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2 unusual facts about Mojo


MoJo

He also sang the theme song of the fictional character Segata Sanshiro (played by Hiroshi Fujioka) who appeared in Sega's commercials between 1997 and 1998 to advertise the Sega Saturn in Japan.

NoB

In July 2007, he sang with Hironobu Kageyama, Masaaki Endoh, Yoko Ishida, Kouji Wada and MoJo at Anime Friends, the biggest anime convention in Latin America, in Brazil; it was his first time in the county and he has gone back there to perform several times not only at Anime Friends, but also in other events in other cities, such as Fortaleza and Brasília.


Angelic Upstarts

More than two decades after its release, their debut single, "The Murder Of Liddle Towers", was included in Mojo magazine’s list of the best punk rock singles of all time.

Austin Powers: Welcome to My Underground Lair!

There are a few mini-games included, such as Mojo Maze, a Pac-Man clone, Domination (an Austin Powers-themed version of Reversi), a digitalized version of Rock-Paper-Scissors, and 'Kin'-Evil, which is a motor bike racing game whose name is a play on Evel Knievel.

Bikeride

Bikeride were chosen by Mojo magazine to cover "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" for their 40th anniversary Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band tribute album, Sgt. Pepper...With A Little Help From His Friends". The disc was given away with the March 2007 issue.

Circulus

Mojo magazine chose Circulus to cover "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" for their 40th anniversary Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band tribute album, Sgt. Pepper...With a Little Help from His Friends, given away with their March 2007 issue.

Coolie Ranx

He made frequent guest appearances on the albums of other third wave ska bands, such as Spring Heeled Jack USA, Metro Stylee and Mojo labelmates Reel Big Fish.

Crow Jane Alley

His renditions of Bryan Ferry's "Slave to Love" and Jay and the Americans' "Come a Little Bit Closer" bring their own drama and gravity to the material, while such homemade numbers as the convincingly authentic mojo-wielding "Muddy Waters Rose Out of the Mississippi Mud," the surging "Right There, Right Then" and the rustic waltztime "(Don't Have a) Change of Heart" are small strokes of heartfelt majesty.

Crown City Studios

In 2012, in conjunction with Make Music Pasadena, Crown City Studios launched "Crown City Sessions", an ongoing live in-studio video series, which has featured, among others, The New Limb, Ozma, Robotanists, Torches, The Happy Hollows, The Lonely Wild, Mojo Stone, and The Well Pennies.

Dawn Eden

Eden began writing about rock music under the abbreviated name Dawn Eden in 1985 for fanzines, eventually becoming a popular-music historian, writing for Mojo, Salon, New York Press, and Billboard, among others.

Dawn of the Replicants

While on tour in the UK during early 2006, the band took part in the Abbey Road Sessions for American satellite radio station U-Pop and enjoyed video plays on MTV2, whilst Mojo, NME, Uncut, and Q all carried reviews of their fifth studio album, Fangs.

Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant with My Two-Headed Love Child

Mojo and Skid did perform the song on MTV's late-night 120 Minutes (even then, Nixon was forced to mumble the word "fornication"), but the channel's refusal to air the video led to Mojo Nixon severing ties with the network.

Denroy Morgan

The reggae band Morgan Heritage is made up of his children Peetah Morgan, Una Morgan, Roy "Gramps" Morgan, Nakhamyah "Lukes" Morgan and Memo "Mr. Mojo" Morgan.

Doctor Robert

When Mojo released Revolver Reloaded in 2006, part of a continuing series of CDs of Beatles albums covered track-by-track by modern artists, "Doctor Robert" was covered by Luke Temple.

Eva Vermandel

Known for her still and timeless portraits which often bear references to painting (the Flemish Primitives, Ingres, Bronzino), her photographs have appeared in a wide range of magazines such as The Wire, Telegraph Magazine, Independent Magazine, Mojo, The New York Times Magazine and W (USA).

Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey

When Mojo released The White Album Recovered in 2008, part of a continuing series of CDs of Beatles albums covered track-by-track by modern artists, the track was covered by My Brightest Diamond.

Gabby Young and Other Animals

“Gabby is distinctive..as much art-school as Agent Provocateur. Eastern European touches and acoustic instrumentation combine with a strong seductive voice to suggest a busking Kate Bush” MOJO (Roy Wilkinson)

Geoff Ogilvy

Ogilvy is a founding partner of MOJO Pies, "The Original Australian Pie", based in Scottsdale and is a proud supporter of the St Kilda Football Club.

Good Morning Good Morning

When Mojo released Sgt. Pepper ...With A Little Help From His Friends in 2007, part of a continuing series of CDs of Beatles albums covered track-by-track by modern artists, "Good Morning Good Morning" was covered by The M's.

Got My Mojo Working

"Got My Mojo Working" is a 1956 song written by Preston Foster and first recorded by Ann Cole, but popularized by Muddy Waters in 1957.

James Apollo

Apollo also contributed the track "One After 909" to Mojo's recreation of The Beatles record Let it Be album, given away free with the September 2010 edition of the magazine.

