Is anyone else checking Shorefire Media every few hours just on the off chance there's a press release?
Does anyone really believe the information that comes out from any other source? Well - no - but we all so WANT to believe. This is why the rumour about 'Arcade at Night' took off so spectacularly. Some peeps thought there might be a grain of truth in the rumour so, to put it politely, others called them idiots. Heated arguments ensued on some of the threads I've seen this week. Come on guys we have a common passion - music we love - so why do we have to be so hateful to each other. Argue, discuss, disagree but there's no need to get personal is there?
The person who runs a FB page called 'Bruce Springsteen News' is seriously thinking of giving up because of the abuse she receives in personal emails. Now all this woman does is post up news that has appeared on the internet elsewhere. She doesn't claim to agree or disagree with it, or filter it in any way, she just copies it for peeps to see. Why would anyone give her grief? Fortunately she has now received a whole load of messages in support. Perhaps that will redress the balance.
You might say that the person who started the album rumour deserves some abuse but let's be honest a lot of the sites that reported the news were sceptical - here's Blogness - and if professional journalists chose to report stuff that hasn't been ratified well that's pure laziness on their part. I suppose it depends on the individual but I can't get angry about this. I'm as passionate about Bruce and his music as the next man but it isn't life and death. So someone had a joke at our expense. It kept the message boards buzzing for a day or two and perhaps taught us a bit of a lesson. Just to be sure here's today's post from Blogness
So I say again... is anyone checking Shorefire Media every few hours just on the off chance there's a press release? Lets stick to the official source.
Another rumour surfaced in the local Florence paper. This is the Google translation which reads a bit strangely in places:-
(01 October 2011)
Bruce Springsteen in Florence
The Boss returns to the stage
At eight years of extraordinary concert at the American rocker Franks on the verge of signing the contract
Insufficient signatures, they said, and in the running are two other Italian cities, Udine and Bari, but Florence is a clear advantage because the management of Springsteen and the artist remain a beautiful memory of that night. What's more, it would, at least for the moment, the only Italian date European tour.
Yeah, just turned 62 Springsteen back on tour in Europe.The occasion is the release of highly anticipated new album of unreleased, whose exact date is still under debate among specialists (who says this year, another in spring). It is certain that this is also the first tour without Clarence Clemons, who died June 18 last year, the saxophonist who has left a void in the blackest estreet Band. The idea of the "Boss" in this sense is all'assetto return of the Seventies, with the same horn section at that time, a solution that would be more welcome to fans as well as the new producer Ron Aniello.
In fact, on websites and blogs of fans from two or three days, talking about it, and if Florence was able to really grab an exclusive event like this would be a blow that can revive the fortunes of a Summer Fiorentina rather stingy of great names, returning at once on an international stage.
(01 October 2011)© All rights reserved
This may also be a load of rubbish but as I quite fancy a trip to Italy I've checked out the local airport and we can fly to Pisa which is OK for Florence. Hey, It's hopes and dreams that keep us going in this life!
Anyway thinking of Florence I thought I'd check out YouTube for some earlier Bruce shows in the city and a search brought up this:-
In case that disappointed you there's also this:-
It's the anniversary of the release of Magic today. Now I love Magic. It has been suggested by someone very close to me that I 'love' things a bit too much but I really DO love Magic. There are only a couple of tracks that I don't really care for. The 2007 December show at the O2 has to be one of my favourites not least because we got to wear our Santa Hats!
As I started to write this post we were still waiting for some You Tube footage from Sting's birthday bash. I've just checked again and here we are!
If you are interested in reading about it too, here's a report from Rolling Stone and checkout this piece from The Mail a UK newspaper which is more about the fashion than the music.
Finally I got a surprise text from my husband during the week. He in turn had received it from his boss (not The Boss) who had got it via Twitter. I've heard of couples texting risque photos of each other but this!
No comments:
Post a Comment