i love the last weekend in the month - not only do i get my lovely paycheck but it's the time that my excessive amount of magazine subscriptions arrive (The Works, Attitude, Q, SFX, Details, Blender) and i get to do an awful lot of reading... here is what i have learnt so far from said mags...but not before a random pic of last nights drinking buddies Liam and Bernice!
- The Scissor Sisters are media whores. And probably just whores in general. That is why i love them so much...
- Ana Matronic is dating the younger brother of the lead singer of Deee-lite who i have always thought were the early 90s version of the scissters. Does that make her incestuous??
- Kiss You Off ~ an Ana led track ~ and Just Might Tell You Tonight are apparently the stand out tracks from Ta-Dah
- Check out the myspace site of new french dandies group Rock and Roll. They are quite possibly quite good. Well they were last night when i was drunk on tia maria and orange juice...
- There is a new clothing store called Kangaroo Poo. I am literally flabbergasted...
- L'il gay Aaron, formerly of boyband V, gives his take in Attitude on what its like being a nancy in the "hetero" world of teeny pop... quite brillo!
- "I think that the greatest disco is melancholy. Its about a longing for something... it's about remembering why you were upset and turning that into something beautiful" ~ Babydaddy
- Pet Shop Boys (Introspective), Madonna (erotica) and Kylie (light years) are numbers 11,7 and 4 retrospectively on the gayest albums of all time list behind a top three that features Morrissey (Vauxhall and I), Abba (Arrival) and the scissor sisters...
- "I met the pet shop boys the other week and told them what a huge influence they were on me. Neil said ' that's funny because you don't sound anything like us!' " ~ Dan Gillespie Sells (Feeling)
- Apparently the Nu-Gay music scene is led by Dangerous Muse, Lo-Fi-Fnk, Le Sport and er... Final Fantasy
- Singer songwriters are taking over the world according to Q Mag...and its all david grays fault. Bastard ;)
And with that in mind, here are some of my fave current singer songwriters in "action"...
MP3: Nerina Pallot - All Good People acoustic (right click)
MP3: James Morrison - It's Too Late (right click)
MP3: Deborah Gibson - Portrait of Lonliness (right click)
MP3: James Blunt - High acoustic (right click)
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"Rock And Roll" - gee what a great name to pick so that everyone can google you and find info on you! Geezy peezy!
I blame everything on him. My weight gain, the crisis in the Middle East, death of pop and quite naturally world poverty. Remove his existence immediately.
who knows when ta-dah will leak. i will be quite happy to wait though :)
Ella, you have weight gain? As if...i can't wait for a new kylie album. Light Years remains my favourite ever album of hers and one of my favourite albums ever. Balls to the wall full of joy and dance and love and spirit. Not many people agree with me on this but i think had it been marketed correctly and had major label support Deb Gibsons MYOB (released around the same time) cd could have been equally as iconic. Will post why later in the week...
ps darling sweet ella, please try and overlook my clear mental problems that cause me to like james blunt despite several interventions from friends. i think its a rare blip in an otherwise gaytastic existence.
Dad - sorry you saw the word cunt in my blog notes. Twice now, clearly. It means they are not very good...
At the end of the day gays or not they just didn't cut the mustard - huge shame :-(
James Blunt is like a cancer on the proportions of Hamlet and his tragic house of Elsinore. His impact on our society is greater than that of Mein Kampf or the Bible.
Anyways, Paul I look forward to hearing this Debbie Gibson iconic album. Of course there CAN be underground iconism which only reveals its power once the artist is long vanished from life. Underground iconism requres tragedy, brilliance and history.
In 600 years time people might look back at Dannii's Get Into You and declare it the most important musical triumph since Mozart walked the planet. Who knows....One is now rambling on and on and on and on...
Shawn - it was a track from some obscure japanese only release. i think its such a great song and could so with a radio mix to attract the kelly clarkson type of audience :)
but you are right - portrait in loneliness is just such a great tune. i do think deb is so versatile and wish many others could see that too...