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The Big Chill, Wanky Balls And Other Wikipedia News In The Indepedent
THE Big Chill Festival began life as the Wanky Balls festival in North London, possibly in a teenager’s draughty bedroom. Kat Arney spots this gem of news in the Independent on Saturday and notes that the story is rooted in bit of bollocks on Wikipedia.
The Top 20 Children On Album Covers, A Wikipedia Special
Looks like someone’s been having a bit of childish fun editing the page – and also that someone at the Independent should check their facts a bit better.
Well, so it says on the web…
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Posted: 11th, August 2010 | In: Music | Comments (6)
Image Of The Day: The Wardour Street Record Skip
THE skip full of records on Wardour Street, Soho, has been doing brisk business. All records are free.
The DVDs you get in the post from music marketing firms, PRs and record companies can be palmed off on Steve Sounds (that do, Steve?)…
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Manic Street Preachers Rock Hammersmith: Photos
THE Manic Street Preachers secret gig photos show Nicky Wire working the nautical theme and, James Dean Bradfield in Anorak’s own-brand Comfi-Slax (for the full-figured rocker). The Hammersmith Working Men’s Club in west London was packed like it was 1926 and there were people who actually went to working men’s clubs. The revolution, however, can wait until the Manics’ new album ‘Postcards From a Young Man’ is fully plugged…
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The Wanted Woo The Suits And Play Westfield: In Pictures
THE Wanted are at Number 1 in the hit parade and singing a song in London’s Westfield shopping centre. The Wanted are managed by Global, owners of the radio stations Heart, Galaxy, 95.8 Capital FM, LBC, Classic FM, Gold and Xfm. The charts are shaped by airplay as well as sales. And The Wanted have been on the radio lots. So, without further ado, here is The Wanted, the sure thing you can bet to be a smash hit. He are Max George, Siva Kaneswaran , Tom Parker , James McGuiness and little Nathan Sykes. The suits are cheering wildly. Take it away, lads…
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Camp Bestival In Pictures: 1980s Nostalgia With A Modern Twist
CAMP Bestival 2010 In pictures: We spotted Mark E.Smith of The Fall proving that chemical additives need not always be preserving agents, Tinie Tempah (aka Little Strop), Annie Mac and Toddla T, the lead singer of the Friendly Fires working the 80s fist, someone pretending to be the Human Leagues’ Paul Oakey, a Calvin Harris, Rob Da Bank (not his real name), The Hurt, Lissie, Madness, who now resemble their own tribute act, and Roger Stilgoe impersonator Tim Minchin…
Posted: 3rd, August 2010 | In: Music | Comments (2)
The 2010 Kerrang Awards In Pictures: Bullet For My Valentine Win Big
THE 2010 Kerrang Awards at the Brewery in East London and pre-do drinks in pictures. Welsh outfit Bullet For My Valentine were named the best British act and the best live band. Jared Leto’s 30 Seconds To Mars were best international band. And The Kerrang! Hall Of Fame Award went to Motley Crue, represented by Vince Neil’s hair:
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Bands featured: Funeral For A Friend, Joel and Benji Madden of Good Charlotte, Feeder, Sarah Cawood,Tim Minchin, Rammstein, Project A, Corey Taylor of Slipknot in Laura Ashley tie-backs, Polly Rae, Lostprophets, Biffy Clyro, Skunk Anansi, Vince Neil of Motley Crue, Bullet For My Valentine, Laura Whitmore, Trash Talk and Deaf Havana.
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Posted: 29th, July 2010 | In: Key Posts, Music | Comments (2)
Lincoln Savage And The Greatest BBC Lincolnshire Hip-Hop Story Ever
LINCOLN Savage, aka Linc, is, says the BBC website, “fast becoming the leading exponent of hip-hop in Lincolnshire.”
Is that the greatest line ever written in music press? CANorak, Anorak’s music mag, thinks it might be.
You can hear Linc on “BBC Lincolnshire Introducing but also on 6 Music’s Huw Stephen’s show”.
Six Music was in line to be canned not so long ago in what turned out to be Whispa experiment in PR.
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Woman 2010 In Pictures: Gil Scott-Heron’s On The Telly
THE WOMAD music festival featured Gil Scott-Heron, Ozomatli, Cerys Matthews and Rolf Harris flexing a piece of cardboard. The late Charlie Gillett got a stage dedicated to him. And we took photos of Heron’s revolution that will be televised because 24 hour rolling news demands it and the folks at home like to watch…
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Palestinian Music Fans Ban Bony M’s Rivers Of Babylon
TO Ramallah, where Bony M are being refused the right to play one of their biggest hits. Take them away to captivity:
When the iconic 1970s disco group Boney M rocked Ramallah this week, the local music festival prevented the band from performing one of its biggest hits.
