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  1. GOLDFRAPP

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    England's singer/composer/keyboardist Allison Goldfrapp began exploring music as a part of her studies as a Fine Art Painting

    major at Middlesex University, mixing sound, visuals, and performances in her installation pieces. While she was still in college,

    she appeared on her friend Tricky's 1995 debut Maxinquaye, which led to appearances on albums from other cutting-edge

    electronic artists, including Orbital's Snivilisation and Add N to X's Avant Hard. By the late '90s, Goldfrapp began honing her own

    compositions; one of her friends passed some of her demos on to composer Will Gregory. Finding much in common in their musical

    tastes and approaches, the duo took Allison's surname as the name for their collaboration. After signing to Mute in 1999, Goldfrapp

    delivered their debut album, Felt Mountain, in fall 2000. Felt Mountain went on to nealry universal acclaim and spawned several singles,

    including the Utopia Genetically Enriched EP, which arrived in early 2001. After spending most of that year touring, Goldfrapp spent

    most of 2002 recording and returned with Black Cherry in spring 2003. 2005 saw the release of the Ooh La La single and the full-length

    Supernature, both of which continued the disco and glam-rock influences of the duo's previous album.

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    Goldfrapp's Homepage

    Guardian Review of New Album, "Supernatural"

    They (Alison Goldfrapp (vocals and synths) and Will Gregory (synths)) are my favourite group of the moment. Distorted synths

    and breathy vocals adorn both the albums I have (Supernatural and Black Cherry) and it's extremely effective. 80's bits

    and pieces have a cool retro appeal to them and with the theatrical sensibilities of a glam-rock band, these guys should be bigger

    than they are. This album is much more immediate than Black Cherry, more poppy, but I like that. They're not afraid of undergroound

    nay-sayers. Plus, Alison Goldfrapp is English, which makes her super dooper cool.

  2. I hate french waiters/waitresses. So arrogant. I can sorta speak french so I can understand what they're saying. I learnt how to say "your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries" (Monty Python quote, Holy Grail) in french. The recipient of such a dastardly retort just frowned and pretended to be Too Mature. So I left without paying.

    The End.

  3. What about Nick Cage? He has the same facil expression for everything, it's hilarious. It's a sort of confused frown fat people get when they are full on food(commonly known as the "but-there's-food-on-my-plate-why-don't-I-want-to-eat-it?" syndrome)

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