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Vatican Responds To Sex Cases By Clearing The Satantic Beatles
TOP news from the Vatican is that the Pope and the Catholic Church has forgiven John Lennon for saying in 1966 that the Beatles were “more popular than Jesus“. The Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano (in association with Choir Boy Enthusiast), says the Beatle’s music is “beautiful” and the mop tops represent “a precious jewel“.
The story goes:
“It’s true they took drugs, lived life to excess because of their success, even said they were bigger than Jesus and put out mysterious messages that were possibly even Satanic.”
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Posted: 12th, April 2010 | In: Music | Comment (1)
Jennifer Lopez Goes Viral With No More Tears (Enough is Enough)
READY for the Jennifer Lopez shocker? Back in the late 70s when two two golden-throated divas – Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer – ducked into a recording studio to duet a song called No More Tears (Enough is Enough), there was no such thing as a digital do-over.
Fast forward 31 years.
It’s become an age of high tech voice recording, where anybody can be made to sound good. Even, for example, Jennifer Lopez.
Well, apparently La Lopez pissed off the wrong audio engineer during a recording session for her most recent album, ’cause he’s posted part of it on YouTube, without benefit of the digital bells & whistles that have enhanced her voice in the past.
The sound is posted on YouTube udner the title: “Jennifer Lopez MAJOR FAIL – Engineer Releases Scratch Meant for TRASH!” Only, well, it isn’t that bad – the feeling here is that this is a big of viral PR to help relaunch Lopez’s song. Spite travels well on the web, so the thing has already been watched hudnreds of thousands of times.
Here it is. The problem is that it’s not bad enough to be memorable. Lopez is neither sweary nor funny enough. Some bad language:
– Spotter and reporter RR
Posted: 5th, April 2010 | In: Music | Comments (2)
In Pictures: Pete Doherty Reforms The Libertines On Google Search
PETE Doherty and Carl Barat have been playing (music) at Boogaloo in north London in the aftermath that they are reforming The Libertines. Yeah, they’re gonna reform the band. The band, man. The band! So long as music is ranked in terms of Google search, the songs should be brilliant.
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Posted: 31st, March 2010 | In: Music | Comments (4)
In Pictures: Jared Leto And 30 Seconds To Mars Play Geoff Lloyd Hometime Show
JARED Leto took his 30 Seconds to Mars combo to Absolute Radio in central London as part of the Geoff Lloyd Hometime Show. Jared sported the world’s biggest pair of ear plugs. But if anyone can carry off the look of having glue ear it’s Jared. Play on:
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Posted: 30th, March 2010 | In: Music | Comments (2)
In Pictures: JLS Play The Albert Hall For The Teenage Cancer Trust
THEY went wild for JLS at the Teenage Cancer Trust concerts at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Roger Daltry, The Who frontman instrumental in the TCT gigs and charity is awaiting his knighthood.
Celebrity charity work is not all about grandstanding. It’s not all about Sean Penn wishing rectal cancer on people who voice an opinion. We spotted Aston Merrygold, Oritse Williams, Marvin Humes and Jonathan “JB” Gill of JLS meeting patients. We promised we’d name-check them all, so here goes – names after the gallery (all pictured):
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In Pictures: The Arctic Monkeys For Teenage Cancer Trust
DID you see The Arctic Monkeys’ lead singer Alex Turner and with Jamie Cook performing at the Teenage Cancer Trust gig at the Royal Albert Hall, in west London? We did. The Teenage Cancer Trust is charity without the cynicism. It’s not always about the self-serving marketing and grandstanding. Which is rare… After Noel Gallagher and Them Vultures:
Posted: 28th, March 2010 | In: Music | Comments (4)
Frank Zappa and Tom Waits’ Manager Herb Cohen RIP
RIP Herb Cohen – manager of Frank Zappa and Tom Waits, tough and litigious, described as resembling “a bearded fire hydrant”.
He was born in the South Bronx, had been a Marine, fireman and discharged from the Army as “incompatible” before arriving at the early 1950s Los Angeles folk music scene.
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In Pictures: Noel Gallagher And The Courteeners For The Teenage Cancer Trust
NOEL Gallagher and Liam Fray and The Courteeners were the latest musicians to perform a Teenage Cancer Trust gig at the Royal Albert Hall, in west London. Some charity gigs are mawkish and opportunistic, little more than a vehicle to grandstand the star’s big heart – and new material. Not this. After Them Vultures, that Oasis:
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