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  • Vote Up0Vote Down Hells_BellsHells_Bells
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    Anna's not very well apparently so posting this picture to send vibes to make her better 
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down wild_corgiwild_corgi
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    And that, dear reader, is why bookies are rich and I am poor.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Hells_BellsHells_Bells
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    Well, I was not surprised Anna didn't win but a nomination is a big pat on the back.
    I was not surprised it was a fairly "unknown" artist that won it. I'm just disgusted at their arrogant, ungrateful, pig ignorant manner of acceptance of the award. Fair dos for not arse licking the music execs but you should ALWAYS in my opinion show some sort of gratitude to the fans. I know it's a panel of judges (the public would have voted completely different) but what is exceptional about this album of there's?? Pandying once again to the hip hop genre which isn't even proper music just so called men mumbling about fuck knows what?
    Maybe they will never be heard of again by this time next year like other winners (Ms Dynamite, Speech Debelle). Probably spelt them wrong who cares.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down wild_corgiwild_corgi
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    I'm not even sure I'd call it hip hop - the album was a wierd mix of styles to me, not in the sense that they blended many styles into their own voice for their songs but in the sense that each song was in a different style altogether,  completely at random and without any relationship to the material. Except possibly "will this one sell better?" and "is our fake accent fake enough?"

    I didn't like Eastenders-to-Music Kate Tempest's record very much, but at least you could grasp why her songs sounded different, she'd tried to relate the sound/tempo/rhythm of the songs to their characters and the particular episode of the narrative. And she uses her real accent.

    To be fair, there are quite a few blokes who won the prize who've not exactly gone on to conquer the known universe: Roni Size, Talvin Singh, Antony & the Johnsons ...
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Hells_BellsHells_Bells
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    Ive just melted into a pool of bliss  :x
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down Hells_BellsHells_Bells
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    From Wednesday nights Mercury Prize
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down Hells_BellsHells_Bells
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    Soon Anna, soon :)
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down wild_corgiwild_corgi
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    Great gig last night, still blown away but thawing slightly now. At least if the DVD does get issued I can rewatch in the warm.

    So good to see Helen and Laura and other board members there.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down KeithJ_gmbKeithJ_gmb
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    I wish I'd travelled down on the off-chance of getting a ticket. Quite a few were being punted on Twitter. Started the year with an Anna Calvi gig & it would have been great to finish it with another. Ah well. Looking forward to the DVD anyhow.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down wild_corgiwild_corgi
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    Yeah well how many Goldfrapp videos have Pavlov'd us into accepting DVDs may not appear? sigh.

    Meanwhile, there's  this as a souvenir.  Lovely version of Eliza reworked for the strings and choir. Mmm.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Hells_BellsHells_Bells
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    Hello Calviites. Cant believe its taken me since Saturday to post here but colds, flus, Chrimbo present wrapping, etc has taken all my time. Anyways, heres a message from lovely Anna

    Thank you so much to The Heritage Orchestra, Patrick Wolf, Charlie Fink, Dave Okumu, Thomas Bartlett, and to everyone who came and made my show at St. Johns church such a special, memorable evening. Love Anna x

    Ain't she a doll ;)

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  • Vote Up0Vote Down wild_corgiwild_corgi
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    And some more clips surfacing on youtube Papi Pacify   I'm The Man That Will Find You,   A Kiss to Your Twin and   Ghost Rider
    Post edited by wild_corgi at 2014-12-30 06:09:00
  • Vote Up0Vote Down wild_corgiwild_corgi
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    Me again ...

    Nice late Xmas wishes from Anna and a present ('k, sorta): started writing the next record.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Hells_BellsHells_Bells
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    ^
    Have you got yourself on Facebook :)
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