Lead singer Maizie Williams said Palestinian concert organizers told her not to sing “Rivers of Babylon.” The song’s chorus quotes from the Book of Psalms, referring to the exiled Jewish people’s yearning to return to the biblical land of Israel.
Palestinians often question the Jewish historical connection to the Holy Land. Organizers said they asked for the song to be skipped, deeming it “inappropriate.”
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In Pictures: Earth Wind And Fire Play London
WE went to see Earth, Wind and Fire perform live at London’s 02 arena. Half expecting Mulch, Gas and Burning Sensation When I Urinate, we were pleasantly surprised to see the rockers rocking – in good way…
Lovebox Weekend: Grace Jones And Duran Duran Blow Mark Ronson: Pictures (Not All SFW)
THE Lovebox festival in London’s Victoria Part welcomes Grace Jones, one part of the hybrid Jones-Madonna Camel that goes by the name Lady GaGa. Jones’s aroused power saw, peacock hair was was almost outdone by Tahita Bulmer of New Young Pony Club and Peaches’s genitalia. And then Mark Ronson and The Business Intl performed with Duran Duran in a bouffed display of hair not seen since Vidal Sassoon discovered Dallas on the telly. We took pictures:
Posted: 19th, July 2010 | In: Key Posts, Music | Comment (1)
Status Quo Record Anthem For Badly Equipped British Army: Photos
WE went to see Status Quo record the video to their new re-release of their song In the Army Now with the 4 Riffles at their Kiwi Barracks in Bulford, Wiltshire. Before you snort and piss on the dying embers of an ageing rock band, know that it’s all for charity. The British Forces Foundation and Help For Heroes will benefit. If you say it’s rubbish, then you dishonour our Boys and Girls.
Says Francis Rossi: “It seemed like the right time to do this. The release is intended to show our support for allied forces around the world, but in particular, of course, the British armed forces. We want people to celebrate what they do, say thank you and also support this vital charity.”
The song is about being ill equipped for battle. As such, it should be the anthem for the British Army…
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Posted: 15th, July 2010 | In: Music | Comments (2)
In Pictures: Eminem Plays T In The Park, Edinburgh
EMINEM was not 50 minutes late for his T In The Park show because he declined to walk across the mud from his tour bus. He was late because he couldn’t find hovercraft, a helicopter or a small child to carry him.
T In The Park organiser Geoff Ellis explains:
“It wasn’t [Eminem’s] doing – there was a piece of equipment that wasn’t ready. He was ready to come on, and so were his band, but unfortunately the stage manager said that we had to keep waiting five minutes, then five more minutes. Luckily though, we didn’t have to cut any of the set.”
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Oxegen Music Festival In Pictures: Beth Ditto’s Eyebrows Won’t Run For Jay-Z
IN Pictures: The Oxegen Music festival at Punchestown race course in Co Kildare, Ireland. It rained. And rained. Dizzee Rascal sang. Beth Ditto’s eyebrows didn’t run – a Sharpie never does? Lorraine Martin from Swords jumped in and scored a mud beard, Fatboy Slim looked like someone’s dad with his album collection. Jay-Z’s marketing company made it rain. And Ezra Koenig of the Vampire Weekend was mistaken for Joe Jonas, albeit without the purity ring…
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T In The Park 2010: Rain, Mud And Eminem
T IN The Park 2010 In Pictures: Rain. Mud. Eminem. And trenchfoot:
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Posted: 10th, July 2010 | In: Music | Comments (3)
T In The Park In Photos: Eminem, Jay-Z And Paloma Faith’s Whipped Hair
T IN The Park In Photos: Another festival and with a chance for Paloma Faith to showcase her whipped hair. Faith arrived in Balado, Kinross-shire, Scotland, with her body dressed as a conga eel. She’d be Britain’s Lady GaGa is she stopped smiling and looking like she was enjoying herself and the whole thing wasn’t a marketing exercise. Aslo there, Faithless, Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine, the Big Pink, Muse, Eminem, Kasabian, Paolo Nutini, Jay-Z, Prodigy, The Proclaimers, Black Eyed Peas and Madness…
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In Pictures: Kylie Minogue’s Aphrodite And Other Foamy Genitals
