Lopez Blogs

Oh it's the type of summer evening I quite like. Not too sunny. A little bit cloudy. And a chance of a sprinkling of rain to take the mustiness out of the air. Lovely. It reminds me of that almost magical moment at Glastonbury in 2000 when the heavens parted, shards of sun shone through and on command a little light rain punctuated Travis' beautiful song Why Does It Always Rain On Me. Which along with Keane's Everybody's Changing are the most uplifting morose pop songs of the past ten years. Somehow they seem quite summery. Along with this list of other songs it just felt right to listen to this week...

• The Pipettes ~ Pull Shapes (revitalised with all sorts of goodness thanks to Angus Thongs and Perfect Snogging)
• The Magic Numbers ~ Take A Chance (aw those lovely bro-sisses always come up with lovely summer songs. This one is from their sadly overlooked second album)
• The Feeling ~ Sun is Shining (hey they saved Join With Us from first album single release b-sides, they really should have given this fab summer anthem a bigger chance)
• Madonna ~ Cherish (one of three brilliant Madonna summer songs. This one is from my fave Madonna album ever)
• Belinda Carlisle ~ We Want The Same Thing single mix (Possibly the most amazing transformation of dull album track to stomping single ever. Ever)
  
  

HARRY POTTER TIME... AGAIN!

She's hard up for a buck or two that JK Rowling. Fresh from scrimping around in Edinburgh cafes (not even a Starbucks people!) and knocking out one or two books you might have heard of about a skinny little wizard, she's now knocked up a book that features in her books! Now that is a new way to squeeze money out the fans. Am I complaining? Fuck no. The more Harry the better. Tales of Beedle the Bard was a book in the HP series translated by Hermione and now available to buy. For £50 if you want the special edition! Which i do! I can justify it partially by thinking "oh goodie some of that price goes to charity". Still back to whoring on the streets for a while to raise the cash. And, oh just as the 7th book goes paperback and the "spin off" goes pre-order, the trailer hits the flicks. And very spooky it looks to in an Origin of Magneto rip off type way :) Here are (in no particular order) some of my favourite "independent reader" series suitable for adults :)

• Harry Potter
• His Dark Materials
• The Chronicles of Narnia
• Artemis Fowl
• Septimus Heap
• the Alex Rider series
  
  

FIZZYPOP MAG HAG:

Seeing gorgeous Jamie Redknapp and lovely Louise on the front of my crappy cable providers monthly magazine made me recall that they are by far my favourite married footballer/popstar couple. Obviously the Becks don't count because she isn't a popstar and he is gorgeous only til he opens his mouth. So ha! In your face Cheryl Tweedy. Which apparently is what Ashley Cole shouted to her on their honeymoon before spraying her with his man batter.



And look! It's Gareth Gates! Getting married. After two brilliant pop albums, an ok "I-write-proper-music-me" album and a stellar comeback on Dancing on Ice, Gareth is due for a pop renaissance. And if it is as fun and heartfelt as his wedding day looks, then it will be a doozy. These pics from OK magazine are just lovely. I adore Gareth's suit. The hint of white around the lapels is a chic touch and I love that it's reversed for his evening suit. Sometimes black and/or white works incredibly well but only if done right (take note Belinda "I wear black because my personality fills in the colour" Big Brother 9. Yes that's a lovely theory but only works if you have a personality :P) Viva la Gates! I miss my wedding :(

OTHER BITS FROM THE WEEK & THE ONLY CHART THAT COUNTS:

• Ding dong the bitch is dead. Luke has been evicted! Hurrah. Bye oh poisonous tongued one (maybe he's gossip girl!) - you could see him thinking "oh no that's so wrong" when his name was called out, when actually the nation was thinking the same about his badly designed and badly fitted suit. Now who's got the poisonous tongue :P
• There were some literally amazingly written posts from some of my favourite bloggers this week that surpassed even their own high standards. Adem, whose passion for VanShe is only matched by my passion for Simon Curtis, reviewed their no doubt brilliant debut album; D'Luv penned the most hilarious piece on Diana Ross and XO proved that it's often the questions the make the interview fantastic when he chinwagged with Dazza Hayes.
• James Leon is a bad boy. He distracts me far too regularly and easily on MSN when I am at work. I am beavering away and he pops up on my screen! It's shocking how easily i succumb to a bit of windows live messenger banter! Anyway he is interviewed over at EQ today - my absolute fave bit is how he describes what he thinks of Robyn. Matches my thoughts to a tee. Not mentioned by naughty James in the interview is that you can download FREE the amazing Club With No Name here and listen to Nothing On Earth here...
  
  21 ~ Maroon 5 ft Rihanna, Never See Your Face Again
  20 ~ The Feeling, Turn It Up
  19 ~ Jack McManus, You Think I Don't Care
  18 ~ Jesse McCartney, How Do You Sleep?
  17 ~ David Jordan, Set The Mood
  16 ~ Jason Mraz, Lucky
  15 ~ Madonna, Give It 2 Me
  14 ~ Jonas Bros, Burning Up
  13 ~ The Feeling, Join With Us
  12 ~ McFly, One For The Radio
  11 ~ Infernal, Downtown Boys
  10 ~ Kylie, The One
  09 ~ William Young, Changes (NE)
  08 ~ Little Jackie, The Whole World Should Revolve Around Me
  07 ~ Sophie Ellis Bextor, Heartbreak Makes Me A Dancer
  06 ~ Alphabeat, Boyfriend
  05 ~ Bryn Christopher, The Quest
  04 ~ Regina Spektor, The Call
  03 ~ BWO, Bells of Freedom (viva Europride!)
  02 ~ Lily Allen, GWB
  01 ~ Miley Cyrus, 7 Things (4 Weeks)