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And I Feel Like Taking Off (My Self Respect)

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

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You can imagine how the pitch went: “Hello Mr Hudson, we are popular ‘urban’ group- N-Dubz. We wish to appeal to a niche MOR market. Your agent tells our agent that we could cross-polinate our appeal with yours. We’re advised that it will all end up well.” Actually, no. Nobody would wish for that ridiculous hybrid. Yet, [...]

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The Best LOLs of the Web 2009

Friday, December 18, 2009

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It’s that time again. It’s time to celebrate our strength, our creativity, our uniqueness, our heroes, our humanity and.. our ability to upload videos of unfortunate mishaps to Youtube. What bigger heroine has 2009 offered us than Susan Boyle? She started the year a dowdy spinster. An appearance on Britain’s Got Talent and over 100 [...]

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Kanye’s interruption goes viral

Friday, September 18, 2009

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On Sunday, Kanye West once again showed the world his douchebag credentials. If you haven’t heard by now (or seen it), here’s what happened. At Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards in New York, Kanye stormed the stage during a delighted Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech for “Best Female”. He grabbed the microphone from her hands and [...]

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Band of Blogs: Muse = Queen?

Friday, July 31, 2009

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Muse = Queen? Muse have made the next logical step from their epic bombastic rock to Queen-style OTT ballads if the ridiculously-titled United States Of Eurasia Parts 1-6 from their new album is an indication.. The Horrors remix Memory Cassette It’s been a good week for the former panto-goth rockers. A Mercury nomination for the excellent album Primary [...]

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Win tickets to Kanye West in Cork

Friday, May 1, 2009

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Day & Night are giving away five pairs of tickets to Kanye West Live at the Marquee in Cork on July 8th. The answer to the question below is in today’s edition of Day & Night (1st May) so get your nose in the magazine! What is the main film review this week? To enter, find [...]

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Videos: South Park do Kanye, Devo, Eminem and a trip to the Moon

Friday, April 17, 2009

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South Park targets Kanye “Do you like Fish Sticks?”. It’s a question that may haunt Kanye West after South Park targeted his ego and self-evident genius in an episode last week. Kanye responded with uncharacteristic humility. Devo return The oddball ’80s rockers return with a ninth album and a really rather catchy single called ‘Don’t Shoot’ [...]

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Videos of The Week: X-Factor, Kermit does LCD, Jay-Z, Kanye West

Friday, December 12, 2008

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Scary X-Factor reactions Another reason you shouldn’t let your kids watch X-Factor… Old lady loses the run of herself In this audition for a banned advert, an old enthusiastic granny let’s her active imagination take over… Kermit the Frog covers LCD Soundsystem The Muppet star mimes along to LCD’s ‘New York I Love You’ with a special [...]

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Videos of The Week: Final Fantasy, Real-life rickroll, Sarsparilla, Kanye West

Friday, December 5, 2008

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Thanksgiving Parade rickrolled The internet made a fleeting appearance in real-life as Rick Astley interrupts a float presentation in New York to sing ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’. Final Fantasy live performance Owen Pallett performs ‘The Butcher’ solo in a warehouse in Toronto with the aid of his loop pedal. Stunning. Sarsparilla – The Count A superbly produced [...]

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Kanye bleeds his heart online

Thursday, December 4, 2008

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One of the most anticipated albums this year, Kanye West’s 808s and Heartbreaks, is out next week. Initially debuted at an extravagant Vanessa Beecroft-designed listening party in LA featuring 40 nude models (report – url.ie/wi9) the album is heaving with autotuned vocals and concerns the loss of his mother and his ex-fiancée. Last week, [...]

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