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The liberal SurrenderMedia was so focused on helping the Surrendercrats try and stop the war in Iraq that they ignored all the debate about The Surge and how it really is shorthand (for those simple minds that think in shallow sound bites) for counter-insurgency tactics. All through the first 6 months of the debacle that [...]
SANTO DOMINGO.- The deputy Alejandro Montas said the hypocrisy that lets "miniature parties" receive taxpayers money and maintain their presence by practicing a type of political parasitism in electoral periods must end.
Simple Minds head out on the road later this year to celebrate their 30th anniversary, including a gig at Birmingham’s NEC Arena. But while singer Jim Kerr can look back on massive gigs in front of tens of thousands of … [visit site to read more]
Johannesburg - South Africans showered praise and affection on the country's favourite son Friday as former president Nelson Mandela celebrated his 90th birthday amid appeals for a renewed commitment to his legacy of forgiveness and reconciliation. M...
I'm about a quarter of the way getting the CD collection into iTunes. Today's burns: Simple Minds, Live In The City Of Light Marillion, Misplaced Childhood Madonna, The Immaculate Collection Metallica, Metallica , aka The Black Album Moby, I Like To Score Led Zeppelin, Early Days and Latter Days Robert Miles, Dreamland Compilations and radio pop; the alphabetic middle of the collection is where the...
Not much more needs to be said about Futurecop! They have a EP coming out in the next few months and have just completed this spanking new mix filled wth, um, lets just say not too many new tunes. Futurecop! – We Are the Future mix Tracklisting 1. Madonna – Borderline 2. [...]
I’d been a big fan of Midge Ure-era Ultravox since the first time I saw “Vienna” on MTV early one Sunday morning in 1982, so when I spotted the new video for the first single from their latest album, Lament, a few years later, it was a bit of a shock. What the [...]
For those of you who think Obama flip flops, your worries are over. Hendrik Hertzberg, who writes the political op-eds at The New Yorker explains that you’re just blind to the gossamer nuances of Obama-speak, nuances that place him squarely in the ring with all prior politicians (emphasis mine): Winning a Presidential election doesn’t require being [...]
Simple Minds head out on the road later this year to celebrate their 30th anniversary, including a gig at Birmingham’s NEC Arena. But while singer Jim Kerr can look back on massive gigs in front of tens of thousands of … [visit site to read more]
The Breakfast Club is the quintessential teen angst movie of the 80’s, and while often referenced and imitated, it has rarely been successfully replicated, which is what
JC Penney
hopes to do in the upcoming weeks. To promote their back to school campaign, Penneys, with the help of Saatchi & Saatchi, will be running a cinema ad, TV spots, print ads, mobile marketing and a microsite, all based...
Filed under: Music , Beauty , 'Memba Them?! TMZ.com : As Simple Minds' frontman, Jim Kerr became somewhat famous in the '80s with hits like "Don't You (Forget About Me)," "Alive and Kicking," and "Sanctify Yourself." Guess what he looks like now!... Read more
Prince William’s ladylove Kate Middleton could soon be embarking on a new career as a fashion model-after she was approached by a modeling scout at Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday party in London. At the Nelson Mandela concert in Hyde Park, the stunning Kate caught the eye of a clueless model scout, who told her she had [...]
According to reports Jay-Z’s headline performance at the Glastonbury festival on Saturday is said to have helped boost his record sales. Jay Z’s 2004 single 99 Problems is set to go straight into the Top 25 of the UK singles chart this weekend and also his Linkin Park duet Numb/Encore, which he closed his Glastonbury [...]
KARL DALLAS ON MANDELA . The famous folk singer has a letter in the Guardian today regretting a lost opportunity at Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday concert on Saturday. Instead of a celebration of the resurgence of South African culture after the end of apartheid we had fading rock stars or refugees from drug rehab, few [...]
The All-American Rejects are a year-and-a-half and 30 songs deep into their third album, but guitarist Nick Wheeler admits "we're still writing and recording. We've got our hands full right now." Still, he says the quartet is confident the set will be ready for release in the fall via Interscope.
