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Sparks video on video-c

The new video for My Baby’s Taking Me Home can now be seen on the video-c website [url=www.video-c.co.uk]www.video-c.co.uk[/url] “Watch n’ Vote for the best new yet to be released and just released videos about to crash the party! The Video-C Radar casts its beam over the best new videos about to storm the chart! Don’t… Read More

Sparks Convention 2004

Only a matter of days to go before the Sparks Convention It promises to be a fantastic day for all Sparks fans – keep an eye on the forum this week for any updates. In the meantime the programme of events 12pm: start meeting … 2pm: warm up! …music, in particular rare mixes, demos and… Read More

This Town on Biba album

This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us is included on an album to celebrate the infamous Biba Boutique BIBA – CHAMPAGNE & NOVOCAINE OVERVIEW A New Album Celebrating The Iconic BIBA Label and Store From the Record Label that Brought You the Pre-Punk Collection ‘SEX Too Fast To Live Too Young To Die’… Read More

Sparks present Q Award to Franz Ferdinand

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

Sparks Convention

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

Dinky Diamond

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

New video for My Baby’s Taking Me Home

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

The Guardian (UK) 4 Stars for Lil’ B DVD!!

**** 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

Sparks in The Guardian

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