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GLASS CANDY & DESIRE / EUROPEAN PHOTO BLOG

FRANCE.
GERMANY.
SWEDEN.
DENMARK.
NORWAY.
ENGLAND.
ROMANIA.
IT’S ALL A BLUR…
MEGAN FROM DESIRE JUST POSTED 200 PHOTOS FROM OUR TRIP IN MAY & JUNE.
WE CAN’T WAIT TO GO BACK.
WE’LL BE POSTING THE OCTOBER & NOVEMBER DATES FOR EUROPE THIS WEEK.
DON’T WORRY…DESIRE IS COMING WITH US AGAIN.
AND WE’LL BE SUPPORTING THE NEW ITALIANS DO IT BETTER COMPILATION.
WITH ALL BRAND NEW & EXCLUSIVE TRACKS FROM GLASS CANDY, CHROMATICS, DESIRE, MIRAGE, TWISTED WIRES, BOTTIN, FARAH, VISIONE, AND MORE…..
IN THE MEANTIME…
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS.
XO
IDA & JOHNNY

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Leona on GMTV


..Tune into GMTV on Monday 22nd February and catch Leona!

She’ll be on the show to mark the release of her upcoming single ‘I Got You’.

We’ll bring you more details as they arrive!

‘I Got You’ due 21/2/10, pre-order
HERE

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Grandma & Santa (My Yearly Must-Read)

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Santa & Grandma

I remember my first Christmas adventure with Grandma. I was just a kid.  I remember tearing across town on my bike to visit her on the day my big sister dropped the bomb: “There is no Santa Claus,” she jeered. “Even dummies know that!”

My Grandma was not the gushy kind, never had been. I fled to her that day because I knew she would be straight with me. I knew Grandma always told the truth, and I knew that the truth always went down a whole lot easier when swallowed with one of her “world-famous” cinnamon buns. I knew they were world-famous, because Grandma said so. It had to be true.

Grandma was home, and the buns were still warm. Between bites, I told her everything. She was ready for me. “No Santa Claus?” she snorted. “Ridiculous! Don’t believe it. That rumor has been going around for years, and it makes me mad, plain mad. Now, put on your coat, and let’s go.”

“Go? Go where, Grandma?” I asked. I hadn’t even finished my second world-famous cinnamon bun.

“Where” turned out to be Kerby’s General Store, the one store in town that had a little bit of just about everything. As we walked through it’s doors, Grandma handed me ten dollars.

That was a bundle in those days.

“Take this money,” she said, “and buy something for someone who needs it. I’ll wait for you in the car.” Then she turned and walked out of Kerby’s.

I was only eight years old. I’d often gone shopping with my mother, but never had I shopped for anything all by myself. The store seemed big and crowded, full of people scrambling to finish their Christmas shopping. For a few moments I just stood there, confused, clutching that ten-dollar bill, wondering what to buy, and who on earth to buy it for.

I thought of everybody I knew: my family, my friends, my neighbors, the kids at school, and the people who went to my church. I was just about thought out, when I suddenly thought of Bobby Decker. He was a kid with bad breath and messy hair, and he sat right behind me in Mrs. Pollock’s grade-two class.

Bobby Decker didn’t have a coat. I knew that because he never went out to recess during the winter. His mother always wrote a note, telling the teacher that he had a cough, but all we kids knew that Bobby Decker didn’t have a cough; he had no coat.

I fingered the ten-dollar bill with growing excitement. I would buy Bobby Decker a coat!

I settled on a red corduroy one that had a hood to it. It looked real warm, and he would like that. “Is this a Christmas present for someone?” the lady behind the counter asked kindly, as I laid my ten dollars down.

“Yes, ma’am,” I replied shyly. “It’s for Bobby.” The nice lady smiled at me.  I didn’t get any change, but she put the coat in a bag and wished me a Merry Christmas.

That evening, Grandma helped me wrap the coat in Christmas paper and ribbons (a little tag fell out of the coat, and Grandma tucked it in one of her books) and write, “To Bobby, From Santa Claus” on it.

Grandma said that Santa always insisted on secrecy. Then she drove me over to Bobby Decker’s house, explaining as we went that I was now and forever officially one of Santa’s helpers. Grandma parked down the street from Bobby’s house, and she and I crept noiselessly and hid in the bushes by his front walk.

Then Grandma gave me a nudge. “All right, Santa Claus,” she whispered, “get going.” I took a deep breath, dashed for his front door, threw the present down on his step, pounded his doorbell and flew back to the safety of the bushes and Grandma. Together we waited breathlessly in the darkness for the front door to open.

Finally it did, and there stood Bobby. Fifty years haven’t dimmed the thrill of those moments spent shivering, beside my Grandma, in Bobby Decker’s bushes. That night, I realized that those awful rumors about Santa Claus were just what Grandma said they were: ridiculous. Santa was alive and well, and we were on his team.

I still have grandma’s book, with the tag tucked inside: $19.95

Psssttt… did I mention just how awesome Grandma was?


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Kenny rogers & John Madden skits, Love it!

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BALLET & Graduation: From 2 hours long to 8 min 40 sec. You’re welcome.


lol ;-) If you care to watch it, that is!

Here’s video from FPCC’s 2008 Graduation, featuring my sister Megan and myself. This was on May 10, 2008, and started at 11am. It was about an hour and some change long, but I shortened it to 8 minutes 40 seconds.

I tried to have explainations of what was happening at particular times, and made the captions yellow so they’d be easier to see. If not, well, sorry.

