by Stuart Heritage
There are some things you can say about Mick Jagger – that he’s got a face like a bloodhound’s scrotum or that he hasn’t written a good song for 29 years – but call Mick Jagger a miser and he’ll have a gigantic pissy fit in front of anyone that’ll listen.
In an interview with The Times at the weekend, Mick Jagger’s ex-wife Jerry Hall claimed that she had to pay for the majority of things to do with their house and children because Mick was so stingy with all his millions. This interview caused Mick Jagger to call up The Times to comprehensively refute that he’s anything like a miser. At least we think that’s what Mick Jagger said – before we actually got to read the article, Mick Jagger came round our house, snatched the newspaper out of our hands and crammed it down his jumper, muttering “It keeps me warm and it’s cheaper than buying a vest” before staring at an open tin of dog food and licking his lips for 20 solid minutes.
We’re pretty sure it was Mick Jagger, anyway. We could be wrong.
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by Chris Laverty
With the possible exception of The Fray and Keane, Snow Patrol are the most boring band on the entire planet. Even their manager agrees. Or at least he was their manager until he decided he didn’t want to die a slow death of miserable bastard indie laced with the vocals of a jittery, soppy sod choirboy who needs a haircut.
Snow Patrol were not always less interesting than pus. They started off pretty well; some of their songs could even be considered ‘ok’, as background filler for cleaning the gutters or having a mental breakdown. Back in their early days as Shrug there was something more about them than gloom-laden drudgery. As Snow Patrol, they released the critically acclaimed Final Straw in 2003 and got enough attention to warrant not giving a damn anymore. As if being from Belfast would not make you miserable enough, they felt being permanently depressed and maudlin was the way to go. Nothing like being nominated for a Grammy and having a song featured in Grey’s Anatomy to really piss you off though. Man, that sucks.
Their now former manager Jazz Summers took over the band’s reins back in 2002 when they were dumped by Jeepster Records. Many people believe he was the mastermind behind the current Snow Patrol monstrosity. He is the one you blame when you’re sitting up in heaven looking down on your own funeral with Chasing Cars blaring out of the chapel’s antiquated speaker system. There is no official line for the band’s split from Summers. ‘Creative differences’ is likely, ‘they’ve gone all shit’ even more so.
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