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News: Jeff Hanson found dead

Jun 6, 2009
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Jeff Hanson, 31, found dead

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Sorry for all the music-related news, but thanks to Andrew (who reviewed Jeff Hanson's Madam Owl last year) for passing this along.

According to Star Tribune, local musician, Jeff Hanson, was found dead yesterday:

Jeff Hanson's rising career came to a sudden end Friday, when he was found dead at his apartment in St. Paul.

Hanson, 31, likely died from a fall or other accident at the concrete-floored apartment, which he had just moved into days earlier, said his sister, Sara Hanson. He was found by his parents.

My own experience with Jeff Hanson, was the first time I put on Madam Owl and thought the angelic voice coming out of my car stereo was that it was a woman. I thought to myself, 'oh, it must be a guest vocalist'. Then when the same woman appeared on the song after, I thought 'maybe they printed the wrong label on this CD'.

I had no idea that it was indeed the voice of male singer Jeff Hanson. That is pretty amazing, I had to see him singing for myself last year at the Triple Rock.

I think the very same thing happened to his record label, Kill Rock Star. The record people from Washington loved his voice so much, they flew him to play and sign when the label in 2005.

Other musicians recently found dead includes Koko "Queen of the Blues" Taylor and Wilco's Jay Bennett.

06/06/2009 18:13:58 ♥ vu () ♥ jeffhanson.net ♥ myspace.com/jeffhanson ♥ killrockstars.com

Stage6: R.I.P.

Feb 26, 2008
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Video website Stage6 shuts down, citing enormous costs to maintain its services:

Stage6 to Shut Down on February 28
Posted 13 hours ago (2/25/08 5:07AM PST) by Spinner | Comments (7921)
I’m Tom (aka Spinner), a Stage6 user and an employee of DivX, Inc., the company behind the service. I’m writing this message today to inform you that we plan to shut down Stage6 on February 28, 2008. Upload functionality has already been turned off, and you’ll be able to view and download videos until Thursday.
I know this news will come as a shock and disappointment to many Stage6 users, and I’d like to take a few moments to explain the reasons behind our decision.
We created Stage6 with the mission of empowering content creators and viewers to discover a new kind of video experience. Stage6 began as an experiment, and we always knew there was a chance that it might not succeed.
In many ways, though, the service did succeed, beyond even our own initial expectations. Stage6 became very popular very quickly. We helped gain exposure for some talented filmmakers who brought great videos to the attention of an engaged community. We helped prove that it’s possible to distribute true high definition video on the Internet. And we helped broaden the Internet video experience by offering content that is compatible with DVD players, mobile devices and other products beyond the PC.
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W♥M does have an account on there, mostly because I was looking for an alternative to youtube.

I spent many, many hours watching various music videos on the website (mostly videos from foreign countries).

The best part about Stage6 was you could download the video. So check out these two videos I grabbed off Stage6: GO!GO!7188 - Jet Ninjin and Alizee - La Isle Bonita (Madonna cover).