John Masouri

John has also written articles on reggae for Mojo, Music Week, The Guardian, The Observer and NME, as well as magazines in the US (The Beat), Japan (RM) and Germany (Riddim).

Martha My Dear

When Mojo released The White Album Recovered in 2008, part of a continuing series of CDs of Beatles albums covered track-by-track by modern artists, the track was covered by Vashti Bunyan and Max Richter.

Maxwell's Silver Hammer

The English indie rock band Let's Wrestle covered the song for the 2009 Mojo compilation album Abbey Road Now!, an album in which numerous artists covered the whole of the Abbey Road album.

Mean Mr. Mustard

When Mojo released Abbey Road Now! in 2009, part of a continuing series of CDs of Beatles albums covered track-by-track by modern artists, "Mean Mr. Mustard" was covered by Cornershop alongside "Polythene Pam".

Mickybo and Me

Mickybo and Me is a 2004 Northern Irish comedy-drama film written and directed by Terry Loane and based on the stage play Mojo Mickybo by Owen McCafferty.

MOJO HD

MOJO HD aired original programming series such as After Hours with Daniel, Three Sheets, I Bet You, Pressure Cook, Wall Street Warriors, Bobby G: Adventure Capitalist, Start-Up Junkies, Dr. Danger, The King of Miami, The Show, and Uncorked with Billy Merritt.

My Man Is a Loser

The plot follows two married friends, Marty (Michael Rapaport) and Paul (Bryan Callen), who hire their single playboy friend Mike (John Stamos) to "help them get their mojo back" in order to save their marriages.

Nina Antonia

She has written articles and books about Johnny Thunders, the New York Dolls and The Only Ones and has contributed to Mojo and Spiral Scratch magazines, written liner notes for The Stooges live recording Studio Sessions and Nico's Femme Fatale CD, and appeared in the documentary New York Doll.

Polythene Pam

When Mojo released Abbey Road Now! in 2009, part of a continuing series of CDs of Beatles albums covered track-by-track by modern artists, "Polythene Pam" was covered by Cornershop alongside "Mean Mr. Mustard".

Pray for Mojo

The title comes from an episode ("Girly Edition") of The Simpsons, wherein Homer buys a pet helper-monkey named Mojo, whom he anticipates will do all his chores for him.

Shatterstar

In an alternate future seen in X-Force Annual #1, the X-Force team led by Cannonball were approached by Mojoworld Spineless Ones, Mojo.

Skaboy JFK

In mid-2009, the Daddies signed to independent label Rock Ridge Music, home of former Mojo labelmates Reel Big Fish (who, coincidentally, would also release a ska compilation of re-recorded tracks due to an identical conflict with Jive Records), for the national release and distribution of both Skaboy JFK and a re-issue of Susquehanna.

Thaikkudam bridge

Thaikkudam Bridge is a band composed of musicians who came together first for a show called "Music Mojo" in the Malayalam channel Kappa TV.

The Draytones

The song "Keep Loving Me" was used on a Mojo Magazine covermount entitled "Best Of British 2007", and as the backing music for the Official Formula One websites video highlight of the 2008 Monaco Grand Prix.

The Hazey Janes

Recorded with Paco Loco (Golden Smog, The Sadies, Josh Rouse) in El Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain, the record met with significant acclaim from Q magazine, Mojo, Uncut, Classic Rock and The Word.

The Impressions

Their 1965 hit song "People Get Ready" has also been chosen as one of the Top 10 Best Songs Of All Time by a panel of 20 top industry songwriters and producers, including Paul McCartney, Brian Wilson, Hal David, and others, as reported to Britain's Mojo music magazine.

The Strypes

Since signing, the band has begun playing venues across the UK and have appeared in music magazines such as NME and Mojo, as well as several national newspapers.

Tim Footman

His work has appeared in The Guardian, Mojo, Time Out, Prospect, the Bangkok Post, The National (Abu Dhabi), the Sunday Post, the Yorkshire Post, BBC Online, CNNGo, Drowned In Sound, Careless Talk Costs Lives, Aeon, Zembla, Twill and the International Journal of Baudrillard Studies.

Twenty-Five Miles

The song was considered sufficiently similar to "32 Miles out of Waycross" by Hoagy Lands (also recorded as "Mojo Mama" by both Wilson Pickett and Don Varner), written by Bert Berns and Jerry Ragovoy, that Berns and Ragovoy were eventually given co-writing credits.

WKLS

On-air personalities include the Mojo Murray Morning Show in morning drive; the Temple of Rock with Brian Temple in mid-days; Chris Wright, the 2009 Small Market Personality of the Year from the Alabama Broadcasters Association; and Sixx Sense featuring Nikki Sixx of the bands Mötley Crüe and SIXX A.M. and Kerri Kasem, daughter of legendary personality Casey Kasem.

You Never Give Me Your Money

Glenn Tilbrook with Nine Below Zero cover the song on "Abbey Road Now!" the Mojo October 2009 cover CD along with covers of all Abbey Road songs.


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