Making your day a little more flaming...

...it's ARCADIA! I was listening to my vinyl copy of So Red the Rose yesterday, which put me in an Arcadian state of mind for today. Yep, that's the kind of zingers you're going to get out of me today!

Poor Si, Nick, and Rog. They probably put Arcadia together as a means to get ADULTS to buy their records, then what happened? Scores of tweens bought this record, then dyed their hair black. Can't win 'em all, eh?

Let's lip sync!

Now,Pop Trash isn't my favorite album overall, but individually, the songs work for me a little better (I just don't know how well they work together). /geeky album rant

This point will be illustrated today by this fan-made clip of "The Sun Doesn't Shine Forever" as the soundtrack to a Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. It totally works here, and makes me appreciate the song a little more.

Maybe I should give this album another try...



And thanks to everyone whose taken our poll so far! Please, if you have a second, look over to the left of this post and leave your answer. Thanks!

Fashion...turn to the left!

Ok, it's not FASHION on the left, but it IS a poll on the left side of your viewing area (under the little "Glue" pic) that will allow your voice to be heard on such a pressing issue! If you've got a sec, we would love to have your feedback. Thanks!!

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I prefer Pepsi meself!

It's a Pepsi ad, what else was I going to say here?!?

Truth be told, I like Dr. Pepper best...

There's an all night party in room 7609...

La la la...well, you know.

This is not an exciting video, but if you're like me and in the mood to hear this song, you'll appreciate it.



I really can't hear this song without remembering the old "Room 7609" chat room on AOL every Monday night back in the day ('the day' being the mid to late '90's). Anybody else remember that?

Picture it: Italy, 1987.

This clip kind of has it all. Simon over-hamming while lip syncing: check. Nick dressed like a waiter and doing that turkey neck thing he does when he plays: check. Warren with hair taller than Warren: check. John Taylor being prettier than the rest of us: check. Audience dressed like a pack of Skittles for no known reason: check. Me giggling a lot: check. Enjoy!

Conga line = no.

Ok, so this version of "Falling Down" from Jonathan Ross last year is alright, but it doesn't seem like they pick up any energy until "Girls on Film". Not sure how I feel about the random conga line that interrupts. Oh, yeah I do--FAIL. GET OUT OF MY SONG! I'm shooting a star, I can't be disturbed.

Wanna add us on MySpace?

We now have a MySpace page as well! Feel free to add us. We'll be doing some fun stuff over there (though nothing will replace the clippage here. It's too fun!).

A double dose today!

Since I didn't update over the weekend (but I did listen to Rio in its entirety for the first time in a long time--man I love that record!), it's two-fer today.

First up, if you speak Spanish, a great awards show clip from '04. If you don't speak Spanish and can't make out what they're saying under the interpreter, just look at Nick's pretty hair.



Second, Duran getting the Midlander of the Year award in Birmingham in 2005. Again with the cute Nick!

It's FRIIIIDAYYY Babies, time to PARTAYYYY!!

WOOOOOHOOOOO! Time to hit the club, yo! Let's have a little band-battling (Duran Duran vs. The Cars? Ric Ocasek, why the long face?), and a LOT of cheese (probably a few beers in there, too). So many bonus points for the sax solo, I have lost count. I've at least been distracted from the shirtless tie-wearing!

We don't have things like this in my city. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

Enjoy!

Let's share in her joy!

I do not know this girl, but I would love to hang out at her house and listen to what her dad sent her in Part I, while staring at what her dad sent her in Part II. Happy birthday was created for you, indeed (and thanks for sharing it with us!)!

Never enough "Chauffeur" covers...

I'm going to take a break from posting Mark Ronson/Duran clips (I'm sure I'll get back to it soon enough) to share this little gem of a cover of "The Chauffeur" from Sleepthief. Apparently the video footage is from "THX-1138", but still goes remarkably well with this ultra-clean techno candy rendition.

Andy Taylor Durama.

I feel compelled to make some sort of 'statement' since I endorsed Rock Affairs in a prior post. I'm not "un-endorsing" it now (I still have an account there and stuff posted on my page), but there's been a healthy amount of Duran drama surrounding it of late (henceforth referred to as "durama"), and I don't want this blog to have misrepresented anything along the way. Whew!! That was a long sentence. Anyway...

It appears that as of last week Andy is no longer part of the site, and from what I understand now, was only an investor, not the originator. I believed he'd founded it because of a MySpace message I got from his account, so no idea what's up with that. I don't think I'm the only one who was foggy on it, and his MySpace pages are now music-free and unable to take messages, so I don't expect any answers from it soon. It just seems there was some sort of falling out between him and the site developer.

I don't think I've hit this many Duran Duran messageboards since 1999 in search of more information and points of view on it all, but what I've posted here is pretty much all I'm certain of at this point. I'll keep all of you posted if I hear something else. Just wanting to keep you up to date accurately, friends!

No cute title--just more Duran and Mark Ronson, please.

To quote my friend that just sent this to me, "SQUEEEEE!". And just to warn you: it's only sideways for a few seconds.