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A shop assistant who was told she could not sing while she stacked shelves without a performance licence has been given an apology. Sandra Burt, 56, who works at A&T Food store in Clackmannanshire, was warned she could be fined for her singing by the Performing Right Society (PRS). However the organisation that collects royalties on behalf of the music industry has now reversed its stance. They have sent Mrs Burt a bouquet of flowers and letter of apology.

The video, lyrics and an explanation of how the video came to be were posted on YouTube, September 7th, 2009, by user misterbee2009: The Obama Song (”Proud American”) By Mr. B and the students of Room 8 February 2009 Obama is the President! First African America in history 44th president of the United States The ground has shifted The world has changed! CHORUS: Oooo Im a proud American Oooo yes yes yes yes YES WE CAN! Im going to study really hard just like Barack

That video and material that was shown to schoolkids throughout the nation was just an innocent attempt to get the kids motivated right? Nevermind the fact that the first instructions sent out had the kids write out what they could do to help Obama out.... That was changed and everything was hunky-dory again. But the worries that the cult of personality would seep into the kids mind have proven well founded: [VIDEO AT SITE] From Hot Air: ...one of the lines about The One here, heard near the beginning from the kid who’s singing solo, is an adaptation from a...

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Cave Men Loved to Sing Heather Whipps Special to LiveScience LiveScience.com Thu Jul 3, 1:01 AM ET Ancient hunters painted the sections of their cave dwellings where singing, humming and music sounded best, a new study suggests. Analyzing the famous, ochre-splashed cave walls of France, the most densely painted areas were also those with the best acoustics, the scientists found. Humming into some bends in the wall even produced sounds mimicking the animals painted there. The Upper Paleolithic people responsible for the paintings had likely fine-tuned their hearing to recognize the sound qualities in certain parts of the cave and...

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SINGAPORE, Feb 1 (Reuters Life!) - You know that annoying tune that you can't place or get out of your head? A U.S. company has recently launched a Web site, www.midomi.com, that names most tunes that you can hum, sing or whistle a tune into your computer microphone. The Web site relies on voice-activated search technology that analyses sounds and matches them against a music database. Based on the tune users ask it to search, Midomi.com also suggests links to songs that it thinks might appeal to the user. "With midomi.com, we have created one of the most entertaining search...

One of the excellent attributes of "Shut Up and Sing" is that it lets the cards fall where they may and really doesn't try to spin the Chicks themselves. It's quite possible, then, to watch the film and come to the conclusion that Natalie Maines has a big mouth. Spectacularly talented, the young singer is also a spectacular blowhard, and documentarian Barbara Kopple almost subversively focuses on Maines blabbering away at meetings without a serious thought in her head, no impulse control anywhere in sight, and, for some reason, always supine, as if her great status grants her the right...

Shut up and Sing has gotten a "two thumbs up" review today from Ebert and Roeper (with Michael Philips filling in for Ebert). In his review, Roeper claims that the "rightwing blogs" were the last to jump in on the story after the media, followed with background footage rolling of Natalie blaming Free Republic. Concluding the review, Roeper exclaimed he "was proud to be from the same country as the Dixie Chicks."

Dawn Sneaks: Old birds sing early, cuckold sleepyheads Susan Milius Among European birds called blue tits, the early bird gets more than a worm. Older males start singing some 5 or 6 minutes earlier in the dawn chorus and attract more of the promiscuous females than younger males do, researchers report in an upcoming issue of Animal Behaviour. SLY SONGS. Among blue tits, males' dawn chorus may be a networking system for encounters with wandering females. K. Delhey In Europe, the springtime dawn chorus includes the voices of male blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus), colorful little cousins of chickadees. Those males...

INDIANAPOLIS, May 28, 2006 – With the stands crowded for the 90th running of the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing," five servicemembers stood atop the Victory Podium to sing the national anthem before the race today. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Lisa Taylor, Army Sgt. Jennifer Castle, Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Landon Crissup, Marine Gunnery Sgt. Remayl L. Shaffer-Hardy, and Air Force Staff Sgt. E. Justin Allen talk with local reporters in Indianapolis before the 90th running of the Indianapolis 500. Photo by Samantha L. Quigley  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Air Force Staff Sgt. E. Justin...

