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German Air Guitar Championships – photos of grunt
FACE of the day: Stefan Voltz, aka “Mr. 10000 Voltz”, performs during the ninth German Air Guitar Championship in Berlin, Germany. The competition consists of two rounds, the freestyle and a compulsory exercise. The idea is to pull your orgasm face. This is, of course, how The Scorpions got started…
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In photos: Hard Rock Calling in Hyde Park
DID you go to the Hard Rock Calling show in London’s Hyde Park? Did you see that magic moment when Sir Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen had the plug pulled on their show? Were you one of the masses who endured the rain and mud to watch the show which built to a finale as Macca and The Boss thundered through a rendition of Saw Her Standing There and Twist and Shout? Do you work for Westminster Council’s licensing department, which was keen to adhere to the 10:30 curfew on noise and turned the show off at 10:40, so killing the last song?
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Buy 10cc of Stone Roses Heaton Park perfume
DID you go to the Stone Roses show in Manchester’s Heaton Park?
Reader Percy writes:
Parts of the park are still a filthy stinking mess over a week after the event.One things for sure …the Stone Roses don’t smell so sweet..unless you like the scent of piss or happen to be a dog. Is it unreasonable to expect that with the amount of money the Stone Roses made from the people that paid a packet to see them …they could tidy up the mess themselves…or at least hire an au pair to clean up the park?…or were they just too pissed to care…it certainly sounded like it.
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Posted: 9th, July 2012 | In: Music | Comments (6)
When the Sex Pistols toured the USA and hit Cain’s Ballroom
IN 1978, the Sex Pistols went to the USA. Tony Schwartz, of Newsweek, saw the opening show at the Great Southeast Music Hall. It left an impression:
“Johnny Rotten’s stare was demonic, his expression sneering, and his shoulders ominously hunched. Sid Vicious, pasty-skinned and anemic-looking, seemed more catatonic than cantankerous, rousing himself only to blow his nose stage right. Guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook looked clean-cut enough to have played in the ’50s style band that opened the show.”
NBC did the PR:
The Sex Pistols hit Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This was a mostly Country crowd.
Photographer Bob Gruen told us:
“We had a long drive from Dallas to Tulsa through five inches of snow and ice. Sometime in the night we pulled into a gas station where there was a restaurant. I went in with Sid and sat at the counter. Before I knew it Sid had started a conversation with a cowboy and his family. They invited him to sit with them and Sid carried his eggs to their table. After the cowboy heard that Sid’s name was Vicious he started to challenge him. He crushed his cigarette out in his own hand, then he asked Sid what could he do. Sid just took his knife, cut his own hand and kept on eating as blood flowed on his eggs like ketchup. The cowboy grabbed his family and ran out.”
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In photos: the Barclaycard Gangster Wireless Festival 2012
TO the Barclaycard Wireless Festival 2012 to see Nicki Minaj rub, Tulisa smoke, Drake swoon, Rihanna grind, Deadmau5 wow, Jessie J do the stage school schtick, Calvin Harris press ‘play’ and Example bounce. It’s hard not be cynical when you see the cool kids paying out for a gig sponsored by Barclaycard, part of the tossers at Barclays Bank. But, then, gangster music needs gangsters…
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DC Talk were Straight Outta Lynchburg – when Christian rap rocked
MOVE over Eli Porter, rap had bigger stars. DC Talk – that’s Decent Christian Talk to you squares – were once ready to rock the ages with their “Explicit Christian Lyrics”. Meet Toby McKeehan, Kevin Max and Michael Tait. Together they were the Holy Trinity. Rap. Rock. Soul. Hats. The Fresh Prince on VHS. A Beastie Boys cassette. And brogues. Hey wer putting the big C on Rap.
God is doing’ a new thang. A brand nooo thang.
In 2002, the Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music went on the record to state that DC Talk are “the most popular overtly Christian act of all time“.
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That official London Olympics anthem by Muse: They’re no Meatloaf
READY for that official London Olympics anthem by Muse? Have a listen. What do you think of it?
Our review: bring back Meatloaf:
Linkin Park and Bieber battle it out to rule supreme over worst week in music, ever
COULD we be in the middle of the worst week in music ever? You may be able to think of other lousy periods in music history, but this one looks unbeatable. Want the evidence? Let us look at the chart.
Apparently, Linkin Park’s fifth studio album Living Things has topped the midweek album chart, ousting Justin Bieber from his lofty position. Linkin Park (pictured). Justin Bieber. It’s like choosing between Hepatitis B or C.
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2012 Isle of Wight Festival in photos
THE 2012 Isle of Wight Festival in photos. Were you there? Then, you might be here in our gallery:
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In photos: Radio 1’s Hackney Weekend 2012
RADIO 1’s Hackney Weekend sees Hackney Marshes, turn from the usual football (82 pitches) to music. For those of you not holding tickets to the Olympic gig up the road in Stratford, the Hackney Weekend features an alternative chance to catch pop music Olympians in action: Jay-Z, Rihanna, Rita Ora, local girl made good Leona Lewis, the Hackney Empire Community Choir, Nicky Minaj, Florida and local rappers Dizzee Rascal, Tinchy Stryder, Chipmunk and – nice name – Cheekie Bugga and the ubiquitous Florence + the Machine. (Gary Barlow is away.)
