hotpress.com members update: "The best ending ever"
26 July 2007
Happy Hot Press ezine readers! At this stage the week is half over and it's time for your thoughts to turn towards the weekend. Plus the next issue of of the mighty HP is out today! And (fingers crossed) Charley will be out of the Big Brother house on Friday! And then it's Saturday! Hooray!
Last week's lyrical teaser was a little on the racy side...
"Well she sure is cooking
Cooking for me
But she caught me looking
And her mouth is ready
Ready for me
But she caught me looking"
Did you figure out that it was the sublime 'Lay Down the Law' by the Switches? Well rosena did, but perhaps you'll be the lucky one with this week's lyrical teaser:
"All the stars up in the sky and the leaves in the trees,
All the broken bits that make you trip up and greasy bits in between
All that matters in the world is how much I like you"
If you think you know the answer, hit the reply button asap.
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NEW ISSUE - OUT TODAY!
The next issue of Hot Press hits the shelves today, thanks be to the higher spiritual being of your choice. With an exclusive Sopranos interview, a preview of the Midlands festival and interviews with My Chemical Romance, Bonde Do Role, Kate Nash and Interpol, this is an issue not to be missed!
In your local newsagent for just e3.50
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Songs That We've Been Listening to This Week!
Interpol - 'No I In Threesome' (from Turn On The Bright Lights, 2007)
Declan O'Rourke - 'Big Bad Beautiful World' (from forthcoming album Big Bad Beautiful World)
The Envy Corps - 'Rhinemaidens' (from forthcoming album Dwell)
The Electric Penguins - 'Supergirl' (from Goodbye From The Electric Penguins, 2006)
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COMPETITION TIME!
Hot Press and Beck's Fusions have just launched two exciting nationwide competitions, which aim to fuse music and art...
FOR MUSIC FANS: Irish music fans are in with a chance to win VIP treatment (and much more) at Beck’s Fusions, an exciting new cultural event launched by Beck’s Vier and featuring Calvin Harris who takes to the stage with Novak 3D Disco to create an electrifying 3D performance on September 16 in Meeting House Square, Temple Bar.
FOR BANDS AND SOLO ACTS: Hot Press is searching for an unsigned band or solo artist to play at the exclusive Beck’s Fusions launch party in The Village, Dublin on September 5.
For info on how to enter, go to: http://www.hotpress.com/3910471.html
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Essential Reading on hotpress.com Department
1. Check out our Ezine Back Catalogue!
Want to test just how good you are at our lyrical teasers? Well you can access all previous ezines sent out to hotpress.com members since July 2006.
http://www.hotpress.com/ezine
2. REM Interview
Read Dave Fanning's exlusive interview with REM's Peter Buck and Mike Mills from the issue on the shelves now.
http://www.hotpress.com/music/interviews/3909861.html
3. Shop till your mouse drops on hotpress.com!
Check out the Hot Press shop offering CDs for e10, magazine and website subscriptions, amazing deals on books and you can even buy some back issues!
http://www.hotpress.com/shop
4. Instant Karma - Save Darfur
Check out Colm O' Hare's review of the Amnesty International album 'Instant Karma' featuring Green Day, U2 and REM among others.
http://www.hotpress.com/music/reviews/albums/3910142.html
5. Emo Philips interview
Ahead of his appearance at the Bud Light Revue festival, see what comic Emo Philips has to say. You can just imagine the squeaky voice.
http://www.hotpress.com/features/comedy/3893799.html
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Old New is Good News Department
Since the Bud Light Revue comedy fest is coming up and considering it doesn't seem like the rain is ever going to stop, we thought we'd cheer you up with a taste o things to come. Here's a selection of the rib-tickling articles featuring comedians that will be in Dublin this weekend.
2006 - Joe Rooney:
Read an interview with Joe Rooney and peruse his thoughts on 'stand up' and falling down on the ice.
http://www.hotpress.com/archive/2899384.html
2005 - Sue Colilns, Anne Gildea
There's two for the price of one here. Comedians Sue Collins and Anne Gildea, formerly of The Nualas, and who were also in The Comedy Girls, feature in a Hotpress interview, way back in 2005.
http://www.hotpress.com/archive/2794745.html
2003 - David O'Doherty
Read David O'Doherty's unique perspective on greyhound racing in a comedy feature from 2003.
http://www.hotpress.com/archive/2636906.html
2002 Colin Murphy
Back in the olden days when Colin Murphy was best known as the host of The Blizzard of Odd, Stephen Robinson got a chance to quiz the man who apparently put the 'ouch' in couch potato.
http://www.hotpress.com/archive/1662297.html
2002 - Tommy Tiernan
Enjoy Navan man Tommy Tiernan's responses to a mixed-grill of questions put to him by Hot Press readers back in the day.
http://www.hotpress.com/archive/2618484.html
More comedy:
http://www.hotpress.com/features/comedy/
The HOTPRESS MIX 07 (Music Industry Xplained) is a course for those seeking careers in, and for those already employed in, the music industry.
