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April 24, 2010

Gotan Project Tango 3.0

Although the idea of setting Latin melodies to house and dub was by no means a reinvention of the wheel marked interesting club music – Rey De Copa’s seminal 1992 floor filler Frontera Del Ensueno is a case in point – Gotan Project gave it a superb spin with their 2000 single Triptico. It was a quite head-turning creation. Against a pounding 4/4 kick drum, bandoneóns and organs alternately danced and melted into a haze of low-slung electronics before building to ecstatic riffs just as one imagined that a meeting of Lee PerryMasters at Work and Astor Piazzollawould have done had anybody been godly enough to corral them into a fantasy studio in audio Valhalla. Read More

January 20, 2010

Porno Avatar and Glee in the works

Porn versions of James Cameron’s 3D sci-fi blockbuster Avatar and hit US TV show Glee are on their way.

Hustler has confirmed that they are making This Ain’t Avatar XXX as part of their forthcoming line-up of porn parodies of top films and TV shows. Read More

July 6, 2009

Bar Refaeli strips nude for art

Model Bar Refaeli easily scores 10 out of 10 for tormenting ex-boyfriend Leonardo DiCaprio after showing him exactly what he’s now missing out on, after stripping nude in a new steamy campaign promoting an art exhibition in her native Israel. Read More

July 2, 2009

Flavia Zoccari: Cheeky bum time!

As a revolutionary, if controversial, tight-fit swimsuit, it was meant to help smash world records by reducing drag and boosting buoyancy.

But sexy Olympic swimmer Flavia Zoccari found her £318 outfit a little too controversial when she lost control of her costume while competing at the Mediterranean Games in Pescara and split in the worst possible place. Read More