hopping from one exciting event to another,&#8221; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themusicpublicity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5917458&amp;post=3&amp;subd=themusicpublicity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Actress and Model Sol Romero plans to attend the Downtown Film Festival — L.A. and The GRAMMY Museum at L.A. LIVE</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Los Angeles, CA</strong> &#8211; &#8220;This is the first ever Music Film Festival with seven nights, seven artists and seven films, that&#8217;s going to keep us hopping from one exciting event to another,&#8221; said Actress Sol Romero, who has recently completed a movie with Mel Gibson, &#8220;The Edge of Darkness,&#8221; directed by Martin Campbell.</p>
<p>The Screening events will include live performances, filmmaker and artist questions and answer sessions and after screening parties.</p>
<p>The first-ever music film festival at the Museum will run seven consecutive nights during the film festival, Saturday, Aug. 15 through Friday, August 21.</p>
<p>Each night will present a different film in the Museum&#8217;s 200-seat Sound Stage auditorium, located near the corner of Figueroa and Olympic in downtown&#8217;s South Park district. Many of the film programs. Ticket prices are $15 for single programs and $100 for the series.</p>
<p>&#8220;This film series perfectly reflects The GRAMMY Museum&#8217;s mission to celebrate the enduring legacies of all forms of music. From classic rock to rap, Latin jazz to new wave, the series has a film for virtually every musical taste,&#8221; said Museum Executive Director Bob Santelli.</p>
<p>&#8220;Music fans will love seeing their favorite artists in The GRAMMY Museum&#8217;s Sound Stage. It&#8217;s very intimate, more like being in someone&#8217;s living room but with state-of-the-art sound and great sight lines,&#8221; said Greg Ptacek, the film festival&#8217;s director.</p>
<p>The series begins with Oscar-winning filmmaker Barbara Kopple&#8217;s no-holds-barred look at the phenomenon of Woodstock in its various incarnations from the 1969 rock concert to its subsequent iterations. The film screening coincides with the 40th anniversary of the original concert and the Museum&#8217;s own Woodstock public programming.</p>
<p>Subsequent programs include an evening with Devo&#8217;s Jerry Casale (bass/keyboardist) and Devo-tee avant-garde filmmaker and music video pioneer Bruce Conner as they present <em>Devonia 1976, 1978, 2009</em>; and, the Los Angeles premieres of two critically-acclaimed documentary features, <em>In Search of Beethoven</em> and <em>Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison</em>.</p>
<p>Also screening are the Los Angeles premiere of <em>Still Bill</em>, documenting the celebrated singer-songwriter Bill Withers; <em>Poncho At Montreux</em>, showcasing the Latin jazz master, who will perform live following the screening, and the world premiere of <em>Dirty: One Word Can Change The World</em>, which is about one of the founding members of the influential rap group Wu-Tang Clan with members of Brooklyn Zu performing live afterward.</p>
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<p>&#8220;As a singer myself working on a new album, I have a great appreciation for music and music artists,&#8221; said Romero, who sings soprano and is in a recording studio this month.</p>
<p>Additional live performances and celebrity artist appearances as well as after-screening parties will be announced up until the start of the series; check the festival website (<a href="http://www.dffla.com/" target="_blank">www.dffla.com</a>) for details. The complete program series schedule is below.</p>
<p style="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:15px;">Published reports say “The Jackson 5 in Africa” — a film of rare footage documenting the Jackson 5 during their 1974 tour in Senegal — will be the centerpiece of the Closing Night Gala for the 2009 Downtown Film Festival-L.A. on Aug. 22. Tickets for the film will go on sale Aug. 1. Narrated by actor Robert Hooks, the film opens with the Jackson 5 being greeted by a group of dancers and drummers at the airport. The camera follows Michael Jackson and the family cinema-verité style on their first-ever visit to Africa, including live footage of their visit to an African market, classic live footage of the group spontaneously performing “Hum Along and Dance,” and footage of the Jackson 5 performing on stage before a packed, standing-room-only audience at the height of their career in the mid-1970s. I</p>
