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Archive for June, 2007
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007Pet Shop Boys to perform at SL-festival
Saturday, June 23rd, 2007It now appears to be confirmed, that the british pop legends Pet Shop Boys will play at the 2nd Festival in Second Life by the end of the month (june 2007).
Official schedules is online by both The Guardian and on MySpace.
Mark the dates June 29th to July 1st 2007 
Duranies celebrate John Taylors 47th birthday
Thursday, June 21st, 2007One of the businesses that really seem to have overcome scepticism towards Second Life is that of music. Several bands and musicians such as U2, Peter Gabriel and danish comet Carpark North have already performed and played in the linden hemisphere.
And the fans have followed. A handful of various fanclubs for the british superband Duran Duran roams the realms, and thursday 20th of june 2007 a bunch of both young and old fans met in the Club INTERFERENCE to pay tribute and to celebrate the birthday of bassplayer John Taylor.
Me and fan Foxee Camilo takes a swing.
From the loudspeakers came nothing but tunes by the veteran but still vibrant ensemble from Birmingham. Including some unplugged live performances at least I hadn’t heard before. A two guitar acustic version of Rio actually made me wonder, why this major hit was not recorded that way in the first place.
On the far brink of the dancefloor I met Chrissy Welinder (RL Chrissy too). She is owner of the club and creator of the fangroup Duran Duran Delight that counts more than 160 memberavatars. She has been af dedicated fan of the ‘New Romantic’ band since 1981 – she was only 11 years old then. From the schoolyard in Frankfurt she and her friends were fascinated by the band, that in many ways revolutionized music videos.
“I think they were different in many ways and always ahead of time”, Chrissy tells me. “Like the videos they did in the 80’s – they were the first with these fashionable full story videos”.
“And then again in the 90’s they did the for download only release of Electric Barbarella”.
Club INTERFERENCE owner Chrissy Welinder also celebrated John Taylor’s birthday.
Chrissy ignited her interest for SL after listening to her alltime idol – keyboard player Nick Rhodes – expressing his positive view on SL and the oppotunities in virtual worlds. That got her started, and less than a year after, she has her own castle full of Duran-photos and other arts.
She now has good time to prepare the next birthday party – That of lead singer Simon le Bon on the 27th of October. Duran Duran as a band never really split up and will therefore pass their 30th year in 2008.
(Check also the pictures from Nick Rhodes’ birthday party at INTERFERENCE).
Second Sweden – not just another party
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007Second Life (SL) is a constant party. No matter where you are or what time of day, something or someone is always kickin’ up a party.
Today I walsed by Second Sweden. Last time I was there was in January or February 2007, and then it was just (almost) a field of grass and a little shed. That has changed!!!
Next to House of Sweden is now a wooden dancefloor where I ran straight into the most alternative, creative and fun avatar, I have seen so far. With pointless and obviously useless gadgets all over, but funny like nothing I’ve seen. Swedes are great!
Corinthian Fraker – a swedish smith with an addiction to funny gadgets – tells me, that Second Sweden draws lots of people – mostly swedes and and other scandinavians – every day (night). A row of concerts along with stand-up-shows by mostly swedish artists has made Second Sweden a very attractive place to go and have fun.
Also with more serious things like seminars and smaller conferences has according to Corinthian regularly been arranged… However clearly not this tuesday
After a few minutes a guy called Jannne Janus (yes, 3 n’s) with an oversized tartan kilt appears. Looks like a mix between Jesus, William Wallace and Fred Astaire… And this dude is obviously VERY popular. His av carries a Line-dance-script, that allows up to 8 other avatars to dance syncronized with him… Let’s just say that mr. Wrangler is very slow. Before I catch the vibe, eight other guys and girls has clicked Jannne’s belly, where the script is hidden – leaving me waiting in line for someone to lag and crash (did I really say that?).
Not just the regular disco-party with the usual competition. However it would surprise me, if the swedes did things the usual way anyway. Swedes are fun-with-a-thought – or just seriously fun You chose!
