1969 - West country girl P.J. Harvey is born in Yeovil...
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Today I had one of those long e-mail conversations with Vonnie who provides the wonderful vocal sound for The deBretts. This is another band who I have high hopes for. Despite only having been together for a year it's been an eventful one. They subscribe to the ethos I love of getting out there and [...]
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Happy 39th birthday to the incomparable PJ Harvey.
Pink Is The New Blog (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
It turns out that in addition to losing girlfriends, Hugh Hefner is also losing money as well. Angelina Jolie credits her babydaddy Brad Pitt with making traveling with her six children “easy”. The newly married Ryan Reynolds is planning to run the New York Marathon. Eva Mendes hates being compared to Jennifer Lopez. Zac Efron has a run-in with [...]
The Hits Just Keep On Comin' (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
October 9, 1969, is a Thursday. In conjunction with the trial of the Chicago Eight, the Days of Rage protests continue for a second day in Chicago, organized by the Weathermen. (One organizer, Bill Ayers, will become a controversial figure nearly 40 years later.) Last night, protesters smashed windows in the city’s Gold Coast neighborhood; [...]
Rock Sellout (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Ah Sunday, which is an old Irish word for "a day for 2 (two) album reviews!" Wait - it's not? Oh well, I've got 'em ready so I might as well use them: House of Cosy Cushions Animal Dreams House of Cosy Cushions have an almost fragile darkness about them, like a brittle chocolate that's breaks [...]
No Rock And Roll Fun (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
From a "pseudo-intellectual" show on French TV, September 2007: [Part of the PJ Harvey weekend ]
No Rock And Roll Fun (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
With former Chesterfield John Parish, in the Later With Jools studio, from 1996: [Part of the PJ Harvey weekend ]
No Rock And Roll Fun (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
The comments complain about the addition of a choir, but judge for yourselves: Tricky and PJ Harvey on Late Night With Letterman, knocking out Broken Homes: [Part of PJ Harvey weekend ]
No Rock And Roll Fun (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Back now to Channel 4's short-lived minimalist show The White Room, and a 'surprise' appearance by Polly to help out Nick Cave with Henry Lee: [Part of the PJ Harvey weekend ]
No Rock And Roll Fun (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Continuing the PJ celebration, this is from her concert in Moscow on June 5th this year. Big Fish, Little Fish... [Part of the PJ Harvey weekend ]
No Rock And Roll Fun (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
A visit to the Norwegian State Broadcaster NRK, from September last year: [Part of PJ Harvey weekend ]
No Rock And Roll Fun (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
From Channel 4's coverage of the 1995 Glastonbury Festival - and a performance that, I suspect, you'll remember if you saw it - here's Ms H doing Send His Love To Me: [Part of the PJ Harvey weekend ]
No Rock And Roll Fun (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
From a Friday Night With Jonathan Ross some Friday in 2004, and with a necklace that would make Rovers barmaid Becky scream with joy, here's Polly with Shame: It's worth noting that the new BBC rules on end credits - which can no more run over things that people might want to watch, to allow the screen to be squeezed and continuity announcements to appear on screen - means that current stuff from Ross'...
No Rock And Roll Fun (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
Polly Jean on Top Of The Pops in August 1995: [Part of the PJ Harvey weekend ]