Van Tango

Portia De Rossi wants to marry her lesbian lover Ellen Degeneres. But the former Ally McBeal actress insists the talk show star must ask her first. She said, "I have to be asked. But I love the idea of marriage. It's beautiful. I'm such a romantic and I always have been." Guess it's a pity for a stunner like Ms Portia preferring a lifestyle as a lesbian.

Alicia Silverstone has slammed Hollywood stars for being obsessed with their weight. She revealed, "So many young girls nowadays are bulimic or anorexic because of all this nonsense about weight. It's ridiculous. "To me, the only thing that makes someone attractive is if they're a good person." Oh yes. Too many stick-thin P.Hilton size wannabes around, including Hilary Duff.. This sad trend will not go away, especially for these 'clueless' souls.

Keano & Hen-ry are out for about 6 weeks. Can Lampar-d & Essien also get injured for long periods too?? Around the same time period.. Looney got his marching orders for sarcastically clapping at Kim Nielsen(hardcore no-nonsense dude) in giving him a yellow card at Villawell...Villareal. That boy never learn. Crouch-y & Sissoko are showing their worth as a Red player after a fantastic performance against a dangerous Real Betis side. But a win was registered for the first CL game in Spain.

Christine went home this week. Seven contestants were to represent the same no. of Sins. Rebecca had to do 'anger' shot in a graveyard after finding out her childhood pal passed away. Glad that she came through the ordeal in a positive manner. They were also trained on conducting interviews with celebs. Turned out that 'Eve' was the guest as an interviewee. Michelle thought she nailed it but Keenyah won. At the evaluation, they were being asked tough interview questions by the judges and applied what they've learned in being spontaneous to answering them. Final 6 left.

The Depature will release a single 'Arms Around Me' on Oct 10th. The B-side will be Arms Around Me (acoustic). Get ready to be mesmerized by yet another Departure song of juggernaut status. Meanwhile, a new Oasis track is on the "Goal" film soundtrack. The track, 'Who Put The Weight Of The World On My Shoulders?' is a Noel written and fronted. It will be released on Oct 17th. Sounds like an infringement on a player just by looking at the song title.. .

Local music. There was a debate on whether the likes of PLP(rubbish), The Observatory(promising) and Ronin(quality) would be at the recognition level of those musicians from US & Europe. Firstly, no matter what, if the music has substance then there should be little problems getting attention from the public. But the idea is how they are promoted. If very few peeps have knowledge on the band, then it is no use as MTV & radio can only do so much. Just like the S-league, there may be a couple of cracker matches now and then. But any sane football lover would prefer watching champions league and the epl over an S-league game. Same philosophy goes to this music debate. Western bands have a distinctly superior quality that draws in worldwide crowds.

An 'okay' effort to replicate the siblings band :
- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - The Hardest Button to Button.mp3 (White Stripes cover) ////

"We should ban skydiving" / "Rubbish forever piling up & not removed" / "Shift night-market further from MRT station in case of emergency" ==>>> W.T.F??? First bugger must have a terrible fear of heights and being taunted by pals for chickening out of skydiving events. Second joker can't solve the problem by calling the appropriate authorities but chose to complain to the public. The last goon-du is implying that every MRT station should be situated just like on the center of a soccer field, with an empty land of the same size surrounding it; so that it would be less dangerous if some misfortune event happens. Seriously, I don't know whether to laugh or take pity on these writers.

Lindsay Lohan claims she isn't ready to bare her body in a film yet. She said: "You won't see me taking my clothes off for a film. My fans aren't ready for more hardcore stuff yet, and I'm not." However, Lohan admits she is desperate to appear in more adult orientated films; wants to move away from teen roles/comedies but admits she is wary of alienating her young fans. She said, "I'd love to do more grown-up stuff. But I know that it's young girls who are watching my films and I don't want to turn my back on them." Just do it. Before Hilary and Ashlee overtakes her popularity = Mean Women II.

