Blondie Blogs
(71 views)With the power of a million Igors, thrusting from the deep bowels of the Earth the Wednesday Request Show is set to split the world apart. Only one mad genius can safely harness this energy. Lets give it up for Steveeeee Theone! (*SOUND OF EARTH TREMBLING, DEEP BASS*).
Igor, you can test Spinal Taps new speakers later, that new 11 is killer though man! Ok folks, we've got a fun packed and dynamic show for you all this week and the first track goes out to Mommyerin. Hope you like to rock and roll with Kiss, they do it all night! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Env5iMrBjws&feature=related
This next song has been asked for our own crazy Aztec, Tezac. I hope you're all ready to travel with him on our own Led Zepplin, Kashmir first stop! LOL. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRpJg1StvFw
Thanks to the wonderfully wicked Demon Buttercup for remind us of the dangerous approach of winter in the middle of summer. Here's Snow Patrol with Signal Fire. Pay close attention folks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4D7obIgmvg
Hope that you're are feeling nice and mellow. The wonderous Diavolina has a message for us all. Here's the cute Avril Lavigne to tell us: I'm with you.www.youtube.com
Time to rock it up a bit and what better choice of tracks than the rockiest of the world upper crust, our own Rebel Queen. Lets give it big time for Ashs' Burn Baby Burn! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5ZtotlZ0ug
I think Elizium has been on the wrong side of the tracks and mixing with dangerous folks. Aye, she's been seen with Stranglers just Hanging Around! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si2kis6lWRg
Wow, we've hit a rich seam of music from the late '70s and early '80s. This has been brought to us by the most wonderous of plants, the Poison Ivy. Go crazy for Blondies Atomic! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZbGbk3cFH4&feature=related
This next request has been asked for by the man with 2 names, yep it's Tony Brandon. Time to put those beads on and say Ommm while the Beatles do the Hippy Hippy Shake. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBAsxLKC1Dk
An all time favourite on next with this request from the delicate Battered Rose. It's the wierd and wonderful world of Soiuxsie and the Banshees. They're Helter Skelter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szPQCvJ8MPg
Have you all got your wonderful Ant costumes? No, well Igor will pass a few out together with some Handsome Prince outfits. All ready Snow White Queen? Here's Adam and the Ants with Ant Music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPjfD8ulnpw
Only got time for a couple of more tunes but we'll be rockin right to the end and to prove it heres' Limp Bizkit for the delectable Dark Dream. The lads just want to Break Stuff. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoVvfHx8uaE
Still with us. Think this shall finish you all off. It's Motorhead and looks like Black Rainbow picked up some bad habit. Born to Raise Hell? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VXy4Z6IkWQ
Tags: Blondie The Beatles Kiss Ash Motorhead Adam and the Ants Avril Lavigne Snow Patrol
(68 views)1998, Tommy Lee from Motley Crue was sentenced to six months jail after being found guilty of spousal abuse.
1998, The funeral of Frank Sinatra was held at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills. Mourners in attendance included, Tony Bennett, Faye Dunaway, Tony Curtis, Liza Minnelli, Kirk Douglas, Angie Dickinson, Sophia Loren, Bob Newhart, Mia Farrow and Jack Nicholson.
1998, Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward was taken to hospital in London after suffering a heart attack during a band rehearsal.
1997, U2 caused traffic chaos in Kansas City, Missouri after they paid for traffic control to close down five lanes so they could shoot the video for 'Last Night On Earth'. Apart form major traffic jams a passing Cadillac crashed into a plate glass window trying to avoid a cameraman.
1977, Television kicked off a 10 date UK tour at the Village Bowl, Bournemouth, support act was Blondie who were making their UK live debut.
1967, The Beatles new album 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' had a special preview on the Kenny Everett BBC Light program, 'Where It's At', playing every track from the album, (except 'A Day In The Life' which the BBC had banned saying it could promote drug taking).
More music trivia than you can shake a stick at This Day in MusicTags: Blondie The Beatles
(117 views)A very good middle of the week welcome to you, VIPs. I trust everyone is enjoying 70's week. I hope that while it's bringing back some very pleasant memories for some of us, it's introducing others to music they might have missed.
Blondie is an American rock band that first gained fame in the late 1970s and has so far sold over 30 million albums. The band was a pioneer in the early American new wave and punk rock scenes. Their first two albums contained strong elements of these genres, and although successful in the United Kingdom and Australia, Blondie was regarded as an underground band in the United States until the release of "Parallel Lines" in 1978. Over the next three years, the band achieved several hit singles and was noted for its eclectic mix of musical styles incorporating elements of disco, pop and reggae, while retaining a basic style as a new wave band.
In spite of their hits, several factors weakened the group. Deborah Harry achieved a level of celebrity that eclipsed that of other band members. Their album "The Hunter", released in 1982, was poorly received. Core member Chris Stein was diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. These factors led to the dissolution of the group in 1982.
As members pursued other projects, Blondie's reputation grew over the following decade and the group reformed in 1997, achieving renewed success and a number one single in the United Kingdom with "Maria" in 1999. The group toured and performed throughout the world over the following years, and was inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the RockWalk of Fame in 2006.
From their 1976 eponymous debut album, here's Blondie with "Rip Her to Shreds"....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSKv24rTcxY
Tags: Blondie Deborah Harry Debbie Harry
(136 views)A woman is taking a shower, when the doorbell starts ringing persistently.
It was the meter man from the Gas Board
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She hurriedly threw a towel round her shoulders, ran to the door and looked through the spyhole.
At precisely the same moment the meter man goes down on his knees and looks through the letter box, to see if anyone was about.
Seeing what he does, he shouts, "Hey curley, is your Mummy at home?"
Tags: Blondie
(84 views)Dec 10th,
2004, one of three RCA microphones used by radio station KWKH for the historic Elvis Presley appearance at the Louisiana Hayride was sold for $37,500. The microphone was one of three used during 50 performances by Elvis Presley when he performed for the radio show in Shreveport from 1954 to 1956.
1999, A war of words broke out between Cliff Richard and George Michael after George branded Cliff Richards hit 'Millennium Prayer' as 'vile'. Cliff hit back by saying that his single was a Christian celebration.
1973, The CBGB Club opened in the lower eastside of New York City; it became the home of new bands such as Blondie, Television, Patti Smith and The Ramones.
1967, Flying to that night's concert in Madison, the plane carrying Otis Redding and his band crashed at 3.28.pm into icy waters of Lake Monoma near Madison. Redding died in the crash along with The Bar-Kays band members, Jimmy King, Ron Caldwell, Phalin Jones and Carl Cunningham. Trumpet player Ben Cauley was the only person to survive the crash.
Tags: Blondie Otis Redding
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British towns and villages that want to keep the country's famous red phone boxes will be able to do so, even if the phones are removed because they are no longer used enough, BT announced Wednesday.
Telecoms operator British Telecom (BT) said it had reviewed an earlier decision to remove the public pay phones -- known the world over as icons of Britain -- because increased use of mobile phones had made them increasingly obsolete.
Local councils that want to maintain the phone boxes, with or without a working telephone, "for aesthetic or heritage reasons will be able to do so," the company said. They will have to pay BT 250 pounds (310 euros, 460 dollars) for a red phone box without a functioning phone, or 500 pounds for one with a working connection.
Councils have until October 1 to decide whether they want to maintain kiosks. In 2002, BT maintained around 95,000 pay phones across Britain, but 31,000 have since been removed as mobile phone usage has become commonplace.
Tags: Blondie
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