<p style="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:15px;">• Libros Revolución/Revolution Books will present a screening and discussion of “Revolution: Why It’s Necessary, Why It’s Possible, What It’s All About” on Aug. 8, 7 p.m., at Papa West Dinner Club, 4336 Degnan Blvd., Los Angeles. The film is from a 2003 talk delivered by Revolutionary Communist Party Chairman Bob Avakian, which breaks down the very nature of the society we live in and how humanity has come to a time where a radically different society is possible.</p>
<p><strong>Saturday, August 15, 7:30 pm</strong><br />
<strong><em>MY GENERATION</em><br />
2000 USA 103 minutes</strong></p>
<p>The definitive =2 0 documentary of Woodstock &#8217;69,&#8217;94 and &#8217;99 concerts, including behind-the-scenes logistics and promotions planning, and the concert&#8217;s effect on the residents of the host town of Saugerties, New York. A picture emerges of two generations acting in remarkably different ways, but expressing the same longing for togetherness in a world of uncertainty and violence.</p>
<p><strong>Writer, Director, Producer:</strong> Barbara Koppel<br />
<strong>Director:</strong> Tom Haneke<br />
<strong>Producer:</strong> Michael Lang<br />
<strong>Executive Producer:</strong> Allen Newman, Jeff Rowland<br />
<strong>Cinematographer:</strong> Tom Hurwitz<br />
<strong>Cast:</strong> Aerosmith, Joe Cocker, David Crosby, Sheryl Crow, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, Melissa Ethridge, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Michael Lang, Moby, Keith Moon, Graham Nash, Carlos Santana, John Sebastian, Steven Tyler, The Who</p>
<hr size="2" /><strong>Sunday, August 16, 7:30 pm</strong><br />
<strong><em>DEVONIA</em><br />
1976, 1978, 2009 USA</strong></p>
<p>Formed in Akron, Ohio, in 1974, De vo too k its name from their concept of &#8220;de-evolution&#8221;-the idea that instead of evolving, mankind has actually regressed, as evidenced by the dysfunction and herd mentality of American society. Mark Mothersbaugh will be present to introduce Bruce Conner&#8217;s 4-minute experimental film with Devo, <em>Mongoloid</em> and two Devo music videos:<em>The Complete Truth About De-Evolution</em> and the premiere screening of <em>Don&#8217;t Shoot (I&#8217;m a Man)</em>.</p>
<hr size="2" /><strong>Monday, August 17, </strong><strong>7:30 pm</strong><br />
<strong><em>IN SEARCH OF BEETHOVEN</em><br />
2009 </strong><strong>UK</strong><strong> 138 minutes</strong></p>
<p>The first truly comprehensive feature length cinema documentary ever made about Beethoven features a who&#8217;s who of performers and experts, who reveal new insights into this legendary composer. Interviewees include Gianandrea Noseda, Sir Roger Norrington, Riccardo Chailly, Claudio Abbado, Fabio Luisi, Frans Brüggen, Ronald Brautigam, Hélène Grimaud, Vadim Repin, Janine Jansen, Paul Lewis, Lars Vogt, and Emanuel Ax. With over 60 live performances. The film is narrated by Juliet Stevenson and young RSC actor David Dawson.</p>
<p><strong>Director, Producer:</strong> Phil Grabsky<br />
<strong>Cast:</strong> Leif Ove Andsnes, Emanual Ax, Giovanni Biette, Jonathan Bliss, Ronald Brautigam, Riccardo Chailly, Sir Roger Norrington, Barry Cooper, Jonathan Del Mar, Louis Langree, Vadim Repin, Ilona Schmielm, Phil Grabsky</p>
<hr size="2" /><strong>Tuesday, August 18, 7:30 pm</strong><br />
<strong><em>JOHNNY </em></strong><strong><em>CASH</em></strong><strong><em> AT FOLSOM PRISON</em></strong><strong><br />
2008=2 0US A 87 minutes</strong></p>
<p><em>Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison</em> remains one of the greatest live albums ever made, and the man himself one of America&#8217;s greatest troubadours. Cash also was a tireless and passionate advocate for prison reform. Forty years later, the album still resonates today with a rawness and authenticity that few recordings have ever achieved. This film will expose a lesser known &#8220;Man in Black&#8221; through an exciting, visually compelling examination of this histori c concert.</p>
