just say no
I have a video of Pete Doherty's, err, duet with Elton John at Live 8.
It is clearly marked and I have removed the write-protect tab.
I am not a fan of The Libertines or Babyshambes.
I just want to use it to show my children that's what drugs do to you.
missed opportunity
I don't know whether this is genuine but, if so, I am gravely disappointed that I missed it. I wonder if Smith was in the same state as his infamous (incoherent) appearance on Newsnight after John Peel's death.dead pop stars
Kurt Cobain. Seattle. 8 April 1994. Cremated and ashes scattered into the Wishkah river. I vividly remember hearing the news of Kurt Cobain's death. I was listening to the radio sitting in a hospital car park about to see my son who was born on the same day. One door closes. Another one opens.LWTUA
I happened to be in Macclesfield at the weekend and went over to the Crematorium to see Ian Curtis' plaque.
I was never fortunate enough to ever see Joy Division live but I vividly remember returning from a United game and watching them perform 'Transmission' and 'She's Lost Control' on a local TV program 'Something Else'.
Ian Curtis was a very ill man and hanged himself on the eve of a US tour.
His wife, Deborah, wrote a very interesting book about their life that describes him very differently from the tragic, angst ridden hero portrayed in the media.
One myth claimed that Ian Curtis committed suicide, standing on a block of ice but this is completely untrue.