Ramdom Thoughts podcast (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
TRACK LISTING VISIBLE ON ALL IPODS & IPHONE. TAP ON ART WORK ON THE IPHONE WHILE PLAYING . If you would like to contribute towards the cost of the show (whatever you can afford), click this text and again on the Make a donation button via the right hand side to pay via Paypal. You can post [...]
Curly's Corner Shop, the blog! (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
No free beer edition South Tyneside Independent Alliance councillor Ahmed Khan spotted at the Roland Gift (Fine Young Cannibals) gig this afternoon in South Shields Bents Park. Someone on another local blog suggested that one of our councillors needed a good wash and a change of clothes - oops! (Wrong picture) What’s being talked about here then - [...]
Curly's Corner Shop, the blog! (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Roland Gift entertains for free in South Shields Well I quite enjoyed Roland Gift’s offerings in the Bents Park, South Shields this afternoon, despite the fact that I wasn’t exactly a fan of the Fine Young Cannibals. He managed to draw a decent crowd, which was not a mean feat considering that rain threatened and there [...]
RopeofSilicon: Latest Headlines (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
What a disappointment from a director we expect more from
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
This personal account of the life of Chet Baker isn't a biography in any strict sense, but that is the strength of a remarkable and revealing work
IndieMuse.com (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Despite how much I loved Wolf Parade’s 2005 debut LP Apologies To The Queen Mary, their hugely anticipated sophomore effort, 2008’s At Mount Zoomer, remained untouched and unzipped on my desktop for two months before I listened to it. Maybe it was because I was afraid that it would be the ultimate sophomore slump, [...]
IndieMuse.com (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Despite how much I loved Wolf Parade’s 2005 debut LP Apologies To The Queen Mary, their hugely anticipated sophomore effort, 2008’s At Mount Zoomer, remained untouched and unzipped on my desktop for two months before I listened to it. Maybe it was because I was afraid that it would be the ultimate sophomore slump, [...]
LloydC (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
I enjoyed a Dolly Parton concert this evening. The best part was when she did a cover version of "She Drives Me Crazy" by the Fine Young Cannibals. Now that's something I wasn't expecting.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
Arts & entertainment: What happens when your comeback tour goes horribly wrong? Dave Simpson talks to four pop stars who gave it another shot
The War on Guns (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
A teenager pointed a loaded and cocked 9 mm handgun at another boy's chest and said, "Well, now I'm going to kill you," during a street robbery Monday night, police said... Police did not disclose the boy's name because he's a minor. Do they think it will make things safer if we don't know who the monsters among us are? Oh, but it's for the protection of the children... What really works best to protect...
Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
MUCH of the last decade has been taken up with Dolly re-establishing her bluegrass reputation with albums which reached back to the simple ethos of life in her Smoky Mountain home.
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
At Mount Zoomer - June 17, 2008 The July 31st Wolf Parade show at Terminal 5 in NYC is either sold out or close to it, so they added another one on August 1st. For tickets you can check their...
Curly's Corner Shop, the blog! (Free subscription) | 06/01/2008
The fun starts today! I’m sitting here listening to the rain gently tapping at the window and finding it hard to believe that we are now in June, it’s summertime yay! Yes, I know it’s difficult to believe when you look at that grey sky and watch the rain falling. Here in South Shields we are about [...]
Popdose (Free subscription) | 05/28/2008
Get ur geek on, fuckers! (Use of ‘fuckers!’ at the end of brief opening sentence copyright of Jeff Giles Inc. All rights reserved.) First off, if you're a fan of They Might Be Giants but have not yet bought their most recent children's album Here Come the 123s, what the hell ya waitin’ fer? It's awesome. [...]
Brasstax (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
Remember Junior Senior? Jeppe (aka "Senior") has recorded, of all things, a cover of Fine Young Cannibals' "Johnny Come Home". And it's not half bad. You can d/l it over at his barebones Myspace page . w00t
