hotpress.com member update: welcome to 2004!
Aloha,
Last years' final lyric teaser -
"Turkey's cooked there's no excuses, basted in it's own sweet juices"...
was from the absolutely 100% genuine 1979 Hot Press & The Slient Knights Christmas Single "Gobble Gobble Hey". The really observant of you will have heard it on the Dave Fanning show, on 2FM shorly before Christmas. However, NONE of you got it - that's why Santa didn't show up when you expected him to.
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"Now you can go to Junior's, Dave's on Canal St./
And I think there's Ken's in Boston/
There must be something in L.A./
But Becky's on Kings Highway/
Was the Egg Cream of choice/
And if you don't believe me/
Go ask any of the boys"
go fetch it
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Having their own record label (Tabami Records) & 70,000 albums sold, in the Baltics, SKAMP are now Dublin based where their lead singer, Erica Jennings, was born. Currently recording new tracks in London, with production company GMW Entertainment, their new album will be released in the Baltics & Poland this autumn. Now they're in talks with labels about a UK single. A strong, fresh rock sound, SKAMP are captivating live & their last Irish gigs were sell outs. The group's been asked to represent Lithuania in festivals across Europe celebrating EU accession.
Moreover, one of their hits has been chosen to promote Lithuanian arts abroad. Meanwhile, Erica is releasing a radio single, "Lovely Day", featured on the Buddha Bar compilation "Living Theatre Vol.1" which has been remixed by renowned U.S. DJ Tracy Young (Madonna, Pink / djtracyyoung.com) . Don't miss SKAMP play The Voodoo Lounge, Dublin on Friday, Feb.13th.
www.skamp.it
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This week, we are mostly listening to:
American Analog Set - Fool Around (from Promise Of Love, 2003)
Jim White - God Was Drunk When He Made Me (from No Such Place, 2001)
Sage Francis - Different (from Personal Journals, 2002)
Franz Ferdinand from The Dark Of The Matinee (from the forthcoming album Franz Ferdinand)
Martin Rebelski - Scarecrow (from Thanks For Your Thoughts, 2003)
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Our Favourite hotpress.com Bits We Have Currently Been Playing With Instead Of Working:
1. Here's What We Did Last Summer
All the video interviews and exclusive performances from Lisdoonvarna & Witnness
here
2. Divine Inspiration
The Musician's Muse: Blondie, The Strokes and more tell us about theirs
here
3. Hot Press' Round-Up of 2003
As 2004 kicks in, along with rampant misery from the ravages of the common cold, we are left to reminisce on the last twelve months. But we are not the only ones: the massed ranks of Hot Press critics have also had a long hard look at what made 2003 a year to remember.
here
4. Relive all of 2003 yourself
And you don't even have to get dusty!
here
5. All Singing, All Dancing
and full off good stuff - the hotpress.com messageboards
here
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Dublin University Players invite you to Trinity College's inaugural New Writing Festival from 26th to 30th January. The week is filled with events in such areas as theatre, music, film and literature, and is not to missed!! We hope to highlight the wealth of talent abundant today, whilst providing a programme that entertains and inspires.
Admission is FREE to all events
The programme includes:
Lunchtime sessions: Mon-Thurs, 26th-29th, 1pm, Players Theatre: Shorts
Tues 27th, 1pm, The Hist Conversation Room: Critical Forum
Fri 30th, 1pm, Players Theatre: Cambridge Footlights Sketch Show
Afternoon Sessions: Tues 27th, 2.30pm, Players Theatre: Screenwriting Workshop
Thurs 29th, 3pm, Players Theatre: Play-Making Seminar
Evening Sessions: Mon-Fri, 26th-30th, 6pm, Players Theatre: Paper Tigers
Fri 30th, 6.30pm, Exam Hall: Orchestral Concert
Mon 26th, 8pm, Players Theatre: Festival Launch
Wed 28th, 8pm, College Chapel: Choral Concert
Fri 30th, 8pm, Samuel Beckett Theatre: Closing Evening
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Old News Is Good News Dept:
You may have noticed the brilliant new Hot Press in your newsagents, with New York City's The Strokes on the front cover. Now, Hot Press and The Strokes go back a long way (well as long as the The Strokes go back, which is the year of the lord, 2001 really!)
So, this week we turn back the clock and see the humble beginnings from which they have gone on to conquer the world.
