Kylie Minogue - Put Your Hands Up (Pete Hammond Mixes)

The record company bod that commissioned Pete Hammond to remix this Kylie song is a complete genius.  It's a rewind to the SAW days and it fabulous.

In the late 80's, Pete was a member of the PWL team that are responsible for some of the most memorible pop songs of that era.  His career has picked up again recently because of his 'retro' mixes of current songs.  It's fair to say that Pete is a bit of a legend.

TV: Bananarama on Benidorm

Bananarama's appearance in ITV's Benidorm was a stroke of pure genius.  I didn't think the show was to my taste, but I've been 'secretly' enjoying this series. 

"Are you the tribute act?"

"Isn't one of you married to George Michael?"

Britney Spears - Till The World Ends

I'm loving the new Britney track, and this video teaser shows a definite improvement on her last video - which was a disappointment.  The album is rather fabulous too.  I wasn't sure about it at first, but it's hooked me in.

Poptweetz Idol: Roisin Murphy

Some fabulous person has created a rather lovely blog devoted to Roisin Murphy. 

Check it out here: http://roisinmurphy.blogspot.com/

There are some absolutely gorgeous photo's on the site, taken from Schön! Magazine

A little known fact; I used to know Roisin many years ago, before the days of Moloko and solo success.

Fashion: Red Nose Day Tee's

I've alread mentioned this once before - but I demand that you buy at least one official Red Nose Day T-shirt.  They have been exclusively designed by Vivienne Westwood.  How glorious!

Doesn't Nicola Roberts look lovely modelling one of the fine creations?

Buy here: http://www.tkmaxx.com/red-nose-day-t-shirts-designed-to-do-good/page/rednoseday/

Checkout this behind the scenes video featuring many famous faces from TV, Music, Film and Fashion:



Adele 21; set to be the UK number 1 album for the 7th week

Adele continues to blow the charts apart with her current album, 21.  UK industry bible 'MusicWeek' is suggesting that it's likely to hold off competition and remain at the top spot for its seventh week.

Check out the below promo video, featuring Adele being interviewed for the New York Post.  She's adorable - and so grounded.

Kylie Minogue and the battle of the singles

In all honesty, there isn't anybody on this earth that doesn't love Kylie Minogue (even just a little bit).  She is a legend, and of course a mahoosive gay icon.  From the early days of Stock, Aitken and Waterman, this tiny pop princess has captured the hearts of many.  Whilst other popsters have fallen by making bad life choices, rampant tabloid criticism and terrible haircuts (Kelis - what were you thinking?, honey) - Kylie has been relatively consistant.  She has created some of the finest pop songs that have ever existed.  She always looks gorgeous.  She's untainted.

Apparently, Kylie recently told a magazine that she is unhappy with the performance of the singles from her joyous current album, Aphrodite.  It's understandable that some artists are struggling because the music industry is desperately trying to keep up with technology, the internet and modern marketing techniques.  According to reports, Kylie has recognised that artists such as Britney and Lady Gaga are playing the game by releasing songs with very little pre-release promotion - sometimes hitting the stores at the same time as the radio.  It's a modern concept and it appears to work as both Britney and Gaga have reaped the rewards of high sales by using this method. 

Though nothing beats a heart-stopping live performance, such as what Adele gave at the recent Brit Awards ceremony.  That performance (and many others since) have blasted the singer to the top of the charts all over the world.  It's nice to see that raw talent is still the basis of success - but it's not always that simple.

Social networking, portable devices (ipads/phones, android phones etc..), online television, YouTube - are still growing and changing.  You can capture your audience in so many ways - perhaps too many ways as this comes with lots of competition - and even established artists can sometimes struggle a little bit to keep on top.

The news that Kylie will not release any more singles from 'Aphrodite' is not a suprise. Though she shouldn't be too disheartened by the lack of success of those recent singles.  Kylie's new tour is enormous - and that's where the real money is.

When it comes to the next album, a new strategy is needed.

Florrie

This the second 'shout out' I've given to promote the fantabulous 'Florrie'.  Here is a nice pic of Florrie taken by Karl Lagerfeld.  Nice, huh?

This is my favourite 'Florrie' song:



However you really should go to Florrie's website as it is packed with lots of news and mp3 downloads.

http://florrie.com/

AGGGGHHHHHH!!!

If I receive one more e-mail from someone telling me that I have won 1,000,000 £ or $....or that someone wants to invest 1,000,000 £ or $ in me...... I may scream.

Xenomania

If you're a fan of production wizards 'Xenomania', check out this blog: http://xenomanianews.blogspot.com/ ...or...check out their official site: http://xenomania.net/

That is all.