Cactus 3:16

You can't beat a bit of Bo Rhap.

The weird thing with Queen is that people always say how great they were at Live Aid, but when you compare it to their other performances, they wern't actually as good.

I went to see Brian May, Rodger Taylor and Paul Rogers about a year ago. There version of Bohemian Rhapsody was done in a cool way. They played the music and Freddie sung the first bit, then Paul Rodgers did the end bit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npYnWWlBZTI

It's strange someone else singing it. But it wasn't too bad.

EDIT: Freddie sung at the very end mind. They changed the lyrics from "Nothing really matters" to "Nothing really mattered to me".

Just watched the episode, it was awesome. The Dirty Den bit in Eastenders was great. "How did this all start?"

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"Well Peggy heard some noises..."

"No not that!"

There's something weird about how the papers keep on mentioning the "horrific anal injuries" the guy suffered.

What the hell are "horrific anal injuries"?

Is there gonna be a pool in the house. Because if they are they're asking for trouble.

I think it'd help if they were a little more objective. In this week's edition, the header for the letters page is "Justin Hawkins - Idiot Nobhead".

In this occasion, some good old Queen will serve you well. More specifically: I Want It All, Hammer To Fall and One Vision.

I buy Q. It seems rather good... but I just get pissed off waiting a month for it. It's definately less snobby than NME.

Anybody know of any other decent weeklys? Apart from Kerrang!, 'cos I'm not a big fan of that.

At one point, it seemed to be THE magazine. Never mind the music, it was like... a cultural phenomenom. I reckon it's gone a bit shit now, but it's still the most popular music magazine in England. Personally, I think if they stopped being so obsessive with certain bands (i.e. Arctic Monkeys, Babyshambles) it might be a little better. And for those who buy the magazine - is it always gonna cost £1.95 now or did they just increase the cover-price because of the CD?

EDIT: I nearly forgot.. if you think its poo, what music magazine do you buy instead?

From BBCNews.com

Sylvester Stallone is to climb back into the ring for a sixth Rocky film.

The new movie will come 30 years after Stallone, now 59, shot to fame in the original and 15 years after the most recent instalment in the boxing series.

He will write and direct the movie as well as playing Rocky Balboa. Real-life champion Antonio Tarver is in talks to be the opponent in Rocky's final bout.

"We'll try to capture the essence of the first couple of films," Stallone told industry newspaper Variety.

Rocky became an iconic film figure in the 70s and 80s as Stallone portrayed the hero overcoming challenges in the ring and his personal life.

Comeback

The first film won three Oscars in 1977, including best picture and best director - but many fans felt the series went gradually downhill after that.

The new movie will show Rocky as an ageing, lonely has-been in Philadelphia who is reluctant to come out of retirement.

"There's a computer fight between the reigning world champion and Balboa, and Balboa wins," Stallone told Variety.

"The champion's management says 'let's do this for real, for charity'.

"Rocky says 'no' but decides to be true to himself even though he's going to be berated by everyone. Just to compete, not to win."

'Last chapter'

Stallone added that aspects of Rocky's life often mirrored his own.

"I am drawing on a lot of my feelings that are in synch with many people's feelings about facing the last chapter of their lives and how they want it to be written," he said.

"Rocky goes through the scepticism of trying to go against the tide, to go against common sense."

Like Rocky, Stallone has been out of the spotlight for some time, appearing in a string of poorly-received action films in the years since the last Rocky film came out.

Hollywood 'factory'

He recently produced a reality TV show featuring would-be boxers vying for a $1m prize.

Stallone told Variety Hollywood was now a more "strict business" than when he started.

"It's not a dream factory now, it's a real factory. In a good way," he said.

There are also reports that Stallone will star in a new Rambo film.

Now, I know that some people feel that Pete Doherty is like, THE greatest rock star of 2005, blah, blah blah... and I would agree, I think that most of his stuff with The Libertines is great, and some Babyshambles stuff is great too. But there's one thing that I really don't understand... and that's how he's attracted this big, main-stream media attraction. His arrest the other day made it on to the BBC Six O'Clock news... over some really serious stuff happening in other parts of the world.

I can understand the music press being mad on him.. but the main-stram press? I really don't get it.

Sunday, September 18th

Live from Ford Center in Oklahoma City

Prediction Contest

- You get one point for each match correctly predicted.

- You get one point for each bonus question answered.

- The winner will be able to select a future storyline in the diary. I'll give them many things that they can choose from (#1 contender, trades, FA signing, and so on)

WWE Championship

© John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels

Teacher vs. Pupil

Kurt Angle vs. Shelton Benjamin

No Holds Barred

Edge vs. Matt Hardy

Intercontinental Championship

Rob Conway vs. © Hurricane

Chris Masters vs. Big Show

Muhammad Hassan vs. Kerwin White

Rob Van Dam vs. Carlito

Bonus #1: Which match will be the first match? Chris Masters vs. Big Show

Bonus #2: Which match will have the highest match quality (EWR)? Kurt Angle vs. Shelton Benjamin

Bonus #3: Will Chris Masters be able to lock the Masterlock on the Big Show? Yes

Bonus #4: How many chair shots will there be at Unforgiven? 7

Bonus #5: Will there be any surprise appearances by superstars not on the Raw roster? Charlie Haas

There ya go, and happy predicting. I'm hoping the PPV can be up by next week, but I tend to overdo it with my PPVs, so it might take some time.

