Ross Goss was the first to tell you of Queens of the Stone Age’s lawsuit against Foo Fighters for sounding similar (judge ruled that although maybe the music wasn’t similar, without his time with the Queens, Dave Grohl would have lacked motivation and inspiration to make another good Foo’s album. Case was adjourned for a month so that the judge could work out a reasonable punishment. Previously the Judge ordered Mr. Grohl to mention the Queens in every interview he gave…until he realised this happened anyway). Well now I can tell you that The Chipmunks are considering suing JJ72 for breach of copyright on their songs. Mark Greaney, lead singer of JJ72 commented “I’m devastated by this, I really am! Of course The Chipmunks are a major influence on us, but we did not mean to steal any of their material. We want them to be flattered by our admiration of them”. In fact, you have to wonder whether if The Chipmunks had tried to launch a full scale music career they may have been a huge worldwide success, especially with the The before Chipmunks. Surely they couldn’t have failed! (watch the new Sum 41 video).

An unknown source from an unknown gig venue in an unknown city revealed to me earlier in the week an extraordinary plan to generate some extra and much needed cash. It is a rather clever plan, which I am surprised no one has thought of before. Ever gone into work/uni/school/college the morning after the gig the night before, boasting about how you crowdsurfed all the way from the back of the venue to the front, lost your wallet, your mobile phone, one shoe (found later after everyone has left, crushed, with laces missing) and your mates never believe you? This could be a thing of the past. My source told me “We plan to fit several digital camera’s to the ceiling. We will have a small team of people watching the view from each. When someone crowdsurf’s, we will zoom in on them and take their picture whilst they are gliding across the crowd. The photo will be framed similar to those you get at amusement park’s…you know the one’s - “I went on the Log Flume at Alton Towers!” type frames, except it’ll say “I crowdsurfed at LostProphets” for example”. Prices are to range from £5 for one photo or £7 for three, and even better £10 for a photo of all your mates crowdsurfing in a row! I raised the question of whether this would realistically be allowed. The source was adamant it would be, commenting “Why of course it will be! If nothing else, it gives us added security!”. How marvellous! I can’t wait to get my hands on a photo, can you!?

NME seems to have forgotten that it is supposed to be a serious music paper. After last weeks “Win A The Cooper Temple Clause Haircut!” feature, and the giving away of stickers 2 weeks before that featuring one sticker which was purely of wild, “alternative” haircuts, maybe an H should be added…New Musical Hair Express. But the magazine’s persistence of focusing its articles and photograph’s on the hair of their subjects (especially in the case of The Vines, The Strokes, BRMC and TCTC) seems to have backfired for them if the newspaper is really about the music. A well trusted source from a leading newsagent beginning with W told me “In the last few weeks we’ve noticed a distinct change in the type of person buying NME. It’s been the more trendy looking person who comes in and first looks at the hairstyle magazines before picking up the NME. Head Office has told us to re-position NME in the hairstyling section as they feel that would be more appropriate for its content. What effect this will have on sales, I don’t know”. Hopefully a decline so that melody maker is brought back! Then we can get cool posters again! Yay! There’s nothing I like more than having big posters of your rock idols all over your wall. It’s always nice to see what they look like, especially their hairstyles! Actually, my hair is a little long, it could do with a cut…maybe I should go for something new….where’s my NME gone?…

Oop’s I said I was going to end the twaddle….It seems I lied….until next time…

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