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Cheryl Cole Looks for Love In Russia

IS Simon Cowell’s pop factory not paying minimum wage? We ask in light of Susan Boyle working as an MSN employee and “nation’s sweetheart” Cheryl Cole apparently looking for a new husband on Russian dating site RussianBrides.org…

Posted: 18th, February 2011 | In: Music | Comment


The Phil Collins Parade Is Not A Joke: But It Could Be

PHIL Collins is being celebrated in a parade through New York. Is it a joke? To even think Collins could be the target of a joke is, admittedly, odd, given that the musician is one of the UK’s top pop stars. But Collins is naff, isn’t he? He’s had his day.

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Posted: 17th, February 2011 | In: Music | Comment (1)


Justin Bieber Says Rape Happens For A Reason, A Bit Like The Handicapped

JUSTIN Bieber is talking about sex in Rolling Stone. Vanessa Grigoriadis asks the questions as they drive in a car. You might think that talking about sex with Bieber would get you seven years to life and cause birds and bees to fly backwards.

So. About the sex?

“I don’t think you should have sex with anyone unless you love them. I think you should just wait for the person you’re…in love with.”

Grigoriadis sees an image on Bieber’s laptop. It’s his avatars- the small black girl in the plaid skirt? No. It’s Selena Gomez.

The talk turns to nationalism. Does Bieber want to be an American?

“You guys are evil. Canada’s the best country in the world. We go to the doctor and we don’t need to worry about paying him, but here, your whole life, you’re broke because of medical bills. My bodyguard’s baby was premature, and now he has to pay for it. In Canada, if your baby’s premature, he stays in the hospital as long as he needs to, and then you go home.”

Politics:

“I’m not sure about the parties. But whatever they have in Korea, that’s bad.”

Abortion:

“I really don’t believe in abortion It’s like killing a baby?” How about in cases of rape? “Um. Well, I think that’s really sad, but everything happens for a reason. I guess I haven’t been in that position, so I wouldn’t be able to judge that.”

He hasn’t been raped. Hey, but like all people who are successful, they know that everything happens for a reason. Grigoriadis fails to ask him what he thinks of the handicapped…

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Posted: 16th, February 2011 | In: Key Posts, Music | Comments (9)


Brit Awards For Climate Change: Justin Bieber’s Severed Head (Photos)

THE Brit Awards 2011: How do you pose with the statuette, which is branded by Vivienne Westwood and has at its base the odd message:

“Stop! Climate change.”

Wait for climate change to pass, then put your foot down in your massive tour bus or plane and “Go! Go! Go!”

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Posted: 16th, February 2011 | In: Music | Comment


Brit Awards 2011 In Photos: Bieber La Rihanna

THE Brits Awards 2011: Plan B got arrested on stage; Take That did an advert for Man At M&S; Cheryl Cole used a clutch bag as a prop; Rihanna wore Kath Kidston; Justin Bieber stayed up late on a school night; Mumford & Sons worked the banjos; Cee Lo Green and Paloma Faith were fun; Tinie Tempah reminded us that rappers need not by homophobic, woman hates; and these fine acts took home the kind of ornament you last saw on your granny’s mantlepiece… (The fashions are over here.)

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Avril Lavigne (centre) and Will Young (right) present the International Breakthrough Act to Justin Bieber (left) on stage during the 2011 Brit Awards at the O2 Arena, London.

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Posted: 15th, February 2011 | In: Music | Comment


Track Of The Day: Chase Hamblin – Bye Bye

Chase Hamblin currently has about 12 fans in the UK, which is tragic given just how talented the man is. A native of Houston, USA, Hamblin is fast making a name for himself for producing some of the most exquisite power pop around.

He recently issued a five track EP which you can download from iTunes or Amazon or, sneak a quick listen to on MySpace, that is just about perfect. This tune, Bye Bye, is his big Hey Jude moment. A slow strum of song that boasts a killer chorus and a bang on na na na na finale. It is incredible, but yet isn’t even the best moment on his EP. That accolade goes to A Fine Time, a song that will make anyone who remembers Jellyfish, Matthew Sweet or any of the other 90s power poppers grin from ear to ear.

