Auld Lang Syne
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And days oí lang syne!
Chorus:
For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld lang syne,
Weíll tak a cup oí kindness yet
For auld lang syne!
We twa hae run about the braes,
And puíd the gowans fine,
But weíve wanderíd mony a weary foot
Siní auld lang syne.
We twa hae paidlít in the burn
Frae morning sun till dine,
But seas between us braid hae roaríd
Siní auld lang syne.
And thereís a hand, my trusty fiere,
And gieís a hand oí thine,
And weíll tak a right guid willie-waught
For auld lang syne!
And surely yeíll be your pintí stoup,
And surely Iíll be mine!
And weíll tak a cup oí kindness yet
For auld lang syne!
Year: 2010
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13991 – I will buy that for sure!!
Roger Waters to release ‘The Wall’ live O2 Arena DVD?
Roger Waters could be set to release a live DVD of ‘The Wall’.
A notice on the former Pink Floyd man’s website – RogerWaters.com, reveals that all six gigs at the O2 Arena in London will be filmed next May.
No official confirmation about a DVD release has been made, although the notice goes on to tell fans not to use flash photography as “flash wipes out the images projected on ‘The Wall’, which are the most important part of the show.”
As previously reported, Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters and David Gilmour are set to perform the band’s classic ‘Comfortably Numb’ at a selected gig on Waters’ tour.
The world tour, which will also visit Manchester’s MEN Arena and Dublin’s O2 Arena next year, features a 240-foot projection onto the wall built in front of audience members.
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13990 – Just make better movies, Kevin!!
Kevin Smith reveals he won’t do interviews for ‘Red State’
Director Kevin Smith has announced that he won’t be doing interviews to promote new film Red State. Hollywood Outbreak report that the Clerks director is still angry at critics over poor reviews of his last movie, Cop Out, and so will only allow journalists to use quotes from his podcast about his forthcoming horror instead of directly speaking to him.
Smith tweeted: “I’m not press-junketing at all, anywhere. In fact, I’m not doing any press outside of maybe a business piece or 2 to help sell the flick if needed, & radio (LOTS of radio).
“It’s (the podcast) insanely detailed, and by the time we’re done, I’ll have pre-answered all questions about Red State – thus negating the need to speak with me about it.
“From nearly 20 yrs experience, I know this much: folks are gonna write whatever they want, whether I sit down with them or not. So I’ll just furnish all the information I’d normally serve up one at a time to a small, jaded audience that doesn’t really give a shit unless there’s someone famous in the room, to a much larger, appreciative audience that would actually enjoy & benefit from hearing the same information.”
He added, “Nobody needs to talk to me anymore anyway, as anyone who’s curious can always know what I’m thinking 24/7 right here on Twitter.”
Smith has also said in the past that critics who want to see his films should pay. Earlier this year he also announced that: “Writing a nasty review for Cop Out is akin to bullying a retarded kid.”
’24’ exclusive: Fox nixes movie script
Fans of Jack Bauer who were hoping to get a big screen fix of their favorite anti-hero may be in for a long wait. 20th Century Fox has nixed a script from Billy Ray (State of Play) that would have continued the storyline of the rogue CTU agent from the long-running drama 24.
ìAs far as I know, it is in suspended animation,î Howard Gordon, the longtime executive producer of 24 who is also expected to produce the big screen version, told Entertainment Weekly magazine. îThere is talk about re-approaching it. I understand (director/producer) Tony Scott is meeting with Kiefer to talk about ideas. People are still talking about it.î
When 24 ended its eight-year run on Fox in May, Sutherland told EW the series finale would tee up the movie. ìWe wanted to create a definitive end for Jack Bauer,î the actor explained. ìSince we do have the intention to make the feature film, it would lead into that and certainly set that up. Something weíve dealt with in the series is how the crisis always has to come to us because we donít have time to move anywhere in a real time world. In a two-hour (movie) representation of the 24 world, planes, trains, and automobiles all of a sudden become a factor because you are not required to go scene by scene in real time. Thatís something I can say I am very excited about.î
Gordon is certainly keeping busy while Fox decides Jack Bauerís next play: Besides having two dramas in development at Showtime and Fox, heís busy promoting his thriller novel Gideonís War. (And howís this for staying loyal to the CTU family: Carlos Bernard, aka Tony Almeida, is reportedly narrating the audiobook version).
But Gordon remains optimistic that Jackís days are not over.
ìI was disapppointed [Fox] passed on the script but Iím certainly hopeful that the movie will get made at some point,î he said. ìAnecdotally, Iíve heard from people who are really missing the show and I do think there is more life in Jack Bauer.î
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13987 – His voice still sounds amazing!!
John Waite Unearths Old Tunes, ‘Punk Energy’ for New Album
John Waite set out to rock on “Rough & Tumble,” which will be his first new studio album in four years when it’s released on Feb. 22. And he’s pleased to say that’s what he accomplished on the 11-song set.
“Coming off the back of the live album [this year’s ‘In Real Time’], there was a certain edginess and an almost punk energy that I’ve missed for a while,” Waite tells Billboard.com. “As I look around me, everybody’s so produced. They’re on stage playing along to tapes. They don’t care. Rock ‘n’ roll seems to be on vacation. I don’t like studio-manicured things. I like imperfection.”
