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| **Tue 11 Dec 07**
The Great British Music issue will celebrate 50 years of British rock and pop - decade by decade, from the ’50s to the ’00s. For each decade, there will be a 4-page Q&A interviews, including centrepiece, with a band or artist who came to prominence during that era, such as Sir Cliff Richard, Elvis Costello, the Prodigy (among others), plus Brian May. The interview with Brian is expected to cover both Queen and Brian’s whole career, particularly the ’70, when the band first became such a creative force, though, as we know, they later scaled great heights in successive decades. © brianmay.com |
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All you do, is try to guess the definition of the words that pop up, it's multiple choice, and every answer you get right, 20 grains of rice are donated through the UN. It only takes a few minutes, and helps build your vocabulary. If you're skeptical, heres a link to their FAQ that explains it all: http://freerice.com/faq.html Thank You. © brianmay.com |
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**Fri 07 Dec 07**
According to: LOST IN THE POST, THE £20,000 CHARITY GUITAR SIGNED BY THE STARS Rock legends happily signed the guitar Dave Allen carried with him on a fundraising crusade. Rather than risk losing it in the post, the music promoter or a member of his staff would personally ferry the Fender Stratocaster around the country. But just weeks before the instrument - boasting the signatures of Eric Clapton, Brian May, Jimmy Page and Bill Wyman, among others - was due to fetch around £20,000 at auction for a children's charity, it has vanished. Unable to find anyone to carry it home from a signing by Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits, Mr Allen entrusted it to couriers Parcelforce for the first time - and they promptly lost it. Yesterday Mr Allen said he was "gutted" at the news as he contemplated starting the year-long project again from scratch. The guitar disappeared last month while in the care of Parcelforce en route from Knopfler's London office to Mr Allen's home in Market Harborough, Leicestershire. The firm has spent four weeks scanning closed-circuit TV footage of its premises and searching depots in a futile bid to track down the missing instrument, which also featured the signatures of Gary Moore, Pete Townshend of The Who and Hollywood actor and blues musician Steven Seagal. Parcelforce has now offered Mr Allen, of Mad Hatters Concerts, £15,000 as a gesture of goodwill. Yesterday the promoter told how he had been reluctant to leave the guitar in the post for fear it would go missing - but his hand was forced when other commitments left nobody free to drop it off. Read more HERE The guitar, donated by a music industry employee who had heard about Mr Allen's project, was insured only for its £600 face value. Brian May has already been in touch with Mr Allen, offering to resign another guitar. © brianmay.com |
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**Thu 06 Dec 07** Trananslation from Spanish by Julie Pietryla Article from © brianmay.com |
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**Wed 05 Dec 07**
Vote Brian May!! Currently Brian is ahead of the opposition with 21.04%, second is Steve Lukather 16.12% and third Eddie Van Halen with 10.36%. Voting is hoting up, so please keep Brian ahead. You may vote once a day. www.votenumber1.com/votebestguitaristever.html © brianmay.com |
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**Mon 03 Dec 07**
UNCAGED CONFIRM ANYONE CAN SIGN PETITION, Candlelit Procession unites animal rights advocates for EU vivisection battle The European Commission is currently reviewing the 20 year old legislation governing EU animal experiments (Directive 86/609/EEC). A fierce battle is developing between the anti-vivisection movement and animal research interest groups over the form of this new legislation, which will profoundly affect millions of animals. At this crucial time, UNCAGED’s Candlelit Procession for Animal Rights in London on Sunday 9 December is uniting opponents of animal experiments in this campaign. The Commission states that its ultimate aim is to end animal experimentation. Animal advocates are fighting hard to ensure that this intention is put into practice as vigorously as possible. To this end, Uncaged has been promoting the EU-wide petition initiated by the Dr Hadwen Trust for Humane Research which urges EU legislators to do everything they can to end animal experiments in Europe. Replacing animal experiments will not only save millions of animals from horrific abuse, but massively improve the validity of testing procedures. Together, we will take this mass appeal from tens of thousands of EU citizens direct to Brussels early next year, which is a key stage in the legislative process. But the deadline for signing the petition is looming large: 21 December. Please click here to sign this CRUCIAL, HISTORIC PETITION. As Dr Dan Lyons explains, the recognition of animal rights' is a key factor in empowering the campaign against EU vivisection:
Candlelit Procession Details On Sunday 9 December 2007 we will be assembling at 2.30pm at Lincoln’s Inn Fields in Holborn, Central London (WC2) for speeches and testimonials from animal rights activists around the world broadcast on a giant TV screen. (Click here for a map for Lincoln’s Inn Fields). We will then move off at 4pm through Central London with the giant TV screen showing a positive animal rights presentation bringing up the rear of the procession, finishing just beyond the Houses of Parliament. © brianmay.com |
Brian has been interviewed by Q Magazine. The interview is expected to appear in the issue out 1 February, which will probably be available mid-to-late January 2008.
Well, I know that this is a little different than most of the links you post, but it's a good cause and I know that if you post it on your site, then a lot of people will see it and maybe some of those people will visit the site once in a while. 
Brian May supports this petition and asks that we support it here... please read: