Russell and Ron presented the Q Award for Best Video to Franz Ferdinand The Q Awards took place on Monday 4th October in London. Franz Ferdinand were on tour so could not attend the awards ceremony. But when they were in Los Angeles recently Sparks presented them with the award and the film piece was… Read More
The Sparks Convention 2004 will be held on October 16th 2004 This is being organised by two fans, Lynn Bastian and Steve Gore, and will be held at the George and Pilgrim Hotel in Glastonbury Events will include a specially recorded message from Sparks, VIP guests, a Sparks Quiz, auction of memorabilia, rare photo’s and… Read More
Russell and Ron have recently learned of the very sad news that Dinky Diamond has died tragically and wish to pass on the following message: “We are very saddened by the news of Dinky Diamond’s death. We hold fond memories of working with Dinky and of his contribution to several of our albums during the… Read More
An amazing animated video for My Baby’s Taking Me Home has been created by the animator Shaw Petronio The video will initially be available online through various sites – presently: [url=http://www.artistdirect.com/music/artist/card/0,,495793,00.html]www.artistdirect.com[/url] [url=http://www.musicemissions.com/misc/multimedia.php ] www.musicemissions.com[/url] Shaw Petronio – Director and creator of The Sparks music video ‘My Baby’s Taking Me Home’. Shaw Petronio was brought up… Read More
**** Friday September 10, 2004 [b]The Guardian[/b] Sparks, Lil’ Beethoven Live in Stockholm (DemonVISION) Good old Sparks – you can always count on them to bring some carefully controlled lunacy into your day, and their latest offering doesn’t disappoint. A live concert DVD recorded in Stockholm this year, it comes in two halves. The opening… Read More
TalkTime: Ron and Russell Mael [url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,,1294831,00.html]The Guardian[/url] Sparks, aka brothers Ron and Russell Mael, have released their 19th album, Lil Beethoven Interviewed by Hamish Mackintosh Thursday September 2, 2004 Is the computer integral to the Sparks’ studio set-up? Russell: We have one of the 2GHz Apple Mac G5s – of course, they’ve just brought out… Read More
“It was one of the greatest gigs I’ve ever seen: Sparks bustling through a live performance of 1974’s ‘Kimono My House’ album as part of Mozzer’s Meltdown, Russell Mael’s voice soaring, brother Ron glaring audience-wards all the while. The second half, by contrast, delivered their theatrical. largely drumless last album with a host of visuals… Read More
[url=http://www.musicomh.com/dvds/sparks.htm]musicOMH[/url] visit MusicOMH for other Sparks reviews and interview [b]Sparks Lil’ Beethoven Live In Stockholm DVD [/b] Caught halfway between Glam and the penthouse staring / gutter dwelling worlds of disco and punk, the UK hit-making heyday of Sparks briefly illuminated the mid-‘70s humdrum of the Top 40. Fighting for perm space amongst the Leo… Read More
[b]Uncut Magazine Raves About Sparks “Kimono/Lil’ B. Meltdown Concert!![/b] September 2004 Issue. Sparks Meltdown Festival, London Royal Festival Hall Saturday June 12, 2004 Sparks are too actively smart and inquisitive to be a nostalgia act, but at Morrissey’s request they gamely perform Kimono My House (their astonishing 1974 breakthrough album) as a one-off for his… Read More
The Sparks – Lil’ Beethoven – Live in Stockholm DVD is available throughout Europe from today (Monday August 9th) This is a spectacular DVD filmed at the Sodra Teatern in Stockholm. Includes Lil Beethoven performed live, Bonus live tracks and never-seen-before footage of Sparks backstage A must for all Sparks fans and lovers of great… Read More