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Sunday, May 10, 2009

Favourite son: Ireland rallies round Bono

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With Bono's moon-june/peanut butter-was a nutter Elvis poem about to find a slot on Radio 4, the wackily-eyeclad one's work has come...
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This week just gone

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Five years ago - these are the ten most-popular things we published during 2004: 1. Liveblog: The last Mark and Lard show on Radio One 2. Th...
Saturday, May 09, 2009

Bangles back again

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The Bangles never quite stopped going - they slowed and deposited members, but never quite stopped. But even so, it's been six years si...

Ignatieff starts fight with Paul McCartney

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As if the idea of the Late Show's Michael Ignatieff becoming leader of the Canadian opposition isn't enough to try and digest, he...
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Amy Winehouse gig interrupted by God

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Amy Winehouse's comeback - handily located near the bars of the hotels of St Lucia - ended in a a bit of a mess . Because of technical d...
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Two different Sachs

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Last week, The Guardian interviewed Andrew Sachs . This week, Sachs speaks to the Mail . Oddly, it's hard to reconcile the two accounts ...
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Blame Canada

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This is a week or so old now, but I never got round to mentioning it at the time: the US has added Canada to its list of nations which doesn...
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Nails hammer Apple

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To be frank, ranked in the list of Apple embarrassments, the Nine Inch Nails u-turn won't really make the top ten (it's no Newton) ...

Gordon in the morning: This is journalism

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Jordan has a tan .
Friday, May 08, 2009

Today's Plagiarism Today

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There's a couple of interestingly-spun items in today's round up of Intellectual Capitalism on the Plagiarism Today website . First,...
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Bookmarks: Some stuff to read on the internet - Speak You're Branes

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This was unearthed by the wonderful Speak You're Branes site (reading comments boxes so you don't have to) a couple of weeks back: ...
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Spotify plan super-premium service

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Spotify is about to try a new approach to persuade people to sign up to a subscription: a tenner a month will give you unlimited downloads ....
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Warners cool on digital portfolio

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Having invested enthusiastically but not wisely in Imeem and Lala, Warners have decided to change their digital strategy again and are writ...

Good news for EMI, sort of

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The team at Terra Firma will be opening extra bottles of Orangina this morning, as EMI share figures that look better than you might have ex...

Gordon in the morning: Ha ha, look at the funny man pretending to be gay

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Joining in with the jolly promotion for Sacha Baron Cohne's latest iteration on one idea, Gordon and Carl Stroud enjoy a bit of snigger...
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Thursday, May 07, 2009

Bunnymen in space

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Well, that's going to piss off Julian Cope - Ian McCulloch is getting to space before him : Echo & The Bunnymen are set to launch a ...
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Bassobit: Donald "Ean" Evans

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Ean Evans, Lynyrd Skynyrd bassist, has died at the age of 48. Born in Augusta, Evans had built a local following as a member of Cupid's...

The Mail attacks Bono

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The appearance of Bono's poetry on Radio 4 delights the Daily Mail's Christopher Hart . Because not only does it give a chance to ha...
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EU tells UK government to hit play and record

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As part of a "know your digital rights guide" launch, Viviane Reding, the EU Commissioner for Information Society and Media, and M...

Chris Brown: Let's talk about anything other than what I did

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Chris Brown's attempts to build a defence by focusing on anything other than the incident with which he has been charged continue with a...
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Rajars: Moyles swells his audience

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In the nip-and-tuck of breakfast shows, Chris Moyles has closed the gap on Terry Wogan again; meanwhile, Absolute Radio seems to have stop...

Michael Jackson lands another court case

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Raymone Bain was, you'll recall, the woman who spent the best years of her life denying stuff about Michael Jackson; helping manage the ...

Gordon in the morning: Soliing football

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Surprisingly, The Sun doesn't appear to have found any space to share the news that - despite what Jess Rogers reported last week , Tuli...
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Wild west wiki: Lil Wayne

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Wikipedia. It's a wonderful source of information, isn't it? Imagine you wanted to know something about Lil Wayne, for example. Ever...
Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Lily Allen: You might need better break-ups

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Today's Spinner quote of the day comes from Lily Allen : "I've actually broken up with boyfriends for inspiration." That e...

Downloadable: Dinosaur Jr

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Thanks to the lovely people at RCRD LBL, you can enjoy a lovely slice of Dinosaur Jr: This is I Want You To Know. Yes, it's off Farm. [v...
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Downloadable: Sky Larkin - Your cassette pet

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Sky Larkin are poised to release a C60 - yes, a tape - with the following tracklisting: Side A 01. Antibodies. 02. These are the Bones of ...

N-Dubz: Just fancy that

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Goodness, whoever would have thought? Despite Gordon Smart's panicky reports last week, Tulisa from N-Dubz doesn't have swine flu at...

Bookmarks: Some stuff to read on the internet - the pop papers

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Nick Neyland takes space in Culture Now to consider the future of the music writer. In passing, he also suggests that the days of Lion Rock...
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Wedding by the sea: Weddoes launch their own festival

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What could be more pleasing than passing a day in Brighton, enjoying a festival curated by the Wedding Present ? The Wedding Present will be...
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