Yup, stealing from Charlie Brooker for once. I seem to have come across a right load of tripe (or a right load of amusement) in the news today and, obviously, I feel the need to share it with my nearest and dearest.
First, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church are blaming a Madonna concert for the death of 15 citizens in a 'boating tragedy' in Macedonia on September 5th. "We should not allow the young to have fun on a day that should be dedicated to spiritual reflection," claims some idiot with far too big a chip on his shoulder. Yes, that's right, we know your game buster, we know the truth. You just couldn't get through to Seetickets on time to get tickets, could you? Bet you were pressing refresh for hours, clinging to every last vestige of hope, but alas, no such luck. Well, no need to take it out on those thousands of 'youngsters' (hah! Does anyone under 30 actually go to Madonna gigs these days?) who did fork out an arm and a leg to see some washed-up diva, desperate to remain credible, belt out a string of no-name, half-arsed dance tracks and the occasional 'classic.' Surely this is torture enough?!
The Klaxons, those perveyors of all things independent and original (hah!), are claiming that Speech Debble (who?)'s win at the Mercury Music Prize is a 'fuck off' to major labels. Um, no, it's further evidence that the panel just vote for the most obscure artist possible in an effort to appear knowledgable and credible. Heaven help us all if an album that anyone had actually heard of won the damn thing.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090910/twl-big-brother-hoax-victims-filmed-for-3fd0ae9.html - this is absolutely hilarious. Well, not really, it's actually quite sinister and really, really wrong; but you do wonder how anyone managed to actually pull off this sort of stunt.
From the Metro: "A robber was arrested after returning to the scene of the crime to ask his victim out on a date. Stephfon Bennett, 20, was one of three men who robbed a couple on Sunday at their home in Ohio. Love-crazed Bennett came back two hours later and was recognised by the woman." You couldn't make this sort of shit up, could ya?
And finally, does anyone else really not give a rat's about the bloody Beatles and sodding Rock Band? So you can play all their songs on some computer game, big frigging deal. Learn to play guitar instead and do something decent with yourself. God.
Rant officially over. Resume normal cheeriness.
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