I don't used the word gutted because whenever I hear it, I think of disembowelment and even though awful situations do create an unpleasant, sinking feeling in the abdomen, it's nowhere near as awful as disembowelment, ya know.
But I really like "guttered", and I encourage anyone who likes to spell it that way to keep on doing so. It conjures up images of desolation, being in such a bad state that you're down in the gutter. But it seems more drinking related, as many slang words are.
If enough people spell it like that, one day it could end up in the NZ Oxford, which would be rad.
The trick is to realise that NZ Idol isn't about music, it's about television.
Yeah, that Banksy is really showing Paris Hilton who's the boss.
Popjustice tells it like it is:
"Banksy is making a very important point here, readers. You see Paris is only famous because of her association with other people and her desire to recreate things which other people have done far better - and with more originality - in the past. In stark contrast, though punctuated with flashes of genius, Banksy's profile is never AT ALL dependant on press attention from riding on the coat-tails of other people's work in an unimaginative retread of a tradition which is at least 50 years old."
More at the link.
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This reminds me of my experiment in the Real Groovy bargain bins.
A couple of years ago I was looking around in Real Groovy's bargain basement, back when they had all their second-hand CDs down there. I decided to have a look for NZ CDs that had, for whatever reason, ended up being cashed in.
The top 10 CDs were:
1 Stella - Magic Line
2 Mareko - White Sunday
3 Tadpole - Buddhafinger
4 Debbie Harwood - Soothe Me
5 Amber Claire - Love and Such
6 Alphrisk - The Best Kept Secret
7 Ben Lummis - One Road
8 Fur Patrol - Pet
9 Ben King
10 Misfits of Science - MOS Presents
Any theories why?
As soon as you turn your music into a commodity, the sell out begins. But that in itself is not a bad thing.
It's what you do with the money that defines the sell out.
A couple of years ago, a friend of mine (who is in his early 30s) was ranting about how bFM weren't letting in any new talent, and it was slowly became a station staffed by old men. Well, it looks like little has changed.
It seems like there are people at the b who have been having a good time there for many years, are nice and comfortable there, and don't want to give that up. But they must. They must let go and move on and do other things. Otherwise all it'll take is a bunch of enthusiastic young 'uns to come along with some internet radio station (or something like Fleet FM) and bFM will find themselves pwned.
That was vile. It reminds me too much of those hippy recipes like, "How to make peace. Take one cup of love, a dash of kindness, a teaspoon of understanding, etc".
I remember a few years ago (late '90s?), a video for pop group En Vogue bore a startling resemblance to a fashion shoot that had previously appeared in The Face magazine. I believe an agreement was reached between the two parties.
It's pop. It's not meant to be ground-breaking experimental journeys into sound. It's just Pink singing about how kick-arse she is. If anything, the notable thing is the allusion to masturbation. Since when did pop singers tell their lamer boyfriends to piss off and have a wank?
Fear of a Brash Planet
Excuse us for the news
You might not be amused
But did you know white comes from Brash
No need to be confused
// i got a real rush cause i myself and my m8 were the only ones in the place under 18....and it could o been the mix o booze b4 i had b4 going....
OMG! You are under 18 and you went to an over-age rage and you had been drinking booze!!! You are so cool. I am really impressed, etc. And how cool that you bragged about it here. I wish I was 17 so I could do the same thing :(
The last verse of Down To The Well
Been thinking to myself
And if a life ain't long
What matter does it make
If there'll be favorite songs
Playing in my head
When we go down to the well
Cheerleading isn't just waving pompoms in their air. They get into some really complicated stuff in America. Some cheerleaders have ended up paralysed from jumps that didn't work out.
Since when do bands get in the news for their music?
It's either because they sold lots of records or did something outrageous.
Ok, poor The Americans and their iTunes store, but such a wonder of modern technology isn't even available in Aotearoa. I'm going to save any ire for when Apple finally gets around to opening the NZ iTunes store. I have money I want to spend on music and I can't be bothered getting off the couch, catching a bus in town and buying CDs that I'll only end up ripping on to my iBook.
I am a massive fan of the work he did in the '80s and '90s. Those were his golden years and I will treasure my Syd Barrett box sets from those decades.
This make-over had better happen soon, cos, like, it's starting to feel like some sort of early 2000s retro experience here.
But not pressure - let it launch when it's good to go, no sooner.
On the other hand, if all you were expecting was another season of Rockstar, then you would not have been disappointed at all.
// I didn't realise that it was naomi watts being the blonde girl the whole way through first time
Part of the reason why Naomi Watts looks so different is because the second part of the film was made a year after the first part, due to production hassles. So not only was Watts a year older, but she had a different hair cut and I think she may have even lost weight too, so she looks physically different to the younger, prettier character at the beginning of the film. It's not just actoring.
There is a link below.
If you read it one time, you will understand.
If you read it two times, you will never understand.
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Would someone please fix the time machine and send the ladies in the Lynx banner ad on the front page back to 1997?
I feel so sad for them stuck here in 2006. They really need to go back to their time, before someone tells them about 9/11 and lets it slip that no one listens to dance music any more.
I've just listened to that version of "Rapture" about five times in a row. Terry Hall is my boyfriend now.