Strokes of Luck
March 2001 - Interview: John Walshe
here
This Is It
July 2001 - Interview: Eamon Sweeney
here
Video Interview
Up close and personal in Temple Bar
here
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Our Favourite Postings From The Dank Bathroom Wall / Personal Advert Column / Huge Throbbing Collective Brain That Is The World-Famous hotpress.com Messageboard:
The post pre- and post-fixed with the asterix (that's these *******) is "Post Of The Week" and therefore wins a special prize (winner needs to mail us at the usual address - i.e. [email protected]).
1. In a "seriously folks, these people need help, cause I've heard a lot of bad jokes but these have to be the worst jokes I've EVER EVER EVER heard" special!
lisa_p:"i need some crap jokes...it's been a while since i've had any jokes in my inbox...well, since friday anyhow. :-)"
ciotach:"Ireland's Worst Air Disaster occurred today when a small two-seater Cessna plane crashed into a cemetery early this afternoon in central Dublin. Irish search and rescue workers have recovered 300 bodies so far and expect that number to climb as digging continues into the evening. "
infinite_sadness:"whats brown and sticky?
* a Stick "
toocrunchy: "Why can't you get pain killers in the jungle?Because the parrots eat 'em all.ZING! "
poindexer: "what do you do if a monkey is chasing you on a bike? take the bike off him! "
cyberbuli:"What's orange and sounds like a parrot?A carrot!"
cyberbuli:"This is a better one:The guy who invented the hokey cokey dance died recently but there was trouble at the morgue. An exhausted undertaker remarked: 'Well we put his left leg in and that's when the fucking trouble started.' "
mickbyrne3: "A new patient walks into a psychiatrist's office wearing nothing except for cling film around his waist and the psychiatrist says 'I can clearly see your nuts!' "
vumpireofkid: "what's big and red and would kill you if it fell out of a tree? a fire truck!"
brautigan: "Where do snowman dance? At the snow ball! "
matthewsimmons: "How do we know that ET was a protestant?? Because he looked like one...... "
gero: "2 snowmen are chatting away and then one goes 'hang on, do you smell carrots?'
******* post of the ... I mean WORST JOKE OF THE WEEK (which still gets a prize though!!!)****
dr.nightdub: "What's red and invisible? No tomatoes "
******* end of worst joke of the week! ****
from a thread entitled - " I need crap jokes "
here
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See You Down The Front Dept.
Spiritualized + The Ravonettes
Fri 16/1 Mandela Hall, Belfast
Barry McCormack
Fri 16/1 Cobblestones, Dublin
Paddy Casey
Fri 16/1 The Venue, Kilkenny
SJ McArdle + DJ Sarah Travers (Red Cross benefit)
Fri 16/1 Spirit Store, Louth
Ten Speed Racer + Dupe
Sat 17/1 Cypress Avenue, Cork
Stand
Sat 17/1 Fibber Magee's, Galway
I Am Kloot
Sat 17/1 Whelan's, Dublin
Hazel O' Connor + Cormac De Barra
Sun 18/1 Whelan's, Dublin
Elliott Smith memorial show
Feat. Turn, (mem. of )BellX1, Ten Speed Racer, Adrian Crowley and others
Mon 19/1 Village, Dublin
Bad Name
Mon 19/1 The King's Head, Galway
Jazz club feat. Colm O' Sullivan, Stephen O' Keefe + Tucker Mulcahy
Tue 20/1 The Lobby Bar, Cork
Original International Blues Band, in memory of Owen McCauley
Tue 20/1 JJ Smyth's, Dublin
Gavin Moore + friends
Wed 21/1 De Barra's, Cork
Hal
Wed 21/1 Auntie Annie's, Belfast
The Rebirth
Wed 21/1 The Village, Dublin
La Rocca + Rulers of the Planet
Thu 22/1 Lobby Bar, Cork
Random
Thu 22/1 Temple Bar Music Centre, Dublin
Chez Jack L
22/1 Dolan's Warehouse, Limerick
Double Adaptor VS Bronek Szalanski
Thu 22/1 The Boom Boom Room, Dublin
Sabor Cubano + Elevio Galan (Buena Vista Social Club)
Thu 22/1 The Purty Kitchen, Dublin
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Can you belive it's 2004? Does Italia '90 still seem like yesterday to you too? "Eh no," says everyone, "you must be getting on, dear hpwebperson." But sure aren't we all!
team hp.com 1.01
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