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** MAY 2006 NEWS! **
Happy "Prelude to the Summer"!!!




Melanie Silos 2006 (photo by Marisa Silos) Hello again!
Summer's just about here and I hope to see you at all these great upcoming summer events.
Here's the latest news for all you rockers. Please share. Cheers!

Melanie

Rock for Learning "Prelude to the Summer" NEWS:
Featuring "Don't let apathy win", Feel alive with KEANE! + Ozzfest, Pete Yorn, Radiohead, H.I.M., Neil Young activism, Snow Patrol/Amnesty Intl, Warchild Music, and more.



******* Learning *******

Learning is any experience of mind or matter that affects actions and behaviours. Please learn whatever it takes to make a better world. Affect actions and behaviours that make a better world, if not for yourself then at least for anyone or anything in the world that you care about... if nothing else really please do it for yourself coz you have the spirit of life in you.
Music affects action.
Learning affects action.
Learning - affecting action - for whatever it takes to make a better world... that's what Rock for Learning is all about.



******* Music & Events *******

KEANE (photo use by permission) KEANE are back with their new album "UNDER THE IRON SEA" it's music to feel alive again - so let's feel alive with KEANE! Have a listen and get their newest single "Is It Any Wonder" available now on i-tunes, napster, and UK stores listen and watch the video at www.Myspace.com/Keane. And Oh My God THIS IS LOVE... and if you want to know how it feels have a listen to KEANE it's like love falling down from the sky like a shower of stars or moreso it's the stars beaming out to the sky from the center of my heart resonating with musical sound with KEANE's exclusive song for WARCHILD MUSIC "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" [click in for details]. KEANE is now on tour in Europe, coming to US this JUNE! This is a must - gotsta have it!!!
June 20th, San Francisco, CA
June 21st Los Angeles, CA
June 23rd New York, NY
June 27 Chicago, IL
Check local listings for details.

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H.I.M. (photo use by permission of WBR)HIM (photo use by permission of WBR)Here HE comes... It's HIM!!! Yes H.I.M. with their new CD "Dark Light" and a world of lyrical depth. Now touring in the UK/Europe, HIM will be coming to the US this May-June! For you goths ok get into the Vampire Heart of it all, but beyond that is a realm of intense music, fluid guitars, and love and passion expressed through the lyrical depth and vocal brilliance of singer/frontman Ville Valo. Dark Light is a beautiful song, and I highly recommend the album and exploration of the past albums and lyrics of H.I.M. Click into www.Heartagram.com for music, US tour dates, and more!!! Catch 'em at the House of Blues LAS VEGAS June 8th & LOS ANGELES June 11th!!!

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OZZFEST is happening! Headlining OZZY OSBOURNE, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, Disturbed and more... US TOUR DATES beginning JUNE 29th Seattle, WA through AUG 13 West Palm Beach, FL! See www.Ozzfest.com for details see where you can Party Like a Rock Star!

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Neil Young (photo use by permission of WBR) NEIL YOUNG brings out his electric guitar and makes some political activist noise rockin' in this free expression world with his new album "LIVING WITH WAR". A US resident for decades, and still a Canadian citizen, Neil Young has much to say about war and US getting a new President - get all riled up with this one you will coz the peaceful ambience of "PRAIRIE WIND" is all but gone with the wind. Neil brings honesty and diversity as always where with Neil you can rock like a crazy horse or have peace by the light of the harvest moon. Visit www.NeilYoung.com for more.

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Radiohead (photo use by permission of Capitol Records)Thom Yorke - ERASER RADIOHEAD is back on tour - no new record, not until next year, but plenty of new songs live and on tour!
The tour includes theater dates beginning June 1 & 2 in Philadelphia and concluding June 29 & 30 at Los Angeles' Greek Theater. See local listings for details.
And don't forget about Radiohead's WARCHILD MUSIC contribution "Go To Sleep (Live)" & "I Want None of It". [Visit Warchild Musicstore HERE]

Also, THOM YORKE with his beautiful vocal resonance has a new solo record "ERASER" to be released July 11. But he will be on tour singing Radiohead songs for summer starters.

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PETE YORN sends his encouragement to rise up and join in on his first ever nationwide acoustic tour (with friends). Pete will be showcasing selections from the new record "NIGHTCRAWLER" scheduled for release August 15th, and of course including some classic Yorn songs as well. NEW US TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED Starting this JUNE 22 from Santa Barbara, CA, to Asbury Park, NJ, AUGUST 12. See details atwww.PeteYorn.com.



