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AnnieDreams · Post by **AnnieDreams** » 6/22/2005, 1:03 pm

I like how I completely forgot to say "my friend" rather than "him". I wasn't talking to Billy Corgan recently or anything...

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 6/22/2005, 1:17 pm

Oh, I see.

I actually read it wrong, too. I thought you said HE was on the show saying that (referring to Billy... not the friend you forgot to mention :lol:

).

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 6/28/2005, 9:26 am

:O
Avril and Deryck are engaged!

Dr. Hobo · Post by **Dr. Hobo** » 6/28/2005, 12:11 pm

but but they arent going out :roll:

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 6/28/2005, 12:32 pm

Us weekly wrote: BREAKING NEWS!!!! Us Weekly has learned exclusively that Canadian superstar singer Avril Lavigne, 20, is engaged to marry fellow Canadian Deryck Whibley, 25, the frontman for the multiplatinum punk-pop group Sum 41. Publicists for both musicians confirmed to Us that Whibley — who began dating Lavigne in early 2004 — proposed on the weekend of June 25 in Europe, where Lavigne was completing the European leg of her Bonez Tour.

Dr. Hobo · Post by **Dr. Hobo** » 6/28/2005, 12:37 pm

i was being sarcastic :nod:

but yeah
cool

starseed_10 · Post by **starseed_10** » 6/28/2005, 1:22 pm

http://www.fightoffyourdemons.com :GASP:

still no news really...

Tattooed Angels · Post by **Tattooed Angels** » 6/28/2005, 3:16 pm

the line up this years VOODO MUSIC EXPERIENCE( NEW ORLEANS) has been announced. (oct29th-Oct 30) Weekedn tickets at teh moment are only $53 plus service charges.

http://www.voodoomusicfest.com/2005/home.php

some of the acts playing are.

NIN,MCR,QUeens, LCD soundsystems, Death From Above 1979, Billy Idol, Social Distortion, the Bravery, Decmberist, Brazilian Girls,

here is the link for full line up
http://www.voodoomusicfest.com/2005/EXP ... lineup.php

tickets go on sale July 8th at 6PM.

dame wish I could go. I am seeing U2 in California so I can't go..

starseed_10 · Post by **starseed_10** » 6/29/2005, 8:11 pm

Death Cab for Cutie Unveil Their Plans

Rob Kleckner reports:
Remember when your favorite band hopped on to a major label and they were never the same again? Months and months in the studio, blowing thousands of dollars on tape and coke and haircuts. Fear not, fans of Death Cab for Cutie, as bassist Nick Harmer tells us, "It's still a very special Death Cab."

Pitchfork spoke to Harmer just after the band had completed a photo shoot in New York and he spilled some details on the band's upcoming album, and major-label debut, Plans, which is due August 30. Fortunately, the band didn't go through any indie-to-major bullshit when they jumped ship from Barsuk to Atlantic. Harmer said the new label was fantastic and didn't interfere in the least. "I was as apprehensive as the next person going into the process," he said, "wondering how involved they were going to be, if they would keep looking over our shoulders. But with all honesty, they just let us do what we needed to do, and as thankful as we are for that, it was strange because we didn't expect it."

So no shenanigans? "Well, while we were up [in rural Massachusetts], there were two studios and for the first week, the guys from Jet were in the other studio, writing and rehearsing. Near the end of when they were there, they had some label people come up and one night we were just making a god awful racket trying to come up with a noisy part of the record. Banging on pots and pans and making all kinds of noise, to maybe later manipulate it into some ambient texture someplace. And the next morning, we come downstairs and they were like, 'Man, we don't know what you guys were doing up there, but it sounded amazing!' We were like, 'Wow, really?' It was a funny moment. If there was ever a major label moment, it didn't even come from our own label but another label entirely, which made us laugh a bit. We told them, 'Cool, well, tell everyone you know that you liked what you heard!'"

