http://www.jemsweb.com/2005/09/katrina-and-the-waves/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:15:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.jemsweb.com/2005/09/katrina-and-the-waves/#comment-940 audrey Mon, 05 Sep 2005 17:41:09 +0000 http://www.jemsweb.com/2005/09/katrina-and-the-waves/#comment-940 when the hurricane got, er... famous and destructive, i was orf my tiny trolley at a festival and therefore oblivious (lucky me). i do recall seeing in passing somebody's tabloid newspaper and the frontpage headline was indeed "katrina and the waves" and i thought to myself 'totally sweet! they are re-forming to tour (like everyone else from the past) and it is front page news cos "walking on sunshine" is genuinely everyone in the entire world's fave tune'. sadly of course when i got home i found out that wasn't the real news at all - bummer all round for everyone, especially the gulf coast... when the hurricane got, er… famous and destructive, i was orf my tiny trolley at a festival and therefore oblivious (lucky me). i do recall seeing in passing somebody’s tabloid newspaper and the frontpage headline was indeed “katrina and the waves” and i thought to myself ‘totally sweet! they are re-forming to tour (like everyone else from the past) and it is front page news cos “walking on sunshine” is genuinely everyone in the entire world’s fave tune’. sadly of course when i got home i found out that wasn’t the real news at all - bummer all round for everyone, especially the gulf coast…

]]> http://www.jemsweb.com/2005/09/katrina-and-the-waves/#comment-929 emily Thu, 01 Sep 2005 22:06:56 +0000 http://www.jemsweb.com/2005/09/katrina-and-the-waves/#comment-929 I love that song - in the video Katrina looks like a deranged happy British Airways steward. Did you know that they wrote the original of "Going Down To Liverpool", later made famous by the Bangles? I have far too much Eighties music trivia in my brain. I love that song - in the video Katrina looks like a deranged happy British Airways steward. Did you know that they wrote the original of “Going Down To Liverpool”, later made famous by the Bangles? I have far too much Eighties music trivia in my brain.

]]> http://www.jemsweb.com/2005/09/katrina-and-the-waves/#comment-928 samuel Thu, 01 Sep 2005 22:03:50 +0000 http://www.jemsweb.com/2005/09/katrina-and-the-waves/#comment-928 BTW...katrina and the waves hit 'walking on sunshine' must go down as the happiest song ever written. Don't try dancing to it....it never stops and can only be danced to in frrantic madman styles. BTW…katrina and the waves hit ‘walking on sunshine’ must go down as the happiest song ever written. Don’t try dancing to it….it never stops and can only be danced to in frrantic madman styles.

]]> http://www.jemsweb.com/2005/09/katrina-and-the-waves/#comment-925 Joanna Thu, 01 Sep 2005 05:15:32 +0000 http://www.jemsweb.com/2005/09/katrina-and-the-waves/#comment-925 Well, of course only the black people are looting - the white people are merely finding things. According to <a HREF="http://www.gawker.com/news/ap/you-are-a-thief-i-stole-a-loaf-of-bread-123155.php" rel="nofollow">AP photos</a> anyway. Well, of course only the black people are looting - the white people are merely finding things. According to AP photos anyway.

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