For that all-important pop take on the Abu Hamza conviction, Kirsty

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

This just in on ILM:

Sparks are appearing on Newsnight tonight in the UK, I've learned.
-- Ned Raggett (***@****.org), February 7th, 2006.

New CD an Return To Form too, apparently.

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[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

cocking hell. was that actually true. perhaps my nova site will oblige

i'll be picking up a copy of the cd tomorrow YAY.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Brief summary: a 5-minute piece, consisting of filmed interview, for which the Beeb took the Maels and a piano down into one of London's disused railway tunnels (cos they're weird, DYS?), interspersed with old TOTP clips. The journo tried to convince people that Franz Ferdinand sound exactly like Sparks, but back-to-back clips convinced me not. Much ancient history dragged up: John Lennon's reaction to seeing Sparks on telly for first time, the fact that Queen supported them in the early 70s etc etc. Ron Mael never looked directly at the camera, even when being interviewed 1 on 1 (cos he's weird, DYS?).

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

Not that I've heard every album they ever did or anything, but from those I have, Hello Young Lovers is their best album since the first two.