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History
Colonial times
Since the colonial era, Kinshasa, Congo’s capital, has been one of the great centers of musical innovation, ranking alongside Nairobi, Lagos, Johannesburg and Abidjan in influence. The country, however, was carved out from territories controlled by many different ethnic groups, many of which had little in common with each other. Each maintained (and continue to do so) their own folk music traditions, and there was little in the way of a pan-Congolese musical identity until the 1940s.
Like much of Africa, the Congo was dominated during the World War 2 era by rumba, a fusion of Latin and African musical styles that came from the island of Cuba. Congolese musicians appropriated rumba and adapted its characteristics for their own instruments and tastes. Following World War 2, record labels began appearing, including CEFA, Ngoma, Loningisa and Opika, each issuing many 78 rpm records; Radio Congo Belge also began broadcasting during this period. Bill Alexandre, a Belgian working for CEFA, brought electric guitars to the Congo.
Popular early musicians include Feruzi, who is said to have popularized rumba during the 1930s and guitarists like Zachery Elenga, Antoine Wendo Kolosoy and, most influentially, Jean Bosco Mwenda. Alongside rumba, other imported genres like American swing, French cabaret and Ghanaian highlife were also popular.
In 1953, the Congolese music scene began to differentiate itself with the formation of African Jazz (led by Joseph “Grand Kalle” Kabasele), the first full-time orchestra to record and perform, and the debut of fifteen-year-old guitarist Francois Luambo Makiadi (aka Franco). Both would go on to be some of the earliest Congolese music stars. African Jazz, which included Kabasele, sometimes called the father of modern Congolese music, as well as legendary Cameroonian saxophonist and keyboardist Manu Dibango, has become one of the most well-known groups in Africa, largely due to 1960’s “Independence Cha-Cha-Cha”, which celebrated Congo’s independence and became an anthem for Africans across the continent.
Big bands
Into the 1950s, Kinshasa and Brazzaville became culturally linked, and many musicians moved back and forth between them, most importantly including Nino Malapet and the founder of OK Jazz, Jean Serge Essous. Recording technology had evolved to allow for longer playing times, and the musicians focused on the seben, an instrumental percussion break with a swift tempo that was common in rumba. Both OK Jazz and African Jazz continued performing throughout the decade until African Jazz broke up in the mid-1960s. Tabu Ley Rochereau and Dr. Nico then formed African Fiesta, which incorporated new innovations from throughout Africa as well as American and British soul, rock and country. African Fiesta, however, lasted only two years before disintegrating, and Tabu Ley formed Orchestre Afrisa International instead, but this new group was not able to rival OK Jazz in influence for very long.
Many of the most influential musicians of Congo’s history emerged from one or more of these big bands, including Sam Mangwana, Ndombe Opetum, Vicky Longomba, Dizzy Madjeku and Kiamanguana Verckys. Mangwana was the most popular of these solo performers, keeping a loyal fanbase even while switching from Vox Africa and Festival des Marquisards to Afrisa, followed by OK Jazz and a return to Afrisa before setting up a West African group called the African All Stars. Mose Fan Fan of OK Jazz also proved influential, bringing Congolese rumba to East Africa, especially Kenya, after moving there in 1974 with Somo Somo. Rumba also spread through the rest of Africa, with Brazzaville’s Pamela M’ounka and Tchico Thicaya moving to Abidjan and Ryco Jazz taking the Congolese sound to the French Antilles. In Congo, students at Gombe High School became entranced with American rock and funk, especially after James Brown visited the country in 1969. Los Nickelos and Thu Zahina emerged from Gombe High, with the former moving to Brussels and the latter, though existing only briefly, becoming legendary for their energetic stage shows that included frenetic, funky drums during the seben and an often psychedelic sound. This period in the late 60s is the soukous era, though the term soukous now has a much broader meaning, and refers to all of the subsequent developments in Congolese music as well.
Zaiko and post Zaiko
Stukas and Zaiko Langa Langa were the two most influential bands to emerge from this era, with Zaiko Langa Langa being an important starting ground for musicians like Pepe Feli, Bozi Boziana, Evoloko Jocker and Papa Wemba. A smoother, mellower pop sound developed in the early 1970s, led by Bella Bella, Shama Shama and Lipua Lipua, while Kiamanguana Verckys promoted a rougher garage-like sound that launched the careers of Pepe Kalle and Kanda Bongo Man, among others.