Face of the day: The Spanish glow paint party
FACE of the day: A reveller in Spain reacts during a glow paint party in the early hours on Saturday June 23, 2012. Around a thousand hip young things danced to techno music while spraying each other with paint, while the organizers sprayed the party goers from the stage. Foam is soooo 1990s…
Pat Paulsen plays The Beatles Hey Jude
PAT Paulsen and the Pat Paulsen Players will not perform their cover version of The Beatles Hey Jude. You may recall the star of Pat Paulsen’s Half a Comedy Hour, whose satire was lightning up the airwaves.
In 1968, The Mothers Brothers put Paulsen forward to be president of the USA as a member of the Straight Talking American Government Party (S.T.A.G. Party). Said Paulsen, who would run seven times, of his bid for the presidency: “Why not? I can’t dance.”
He died in 1997.
Take them away without mercy, Pat Paulsen:
Spotter: DM
Posted: 23rd, June 2012 | In: Flashback, Music, TV & Radio | Comment
Isle of Wight Festival 2012 in photos: fans, bands and muddy legs
RAIN? Check. Young women is short shorts walking in wet mud? Check. Young men wallowing in wet mud? Check.The Charlatans performing at Spitbank Fort in the Solent? Check? Trench foot? Working on it. It’s the Isle of Wight Festival 2012. And we’ve got the photos of the bands and the fans:
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Wham! reunite for one last school disco dance
WHAM! are back. Those of you who bought tickets for The Final, that Wembley concert on June 28 1986 (and I was there) can think about getting their money back. George Michael is ready to stap on his shoulder pads hair and Andrew Ridgeley re-inflate his Fisher Price guitar. The Mail (yeah, we know) says the boys from Bushey are back for one last school disco dance with Pepsi and Shirley:
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Police raid Surrey pub looking for music from 4am – the band not the time
WHEN police heard that The Feathers in Laleham, Surrey, was to feature live music “from 4am” they swooped. Playing so late was not allowed. Music must be stopped. Music must be licensed. Four coppers raced to the scene. There, they were told that 4am was the name of the band.
The pub’s licensee, Kate Dillon says:
“They made idiots of themselves really.”
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Posted: 19th, June 2012 | In: Music, Strange But True | Comment (1)
The Sounds of Silence, Seventies style censorship
THE re-release of the Sex Pistols’ God Save the Queen, 25 years after its last Jubilee disgrace, has set the cat among the pigeons once again.
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Posted: 19th, June 2012 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, Music | Comment (1)
Lovebox 2012 in photos: Grace Jones keeps up
IN Photos: the Lovebox Festival at Victoria Park in London. Grace Jones gives it some welly as Lana Del Rey stands and sings…
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Toronto head shop profits off Radiohead crew member Scott Johnson’s death
WHEN Scott Johnson was killed when a stage collapsed at the Radiohead show in Toronto, Canada, many were shocked and saddened. The crew member and talented drummer from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, was getting the stage ready for the band when a section of the stage fell on him. Three other crew members were hurt, one seriously.
So. How does the Envirohemp store inToronto mark the death of a man? Answer: Badly…
Spotter: WoW
Drummer goes home from Stone Roses Gig in Amsterdam (video)
THE Drummer, Reni, goes home from Stone Roses Gig in Amsterdam. Ian Brown has more…
Posted: 13th, June 2012 | In: Music | Comment (1)
Capital FM’s Summertime Ball at Wembley Stadium – photos
JUSTIN Bieber, The Wanted, Cheryl Cole. Coldplay, FloRida, Jessie J, Katy Perry and Kelly Clarkson perform during Capital FM’s Summertime Ball at Wembley Stadium, London. One of the above is flatter than Simon Cowell’s pre-op chest – which once?
Boise Weekly critic Josh Gross reviews Nickelback without holding back
WAHT does Boise Weekly writer Josh Gross think of Nickelback?
Spotter: thd
John Mayer hits out at Taylor Swift over world’s lamest beef track
HIP HOP is well known for well-publicised beefs, but now we’ve got one between two of the lamest, wettest humans in the known universe. You see, Taylor Swift wrote a thinly-veiled dig at former beau and all-round douche, John Mayer… and he’s not happy about it.
Of course, Mayer is known for his controversial views on exes and women. You may recall his referring to Jessica Simpson as “sexual napalm”, which is nice. Well, now he’s all seriously upset by something one of his other flings has said about him.
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Rock Stars’ Yearbook photos – Who changed the most?
ROCK stars are great . They have long hair that gets thicker and thicker as their fame surges; perfect teeth that never go missing and groupies as a utility. But what did they look like when younger? Like this:
Posted: 6th, June 2012 | In: Key Posts, Music | Comments (3)
Song of the day – Maxine Swaby’s Pardon Me
SONG of the day is Maxine Swaby’s Pardon Me.
WARNING: Listen to it twice and never get it out of your head:
