Archive for January, 2004
News round-up: January 2004
Britney Spears gets hitched for the first time and an underwhelmed Britain welcomes its new pop idol…
The bride wears denim at wedding farce of the year, part one, when Britney Spears exchanges vows with childhood friend Jason Alexander in a Las Vegas chapel, classily dressed in jeans and a baseball cap. The blink-and-you’ll-miss-it marriage lasts […]
Posted: January 31st, 2004 under Monthly news.
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Obsene and not heard
By ROB JONES
“Overtly obscene,” proclaimed Radio 1 DJ Mike Read of Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s Relax 20 years ago in January 1984. Clearly, it couldn’t have been less overt. The station had been playing the song for two months before anyone noticed its lyrics were stuffed with sex or that the sleeve image was taken […]
Posted: January 5th, 2004 under Food for thought.
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Staying on Top after 40 years
By ROB JONES
Elvis’s career zenith was behind him, the world hadn’t yet woken up to The Rolling Stones’ full mettle, and a summer-season entertainer whose talents had hitherto peaked with the creation of Professor Yaffle Chuckabutty was having hits. So when a music programme called Top Of The Pops was pencilled in to launch on […]
Posted: January 1st, 2004 under Food for thought.
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