By the beginning of the 1990s, the Congolese popular music scene had declined terribly. Many of the most popular musicians of the classic era had lost their edge or died, and President Mobutu’s regime continued to repress indigenous music, reinforcing Paris’ status as a center for Congolese music. Pepe Kalle, Kanda Bongo Man and Rigo Starr were all Paris-based and were the most popular Congolese musicians. New genres like madiaba and Tshala Mwana’s mutuashi achieved some popularity. Kinshasha still had popular musicians, however, including Bimi Ombale and Dindo Yogo. In 1993, many of the biggest individuals and bands in Congo’s history were brought together for an event that helped to revitalize Congolese music, and also jumpstarted the careers of popular bands like Swede Swede. Throughout the eighties, one artist that dominated the Congolese music scene is King Kester Emeneya.
External links
Nostalgie Ya Mboka – A radio program playing the ‘belle epoque’ of Congolese music. Broadcasts in London and the Internet on Resonance FM. MP3 of latest show is kept here
African Music Forum – Discussions on contemporary Congolese Soukous and Classic Congolese Rumba music. African Music Forum features numerous video clips, mp3 jukeboxes and Internet radio broadcast archives of African Music , discount computer accessories .
KinWebTV.com – Live Congolese music 24/7 – DR Congolese WebTV promoting music from the Democratic Republic of Congo by showing Congolese music videos 24/7 , 12 volt dvd .
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Musicians from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ambiance Congo – African Music, TV & Radio Broadcasts Online.
References
Ewens, Graeme. “Heart of Danceness”. 2000. In Broughton, Simon and Ellingham, Mark with McConnachie, James and Duane, Orla (Ed.), World Music, Vol. 1: Africa, Europe and the Middle East, pp 458-471. Rough Guides Ltd, Penguin Books. ISBN 1-85828-636-0
Stewart, Gary. (2000) Rumba on the River: A history of the popular music of the two Congos Verso. ISBN 1-85984-744-7. Tells the story of Congolese music, history, and popular culture.
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The Air Jordan Melo 1.5’s made an appearance in Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide, which Ned wanted after he found them in the Lost and Found. The shoes sold so well that in 2006 Air Jordan decided to give Carmelo his very own shoe, with its very own design. The shoe is called the Air Melo M3. Carmelo Anthony’s shoe sales are third only to the Air Jordan retro series and the Air Jordan XXII.For the 06-07 season Carmelo was given his 4th “Melo” shoe, the Melo M4. The shoe was his second signature shoe that went on his own design and not off any other type of Air Jordans. Carmelo Anthony has said that he will have a new signature shoe out called AIR MELO M5 RAD/SHARK, this was apart of the Air Jordan naming competition where Carmelo Anthony picked the name himself.
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Post-2004
Since touring in 2003 and early 2004 in support of Far From Nowhere, Slick Shoes was very inactive (even their website was taken down), and on October 7, 2006 the band issued a statement through their MySpace page saying that they had begun a side project called Sigmund, and that Slick Shoes was on an “indefinite hiatus”. Then, 15 months later on January 3, 2008, the band announced through MySpace that they had reunited:
“Hey Everyone, Good news. Slick Shoes is back together with original members Ryan Kepke, Jackson Mould, Joe Nixon, and Jeremiah Brown. We also added guitarist Jordan Mould . Although we will not be touring extensively we will be playing shows and hope to record a new record in the near future. Don’t forget to tell your friends.”
Their first show back together took place at the Chain Reaction in Anaheim, CA on March 1, 2008, with their latest show at the Key Club in Hollywood, CA on April 10th, 2008.
Discography
Slick Shoes EP (released January 21, 1997)
Rusty (released June 24, 1997)
Burn Out (released July 7, 1998 , women summer shoes .
Wake Up Screaming (released May 23, 2000 , colored shoelaces .
