Daphne & other: June 2008

Wednesday, 25 June 2008

The Bee Gees: 'We might return'

The Bee Gees have said that they might return to the stage after a five-year hiatus.

The band stopped performing under the Bee Gees name when bandmember Maurice Gibb died in 2003.

The two remaining members, Maurice's brothers Robin and Barry Gibb, subsequently said they would no longer use the Bee Gees name, but last performed together in Miami 2006.

However, it seems they may have changed their minds. Speaking to BBC News Robin Gibb said he was very much open to a comeback if his brother, Barry Gibb, agreed.

Robin Gibb said: "When or where is to be decided at a time when he says yes."

He also explained that he was unsure whether the duo would return under the Bee Gees name, saying they were going through a tough time when they decided not to use it anymore.

"We decided that on an emotional level at that point," he said. "Whether or not that will change, we don't know. It's a personal thing and we'll do it when the time is right.

"So it's not a no, it's just emotionally when it's right."

Saturday, 21 June 2008

Michael Sandler and Musir Von Vidalia

Artist: Michael Sandler and Musir Von Vidalia

   Genre(s):
Ambient

Discography:

Meetingplace

Year: 2005
Tracks: 6

Roman Polanski - Polanski Film Changed In Legal Row

A documentary about shamed filmmaker ROMAN POLANSKI has been altered after complaints from Los Angeles court officials about allegations made in the film.

A statement regarding a judge's action in the documentary Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, which focuses on the director's 1978 trial for sex with an underage girl, angered members of L.A.'s Superior Court.

French-born Polanski was convicted of the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl, but fled to Paris before he could be sentenced for the crime.

The film accused a judge of telling Polanski's lawyers in 1997 that the 74-year-old could return to the U.S. and escape prison if he agreed to have his sentencing hearing televised.

Los Angeles Superior Court issued a statement on Monday (09Jun08) slamming the assertion as "as a complete fabrication without any basis in fact".

And bosses at U.S. TV company HBO, the company behind the documentary, have now agreed to alter the film to reflect the court's complaints.

Polanski has not returned to the U.S. since 1978 and American prosecutors have vowed to arrest him if he ever sets foot back in the country.

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Friday, 20 June 2008

DJ Baselord

Artist: DJ Baselord

   Genre(s):
Other

Discography:

Day Of Judgement

Year: 2004
Tracks: 10

Sienna Miller and Rhys Ifans take a "break"

Mike Myers - Myers Created Guru Voice To Cheer Sick Pals Up

MIKE MYERS created the voice for his new movie guru PITKA to cheer ill friends up.

The funnyman has been working on his The Love Guru character for years and came up with the comic spiritual leader's Indian voice in an effort to give sick pals a laugh.

He explains, "The Seat of The Soul was a book I read that I saw on Oprah and I loved it. This is a guy who was a green beret and he was also a physicist.

"When I talked about what I was reading philosophically this mellifluous voice would emerge.

"My friends loved it and, in fact, would ask me to call them when they were not feeling well in that voice: `You have a cold? This is the universe telling you to be with yourself because the only way out is in.'"

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John Lydon - Rotten Never Playing Glastonbury Again

Rocker JOHNNY ROTTEN has vowed his band THE SEX PISTOLS will never play legendary music festival Glastonbury again - because it's "too big".

The punk legends reunited last year (07) for a series of live dates, which included a summer appearance at the British event.

But Rotten - real name John Lydon - insists the God Save The Queen hitmakers will from now on snub the famed Glastonbury stage in favour of smaller venues.

He says, "Glastonbury is too big. We played it last year but it was too much.

"We're just doing (touring) Europe this time."

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Elton John - Fascinating Fact 5380

SIR ELTON JOHN is auctioning off the piano he used to write his hit 1971 single DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART. The Steinway grand will go under the hammer in London on 18 June (08).

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