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posted by
davidt
on Wednesday January 22 2003, @10:00AM
Patrice writes:
Les Inrockuptibles (French magazine) announced that Sanctuary has confirmed the information at the MIDEM in Cannes ( France). Morrissey has finally signed a contract with Sanctuary for a "LONG TERM" collaboration. La foire à la musique du Midem - by David Glaser, Les Inrockuptibles (Jan. 21, 2003) Le label anglais a entamé le mois dernier des discussions avec Morrissey. Mais si les conditions pour accueillir le huitième album du Mancunien (Irish Blood, English Heart) semblaient idéales, la rumeur d’il y a six mois de la signature de Morrissey sur le label Sanctuary Records a finalement été confirmée au stand du Midem de la maison de disques anglaise.
posted by
davidt
on Wednesday January 22 2003, @10:00AM
Anonymous writes:
Following Nick Hornby's '31 songs that changed my life' The Observer on Sun 19th Jan asked 31 random names from the world of music to name their own personally vital soundtracks. Geoff Travis (founder of Rough Trade D'uh) nominates "This Charming Man", explaining: "I was fortunate enough to be in the studio when this track was recorded. It's one of the most sublime songs. A great thing about it is there is a stop in the record: I love that. It shows supreme confidence to have silence in the middle of a song, and it increases the drama of the track. This song slides down your sensibilities. And the first line is a wonderful Oscar Wilde moment." Maenwhile Johnny Marr nominates a track by The Stones and Alain de Botton seems to misunderstand the question and nominates a whole LP, albeit a good one, Reading, Writing & Arithmetic by Smiths influenced The Sundays.
posted by
davidt
on Wednesday January 22 2003, @10:00AM
James (the_tatty_truth) writes:
World famous Chole the turkey makes an appearance in this month's Mojo magazine (the lovely Kate Bush on cover) Chloe (world famous ex-lead singer of eighties band The Clucks) appears alongside some middle-aged Northener. Seriously, it's a lovely pic (3/4 of a page) and there's a little text. Something about Moz being happy if he's eaten fruit, I believe. One for the scrapbooks. ---
posted by
davidt
on Wednesday January 22 2003, @10:00AM
Steve writes:
This is the report on Arte TV on my website... Page Spéciale sur le reportage d'Arte tracks sur les Fans de los Angeles ---
posted by
davidt
on Wednesday January 22 2003, @10:00AM
Benton writes:
From 11th January, The Guardian The Smiths: Songs That Saved Your Life, by Simon Goddard (Reynolds & Hearn, £14.99) The author has explicitly modelled his book on Ian MacDonald's Revolution in the Head, the song-by-song masterwork of Beatles criticism. The template works fairly well, although Goddard rarely says anything very sophisticated about the music, and the language can be confused: he contrasts "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" with Wham!'s contemporaneous "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go", and calls the latter "the antithesis of hedonistic Thatcherite pop", when he surely means the opposite. (This is also a superficial and wrong-headed account of the art of Wham!, common among those who feel that to value indie music is necessarily to despise what is commercially successful.) Goddard has interviewed bassist Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce, and ploughed through the latter's archive of outtakes and rehearsals. Fans will be sated with fascinating facts, even if the book is unlikely to convince the faithless. Steven Poole
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