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Donovan plays with Starsailor at Glasto, and James covers “Hotel Yorba.” Also, Mista Jack White converts a few more Candy Cane Children.
Archive for June 2002
Charlotte Wheeler???? Other than that, a nice little bit on Ash from VH1.com.
Oh yeah, Fran Healy is in the new American GQ, looking dapper, sporting pinstripes! Jude Law is on the cover.
GLASTO GLASTO GLASTO-MANIA!
Apparently the Coldplay headlining gig at Glasto was a piss-your-pants amazing event. Atta boys!
Other Glastonbury reviews: Ash, The Bees, The Vines, The Coral, Haven.
More Friday Glasto pics. Also loads loads more on the Radio 1 site.
From today: pics of Jack and Meg playing Glasto.
More on the Radio 1 site, featuring The Vines, The WS, Starsailor, Charlatans, and the Stereobollocks…blah blah blah blah blah…
What in the world is James Stelfox holding?
Check out the NME’s Glastonbury pictures… Ed Harcourt, Ash, Coldplay.. so far…
Ikara Colt pay tribute to The Who bassist, John Entwistle, at Glasto.
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Ria, this one is for you. The laugh of the day is provided by the NME… for calling Chris Martin a “sharp-suited sex totem.” Right. Ok. Anyone have the burning suspicion that this writer was A) wasted off his/her rocker courtesy of the beer tent B) on drugs or C) this writer has NEVER BEEN TO A CONCERT BEFORE.
There are too many offenses to list, but some of them are: “Faithless – surely the only reason they’re this high up on the Pyramid Stage bill is because Chris Martin had a quiet word in the ear of Mr Eavis and asked him to put the shitest band of the weekend on before his, therefore making Coldplay’s impending rise to utter megastardom that little bit smoother.” … “And perhaps more importantly God has created, quite simply, the scientifically-proven no doubt perfect festival band. And he called them Ash.”
Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy the Chris Martin as much as the next girl… Ash as well (I just picked up FAA today- it’s so dope!)… but JESUS… I think this is all a little too much. Do these people get passes AND paid to do shit jobs like this? Because they might as well pay me to do a better shit job… or at least a non-vomit inducing one.
Surprisingly no reports from the NME about Chris and Nelly Furtado making googley eyes at each other this year. Guess he doesn’t have time for her now that he’s a sharp-suited sex totem. What does that mean???
Pulp is shopping for a new label.
Buddyhead had a crapload of gossip to dump today. The lead item was something about Saves the Gay and Weezer getting into the sissy fight of the year over MUPPETS. I know, I know.
It brings us to the all important question of, “If an emo kid falls on his sorry ass, but no one is there to laugh, is it still funny?”
Yeah, ponder that one.
Also in the update is this bit: “Bob Dylan sat in with the White Stripes in a recording session for their new record they’re recording in London.” I left out the part about Meg’s… just go read it for yourself.
I was watching TV and I saw this trailer for “K-19: The Widowmaker” (great name, losers) and there would be momentary scenes with this hot guy in them. I screamed at the TV because just when I’d sorta see the hot dude, Liam Neeson or Oldman Harrison Ford would get all up in the camera. “GET OUT OF THE WAY, I’M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO THE DUDE IN THE STRIPED TANK TOP IS, BECAUSE HE’S HOT!” I shouted. They didn’t seem to hear me.
I got frustrated and then promptly forgot about it because Blind Date was coming on. But just now I remembered there was a hot guy in “K-19″ and I went and looked it up on the IMDB. And you know what? I think it must have been Peter Sarsgaard!
It takes me back to last year… Have I told this story already? Oh well… I was walking with a bunch of people to Plant and I see this guy coming down the street. I squint, and I look hard and as he’s coming closer I’m coming to the realization that it’s Peter Sarsgaard with a buddy of his. He’s wearing a red zip-up hoodie (I could be making this up, it was last year) and he’s got this STACK of movies in a bag. I look to the left, and it’s a fucking BLOCKBUSTER! For a second I wonder what he rented… Did he take out “Boys Don’t Cry”?
