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Some wonderful music news!

August 18th, 2008 ·

Oh joy!
Hardcore fans of 30 Seconds to Mars aren’t the only ones who want more of the band’s music. Virgin Records has sued the group for $30 million, saying it has failed to deliver.
Virgin Records sued the band and front man Jared Leto in Los Angeles on Friday, claiming they refused to deliver three albums [...]

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V Festival 2008

August 18th, 2008 ·

Got back home this morning after an epic V Festival in Essex, had a shower and went straight to work. Thankfully it was a quiet one today, because my body and brain are still ravaged from the weekend’s excesses. I’ve got supernova heartburn and some gorgeous bruises all over my body thanks to an impromptu [...]

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Crowd etiquette by QOTSA

June 18th, 2008 ·

If you ever find yourself at a Queens Of The Stone Age gig, it’s probably best that you refrain from getting overly worked up and tossing anything at the stage. Josh Homme doesn’t take too kindly to unruly behaviour.
On the other hand, if you’re up for a crash course in creative cussing, a well-placed [...]

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Let’s talk music

June 12th, 2008 ·

We finally got internet back last night after it mysteriously cut out sometime during Monday afternoon. Turns out we missed a payment. But we’re back up and running, and I can finally publish this post. Goody.
I thought I’d chat music for a bit. More specifically, I’d like to talk Coldplay and I’d like to [...]

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New Weezer video - “Pork and Beans”

June 2nd, 2008 ·

There is a lot about this video that is almost as awesome as Rivers Cuomo’s moustache. See how many YouTube stars you can spot - Tay Zonday, the Numa Numa guy, the Evolution of Dance dude, Star Wars guy, Chris Crocker (”Leave Britney alone!!”), Miss Teen South Carolina (she loves South Africa), Kevin Federline (although [...]

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Okkervil River at the Borderline

May 21st, 2008 ·

I missed them in Brighton at the weekend, but got to see Austin folk-indie group Okkervil River last night at the intimate Borderline off Tottenham Court Road. Honestly, one of the best gigs I’ve been to in ages.
Opening act A.A. Bondy got things off to a promising start with his Dylan-esque [...]

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Brighton’s Great Escape Festival

May 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Got out of London early on Friday evening and popped down to Brighton where I caught the second day of the Great Escape Festival, hailed as the biggest new music festival in Europe (over 200 bands and artists performing in 20-plus venues over three days). Definitely a good night out, but a little [...]

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John Mayer is cute

May 8th, 2008 ·

He had a couple of good albums and has managed to get his mojo on with loads of hot chicks, including Jessica Simpson, Cameron Diaz, Victoria’s Secret model Minka Kelly and, recently, Jennifer Aniston. I always pegged him as a total loser and couldn’t work out how he managed to convince girls like these to [...]

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Death Cab For Cutie and some other stuff

May 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Yes, it has been almost a week since my last post. Yes, I realise this sloppiness is becoming all too frequent. My silence over the past few days has been largely due to the fact that we’ve just come off a long weekend (nothing like last week’s South African national vacation, but good nevertheless) and [...]

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Fiddy in SA

April 30th, 2008 ·

Any guesses where 50 Cent will be staying during his South African visit? Yip - Midrand.

Hahaha. If you didn’t get it first time round, don’t worry: the term “average intelligence” requires that about half of all people in the world are below the mark, so there’s a 50% probability that you’re just stupid. But that’s [...]

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