<p><strong>Director, Producer, Cinematographer:</strong> Bestor Cram<br />
<strong>Co-Producers:</strong> Peter Reichenbach, Louise Rosen<br />
<strong>Writer:</strong> Michael Streissguth<br />
<strong>Cinematographer:</strong> Miguelangel Aponte-Rios<br />
<strong>Cast:</strong> Gene Beley, Jim Brown, John Carter Cash, Johnny Cash, Rosanne Cash, Merle Haggard, Jimmy Tittle</p>
<hr size="2" /><strong>Wednesday, August 19, 7:30 pm</strong><br />
<strong><em>STILL </em></strong><strong><em>BILL</em></strong><strong><em> </em></strong><strong><br />
2009 USA 78 minutes</strong></p>
<p>Best known for &#8220;Ain&#8217;t No Sunshine&#8221; and &#8220;Lean on Me,&#8221; Bill Withers topped the charts, and then stopped performing in 1985. The makers of <em>Still Bill</em> wanted to know why. Combining old performances and intense interviews with Withers, the film reveals how the artist started as a musician relatively late in life. After careers in the Navy and assembling airplane toilets, he eventually won three Grammys. But facing the pressure from record execs to promote himself, he retreated into his Hollywood mansion and stopped making music. Now, with his children grown, he is ready to beg in again, on his own terms. Even at 70 years old, as he sits on his porch and describes his goals, it&#8217;s evident that Bill Withers is oblivious to fame and still happy about it.</p>
<p><strong>Directors:</strong> Damani Baker, Alex Vlack<br />
<strong>Producers:</strong> Damani Baker, John Fine, Alex Vlack<br />
<strong>Executive Producers:</strong> Alex Vlack, Andrew Jackerman<br />
<strong>Cinematographers:</strong> Damani Baker, Jon Fine, Ed Marritz<br />
<strong>Cast:</strong> Bill Withers, Corn el West, Tavis Smiley, Jim James, Angelique Kidjo</p>
<hr size="2" /><strong>Thursday, August 20, </strong><strong>7:30 pm</strong><br />
<strong><em>PONCHO AT MONTREUX</em><br />
2004 </strong><strong>USA</strong><strong> 86 minutes</strong></p>
<p>The Montreux Jazz Festival has seen an incredible array of performers take to the stage over the years. So when it came to celebrating the 30th anniversary of Concord Records, it seemed appropriate that one of their leading lights, Poncho Sanchez, should take to the stage at the festival. Bringing his own inimitable brand of Latin jazz to the festival, Sanchez delights the crowd with some of his signature tunes. A highly appropriate tribute to a label that has produced some historic music, Sanchez pours all his energy into his performance, working his way through songs such as &#8220;Watermelon Man,&#8221; &#8220;One Mint Julep,&#8221; &#8220;Conmigo,&#8221; and many others.</p>
<p><strong>Producer:</strong> John Burk<br />
<strong>Cinematographer/Editor:</strong> Duane Conder<br />
<strong>Cast:</strong> Poncho Sanchez, Edward James Olmos, Duane Conder</p>
<hr size="2" /><strong>Friday, August 21, 7: 3020pm<br />
<em>DIRTY: </em></strong><strong><em>ONE</em></strong><strong><em> WORD CAN CHANGE THE WORLD</em></strong><strong><br />
2009 USA 55 minutes</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>This is a personal tribute by the filmmaker to one of the most enigmatic, controversial and tragic figures in hip-hop music history, Ol&#8217; Dirty Bastard, or just ODB for those in the know. During his years with the legendary Wu-Tang Clan, he became famous for his slurred, half-sung, half-rapped delivery of bizarre lyrics, which personified the raw, unadulterated and innovative style of the group. His own solo career was at once celebrated and fraught with legal troubles and eventually, his death by overdose. Featuring members of the Wu-Tang Clan, the </strong><strong>Brooklyn</strong><strong> Zu and many others, this film celebrates the life of a genius madman who lived life without any breaks.</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Director, Producer, Cinematographer: Rasion Allah<br />
Cast: Ghostface, Meth, RZA, Raekwon, Masta Killa, ODB&#8217;s parents, Rasion Allah</strong></p>
