This week's Goss ...

UK Top 40 Sun 8 Aug 10
'Beautiful Monster nearly caused a fight at the weekend with potential titleholders being eyed by vexacious spirits... but there it is - Ne-Yo's latest assault on the chart firmly in at the top.

Only two UK originated tracks in the top ten... and one of them is The Wanted... nuff' said... the Top Ten of the past two/three years has become a period most consistently lacking of home grown talant since the 1950's...

Canadian band Arcade Fire's new album 'The Suburbs' deposes Eminim at the top of the UK Album Chart while Eminem & Rihanna's 'Love The Way You Lie' stays top of America's Singles Chart.

4 new entries - 4 up, 29 down, 2 non-movers

This Week ... Last Wk ... Wks In ... Artist ... Title ... Origin

1 new NE-YO Beautiful Monster USA

2 5 2 FLO RIDA & DAVID GUETTA Club Can't Handle Me USA & France

3 2 5 YOLANDA B COOL We Speak No Americano Australia

4 4 7 EMINEM & RIHANNA Love The Way You Lie USA

5 1 2 THE WANTED All Time Low UK

6 3 2 TRAVIE McCOY & B.o.B. Billionaire USA

7 6 10 B.o.B. & HAYLEY WILLIAMS Airplanes US

8 8 5 ELIZA DOOLITTLE Pack Up UK

9 7 2 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA PHARREL One (Your Name) USA

10 9 7 KATY PERRY & SNOOP DOGG California Girls USA

11 new THE HOOSIERS Choices UK

12 15 4 JASON DeRULO What If USA

13 10 2 MAGNETIC MAN & ANGELA HUNTE I Need Air UK

14 12 6 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS & PITBULL I Like It USA

15 11 4 MARK RONSON Bang Bang Bang USA

16 19 8 EXAMPLE Kickstarts UK

17 13 4 PROFESSOR GREEN Just Be Good To Green UK

18 14 11 LADY GAGA Alejandro USA

19 18 8 KELLY ROWLAND DAVID GUETTA Commander USA & France

20 20 3 USHER & PITBULL DJ Got Us Falling In Love USA

21 17 8 KYLIE MINOGUE All The Lovers Australia

22 23 11 EMINEM Not Afraid USA

23 16 5 JLS The Club Is Alive UK

24 new DJ FRESH Gold Dust UK

25 30 12 EDWARD MAYA & VIKA JIGULINA Stereo Love Rumania

26 22 6 PLAN B Prayin' UK

27 24 10 DAVID GUETTA, CHRIS WILLIS, FERGIE & LMFAO Getting Over France & USA

28 26 9 TINIE TEMPAH Frisky UK

29 25 5 DRAKE Find Your Love Australia

30 21 5 3OH!3 & KE$HA My First Kiss USA

31 27 20 USHER & WILL I AM OMG US

32 28 2 15 JASON DeRULO Ridin' Solo USA

33 29 3 19 PLAN B She Said UK

34 34 15 TRAIN Hey Soul Sister USA

35 31 15 ALICIA KEYS Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart USA

36 33 13 RIHANNA Te Amo USA

37 35 9 SHAKIRA Waka Waka (This Time For Africa) Colombia

38 new MARINA & THE DIAMONDS Oh No USA

39 38 3 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS Famous UK

40 37 12 B.o.B. Nothing On You USA

America's Hot 100

This Week ... Last Week ... Weeks In ... Artist ... Title

1 1 6 EMINEM & RIHANNA Love The Way You Lie

2 2 12 KATY PERRY & SNOOP DOGG California Gurls

3 3 9 TAIO CRUZ Dynamite

4 4 16 B.o.B. & HAYLEY WILLIAMS of PARAMORE Airplanes

5 6 12 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS & PITBULL I Like It

