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26th! What is that all about?
http://www.hotpress.com/top100albums/
But these comments are so true!
E O'Connor, hotpress.com: "My older brother got A Tonic For The Troops free with a hotpress subscription back in 1978 and we just played it like crazy. This was the sound of Ire...
There is another documentary being broadcast next Wednesday on Sky One 10 pm. Peaches visits the States and looks at the difference between the teens there from the teens here!
did anyone hear about peaches writing a book called i hate mondays??
anyone know whats that all about, maybe related most porbably do i dont like mondays? ?
Dear Ian and Tina
In 2010 my hometown will be the European Cultural Capital and if it is possible I would like to invite Bob.
Pecs is not too big:( http://www.answers.com/pecs&r=67, http://www.pecs.hu/english/index.php ) but there are a lot of times wh...
If anyone attended Live 8 Hyde Park, London, please can you fill out the following questionnaire and email it back to me, it is for my dissertation on customer satisfaction at events. I need 100 people to answer them, so PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE take a few mins to let me know what you thought. Thankyou Stace...
So one day in study hall last week a friend of mine and I made an obscure reference to "I Don't Like Mondays" and laughed about it for a few minutes. Another friend of mine asked what we were talking about, so my response was (naturally) to pull out my MP3 player and let her listen to "Mondays." Her re...
Bob has been branded scary by his own daughter. She definitely takes after him in her outspokenness http://contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/peaches%20geldof%20is%20scary_27_02_2006
Someone kindly sorted out my avatar for me a little while ago, but suddenly I have a blank white box. Could you please help again? I don't know what has happened - I didn't touch it honestly!!!
i don't know if i can post this here but ...
This is not a joke! Please Be Extremely Careful especially if using internet mail such As Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL and so on. This information arrived this morning direct from both Microsoft and Norton. Please send it to everybody you know who has access t...
Full page article in today's Sunday Times about Bono who re-iterates all the achievements of Live 8, and responds to criticism about the lack of African performers at the London event.
Not surprisingly Bono is almost entirely "singing from the same hymn sheet" as Bob!
After all th...
I think I'm getting into this tribute band thing in a big way. Having seen Limehouse Lizzy and realising how talented a good one good could be, I agreed to go to see A Whole Lotta Led (tribute to Led Zeppelin) last night.
I've always loved Zeppelin, but realised I had only scratched the surface with t...
dear rightfull worshipfull hon MASTER BOB GELDOF AND FRIENDS.. please..it is with great hardships that we are looking searching needing support in finding a law company firm that would or will be so kind in helping us with:: ref: 17/18 may 1992..ac (acre..akko..akka)brazil..gov assasina...
Are there any Ian Rankin fans out there? You may be interested to know that Ian has written a short story for a special needs childrens charity, featuring detective Inspector Rebus, who has to police the make Poverty History march and the Live 8 Murrayfield concert in Edinburgh. Yes, Bo...
www.nme.com/awards
You have to register, but why not mobilise the masses and get Geldof a Brat to go with his Brit!
PS You can also vote for Live 8 as best event/DVD, and if you ain't too familiar with modern music, just vote for Franz Ferdinand in all the relevant categories -- Edited by Arr...
Midge Ure has updated his autobiography, first published last year and now includes the stories behind Band Aid 20 and Live 8. "If I WAS..." is an amusing, honest and interesting read and contains numerous references to Bob and Paula. Midge was a close friend of Paula before he met Bob an...
I've been thinking that it would be interesting if Geldof/Rats tribute album was recorded. Here are a few of my ideas:
Mondays - Coldplay with Richard Ashcroft
Birthday Suit - Sinead O'Connor or Kate Bush
Looking After Number One - U2
Up All Night (remix) with Eminem
Let it Go - Foo Fighte...
come on...there's gotta be something to say about this album! or are we just ignoring it? hmm...ok, I'll have a go at it...if nobody else will over all, I think this album is a bit more even than Deep in the heart of nowhere, but especially more than Vegetarians of love. The songs, in general, are stro...
IAN!!! Attention, this one's for you, as well as those of us who actually remember the 60s and 70s, as well as other interested parties.... The people who currently own Bill Graham's business interests have unearthed his collection and are putting lots of it online to purchase (...
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A collection of musical influences and inspirations
Released May 3...
