Sunday, 22 June 2008

Teenagers Gig Ends In Stage Invasion


THE TEENAGERS' first gig in Australia resulted in a massive stage invasion.

NME magazine reports that some 50 audience members took to the stage for a rendition of the band's hit HOMECOMING.

According to the publication, the fans, helped by lead singer QUENTIN DELAFON, jumped up to join the group as they played the final song in their set.

Following the invasion, there had to be a brief interlude in the show as crew members reassembled the drum kit and mike stands.

During the rest of the Brisbane gig, the French trio treated fans to STARLETT JOHANSSON, FEELING BETTER and LOVE NO, plus a string of their other tunes.

BLOC PARTY's drummer MATT TONG accompanied the group.

The magazine adds that the band seemed to enjoy the gig as much as the fans, with Delafon saying "this is our first time in Australia, we love you already", as he finished the opening number.

Meanwhile, Delafon recently attributed the heavy swearing in THE TEENAGERS' songs to the fact they learned English from American films.

Speaking to Australian newspaper the Age, the singer said: "We just thought that this is super-normal, like just how people talk."



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Saturday, 14 June 2008

Nick Hogan: 'Solitary Confinement Isn't Fair'

Nick Bollea – or Nick Hogan as he’s known on Hogan Knows Best – yesterday filed a motion in court requesting that he be released from prison.

In May the 17-year-old was sentenced to eight months behind bars for the car crash that left his friend John Graziano with permanent brain injuries.

He is currently being held in solitary confinement in Florida’s Pinellas County Jail because he's too young to join the adult prison population – a situation which his attorney insists is “neither fair nor acceptable and creates a mental and physical health risk to a seventeen year old.”

The motion reads: "...the 17-year-old minor is being wrongly held in isolated lockdown in the Pinellas County Jail for up to 17 hours a day despite his status as a non-violent, first-time offender with no juvenile record."

The motion also complains that Bollea's phone conversations with his parents have been released to the media, reports My Fox Tampa Bay.

"The result has been a media blitz with a local and national media frenzy which is unprecedented and has resulted in unspeakable harm to Nicholas Bollea and his family," according to the attorney's statement.
Bollea's lawyer requests that he serve his sentence under house arrest until he turns 18 on July 27.

Monday, 9 June 2008

Suicide

Suicide   
Artist: Suicide

   Genre(s): 
Indie
   Other
   Electronic
   



Discography:


Live in Moscow at B2 Club   
 Live in Moscow at B2 Club

   Year: 2005   
Tracks: 10


One Of Your Neighbours   
 One Of Your Neighbours

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 14


American Supreme_(Bonus Disc)   
 American Supreme_(Bonus Disc)

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 7


American Supreme   
 American Supreme

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 11


Ghost Riders   
 Ghost Riders

   Year: 1981   
Tracks: 5


Suicide [Second Album]   
 Suicide [Second Album]

   Year: 1980   
Tracks: 27


Suicide (First Album)   
 Suicide (First Album)

   Year: 1978   
Tracks: 17




Although they barely receive credit, Suicide (isaac M. Singer Alan Vega and keyboardist Martin Rev) is the source point for well-nigh every synth pop duette that overfull the pop market place (specially in England) in the early '80s. Without the trailblazing Rev and Vega, in that respect would have been no Soft Cell, Erasure, Bronski Beat, Yaz, you identify 'em, and while many would recite you that that's nothing to crow around, the aforesaid synth-poppers simply appropriated Suicide's keyboards/singer take care and none of Rev and Vega's exceedingly confrontational performance style and love of dissonance. The few world Health Organization did (Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire) were considered besides extreme for nearly tastes.


