Jenjie

I don't think the Oracle agrees. :shocked2: No Phil questions answered today :angry:

Not seen this one posted in the thread yet August 1, 2008 - submitted by Andy, Australia Q. I've seen a handful of different painted acoustic guitars over the past few months used during live shows (and the Violet Hill video!). They are absolutely brilliant and I can't tell you how much I just want to get my hands on one. The guys should sell them! How many of these guitars do the guys use? The Oracle replies: Vicki Taylor, the band's assistant hand-painted each and every instrument. It's not limited to acoustic guitars, if you look at the drums and electric guitars etc. All designs are again based on Frida Kahlo's work. There are few sets of each too.

Am I the only Team Jacob girl in this thread?

:laugh3: you've been wathing too much of Step Up 2 The Streets

agreed :D

not incapable, its just disabled except for mods & admins :)

night hun :kiss:

i think the Phil one might be the key because its easy to answer.

i like :laugh3:

right click on your photo and go to properties. copy the url. then come into a new reply click on the button that looks like a little yellow postacrd with mountains. paste the url into the box that appears top left. hit ok. then submit new reply :)

yay :kiss:

thanks to spacecadet for posting this on the etalk thread :D

good idea lore. If Phil is properly the 5th member of the band, we need the same info as we have for the others. So we need his date of birth & place of birth, plus any other info the Oracle cares to share.

I thought of you as soon as I saw the kiss one. Nice use of the photos :D

Farewell Canada.. (for now). It’s the end of the road in Toronto. We will soon cross the border back into the United States of America. I’m in the production office, post-shower. I’ve packed the Oxfam road case. I’ve seen off the awesome Oxfam Canada volunteering team. Another 1615 signatures for the FOR ALL campaign. Signed. Sealed. Delivered.. (or something like that). I took my shower in the dressing room (after the band had left). Paper butterflies still littered the floor. There are not many better feelings than a hot shower after a long day at the ‘office’. The Toronto crowd were treated to an unscheduled version of ‘The Hardest Part’ tonight. It sounded like a great show. One of the highlights so far. Oxfam and Coldplay have had an incredible time in Canada. I will be glad to hit the pillow in my bunk tonight. http://www.oxfamblogs.org/coldplay/

One more show north of the border. Santogold just warmed up in a huddle to my left. Black hats, white shirts, balck ’pants’, white ’sneakers’ and sunglasses. The lights are bright out there you know.. They just took the stage, with a roar rippling through the excited crowd. Sirens ring around. There goes the beat. There’s the bass. Backstage always sounds like a glamorous place.. all couches, plants.. etc. This is just where we work. I’m sat by a concrete wall. Surrounded by road cases. Roadies and crew are perched on cases with laptops, catching up with the world. Radios are being charged. It’s true though that some unusual things happen. Earlier on, two huge bundles of helium balloons went past me.. I think it must be someone’s birthday… Should make for a good show tonight. 1346 people signed Oxfam’s FOR ALL petition last night. Coldplay have invited us here to talk to their supporters about how they can also support the amazing work of Oxfam around the world. The movement created during Make Trade Fair was incredible. I still see the symbol on t-shirts, hands, shoulders, even foreheads.. I was reading earlier, about the real and positive changes that have been made possible, by that campaign. People’s lives have been changed. Farmers in Ghana are able to control their own destiny. They can sell their crops at a fair price. With their improved income, they can pay for their children to go to school. Change is possible. The FOR ALL campaign calls for children to have access to good education, for everyone to have safe health care, water and sanitation. It’s basic stuff. It’s important though. I’m so pleased we’re here. Part of this tour. Sitting amongst the road cases, blogging backstage. Or talking to people on the concourse, before they take their seats. Coldplay may well be stopping by in a town near you on this tour. It’s a show worth waiting for. There’s no reason to wait to get involved with Oxfam’s work. Just click on the right of this page. Show your support for Oxfam and Coldplay. There goes the drum tech with the sticks for tonight. I wonder how many Will breaks during ‘Politik’?! There goes Santogold. Still bouncing to the tune of their last song. I’m going to see if the setlist is ready. http://www.oxfamblogs.org/coldplay/?p=34

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have a fab evening :)

that's a fab story! thanks for sharing :D

wooooooo i just found a uk stephenie meyer site. UK events on this page http://www.stepheniemeyer.co.uk/2008/07/23/breaking-dawn-uk-launch-day-events/