OAKLAND — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Legislative leaders barnstormed the state Monday to tout their agreement on a $37.3 billion infrastructure bond package likely to play a pivotal role in November's election. The tarmac at Oakland International Airport was awash in bipartisan praise as the "Big Five" — the governor and the Assembly's and state Senate's Democratic and Republican leaders — held their news conference before jetting to Burbank, Santa Ana and San Diego for similar events. "I think this is going to be terrific for the whole state of California," Schwarzenegger said of the plan lawmakers approved in the...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday disputed an account of President George W. Bush singing the U.S. national anthem in Spanish during the 2000 presidential campaign, saying his Spanish is not that good.

Mice may not sing for their supper but male mice seem to sing to their prospective mates. Researchers at Washington University made this discovery when they eavesdropped on male mice that had been exposed to the scent of female urine. "We started recording the vocalizations to assess the factors that lead to recognition of female pheromones but the vocalizations turned out to be much more complicated and interesting than we expected," says Timothy E. Holy, lead author of the report detailing the findings, published online today by the Public Library of Science Biology. "It's not yet clear whether singing conveys...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The man charged with kidnapping teenager Elizabeth Smart was kicked out of his mental competency trial Friday after he began singing a religious hymn, the fourth time he has been removed from hearings for singing. As Brian David Mitchell was led away, he shouted, "He mocks and scorns the son of God. ... You know I speak the truth. You know I speak the truth." The hearing then resumed with defense expert Stephen Golding testifying that Mitchell has become increasingly more mentally disturbed and unfit for trial. Golding said Mitchell has vowed to do everything...

I am trying to track down a audio of Ted Kennedy singing, apparently drunk, bellowing out some kind of Spanish Tune. I heard a clip of it on the radio, and I had tears coming out of my eyes! If anyone can get this audio for me, I promise to donate $100 to the fund for Marine Cpl Casey Owens who was severely wounded in Iraq. Thanks-

It wasn't a silent night for the Scrooges at ACLU, but for a nice change it was a holy night. Christian Wire Service today reported glad tidings: The conservative group Public Advocate of the United States, "not dissuaded from 'bah, humbugs' to groups like the Boy Scouts of America and pro-family Americans in general," sang traditional religious Christmas carols in front of the Washington office of American Civil Liberties Union.

And furthermore, shut up, all of you who are telling musicians, actors, filmmakers, authors and such to shut up. "I paid to hear Don Henley sing, not to listen to his political views," whines the ticket holder."Who the hell does Sean Penn think he is, going to Iraq?" fumes the talk-radio guy."Bruce Springsteen thinks making millions with a song-and-dance routine allows him to tell you how to vote," grouses conservative New York senate candidate Marilyn O'Grady, announcing her "Boycott the Boss" campaign.Even quasi-liberal Irvine Mayor Larry Agran sympathized with the people who booed Henley at the Pacific Amphitheatre recently after...

"Al Gore: Wackadoo Wing"  May 29, 2004... Al Gore continued his vitriolic rhetoric against President Bush during an hour-long speech this week at New York University... a speech sponsored by MoveOn.org PAC. During his speech, Gore called for the resignations of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice and CIA Director George Tenet. Also targeted by Gore for resignation were three of Mr. Rumsfeld's top civilian deputies - the deputy defense secretary, Paul D. Wolfowitz; Douglas J. Feith, the under secretary for policy; and Stephen A. Cambone, the under secretary for intelligence. By many news accounts,...

First woman sings on Afghan TV in 10 years January 13 2004 at 09:09AM By Herve Bar Kabul - For the first time in a decade, Afghan public television has broadcast images of a woman singing, giving Kabul's prime time audience a rare chance to watch a former star croon a romantic ballad. On Monday evening, the national station showed images of Salma, a star in Afghanistan during the 1970s and 80s, singing one of her most popular hits. She appeared on the screen dressed in a sober red and white blouse with a simple veil over her hair. Although...