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A collection of musical influences and inspirations Released May 3rd 2004
"Lik...
http://thelive8concert.com/razorlight.htm
Johnny Borell has admitted that their biggest influence is Bob Geldof and The Boomtown Rats. Not only has he adopted Geldof's vocal style and mannerisms, their album title is a tribute to the Rats. Johnny has been quoted as saying "The secret of rock...
The following appeared on contactmusic.com today....
SIR BOB GELDOF is furious his new teaching channel has been positioned between stations broadcasting adult material by digital TV suppliers.
The LIVE 8 campaigner has launched Teachers' TV through his Ten Alps production compan...
Geldof In Africa DVD now available from www.bobgeldof.info The critically acclaimed Geldof In Africa DVD. Bob Geldof wanders through "the luminous continent" This stunning DVD from the recent BBC TV series. Please note this is an unsigned item. We have had many emails from people saying they foun...
I'm not sure whether this is the right place for this. Bob's sister hits the news with her work with UNICEF
http://www.bianet.org/2006/01/01_eng/news73858.htm
I'd forgotten how much I've missed reading Willie Williams' diaries....which of you connected Londoners is setting up my dinner date with the man?
(Edited to add - OK, it can be a tea date. What if we hate each other? Alternatively, I will happily allocate an hour or two f...
...much like the Rats back-catalogue, it appears that this other great neglected group of the late seventies/early eighties is having their back catalogue re-released on Universal in the next month or two.
Sure, you could go and waste your hard earned ca$h on the simultaneously re-released Jam...
Article from the Rolling Stone-1/2/06. Good to hear he wants to do lots more gigs and bring out another record. You do yourself an injustice, Bob, as you are good at lots more things other than music.
Sorry, meant to put the link in. -- Edited by Scottie at 21:02, 2006-02-02
hi everyone
i help out jj gilmour who recently did some supports slots to bob on his alst dec dates in the uk. anyhoo just informig you all that jj will perform some solo shows and here are the dates. hope to see you at some of the gigs. i'll be on the merch stand my name is billy
chers pj 4 jj
...
OMG boomtown rats i dont like mondays were number 84 for their video, not much said about the video, just some text explination underneath, and about only 15 seconds of it o well
I don't know whether I'm supposed be advertising such stuff on here, but seeing as it is in a good cause, I'm going for it . It's all in aid of Breast Cancer Research.
This must be my ninth race for life. I was inspired to take part when a friend of mine had been battling breast cancer for some y...
Over the years I have done many homemade cassettes of Rats/Geldof compilations for personal use, mainly for in the car, but my new car only plays CDs so my computer has been put to heavy use recompiling compilations.
Restricted to a mere 80 minutes I had a very difficult time selecting which Rats tra...
Since I'm no longer sure if critical posts are allowed in the main area, I'll post this here.
The other day, I received the following email from Bob Geldof, which frankly, is pissing me off. (NOTE: The graphics code isn't transferring thoroughly, text in the orig...
I know the Cardiff gig is a long and distant memory now, but I finally had my film printed. There were two photos on there which were worth scanning (the others were backs of people's heads) from after the show.
I've uploaded them onto this site:
[url]http://www.fotothing.com/Julesk/[/ur...
Bob Geldof vows to try to hold G8 leaders to aid promises (Monday January 23, 2006 07:55 PM) CANNES, France (AFP) - Rock musician and passionate poverty relief campaigner Bob Geldof vowed to do everything in his power to get leaders of the world's richest nations to uphold their promises to alleviate...
Anyone here have a taste for hard rock, check out this Band . Listen to a couple of tracks at www.myspace.com/yearlongdisaster -- Edited by Beistovin at 03:49, 2006-01-21
http://www.nme.com/news/nme-awards/22040
Hero Of The Year Carl Barat Pete Doherty Liam Gallagher Bob Geldof Alex Turner
Best Live Band - supported by Carling Arctic Monkeys Franz Ferdinand Green Day Kaiser Cheifs Oasis
Best Album - supported by HMV Babyshambles - 'Down In Albion' Bloc P...
...let me share with you press release for this independent and self produced project ignored by mainstream media because of subject, thanks.
The Saga of Hypatia is going to begin... Invitation to attendance at genesis of a controversial Graphic Novella with this writing I want...