6 7 14 MIKE POSNER Cooler Than Me

7 20 2 KATY PERRY Teenage Dream

8 5 18 TRAVIE McCOY & BRUNO MARS Billionaire

9 12 3 USHER & PITBULL DJ Got Us Falling In Love

10 8 18 USHER & WILL I AM OMG

Hypocrites Unite
Posted Wednesday 10th August 2010 -
Well, it's three months since Chubbs Brown was finally bounced down from his unelected office and I've been waiting with anticipation to see who'd be the first to get me steamed up and surprise surprise... it's former MP Julie Morgan and Paul Weller.
Much as brilliance should be admired, the naming and shaming of hypocricy is equally important.
We've just had the first volley of Welsh Assembly Election literature for Election 2011... not a word of remorse... not a hint of their part in the creation of a situation in Cardiff where the overwhelmingly kind and generous majority of Cardiffians are now mere on-lookers while a minority Plaid Cymru Liberal 'Democrat' ruling coalition council is systematically vandalising our historically tolerant and multi-cultural City in the names of 'sustainability' and 'progression'.
Last weekend, I was accosted by strangers also aghast in disbelief at the latest Delme 'Bonehead' Bowen follies.
The repeated use of the innocuous and formerly harmless word 'Progressive' is designed to distract from the intent to change beyond imagination great planks of our lives which have helped the UK endure. No mention of Labour's secret mass immigration policy... well obviously they still think it secret... or "it's ok now we got with it" so much so that Brown surfaces in Kampala calling for an 'African' century. Well the mathematics of population growth leaves us in no doubt it will be - not sure what he means by it though?
Call 02920 694748 this pretend local communication says... no answer...
Call 08705 900 200 it says... this one connects and keeps you paying 10p a minute 'National Rate' while you're entertained with Paul Weller's 1991 hit 'Into Tomorrow'... now look, as fine a track as that was when many of us were overjoyed with relief at the Poll Tax Queen Mrs Thatcher's departure twenty years ago... after twenty minutes of the same twenty second snippet we gave up... now I'd really like my £2 back... National rate – here's the blurb on it from Britain.tv "these numbers begin with 087 and are charged at the national rate, and it doesn’t matter from where you are calling. The national rate numbers start at 10p per minute. Oftel, the industry’s regulator is getting concerned that some companies are deliberately using 087 numbers, just to increase their profits. So it maybe good for them if they keep you on the phone a long time, like on hold or in a queue."
This is like BT who now seemingly have cart blanche to charge you for just paying your bill... eh? If you pay by cheque just like you always did you'll now get charged... or you can sign up to direct debit and avoid the processing charge... Great because they never make any mistakes do they? Well, two flats, same building, one processing charge of £4.50... the other £1.50... Oh and who approved this system... Oh yeh the shamed bunch of 'Progressive' posers who got kicked of office in May... still in doubt... when did it become Labour policy to pay a bank boss like Sir Fred £13million.
OK back to the jam... I think I recall hearing how The Mod-Grandfather was less than enamoured with Labour in 2005 and in fact as far back as 2001, so he didn't vote red then... so he was that disilliutioned after less than four years.... OK.. let's google it... bingo Independent Interview April 2010... Paul says of the parties... "They're all the same but there's no one else to vote for but Labour", oh and 'by the way all my five children from three different mothers are educated in private schools' (that's a Tory policy isn't it, the one Bliar followed with his kiddies).
The British equivalent of the punk and new wave anti establishment phenomena of the 70's and 80's is it's modern day grime/crime equivalent... this one again built up by the deceipt of the people Paul became so disilliusioned with - the gang that embraced the ludicrous 'Cool Brittania' and 'Cool Cymru' facade - a feel-good ruse used as a tool to smoke-screen the channeling of government support in other directions such as the MOBOs... via the BBC and Channel 4.
Surprisingly Weller doesn't seem to be a fan of todays music either - it's not clear whether he alludes to the music generating clan who've never been to 'Scunthorpe' (and most likely have never heard of Weller either) or Jam descendent's like The Cribs & The Enemy. 'Come On Let's Go' Paul, at least be consistent... although inconsistent is more of a tease.
It's an interesting read if you have the time. Independent Weller Interview April 2010