Oh yeah, and HAHA! I liked the Yellow Captions because they reminded me of a Steven Spielberg movie, like Star Wars, or Indiana Jones. I wish I had an aerial shot of us driving to Poplar so we could do the red dot thing of us traveling on the map, AAAYEZ, LOL!!! (Cue music! LOL!)
(…and speaking of Indiana Jones, I can’t wait to see the new movie!!!)

Anyway, without further ado:

(Hope you were able to play and watch it, Jorge!)

AAAAND!
May has been a busy month for us, as Dreona’s Ballet Recital was just last week here! Here is some video, but this is just part one, as the whole video is 27 minutes long. I am so very proud of her! She did such a great job!!
(This is just a teaser for you, Papi, but don’t worry, the whole video’s in the mail on the way to you!)

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Dear Mrs. Harrison - I'm on iTunes & Amazon MP3!


It’s officially official!
You can now buy my first single, “Studio Apartment,” in the iTunes store and Amazon.com!
I’m so excited! I’m dancing (and I CAN’T dance), so this must be one of THOSE moments!
Look! how! many! exclamat!ion! marks! I! used! SEE?!
Stop reading this, and go get it! I mean, PLEASE go get it : ) And you can leave a review too, which is cool because reviews allow one to express oneself through reviewage. And it’s fun for me to read! And just think - the more reviews I get to read, the less time I’m spending here - in my blog - writing about reviews and exclamation points and complete and utter blah! Wow, my vocabulary sucks. Mrs. Harrison, my first grade teacher wouldn’t be proud. I hope she doesn’t waste her retirement reading former students’ blogs. I hope she’s at least golfing or fishing or knitting or SOMETHING.
NOW do you have reason enough to leave this vocabulary-black-hole of a blog?
Thought so…but congratulations! You lasted longer than I would’ve if I were reading someone else’s ramblings. That’s gotta be worth something, right?
I refuse to go back and proof read this thing, so I apologize if there are any misspellings (like the word ‘misspell,’ which I’m never sure of).
xo
L

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SEVENTH TREE TOUR EDITION & FREE CLOWNS DOWNLOAD


Hey Deers
 
Tonnes of great stuff today…not sure where to start.
 
First off, the second leg of the Seventh Tree UK tour kicks off on Wednesday.  If you haven’t got tickets yet, there are still some available for some shows at www.seetickets.com.  Eugene Mcguiness and Pete Greenwood have been added as supports (check site for details). The tour kicks off with a very special set as part of the BBC Electric Proms series.   Tickets for this sold out straight away but don’t worry as those lovely people at the BBC will be transmitting highlights on the radio, TV and on the world wide web.  We’ll put the details up on the Goldfrapp website and MySpace page when they are confirmed.

And not only that…everyone everywhere can feel part of this intimate performance  as, soon as the curtain comes down, Goldfrapp will release a very special and exclusive download of ‘Clowns’, as performed at the Proms.  The track will be available to download FOR FREE for 7 days here and via bluetooth transmissions at Electric Proms venues. 
 
And last but by no means least…..’Little Bird’ and ‘You Never Know’ are uploaded and ready to access.  There’s more to come as over the next few weeks we’ll be adding 2 tracks a week, giving you exclusive access to all the new video tracks from the Seventh Tree Special Edition.  PLUS high resolution downloads of photographs of Alison and Will and brand new wallpapers.  Here’s the instructions again, just in case.  Insert your copy of the ‘Seventh Tree’ CD into your computer, hit this link and follow the prompts.
 
See you down the front row.
 
Deer
xXx

To watch a Happiness snippet: Click Here
 
Pre-order Seventh Tree Special Edition: Mute Bank / HMV

Don’t forget the Free ‘Clowns’ / ‘Happiness (Choral Version) download is available here

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New Journal Entry & Rare Posters

Dearest Plague Rats,
Also!
Sir Edward and the Asylum presents a very limited number of Autographed German “Opheliac” Promotional Posters on eBay. These are up for one day only, and are a bit special if I do say so myself as they have never been made available to the public for sale, but were used for promotional store use only. They are also really big, and the ratties want to have them for dinner, so get them before they do…
With Love & Bloody Crumpets from the Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls, Block B, Cell W14, Inmate A,
EA, Sir Edward, and Basil
P.S.
The Asylum Army: Are You Committed?
P.P.S.
The Plague: Get it. Feed it. Spread it.
Links:

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Barnes & Noble Studio: Pop Goes Crochet Close-Up

GLASS CANDY & DESIRE / EUROPEAN PHOTO BLOG

FRANCE.
GERMANY.
SWEDEN.
DENMARK.
NORWAY.
ENGLAND.
ROMANIA.
IT’S ALL A BLUR…
MEGAN FROM DESIRE JUST POSTED 200 PHOTOS FROM OUR TRIP IN MAY & JUNE.
WE CAN’T WAIT TO GO BACK.
WE’LL BE POSTING THE OCTOBER & NOVEMBER DATES FOR EUROPE THIS WEEK.
DON’T WORRY…DESIRE IS COMING WITH US AGAIN.
AND WE’LL BE SUPPORTING THE NEW ITALIANS DO IT BETTER COMPILATION.
WITH ALL BRAND NEW & EXCLUSIVE TRACKS FROM GLASS CANDY, CHROMATICS, DESIRE, MIRAGE, TWISTED WIRES, BOTTIN, FARAH, VISIONE, AND MORE…..
IN THE MEANTIME…
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS.
XO
IDA & JOHNNY

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