I pass by him- and let me say, he really is a fine FINE example of the male form- but anyway, I pass him, wait about 5 seconds before turning around and staring at him as he walks away. None of the other 3 people present has any idea who Peter Sarsgaard is, and they don’t seem to care. And that’s my Peter Sarsgaard story. I have a few funny Brendan Sexton III stories and a Kimberly Pierce story, but it’s not the time or place.
From Audrey, Ed Harcourt’s electric piano just died.
In modern-day tragedies, Coldplay’s cover art for Rush of Blood to the Head. Yeah, we don’t get this one either. I really don’t know why they consistently have the ugliest artwork for their singles/albums. The spining globe thingy for Parachutes was ok… but… I give up.
Things are a-changin’ for our friends at Cherry Jam in London… from the Rough Trade Nite list:
Rough Nite will move to a new permanent slot on ALTERNATE TUESDAYS starting with Jeffrey Lewis on August 6th.As of this date Rough Nite will return to it’s original early format with doors open at 6pm and bands starting at 8pm and finishing by 10pm. It is possible that things might run on a little later on occasions or someone else might take over the night after 10, not quite sure yet.
These changes will take some of the commercial pressures off the eveining and allow us to continue to present an exciting and varied selection of the best new bands around at the moment.
We are also aware of the fact that some guests had some complaints about the venue in the early stages, particularly associated with the door and bar staff. Cherry Jam have made considerable efforts to address these issues and we think that the mood of the evenings is now a lot more “Rough Trade” and we urge those of you that have not been since the first few gigs to give it another try!
Sean Elder doesn’t see the recent power-shifts at Rolling Stone as a sign of re-birth. Instead, it’s like keeping the ol’ geezer on life-support. Elder gets rapped up in the name game and pleads for someone to put Rolling Stone out of its own misery, claiming the tarnishing of the magazine’s impressive reputation has gone on too long.
Lovely lovely pictures of The Hives from RS.com. Pelle & Nicholaus forever!
Spotlight on Epitaph Records mastermind, Brett Gurewitz, in New York Press.
Vice gets a ride on the Warp Records tour bus.
Getting geared up for the Siren Festival, are ya? Might as well read a nice little Q&A with Don and Jason of The Von Bondies.
TV Alerts: The Vines will play: Conan 7/16, Letterman 8/19.
The NYT reviews Doves/Elbow/The Rapture at Hammerstein Ballroom.
Americans love surgical masks! Friday, October 18: Clinic plus Apples In Stereo and special guest @ Warsaw in Brooklyn.
Catch the sexy tunes of Ash, The White Stripes, BRMC and others while they play Glastonbury, starting Friday… courtesy of Playlouder, who will be doing a live broadcast during the festival. Link from Grunnen Rocks.
We went to see “Star Wars: Episode 2: Attack of the Clones” today. No one was really looking forward to seeing it, but we felt we had to. We talked throughout the whole movie… I made it a point of muttering “Canadian” any time Anakin said anything stupid (so it’s fair to say I was muttering that word a lot). We liked Sam Jackson, Ewan and R2-D2. Oh yeah, and Yoda’s lightsaber fight.
EXCLUSIVE: MARK HAMILTON’S SECRET LOVE AFFAIR WITH BAKED GOODS REVEALED!
Oh dear. I seriously have not laughed this hard all year long. There were tears streaming down my face. Then I’d start hysterically laughing when I looked at the picture again.
Last weekend, Ria was walking around NYC the very same night Ash was spinning at Tiswas. She happened to stop for some cookies at the famous Veniero’s in the East Village. She started to go into hysterical fits of laughter as soon as she glanced up at the counter, but luckily I’ve trained her well, and she was still able to work her digicam…
Check it out, MARK HAMILTON: ROCKSTAR BY DAY, COOKIE PACKER BY NIGHT! Luckily DMH was able to hot-foot it over to Don Hill’s before the Ash set started. Hard working boy!
(First image is from my Ash gallery, second image courtesy of Ria- my hero for the day!):
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In other news, Laura says that Ben Kweller has been moved to Friday night’s show of Letterman.
