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 UNDER THE RADAR (2002): Sleeper by Marcus Kagler
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SLEEPER IN LOS ANGELES (29 Aug 1996)
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MOJO CLASSIC Vol 2 #7: BRITPOP (2009)
Bauer London Lifestyle
This is a Q&A with Louise Wener that appeared in the MOJO CLASSIC: BRITPOP magazine.
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posted Nov 26, 2012, 11:59 AM by Vu Nguyen
Little Annie
Don't come around, acting so feeble
It's much too late to talk to you people
She knows, she knows what's happening
And like a woman she explodes
She knows what's happening
She cut off her fingers to keep them from itching
She sewed up her eyes to stop them from twitching
She's eating the dirty again like a monkey
She's flat on her back, oh yes
Wasted and glad, oh yes
Lost in a bend, she's gone 'round it
Don't come around, I feel so ugly
I'd like to punch someone and I'm hungry
Little Annie says she knows
She knows what's going on
And like a woman she explodes
She's knows what's going on
She cut off her fingers to keep them from itching
She sewed up her eyes to stop them from twitching
She's eating the dirty again like a monkey
She's flat on her back, oh yes
Wasted and glad, oh yes
Lost in a bend, she's gone 'round it
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I'm
in the process of moving, so I've been packing things up in boxes. I
was working on my magazines, when I took a break and started flipping
through them. The memories started flooding back, what good times these
were. I fear that in today's word, how are you going to reminisce
about an old article?
Believe it or not, but before the internet took over, most of my news
and attention to bands were all thanks to magazines. I stopped buying
magazines altogether because, let's be honest: they are expensive.
Plus, all the cool magazines (Select, Q, Mojo, Uncut) are based in the
UK and getting a subscription to it was way, way expensive.
To justify many of my mags purchases, it would have to include a
compilation CD or if there was a band I really, really love on its
cover. Usually this meant Britpop-related bands, like my most obsessed
band in the 90s, Sleeper.
I love everything that Sleeper released, collected all the albums and
singles (on various formats, CD, 7", 12", cassingles). I had it bad, and
it was worst being in the U.S. Everything came out to us late, and we
never got to see all the cool music videos or various television
appearances.
I saw Sleeper twice: 1995 and 1996. The first time was the best time.
Mel and I got to interview Louise Wener and Andy McClure. We met the
rest of the band in the green room of the Whiskey A-Go-Go. The second
time was also unforgettable; they opened up for Elvis Costello. All
good times.
When their third album came out in 1997, it was pretty much over:
Britpop died an early death and indie labels like Indolent Records were
swallowed up by bigger companies or just went out of business.
The song I'm using is "Little Annie", a B-Side from their Inbetweener UK single. The song was also collected in a US promo-only EP called B-Sides,
which BMG gave to radio stations. At the time, I was volunteering at
KFSR 90.7 FM, so I own the rare EP in my massive Sleeper music
collection.
Below are, what I I believe these are the only magazine covers that
Louise Wener/Sleeper appeared on. I have various other inset covers and
one-pager, but these are the magazines that she clearly is featured on
the cover. If I am missing any, please email me. I would like to know
why I'd missed them, and I'll probably try and spend my time on
collecting the final covers to complete my sad, sad Sleeper collection.
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If you can't get the BBC's iPlayer to play for you because you don't live in the UK, you can download their Podcast on iTunes.
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Front Row - Untouchable review, Louise Wener interview, Ryszard Kapuscinski biography
BBC Radio 4, 7:15PM Fri, 21 Sep 2012
With Kirsty Lang.
Untouchable,
a French comedy film about a wealthy disabled man and his young
impoverished carer, has proved an unlikely hit across Europe, even
taking more than Avatar in some countries. Critic Agnes Poirier explains
its unexpected popularity and delivers her verdict.
Shout To The
Top is a new music drama coming to BBC Radio 2, about a young girl band
starting out in the 1980s. Writers Roy Boulter, drummer of The Farm, and
Louise Wener, former singer with the Britpop band Sleeper, discuss how
they set about creating radio drama and how far they drew on their own
experiences of the music industry.
The Polish journalist Ryszard
Kapuscinski was one of the most influential eyewitness reporters of the
20th century. Artur Domoslawski has written a new biography which
examines the complex relationship between fact and fiction in
Kapuscinski's work. He describes his feelings when he realised that he
was going to have to be critical of his friend, whom he greatly admired.
As Radio 4 broadcasts the 10 short stories competing for the
£15,000 BBC International Short Story Award, Front Row talks to each of
the writers. Today, Miroslav Penkov discusses East Of The West, which
will be broadcast on Monday at 3.30pm.
Producer Stephen Hughes.
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posted Sep 5, 2012, 4:47 PM by Vu Nguyen
BRITPOP GLEE?
bbc.co.uk
"Shout to the Top" is a new BBC Radio 2 production about a fictional all-female band to air on September 25th.
The star of the program, Shane Richie, described the musical drama as "Glee for an older audience."
Music Weekly described the program as a "' Britpop Glee",
because creator Jeff Smith was quoted to say, "Attempts like Britannia
High didn’t quite get it right. Ours is grittier [than that] but is
still a British take on Glee, for an older audience."
Britpop fans will notice that "Shout to the Top" is co written by
ex-Sleeper's Louise Wener and former The Farm's drummer Roy Boulter.
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posted May 7, 2012, 7:03 PM by Vu Nguyen
From faberacademy.co.uk
Louise Wener began her writing career as a lyricist, penning top-ten hits for the pop band, Sleeper. Since then she has written four novels: Goodnight Steve McQueen, The Perfect Play, The Half Life of Stars, and Worldwide Adventures in Love. Most recently, she published her autobiography, Different For Girls:
a humorous account of growing up with eighties music and her time at
the heart of nineties Britpop. Louise is an experienced creative writing
tutor. She has just been commissioned to write her first feature length
screenplay and is currently working on a drama series for the BBC.
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From www.outandaboutlive.co.uk
 CAMPING MAGAZINE (Apr 2012)
New look for Camping magazine
Posted on 26 Jan 2012 by Iain Duff
The UK's only magazine devoted to tent campers is to get a brand new look.
The April 2012 issue of Camping magazine will hit the shelves on 1 March as a 100-page issue, packed full of campsites, tents, travel ideas and reviews.
Also free with this issue is the annual Campsite Map to help plan your 2012 camping trip.
Features in the April issue will include 20 sites with the WOW factor,
ex-Britpop star Louise Wener camping in Brittany, campsite cooking with
the Guyrope Gourmet and lots more gear, skills, sites and travel.
Camping editor Iain Duff said: “Thanks to the economic gloom,
more and more people are spending their holidays at home, meaning
camping has never been more popular – especially among families looking
for a memorable but affordable holiday experience. With so many
newcomers to the market, we believe now is the right time to give the
magazine a fresh new look.
“Camping magazine is written by campers for campers so we know
what our readers want. It’s a fun, friendly pursuit and we want to
reflect that in the pages of the magazine.”
The magazine will be on sale across the UK in branches of WH Smith,
Tesco, Asda, Sainsburys, Morrisons as well as newsagents. It can also be
bought or pre-ordered from our website campingmagazine.co.uk
For a taster of Camping’s new look, visit outandaboutlive.co.uk/open/?page=campingrelaunch
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