Let’s hope he makes it to these shores soon.

Posted: 15th, February 2011 | In: Music | Comment


Top Man CTRL MX: Mark Ronson, The View, Lykke Li And The Joy Formidable

WE went to the CTRL Top Man CTRL MX, in Stoke Newington, north London, to see Huw Stephens and James Buckley line up Mark Ronson, The View, Lykke Li and The Joy Formidable. New music is not on the telly. It’s not on Britain’s Got Talent and the X Factor. It’s not on desperate youth telly, that aide to marketing tat to the kidz. It’s on the internet and in clubs.

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Mark Ronson pictured during the recording of Top Man CTRL MX, in Stoke Newington in east London.

Posted: 15th, February 2011 | In: Music | Comment


Katy Perry Owes It All To Georgina Baille

KATY Perry is singing on a swing at the Grammys. Behind her are photo of her wedding day to Russell Brand. Whatever can it mean?

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Posted: 14th, February 2011 | In: Music | Comment


Justin Bieber Fans Attack Esperanza Spalding

WHEN Esperanza Spalding won the prize for Best New Artist at the Grammy Awards, Justin Bieber fans ripped off their pull ups and tossed them at the screen.

They then went on Wikipedia to see who this crusher of dreams was. One got to work and edited the entry to include the phrase: “GO DIE IN A HOLE.”

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Posted: 14th, February 2011 | In: Music | Comment


Katy Perry’s Trunk Call

KATY Perry: And still we wait for the day her husband Russell Brand discovers God. And while we wait, Katy talks about sex and how she and Russell are at it. She tells Elle:

“We’re not like the stereotypical joke of a married couple. I’m married to Russell Brand – I don’t just have sex once a week!”

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Posted: 12th, February 2011 | In: Music | Comment


Kesha Weeps Glitter From Every Orifice: Mariah Carey Yet To Respond

KESHA has laid down the gauntlet to Mariah Carey, while evoking unfortunate images of sexual deviant Gary Glitter. While Carey starred in Glitter, Kesha weeps glitter stuff from every hole of her being:

“If you come and see a show of mine, there is no shortage of glitter. By the end, everyone from the back of the auditorium to the very front is covered and potentially choking on glitter. I am shooting glitter from glitter guns and out of every orifice in my body.”

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Posted: 11th, February 2011 | In: Music | Comment (1)


Playmobil Do Joy Division: The Tops Motion Transmission

JOY Division are still performing, as they once performed on BBC2’s Something Else in 1979 Sean Bonner has more on the PlayMobile stop motion wonders……

Spotter: Boing Boing

Posted: 10th, February 2011 | In: Music | Comment (1)


Music Producers Guild Awards 2011: Photos And Gary Numan’s Peep Show

THAT’S not Super Hans from Peep Show at the Music Producers Guild awards, at Cafe de Paris in central London. It’s 1980s car enthusiast Gary Numan. The do awards prizes to the music producers, engineers, mixers and re-mixers who spin hits from hyped pap, raw talent and enthusiasm.

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Posted: 10th, February 2011 | In: Music | Comment


Track of the day: The Strokes – Under Cover of Darkness

Aah yes, The Strokes. The band, whose debut album was championed by everyone from Noel Gallagher to Kate Moss and whose dirty guitar riffs and whiney vocals inspired a generation of new bands, are back.

And that probably won’t mean too much given that their second album – Room On Fire – was a real stinker and the third First Impressions of Earth only marginally better.

However Under Cover of Darkness, their first single in five years, is a real return to form. All the bits that made them so lovable in the first place are there but bizarrely they have jumbled around in a song that contains about three choruses and eight mini guitar solos.

If this is anything to go by their fourth album could be a corker.

Posted: 10th, February 2011 | In: Music | Comment


Boy George And Josh Weller: The Next Big Thing

PHOTO of the Night: Boy George joins Josh Weller on stage for encore at Jazz Cafe, Camden, London, at The HMV Next Big Thing concert. It’s not all about Britain’s Got Talent...

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Boy George joins Josh Weller on stage for encore at Jazz Cafe, Camden, London at The HMV Next Big Thing concert.

