| The Wedding Band (and not the gold kind) | | Posted Thursday, January 26, 2006 9:51:31 PM by Kate Grant | One of the scenes I love the most at the 1998 movie "the wedding singer" is the one where the vocalist murders "Do you really want to hurt me?" the Culture Club hit from the beginning of the 80's. I think people like to joke about the music in weddings, or the wedding band, because everything else is so emotional, you need a comic relief. It's easy to laugh about that wannabe singer, trying her best, but failing miserably.
However, this might be her first attempt in singing, and one day she may become the next "American Idol", so give her a chance... Today, when mostly DJs rule the wedding reception world, bands must work twice as hard to stay in demand.
Depending on what you want and your budget, the best thing to do, if you're having difficulties deciding what music you want at your reception, and who you want it played buy, is to go see them in action.
The music at your wedding should be a string of songs for all ages, otherwise some of your guests will suffer instead of enjoy themselves. Whatever you decide, remember, you have to enjoy it the most.
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| | | Proposing on Valentine’s? Read our ultimate ethical wedding guide | | Posted Friday, February 02, 2007 1:13:53 PM by Blog57 Team | | Silverchilli.com boasts fairtrade wedding bands and return 95% of its profits back to the community in Mexico. Fairtrade gold bands by Cred Jewellery are available via Ethical Wedding Services. For the post-ceremony grub, cut into a staggering cake by The Organic Chocolate Cake Company or Cake Couture. Alternatively, a ‘cheesecake’ from Fancy That can double up as your buffet.To avoid dragging crystal cut glasses out from under the stairs for the best part of this century, create a wedding list at Good Gifts or Nearly Married. When you leave your guests dancing on the parquet floor, it won’t be the gifts you’re unwrapping. Brides, get yourself some fancy pants from Enamore; 100% organic silk garters will be available in the Sensibella range after London Fashion Week (12-15 Feb).Take your posh knickers on honeymoon to Guludo Lodge, in Mozambique, where ‘you can go on a romantic sunset bush picnic, dive on remote, pristine reefs, visit islands and or just laze the days away swinging in your hammock sipping cocktail’ invites Amy Carter, Bespoke Experience’s joint managing director, and your trip will have ‘helped to relieve poverty in this beautiful part of the world.’Offset your flights at Pure or avoid flying by honeymooning nearer to home.... | |
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| | | Sites & Sounds | | Posted Thursday, February 01, 2007 3:12:38 PM by Blog57 Team | | We're on vacation this week, which means this list was cobbled together last week, which explains why we're plugging a church show, a food court gig AND an ice skating jam in pages typically reserved for seedy clubs -- not that there's anything wrong with that. Tonight Zach Raizman @ Park Theatre Local musical theatre prodigy Zach Raizman is only 14 but he's already found time to form a band, hook up with Juno-winning producer Brandon Friesen and Canadian Idol finalist Rob James AND put together his debut CD A Mind to Be Thinkin', the release of which will be celebrated tonight. Also, he's mastered the art of the "wide-eyed ingenue" pose -- seriously, this kid's publicity shots look like a Margaret Keane painting come to life. Cover $20, with a portion of ticket sales going to Cancer Care Manitoba.... | |
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| | | Sad prediction of the end to a truly golden age in the history of Welsh mining | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 7:48:21 AM by Blog57 Team | | WEDDING bands of pure Welsh gold like those worn by the late Princess Diana and Camilla Parker Bowles will be unavailable to the public from next year because the supply is running out. Welsh gold has been especially prized as a jewellery metal for centuries and dates back to the days of the Celtic kingdoms, when nobles wore gold torcs as a badge of rank and power. The Royal family, in an echo of that ancient tradition, wear wedding rings of Welsh gold and it is the choice of Prince Charles as a love token. Hollywood couple Michael Douglas and Swansea-born Catherine Zeta-Jones chose Welsh gold to show their love for each other too. But Roland Phelps, managing director of Welsh Gold Plc, said the supply from reworking old surface tips at Gwynfynydd Mines Royal, Dolgellau, in the mountains of Snowdonia, will be depleted in just three to six months' time.... | |
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| | | Today's parade a big one for vets; they say thanks | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 1:57:00 PM by Blog57 Team | | Thanks to an outpouring of support from San Diegans, a local veterans group has received $40,000 in donations to pay for today's parade on Pacific Highway downtown. "It knocked our socks off," says Jerry Cisinsky, one of the parade organizers. "It looked for a while like we wouldn't be able to have the Veterans Day parade." He's a member of the S.D. United Veterans Council that six weeks ago had pledges of only $8,000 toward a bare-bones $15,000 parade budget. Several San Diegans read of the veterans' financial distress and dug deep into their pockets. First, a law firm gave $7,000, then a La Jolla couple and a San Diego man each gave $5,000, Congressman Darrell Issa's foundation kicked in $5,000, and another $5,000 came from the Padres, where Vietnam POW Jack Ensch is a military liaison.... | |