******* Activism & Involvement *******

Snow Patrol (photo use by permission)Check out SNOW PATROL on AMNESTY INTL and join them in activism for justice for crimes against humanity.

[Visit Amnesty Intl HERE]

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Gorillaz (photo use by permission)Visit the WARCHILD MUSIC store for more music exclusives from COLDPLAY, THE ARCTIC MONKEYS, KEANE, RADIOHEAD, BELLE & SEBASTIAN, GORILLAZ, KAISER CHIEFS, & more. Proceeds help heal child victims of armed conflict helping to protect their security and access to quality health, education and recreational facilities and sustain the benefits from the love and care of their families and communities.

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The summer is around the bend and it's time to hit the surf!!! Join The THE BOARDING HOUSE MENTORS (previously introduced to Rock for Learning from the support of Stray Cat's/BRIAN SETZER). Contact Maria Busby if you would like to be a boardinghouse mentor volunteer.

FROM THE PUBLISHER'S JOURNAL:

Note to Self... Don't let apathy win.
Please participate and VOTE.
[READ MORE] A MOMENT FOR A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE by Melanie Silos
Please don't let apathy win... Please participate... get involved... enjoy music... and please VOTE.
Rock for Learning!

xo Melanie

WRITE TO THE EDITOR: Comments, ideas, suggestions, events, parties, news, etc.: [Contact: Editor@rockforlearning.com]

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****** SPRING NEWS ARCHIVE - MARCH 2006 ******
[READ MORE HERE]



The Zutons (photo use by permission of Sony Ent)OK ZUTON LOVERS! Here's the Latest ZUTON FEVER News!!! Check Out one of the the funnest bands in the UK, THE ZUTONS release their first single
"Why Won't You Give Me Your Love?" on April 3rd, from their new CD "Tired Of Hanging Around". The Zutons have just announced a full U.K tour in May. Click in to www.thezutons.co.uk for tour details, tickets, plus band video diaries and their new e-card.

The Spinto Band (photo use by permission)FUN LOVERS check out THE SPINTO BAND!!! They're super fun! - Indie American band from Delaware... They're jumping with David Bowie, Beatles/Harry Nilsson influences and it's clear that these guys really love what they're doing and are having lots of fun with it. Get curious and look in! Spinto frontman singer/guitarist Nick Krill declares, "Curiousity is important, coz you don't know what you're missing." Let's get some gazoos, make some noise, and get dancing and stomping around - that's right! Hear them and see them and find out what you've been missing. On tour in the East Coast next week and in the UK in April! Click into www.MySpace.com/TheSpintoBand for UK tour details and have a listen to "Oh Mandy" & "Crack the Whip"!

The Arctic Monkeys (photo use by permission)The ARCTIC MONKEYS sell in the UK like Harry Potter sells in the US. A rockin band from the UK that brings the whole dance floor hopping with their new CD "WHATEVER PEOPLE SAY I AM, THAT's WHAT I'M NOT"! And though the cover shows a man smoking a cigarette, and a load of cigarette butts around him - would you believe not one of the Arctic Monkeys is a smoker. Which reminds me of the importance of HEALTHY AFFIRMATIONS & SELF-DEFINITION: No matter what other people say, what have you to say about yourself? Be self-defined and create your path in the rockin' world of your desire.

Ryan Adams (Photo by Bob Gruen - photo use by permission)Looking way ahead into the future...
RYAN ADAMS will be playing the HOLLYWOOD BOWL
with Willie Nelson & Friends this summer, SEPTEMBER 10th.

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REMEMBER BRIT RAP "Fit But You Know IT" where the only rappers in the world that go on about stopping by for chips and a drink have got to be British! It's THE STREETS!!! NOW THE STREETS return with a brand new single "WHEN YOU WASN'T FAMOUS" on Monday 27th March. Their new record "The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living" will be available April 10th. Get your copy of the new single download here at: www.the-streets.co.uk



**** LEARNING, DEVELOPMENT, ACTIVISM & WORLD MATTERS ****

GET ACTIVE & INVOLVED - GET IT HERE WITH PEARL JAM Get into activism with PEARL JAM and Eddie Vedder click into www.PearlJam.com/activism to visit www.MoveOn.org and sign the petition calling for an end to the US military presence in Iraq and urging Congress to develop an exit strategy from Iraq. Also see PEARL JAMS source list for ALTERNATIVE NEWS and get a balanced perspective on world events and politics http://www.pearljam.com/activism/alternative.php

GET INTO ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM and contact government officials to fund RENEWABLE ENERGY programs and PROTECT OUR FORESTS. Sign on-line petitions here at www.environmental-action.org.

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