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Saturday, April 09, 2005

I BELIEVE THE CHILDREN ARE OUR LEVERAGE

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Apparently, what propelled Whitney Houston back to rehab was a final warning by her more talented mother, Cissy Houston . Or so says a ...

THE COLLAPSE OF THE NEW BUILDINGS?

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Could Einsutrzende Neubaten be on the point of calling it a day? . Apparently Blixa Bargeld told audiences at the London Forum this week tha...
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NEW YORK MAKES COPYRIGHT OBSOLETE

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Does anyone quite understand how the courts found for Capitol in the battle with Naxos? Naxos had been reissuing records from the 1930s by t...
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DAMN, THAT'S A PRENUP AND A HALF

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We don't know what would happen if they divorce, but judging by the terms of the agreement that Britney signed before she got married to...

NOT THAT WE'RE THAT BOTHERED

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But if you were thinking of casting a vote in the Snickers (the new name for Marathon) competition for a new band to get to play at Clear Ch...
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ANY SPORTS TEAM WILL DO, IT SEEMS

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Just when you think that American rap stars are running out of ideas form how to show they've got so much cash they can just piss it awa...
Friday, April 08, 2005

NOT TOO LATE FOR GOODBYES, APPARENTLY

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Julian Lennon is an angry man - his back catalogue has been deleted, and yet he believes himself to be a great songwriter. Why, wasn't S...
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WHATEVER HAPPENED TO...

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Kelle Bryan, who used to be in Eternal, with Louise Redkanpp and the, uh, other two - whatever happened to her, eh? Apparently, shortly afte...
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THE END OF THE CYCLE

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Nooooo! Tour de France obsessed Scottish indiepoppers The Delgados have split up after ten years. Stewart Henderson, on bass, was first to ...

DID THEY EVER SAY WHY THEY PRETEND THEY'RE NOT BASICALLY DAISY CHAINSAW?

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The ho-hum so-so Queen Adreena are about to spew out a flurry of releases - Medicine Jar, a single and The Butcher and The Butterfly, an alb...

MEAN FIDDLER SWALLOWED

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The independence of Mean Fiddler is at an end: they've accepted a takeover from Clear Channel . Clear Channel and Irish company Gaiety...
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NEVER TOO OLD TO ROCK...

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Something really heartwarming for a Friday afternoon: A Geezers Dream Come True , a blog following a bloke's first tour ever. What makes...

NO, NO... WE WANTED BRIAN MAY'S EVERYTHING I DO IS DRIVEN BY YOU...

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Possibly even more depressing than the recent news that, given a choice, chances are most people would like their ride on the crematoria con...
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BUT YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO RUB ANYONE'S NOSE IN IT...

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Having spent a month or so watching Boy George giving interviews to the Ilkely Advertiser and Through The Night With Spiggy on Radio Kent, E...

DUNCAN JAMES: MIGHT HAVE A JOB

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Rather excitedly, reports reach us that Duncan James is being lined up for a job on GM-TV . That's brilliant news, and we'll have ou...

INTRODUCING J-ANT

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Because Marc Anthony apparently doesn't think that J-Lo was "very classy", Jennifer Lopez is planning on rebranding herself as...

HONOURED

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The curious question about Swansea University's vice-chancellor hoofing down to the Manics gig to present Nicky with a lifelong honorary...

IT WAS THE CREDIT CARD COMPANIES' FAULT

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So, that smooth Glasto ticket operation wasn't quite as smooth as it looked: it seems an unspecified number of ticket purchasers had the...
Thursday, April 07, 2005

DID THOSE POSTERS ABOUT FARE DODGING ACHIEVE NOTHING?

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Poor Grace Jones; there she was enjoying first class travel on the Eurostar, thinking life could get no better than the three-course meal an...

APPARENTLY THERE ARE GOOD REASONS FOR IT

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Having been launched to little more than an "oh", Wendy James is ("Racine are") hoping that Racine Number One can pull o...
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KNOCK-ON EFFECTS

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Following on from the death of their former colleague Paul Hester, the Finn Brothers have cut short their European tour . Neil has apparentl...

WE HOPE TO GOD HE DOESN'T EMPLOY A STYLIST

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Although we're depressed at the news that Stereophonic's Dakota is the most-downloaded legal track so far this year (thank god peopl...
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ASHLEE SIMPSON USES SHOES TO PREVENT UNWANTED PREGNANCY

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It's true; she's teaming up with Candies (a shoe company, apparently) to take part in The Event To Prevent . It's a well-meaning...

HOMELESS TO BE DRESSED IN SHORT SKIRTS, PUSH-UP BRAS

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We're sure it was with the best of intentions that Lindsay Lohan donated her old clothes to the homeless - you know the ones with last ...

THEY'RE 'RETURNING BRITPOP FAVOURITES', APPARENTLY

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The final headliners for the Eden Project gigs this year have been announced, with Embrace (August 19th) joining Basement Jaxx (26th) and I...

AMSTERDAMMERUNG

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As if we haven't done enough to upset the good people of Amsterdam - stag parties consisting of thirty blokes who clearly haven't ev...

MTV TO BRING ITS PROGRAMMES TO THE INTERNET

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Woohoo! Hey, settle down, you springbreak guys: MTV is going to bring its portfolio of stuff online with a newbranded service, MTV Overdriv...

GOING DOWN

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We were fascinated by the news that Mariah Carey hates getting in lifts, because she keeps getting stuck in them . And we have to be honest,...

THEY FOUGHT A WAR FOR THIS?

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John Major was ridiculed - rightly - for suggesting that the most appropriate way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of VE Day was spam fritt...

A QUICK LOOK AT THIS MORNING'S FRONT PAGES

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The only smart one of the Osbournes - the one who didn't take part in the turning of their life into a freakshow - has been hit the trai...
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