AnnaElisabeth

That has to be the best argument as to why Coldplay shouldn't 'sell out' I've heard as of yet. :hug:

EDIT: Oh, darn, what's up with my computer today :angry:

:uhoh: I knew there was a reason you "couldn't" go, Ian! :P

Hmm... They have just released an EP... *considers chances* But that wasn't very good. :P I think our only threat at this point is the MUSE forum. :smug: But we'll beat them :evil:

Noo, I picked the same date as somebody else :( Sorry, person who chose October 4th before me!

Darnit, Musers are always persistent voters... Hey, Ian, have you been to the event before? Do we have to give a speech if we win? :P

The beginning she had made herself was crap, but the ending was... Well it's not my cup of tea that R'n'B wailing stuff, but it was good for that genre!

^ Haha, the Swedish chef doesn't actually speak Swedish :P But maybe you knew that...

Hmm... :thinking: The MUSE fansite and MJ fansite might prove a bit of a challenge. Is the winner decided by the amounts of votes or has there been a jury who has selected a winner from the shortlist? I have faith, though! Go Coldplaying! :dance: I vote Swedish chef from you, Pete! :D Although I do love the spotlight.... Haha, we'll see who's feeling bravest (i.e is drunkest)! :P Hahahaha, I'm gonna sneak them drinks. And drink them under the table. :smug: Wow, I sound like I'm such a drunkard. :cool: No, but seriously. I'll be glad to give a speech, I think it's fun and I have to practice for my Uni course called 'the Art of Writing and Speaking' :nice: But I still would pay good money to see you do the Swedish chef, Pete... :kiss: :D

EDIT: Huh, strange double post :thinking: Where's our category in that list?

^ YES! That is definitely going in there! :awesome: I don't even know if there will be an awards hand-out as such but who knows? Better to be prepared, huh? :)

^ It sure would! :smug: :D

^ OMG. Yes. That needs to happen. :wideeyed: I'll get him drunk. :sneaky: Thanks soo much everyone! I still can't believe it. Will probably not believe it until I sit on the plane or something. :) Thank you so much to Ian/Jen and Coldplaying for making this possible! :kiss: As I said on my facebook... Is there anything anyone wants me/us to say in an eventual acceptance speech? :cheesy: Otherwise we'll go for Swedish/drunken rant. :P :dance: SO EXCITED

^ I've asked him! :) Still waiting for him to reply, though.

Wow, fantastic! I absolutely wish I could go... *considers*

Almost every high street bookshop in London should have it, just check the music section!

Yeah, we are! :dance: Omg, yes, they DO have a special look :facepalm:

^ Same here. Very happy that we gained so many new voters! (2% up since last election) The fact that we now have racists in our government makes me ill. :(

We just got the results and Sweden has, for the first time ever, an extremist right wing party in our government. I feel ashamed. :(

Aaaw :wacky: Cool! :) EDIT: We should have a banner that says the opposite! "They play, we're playing" :)

*brightens* You're right, Mich! :wacko:

Well, that was kind of disappointing... :disappointed: *feels bad for thinking that*

Roadie #42 - Blog #122 September 16, 2010 6:35 pm Our man on the inside is back... Oh yes, I should have mentioned that we were going away for our summer holidays.... But today, like legions of kids across the land being dragged away from their Xboxes (or their surfboards...) we're back to school. Interestingly and somewhat predictably, we've spent the last ten days prepping the studio ready for what we thought would be our first lesson - only to have the timetable turned firmly on its head within the first hour of the band being in the building. The natural response is to curse, tut and whine about moving goalposts, but we've long since learned that this is simply the way the creative process works. The band are attempting, after all, to create something from nothing. So planning the route is as much guesswork as anything else. As things begin to develop, the best way forward becomes clearer. This, of course, is easy to type several days after the fact, made all the more easy by a good healthy dose of tutting and cursing which helped to smooth the transition. After much discussion and frantic re-arrangement of the studio, the afternoon begins with the band in a circle and playing together. The results are pretty special. I remember a long time ago discussing with a mate how driving a car very fast wasn't really that impressive. He said, "It's not like The Flintstones, where you've got your feet through the floor powering it yourself". In a way, making "huge sounding" music can be the same. It can be a triumph of machinery, when all the driver is doing is pressing his foot on a pedal. Here and now, "big sounding" is some distance away, as the band are pretty much as close to silence as it's possible to get whilst still playing music. As a result, it's less like watching a racing driver and more like witnessing a high wire act. All poise, balance and the ever-present possibility that it could all go south at any moment. Everyone in the room is still. I click the mouse button on my laptop and receive a disapproving raising of eyebrows from co-producer Rik Simpson. It becomes one of those moments where you're a little afraid to exhale in case it bursts the bubble or breaks the spell. Our first week back continues in exactly this vein. "The plan" becomes a pinball, bouncing off different points of enthusiasm at alarmingly regular intervals. In all honesty, it would be pointless me trying to explain where we're going right now. By the time we're halfway there, we'll be going somewhere else. Hell of a ride though.... Roadie #42

I love that song! :wacky: It makes me think of London :wacko:

OMG! :wacky: What an amazing story, Anna & Imke! :heart: I had a big grin on my face whilst reading it! :awesome: :hug: