Top ten

1. The Jean Genie- David Bowie
2. Ain't No Other Man- Christina Aguilera
3. Love Somebody- Robbie Williams
4. Wake Me Up- Girls Aloud
5. Days Go By- Keith Urban
6. Train- Goldfrapp
7. The Queen Is Dead- The Smiths
8. Lazyitis- Happy Mondays
9. Push the Button- Sugababes
10. Jeepster- T.Rex

Gee, I wonder

if I'm going to try for this. Okay, I SO am.

Oasis’ will soon be putting out a tour documentary Lord Don’t Slow Me Down, which will coincide with the release of their first Greatest Hits compilation Stop The Clocks. Here’s the twist: Guess the correct 18-song track listing and you could find yourself attending the film’s premier in the city of your choice.

Un-BELIEVABLE

I'm guessing this asshat has a 1 in 10 chance of getting his butt handed to him by we nasty career women. Schmuck.

"Don't Marry Career Women" is what the headline of the Aug. 22 Forbes.com story read. Just like that. "Don't Marry Career Women." It was easy to blink, shake your head like you were seeing things. Surely it was a joke, something out of the Onion. A provocative headline on a more nuanced story. But then came the text, by Michael Noer, an executive editor and writer for Forbes.com.

Chavs on a bus

The following post from NME's V Festival blog made me spit pop out my nose. Okay, wine, but it's still freaking funny.

Get Sammy L Jackson on the blower, we've come up with a hit! It's the surefire zillion-dollar sequel to Snakes On A Plane - Chavs On A Bus! An edge-of-your-seat shock thriller telling the story of an intrepid rock journalist who innocently boards a shuttle bus from Chelmsford station to the V festival site only to look around him and... CHAVS! Fucking shitloads of them! And there's no escape! "Awright mate, wanna laaaager? Who's this Kasabrian then, they a bit like Keane or what? Waaaaaagh wankaaaaaahhh!" Does our hero survive to watch Art Brut skipping with microphone leads and giving the crowd lengthy motivational therapy speeches? Um, yes, he does.

Weekly top 10

1. Walk On Gilded Splinters- Paul Weller
2. Minature Disasters- KT Tunstall
3. Mr. Brightside- The Killers
4. Smile- Lily Allen
5. There She Goes- The La's
6. North Country Boy- The Charlatans
7. Headshrinker- Oasis
8. Yesterday's News- Whiskeytown
9. Family Affair- Mary J. Blige
10. Breaking Into Heaven- Stone Roses

You have got to be kidding me

The Spice Girls have been voted the band most people would like to see get back together.

Even though it's been a decade since they burst onto the music scene with the undeniably catchy Wannabe and their Girl Power slogan, the five-some took 17% of the vote in the Yahoo poll.

They beat legendary music acts such as The Jam and the Stone Roses to take the top spot.

Empire

I am very excited about this album.

But they walk it like they talk it. Meighan lollops to the front of the Brixton stage, conducting a boisterous singalong to LSF (Lost Souls Forever) before throwing open his arms and offering himself up to the music and the crowd.

That Meighan can strike the pose without pomposity - and more successfully than the Jaggeresque mincing that the twisted club beats and prog rock riffs inspire in him - is the key to Kasabian's success. For all the self-aggrandising, Leicester's favourite sons, like the Gallagher brothers before them, are keenly aware that if they weren't up on the stage, they would be down in the crowd, la-la-la-ing their hearts out.

Interesting

THE filming of Control - the movie of Joy Division's tragic frontman Ian Curtis - has left his former band mates with some mixed emotions.

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Peace, Love and Understanding

Seems to fit the events of this evening...

Flippin' Sweet

Challenger Ned Lamont appears to have defeated Lieberman by more than 10,000 votes, according to unofficial vote returns. With 95 percent of the precincts reporting, Lamont led Lieberman 51.9 percent to 48.1 percent. The vote tally was 139,496 to 129,271. Forty two percent of registered Democrats voted in the hotly contested primary, which many considered a referendum on the Iraq war.

