A Man Called Pig Pig Pen cops a feel from Janis Joplin Today is the 36th annivesary of the death of original Grateful Dead keyboard player and blues vocal stylist Ron "Pig Pen" McKernan. Many Deadheads argue that Pig's death marked the end of the band's best musical period, although others argue tha...

Ladies, for argument's sake, let us saythat I've seen my fair share of ding-a-ling, member and jock, of todger and nudger and percy and cock, of tackle,of three-for-a-bob, of willy and winky; in fact,you could say, I'm as au fait with Hunt-the-Salamias Ms. M. Lewinsky - equally sick up to herewith t...

Duffy and Kings of Leon were the big winners at the 2009 Brit Awards which were held at Earls Court in London, England last night bringing home a total of five awards between them. Coldplay, who were nominated for 4 awards, were the Brangelina of the awards show as they went home empty-handed. Sad. ...

The new Diet Coke ad from Mother had its first official airing last night during The Brits. I can’t say that I exactly warmed to it – and I’m bang on target audience. Based on the ad, I’m led to believe that drinking Diet Coke will make you want to ride around on a bicycle in the middle of t...

The Brit awards exist to recognise excellence in British music. Or at least it usually does - last night it couldn’t be bothered and just gave a load of prizes to Duffy instead. That’s right. Duffy. Duffy who your mum likes. Duffy who sings like a baby goat stuck in a cattle grid. Duffy ...

The 3Am Girls are also signed up to the party line that Coldplay being not good enough is some sort of snub: Coldplay snubbed at Brits as they lose in four categories Doesn't that make them losers rather than snubbed? The 3AMies can't understand it: Only earlier this month Chris Martin and his band ...

Oh, curse the Brits, and their late finish. What's a Gordon to do? send in three writers to cover the event. Although that does end up with somewhat confused coverage: By CARL STROUD,JESS ROGERSand SOPHIE BARNETT Published: Today SINGING sensation DUFFY last night became Britain’s new Princess of ...

7.15pmOf course, the rest of the entire bloody world will be Twittering their Brits experience, but No Rock is nothing if not a stickler for tradition. Our Brits coverage will be an old style blog. Like in 2008, when they clashed with Torchwood And like in 2007, when the Scissor Sisters were still w...

Duffy, the 24-year-old singer from ­Bangor with a 1960s pop sound and Brigitte Bardot hair, swept the Brits last night, picking up three awards in recognition of a remarkable debut in which her first album, Rockferry, sold 1.7m copies in the UK last year. With a husky voice which has drawn comparis...

So says plastic-faced German fashion designer Wolfgang Joop, anyway. Yes, someone named Wolfgang Joop has criticized someone else for something. Heidi's reps say that the designer is just trying to ride her coattails. "Yes, her big, enormous coattails!" Joop shrieked. Then he snatched a hoop and sti...