Archive for May, 2006
News round-up: May 2006
Madonna has her cross to bear, Morrissey buys a butcher’s stall and Pete Doherty helps MTV clean its cameras…
Kurt Cobain tops an NME reader poll of the best rock heroes of all time. The magazine is not impressed with readers voting Pete Doherty in second, describing the Babyshambles singer as “a worn-out drug addict who […]
Posted: May 31st, 2006 under Monthly news.
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The world according to Putumayo
By ROB JONES
To those whose radio stations of choice venture little further than the Top 40, Latin pop and reggae are probably as close as you’re going to get to “world music”. But listening to a bit of Shakira and owning The Very Best Of Bob Marley do not a connoisseur of international genres make. […]
Posted: May 18th, 2006 under Food for thought.
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Getting to the points at Eurovision
By ROB JONES
Having barely completed the 2004 Summer Olympics venue on time, Athens’ event-management experts must have rolled their eyes in disbelief when Greece won the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time nine months later, meaning the capital had to co-ordinate another high-profile event.
The sing-off on Saturday 20 May may not have the […]
Posted: May 10th, 2006 under Food for thought.
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