{"id":14323,"date":"2007-09-07T13:34:51","date_gmt":"2007-09-07T12:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-98520-280723.cloudwaysapps.com\/a-mini-rant-for\/"},"modified":"2007-09-07T13:34:51","modified_gmt":"2007-09-07T12:34:51","slug":"a-mini-rant-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/a-mini-rant-for\/","title":{"rendered":"A Mini Rant For Today&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello EQs &#8211; I am pretty much tied to my chair in streaming media land and am finding it hard to find five minutes to dedicate to EQ today, but don&#8217;t despair, I have a mini-rant for you&#8230;Yes, I can hear the cheers from far far and away&#8230;yeah right.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>So it may be almost next to impossible for me to make it to the Glasgow show of <strong>Darren Hayes<\/strong> &#8216;Time Machine Tour&#8217;&#8230;It&#8217;s a 50\/50 chance now and I&#8217;m a little bummed-out about it cuz I already have tickets and everything but there isn&#8217;t much I can do (a work thing&#8230;argh).&nbsp; I&#8217;m sending out a message to the fates that somehow they will allow me to go to opening night&#8230;if not &#8211; there&#8217;s always Royal Albert Hall.&nbsp; If anyone in Glasgow wants to do a guest blog on the show for me &#8211; I&#8217;ll give you my tickets&#8230;email me!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nelson Clemente<\/strong> has some new demos up on his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/nelsonclementemusic\" target=\"_blank\">MySpace page<\/a> &#8211; you have to scroll down to the indie store player, but they are worth checking out.<\/li>\n<li>Just as I suspected, new EQ fave <strong>4th Child<\/strong> is playing at the next Popshow on 27 October.&nbsp; Yay!&nbsp; EQ Number 1 single &#8216;Now I Found You&#8217; officially drops on Monday and you can order your copy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hmv.co.uk\/hmvweb\/simpleSearch.do?searchUID=830142502224216272&amp;pGroupID=-1&amp;simpleSearchString=4th+child\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.&nbsp; It&#8217;s one of the best songs I&#8217;ve heard this year &#8211; No kidding.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Uhhh&#8230;that&#8217;s it for today.&nbsp; More on the <strong>Robyn<\/strong> gig tomorrow&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello EQs &#8211; I am pretty much tied to my chair in streaming media land and am finding it hard to find five minutes to dedicate to EQ today, but don&#8217;t despair, I have a mini-rant for you&#8230;Yes, I can hear the cheers from far far and away&#8230;yeah right. 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