theaudience LIVE CONCERT - T in the park

OH MY FUCKING GOSH!!!!!
a theaudience concert surfaced!!
Download here, quick - http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?5nmaj21r5rn

Tracklist:
1. I Know Enough (I Don't Get Enough)
2. If You Can't Do It When You're Young: When Can You Do It?
3. Keep In Touch
4. I Got The Wherewithal
5. A Pessimist Is Never Dissapointed
6. Harry Don't Fetch The Water

I've listened to the gig over 17 times already!! I'm in love with it, truly!! theaudience were a brilliant band. I so wish they'd get back for one more album. Or the bloody second album tracks leak.. Sophie sounds fab!!

I'll upload their live version of "You Get What You Deserve" soon..... oh wow!! This is so bloody amazing!!

EDIT: Download "You Get What You Deserve (Live @ London Astoria)"
http://www.zshare.net/audio/50164220140c6700/

What is always lacking in Sophie's videos??

When you see a Sophie video, the first thing that comes to your mind is “wow she’s gorgeous!” Sophie is always very creative in her videos. She tries to add a bit of humor to her videos, which I think has worked well in the past. Then she started adding a bit of seriousness, which also worked. But when I sit back and think, I wonder why I don’t find any of her videos “perfect”. Murder On The Dancefloor is exceptional. That is one video which I think is superb. There’s a story line, there’s dancing’ there’s glamour, there are tons of back up dancers. That video is what I call a perfect pop video.

Come to think of it Get Over You is also fine. Get Over You has always been my favourite video and song. The theme may be from the movie mannequin, but who cares, its still a brilliant video. You have Sophie wearing tons of wax, she breaks out of the showroom and has tons of other backup dancers and they all dance away. But then, the one thing that is absent in the video is “real dance”. Not like Murder On The Dancefloor was full of dance.. Sophie barely dances. I think she should learn to dance. Moving her hands and legs is not really dance. I wish she’d do a dance routine…like Britney does in most of her videos, or like Shirley does in When I Grow Up video. If Sophie can do so much, I think its more than enough.

When Sophie said that she was doing a dance routine in her Me & My Imagination video, I was really excited. But then when I saw the video I was upset. The theme is wonderful, she could have danced some more though. For videos like Catch You and Today The Sun’s On Us and Music Gets The Best Of Me (dinner party video) there’s no need for dance. The seriousness or the humour does it all. That’s perfect the way it is. But her other videos which are upbeat pop tunes, I think she could include dance routines… Like Mixed Up World is so pointless!! The video idea is superb, but she could have done a bit of moves, with backup dancers, or the guys there..something a little robotic would have suited that video perfectly.

I Won’t Change You is cute, that dance routine with the backup dancers in the video is alright, but I’d like to see some more in that, not just bending down, moving hands, lifts etc., Today The Sun’s On Us is brilliant. But I think the shower scene could have been a little more revealing. I know Sophie is not a sell out who depends on skin-show, but I think that video would’ve achieved perfection with that… that’s one video which leaves an impact on me when its over. Catch You is quite good too. I love everything about the video.

Take Me Home is also cute. She’s trying to seduce men in the video, and she does that perfectly. All in all, I think Sophie needs to have a perfect pop video to define her success. If Off & On is going to be a single, I hope she does a dark video..

I Am What I Am: Sophie Ellis-Bextor

An article from Times Online.

SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR, 29, is a singer-songwriter and the new face of Rimmel. She lives with her husband, Richard Jones, bassist with the Feeling, and their four-year-old son, Sonny, in west London.

* I was a confident child, but then my parents divorced. I can see a big difference between me and my half-sister, who has grown up with happily married parents. She is far more secure than I ever was.

* It never occurred to me to be a singer. I wanted to be an actress, as Mum [the Blue Peter presenter Janet Ellis] always spoke about the power you feel on stage. I only realised what she meant when I sang.

* When I was starting out, being middle-class was uncool, and women were patronised. It made me mouthy, but I was advised that being “rent a quote” wasn’t a good role.

* Youth culture used to be focused on music — now it’s totally focused on fame. But having a high profile does not equate to selling records, and that’s what I care about.