Slick Shoes/Cooter Split EP (released May 23, 2000)
Slick Shoes (April 9, 2002)
Far From Nowhere (released July 8, 2003)
The Biggest and the Best (released November 18, 2003)
References
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External links
Slick Shoes MySpace Page
Slick Shoes Purevolume Page
Slick Shoes at SideOneDummy.com
Interview
Interview at Decapolis.com

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Starbury, Inc. is an American brand of sneakers and clothing endorsed by NBA players Stephon Marbury and Ben Wallace, and marketed by Steve and Barry’s. The line was launched in September 2006, as a pair of $14.98 basketball shoes to compete with higher priced products endorsed by celebrity athletes. Stephon Marbury and retail clothing chain Steve & Barry’s claim that the products are of the same level of quality as more expensive alternatives.
Contents
1 Background
2 Products
3 Initial Reception
4 Findings on shoe quality
5 References
6 External links
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Background
Marbury remembers growing up in Brooklyn, NY, and not being able to afford the latest shoes. Having been inspired by a professor at Georgia Tech, Marbury has for a long time wanted to offer high-quality, inexpensive shoes to future generations of kids and basketball players, so that they would not have his same dilemma. He took this idea to Steve & Barry’s, popular for on-campus university & college focused retailing. They agreed to manufacture the shoes in China, and to market them, with a third party involved to prevent sweatshop conditions.
Products
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During the clothing lines inception, Marbury went across the United States appearing at malls to do promotion. In addition, he was interviewed by Oprah Winfrey, Good Morning America, Good Day New York, Live with Regis and Kelly, Rachael Ray and many other national media outlets , ladies tall boots .
Marbury is the designer of an initial shoe lineup entitled “Starbury” includes “The Starbury One,” a basketball shoe which Stephon wore all season on the New York Knicks, “Starbury Crossovers,” a classic “Air Force One”-style shoe which is listed at US$9.98, “Starbury Cyclones,” shoes with similar styling to “New Balance” shoes, also retailed at $9.98 USD, and finally the “Starbury SXM,” another basketball shoe listed at $9.98. Not only does the “Starbury” brand feature shoes but it also sells low priced clothes. The initial lineup includes varsity jackets, hoodies, t-shirts, jerseys, track jackets and pants, dazzle pants, jeans, jean jackets, and warm-up outfits, all under $10.
According to Andy Todd, president of Steve & Barry’s, the Starbury line will expand from 50 products to over 200 for Spring 2007. The line will include “The Starbury Two” sneaker, polo shirts, skateboard shoes, and other lifestyle products; all under $15 dollars.
On April 1 2007, Stephon Marbury released yet another pair of low-price NBA quality sneakers known as the “Starbury Two”. This shoe will also be endorsed by current Cleveland Cavaliers player Ben Wallace. Wallace now also has his own shoe, the “Big Ben”, which came out on October 29, 2007, according to the Steve & Barry’s website. The “Big Ben” also appeared in the music video The Rebirth by Christian hip hop artists Carriers Of the Cross. Other sneaker models which debuted on April 1 include a low-top version of the Starbury II, the “Starbury Team” (a high-top sneaker), the “Crossover LE” (the next incarnation of the low-top “Crossover”) and has a “shiny” patent leather texture to it similar to Bape’s “Bape-sta” sneaker, the “SXM Trainer”; the design is radically changed from the first “SXM” model, now a low-top cross-trainer made of nubuck material, the “Cyclone II” (sequel to the “Cyclone”), a nubuck jogging shoe, the “Bowery” (a low profile casual shoe), the “Surfside” (a nubuck skate shoe), and the “Tornado” (a running shoe).
New shoes include the SSE (Signature Special Edition), Danger, Marquis, Mirage, Downtown, Crib, Rush, Troy, and Trex.
Initial Reception
Despite Marbury putting up subpar numbers, in 2006-07, the shoes still sold well and even former teammate Steve Francis had shown his support by wearing the sneakers in games. Some pairs have managed to sell for almost double the price on eBay auction listings. BusinessWeek named the line one of its best products of 2006.
