Van Tango

Robbie Williams is back with a new album on 24th October.

This is the tracklistening:
1 - Trippin
2 - Make Me Pure
3 - Spread Your Wings
4 - Advertising Space
5 - Please Dont Lie
6 - Your Gay Friend
7 - Sing Sing Sing
8 - Random Acts
9 - The Trouble With Me
10 - A Plane to Crash
11 - King of Bloke and Bird

Trippin will be the first single released in the UK on Oct 3rd.

This is rumoured to be the album cover... After cloning himself on a football field and then hanging upside down from some tall building, Robb decides to indulge in tarot cards now. Maybe he's sick of playing poker in the long bus rides..

Lisa Scott Lee's new solo single is called 'Electric' and is set to be released on the 10th Oct 05. Electric is written by Guy Chambers who has penned great tracks like Robbie Williams hit singles 'Angels' & 'Let Me Entertain You'. Lisa revealed that her new single 'Electric' is a new direction and cool pop. It's time for Lisa to 'step' up to the mark. Her previous singles are lacking in quality. And also, Rachel needs some good solo competition.

The White Stripes have announced details of their first ever live webcast. The band are currently on a North American tour, and will play at the Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion Theatre in Maryland on September 27.
A good idea there. Will ask Jolene to come over and watch it together. Can't wait for that particular 'doorbell' to ring.

Two fantastic new singles :
Jem - Wish I video
Bloc Party - Two More Years video

From the spur-ms devotee Edwin Yeo:
Here are the lessons in life I learned from just watching the first episode of Villa Wellness :

1) Fat is ugly. Almost every one of them said they wanted to lose weight and look beautiful. Meaning, Fat = Ugly.
Yup, we've known it all along. Why do you think women's magazines only use skinny models, just like the host of this show, Desiree Siaahan? Yes, it's to show what women should all aspire to be, because, as we all know, all men want to date models (hmmmm...). Dove can carry the feminist flag all they want, but it takes real guts to tell it like it is.

2) Get to the real problem. Villa Wellness did a great job with this, and that was that these 12 women were fat, unattractive and would never get ahead in life unless they lost weight. Never mind that her family calls her a 'mother pig' and 'aircraft carrier'. Such insensitivities from their own flesh-and-blood will go away the minute she looks like Desiree and becomes beautiful. Beauty, it has always been said, is skin deep. Villa Wellness reminds us indeed that skin is very important.

First of all, the host sucked. Secondly, it might be good to show that with proper regime, one can lose weight the right way. But to throw in the 'carrot' of Jon Johnson for a better motivation is a poor idea. What it meant was that all overweight people cannot get the hunks and hotties. Nah. Bollocks to that. I've seen some cases where one is grossly overweight but still achieved in the mission to get a nice looking partner. The Villa Wellness crew is telling the viewers that 'fei maos / gemuks' are hopeless people with low self esteem.
Fat = Ugly? So it means that Anorexic = Beautiful? The debate goes on...

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I don't need no good advice; I'm already wasted
I don't need some other life; Cold and complicated
I don't need no sunday trips; Tea and sympathising
I don't need no special fix; To a-nae-sthetise me
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Depeche Mode - Precious
On first listen, I thought it was an 'unheard' Depeche song from the 80s... With melodies too beautiful to be true. The Killers, Departure & Bravery peeps were probably still learning to walk when these original 'new romantics' introduced the world on this trend. With kinetic hooks, hypnotic vocals and a glorious chorus, this one song alone has already put the "Beware! Prolong Listening Ahead" sign on the upcoming album. Martin Gore should grow back that 'radish leaves' (those veges the mario bros plucked from the ground) hairstyle again. That would be nice.

Jennifer Aniston has fuelled speculation over her relationship with co-star Vince Vaughn by wearing a vest with his name emblazoned across the front. The actress was spotted taking a walk in Malibu, California sporting the garment which reads: "Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show" across the front. A lucky guy there.

Chelsea have been told Inter Milan star Adriano is staying at the San Siro - even though the champions continue to monitor him. Mourinho has made no secret of the fact he rates the Brazilian striker highly although they were unable to lure him to Stamford Bridge in the summer. Chelsea were understood to have enquired about the striker's availability during the transfer window but Inter were in no mood to do a deal with technical director Gabriele Oriali confident Adriano will remain in Milan. Mourinho will no doubt continue to track the Brazilian in the hope of landing him in the January transfer window. Adriano looked like someone from the Bill Cosby show but still unsure of which character. Mancini seemed confident that the brazilian powerhouse will be loyal to Inter because his squad is in better shape to get the Scudetto this season. He must not come to Stamford Bridge no matter what or else the EPL will become a one horse race in late February..

Someone forwarded this and I think it's cool :
"She fucking made me listen to that spawn of Satan, Siti Nurhaliza! PLEASE! ANYTHING BUT SITI NURHALIZA! I'd rather watch a millon episodes of Barney and 2 million episodes of Teletubbies than listen to Siti Nurhaliza!"
'A spawn of'...brilliant quote.