Rabid fans herald the arrival of Stephenie Meyer's new 'Twilight' saga book "Twilight" fans nearly rioted at San Diego's Comic-Con convention last week when the stars of Stephenie Meyer's Young Adult book series showed up. And Bella, Edward and the lushly romantic vampire saga that shoved Harry Potter from the top of the best-seller list last summer has millions of fans at fever pitch once more. The fourth — and final — book hits bookstores this weekend. Shopkeepers and devoted fans are pulling out all he stops, Harry Potter-style, with vampire proms and supernatural soirees to count down the release of "Breaking Dawn" at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. So why all the fuss over a book that doesn't even take place at Hogwarts? "I think Stephenie's books resonate with readers because they are utterly, unapologetically, lushly romantic," said Books Inc.'s Jennifer Laughran, who is hosting two vampire masquerade balls Friday with the Not Your Mother's Book Club. "Bella is a girl that pretty much any girl can imagine herself being, and Edward is hot." She concedes, however, that "the extraordinary, rabid popularity is unusual," and she attributes it to a combination of "right place at the right time" and the fact that the author is very plugged in to her fan base. The books come at a time when teens are still coming to grips with the idea that there will be no new Harry Potter books, and that they may never again experience that sense of a massive shared literary community, with everyone reading the same book at the same time. Meanwhile, publishers "all want a piece of that Harry Potter action," said Linda Higham, owner of Lafayette's Storyteller, where four teens are helping her plan the Friday night festivities. That's not to diminish the "Twilight" saga as publishing phenomenon in its own right. The books, a heady mix of romance and adrenaline-churning adventure, trace the story of Bella Swan, a teen uprooted to a misty Northwest town after her parents' divorce, and Edward Cullen, a gorgeous, centuries-old vampire. The saga sprang from the imagination of first-time writer and then-29-year-old Mormon mom Stephenie Meyer. Five years later, Meyer is a multimillionaire thanks to her series that was originally aimed at young adults, but unexpectedly seized the imagination of not just teens, but women and men of all ages. "There's significant crossover appeal," says Rakestraw Books' Michael Barnard, who is hosting a Vampire Prom with games, contests and dancing to a Coldplay-heavy playlist supplied by Meyer. In addition to anticipation for the upcoming book, which is already perched soundly on top of Amazon's best-seller lists, fan fever is building for the movie version of "Twilight," which opens Dec. 12. and stars Kristen Stewart of "Jumper" fame and Robert Pattinson, who played hunky heartthrob Cedric Diggory in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix." An MTV reporter described the Comic-Con crowd's frenzied reaction to the stars' arrival as "Elvis-like." Fremont teen Georgina Tena agreed. She drove down that morning, just to catch a glimpse of the film's preview footage. "When the 'Twilight' panel went on," she said, "it was just crazy." It was actually Tena's cousin, 17-year-old Christopher McElvogue of Newark, who discovered the books and insisted she start reading. "It's a good book, so I fell in love with it instantly," said Tena, an incoming freshman at San Francisco's Academy of Art University. "It's so easy to relate to. The main character has to go through her parents' divorce, moving, first love — real events that happen to teenagers." The cousins launched their own fan site, Twilighters.org, in December. These days the site, a repository for news on the movie, the books and all-things-Edward, averages 4,000 hits a day. The self-styled "obsessed 'Twilight' Saga fans" plan to camp out at the Fremont Hub's Borders bookstore all day Friday, hosting games and activities, and streaming live video to their fan site. Until then, countdown clocks are ticking down the hours, minutes and milliseconds until eager readers can finally crack the cover on "Breaking Dawn" and answer those burning questions — Who will Bella choose? Will she become a vampire? And if so, who will perform that transformation? Jackie Burrell http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10047217?source=most_emailed EAST BAY PARTIES A Great Good Place for Books: Vampire Prom with trivia contests, prizes and refreshments, 10:30 p.m. to midnight, 6120 LaSalle Ave., Oakland, 510-339-8210, http://www.ggpbooks.com/. BARNES & NOBLE: Book release parties in various locations, including Antioch, Dublin, El Cerrito, Emeryville, Fairfield, Fremont, Oakland, Pleasant Hill, Richmond, Tracy and Walnut Creek. Visit http://www.BarnesandNobleinc.com. BORDERS: Supernatural Soirees and book release parties from 9:30 p.m. till midnight at various locations, including Emeryville, Fremont, Pleasant HIll, Pleasanton and San Ramon. Visit http://www.borders.com. CLAYTON BOOKS: Midnight Book Party with trivia contest and T-shirt prizes, 11:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., 5433 D Clayton Rd., Clayton, 925-673-3325, http://www.claytonbookshop.com. RAKESTRAW BOOKS: Vampire Prom, 10 p.m. to midnight, 409 Railroad Ave., Danville, 925-837-7337, http://www.rakestrawbooks.com. Storyteller: Book release party, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., 30 Lafayette Circle, Lafayette, 925-284-3480. TOWNE CENTER BOOKS: Book release party, 11 p.m. to midnight, 555 Main St., Pleasanton, 925-846-8826, http://www.towncentrebooks.com. ONLINE Go to ContraCostaTimes.com/entertainment. to: Vote for which guy Bella should end up with. View a trailer for "Twilight." Check out our aPARENTly Speaking blog where we'll be filing live Friday night from a local vampire book party. You can also share the details and photos from your "Breaking Dawn" experiences (http://www.ibabuzz.com/aparentlyspeaking/).

