Posted by admin on 26 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: RIP, news
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I’m not going to add much to the obits flowing in about Michael Jackson. To be honest, I’m kind of dreading the flood of revelations that will inevitably surface about a man who could do nothing like anyone else for better or for worse. His death was obviously unexpected and is strangely an [...]
Posted by admin on 22 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: meanings
This one comes from the U2 site atU2.com, but is interesting nonetheless. Rock bands are rock bands, and they don’t necessarily have to kiss the cloth of other art forms. In fact, it can be embarrassing seeing a performer from one discipline twisting him or herself to accommodate others (think of the singers from Bowie [...]
Posted by admin on 15 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: news
One of my writing partners is featured on the new Amazon France MP3 store. I’ve been writing with Perry Rose for years, and the albums “Celtic Circus” and “Hocus Pocus” can be downloaded as MP3 files from the Amazon MP3 site. “Glasgow” was his latest single, and probably his biggest success.
Strangely, the only track of [...]
Posted by admin on 10 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: events, gadgets, news
OK, it’s a bit gimmicky but it could be interesting. US band Of a Revolution has launched a call to co-write a song on Twitter. They are asking people to submit lines that they will choose and collate and chop up into verses and choruses. Said frontman Marc Robege in Billboard magazine: “I do a [...]
Posted by admin on 02 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: gadgets, news
Fancy t-shirts with slogans such as “The boys are back in town” or “Born to be wild”? Well, there’s good news and not-so-good news. British retailer Asda has just unveiled a major range of t-shirts under the George label that feature song titles administered by Universal. The idea (commendable) is that the writers benefit from [...]