Alex James (born Steven Alexander James on 21 November 1968 in Boscombe, Bournemouth, England) is an English musician, songwriter and journalist best known as the bass player and occasional vocalist of band Blur. He has also played with temporary bands, Fat Les, Me Me Me, WigWam and Bad Lieutenant. He attended the state grammar school, Bournemouth [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , UK The Sunday night headlining gig at this summer's Glastonbury Festival by reformed Britpop godheads Blur has been declared the Best Headline Performance of 2009 at this year's UK Festival Awards. And, adding a cherry to the band's year, singer Damon Albarn (pictured) also bagged the Festival Fitty gong at the awards ceremony which was held at the O2 in London...
My team's unlikely triumph on the 'fiendishly difficult' University Challenge When the call came from the BBC asking if I would like to assemble a team from the Idler for a "professionals" series of University Challenge, I was beside myself with excitement. This must surely be the adult equivalent of an appearance on Blue Peter. I thought, however, that we would have no chance of winning....
Welcome to Erland And The Carnival , the latest signing to Full Time Hobby . Erland And The Carnival are a British folk rock band, formed in London, England by multi instrumentalist Simon Tong (formerly of The Verve / Blur / The Good, the Bad & the Queen ), Orcadian folk guitarist and singer Gawain Erland Cooper and Drummer / Engineer David Nock . Erland And The Carnival are best known for their...
"...splendid." "...flash of showmanship." "...ecstatically sung.." "It would be hard to think of a better kick-off." Words that described the Golden Anniversary Gala on November 6. Click here to read the rest of Georgia Straight's review.
Gorillaz are planning a second opera with world famous comic book writer Alan Moore. The virtual band- who are artist Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn- already created Monkey: Journey To The...
Gorillaz creators Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett have approached comic-writing legend Alan Moore about writing lyrics for their latest multimedia project.
The Guardian : For the follow-up to Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s opera Monkey: Journey to the West, the duo have turned to a man best known for flawed superheroes, melancholy swamp things and a nymphomaniac Alice in Wonderland. Comics legend Alan Moore is to write the lyrics for the pair’s next production, he has revealed. “They came down to Northampton last week because we’re...
After attending a birthday party which involved the scarfing of five pig’s heads yesterday I still don’t feel capable of eating anything. I may have to fast for the next few days before that little lot gets digested, in fact. Fucking hell that was a meal and a half. There will be no [...]
In the not-too-distant past, keeping chickens was seen as the preserve of the yoghurt knitting brigade. Tending to an allotment and growing herbs on your window sill - fine. Keeping a few birds out the back and putting up with all that maintenance (not to mention the smell)? It just seemed like an awful lot of effort for fresh eggs, particularly when you can buy lovely organic ones in Superquinn....
A bit of a break with traditional reading patterns this time: a biography - indeed, an auto biography. For reasons I can't entirely pin down, I've never been interested in reading anything beyond fiction or popular treatments of science, etc. Although I've enjoyed the occasional biographical asides in the latter, and the veiled hint that the former are partially biography, I've not felt the need to...
Coldplay Viva la Vida Prospekts March edition Download mp3 Download Coldplay Viva la Vida Prospekts March edition >>> Artist: Coldplay Album: Viva la Vida Prospekts March edition Tracks: 1. Life in Technicolor 2. Cemeteries of London 3. Lost 4. 42 5. Lovers in Japan-Reign of Love 6. Yes 7. Viva la Vida 8. Violet Hill 9. Strawberry Swing 10. Death and All His Friends 11. Life in Technicolor II 12. Postcards...