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Steven Gately

martinjeffries — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:16:18 +0000

I found it very depressing that the media coverage of Gately’s death still found it necessary to mention his sexual orientation at every possible point – as though we were not all already aware. Had a straight artist died in similar circumstances, would the press have been as obsessed with their sexual preferences? Of course not. The piece in the Daily Mail by Jan Moir was especially offensive. Not just to gay people, but to any intellegent human being. Moir is clearly a homophobe and was given free rein to write a piece that must have been hugely upsetting to Steven Gatelys family, friends and fans. She and the Mail should ashamed of themselves. Of course they won’t be.

X Factor

martinjeffries — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:04:59 +0000

I found it very depressing that as the new series of X Factor kicked off on its search for this years famous for 5 minutes award, that a real talent such as Robbie Williams should have to prostitute himself so desperately on the show in an attempt to re start his career. How demeaning for Robbie to have to stand amongst this crowd of dullards and have to pretend that they were really talented, and that he was very excited about working with them. My arse! You could tell from Robbies manic performance on the show that he knew that he had to use his time there to sell his new project ,and to try and get his career back on line – sadly the song is very average and Robbies odd behaviour (!) distracted from the performance. The irony of someone that came from the pre X Factor generation that had to work hard and do the rounds to make it big, now being reliant on the quick fix ( no) talent show to revive his fortunes, was stark.

Matt Herbert

martinjeffries — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:39:36 +0000

Going into the studio tonight with Matt to record a new version of ” Saved Me” – very excited. Check out Matt’s recent gig at The Bedford Arms in Balham.

The Shadow Orchestra

martinjeffries — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:12:51 +0000

Great piece of music. Great visual. Shadow Orchestra. look out for them in 2010

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martinjeffries — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:54:25 +0000

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