Daily Archives: May 11, 2012

Listen To Richard Hawley – Haunt Me

Haunt Me is the b-side for the 10″ vinyl version of Leave Your Body Behind You which will be the first single release through the Richard Hawley Singles Club, available exclusively via Independent record shops for Record Store Day and from Hawley’s website.

The Singles Club will be a series of 10″ singles, b/w exclusive bonus tracks, to be released throughout the next 12 months (more information available soon at:www.richardhawley.co.uk ). The two-track download is available now.

Listen to the new track here:

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Maroon 5 – Payphone Review

Maroon 5 are set to make their return next month with their new single Payphone featuring Wiz Khalifa.

The track is the second single off the album since the smash hit Moves Like Jagger,

And we have the new video for the single for you to take a quick look at:

Recorded in Los Angeles over the last year, ‘Overexposed’ is a rich, pop-infused collection featuring 10 new tracks.

The album was executive produced by Max Martin with additional tracks produced by Benny Blanco and Ryan Tedder.

Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine said of the release, “’Overexposed’ is definitely one of our most diverse and poppiest albums yet. We had a great time recording it”.

Guitarist James Valentine added, “’Moves Like Jagger’ was the first time we ever worked with an outside writer, so we decided to try it some more on this record.

“At this point in our career I think it was a good thing to completely mix up our process and it yielded good results, as well as a more collaborative spirit within the band.

“We wanted to make something that sounded contemporary with the elements of a lot of early eras of pop music. This is our most pop record ever and we weren’t shy about really going for it.”

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Face Crooks

There’s nothing like a slight exaggeration when you’re telling a story, but creating a profile that’s ‘fake’ isn’t right is it?

New research has indicated that eight out of ten Brits have admitted that their social networking profiles are ‘fake’.

A study of 2,000 people found the average Facebook user carefully composes their profile – falsely painting a picture of an exciting social life, sophisticated tastes and glamorous photos. But 80 per cent confessed they have doctored photographs, linked to articles to appear intelligent, or tagged themselves at locations they’ve never visited.

Fake relationship statuses, misleading profile pictures and fabricated status updates were other common cheats in the list of lies lurking behind the average online profile. The research, which was commissioned by domain specialists Siteopia.com, found a large percentage feel ‘relentless pressure’ to give off the impression they lead more exciting lives than the reality.

Yesterday Siteopia.com spokesman John Bartholomew said: “Social media has become integral to the way we view and define ourselves, but the results show people are happy to fabricate their profiles to create an image that isn’t real.

“That’s leading to a culture of unnecessary boasting and a misguided sense of self-importance which in turn pressures others into feeling inadequate.

“A person’s social media profile is an ideal version of themselves that has been deliberately constructed. But it’s important our need to be held in high regard doesn’t come through blatant lies.”

Have you ever done any of this? If you can’t be real with your friends though, who can you be real with?

TOP ‘FAKEBOOK’ LIES

1. Use an old photo as a profile picture to look more attractive

2. Remove ‘ugly’ photos

3. Read articles on newspaper app to appear clever

4. ‘Like’ something to appear intellectual

5. Edit a picture to make yourself look more attractive

6. Message someone on Facebook you’ve never met

7. Write a status or tweet which is a lie

8. Use a profile picture of someone that wasn’t me

9. Write a status exaggerating how ‘fun’ a party or social event was

10. Had a relationship status that’s wrong i.e. in a relationship when actually single

11. Sent a friend request to someone just because they were attractive

12. Make up a status or tweet because you want attention

13. Dress up/ exaggerated job role

14. Exaggerate qualifications

15. Tag yourself or check in to a location you weren’t at

16. Made your education look better than it is

17. Edit books/movies/music to look a bit cooler

18. Edit things you like to have more in common with someone you like

19. Pose for a photo next to a car/house/motorbike that wasn’t yours

20. Create a fake photo album

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10 Things I Hate About You Sequel Is An Awful Idea!!!

For many ladies who were in their teenage years when 10 Things I Hate About You hit the big screen in 1999 this movie holds a special place in their hearts.

Not only it this one of the best teen adaptations of Shakespeare, and there really were some awful ones around the same time, but it’s a charming and funny movie from start to finish.

And yes I admit that the totally beautiful Heath Ledger is also one huge reason why those who loved the movie when it was released, and I include myself in this, still love the movie now.

So when news reached me that a sequel was being planned you can imagine my horror!!!

Now I am not against a movie that is in a similar vein but why it has to be a sequel that comes thirteen years after the original is beyond me, not to mention there is no mention of the likes of Julia Stiles or Joseph Gordon Levitt returning to their original roles.

Now there is some good news in all this Gil Junger has penned the movie, he wrote the original and he is also set to direct according to Variety.

Junger told Variety that the movie was inspired by suicide before going on to say “It is the story of two relatable, ordinary people with normal jobs and normal desires whose seemingly great lives have become unmanageable.

“Two people who go to the same place at the same time to end it… Their chance meeting is so awkward, so raw, and so funny, they postpone their intentions and go their separate ways.”

Now I don’t wish to put a downer on the project but the movie 10 Things I Hate About Life is sounds totally different to 10 Things That I Hate About You – at the moment you would struggle even calling it a sequel.

The love for 10 Things I Hate About You endures to this very day, in fact I laughed just as loud when it was on TV last week, and I’m sorry but I am already not a fan of this.

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Brave Spoof Trailer

Brave is set to be one of the must see animation movies of 2012 as Pixar return with the first original story in three years.

I have to admit that brave is a movie that I have been looking forward to for about twelve months because it looks completely different to what they have produced before.

And we have a great spoof trailer for the movie for you to take a look at:

Merida is a skilled archer and impetuous daughter of King Fergus (voice of Billy Connolly) and Queen Elinor (voice of Emma Thompson).

Determined to carve her own path in life, Merida defies an age-old custom sacred to the uproarious lords of the land: massive Lord MacGuffin (voice of Kevin McKidd), surly Lord Macintosh (voice of Craig Ferguson) and cantankerous Lord Dingwall (voice of Robbie Coltrane).

Merida’s actions inadvertently unleash chaos and fury in the kingdom, and when she turns to an eccentric old Witch (voice of Julie Walters) for help, she is granted an ill-fated wish.

The ensuing peril forces Merida to discover the meaning of true bravery in order to undo a beastly curse before it’s too late.

Brave is released 22nd June

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