Monthly Archives: July 2007

Anglo For Your Ear: Slade’s “Cum On Feel the Noize”

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on July 31st, 2007

Do you prefer the 1973 original or the Quiet Riot version? Tell the truth.

Kirsten Dunst Parties Too Hard for North London

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on July 31st, 2007

How to Lose Friends and Irritate Your neighbors: residents near Kirsten Dunst‘s new home in Islington, London have filed complaints about her alleged late-night parties.

Pete Doherty: Kate Moss Is “A Nasty Old Rag,” Relationship Was Abusive

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on July 31st, 2007

Pete Doherty wants Kate Moss back, but the junkie rocker has a funny way of showing it. First, he’s done a tell-all interview with The Mirror, which, of course, is the paper that outed Kate’s little nose-candy habit two ...

Anglo For Your Ear: Korgis’ “Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime”

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on July 30th, 2007

When Beck‘s version of this 1980 classic played at the end of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, I thought, “This song would sound a lot better sung by a woman.” Thank God for the original.

Princess Diana Was “Devious,” “Slow,” and “Disturbingly Neurotic,” Says Writer

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on July 30th, 2007

Writer Germaine Greer, talking to an Australian magazine, calls Princess Diana “devious,” “slow” and “disturbingly neurotic”, according to Page Six. She continues: “Of the four Spencer ...

Peter Hook Hits Back at New Order Bandmates, Vows Court Battle

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on July 30th, 2007

Good Lord, the row between bassist Peter Hook and former (current?) New Order bandmates Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris has gotten nasty in a very public way.

Anglo For Your Ear: Ride’s “Vapour Trail”

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on July 27th, 2007

There’s a Guardian article today about the revival of shoegazing, the woozy, depressive, anti-rock sound pioneered in the late ’80s/early ’90s by groups like Ride, My Bloody Valentine, and Chapterhouse. Shoegazing ...

The Lips Don’t Lie: Mick Jagger’s Pout Has Deflated

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on July 27th, 2007

The lips don’t lie: Mick Jagger‘s trademark “child-bearing lips” have lost some of their fullness. The Daily Mail writes: “So deflated have they become that he is having to accentuate what remains with ...

Anglo For Your Ear: Joe Jackson‘s “Breaking Us In Two”

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on July 26th, 2007

My co-worker sent me this old clip of William Shatner singing Pulp‘s “Common People” with Ben Folds and Joe Jackson. The great thing about this video – other than the reliably hysterical Shatner – is how ...

Ray Winstone: From Rotund to Ripped Without a Single Sit-Up

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on July 26th, 2007

Portly actor Ray Winstone received a digital tummy tuck and six-pack abs for his role as Beowulf in Robert Zemeckis‘ film out this fall.(The Daily Mail compares his normal body, featuring a prominent belly, to his new ...