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I'm not sure if I should Laugh or cry

Wall st, invertment bankers and just about everyone who buys soap has been stung in the worlds biggest ever Ponzi (or pyramid) scheme. The scheme works whereby the investments of new clients is used to pay the interest promised to old clients. As you can guess these things are not built to last, and shock horror this one didn't either. $50bn has just fallen down a black whole somewhere in the US as this scheme came undone. It seems some good soul warned the powers that be about this scam as far back as 1999 but nobody ever got round to checking it out. Banks worldwide once again are reaching for the begging bowl as many of them seem to have invested money in something they did not bother to check out........where have I heard that before?
Anyway there is O.D.B.  with Got Your Money for Bernard Madoff, the man behind the madness.

No Doubt return

No doubt have decided to reform. Citing cabin fever as the reason for the return.
Guitarist Tom Dumont posted the following on their website:

"I have cabin fever. Maybe we should play some shows or something,"

To which Gwen Stefani replied "I think we should go out now. I don't think we should wait. Pack up the babies and get a bunch of nannies."

I would consider that an enthusiastic response. The band haven’t played together since 2004 and not released an album since Rock Steady in 2001. They have also been in the studio on and off through out the year.  2009 bodes well for their fans myself included. They are grand musically but its their live shows that won me over. That Stefani young one as enough energy to power a small town for a year.

Nice.

Rob Zombie. Punisher soundtrack

I like Rob Zombie an The Punisher was a fine bit of pointless violence. So can you guess how happy I am to find the undead man is doing a song for the soundtrack to the new blood and bullets fest,its called Warzone . What you think of it? Angry isn't it.

Gemma Hayes on the road.

Gemma is taking to the road this winter to treat us all to live renditions ofstuff from her acclaimed third LP The Hollow Of The Morning. She will no doubt treat us to songs from her first two albums as well. Not a bad way to spend a winters evening.

Nov. 26th: Belfast - Stiff Kitten 
Sat. Nov. 29th:  Mullingar – Stables
Sun. Nov. 30th: Limerick – Dolans
Mon. Dec. 1st: Cork – Cyprus Avenue
Thurs. Dec. 4th: Waterford – Electric Avenue
Sat. Dec. 6th: Dublin – Tripod
Sun. Dec. 7th: Castlebar – TF Royal
Tues. Dec. 9th: Galway – Roisin Dubh

Prodigy to play Slane

The prodigy are playing Slane in June as the very special guests of Oasis. It's a bit strange that the support act is being announced so early, even one a fan-feckin-tastic as The Prodigy. Its probably a way to sell alot of early bird tickets in these uncertain financial times or something. There are going to be 4 support acts in total.  And any day out with The Prodigy can’t be bad. They are in my not so humble opinion are one of the best live acts on the planet. A trip to Slane just started to look much more appealing.

AC/DC @ the O2

This post makes the last one defunct but to off set the 5 minutes it took me to write it I have good news. AC/DC are playing the O2 on sat the 18th of April next year! I put that little nugget of information in at the bottom of the last post but I think it deserves the glory of its own post with its own picture and everything. I still think Slane would be a better venue but I am sooo mouth wateringly happy about the prospect of this concert I am willing to overlook that my personal desires have once again being ignored by reality. Tickets go on sale this friday(the 17th) at 9am. Tickets €67.70 including booking fee and are linited to 2 per person.
All together now, T.N.T......Im Dino-Mite!

Bell x 1's flock shrinks

Brian Crosby is leaving the fold at the end of their current tour. He is jumping ship to work in a studio. He produced the Cake Sale in 06 and has made music to tv and radio. He has produced the up coming One Day International Album. Here is what the band have to say: lookie lookie

Chris Cornell makes the Baby Jesus cry!

Chris Cornell is working with Timbaland to release his latest album Scream in November and if the clips on his myspace page are anything to go by it will be crap of the highest order. Grown rockers will cry and try to ram jagged shards of the CD in their ears to get over the pain of hearing this R&B/pop mush. Perhaps I can get banned by the UN as it inflicts undue suffering on the fans of one of rocks greatest front men (although he had started to slide prior to this) Someone should have told him when Weezer sang “Timbaland knows the way to the top of the charts” in Pork & Beans they were not giving out career advise.