Self-annihilation had been a portion of the playing arts setting in New York City's Lower East Side in the early/mid-'70s New York Dolls geological era. Their approaching to music was unsubdivided: Rev would create minimalistic, skittish, spellbinding washes of at variance keyboards and synthesizers, spell Vega sang, ranted, and clap neo-Beat lyrics in a rocky, disjointed mode. On level, Vega became confrontational, frequently baiting the crowd together into a lush frenzy that on occasion lED to full-blown violence, unremarkably with the crowd assaultive Vega. With their reputation as controversial performers solidified, what was missed was that Suicide recorded some surprisingly seductive and terrific euphony. A relationship with Cars brain Ric Ocasek proven successful, bringing their music to a wider audience and developing unbelievable fans (Bruce Springsteen went on phonograph recording as loving Suicide's Vietnam-vet saga "Frankie Teardrop"), just after legion breakups and reconciliations, Rev and Vega settled for organism more influential than commercially successful.


Ironically, the '90s proven to be a decennium of defense for Suicide with the rise of industrial dance music, Chicago's Wax Trax! label, and the bands associated with it (Repelling Cocks, Ministry, grand Homo DJs, etc.). Although non a big part of the scene anymore, the profound influence of Suicide on a generation of younger bands was readily patent. When the duette returned in 2002 with American Supreme, its number one studio press release in 10 years, much fanfare resulted, no dubiety substantially furthered by Vega's front about this time as a heavily profiled exhibitionist of artistic creation in New York, where he had presented a establish at the Jeffrey Dietch Gallery in New York earlier in the year.






Friday, 30 May 2008

Tom Waits confirms Irish dates

Tom Waits has confirmed details of his first Irish dates since 1987.
The legendary Californian star will play three nights in a specially designed venue at the Phoenix Park, Dublin on 30-31 July and 1 August.
He will perform in a marquee-style venue entitled 'The Rat Cellar', and the shows will form part of his 'Glitter and Doom' tour.
Tickets for the fully-seated shows are extremely expensive in comparison to other outdoor shows taking place in Ireland this summer, with ticket prices set at €116.25 and €131.25.
Tickets go on-sale this Tuesday 27 May at 9am.

Sunday, 18 May 2008

Fans say goodbye to Joe Dolan

Fans say goodbye to Joe Dolan



More than 4,000 people gathered in Mullingar in Co Westmeath today to pay their respects to the lately singer and entertainer Joe Dolan, wHO died on St Stephen's





Tuesday, 6 May 2008

BB housemates predict evictions

BB housemates predict evictions



The 'Big Brother: Renown Hijack' housemates have been speechmaking about the upcoming evictions and trying to foretell world Health Organization will be going the theater next.
According to the show's official website, Amy and Nathan bear been speculating about wHO is safe and world Health Organization mightiness be forced to give.
Speech production well-nigh the evictions, Amy said: "I'd rather it be Monday. I can't waitress four days."
Nathan replied: "I feel the sami path as you merely I'm not leaving to be disappointed."
Amy then said that she "had fears about leaving on the first day" and presumed that she would "in all likelihood leave in the heart".
Nathan then suggested that Antonius, Privy, Amy, Jay and Jeremy would make the final of the show on Monday.
Amy predicted the Calista and Genus Emilia would be evicted tonight.
Wholly of the housemates, leave off for King John and Antonius, are presently facing the public vote ahead of tonight's eviction.
John Lackland won granting immunity from constructive eviction in an to begin with labor, patch Anthony only if received one nomination.
For more on Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack record our web log here.





Thursday, 1 May 2008

Tabloid claims about Newman's health denied

Tabloid claims about Newman's health denied



Reports that film caption Paul Cardinal Newman has undergone a secret operation to hold open him from cancer ar unfounded, according to the actor's representative.
Warren Cowan revealed that he radius with Newman about the claims by rag powder magazine The Asker.
Newman said: "I'm existence treated for athlete's foot and whisker loss... peradventure the doctors recognise something that I don't!"
Whilst Newman has retired from acting he still spends considerable time working for his various charities.
The star, world Health Organization has appeared in numerous film classics including 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' and 'Cool Manus Luke', founded the Barretstown charity in Kildare in 1994.
To particular date over 10,000 children with crab and other serious illnesses have benefited from the brotherly love.




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