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Maybe we could make happen, babe 2007-07-16 14:11:00 With Every Heartbeat is now on the Radio 1 A-list playlist which means it blasts out of the nation's speakers at least a hundred times a day. It also means that Robyn (and Kleerup, bless 'im) could be in line for a big fat hit. And the promo machine is going up a gear with an appearence this week on Jo Whiley's Live Lounge. Which day wasn't mentioned (helpfully) on today's show, but you can listen again as soon as it's happened on Jo's mini-site.It would be fantastic if Robyn could get Radio 1 behind the rest of the album; in spite of rubbish DJs, they're incredibly influential. I'm keeping everything crossed. With Every Heartbeat is released 30th July (digital), 6th August (physical).Below, is a video from her live show at Cargo in March performing Be Mine. The crowd were wild for her that night, as you can hear at the end of this storming version. And is that Electroqueer down at the front? Read more:Maybe
And What I Am Needs Some Excusing! 2007-07-14 11:34:00 Oops! Doing in the trade, what is known as a 'Donna', eg., "Oh, my giddy aunt, she's done a Donna!", Gloria Gaynor has shat all over her (namesake) gay audience. On Radio 4's Woman's Hour, she proclaimed that she wants to "Lead gays to Christ" and when pulled up on what she actually thinks of homosexuality, refused to say anything. So, a performance at G.A.Y. isn't just a regular PA to La Gaynor, but a missionary experience. Oh please. Go here to listen to the interview. It's the height of ignorance and arrogance to assume it's acceptable to sing anthems of emancipation like I Am What I Am and I Will Survive for ANY minority group and then dismiss them as being somehow sinful and therefore wrong. Her views on feminism fall into this category. Apparently, women asking for equality are men haters. Gloria! Stop! Now! I used to have a lot of time for her; in the studio, she recorded I Will Survive in a back brace after falling on stage. Suffering for your audience like that, how g Read more:Needs
The 7 One Hit Wonders... 2007-07-28 09:27:00 ...of my world, anyway. Part two. THE POP SELECTION.The other day I lost my iPod. I know. It's a shiteous thing to happen, but luckily I have all my tunes backed up onto CD so it was just the actual gadget. Whoever ends up with it will have a brilliant selection; eclectic and totally me. A bit of Margaret Berger there, a lot of Pet Shop Boys here and a little bit of Cilla Black (!!) for good luck. The iPod was in a bag which somehow went missing on a Friday night bender between leaving Profile bar, calling in at Burger King in Leicester Square (the shame of it) and climbing into an unlicensed minicab. I think most of my dignity was in that bag too. Oh dear.Ah well. But there is a silver lining to my little tale of woe. My fella bought me a replacement! So I'm spending this weekend catching up with all my lovely tunes as I fill up the new one. And going through them, a blog occurred.I've got hundreds of one-offs where I only have one tune by a particular artist. This is usually becau Read more:Wonders
There's nothing like an English summer 2007-08-04 09:55:00 And like a long-lost friend who suddenly texts out of the blue, a giant golden orb thing called 'the sun' appears in a cloudless sky to remind everyone in England that it is, in fact, August, and summer! Hurrah! And, more predictably, out come the noisy neighbours. How come warring couples choose to argue at the tops of their voices and a flat full of been-up-all-night-on-pills choose to make their presence felt and heard. In our neighbourhood we've even got an R&B star wannabe: it's a girl who fills her weekend days with renditions of Rihanna, Beyonce and old skool Motown. She's actually amazing, and I feel quite lucky to catch her snatches of vocal gymnastics now and again. But the open window syndrome means summer in a big old city like London is never peaceful. In some ways this is how it should be, but in other ways, having to put headphones on to drown out the summer noise goes against the grain. And so I segue into the summer tune. Like Christmas, (doesn't that word sound Read more:English
Maccy Ds play 'Hide the Logo' 2007-08-08 06:41:00 It's great this game. First you take out a double page ad in the UK's best-selling food mags (with the teeniest logo you need to find with a magnifying glass) which directs everyone to a site called makeupyourownmind.co.uk There you'll find no nasty McDonalds logos or anything to remind you you're looking at a Maccy Ds damage limitation exercise. But look closer. In place of the logos, you'll find these highly entertaining questions from Joe Public in the How Do You Make section, especially good are numbers 1 and 15. Bye, bye Maccy Ds!
