Entries from July 2008

Abba turns collective nose up at reunion frenzy

July 7th, 2008

Who knew Abba had such strict principles when it came to cashing in on the reunion craze? Lead songwriter Bjorn Ulvaeus told the Sunday Telegraph: We will never appear on stage again. There is simply no motivation to re-group. Money is not a factor and we would like people to remember us as we were […]

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Your Ex-Lover is Ben Gibbard

July 2nd, 2008

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Hipster Runoff on Girl Talk

July 2nd, 2008

An interesting thing about Girl Talk is that alt musical historians are unwilling to concede whether he is mainstream or alt. When he first started out, he was apparently rlly conceptual. He played music that was crappy and no1 liked, and had to use gimmicks like ‘getting drunk’ and ‘having skanky backup dancers’ as he […]

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Duran Duran supplanting Winehouse for new Bond theme?

July 2nd, 2008

Duran Duran keyboardist, Nick Rhodes, recently told the Daily Mirror that his band would love a crack at the new James Bond theme for Quantum of Solace with producer Mark Ronson in tow. This would follow the band’s previous number one James Bond theme by 23 years. And Rhodes believes with Ronson’s help, “we may […]

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