]]>"A tragic loss, he was only ten years older than me. I was hugely influenced by "Off The Wall" particularly. He will always be remembered for that level of brilliance which will doubtless never be replicated again. It's very sad news." Jay Kay
Back in 2008 the society interviewed Jay for their members magazine and they have just made the full interview available online at the CAPS website.
]]>CAPS is really pleased that you agreed to become a patron. What helped you make that decision?
I like the idea that CAPS is a small grass-roots organisation. I find it really offensive to see animals in cages and dippy tourists having their photos taken with baby elephants in Thailand or monkeys in Russia. So any organisation that campaigns to stop this sort of thing is good as far as I’m concerned, as well as the stuff you do in the UK.
"Sony Music Entertainment Inc. has used its Blu-ray Disc technology to develop an audio CD [Blu-Spec] with high sound quality. The new discs are built using polymer polycarbonate materials as well as an optimized Blue Laser Beam cutting technology that improves the quality of the laser beam. The applied Blu-ray Disc polycarbonate polymer material introduces less jitter [noise] and thus, high-quality audio reproduction. Blu-Spec CDs conform to the standard audio CD [CDDA/Red Book] format and are compatible with existing CD players."
As with the standard Japanese release of the album, this release will include Half The Man as a bonus track.
]]>More information can be found at maxwellmcknight.org.uk.
]]>"Guitar Idol 2009 has seen over a thousand of the top undiscovered guitarists from all over the world battle their way through four online heats - the Final Heat proving amazingly popular with an average of well over 9000 daily visits and media coverage on national TV in the USA, Hungary, Chile, Romania and Pakistan amongst others."
"Make sure you check out the live final when 12 finalists will be performing live on the main stage at The London International Music Show on Saturday June 13th. Judges include Phil Hilborne, Jamie Humphries and Jamiroquai’s Rob Harris."
More information can be found at GuitarIdol.tv.
]]>Around this time last year (2008), Ministry of Sound in the UK released Chilled 1991-2008, with a very similar tracklist.
]]>"A former member of an award-winning band will open a county fair and witness the crowning of the May Queen. Toby Smith, who used to be part of Jamiroquai, will open the annual Weston and Lois Weedon May Day Country Fair in Weston at noon next Monday."In other Toby news, a forum recently launched dedicated to the man himself - check it out at tobysmithforum.getphpbb.com.]]>
Additionally for 2009 this amount puts him in position 46 in the list of 'The top 50 music millionaires'. Jay sits in position 46 alongside four others, including Kylie Minogue and Ronnie Wood.
"Kay is regarded as shrewd operator, building two studios for £1m and leasing them to Sony, so his profit margin is higher. He collects Ferraris and lives in a Buckinghamshire mansion. His company Jamiroquai last showed £8.59m net assets, which included £1.2m for his cherished cars. But with the lack of activity, our rock expert cuts Kay back to £35m."
The Rich List and more information about how it created can be found online at the Times website
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