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Saturday, April 05, 2008
Brown: It was all Whitney's fault
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There have been some self-serving autobiographies, but Bobby Brown's book is so full of self-service it's like a restaurant with a...
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Gordon in the morning: Boyzone sex shocker
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Despite the inescapable fact that they now look like the cast of Auf Weidersehen Pet, Gordon Smart buys Boyzone's claims that they'r...
A year is a long time in music
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If you remember back to last year, Sean Wright embarked on an album-a-month project . If you've been wondering how it went: well, he del...
Ms Ono goes to Liverpool
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One of the attractions of Liverpool's year as one of Europe's two capitals of culture was a visit from Yoko Ono. Well, we say "...
Friday, April 04, 2008
Bboyobit: Frosty Freeze
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Wayne Frost, former member of the Rock Steady Crew, has died after a long illness . Working under the name Frosty Freeze, Frost joined the s...
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Radioheadfacebook
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With a shake of a designer's wand and a spot of coding in the background, Radiohead's website sprouts a social networking add on. J...
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What, no Professor Shorofsky?
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Peter Paphides constructs an interesting Top 20 in the today's Times , nominating the Top 20 starmakers of our rock and pop age. It'...
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The Yoko Factor
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Yoko Ono has found the time to put a sympathetic hand on Heather Mills' shoulder : Ono has urged Mills to 'stay strong'. She say...
Woah, Columbus? Kooks cock snooks
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There's a chance to look at the inside-head-thoughts of Luke Pritchard and The Kooks in today's Guardian music and film section. Th...
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Daily Mail: When headlines disappoint
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This, we must admit, did sound exciting : Viva La Diva! Mariah Carey's outrageous demands for a dog chauffeur, 100 pairs of shoes and a ...
Darkness at 3AM: When headlines fib
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This morning, there's an eyecatching headline on 3AM: NICOLE LEAVES LIAM! Although, actually, a more honest headline would be 'Liam...
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Gordon in the morning: Jennifer Aniston breasts shocker
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In a picture special, Gordon reveals a shock for all of us: Jennifer Aniston has nipples . You can even see them if you squint a bit. Obviou...
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Carphone Warehouse: We won't be music cops
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Carphone Warehouse, despite having one of those Kid Jensen style names that looks more and more ill-chosen as time goes by, has told the BPI...
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Thursday, April 03, 2008
MySpace is all about the music
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There's a couple of interesting pieces on the announcement of MySpace Music, a joint venture between News International, Sony-BMG, Warne...
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Acceptable in the airports
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Calvin Harris claims to have lost his new album in the Heathrow turmoil : The dance musician, from Dumfries, in the south of Scotland, was r...
Jay-Z goes to LiveNation
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So, all those predictions about Jay-Z joining Apple to launch a record label: Not true. It seems that he's instead going to join LiveNat...
Madonna and Guy go to bed for a quick RIM push
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Yes, it's true: Madonna and Guy Thingybloke both take their Blackberries to bed and love their Research In Motion mobile devices. Madon...
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It's on a par with, say, Will Young joining UKIP
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Some nervousness over in Kuwait where, apparently, pop star Hussein al-Ahmad has quit the industry. Not for him, though, the usual afterlife...
Wasn't there meant to be a virus wiping all mention of him off the internet anyway?
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Despite it having been an April Fool's Joke, the NME's 'Winehouse to appear in Doctor Who' story is looking set to have as m...
The Word is sorry
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Morrissey has had his day in court over the NME story from last year, and has won an apology from a magazine. Although it's The Word tha...
Venuewatch: The Point goes to court
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One of the UK's premier circuit venues, The Point in Cardiff, is having to go to court to fight a 'keep the noise down' notice ...
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Apple at the top of the tree
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Although it's as much down to WalMart cutting back its CD ranges as growth in the iTunes store, last month Apple became the biggest musi...
Asinine headline of the week
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Did the Daily Mail really find it necessary to ask this question: So why was Corinne Bailey Rae so deeply in love with her husband found de...
Darkness at 3AM: Who is the enemy?
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This is actually from yesterday's 3AM column , the latest one available online. The Enemy have been planting trees as part of a voluntee...
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Gordon in the morning: Some things hurt more, much more than cars and girls
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Lewis Hamilton and Dannii Minogue are having a secret date . It's on May 25th, in Monaco. Admittedly, that's not very secret, is it?...
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Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Krautrockobit: Klaus Dinger
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Co-founder of Neu!, Klaus Dinger , has been buried in a private ceremony in Germany. Briefly taking the drummer role in Kraftwerk in 1970, h...
Merrill clinched: Google man leaps to EMI
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EMI's Terra Firma bosses might be showing a lack of care with its music and A&R staff, but their hirings for the technology side at ...
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Thirty years of straight lines
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Coming soon, according to stuff leaking onto the internet , a 30th anniversary celebration tour of Parallel Lines. Whitney Matheson suggest...
Gym Class Heroes: henceforward performing in pants and vests
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The Gym Class Heroes actually end up with more clothes than they start with by the end of their live sets, what with the girls and boys thro...
Gennaro Castaldo Watch: Leeds Festival has riot before it happens
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Yes, it's quite a feather in the cap of the Leeds Festival: while its reputation for sometimes ending in riot and disturbance is oft tol...
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