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Post by themanwithnoname on Jul 4, 2008 7:20:28 GMT -5
 Rock veterans Oasis have received an award celebrating their contribution to the music industry at a glittering event today. They were honoured with the prestigious Silver Clef Award at a ceremony in London. Led by Manchester brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher, the band were at the forefront of the British rock revival of the 1990s and have influenced many top-selling acts from around the globe. Oasis burst onto the scene with their debut album Definitely Maybe which included anthems such as Supersonic and fans’ favourite Cigarettes and Alcohol. Their 1997 album Be Here Now is the fastest selling album in UK chart history, and sold more than one million copies in just a fortnight, awards organisers said. This year’s O2 Silver Clef Awards guest list also included The Fratellis, Amy Macdonald, Simon Pegg, Lily Allen, Paul Weller, Russell Brand and Meatloaf. The event is in aid of Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy, which provides more than 30,000 sessions annually with children and adults through 50 projects throughout the country. The annual O2 Silver Clef luncheon, which began in 1975, is the jewel in the charity’s fundraising crown and a highlight of the music industry’s calendar. |
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Post by 32shutout on Jul 4, 2008 7:22:36 GMT -5
Noel looks like bono there
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Post by stirling on Jul 4, 2008 7:28:44 GMT -5
He looks a bit more with it from the NME pic last week.
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Post by psj3809 on Jul 4, 2008 10:05:19 GMT -5
Hmmm read this ... news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/the_p_word/newsid_7489000/7489988.stmI do like Noel but do get bored with the 'kids play violent computer games and that makes them violent' These bored chavs who make out they have nothing to do will go round being idiots/killing people/selling drugs regardless of the games they play. In my day we had 4 tv channels, games for the Spectrum cost 8 quid (i was on 75p per week pocket money) so couldnt buy many, had to rent films etc, often played footy in the parki didnt turn into a complete nutter and mug old grannies or grafitti the whole place etc. Kids nowadays have 200 channels on Sky, can download any film they want, download any album they want (illegally so its free), can rent dvds cheaply from say tesco.com and other sites. I cant see how they can get bored ?!?! But the usual bull about violent computer games is just as stupid about violent tunes. As Chris Rock says 'what happens to just plain ole crazy ?' |
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Post by gefe on Jul 4, 2008 11:42:38 GMT -5
which brand are his sunglasses? prada? what model?
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Post by themanwithnoname on Jul 4, 2008 12:05:14 GMT -5
Hmmm read this ... news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/the_p_word/newsid_7489000/7489988.stmI do like Noel but do get bored with the 'kids play violent computer games and that makes them violent' These bored chavs who make out they have nothing to do will go round being idiots/killing people/selling drugs regardless of the games they play. In my day we had 4 tv channels, games for the Spectrum cost 8 quid (i was on 75p per week pocket money) so couldnt buy many, had to rent films etc, often played footy in the parki didnt turn into a complete nutter and mug old grannies or grafitti the whole place etc. Kids nowadays have 200 channels on Sky, can download any film they want, download any album they want (illegally so its free), can rent dvds cheaply from say tesco.com and other sites. I cant see how they can get bored ?!?! But the usual bull about violent computer games is just as stupid about violent tunes. As Chris Rock says 'what happens to just plain ole crazy ?' I hear what you're saying but I have to disagree. I can't see how playing games like GTA wouldn't have an effect on some kids. I believe they do desensitise some kids who play them to some degree, some more than others. Just my opinion. |
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Post by 32shutout on Jul 4, 2008 12:07:48 GMT -5
I wouldn't blame games as much as parents
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2008 14:47:44 GMT -5
I wouldn't blame games as much as parents This. There are ratings on the games for a reason and the parents are the ones that should step up and say "no, you aren't playing that". They restrict sales of those games to minors for a reason. |
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Post by nyr401994 on Jul 4, 2008 15:43:18 GMT -5
Hmmm read this ... news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/the_p_word/newsid_7489000/7489988.stmI do like Noel but do get bored with the 'kids play violent computer games and that makes them violent' These bored chavs who make out they have nothing to do will go round being idiots/killing people/selling drugs regardless of the games they play. In my day we had 4 tv channels, games for the Spectrum cost 8 quid (i was on 75p per week pocket money) so couldnt buy many, had to rent films etc, often played footy in the parki didnt turn into a complete nutter and mug old grannies or grafitti the whole place etc. Kids nowadays have 200 channels on Sky, can download any film they want, download any album they want (illegally so its free), can rent dvds cheaply from say tesco.com and other sites. I cant see how they can get bored ?!?! But the usual bull about violent computer games is just as stupid about violent tunes. As Chris Rock says 'what happens to just plain ole crazy ?' I hear what you're saying but I have to disagree. I can't see how playing games like GTA wouldn't have an effect on some kids. I believe they do desensitise some kids who play them to some degree, some more than others. Just my opinion. i fully disagree. research has shown that violent video games do the exact opposite effect of violence. it's been shown to calm the beast. |
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Post by themanwithnoname on Aug 5, 2008 2:31:36 GMT -5
Grand Theft Auto sales halted after Thai taxi killing
Ian MacKinnon in Bangkok
The Guardian, Tuesday August 5 2008
Distributors of Grand Theft Auto yesterday suspended sales in Thailand after a teenager allegedly killed a taxi driver in a bloody frenzy, re-enacting scenes from the blockbuster video game.
Police who caught the 18-year-old at the scene said he confessed to having planned the attack to find out if robbery was as easy as depicted in the violent game.
Phalawat Chinno, who played the game obsessively for hours every day, bought two knives and chose his 54-year-old victim carefully as he believed he would be too old to fight back, police said.
The secondary school student said the killing was a robbery that went wrong. New Era Interactive Media, the Thai distributors of Grand Theft Auto, which recently launched its fourth edition, has asked shops to withdraw copies from sale and video arcades to suspend the game.
"We are sending out requests ... to outlets and shops to pull the games off their shelves and we will replace them with other games," said Sakchai Chotikachinda, the marketing director of New Era.
Three years ago the families of two police officers and a police switchboard operator gunned down in the US filed a multi-million pound lawsuit in Alabama against the game's makers and distributors. The victims were shot by an 18-year-old who played the game constantly.
Thai investigators said that Phalawat - who allegedly spent eight hours choosing the pair of knives for the attack - had confessed to being inspired by Grand Theft Auto, which allows players to adopt the role of an urban criminal and engage in often violent and destructive, and sometimes murderous, crime sprees.
"He said he wanted to find out if it was as easy in real life to rob a taxi as it was in the game," the chief investigating officer, Veeravit Pipattanasak, told Reuters.
Late on Saturday night Phalawat flagged down one cab, but backed out of attempting to rob the driver as there were too many people around. But he hailed another taxi and then held a knife to the throat of its driver, Khuan Phokaeng, and tried to rob him when they reached their destination in a Bangkok suburb.
When Khuan tried to fight off his attacker with an iron bar concealed beneath his seat, Phalawat is alleged to have stabbed him at least 10 times.
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