Do you think there is a chance that Bob will be BAFTA nominated (British Academy of Film and Television Arts, for those not familiar with the term), for his series Geldof in Africa, in the docmentary or factual programme, (I think it is called now,) section? The nominations shoul...
On the old forum, we used to have a number of games going. I thought it was about time we had one or two running on this one. I spotted this game on another website. Go through the alphabet (as many times as we choose), with something connected with Rats/Geldof - could be a song, album, someone connected wi...
Hi folks I want to add an avator to my profile. I dont particularly like the libary ones but when I try to add one from yahoo images it comes up it needs to be supported by graphics. How does this be done? Id appreciate any help on this, Thanks...
Musicmania...
http://www.channel4.com/music/ontv/T/tonyblair.htmlI still love ya Tony It's sad and all, but, you know, we'll get over it! Anyway, when Tony was at Oxfo...
You might hate the music, and it's not the most elegant graphic design I've ever seen.....but THIS is what a band's website should be, IMHO.
http://www.bigheadtodd.com
HI GANG did any body see geldofs gig poster on the street tonight or am i a bit slow and its on every week ooh magic! thats got to be 5/6 times now in 50 years
Not even the fat dancer from TAKE THAT gets on the street
A 50s revival: shake rattle 'n' Rolls-Royce
Unison.ie - Bray,Ireland
... Nascent signs of this new tribe are already emerging. If you want to get a glimpse of the future, think of Bob Geldof. ... This is the Geldof Generation. ...
Well the link didn't work for me, but I noted the comment This is...
My name is Séamus Fitzpatrick and I am from Holy Trinity College and there are 11 schools and 2 youth forums around the Mid Ulster Area who have set up the Mid Ulster Youth Executive which is a a project involving the youth of mid ulster to develop pracitca and meaningful actions addressing the stark rea...
Hi, are any of you also musical artists, fellow music lovers who also write and compose your own material?
Do you ever get inspired to write by people such as Bob?
I've composed a couple of songs that were inspired by himself. But I'm a great fan of the humanitarian as well as the muso.
copyr...
Tuesday 20 december 22.35 - 23.35 (UK time), BBC1: Live8: It was twenty years ago today
Wednesday 21 december 22.40 - 00.00 (UK time), BBC1: Live8: A bittersweet symphony
On BBC1 also a repeat of Geldof in Africa, starting next monday.
http://www.cipd.co.uk/cande/hrd/conference/_SeminarDetails.aspx?guid={B4CB9E8F-218B-4B87-A0E6-2B85ED62DA0F}-- Edited by rekamakovics at 18:13, 2006-01-17
Hi,
Could someone please tell me how long it normally takes to get stuff ordered off this website? And also is the interview with all the questions for bob actually taking place?
Ta.
Sleep, sleep tonight
And may your dreams be realized
Letter from a Birmingham Jail:http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/popular_requests/frequentdocs/birmingham.pdf
Wed 18 Jan at 23:45 on BBC Three Sat 21 Jan at 00:55 on BBC Threehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/tv/common_people.shtml After the dust settled on the 90s Britpop phenomenon, one song stood head and shoulders above all others penned at the time...
That song was Common People, and it was written...
On my vinyl copy of V Deep for Talking in Code, the inner sleeve includes a third verse i.e. includes the phrase "semaphore girl" (google for it). Any idea why this didn't make it onto the record?
I recall TBR performing this third verse live (golddiggers, Chippenham, filmed in 1984...
Excluding re-releases/compilations.... (OK, there are 23!) No particular order, but the one at the top is a bit special!
Franz Ferdinand You Could Have It So Much BetterKaiser Chiefs Employment The Futureheads The Futureheads Stereophonics Language Sex Violen...
Not a bad year?
http://www.thenewtons.co.uk/charts/top40/2005.htm
Act track position label
Amsterdam / Ricky The Journey / Stop Knocking The Walls Down 32 Beat Crazy
Arcade Fire Rebellion (Lies) 19 Rough Trade
Arcade Fire Wake Up 29 Rough Trade
Arctic Monkeys I Bet You Look Good...
http://contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/peaches%20geldof%20is%20scary_27_02_2006
over all, I think this album is a bit more even than Deep in the heart of nowhere, but especially more than Vegetarians of love. The songs, in general, are stro... 