Findings on shoe quality
On March 23, 2007, Starbury was featured in a segment on the ABC show 20/20 (edition entitled “Enough!”), hosted by John Stossel. The segment dealt with the high price of sneakers and the role of Starbury and Marbury as an alternative. During the show, Marbury stated, “If you take my shoe and you take a $150 shoe, cut it down in half, and it do the same exact thing”. Stossel put Marbury’s statement to the test and a pair of Starbury Ones were brought to Professor Howard Davis, Shoe Design department professor at Parsons The New School for Design. Davis proceeded to cut apart the Starbury Ones and a pair of “$100 plus Air Jordans” and stated, “They’re constructed the same way”. Stossel then mentioned that “others in the business” came to the same conclusion. However, Davis never commented on the quality of materials, nor the durability of the Starbury One; only that they were constructed in a similar fashion to Air Jordans.
In May 2007, Bryant Gumbel had an expert disassemble and analyze the shoes. He determined the materials in Starbury shoes were inferior to more expensive shoes, and wouldn’t last as long, but that the shoes were still a better price value.
Consumer Reports has tested the quality of the Starbury One and Starbury II. The Starbury One “earned decent marks in our earlier tests”, according to Consumer Reports. As for the Starbury II, six of nine “men’s summer basketball league” players hired by Consumer Reports to test the shoe stated “they would not buy the Starbury II for basketball–they said it provided less comfort, stability, or impact absorption than their favorite shoe”. Consumer Reports concluded “our measurements showed that its heel cushioning is very good, its forefoot cushioning is good, and that it’s very breathable and fairly flexible” and “The Starbury II would be a fine casual, everyday shoe”
References
^ http://www.nobodysmiling.com/hiphop/news/86811.php
^ http://www.thenation.com/doc/20061002/southpaw “The athletic shoe industry is notorious for some of the most appalling of sweatshop conditions. Are the Starbury Ones, made in China, produced in such a manner? Schacter says no.”
^ http://www.sportsline.com/nba/story/9857146
^ ConsumerReports.org – A cheap-chic shoe scores points October 2007
External links

http://www.starbury.com

http://www.oprah.com/tows/slide/200705/20070518/slide_20070518_350_401.jhtml

Stephon Marbury interview with Forbes.com about the Starbury $15 shoe at YouTube

http://www.current.tv/watch/18997699

Profile of Starbury at brandchannel
Consumer Reports review of the Starbury II
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Synopsis
The tested episodes always open with a quick montage of a newspaper personals section ad under “Red Shoes” seeking women to mail in their personal diaries with stories of love, passion and/or betrayal. The presenter and host Jake Winters (David Duchovny) is then shown walking on desolate train tracks with his dog Stella. He begins reading a letter from his post office box out loud that begins with “Dear Red Shoes…” He first took out the ad after the suicide of his fiance, and his subsequent confrontation of the man with whom she was having an affair, a construction worker who gave her a pair of red high heels, inspiring both the ad and the show’s title. He placed the ad in the newspaper in an effort to understand why it happened and learn his fiance’s reasons for killing herself through the stories of women in similar situations.
The storylines usually have a thin plot revolving around some intrigue and the sexual awakening of a girl or woman who often also narrates. Well photographed, artful, sensuous love scenes with nudity as well as sultry, moody music are characteristic for most episodes. There is no story arc or characters connecting the different stories other than Jake Winters introducing each episode.
Red Shoe movies
The series led to several Red Shoe Diaries movies, including one television movie released in 1992. Nineteen other direct to video Red Shoe movies were also released throughout and after the series’ run , diesel clothing shoes .
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The Red Shoe Diaries episodes are currently (May 2008) running on the Canadian television channel Bravo!, early Saturday morning. From time to time, episodes can also be viewed on Showtime, on hulu.com, or for sale on DVD.
