Lets have a cocktail (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
When I was a youngster, I was a bit of a late bloomer. And by "bit" I certainly mean I was the last one in the door to puberty. In 7th grade, I finally became a woman, or in reality, an already hormonal girl suddenly with a reason to buy feminine products. My older brother had a friend that I had a mad mad crush on. I would always ask my brother about him. He was at our house a lot so I made...
I Love To Watch (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Every Friday, we like to sum up what happened in the week in reality TV. Here's the best, worst and most shocking... Donny Osmond dressed for an 80s paso doble on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars." (Photo by ABC) "Dancing With the Stars" (ABC) Each couple was assigned a Latin dance from a particular decade, like a '70s samba or a '60s jive. Seventies (and eighties) heartthrob Donny...
The Daily Swarm - Headlines (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
The Guardian : Ours is not the first generation to think that what younger people listen to is drivel; but we are perhaps the first generation conceited and self-centred enough to think we have to do something about it. Personally, I’m a firm believer that it is not a parent’s place to meddle in their offspring’s music taste: you should let them discover music for themselves. My...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
You own 7,000 records, but all she likes is disco … What's the best way to get your children into art without putting them off for life? Our critics reveal their own successes and failures Alexis Petridis on pop 'The Tweenies made me want to drive the car into a lamppost' Three years ago, not long after my daughter Esme was born, something rather odd happened. The world at large seemed suddenly...
I'm Getting Tired of Useless Desires... (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Once Boy George had it all – not just the music career, but national treasure status to boot. Heroin dependency followed by cocaine addiction sabotaged all of that, culminating last year in an ugly court case that seemed to defy credibility, which saw George convicted of false imprisonment and led to him spending four months in jail. Here, in his first major interview since his release, he talks...
Blummin' Britcher Bloggage (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
If there is one act responsible more for switching me on to music then it is Frankie Goes To Hollywood . I had dipped my toe into music when I was little...I had well worn albums by the likes of Adam and the Ants, the Kids from Fame and Queen...but dipping was as far as it ever went. I hadn't bought into the whole music 'thing'. In the months leading up to Frankie's arrival on the scene, I had started...
Romance Bandits (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
by Anna Campbell This morning, I was wandering around the house trying to get enthused about doing some work. I had the TV on to one of those video channels on cable TV. I heard this short electronic fanfare and suddenly Just Can't Get Enough by Depeche Mode was playing. My morning suddenly started to sparkle. It's such a happy song and it never fails to make me smile. So I started to think of other...
The Devil Has The Best Tuna (Free subscription) | 23/09/2009
The Wolfmen Genre: Rock / Experimental / Punk From: London, United Kingdom The Wolfmen is the brainchild of Marco Pirroni ( Siouxsie & The Banshees / Adam & The Ants ) and Chris Constantinou ( Adam Ant /Jackie OnAssid) . The duo, who formed in 2005, have a new single out, the spine tingling ' Jackie, is it my birthday?' a duet between Chris and Sinéad O’Connor that's the biggest,...
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 17/09/2009
Following on from the recent Rolf Harris/Adam Ant soundalike, how about this one. I noticed it while I was listening to Doctor Feelgood's 1977 album Sneakin' Suspicion. Unfortunately there is no Youtube clip of the Feelgoods doing 'Walking on the edge' but here is the Spotify link to the song. http://open.spotify.com/track/5U2ANqiya733JATbBOUGYn I thought it sounded very much like this from five years...
BOOKSTEVE'S LIBRARY (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
"Oh, to be in England..." Longtime readers will no doubt recall my anglophile status. Although I've lived all my life here in Kentucky (well, three years across the river in Ohio but that's another story), I was reading LOOK-IN in the 1970's whilst watching TV britcoms such as NO, HONESTLY (great theme song by James Coburn's then-girlfriend Lyndsey dePaul) and enjoying old Bob Monkhouse and...
M80s Soundtrack for an 80s Generation (Free subscription) | 28/08/2009
Prince Charming is the third and final album by Adam and the Ants, released in 1981. Unlike 'Kings of the Wild Frontier', Prince Charming showed the Ants moving away from their earlier Burundi drum style. It is also noticeable that this album is the first without Kevin Mooney, the bassist from 'Kings of the Wild Frontier'. The album spawned three hits; 'Stand and Deliver', 'Prince Charming', and 'Ant...
M80s Soundtrack for an 80s Generation (Free subscription) | 27/08/2009
'Antmusic' was the third single released in the UK in 1980, from the hugely popular Adam and the Ants album 'Kings of the Wild Frontier'. 'Antmusic' fared better in the UK Singles Chart (than it's previous 2 singles) by peaking at number 2 in January 1981, being held off the top by the re-release of John Lennon's 'Imagine' after his murder in New York City in December 1980. The video to 'Antmusic'...
Tales from a Draughty Old Fen (Free subscription) | 18/08/2009
There's two anniversaries falling around this time: the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock concert, and the 32nd of Elvis Presley's death. Woodstock and Presley have both gained a legendary status, and I thought I'd like to look at some music about matters of legend, whether they be fact, fiction or fantasy. 10 - Woodstock The concert was conceived not in a commune but a boardroom - the "Aquarian...
Dogwood Tales (Free subscription) | 17/08/2009
Directions: Open iTunes/iPod or Windows Media Player to answer the following. Go to your library. Answer, no matter how embarrassing it is. How many songs: 2782 Sort by song title… First song: A&E - Goldfrapp Last song: 1987 – KLF Sort by time… Shortest Song: Armed Bastards - Gene Hunt (0:04) Longest Song: May Cause Drowsiness Part 1 - Nathan Jay (47:51) Sort by album…...
#1 Hits From Another Planet (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Track-by-Track: Cobra Starship I didn't think this group would be around this long, let alone make their catchiest album three years from their inception. A surprising triumph. 1. Nice Guys Finish Last - Borrowing from Adam Ant (woohoo!) and big band, this is probably the most unique track on the record and my choice for second single. The chanting is utterly addictive, and it's easily among the poppiest...
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