Sport & Leisure
The Maturing of Old Musicians!
I got chatting to a couple of chaps earlier this evening (one a school friend who I haven't spoken to since about 1984) about the band The Jam and how they split up when they were very young and so on. Of course, one went on to be a megastar (Paul Weller) another did okay (Bruce Foxton) whilst the other faded into obscurity, proving that drummers are easy to come by, whilst songwriters aren't. 35 years on, the wounds between Weller and ...
Who was the 5th Member of The Beatles?
As it was announced yesterday morning that the fifth member of The Beatles, George Martin, had died, my first thought was, "Oh that's a shame!" whilst my second was, "Wasn't Pete Best the fifth member of The Beatles?" I racked my brain to try to remember why I had digested such useless and apparently wrong information and I eventually concluded that my source was actually Davenport Nice and Mike Smash, the fictional DJ's from Radio Fab FM, ...
RIP Lennon Karma
Legendary triangle player Lennon Karma has been found dead in his luxury home on the edge of Paulsgrove in Hampshire after a suspected heart attack aged just 68 and a half. Rock Star Living: Lennon Karma's Luxury Home Karma, who triangled for a plethora of sixties rock and folk bands including Hoople Tuesday, The Windows, Seeing Yellow and Dense Pink, was known for pushing the boundaries of triangle playing to unprecedented limits. ...
David Bowie – What Did I Miss?
I don't know if you have noticed, but David Bowie died yesterday (aged 69) from a long and hideous illness that we all have had contact with directly, or indirectly, through our lives. Extraordinarily, Bowie managed to keep his inevitable demise a secret, denying an increasingly mawkish media and general public of information about his health, allowing him to not only die in peace, but complete an album that in line with deceased rock stars, ...
Adele Back in the Studio For 2016 Album!
Sources close to superstar singer/songwriter Adele, have confirmed she is in the studio putting the finishing touches on a new concept album to be released in 2016. Adele is looking to capitalise on the success of her recent album, 25, that has already sold millions of copies to faddists from all over the globe who bought the album just because everyone else did. The new album, thought to be called Farts, involves Adele sampling different ...