Paul McCartney to appear on The X Factor?
New Musical Express (Free subscription) | yesterday
Singer reportedly in talks to appear on the live final
Paul McCartney
4Vote!
5Vote!
X Factor chiefs have Sir Paul McCartney lined up for live final
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sir Paul McCartney to be the special guest star on the show’s live final next month.
Videos
5Vote!
Paul McCartney for X Factor 2009 final?
Unreality TV (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Can you believe that in just three short weeks time we will be getting ready for the X Factor final of 2009? The event will no doubt be massive but surely ITV bosses could have found a better celebrity guest than Paul McCartney? The Mirror have reported that Mr Cowell is trying to land the former [...]
3Vote!
Paul McCartney set to appear on X Factor
Electric Roulette (Free subscription) | yesterday
The X Factor, love it or hate it, you can't really ignore it. Unless of course, you turn over for Strictly Come Dancing on a Saturday. But you'll not be doing that on December 13th if you're a Beatles fan....
3Vote!
New York's Russian Tea Room caters to new clientele: kids
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
The famous restaurant now offers PBJ and pigs in blankets alongside its usual caviar. It's one of the ways it hopes to stay afloat where others have failed in the recession. There on the left is the plush booth where Dustin Hoffman's character shocked his -- or would that be her? -- agent into ordering a double shot of vodka in the film "Tootsie." Paul McCartney once strolled solo through...
3Vote!
McCartney to sing at 'X Factor' final?
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | yesterday
X Factor producers are reportedly hoping to convince Paul McCartney to sing at the final.
3Vote!
Noughties, but nice..
Sponsored Linx (Free subscription) | yesterday
B elow is a list of the top albums of the noughties (as rated by The Times ), how many do you have? and are there any you think should be included? The albums are detailed fully in the above link I've colour coded the records I have and the records I want to hear, but haven't as yet. 100. 12 Songs - Neil Diamond (SonyBMG, 2005) 99. Surprise - Paul Simon (Warner, 2006) 98. By the Way - Red Hot Chili...
3Vote!
Top 5 Most Wanted Tech Industry Mergers
DV Hardware (Free subscription) | yesterday
Teamwork has always been a successful way to get a job done. Case in point: Paul McCartney's solo albums are all well and lovely on their own, but it was the collaborative efforts of four kids from Liverpool that first birthed a musical revolution. And while the technology industry has had its own fair share of notable collaborations (the most recent arguably being Microsoft and Yahoo's much-debated...
3Vote!
CD Review – Good Evening New York City marred by auto-tune
RetroBlog (Free subscription) | yesterday
I’ve been listening to the newly released two-disc audio CDs of Paul McCartney’s Good Evening New York City this week and I have to say that I’m pretty disappointed by the blatant use of auto-tune (pitch correction software) on Paul’s vocals. yes, I understand that auto-tune is pretty much standard practice nowadays in the [...]
3Vote!
Ozzy Osbourne Says McCartney Refused To Work With Him
Nightwatcher's House Of Rock (Free subscription) | yesterday
Rock Radio is reporting that Beatles legend Paul McCartney once refused to work with Ozzy Osbourne, the Black Sabbath singer says – and his negative reponse was actually a positive honor. Osbourne tells Heat magazine that he was working in the studio next door to McCartney, and took the opportunity to ask him to collaborate. He explains: “Meeting Paul McCartney was f’kin phenomenal....
7Vote!
Farting cows
The Lone Voice (Free subscription) | yesterday
"Maybe it is healthier but that should be people's choice and not because a pop star thinks farting cows and pigs herald the end of mankind" - Ukip MEP Paul Nuttall criticises Sir Paul McCartney's campaign to encourage meat eaters to go without flesh one day a week to cut greenhouse gases emitted by cattle. Well said that man.
7Vote!
My name is daveross and I'm addicted to The Word Blog...........
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | yesterday
So it started like this. I was trawling the net for Del Amitri stuff, you know anything that might tell me I wasn't alone. It's tough sometimes when you think you're on your own. Then it happened I clicked on a line on Google and there it was Uncle Wheaty (wtf) and http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/content/del-amitri-now-there-was-a-band . I read the comments, mostly positive, it drew me in you know,...
3Vote!
Playlist Rewind: Shonen Knife at Johnny Brenda's
Phillyist (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Photo by Flickr user Helena P. When watching a concert, there are many thoughts that may pop into one's head. "Oh, this is pretty cool, maybe I'll buy their album." Or, "This is putting me to sleep." When I saw Shonen Knife live at Johnny Brenda's on Monday, the thought that immediately popped into my head was, "I wish I could bake this band in to a cake so I could eat them!"...
7Vote!
PA quotes of the day
Is there more to life than shoes? (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
"Maybe it is healthier but that should be people's choice and not because a pop star thinks farting cows and pigs herald the end of mankind" - Ukip MEP Paul Nuttall criticises Sir Paul McCartney's campaign to encourage meat eaters to go without flesh one day a week to cut greenhouse gases emitted by cattle.
3Vote!
How Do You Sleep At Night?
Entropical Paradise (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
There I was, forty years ago, calling in requests to KIMN radio at my brother's behest for "Yellow Submarine," when I heard the news. Oh boy. Paul was dead. The round-faced guy who wrote all the songs was dead. How could this be? From where I was sitting, the Beatles ruled the world. The king of the world was dead. How could we be sure? Well, he was the only one barefoot on the cover of "Abbey...