The Divine Ms. Lily

Ooo- I like this. A lot.

Friday Top 10

In no particular order...

1. Galvanize- Chemical Brothers
2. Fairytale of New York- The Pogues
3. Strict Machine- Goldfrapp
4. Suedehead- Morrissey
5. Volcano- Jimmy Buffett
6. Nitty Gritty- Primal Scream
7. These Days- Nico
8. More Than a Woman- Bee Gees
9. You Do Something To Me- Weller
10. Tied Up Too Tight- Hard-Fi

Bonus-
11. The Importance Of Being Idle- Oasis

I want to see this movie so badly, it hurts

Will Ferrell has a knack for playing self-important boobs who get ahead in the world by sheer bluster, and the fictional NASCAR champ he plays in "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" may be the most inflated of them all. When Ferrell's Ricky Bobby boasts to an interviewer, "I wake up in the morning and I piss excellence," the not-so-subtle subtext is that he's a winner with juice to spare.

Marr-y Mouse

Oh, my!

We’ve known for a while that Modest Mouse leader Isaac Brock and former Smiths guitarist/genius Johnny Marr were collaborating on MM’s next record. But guess what? Marr is now officially a full-on member of Modest Mouse, Brock recently told us. According to Brock, Marr’s membership is so unequivocal, he will tour with MM in support of their next record, tentatively titled We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank and tentatively due this fall.

Britpop perfect storm

The band- Oasis.
The song- "Roll With It."
The show- Top Of The Pops.
'Singing' lead- Noel.
'Playing' guitar- Liam.
Introductions by- ROBBIE WILLIAMS?

*I'm under the impression that most, if not all, TOTP performances were canned. This particular performance, hysterical. Especially the tamborine. And Robs wearing a tank top. Oh honey, NO.

Blue Monday

Now this is cool. A covers project.

From the ashes of Joy Division, after the suicide of Ian Curtis, arose New Order. "Blue Monday", released in 1983, is often seen as a very important crossover tracks of the 1980s electronica scene. Synthpop had already been a major force in British popular music for several years, but "Blue Monday" brought the influence and sound of the New York club scene over seas.



And I'd be remiss if I didn't include the Peter Saville album sleeve

Should anyone be curious

as to what I'm reading today, this would be it. God Bless the NME digital edition.

The Charlatans, Manic Street Preachers and The Prodigy have described Oasis' massive Knebworth gigs as a pivotal moment in musical history, 10 years on from the Gallaghers' biggest ever shows.
With the band supported by all three acts in front of 250,000 people over two historic nights, the event was one of the defining moments of the Britpop years.


And, Jen? That's what Noel looked like BEFORE he got his choppers fixed. Thank God for dentistry, eh?

Potter-verse with added Jon Stewart goodness!

MuggleNet was in attendance earlier tonight at the first of two charity readings co-hosted by JK Rowling. The show opened up with celebrity actress Whoopi Goldberg praising children for their interest in reading. Next, actress Kathy Bates provided a detailed introduction for Stephen King. She talked about her obsession with King, along with the roles she's played in his film adaptations.

A surprise appearance by Jon Stewart stoked the crowd up when he came on stage to introduce JK Rowling. Typical Jon Stewart, in his speech, he described how his five-month-old son has been standing outside of a bookstore waiting for Book 7 for three months now. At the end of his speech, he said he should be sitting out there with all of us.

Delightfully mouthy

Oh, I think I could get on the Lily Allen bandwagon. Especially after this comment.

And when asked for her thoughts on You’re Beautiful singer James, Lily put it bluntly: "It rhymes with his surname.''

Chicks. MSG.

Sounds like a great show.

The Chicks sent out “White Trash Wedding” to Mel Gibson. “You know how it is,” Natalie said. “You get drunk, you say things … All our controversies probably would have gone away if I checked into rehab the next day.” One fan held up a sign that said, “I’m gay but I love Chicks.” “Aw, that’s sweet,” Natalie said. “I’m straight, but I love gay people!”