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Archive for the ‘Op Ed’ Category

July 29th, 2008

Amy Winehouse Released From Hospital | Treated For ‘A Reaction To Medication’

I reported last night how Amy Winehouse had been rushed to hospital in a blanket after falling ill again. At the time, I guessed it was either going to be due to the crack habit, or something to do with her recently being diagnosed as suffering from emphysema. But apparently, I was wrong.
She has now […]

By Dave Parrack -- 0 comments

July 28th, 2008

Amy Winehouse Rushed To Hospital Again | I Wonder If It’s Crack Or Emphysema?

Amy Winehouse has been rushed to hospital again, and I’m getting a distinct feeling of deja vu. The only question we need to ask this time around: Is it the crack or the emphysema?
According to BBC News, an ambulance was called to the 24-year-old singer’s Camden home at 8.40pm. A young woman was then taken […]

By Dave Parrack -- 0 comments

July 28th, 2008

Oasis Are Fascists! | Alan McGee Thought So Purely Because Of Union Jack Flag

Although I’m proud to be British, I’m also aware of the UK’s history as an empire builder, which wasn’t the glorious time in our past that many would have you believe. Basically, we went around invading countries, and claiming them for ourselves. Kind of like the USA is doing now.

In light of that, the Union […]

By Dave Parrack -- 1 comment

July 26th, 2008

Rolling Stones Leave EMI For Universal - Follow Radiohead, McCartney Out The Door

The members of the Rolling Stones may all be in their sixties, but they are still one of the most commercially-viable bands around at the moment. Which makes their defection from EMI to Universal a big blow to the former, and a massive boost to the latter.
The Rolling Stones have become the third big British […]

By Dave Parrack -- 0 comments

July 25th, 2008

Glastonbury 2009 Tickets Go On Sale Early - Eavis Excited To Outdo Jay-Z With Line-Up

Glastonbury 2008 was a bit of a mixed bag - with poor ticket sales meaning there were still places for the festival available on the day it started, but some outstanding performances from artists such as Amy Winehouse, Editors, and The Verve ultimately saving the day. The weather was also okay after an initial downpour.
Then […]

By Dave Parrack -- 0 comments

July 24th, 2008

Amy Winehouse Waxwork Unveiled In London | Alice Cooper Gives Her Advice

Amy Winehouse is the latest celebrity to be immortalised in wax at Madame Tussauds in London. While she wasn’t present to see herself uncovered in public for the first time, her parents Mitch and Janis were.
They were so taken with the model, they expressed an interest in taking it home to replace the real […]

By Dave Parrack -- 0 comments

July 23rd, 2008

2008 Mercury Music Prize Nominees Announced | Radiohead, Adele & Estelle

The Mercury Music Prize, sponsored by Nationwide, is the annual award given to the best album by a British or Irish artist released in the previous 12 months. The ceremony isn’t until later in the year, but a short-list is first released, with the name of the 12 artists, and their albums, on it which […]

By Dave Parrack -- 0 comments

July 21st, 2008

John Lydon Racially Attacks Kele Okereke? | Sex Pistols Singer Denies Bloc Party Fight

John Lydon of the Sex Pistols has allegedly been involved in a racial attack on Bloc Party front man Kele Okereke at the Summercase festival in Spain. Reports first emerged of a scuffle between Foals front man Yannis Philippakis, but the details have since been filled in by the lead singer of British indie rockers […]

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July 21st, 2008

Amy Winehouse’s Husband Blake Fielder-Civil Sent To Prison For 27 Months

Amy Winehouse is always talking about her husband Blake Fielder-Civil. Whether it’s during a live show and she dedicates a song to him, or whether it’s in an interview, and she tells the reported he’ll be out soon, the two go hand in hand. But they won’t be hand in hand for the next 18 […]

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July 20th, 2008

Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett Announce New Project | From ‘Gorillaz’ To ‘Carousel’

Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett are the innovators and, dare I say it, geniuses behind the animated satirical anti-band Gorillaz. But while that is their best-known collaboration, with the band having two hugely successful albums, and worldwide fame, both are also famous for other things.
Albarn is of course the former lead singer of Blur, one […]

By Dave Parrack -- 1 comment