A hot night for Coldplay To take a phrase from Coldplay's latest album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, they didn't get to heaven but they made it close last night at Toronto's Air Canada Centre. The British quartet, perhaps the heirs to U2's "greatest rock band in the world" moniker, wowed the sold-out crowd during the first of a two-night stand at the venue as part of their current North American tour. Whether it was the giant balls suspended from above that showed up-close images of the group, confetti or the fact that the quartet of singer Chris Martin, drummer Will Champion, guitarist Jonny Buckland or bassist Guy Berryman seemed to nail one song after another during the course of roughly 100 minutes, it was definitely a spectacle. Led by singer Martin, dressed like he just came from '80s rocker Adam Ant's garage sale, Coldplay opened with the new album's opener, Life In Technicolor, before settling into the single Violet Hill, with its slow, plodding Beatles-esque feel. Despite the fact that Martin hams it up a bit with dancing that looks more like he's channeling Charlie Chaplin, as was the case during Fix You, he was solid throughout the evening while making sure the crowd did their part, particularly during In My Place, when the crowd drowned out Martin. Another asset to the show was how well the band used the venue to make everyone feel part of the event. Although the small sidestage set was nice, the real coup was seeing Coldplay run along the sideboards and boot it up the steps for a two-song set at the base of a section exit. There the group did an acoustic version of The Scientist as well as Death Will Never Conquer, a simple ditty Champion took lead vocals on. The quality of the new album also resulted in a very well-paced show, with probably only Yes coming off less than great as Martin did his best Nick Cave impersonation. This was in sharp contrast to how beautifully Lovers In Japan, with its intricate melody, fared during the homestretch. Elsewhere, Martin was content to spend a fair portion of the evening at his upright piano centre stage and pound the hell out of the keys. A perfect example of this was during Speed Of Sound, but he definitely shone during the foot-stomping Politik with Champion also leading the charge. Yet Martin again hammed it up after asking "Sparky" to introduce them to the Toronto crowd. Coming off a bit like Monty Python's Michael Palin, Martin mentioned how they started back in 1971 and were now happy to be playing "18 sold-out nights at Air Canada Centre." It was quite forgivable once Buckland's opening notes to Yellow came to the fore. Unfortunately he kept to the regular version of the song, not squeezing every ounce of energy that riff has to offer for a far lengthier affair. Perhaps the biggest compliment to be paid was that despite the number of hits from albums like X&Y and A Rush Of Blood to the Head, Coldplay managed to include all of the hits while working in a boatload of the new album. Those willing to nitpick might argue Parachutes was only represented by the smash hit Yellow and Don't Panic, but it's tough to argue against what was played. With the house lights up as if the show was over, Coldplay returned for a quick two-song encore starting with Don't Panic before calling it a night. Martin spent a fair bit of the show asking if everything was okay. Judging by the standing, the singing and the applause, I would say okay is an understatement. http://torontosun.com/Entertainment/Music/2008/07/31/6315796-sun.html

No one too cool for Coldplay Coldplay is interested in universals, not small statements. The U.K. chart-toppers take a beating in some quarters for desperately wanting to be all things to all folks, but in a way, they are: they're almost impossible to dislike when placed in front of you, no matter how cool you think you are. Personality helps, of course. At the Air Canada Centre last night for the first of two sold-out Toronto shows, pathologically energetic frontman Chris Martin and his rather more heads-down bandmates – guitarist Johnny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman and drummer Will Champion – managed to project an air of slightly awkward, everyman affability even while multicoloured lasers carved the air in front of them and black-lit confetti butterflies rained down in the thousands from the ceiling. Right now, they're also packing a fat-free set list, too. Last night's 90-minute show whipped by without a lull, serving as a both a reminder of how many massive and massively likeable hit singles this quartet has racked up over just four albums and an argument for the long-fused staying power of its latest, slightly Eno-eccentric record, Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends. Most of Viva La Vida made it into the set, which opened with the band whipping up the portentous intro instrumental "Life in Technicolour" behind a black scrim before wobbling just a bit out of the gate with the Beatlesque "Violet Hill" – more of a mid-set place filler than an opener. No worries after that, however, as the briskly paced show mingled widescreen arena-busters like "Speed of Sound" and an ebullient pre-encore run at the new "Viva La Vida" with girlfriend-melting favourites like "Yellow," "In My Place," "Shiver" and the sweet "Fix You" with mildly more offbeat material from the new record – the multi-staged "42", the My Bloody Valentine-esque "Chinese Sleep Chant" – all of which the crowd already seemed to know by heart. As befits a band of populists, Coldplay took the tunes right to the people, performing "God Put a Smile Upon Your Face" and "Chinese Sleep Chant" on an illuminated satellite stage and then traipsing up into the cheap seats to do a couple of songs on the stairwell, where drummer Will Champion proved himself a capable guitarist and singer whilst bellowing the countrified acoustic tune "Death Will Never Conquer." None of it was quite as transcendent as Coldplay's constant, open-armed atmospherics would like you to believe, but there was nothing to complain about ever. You left feeling vaguely uplifted with a few more damnable Coldplay tunes in your head. Mission accomplished. http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/470286

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