Christina Applegate decided to spice up a trip to Amsterdam recently - by viewing a live sex show. The actress said, "I could never go to a strip club... I've been to a live sex show, but I haven't been to a strip club. It's completely different. They have them in Amsterdam. I had to (go and see it), I was in Amsterdam. It was interesting. They would do their thing and then they would get up and bow and that was really cute. It's really sweet, actually, in some sort of twisted way." Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing; and the sweetest sin.

Oasis - Pass Me Down The Wine (TIOBI b-side)
There is something special about this song. Although it may not be appropriate if it were to be on the main album, this Liam-penned track is just pure brilliance. The lyrics seemed to send a message about all is not well in the world. An example would be - "What you got tomorrow? / Only pain and sorrow". I guess they wants to just chill out with some wine and run out some thoughts on what is happening around them. Just like "12:51", the vocals and guitars are on the same platform - in sync with each other. Come to the chorus, he sounds as if he's pleading for a better day, each day. It's so melodiously resounding that makes you wanna help whatever problems he is facing. Ace.

Lene Marlin - How It Would Be
This Norwegian lady released two "low-morale-effect" songs some years ago with 'Another Day' and 'You Weren't There'. With a new album on the horizon, she's back on the right track. This new song sounds a little bit more uplifting - concerning about how things would be different if she were still with some dude and making a different decision (mushy-thoughts-here-but-no-choice-its-a-good-song). Most of the lines are about questions on the 'what might happen' situations. You can say this will fit in nicely with any Lisa Loeb albums, those kind of 'sad, hopeful, encouragement' categories. Fookin hell. This is not rock n roll. Oh well. Credit is given where it's due. Anyways, the song would fit perfectly for you peeps(those &^%&*%*$@& romantic cases). Listen and then fookin cheer up, aight?

Arctic Monkeys - A Certain Romance
First of all, this is not a tribute song to some wiener goth-rock wannabe band. This is the new generation of brit rock that will be bigger than the libertines and stone roses. When you start to hear the introduction, the heavy banging tunes most probably remind you of some eighties detective tv serial show. Then after a while, it cools down with some soothing guitar hooks..calming you down just for a moment. Those memorable bassline tunes would definitely haunt your mind for some weeks. Out comes the vocals I guess it's about dissing some middle-class people about their attire and un-matching poor attitudes. Where the freakin hell they come up with the tunes that sound so 'happily married' to the vocals I have no idea. At one point, the bassline is just there alone for a while, reminiscent of Reptilia's bridge, except that the singer was not around this time. Then the guitars & drums comes into play..the vocals coming down a gear, as if he's reciting some poem in a "don't worry, i'm alright" manner. The phrase 'not in the same way' is repeated a couple of times until the heavy banging tunes returned for an encore ending...slowing it down to a spectacularly simple guitar hook. Of course, the bloody track has to be listened for a couple more times cause you missed those different bits of masterpiece sounds in ONE fookin' song.

If Graham Coxon were still with Albarn doing another Blur album this year, let's say, at the same time where The Rakes & Kaiser Chiefs are making their debut, are they able to compete with the new boys?? If it is in the same veins of 'Think Tank', then they can shut up shop and retire. Coxon is not doing that well it seems as a solo artiste. A pity, considering his capabilities as a songwriter in the country-house days.

Ian Brown has dimissed Kasabian as being just a 'tribute band'. "Those guys are trying to re-enact the Mad-chester era, and I don't think people will be speaking about them in 10 years time." Can imagine Tom Meighan & gang being in the era of Happy Mondays, Stone Roses, etc. Would they get the same recognition then? Don't think that their id-entity would be totally 'cutt off'..

Starsailor explode back on Oct 3rd with the release of 'In The Crossfire', the first single to be taken from their forthcoming third album 'On The Outside'. 'In The Crossfire' is an incendiary, hard hitting song which shows the band at their best. Its urgent and honest, setting the scene for an album which sees the band focused and reignited. Absolutely brilliant. At last. A NEW 'endless-repeat-but-won't-get-sick' Starsailor song. Enjoy.

Starsailor - In The Crossfire video