Judges / September 28 2006
I’ve been reading about Brazilian illegal Roselane Driza this morning, the scheming cleaner who has just been found guilty in London of blackmailing a couple of employees of the bench.
It emerges that the two judges in the explosive sex-video case were last night facing a legal probe and could be sacked.
It makes me wonder what […]
Blair’s Gang / September 27 2006
After listening to Bill Clinton’s speech at the Labour Party Conference, it’s obvious that he’s on Tony Blair’s side. And if Tony has got Bill and big John Prescott in his gang, I reckon they could take on wee Gordon Brown and his bunch of limp-wristed lollygaggers any day. Easy. Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
Enormous set-list / September 25 2006
I’ve just had a peek at the list of songs that Enormous (www.enormousreloaded.com) are currently rehearsing for their live shows later in the year.
Obviously, the running order isn’t presently set in stone but I can inform you that it features tunes from all three Enormous albums Electric Baby Grand, Situation:Comedy and Almost Everything as well […]
Paris Hilton / September 23 2006
Is it just me or is anyone else mystified by the tabloids’ and red-tops’ singular obsession with the Paris Hilton?
When Slaughterhouse 5 were in France in 1995 playing a few summer festivals, we stayed in a fancy hotel in Paris. It wasn’t the Hilton though – too expensive, nor was it especially fancy either, come […]
Songwriting Influences - I admit… / September 22 2006
(Putting aside the obvious ones – Beatles, Kinks, Small Faces etc.)
Slaughterhouse 5 have often been compared to the Undertones, the Buzzcocks, and latterly, the Wonderstuff. (‘Think of What Do I Get? By the Buzzcocks and Unbearable by the Wonderstuff and you’ll get the idea’ – Johnny Cigarettes, NME). Though the renowned music business […]
The Return of Enormous / September 21 2006
I just picked this up on the wires (smiles knowingly):
‘Enormous are back and throbbing like a dog.
Visit www.enormousreloaded.com and shoot yer load.
Yes! Enormous return with more of their brand of loud, hook-laden, horn-rimmed, classic guitar pop. Love songs so catchy and unabashed they have to be fenced off. Sing-along choruses so big you can see […]
Slaughterhouse 5 News! / September 21 2006
I’ve just heard from the chaps over at Sh5 towers. (I’m becoming quite an authority on them.) I was asking if they planned on reforming and playing some shows seeing as how they have a new single on Big Arena Records – You Only Need Me, and a 3cd compilation Best-Of album due out shortly […]
Napoleon Fantastic’s top 5 novels / September 21 2006
Of course I couldn’t help rising to the challenge…
My all time, no.1 favourite work of literary fiction is The House At Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne. Why? Well I don’t have to describe the book as it’s so well known and universally loved, but to explain my choice, I will say this: never have I come across a […]
Slaughterhouse 5 website / September 20 2006
Did you see the new sh5 website www.slaughterhouse5.co.uk?
those guys never achieved the success they deserved when they released Wide Open on IRS to such wide-spread critical acclaim about 10 years ago. I just read some of the reviews and features on the Reviews page that they got in the US and UK music press. And […]
Favourite novel / September 19 2006
OK guys, what’s your favourite novel ?
Let’s have a list of say, 5, and tell us why you love them so much - especially your #1 top book of all time. I think it best to keep this restricted to works of fiction at present, I don’t think it would be wise to enter […]