* There is always music in our house. Richard and I have started DJ-ing together. We live just off Portobello Road and, with all the record shops, we’re always picking up weird and wonderful things.

* Of all the women I’ve been inspired by — Björk, Debbie Harry, PJ Harvey — it’s been about something other than looks. Debbie Harry is obviously gorgeous, but she is also a little bit bonkers, and I think that’s brilliant.

* When I was younger I realised I was never going to be conventionally pretty, so I thought: “So what if I look a bit odd? I’d better celebrate it.”

* You have to earn your right to ask people to give you their attention.

The Rimmel Ad (tv advert)

From the RIMMEL official site.... WOW!! She looks fab!!



"Sophie Ellis-Bextor, makes her debut appearance in this ad for New Moisture Renew Lipstick. With her Moisture Renew Rose Passion (160) lipstick, Sophie’s ready for a party with her pals. Complementing those luscious lips is a vintage blue dress and belt with signature high heels from Rupert Sanderson. Aural delights are provided by Rox, ‘I Don’t Believe’."

And there were also a few shots exclusive shots which Rimmel have on their website.









Source: http://www.rimmellondon.com/UK/OurFace/default.aspx

The Rimmel Ad (print ad???)

Ah I love a bit of Sophie Ellis Bextor. Great fashint sense, great makeup, and oh-so-London, she’s the perfect choice to be a face for Rimmel. The news was announced way back in May time, but her debut approaches, so I thought it’d be nice to stick an auld pixthure of her mug up to admire.

Not ousting Kate, as far as I know, who remains as the face of the brand, she’s merely augmenting Rimmel’s stock of chix who model their increasingly good makeup. Her first outing is for the new line of lipsticks, Moisture Renew, which arrive on stand on the 13th. She’s slapped on a bit of Rose Passion above there, and rest assured ladies, everyone’s fave Rimmel shade, Heather Shimmer, is represented in the new line, which also boasts lip-smoothing yokes like hyaluronic acid and collagen as well as vitamins a, c and e.

Jaysis, all that for €7.25? Sold!

Source: http://beaut.ie/blog/?p=6321#comment-664449

Check out the responses there....

Jolene

Beautiful People is a new sitcom on the BBC. It's supposed to have a soundtrack coming out sometime this month. And Sophie has contributed one song to the album, which is a cover of Dolly Parton's "Jolene"...
Here's a tease - http://www.pdchem.demon.co.uk/sounds/Jolene.mp3
Enjoy listening. I love it, i think Sophie should come out with an album of covers someday...
(MP3 thanks to my dear friend, Paul, who's a life-saver when it comes to Sophie related stuff)

The Lady And The Tramp

Sophie Ellis Bextor didn't cringe when hubby Richard Jones played her record Take Me Home while DJing at a party - in fact she loved it. The showbiz couple formed a DJing tag team for the Company Magazine 30th anniversary party at the Proud Galleries, and Richard was overheard saying Sophie was the one who wore the trousers in their relationship and he follows her lead when it comes to DJing.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor's night ended in disaster after leaving a VIP nightclub and being kissed by... a tramp! The Lady And The Tramp-style horror show happened as sexy Bextor exited a showbiz bash at the Volstead club in London. Dressed in a stunning black dress, Bextor must have looked so demure that the homeless man couldn't resist having a go at pulling her. He swaggered up, used his streetwise charms and flung his arms around the chart-topping singer. Initially he wanted money, but when she had nothing to give him he leaned in for a big smooch instead. Poor Sophie had no idea what to do. She tried not to squirm as the tramp wrapped his grubby arms around her and once he had her in his clutches, he wasn't about to let her go. With a cigarette in his hand, the man proceeded to dance around the singer, who then began shrieking with fear. And with all the goings on, you would have thought that Sophie's husband, Richard Jones, would have come to his wife's aid, but he was too busy laughing as the man tried his luck.

Source:
http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/article.html?Sophie_Ellis_Bexter_pulls..._a_tramp&in_article_id=336593&in_page_id=7
http://news.uk.msn.com/Article.aspx?cp-documentid=9892278