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| | | End of a truly golden age in Welsh mining | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 3:32:43 PM by Blog57 Team | | WEDDING bands of pure Welsh gold like those worn by the late Princess Diana and Camilla Parker Bowles will be unavailable to the public from next year because the supply is running out. Welsh gold has been especially prized as a jewellery metal for centuries and dates back to the days of the Celtic kingdoms, when nobles wore gold torcs as a badge of rank and power. The Royal family, in an echo of that ancient tradition, wear wedding rings of Welsh gold and it is the choice of Prince Charles as a love token. Hollywood couple Michael Douglas and Swansea-born Catherine Zeta-Jones chose Welsh gold to show their love for each other too. But Roland Phelps, managing director of Welsh Gold Plc, said the supply from reworking old surface tips at Gwynfynydd Mines Royal, Dolgellau, in the mountains of Snowdonia, will be depleted in just three to six months' time.... | |
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| | | Smuggling away to Vermont | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 3:30:10 AM by Blog57 Team | | It sounds like the storyline for the Newhart TV series: An out-of-work chief financial officer decides he's ready for a lifestyle change, so he moves his family from his native Southern California to the Green Mountains of Vermont. Like Bob Newhart's character, Pat Casey bought a historic inn in serious need of repair. But Pat had better luck finding good local help than Newhart's character did, and the result is the picture-postcard Smugglers' Notch Inn. From its full-length porch with a swing to its 11 cozy rooms, formal dining room, and inviting tavern, the 1840s former farmhouse feels as comfortable as your weekend jeans. You can even arrange for a massage in your room. And it has two things every inn should have - its own bakery and a living room with sofas you sink into while the fireplace warms you.... | |
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| | | UCF takes theme parks to a higher degree | | Posted Friday, November 03, 2006 3:57:30 PM by Blog57 Team | | Nicole Downs was raised by parents who honeymooned at Walt Disney World, wear Mickey Mouse heads on their gold wedding bands and run a replica Monorail around their Christmas tree instead of a train. Jared Ward strapped himself into the Montu roller coaster at Busch Gardens ''as soon as I hit 54 inches'' and then persuaded his mother to drive him to 40 other amusement parks so he could build his ''coaster count'' to 152. It's hard to imagine this stuff would give Downs, 20, and Ward, 18, a leg up in writing college term papers or understanding lectures. In fact, it makes no sense unless the term papers happen to be about designing theme parks and the lectures are held behind the scenes of Universal Studios Florida. The University of Central Florida has reserved a rare space in higher education for theme park junkies like Downs and Ward.... | |
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| | | Rhino to Release 7xCD 90s Box Set | | Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 3:20:11 AM by Blog57 Team | | Remember the 90s? If you're reading this, chances are you lived through most of it. If not, you're truly precocious; five-year-olds should not be reading Pitchfork. The 90s provided an explosion of music-- some outstanding, some less than stellar. One-hit wonders crowded the scene. Grunge happened. Kris Kross happened. Ahh, yes, I remember the 90s fondly. Well, in cased you missed it, or haven't seen VH1's "I Love the 90s", Rhino has come to your rescue. Whatever: The 90s Pop Culture Box will be released on July 26, spanning seven (yes, seven) discs of grungy, poppy goodness. It kicks off with a bang with MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This". Other artists include Mother Love Bone, Deee-Lite, Boyz II Men, Right Said Fred, My Bloody Valentine, Pantera, Soul Asylum, House of Pain, Duran Duran, Dinosaur Jr., Tag Team, the Posies, Pavement, Ween, Crash Test Dummies, the Flaming Lips, R.E.M., Weezer, Blues Traveler, Oasis, Jewel, Stereolab, Jamiroquai, Wilco, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Sleater-Kinney, Hanson, Barenaked Ladies, and, of course, Chumbawamba.... | |
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| | | Limited-Edition 3xCD Joy Division Box Set Due This Month | | Posted Thursday, October 26, 2006 11:15:42 PM by Blog57 Team | | "And this chair. And this paddle-ball game. And this Joy Division box set, and that's all I need." [Posted Wednesday, November 12th, 2003 04:00:00 Pitchfork Central Time] Hey there, kiddies! Disgruntled Santa in the house, keeping it real on the wizzle-wagon, and all of that garbage. I've got a question for all of ya'll, and don't sweat the answer too much-- it's not the kind of question that you can get wrong. How many of you lovable tykes enjoy the seminal stylings of Joy Division? Don't even think about raising your hand, Billy, that was clearly a rhetorical question. Of course you like Joy Division! Their gloomy, tightly-woven, and freakishly danceable sound paved the way for all those shithead revivalists you eat up with a spoon, and they're widely regarded as one of the greatest bands of all time.... | |
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| | | George Clinton, Thomas Dolby, Naughty by Nature, Sandra Collins ... | | Posted Tuesday, October 24, 2006 1:14:04 PM by Blog57 Team | | SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- October 23, 2006 -- The 27th annual Exotic Erotic Ball and Expo, the internationally acclaimed Celebration of Flesh, Fetish, and Fantasy, and -- according to E! Entertainment TV -- "The World's #1 Wildest and Sexiest Party," proudly announces performances by George Clinton, Thomas Dolby, the Hip-Hop tour de force Naughty by Nature, the number one female DJ in the world; Sandra Collins, and guest emcee Flavor Flav. In addition, the largest contingent of adult video starlets and performers ever to visit the San Francisco Bay Area, including world-renowned adult actresses Tera Patrick, Devinn Lane, Violet Blue, and many others, will also be making stage appearances, performing, and signing autographs. Called "The World's Wildest and Sexiest Party," by E! Entertainment TV, the Exotic Erotic Ball and Expo, has hosted numerous leading musical acts during its 26-year history titillating San Francisco audiences.... | |
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