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The crowd are all fucked. Did someone throw an apple at her?

Altough I don't like Vanessa, there's no way a 19-year-old girl should be booed and reduced to tears by a large crowd... and it's even worse because six million people were watching.

Nice show. I'm looking forward to seeing how the whole Christian/Smackdown thing goes on. After the draft lottery, the two brands seem more even.

Triple H turning face was a big surprise, but I'm looking forward to his feud with JBL.

Damn. I feel sorry for Kinga. Imagine how shit she must feel now.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds21547.html

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has hit out with some serious allegations against the artist who kept him off the number one spot.

"We saw him backstage at Top Of The Pops," he told The Sun of the Crazy Frog. "He was doing all kinds of drugs.

"He was with all kinds of pond-life hanging around him. He has such a big entourage. Two toads are his bouncers, and a duck that follows him around filming things. He’s annoying."

The singer also revealed that he would like to amputate, then dine on, the Frog's legs. "The point is that little thing should have its legs chopped off. I’d like to eat them in a restaurant."

It went to number one because of the record companies, you only need to get rid of 16,000 so records to get the number one spot, if they want a number one they can get it.

The album won't take off.

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16,000? I think you underestimate the current charts. Yes, they are lower than they used to be, but nowhere near that low! I'm just reading that Crazy Frog sold approx. 150,000 copies in its first week to get the number 1 spot. Last I read, it was outselling Coldplay at 4-to-1, so if we go by that, then Speed Of Sound sold 37,500 copies to get to number 2.

The fact is that a large number of people are buying it, it's not at number 1 on the basis that you only need to sell a low number of copies to get there. I work in Woolies and their entertainment distributors also service places like Tesco and MVC, and they have stated to us that not enough copies were pressed in time for release (believe me, I could have sold twice as many as I did), and that more were on order to arrive soon. It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if this was at number 1 for longer than the 7 weeks that Amarillo was and became the biggest selling single of the year in the process.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4594865.stm

Bob Geldof has unveiled plans for a repeat of 1985's Live Aid concert, called Live 8, to highlight the ongoing problem of global poverty and debt.

The free event will be held in London's Hyde Park on 2 July with concerts in Philadelphia, Paris, Rome and Berlin.

Madonna and Sir Paul McCartney are among stars playing in London while Stevie Wonder is on the US line-up.

A text message lottery is being held on 6 June to determine who will gain tickets to the UK concert.

Listeners to breakfast shows on BBC and commercial radio stations will be asked to send a text message at 0800 BST containing the answer to a multiple choice question. The winners will get two tickets to the show.

It will also be shown on big screens in seven cities across the UK, and shown live on BBC TV and radio.

Will Smith, Bon Jovi, Stevie Wonder and Maroon 5 are among the performers who will play the US city's Cradle of America venue.

Veteran band Duran Duran will play in Rome, while A-ha will perform in Berlin.

Sir Elton John said he was "extremely honoured" to be taking part in the event, which he added will feature "la creme de la creme of musicians".

Geldof said there was a strong possibility that the Spice Girls would reform for the concert.

"I spoke to them this morning. It looks very good. That's all we can say," he told the BBC.

The aim will be to raise awareness of Make Poverty History, a campaign to get the richest nations to cancel debt and increase aid to developing countries, and to promote fair trade.

The G8 summit takes place from 6 to 8 July at Gleneagles in Scotland.

Geldof said the event was "not for charity but political justice", adding that organisers had "scrambled like crazy" to stage the concerts to highlight the plight of Africa.

"This is to finally, as much as as we can, put a stop to that," said the political campaigner and musician.

"There is more than a chance that the boys and girls with guitars finally get to tilt the world on its axis," he added.

Geldof told reporters in London that he had asked for the support of Pope Benedict XVI.

"I think he should turn up. It would be his first gig," he said.

Jonathan Ross will present the BBC's coverage in the UK, while Graham Norton will report from Philadelphia.

The UK government has backed the project, with Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell saying Live 8 will "set the scene" for the G8 summit.

Meanwhile, the Band Aid Trust has recouped more than £2m in VAT from the government, which was made from DVD sales of the 1985 Live Aid concert.

"We want it to be the biggest and best open air concert that the capital has ever seen," she said.

The original Live Aid concerts, on 13 July 1985 in Wembley Stadium and JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, raised £40m for famine relief in Africa.

http://www.petitiononline.com/frogkill/petition.html

Kill it! Kill it now!

He said that the one thing left for him to do was appear in Corrie.

Why the hell would anyone want to pay $65,000 for a pair of trainers? If you did buy a pair, you'd never, ever want to wear them incase they broke.

But I still want them.