Afternoon Aural: Chris De Burgh
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Chris De Burgh--Lady In Red
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Afternoon Aural: Chris De Burgh
Sort by Queerty (Free subscription) - 09/09/2008
We dedicate Chris De Burgh's "Lady In Red" to all the fiery drag queens out there… Permalink | 1 comment | Add to del.icio.us | Digg Post tags: Chris De Burgh, Entertainment, Music, Music Videos
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Referee Bias
Sort by The Frontal Cortex (Free subscription) - 02/09/2008
On the last day of every golf tournament, Tiger Woods insists on wearing a bright red polo shirt. Woods says the habit is merely superstition, but new research suggests that his fashion sense might actually come with athletic benefits. A paper published this month in Psychological Science reports that referees and umpires subconsciously favor competitors in red uniforms. The experiment was clever:...
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Chris de Burgh's Iranian concert set for November...
Sort by The Daily Swarm (Free subscription) - 28/07/2008
Reuters : Singer Chris de Burgh will stage a concert in Tehran with an Iranian band in late November, the first such concert in the country in nearly 30 years, an Iranian satellite news channel reported on its website. De Burgh, who has a loyal following in Iran, visited for the first time in May and said he hoped the authorities would give him permission to perform. The Irish-born singer will perform...
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Celebrity Travel Watch: Chris de Burgh in Iran
Sort by World Hum (Free subscription) - 31/05/2008
Chris who? You probably know his syrupy song “The Lady in Red.” (Video below.) It was huge in the mid-’80s. Turns out the British singer is still huge in Iran, where, for almost three decades, most Western music has been forbidden by the ruling Shiite Muslim clergy. De Burgh’s songs circulated on illegally copied tapes there, and he became rock-star popular. So much so that, in an apparent lifting...
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Movie Notes: Baby Mama
Sort by Webomatica (Free subscription) - 11/10/2008
Synopsis Single career woman Kate (Tina Fey) has neglected motherhood for too long. After learning of a fertility problem, she enlists Angie (Amy Poehler) to act as surrogate mother for her long-desired baby. Hilarity ensues.
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Lady in Red
Sort by Bay Area Bites (Free subscription) - 08/11/2008
Over the summer, Catherine -- for whom I once designed a simple birthday cocktail to go along with her gift of St. Germain elderflower liqueur -- asked if I would shake up a special wedding cocktail. Her only request: it had to be red to match her dress.
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NV Kestrel Lady In Red
Sort by Benito's Wine Reviews (Free subscription) - 13/10/2008
I'm in the mood for red blends lately, so I tried out the NV Kestrel Lady In Red from the Yakima and Columbia Valleys of Washington State. $14, 13.8% abv. 48% Cabernet Sauvignon, 39.5% Merlot, 10% Syrah, 2.5% Sangiovese. No idea if this was inspired by Chris de Burgh's classic song , but if you want to dance, give it half a chance. Sort of a Zinfandel nose with lots of spice and stewed fruit and, after...