<p><strong>The 2009 Downtown Film Festival will be held in venues throughout downtown </strong><strong>L.A.</strong><strong> More information at</strong><strong> </strong><strong><a href="http://www.dffla.com/" target="_blank">www.dffla.com</a>. Rock &#8216;N Fish restaurant (<a href="http://www.rocknfishalive.com/" target="_blank">www.rocknfishlalive.com</a>) at </strong><strong>L.A.</strong><strong> Live! will be hosting three after-screening parties during the series; details to be announced.</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Who:</strong> Films featuring Beethoven, Johnny Cash, Devo, Ol&#8217; Dirty Bastard, Poncho Sanchez, Bill Withers and the artists of the Woodstock concerts, plus live musical sets by select featured artists and Q&amp;As with artists and filmmakers.</p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>What:</strong> 2009 Downtown Film Festival &amp;mdash L.A.&#8217;s Music Film Series at The GRAMMY Museum at L.A. Live!</p>
<p><strong>When:</strong> A ugust 15 &#8211; August 21, 2009. All Screenings Times: 7:30 pm</p>
<p><strong>Where:</strong> The GRAMMY Museum</p>
<p>800 W. Olympic Blvd. (corner of Figueroa St.)</p>
<p>Los Angeles, CA 90015 213.765.6800</p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>How Much? </strong>Tickets: $15 for single program; $100 for series (available only online). All advanced series tickets go on sale beginning August 1st at www.dffla.com</p>
<p align="center"><strong>More Info: <a href="http://www.dffla.com/" target="_blank">www.dffla.com</a> or <a href="http://www.grammymuseum.org/" target="_blank">www.grammymuseum.org</a></strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong><em>DIRTY: ONE WORD CAN CHANGE THE WORLD</em><br />
2009 USA 55 minutes</strong></p>
<p>This is a personal tribute by the filmmaker to one of the most enigmatic, controversial and tragic figures in hip-hop music history, Ol&#8217; Dirty Bastard, or just ODB for those in the know. During his years with the legendary Wu-Tang Clan, he became famous for his slurred, half-sung, half-rapped delivery of bizarre lyrics, which personified the raw, unadulterated and innovative style of the group. His own solo career was at once celebrated and fraught with legal troubles and eventually, his death by overdose. Featuring members of the Wu-Tang Clan, the Brooklyn Zu and many others, this film celebrates the life of a genius madman who lived life without any breaks.</p>
<p><strong>Director, Producer, Cinematographer:</strong> Rasion Allah<br />
<strong>Cast:</strong> Ghostface, Meth, RZA, Raekwon, Masta Killa, ODB&#8217;s parents, Rasion Allah</p>
<p><strong>The 2009 Downtown Film Festival will be held in venues throughout downtown L.A. More information at <a href="http://www.dffla.com/" target="_blank">www.dffla.com</a>. Rock &#8216;N Fish restaurant (<a href="http://www.rocknfishalive.com/" target="_blank">www.rocknfishlalive.com</a>) at L.A. Live! will be hosting three after-screening parties during the series; details to be announced.</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Who:</strong> Films featuring Beethoven, Johnny Cash, Devo, Ol&#8217; Dirty Bastard, Poncho Sanchez, Bill Withers and the artists of the Woodstock concerts, plus live musical sets by select featured artists and Q&amp;As with artists and filmmakers.</p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>What:</strong> 2009 Downtown Film Festival &amp;mdash L.A.&#8217;s Music Film Series at The GRAMMY Museum at L.A. Live!</p>
<p><strong>When:</strong> A ugust 15 &#8211; August 21, 2009. All Screenings Times: 7:30 pm</p>
<p><strong>Where:</strong> The GRAMMY Museum</p>
<p>800 W. Olympic Blvd. (corner of Figueroa St.)</p>
<p>Los Angeles, CA 90015</p>
<p>213.765.6800</p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>How Much? </strong>Tickets: $15 for single program; $100 for series (available only online). All advanced series tickets go on sale beginning August 1st at www.dffla.com</p>
<p><strong>More Info: <a href="http://www.dffla.com/" target="_blank">www.dffla.com</a> or <a href="http://www.grammymuseum.org/" target="_blank">www.grammymuseum.org</a></strong></p>
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