Episodes list
Season 1
“Safe Sex”; Guest Stars: Steven Bauer, Joan Severance
“Double Dare”; Guest Stars: Arnold Vosloo
“You Have the Right to Remain Silent”; Guest Stars: Denise Crosby, Robert Knepper
“Talk to Me Baby”; Guest Stars: Lydie Denier, Richard Tyson, Kim Burnette
“The Doctor Is In”; Guest Stars: Kate Jackson ,Matt LeBlanc
Season 2
“Auto Erotica”; Guest Stars: Nick Chinlund, Caitlin Dulany
“Just Like That”; Guest Stars: Tchky Karyo, Matt LeBlanc, Nina Siemaszko
“Accidents Happen aka The Fling”; Guest Stars: Ally Sheedy
“Another Woman’s Lipstick”; Guest Stars: Kristina Fulton, Maryam d’Abo
“The Bounty Hunter”; Guest Stars: Ron Marquette, Claire Stansfield
“Night of Abandon”; Guest Stars: Christina Chambers
“Weekend Pass”; Guest Stars: Ely Pouget, Anthony Addabbo
“Double or Nothing”; Guest Stars: Francesco Quinn, Paula Barbieri
“Naked in the Moonlight”; Guest Stars: Raven Snow, John Enos III
“Midnight Bells”; Guest Stars: Carsten Norgaard, Charlotte Lewis
“How I Met My Husband”; Guest Stars: Neith Hunter, Sue Kiel, Luigi Amodeo
“Hotline”; Guest Stars: Audie England
“Jake’s Story”; Guest Stars: Sheryl Lee, William Burns
“The Gardner”; Guest Stars: Tyler Christopher
Season 3
“Runway”; Guest Stars: Udo Kier
“Borders of Salt”; Guest Stars: Alan Boyce, Sofia Shinas
“Truth or Dare”; Guest Stars: Jaclyn Smith, Natasha Richardson
“Burning Up”; Guest Stars: Mark Zuelke, Alexandra Tydings
“Liar’s Tale”; Guest Stars: Audie England,and Erika Anderson
“In the Blink of an Eye”; Guest Stars:
“The Psychiatrist”; Guest Stars: Denise Crosby
“Four on the Floor”; Guest Stars:
“The Game”; Guest Stars: Michael T. Weiss
“Some Things Never Change”; Guest Stars: Marina Guilia Cavalli, Brad Fisher
“Like Father Like Son”; Guest Stars:
“Gina”
“Girl on a Bike”; Guest Stars: Geraldine Cotte
“You Make Me Want to Wear Dresses”; Guest Stars: Maximo Morrone, Jason Court
Season 4
“The Cake”; Guest Stars:
“Written Word”; Guest Stars: Robbi Chong
“The Last Motel”; Guest Stars: Perrey Reeves
“Juarez”; Guest Stars: Neith Hunter, Rick Garcia, Ana Rotario
“Alphabet Girl”; Guest Stars:
“Jump”; Guest Stars:
“Tears”; Guest Stars: Carolyn Seymour
“The Art of Loneliness”; Guest Stars: Honey Labrador, Caron Bernstein
“Luscious Lola”; Guest Stars: Bobbie Phillips, Michael Bendetti
“Love at First Sight”; Guest Stars: Alexandra Tydings, Denice D. Lewis
“Billy Bar”; Guest Stars: Troy Beyer, Anthony Addabbo
“Hard Labor”; Guest Stars: Jennifer Ciesar, Maximo Morrone
“Caged Bird”; Guest Stars: Jacqueline Lovell, Hector Hank
“Mercy”; Guest Stars:
“The Ex”; Guest Stars:
“Slow Train”; Guest Stars: Athena Massey, Andrew Calder
Season 5
“Divorce, Divorce”
“The Forbidden Zone”
“Emily’s Dance”; Guest Star: Freedom Williams
“Carried Away”
“Kidnap”
“Jealousy”
“The Boxer”
“Farmer’s Daughter”
“Strip Poker”
“Dime a Dance”
“Cowboy, Cowboy”
“Details”
“Banished”
Season 6
“As She Wishes”
“Swimming Naked”
“Weightless”; Guest Stars: Darya Poverennova
“All Of Me”; Guest Stars: Farrah Fawcett
“The Teacher”
“Temple of Flesh”
“The Picnic”
“Laundrymat”
References
^ “List of Red Shoe Diaries films”. imdb.com. http://www.imdb.com/find?q=Red+Shoe+Diaries&sourceid=mozilla-search. Retrieved on 2008-09-07. 
External links
Red Shoe Diaries at the Internet Movie Database
Red Shoe Diaries (TV film) at the Internet Movie Database
Red Show Diaries at TV.com
Epguides.com web page
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