Fun Fact #109: Ozzy Snorts Fire Ants
Everyone knows the story about Ozzy biting a head off a bat, onstage in 1982 (he thought it was a fake one). Less well known is the time he snorted a line of fire ants in a bid to impress Motley Crue’s Nikki Sixx.
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Award-winning and internationally recognised New Zealand DJ – P Money – who is now based in New York, will star at Purple Paddocks on April 23, Easter Weekend.
“When I contacted him he said he wasn’t going to be in the country but if I wanted to shell out for the flights then he’d do it,” Mr Lamb, the owner of New Plymouth’s Club 55, said.
“So I’m literally flying him in from New York for the night.”
The festival has undergone some big changes this year, most notably the venue. Previously it has been held in a paddock on farmland but will move to the Okurukuru Winery this year.
“I want people’s perception of Purple Paddocks to be a legitimate dance party. In the past people have seen it as an underground rave in a random location,” Mr Lamb said.
“With this location and the entertainment lineup I’m taking it to another level. I think that the lineup is easily as good as any other dance event in the country.”
Last year close to 2500 people attended the festival over two days while more than 850 revellers attended the first year’s gig .
Mr Lamb said he was expecting another huge turnout to the gig, which has a late licence allowing them to sell alcohol after midnight on Easter Saturday.
Mr Lamb said he recognised with Kora playing at Butler’s Reef on Friday night it placed a lot of financial strain on people.
“So we’ve tried to make it more financially feasible for people to attend both gigs,” he said.
Tickets went on sale at the weekend and were in demand.
“There’s a lot of people coming home from uni and they’re dragging all of their mates to New Plymouth for Purple Paddocks,” Mr Lamb said.
“We’re gaining a reputation for putting on a good quality event, with top class entertainment.”
A bus service will be running to and from the event. Mr Lamb said when the bus returns to New Plymouth it will drive around the suburbs dropping people off.
Other acts will include Croatians Maya and Vanya, General Lee – New Zealand’s only official Ministry of Sound DJ, Gina Cat from Canada and Sliva MC.
Until next time keep rockin’
The 0800 Jukebox crew.
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It’s the turn of musical album covers to get a Lego make-over!
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You can submit you own creations here or check out some of the others below.
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The 0800 Jukebox crew.
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Fun Fact #14
The song ‘Spirit In The Sky’ has been taken to number one in the UK on three separate occasions by three different artists. Norman Greenbaun, who wrote the song, released the original in 1970, followed by Doctor and the Medics version in 1986. Gareth Gates took the song to the top spot in 2003.
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The 0800 Jukebox crew.
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Rebecca Black’s “song” Friday exposes our biggest city with over 58,000,000 (that’s 58 million) hits.
Auckland is digitally added to the background when her and her friends are “singing” (or at least giving the autotune a workout) in the back seat (in the back seat) at 7:45,she’s drivin’ on the highway
cruisin’ so fast.
With all those viewers, let’s hope we see more visitors flocking to Auckland to record their own auto tune fantasy.
If you must watch it to confirm it is below.
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The 0800 Jukebox crew.
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You can just see these sitting above the fire place. With Granny in her rocking chair, tattoos sagging, deaf as a post from the years of metal music turned up to 11, watching re-runs of Ozy’s reality TV show.
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The 0800 Jukebox crew.
www.0800jukebox.co.nz
http://www.gibson.com – A highly sought Nirvana EP that was released only in Australia is getting a second run. The influential band’s Hormoaning EP will be re-released on Record Store Day, April 16, according to NME.com.
The 1992 release includes Nirvana’s covers of songs by Devo, The Vaselines and The Wipers, along with a couple of originals – “Aneurysm” and “Even in His Youth.” The songs were recorded during a BBC session with DJ John Peel. It was originally sold during the band’s tour of Australia.
The re-released edition of Hormoaning will be limited to 6,000 copies at independent record stores.
Nirvana, Hormoaning tracklist:
“Turnaround” (Devo)
“Aneurysm”
“D-7” (The Wipers)
“Son of a Gun” (The Vaselines)
“Even in His Youth”
“Molly’s Lips” (The Vaselines)
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The 0800 Jukebox crew.
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