While some of the songs on “Rough & Tumble” date back a ways — “Mr. Wonderful” is a remake from Waite’s 1982 solo debut “Ignition,” “Skyward” was written in 2004 and Waite penned “Evil” in June of 2009 — the album began in earnest in January, when a writing session in Nashville with Matchbox Twenty’s Kyle Cook yielded five songs. “I kind of walked away from it at that point,” says Waite, who considered releasing an EP. “I thought I couldn’t top those songs. I couldn’t imagine anything to them.”
But management and label convinced Waite he had the makings of a full-length album, so he returned to the studio this fall to work with his regular guitarist, Luis Maldonado, and Shane Fontayne. “Rough & Tumble”‘s first single will be “If You Ever Get Lonely,” another song Waite had “floating around” before he and Cook finished it off.
“I loved the chorus and thought the rest of it was just not happening,” Waite says of the track. “I thought it was overstated, typical modern country music, very pop. Me and Kyle took it aside at the end of the day after writing and producing this other stuff… and it was as natural as a bouncing basketball.”
Waite chose to remake “Mr. Wonderful” because “it was a massive hit in Germany. I thought we could strap it onto this record as a bonus track. We just did it between takes. That’s a completely live vocal.” Also of note on “Rough & Tumble” are covers of Tina Turner’s “Sweet Rhode Island Red” and Gabe Dixon’s “Further the Sky,” which was recommended to Waite by Alison Krauss.
Waite plans to “tour like mad” to support “Rough & Tumble” and already has U.S. dates booked in February, March and April, with a club tour of Europe planned for the spring. “We’ll just tour ’til we drop; at certain times in your life, that’s the only answer,” Waite says.
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13986 – Good luck to them both!!!
John Mellencamp and wife separate after 20 years
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) ñ In a post-holiday week that has seen several announcements of celebrity couplings, singer John Mellencamp and his wife Elaine have decided to do the opposite and separate.
“John and Elaine Mellencamp are proud of their 20 years together and are very happy with their accomplishments both as parents and as a family. They will continue to raise their two children in Indiana but have decided to call it a day as a couple,” their spokesman said in a statement on Thursday.
No further details were available.
Mellencamp gained fame in the late 1970s and early 1980s under the stage name John Cougar. His early rock hits include “Hurts So Good” and “Jack and Diane” and as his notoriety grew, he dropped the name Cougar and began performing as John Mellencamp.
While he has never regained the superstar status he enjoyed during the ’80s, Mellencamp has kept a solid fan base and continued to put out albums and tour around the world.
His wife, whose maiden name is Irwin, is a model who met the singer when she was hired to appear on the cover of his “Whenever We Wanted” album. She was 23 when they married.
The week after Christmas has seen a series of celebrity marriage engagements including Reese Witherspoon to talent agent Jim Toth, singer LeAnn Rimes and actor Eddie Cibrian, actress Natalie Portman to dancer Benjamin Millepied and Playboy founder Hugh Hefner and Crystal Harris.
Racy Julianne Hough video pulled
Country sweetheart-turned-movie star Julianne Hough’s new video has been banned from cable music channels across America – because she reveals too much.
The Christian bosses behind the country’s top country video networks have opted not to show sexy Hough’s new promo for Is That So Wrong, and websites like YouTube.com have also decided the racy video is too much for young fans.
Hough, who is among the stars of new movie Burlesque, admits she doesn’t know what all the fuss is about.
She tells the Globe, “Apparently, I was taking off too many clothes as I was dancing across my bedroom (in the video). I kind of liked it.”
A spokesman for CMT – one of the networks not showing the video – insists a contractual hitch is behind the black-out, and YouTube.com bosses insist a copyright issue is behind their decision not to show the promo.
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Nope, this will never happen!!!
ABBA’s Agnetha Faltskog hints at reunion
ABBA singer Agnetha Faltskog has admitted that she is open to a reunion with her former bandmates.
She revealed that she has not discussed reforming with her ex-bandmembers – her ex-husband Bjˆrn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Prinzessin Reuss von Plauen – but would like to meet with them to discuss the idea.
“A reunion, an occasional opportunity, maybe in connection with a charity event, I believe we could consider it,” she told M Magazine. “We would not reunite for a tour like The Rolling Stones and other old bands do now.
“However, I could see us doing something together in the future. It is just a feeling I have that it would be fun to get together, talk a bit about the past and maybe perform together.”
The group last recorded together in 1982, for an album that was never completed, and broke up in 1983.
Meanwhile, Ladbrokes have offered odds of 66-1 for ABBA to play the Royal Wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton on April 29, 2011.
Other acts tipped to perform include Elton John and Paul McCartney.
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Ineligible?!?!?
Writers Guild Awards: ‘Toy Story 3,’ ‘Blue Valentine,’ and others ineligible
Nominations for the Writers Guild Awards wonít be announced until Jan. 4, but the nomination ballot is missing some noticeable titles. Variety reports Another Year, Biutiful, Blue Valentine, The Ghost Writer, The Kingís Speech, Made in Dagenham, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Toy Story 3 and Winterís Bone are among those deemed ineligible because they were not formally submitted for consideration and/or were not produced under WGA jurisdiction. As the trade notes, the WGAís picks for original and adapted screenplay have each won an Oscar 11 of the last 16 years. Winners are announced Feb. 5.