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The Newsdump, Jan 21, 2010: from a charitable ditty to James Murphy coming to a nearby city

  • January 21, 2010
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Eyes down, look in:

» Calm down everyone, Simon Cowell will save the world with a pop record. *VV Brown sits patiently by phone* (Telegraph)

» If you can't wait for Cowell's effort but at the same time can't quite bring yourself to donate money to charity without getting something back, you can buy Rihanna attempt­ing 'Redemption Song'. (Rolling Stone)

»
Chipmunk
is unchar­ac­ter­ist­ic­ally confident about his future success. (Twitter)

» Craig David is back (again) and this time does not have a beard. *Siren goes off at Joke Police HQ* (The Sun)

»
2009 was "the year British indie guitar music died". (Radio 1 Newsbeat)

» Contain your excite­ment — the first names for this year's Download festival will be announced on Monday. (Gigwise)

» LCD Soundsystem are 'off on tour' in the spring. (NME.COM)

Lots of details have been released re the new Gorillaz album. (NME.COM)

That's your lot. Except to say…

» Glassmaking is on the decline in the US — it is felt that Chinese glass­makers are com­pet­it­ive mainly due to large subsidies. (NYTimes)

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