The course will give participants a practical overview of the workings of the industry. MIX SIX is a 12-week series of lectures (one each week) by top professional exponents from the Irish and International music industry. Lecturers include: Willie O'Reilly (Managing Director Today FM), Janine Nallen (Marketing & Business director RMG Chart Entertainment), Steve Averill (U2 Designer) and Jackie Hayden (Hot Press).
Key subjects covered in the course include Music on the Internet, Record Companies, Music Marketing, Publicity, Image Development, Record Production, Songwriting, Music Publishing, Working with the Media, Management, Finance, Touring and Distribution.
MIX 07 will run at The Holiday Inn, Pearse St, Dublin every Tuesday at 7.30pm from September 25th to December 11th, 2007. The Course Directors are music publisher and IMRO board member Johnny Lappin and Jackie Hayden of HOTPRESS.
For further information see http://mix.hotpress.com, contact Elaine at HOTPRESS on 01-2411 500 or email mix07@hotpress.ie
Our Favourite Postings From The Dank Bathroom Wall / Personal Advert Column / Huge Throbbing Collective Brain That Is The World Famous hotpress.com Messageboard...
THE LAST SOPRANOS TONIGHT (**WARNING CONTAINS SPOILERS**)
**demon:
So the end is near. Take my advice - if you haven't seen it, tape it. Then re-watch the ending, go online and download the closing song from iTunes, then spend the next week reading fanboy theories as to what it all means.
**markf:
Paulie is legend. Phil is dead I reckon. Chase, what a fucking writer. The best ending ever. If you want closure, watch 24.
**igor:
Great ending to a great show... the tension in the Diner Scene each time the door opened was brilliant (and reminiscent of the restaurant scene in Godfather) .
**jenwhite:
I thought the telly was broken. I was highly disappointed with the ending.
**tricky:
It was a fantastic ending, brave and bold. And hey, if Chase & Gandolfini have busts for their next projects they can always make a movie.
****************post of the week: igor makes the case for cat actors****************
**igor:
The cat last night was a good actor. Must be hard being a feline in the acting business...you know typecasting and all that.
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**rp.mcmurphy:
The onion rings a symbol for holy communion?? Genius.
**demon:
The truth is Tony doesn't die in the end. He was alive when it ended ergo he is alive. People who are disappointed with the ending are the same people who watched the show on DVD and are watching three episodes at a time. They seem to think lots of shit happens in the show all the time, forgetting that there are often scenes where tony is just watching the History Channel.
**adharic:
He dies alright... from the first scene to the last there's obvious visual references.
http://www.bobharris.com/content/view/1406/1/
**demon:
Except that he's alive at the end of the show. Chase has always made it obvious if a scene is meant to be a dream.
**adhairc:
I take the black screen and silence to be Tony's first-person-perspective when the bullet hits him. "When it comes you probably don't even hear it, right?". It's a genius ending either way. As long as it doesn't come back, which I seriously doubt. As Chase himself said: "Watch it, it's all there". I don't think he wanted there to be any ambiguity about it.
**snapshot:
My favourite theory is that the viewer is the shooting victim. Like adhairc said, when the end comes you know nothing about it - and all that time invested with your mafia friends really amounts to nothing.
**sweet_oblivion:
Best scene of the night was Paulie Walnuts sitting alone about Satriales, last man standing.
**markf:
There is no way David Chase would kill his audience. Silly theory that.
**stilled:
I sat on my sofa...stunned. And then a smile formed. And it's been along time since television made that happen.
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Have you got theories of your own to add?
http://www.hotpress.com/discussions/messages.php?topic_id=3909411&t_page_no=1&t_a=topic_3909411
As you probably know by now, Hot Press has joined forces with the Wexford Arts Centre and Beat 102 103 FM to present a series of monthly gigs for new bands and solo artists in the South-West called the First Cuts Sessions. The following acts have been chosen for the next gig:
17th August, 8pm, Wexford Arts Centre
The Arrangements (Waterford)
Niall Colfer (Wexford)
Chaplin (Wexford)
Remember: Acts who have already submitted entries will be considered for their September and October gigs. New entries are still welcome.
For information on how to enter see www.hotpress.com or email any queries you may have to: firstcuts@hotpress.ie
