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Saturday, June 13, 2009

Warners staffer dumps stock

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Hypebot suggests that those who know most about Warner Music Group aren't seeing stock as an investment: But according to respected inv...

Cooper, bags reunited

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Alice Cooper had lost his traveling collection of rare DVD horror movies, but BAA have found them, somewhere in the corner of Heathrow . Coo...

Hannah Montana scandala

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ContactMusic announces the end of innocence ; indeed, what might be mankind's second fall: Teen sensation MILEY CYRUS has shattered her ...

Rock Ness: Police adopt fish-in-barrel approach

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Actually, by the standard measure of 'boosting clean-up rates by nabbing kids with bags of blow', the police operation at Rock Ness ...
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Isle Of Wight: Hide! Hide!

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Last year, we reckon, was the peak oil year for festivals. Now, then, we're in the long, slow, steady decline. As if the prospect of St...

Polka News Network: Heartlands polka

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Despite the claims of the Grammy organisers, for Americans, polka continues to be a force to be - well, if not quite reckoned with, then at ...

3AM Girls: Let's all get together and have a laugh about domestic violence

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In a piece that's dimwitted even by the low bar set for the modern Daily Mirror, the 3AM Girls enjoy a quick giggle about a victim of d...

Madonna gets what she wants

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So, Mercy has got family who don't want her adopted. The African Union code on overseas adoption makes it clear Mercy should stay in Mal...

Gordon in the morning: Meeting of minds

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Exciting times for Gordon as Kasabian turn up to offer an interview . A long, long interview. In which Serge makes a serious face and compar...
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Friday, June 12, 2009

Gordon in the morning: You could have just said sorry

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Yesterday, Gordon used time and money to snicker at how camp it was for Ronaldo to wear a cap. I think even Gordon must have realised that ...
Thursday, June 11, 2009

Mojo woo-hoos Yoko Ono

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The Mojo awards for 2009 or whenever have rolled around again, building the publicity on a lifetime achievement award for Yoko Ono: Mojo ch...
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Get Up and go

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Just before Christmas, The Get Up kids announced a reunion. Presumably, the time since then has been spent on the phone as they've booke...

Pirate Bay judge in no way biased

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Attempts to get the judgement against the Pirate Bay set aside have come to nothing, as a higher court has ruled that the judge wasn't b...
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Doherty behind the wheel, off the wagon?

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The recent Geneva arrest of Pete Doherty for jacking up on a plane had the air of a story which would not live for long in isolation. And s...
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Oasis versus the local press

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It's probably quite heartening for the Manchester Evening News to discover that Oasis care quite so much about their columnists. Not ev...

Gordon in the morning: A row of tents

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Ronaldo - a footballer - went out wearing a pink baseball cap yesterday. And why not? After all, it's 2009. Oh. It turns out it's no...
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

The Reznor's edge: Trent quits

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Just as Tim Westwood tweets that "I'm feelin bad", Trent Reznor decides it's time to wind up the Twitterage : I approached...
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Actual digital music crime

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The Met Police have arrested a group of djs who allegedly were using stolen credit cards to buy their own music off Amazon and iTunes. Yes,...

Dowloadable: Alun Woodward ascends to peerage, release album

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Whatever happened to Alun Woodward after The Delgados? It turns out he changed into Lord Cut-Glass, and is about to release an album. And wh...

Downloadable: Violens remixed by MGMT

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A busy time for Violens. Well, not that busy yet, as they've announced they're to be the support on the White Lies UK tour this Nove...

Listen here: Enter Shikari

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Thanks to the hosting skillz of We7, this would be the new Enter Shikari album, Common Dreads. To listen to, and to enjoy: Free music - ...

Is Bono being blocked?

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Some unnamed artist is claiming that their most recent records have been blocked from US airplay after he called for radio stations to pay r...
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French three strikes law ruled pre-revolutionary

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Ah, here come the tumbrels for the music industry. It turns out that three strikes rule, which the RIAA-IFPI loves so much, had actually bee...

Polka News Network:

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Proving that - despite what the Grammys might tell you - there's life in polka yet. For example: polka band The Polka Dots entertained ...

Raveonettes offer works-in-progress

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The Raveonettes are off in the studio, working on a new album. Probably to head off them leaking anyway, they're going to be releasing d...

Politicians! You've killed Macca's faith

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Oh, as if the total mess of British politics wasn't shameful enough, with all the MPs busily claiming for remembrance day wreaths and fl...

Save the creative industries (as they are now) cry the creative industries

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People with a vested interest have called on the government to try and stop 'illegal' downloading : A coalition of creative industri...
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Rachel Stevens: Victim support

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The Telegraph describes the nasty incident where Rachel Stevens was relieved of her stuff by a gang as a "mugging", although, giv...

Gordon in the morning: Chris Martin won't go it alone, unless he goes it alone

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In the paper version of Bizarre, Gordon gets excited at the prospect of a Chris Martin divorce-driven solo record: CHRIS MARTIN and GWYNETH...
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Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Twittergem: Hjasnoch

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Bit like Suede and Richard Oakes isn't it? "Smashing Pumpkins to hire a 19-year-old drummer?" link - @hjasnoch
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