RGG July 2016 - p.6
NICK
J TOWNSEND
An odd month here on planet News Trash Very
little in shocking music news to report on other
than how muddy the music festivals have
become We've all been distracted by staged
media events; gormless crisis actors slapped on
our TV news channels many of us are
programmed to be concerned about the vote to
leave Europe but I must admit I enjoyed their
one hit song in the
's called 'The Final
Countdown' Our fake leaders who we didn't
vote for are said to be resigning and now new
fake leaders in desperate need of hair
transplants are gearing up to control us next
British astronaut Tim Peake completed his six
month mission which mainly consisted of video
blogging and presenting a Brit Award to Adele
in front of a CGI backdrop Sir Cliff Richard
apparently isn't guilty now but Michael Jackson
might be again Weird Eh? Despite all this
hardly anyone has noticed the United Nation’s
decision to appoint Israel as chair of its legal
committee despite them having broken more
UN resolutions than any other country in UN
history Yes; it is officially a mad world but here
are a few news stories you may have missed
Harry Potter goblin look a like Steven Tyler of
American rock band Aerosmith has announced
that they will be doing a farewell tour Fellow
rockers KISS on the other hand have so far only
done approximately farewell tours to date
According to a report by Billboard the punk
News Flash
News Trash
FAREWELL
NEWS
ZEPPELIN
NEWS
Nick J Townsend is the frontman and
guitarist for British band Weak13
An experienced Underground
musician and music promoter
Supporter of original music
pioneer Iggy Pop is contemplating retirement;
elaborating on previous hints that his latest
album 'Post Pop Depression' might be his final
one Iggy Pop told press at Cannes “I don’t drug
up anymore” suggesting a farewell to hard drug
use as well; possibly due to concerns about him
having a body that looks like Alice Cooper's face
After a whole lotta lawyers and a whole lotta
technicality a federal court jury has decided
that Led Zeppelin are not guilty of plagiarism
and did not steal a riff from the American rock
band Spirit to use for the introduction of
'Stairway to Heaven' During the trial Jimmy
Page profoundly explained to the court that he
hadn't even watched Spirit live that despite
him telling NME magazine in
that he had
enjoyed watching them This could possibly
have been a Communication Breakdown Singer
Robert Plant provided the court with some
concrete evidence stating that he could not
remember the
's Arguably evidence of
early onset of Alzheimer's disease but it's a
brilliant alibi Spirit’s lawyer Francis Malofiy
explained that the decision was not “legally
correct or logically sound” The recordings of
‘Taurus’ and ‘Stairway To Heaven’ by both
bands weren’t allowed to be played in court
Perhaps the courtroom wasn't registered with
the PRS for Music license? Anyway instead a
music expert performed the songs based on
their original sheet music Currently the song
will remain the same in regards to the song
credits but there may be a whole lotta appeals
to come in the future Sources say that the
music of Led Zeppelin may feature on the
soundtrack of the next The Borrowers movie