KYLIE Minogue launched of her album Aphrodite, at Amante Beach Club in Ibiza, Spain. Ah, Aphrodite, goddess of love and sexuality who rose from the foamy seas after Cronus cut off Uranus’ genitals and tossed them into the brine. Something to think about while we admire Kylie and read the cover notes…
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T4 On the Beach Does Weston Super Mare – In Pictures
TO Weston Super Mare to see Dizzee Rascal perform at T4 On The Beach 2010. Also there, Ellie Goudling, Tinie Tempah, Alexandra Burke, Pixie Lott and the Saturdays…
Posted: 4th, July 2010 | In: Music | Comment (1)
Bob Dylan, Van Morrison And Blondie Rock Hop Farm Festival: Pictures
BOB Dylan and Van Morrison rocked the Hop Farm Festival in Paddock Wood, Kent. Ray Davies, without his Kinks, arrived and Debbie Harry, too. If you remember that lot in their pomp, you most likely spent the weekend watching the tennis, writing letters to the Daily Mail or wondering what happened to proper music. It was at Hop Farm…
Posted: 3rd, July 2010 | In: Music | Comment (1)
In Pictures: Hop Farm Festival 2010
DEBBIE Harry of Blondie and Dr John were the big acts at the Hop Farm Festival, Paddock Wood, Kent. Before Madonna and Lady GaGa, there was Debbie Harry, siren of teenaged bedroom walls. Also on the bill of what looks like a real ale festival: Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Ray Davies, Mumford & Sons, Peter Doherty, Laura Marling and The Magic Numbers, and Seasick Steve…
Silver Clef Awards In Pictures: Muse, Smoking Pipes And JLS
A GEISHA-faced Sharon Osbourne hosted the Silver Clef awards ceremony which aims to raise money for the Nordoff Robbins charity, helping the sick and disabled with music therapy.
The top awards went to Muse, who turned it down last year. This time they accepted; and bassist Chris Wolstenholme smoked a pipe outside the Park Lane Hilton. There are not enough pipes at large. Old Mr Anorak’s pal Iowahawk has one but too few others. A trend may be born.
The winners:
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Silver Clef Award – Muse
Sony Ericsson Lifetime Achievement Award – Tony Bennett
Investec Icon Award – Dame Vera Lynn
Hard Rock Ambassador Of Rock Award – Slash
TAG Newcomer Award – JLS
PPL Classical Award – Russell Watson
Royal Albert Hall Best British Band Award – Scouting For Girls
American Express Digital Innovation Award – Dizzee Rascal
Raymond Weil International Award – Kelis
Posted: 2nd, July 2010 | In: Music | Comment (1)
James Blunt’s Concert At 42000 Feet: Pictures And Sick Bags
JAMES Blunt rose into the air in a plane to sing at 42,000 ft and beat the world record for the highest gig ever. He might also beat the record for the number of air passengers being sick into an acoustic guitar. Both records are currently held by passengers aboard the flight where the captain played Lionel Richie’s Hello over the PA system.
Does some music make you feel queasy in the car or on the plane? Here’s Blunt, crooning in the skies above…Norwich.Pictures:
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Posted: 29th, June 2010 | In: Music | Comments (4)
Glastonbury In Pictures: All Of Them
GLASTONBURY 2010 In Pictures – presented by Stevie Wonder’s keytar; Paloma Faith’s massive balls; Muse’s rock; U2’s one-man-show (it was The Edge who showed up); Gorillaz in 3D, 2D and 32DD; bits of The Clash; Pet Shop Boys off their box; Kylie Minogue’s lipstick lesbianism with the Scissor Sisters; Snoop Dogg on one; Willie Nelson off one; Seasick Steve downing one; Emma Watson’s tattoo; and you…
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Muse Play Glastonbury With U2’s The Edge: Pictures
GLASTONBURY in pictures: Muse rocked the Pyramid stage. Matt Bellamy was joined on stage by The Edge of U2. The show’s other highlight was another old act appearing – the Blockbuster’s gold run. Not since Bob Holness was asked for a “P, please” have we seen the hexagons light up…
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Kylie Minogue Joins The Orchestrated Lesbians At Glastonbury: Pictures
KYLIE Minogue is kissing Scissor Sisters stager Ana Matronic at Glastonbury. It’s on stage, readers. We like our lesbians to be fake and an orchestrated spectacle. We like lesbians to be seen and not heard. Kylie adds her name and face to the gallery of lipstick lesbians giving the boys in the media gallery what they want – and all they can handle…
