hotpress.com members update: "And how do I marry these widows?"
1 August 2007
Now, we don't want speak too soon because things might look a little different outside your window between us writing the newsletter and you receiving it, but...hooray for the dry weather! Have we caused it to pour down yet???
"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"
...was the lyrical teaser of last week. And we'd like to shake dboyle by the hand for getting the answer right - Kate Nash's 'Birds' - but we can't because that email functionality hasn't been invented yet. Damn science!
Try this one for size:
"Hurry up, hurry up and wait
I stay awake all week and still I wait
I got the blues, please come see
What your loving means to me"
C'mon now, it's an easy one. If you don't hit reply right now, shame on you!
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NEW ISSUE - OUT NOW!
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!
Stars - 'The Night Starts Here' (from In Our Bedroom After The War, 2007)
The Radio - 'Go Radio' (from forthcoming album Charm Offensive)
Stephen Fretwell - 'Dead' (from forthcoming ablum Man On The Roof)
Silversun Pickups - 'Well Thought Out Twinkles' (from Carnavas, )
The Flaws - '1981' (from forthcoming album Achieving Vagueness)
The Field - 'Over The Ice' (from From Here We Go Sublime, 2007)
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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. Buy a back issue!
Just because it's not in the shops, doesn't mean you can't get hold of that essential issue you forgot to buy because you were on holiday. And you know *that's* the issue to feature your top five acts in succession. Make sure your collection's complete.
http://www.hotpress.com/2841310.html
2. The Simpsons Movie review
Finally! Homer & co now have an adventure that lasts more than half an hour! The authority on all things movie and all things Simpsons is Tara Brady - so see what she has to say on the matter.
http://www.hotpress.com/features/filmreviews/3926200.html
3. Late nights and acrobatic sex
For a few nerve-wracking days, it seemed that the good times might just have come to an end – or a temporary one at least! Thankfully the scare proved to be unfounded, and our columnist is back to what she does best. But if things had bounced differently, what would she have done?
http://www.hotpress.com/features/3926671.html
4. Marlay park stage times
If you're going to see any of the BudRising shows - that's the Foo Fighters, Damien Rice or the Kaiser Chiefs - make sure you don't miss the act that you really, really want to see. We've got the stage times here so you can plan your day!
http://www.hotpress.com/news/3926738.html
5. Interpol interview
Interpol have rejected the road of excess for the palace of wisdom, despite having shared a studio with Axl Rose.
http://www.hotpress.com/features/comedy/3893799.html
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Old New is Good News Department
It's a Sopranos spesh this issue - in case you haven't seen the rather striking cover. But it's not the first time they've graced the front of HP. Here's some more Sopranos-related gubbins from way back when, including the 2004 cover story...
Married To The Mob, 2004
Five years after its debut, Paul Nolan traces the show's development from its inauspicious beginnings on HBO to its status as a transatlantic cultural phenomenon, and also examines our enduring fascination with a man called Tony Soprano.
http://www.hotpress.com/archive/2721624.html
Alabama 3 interview, 2001
Stuart Clark talks to theme tune providers Alabama 3 about spliff, superstardom and why they're not loaded off the back of The Sopranos.
http://www.hotpress.com/archive/2794745.html
Silvio Dante interview, 2005
He plays guitar for Springsteen, plays The Clash on his radio show and plays it fast and loose as Silvio Dante in The Sopranos. Colm O’Hare meets the three-in-one Steven Van Zandt.
http://www.hotpress.com/archive/2722312.html
Caught In The Net: Mob's your uncle
A trawl around the net uncovers some interesting Sopranos titbits...
More comedy:
http://www.hotpress.com/archive/2860315.html
More Sopranos stuff:
http://www.hotpress.com/archive/2721624.html
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...
33,000 MILLIONAIRES
**skennedy:
According to a recent report (by Bank of Ireland, I think) there are 33,000 millionaires in this country. Surely this is horse-shit. I know a lot of people in Ireland, and yet I don't know a single millionaire. Am I just hanging with a bad crowd? How many millionaires do you know? (And listing people like Bono and Enya doesn't count.)
**markf:
It is bollocks. If my aul man sold the gaff and his business he'd be a millionaire but if he went to buy another gaff he would no longer be a millionaire. A millionaire in my book is someone that has a million quid in the bank for a rainy day. What you're worth on paper and what you're actually worth (if you know what i mean) are two completly different things. And if there are 33,000 millionaires, then there are 250,000 people in some very real debt.
**stapletoucher:
I'm a millionairess.
**paaul028:
Using the calcualtions they have no doubt used and the ones Mark pointed out three of my closet mates are millionaires. However only one would be a "liquid" millionaire.
**mark_g:
You have three friends still in the closet who are millionaires Paaul028? Surely the money will help their families get over the homophobia and stereotyping.
**paaul028:
D'oh should have been closest.
**paulpd:
An awful lot of that 33,000 is made up of widows etc living in big Georgian redbricks with maybe E50 or E60k in the bank BUT a gaff worth maybe E2M.
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**skennedy:
And how do I marry these widows you speak of?
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**paulpd:
You go 'round and cut the grass for them and feed the dog and get a few messages in the shop. (Just hope that none of their children catch you at it).
**stilled:
Before we all get too excited; according to Barnardos there are 40,000 children living in consistent poverty. Having one pair of shoes, one warm coat and missing two hot meals a week. Or thereabouts - you get the picture. Very disappointing.
**secrecy_ie:
Any millionaires I know are also tight arsed bastards - but I suppose that's probably why they're millionaires.
**mkiernan:
Actually I believe the 33,000 millionaires does not include 'Housing Wealth' .....that's what I thought I heard...
**cyberbuli:
I doubt that it is 33,000 liquid millionaires. There are thousands of people in Dublin alone with property worth over a million.
**cyberbuli:
...and thousands of farmers outside the cities with farms worth over a million...
**mkiernan:
'Bank of Ireland says that even when the value of principal private residences is excluded, Ireland now has 30,000 millionaires.' Okay...so there ya go...loads of them out and about, I say there are good few where I work...
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Know any millionaires or do they not actually exist:
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
