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Saturday, January 30, 2010
Bookmarks - Internet stuff: The Magnetic Fields
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If you haven't seen How Fucking Romantic 's on-going project to illustrate The Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs, you're missin...
Beachdowners set Anne Robinson on organisers
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The still-not-forthcoming refunds for those who bought tickets for Beachdown last year has led to growing disgruntlement. Now, the ticket ho...
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Britney Spears is dead...
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...likely to be the subject of a false death claim on the internet. It says here. Paddy Power are apparently taking bets on it : Now bookies...
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Accident at Prodigy gig
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Police are still investigating 'did he fall or was he pushed' after a man fell from a balcony at a Prodigy gig in Dundee. Not quite...
Pete Doherty: All he needs is a good example
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So, now that the drugs-and-driving offences are cleared up, it's time for Pete Doherty to get his life back together again. All he needs...
Friday, January 29, 2010
BPI suggests behaving like record labels is bad
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The BPI have - amusingly - tried to make themselves out as models of restraint by condemning ACS:Law for sending out demands to those suspec...
Gordon in the morning: Fashion notes and bidding wars
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Has Gordon ever met a woman? One who wears clothes? Apparently not : Cheryl's Rip-Off Dress GORGEOUS CHERYL COLE smoulders in a frock he...
Grammys 2010: GLAAD not happy about Buju
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As if it wasn't bad enough for Buju Banton, still in a Florida jail on drugs charges, he's continuing to be the focus of protests ov...
Glastonbury 2008: NME gets a bit confused
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Surprising news from the NME this morning : The National Audit Office (NAO) are investigating the BBC's coverage of last year's Glas...
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Coachella call single-day visitors "clogging"
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Charming. Coachella have axed their one- and two-day tickets for this year's festival. As, you'd guess, is their right. But the offi...
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Downloadable: The Dears
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As we clatter towards the kitchen yelling "halloumi", a quick parting gift - The Dears went to Daytrotter and did a lovely session...
Tune-Yards tour dates
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Just a quick, gentle lob of some Tune-Yards tour dates: 9th February - Brighton The Freebutt 11th – Belfast Speakeasy 12th – Dublin Whelans ...
Embed and breakfast man: Lisa Hannigan
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Lisa Hannigan is punting a digital-only live album collection of quite stunning value. Four dollars, six tracks. If you need further persua...
Alan McGee: The modern contrarian
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There's a big interview with Alan McGee in today's Daily Record , where the man who brought us Oasis, and then kept on bringing us O...
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Gordon in the morning: How very, very proud you must be
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Even by Gordon's standards, today's big splash which takes a photo of Lara Stone kissing a mate and turns it into a 'story' ...
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Pete Doherty gets away with a fine
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So you'll recall Pete Doherty turning up for court on a driving charge last month only for him to turn out to have a coat made out of dr...
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Looky, Lou: Reed clangs out
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Lou Reed is going to tour round Europe with his Metal Machine Trio. This is what it was like the last time: The tour kicks off in... Cambrid...
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Downloadable: Killing Joke
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The press people sharing the news about the new Killing Joke compilation Bustin' Out offer a delicious amuse bouche in the form of a fre...
We7 throws down challenge to Spotify
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The big tech announcement of the day - oh, alright, if you discount Honey, iBlew Up The iPhone, is that We7 is launching a premium, ad-free ...
Gordon in the morning: 48 hours deadline somewhat overshot
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Given that last week Simon Cowell was insisting that he only had 48 hours to save Haiti , this Band Aid style single is certainly taking its...
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
AC-DC power up the Iron Man franchise
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Putting AC-DC on a big, ballsy action movie soundtrack? Yes, that makes some sort of sense. In fact, it makes so much sense that it barely r...
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Embed and breakfast man: Yeah Yeah Yeahs
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So, it turns out Yeah Yeah Yeahs wrote Skeletons during a snowstorm. And so they wanted the video to reflect that feeling, they instructed B...
Steven Tyler: Clean-up in aisle four
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Somewhere between 'a cry for help' and 'send for the lawyers' comes news of Steven Tyler being entertaining in a Home Depot...
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Gordon in the morning: NME awards, you're doing it wrong
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This morning's Bizarre gives a double page spread to the NME Awards shortlist . Doubtless IPC will be delighted, but hasn't the idea...
Monday, January 25, 2010
Mablethorpe Cafe outsmarts PRS
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The Busy Bee Cafe in Mablethorpe has got so tired of the PRS demanding a £1000 licence to have the radio on that they've dumped their tr...
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Format madness: MusicDNA at MIDEM 2010
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After a few years in which most of the rubbish new ideas for music formats have been physical, the people who bought you the MP3 are trying ...
Brit Awards 2011 shortlist announced: NME awards shortlist published
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Well, it's as good a joke as it was last year. Although, to be honest, this year's shortlists for the NME prizes is so conservative,...
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Ticketmaster/Live Nation: Go on, do it
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The age of pretend choice in major live events ticketing is drawing to a close, as America follows Britian in indicated governmental relaxit...
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Wilco do their bit
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Helping out with Haiti disaster relief fund-raising tonight is Wilco - two gigs for download in return for a donation. It's on the hono...
MIDEM 2010: MTV plan future for music computer games
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Highly recommended is PaidContent's interview with MTV’s games SVP Paul DeGooyer . He's firstly trying to put a brave face on the de...
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