Twitter Updates for 2009-01-25
- @jonathancoulton any plans to come to Europe? in reply to jonathancoulton #
- @richjohnston Oreo every time in reply to richjohnston #
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Twitter Updates for 2009-01-18
- I love Fridays. It is the day to get your freak on. Thanks to @warrenellis http://www.freakangels.com/?p=74 #
- - farewell Danger Man. #
- @Wossy what have the telegraph ever done to you? in reply to Wossy #
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Marc A. Price
Twitter Updates for 2009-01-11
- There are people skating on the lake. Global warming indeed. http://twitpic.com/11f8l #
- - It’s dark and cold out there. I’m begining to wonder if the Ice Queen has returned to Narnia. #
- - who the hell is Ann Coulter? #
- @Wossy you are the Matthew Hopkins of Twitter. Out those fraudulent “celebrities”! in reply to Wossy #
- - thank <insert deity of choice here> that is over #
- - is uninspired by his current meeting. Can you guess what it is about? #
- RT @girlonetrack: PRs please take note: http://www.howtousetwitterformarketingandpr.com/ (Thanks, @damianjennings!) #
- - erg. What a day! Is it time to go home yet? #
- @Wossy you are better looking on the telly in reply to Wossy #
- Xmas trees without decorations look so sad. http://twitpic.com/107ex #
- @Wossy how are you going to maintain this Twitter activity when you get a job? in reply to Wossy #
- - the sun is bright and warm but it is still -2! Go figure. #
- @Wossy Looking forward to it. Friday nights are a bit dull at the moment. in reply to Wossy #
- - morning world! Time to to work and be all enthusiastic. New Year, New Marc. Exciting stuff eh? #
- - back at work. Isn’t that fun? Just realised how much I have to do this week.
# - - on the way home after lekker rijstafel and pints with friends. #
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Marc A. Price
Twitter Updates for 2009-01-04
- @KuraFire this is a paraphrase of Zaphod Beeblebrox ‘s brain specialist from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. http://bit.ly/pE7z in reply to KuraFire #
- - it’s not Hugh Grant, it’s Matt Smith. #
- - I am leaning towards Hugh Grant myself. #
- - Not long now until the announcement. OMB how geek am I? #
- - stinking cold. Nasty little germses. We hates you germs, we hates you all forever. #
- - back on home turf. Now to get home and open a nice bottle of wine. #
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Marc A. Price
The Eleventh Doctor
Matt Smith
So finally the wait is over. After much speculation the actor playing the mysterious Time Lord known only as The Doctor in the BBC hit show Doctor Who is Matt Smith. Who?
That was such a painful wait. It is not really possible to judge him based on his earlier work but I have every faith in Mr Moffat that he has made the right choice. To be fair the real test will be how good the scripts are and how good the direction is when production actually starts. With a new show runner, new producer, and a new lead actor there is everything to play for. Also, let’s not forget that a new companion also needs to be cast… Sally Sparrow anyone?
But wait… David Tennant is still the main man until at least this time next year. There are still quite some exciting adventures to come our way before Mr Smith takes over the role.
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Marc A. Price
Perfect Disguise in top ten albums of 2008 list
Perfect Disguise
Happy New Year!
The excellent Paisley Umbrella blog on MySpace has included Perfect Disguise as one of its top ten albums of 2008. Inexplicably they/he/she still seem to think that The Contrast are from Middlesborough but that it a minor detail. The blog originally reviewed the album back in February 2008 and gave it a suitably glowing review. It is really nice when webites pick up on stuff and promote it off their own back. It shows that the material is getting over to the audience and the resultant fans are working to spread the word.
Here is what Paisley Umbrella had to say:
Middleborough’s The Contrast occupy their own space. It’s hard to say what they sound like. One hears traces of early REM, Tom Petty, and Paul Weller with their six-string Rickenbacker sound which is so central to the music, but the song timing is odd at times (especially evident on previous releases like Forget To Tell The Time, the song structures different, and on top of that, it’s highly polished powerpop. The result is that The Contrast are incredibly distinctive and don’t really “sound” like anyone else, but the music remains catchy and accessible. The Contrast is well off the beaten path.
Paisley Umbrella blog’s top ten albums of 2008…
I’d like to extend my thanks on behalf of The Contrast to all of you out there that have worked hard on supporting the band in 2008 whether you are a member of Wicked Cool staff, an enthusiastic fan, or someone that just loved the tracks that you heard and had to purchase them. 2008 was another good year and 2009 is already shaping up to be a cracker. Keep the faith and keep letting everyone know about the best band in the world (and England too).
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