Goosebumpingly gorgeous 2007-08-11 09:02:00 It's a fight for number one in tomorrow's Top 40 between Robyn and Kanye West. Obviously I have my flag planted firmly in the Robyn Camp. But according to popjustice, there's not much in it with Kanye at number one in iTunes already. Mind you, with this kind of press cropping up in the UK now, maybe this will be Kanye's last chance. But all of these shenanigans aside, you HAVE TO LISTEN TO THIS; it's worth the investment of 20-ish minutes of your time. As I mentioned earlier, Robyn was due to do a live performance and interview on Jo Whiley's Radio 1 show. And a couple of days ago, here she was...Click here to go to the picture galleries and link to LISTEN NOW. Confusingly, Sara Cox was standing in for La Whiley, but, believe me, that is a bonus! I like La Cox and her blunt northern ways. The interview went down the inevitable Show Me Love route with a cheeky aside to the Robin S track... but otherwise, Robyn came across as funny and wholly appreciative of the gushing compliment Read more:gorgeous
'Ave it! 2007-08-12 12:39:00 Robyn beats off the challenges from Timbaland and Kanye.SHE'S NUMBER ONE! HURRAH!It's all down hill from here, love.
French & Saunders: a 100 year celebration 2007-08-18 08:24:00 50 is the new 40. It has to be. So many artists seem to be using the half century as a landmark to their – by this time - huge body of work, Marc Almond being a current case in point. And now that French
& Saunders are nearing the big 5-0 they aren’t disappointing. On September 7th, the BBC will be airing a new series, sort of. Called A Bucket O’ French & Saunders, it’s a greatest hits-type package of all their sketches stitched together with brand new ‘white room’ inserts and early next year they’ll be touring the UK. But after that, apparently, that will be it as far as being a TV duo. I can’t really remember when F&S weren’t on TV they’ve been around for that long. 25 years ago when they co-starred in the Comic Strip Presents series for Channel 4 they were, for me, easily the most interesting and funny - Famous Five Go Mad in Dorset: "Oh, Timmy (the dog) You're so licky!". A sitcom for the BBC followed called Happy Families which was under-rated and under-viewed Read more:celebration
Zip it, Simon! 2007-08-17 14:20:00 "I’ve been lucky, but I also know when not to outstay my welcome". Hasn't the man learned from Tony Blair's mistakes? DON'T SAY ANYTHING. "I have three more seasons under contract with American Idol and that will be it. And it will probably come at the same time The X Factor in the U.K." Just GO when you have to but don't announce it yet! We'll end up getting a Simon
Cowell retrospective just before the new series of X Factor followed updated version at the end of the series... At Christmas there'll be Simon Cowell's All-Time Favourite Christmas Retrospectives. And there after, a potted history of Simon Cowell every six months or so for THREE YEARS.Come 2010 (!!!) we'll all be screaming "Oh just fuck off. PLEASE!". By which point, any fondness the nation may have had for the man will have evaporated into the ether.
O2 many hits! 2007-08-29 07:09:00 Prince @ The O2 Arena, London, Tuesday 29th August U Got the Look, but Where the Fuck R U?Walking into the massive 21,000 seater O2 Arena (inside the old Millenium Dome) last night, my first thought was: how on earth am I going to enjoy this? Prince isn't exactly pop's biggest star, literally, and the stage looked like The Borrowers were going to get up and do a turn. Anyhoo, the lights go down and onto the screen come Salma Hayek (!), Pharell Williams, Wendy & Lisa (obv.) and Joni Mitchell (!!!!) to extol the virtues of their pint-sized hero. And then. Up he came from under the stage to the centre of the 'symbol' right into Let's Go Crazy. Almost immediately the distance melted away and it became the biggest, most intimate gig I've ever been too. It's to Prince's credit that he pulls off the seemingly impossible. He sells out 21 nights of 21,000 bums on seats - all at the democratic price of £31.21. And above all that, he wins over every crowd, every night with a potent mix o
Amy and Britney, together at last! 2007-08-29 05:13:00 A sight you'd never thought you'd see, Wino and Britters having a liddle tete-a-tete......courtesy of French and Saunders! This is their usual celeb-baiting on the upcoming new series and, as ever, they've gone for the of-the-moment juggular. Can't wait. Read more:Britney
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