Posted: 10th, February 2011 | In: Music | Comment


Ever Imre Checks Out Alanis Morrissette’s Overbite

ALANIS Morrissette and Mario ‘MC Souleye’ have presented their child, a baby son called…Ever Imre to the users of Facebook, and now to you.

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Posted: 9th, February 2011 | In: Music | Comment


Album review: The See See – Late Morning Light

Like a bit of The Byrds? Tap your toes to Teenage Fanclub? Well you’ll love The See See, a London based band whose debut album is available through Spotify, Amazon etc this week. The See See major on jangly guitars, rich harmonies and psychedelic twists but give them a very contemporary edge. Sometimes they do sound a little familiar, but their really strong songwriting and clever musicianship shine through.

Stand out tracks include Keep Your Head – which sounds a little like early Stone Roses, the very psychy It’s True and The Monkees country-esque twang of Half A Man.

8/10

Posted: 9th, February 2011 | In: Music | Comment


Watching Rabbits Mate With Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood: Photos

WHO better to illustrate the Sexual Nature Exhibition at the Natural History Museum in London than Rolling Stones mascot Ronnie Wood? Well, Jameela Jamil, perhaps. Or Matthew Horne. But they didn’t start taking photos of rabbits at it like, well, rabbits, stuffed foxes entwined in coitus, and two stags rutting. Ronnie then stood next to a splayed gorilla, which resisted all temptation to shag the life out of Ronnie’s hair…

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Posted: 8th, February 2011 | In: Key Posts, Music | Comment


Lady Gaga Disappears For Terry Richardson: Photos

LADY Gaga has hooked up with photographer Terry Richardson to produce a montage for Purple magazine. It’s exactly what you’d expect: Gaga is reduced to the status of Miss N. E. Model, a tight-skinned woman submerged in white light. It ells us nothing about Gaga, other than she wants to look good and shaggable in a photos. Yep, after all the wackiness, Gaga is just like the rest of us…

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Styleite and Stylebrity

Posted: 7th, February 2011 | In: Music | Comment (1)


Gary Moore RIP: Photos

RIP Gary Moore, once of Skid Row and Thin Lizzy, who has died in Spain. He was 58. In 1969, Moore left Belfast to join Skid Row and Phil Lynott in Dublin. He was just 16.

He’s died – but he lived the dream…

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Posted: 6th, February 2011 | In: Music | Comments (7)


Lady Gaga’s Perfume Smells Of Semen And Blood

LADY Gaga’s first scent will smell of blood and semen.

The bottle will, presumably, resemble a used condom, as found on the floor of a South African jail

Posted: 27th, January 2011 | In: Music | Comment (1)


The Justin Bieber Doll Is All Dolls To All People: Photos

YOU can buy a singing Justin Bieber dolly. Toy Justin doesn’t weep, pray, eat and poop, but it does sing One Less Lonely Girl when you press a button on his face.

Younger fans will like waving it; older fans will like waving it; dogs will enjoy chewing it; perverts will enjoy keeping it in the box in the hope that one day it is collectable and becomes worth actual money; boys will get pins and ram them into Justin’s puppy dog eyes.

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Posted: 25th, January 2011 | In: Music | Comment


The Manic Street Preachers Rock The Brixton Academy: Photos

FACE of the Day: Nicky Wire of The Manic Street Preachers performs at the O2 Brixton Academy in south London. Even his tears are made of gold. Yep. That’s the way you do it

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Nicky Wire of The Manic Street Preachers performing at the O2 Brixton Academy in south London.

Posted: 22nd, January 2011 | In: Music | Comment


Iggy Pop’s Stomach Makes A Sad Face

IGGY Pop’s torso is making a face. It’s not a pervy and homer Simpson’s face. It’s is merely a window on the soul.

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Posted: 22nd, January 2011 | In: Music | Comment (1)


Susan Boyle Gets Job As Microsoft Secretary In Nigeria

SUSAN Boyle continues to live the dream. The email missive from Nigeria tells us that SuBo has scored a job as a secretary for Microsoft, specifically British Microsoft Award Secretary.

Starry stuff for the woman who dared.

The Good News!

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Posted: 18th, January 2011 | In: Key Posts, Music | Comment