Produced again by band member Chris Walla, Plans picks up for where their previous album, Transatlanticism, left off. "It's not completely different", says Harmer. "There aren't any conceptual ties, but we approached it similarly. In some ways [Plans] is an extension of Transatlanticism, but more realized as an album, as a complete thought from start to finish. The performances are that much better, the sound, the production quality. We pushed hard to keep moving in the direction began with on the last album, and I think we'll keep pushing in that direction for awhile. Not everyone's going to like everything you do, obviously, but I'd be surprised if someone who liked Transatlanticism would not like this record."

The album's first single is expected to be "Soul Meets Body", and the band shouldn't have trouble coming up with some B-sides, as they recorded several more songs than what made it onto the album. The only guest spot on the album is Beulah's Bill Swan who contributed a trumpet line.

Tracklist:

01 Marching Bands of Manhattan
02 Soul Meets Body
03 Summer Skin
04 Different Names For the Same Thing
05 I Will Follow You Into the Dark
06 Your Heart Is An Empty Room
07 Someday You Will Be Loved
08 Crooked Teeth
09 What Sarah Said
10 Brothers on a Hotel Bed
11 Stable Song

Death Cab have a few festival gigs lined up through the September, before a full North American tour later this fall. Dates:

07-07 Milwaukee, WI - Summerfest
07-24 Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
07-30 San Diego, CA - San Diego Street Scene
08-06 Bend, OR - Les Schwab Amphitheater
08-13 Osaka, Japan - SummerSonic
08-14 Tokyo, Japan - SummerSonic
08-18 New York, NY - Central Park SummerStage
09-24 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits

www.pitchforkmedia.com

clumsychild_ · Post by **clumsychild_** » 6/29/2005, 8:27 pm

Brand New has a new site.

starseed_10 · Post by **starseed_10** » 6/29/2005, 8:31 pm

starseed_10 wrote:http://www.fightoffyourdemons.com

still no news really...

clumsychild_ · Post by **clumsychild_** » 6/29/2005, 8:50 pm

Damnit!

Tattooed Angels · Post by **Tattooed Angels** » 6/30/2005, 4:07 pm

Foo Fighters live from Roswell June 19th 2005

http://guide.real.com/foofighters?pcode ... 6.0.12.857

Tattooed Angels · Post by **Tattooed Angels** » 7/1/2005, 5:05 pm

Grammy Award Winner Luther Vandross Dies..

Luther Vandross Dies
Updated 16:01 PDT Fri, Jul 01 2005
Grammy winner Luther Vandross, whose deep, lush voice on such hits as "Here and Now" and "Any Love" sold more than 25 million albums while providing the romantic backdrop for millions of couples worldwide, died Friday. He was 54.
Vandross died at the John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Edison, N.J., said hospital spokesman Rob Cavanaugh. He did not release the cause of death.
Since suffering a stroke in his Manhattan home on April 16, 2003, the R&B crooner stopped making public appearances – but amazingly managed to continue his recording career. In 2004, he captured four Grammys as a sentimental favorite, including best song for the bittersweet "Dance With My Father."

Associated Press

xoNoDoubt69 · Post by **xoNoDoubt69** » 7/1/2005, 7:06 pm

i read about that earlier .. so sad

starseed_10 · Post by **starseed_10** » 7/2/2005, 10:10 pm

so,
there's actually a bit of news now on the brand new Brand New website.

and for those of you who didn't read my really long quote up there ^ i dont blame you and it says Death Cab for Cutie has an album coming out on August 30th.

starseed_10 · Post by **starseed_10** » 7/2/2005, 10:11 pm

and koufax on i believe august 10th.

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 7/6/2005, 3:47 pm

I think everybody comes to New Jersey to die. :wtf:

clumsychild_ · Post by **clumsychild_** » 7/8/2005, 6:41 pm

cursivearmy.com wrote:06-24-05
HIBERNATION ALMOST OVER
We are nearing the end of our much needed time off. We plan to continue writing, starting in late August and through the Fall, with the hopes of releasing a new record in 2006.

Aah!

Tattooed Angels · Post by **Tattooed Angels** » 7/13/2005, 5:12 pm

if anyone is interested .. Here are a few highlights from Glastonbury..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/glastonbury2 ... andlisten/

you can see performances by Bloc Party, Garbage, New Order, Interpol, Fatboy Slim. Basment Jaxx, The Doves, The LAs to name a few..