I thought we should start a thread just for news articles and reviews about Paolo. It would be good to keep them all in one thread since stuff is scattered all around the forum now.

So what not better to start it with but this article: Paolo & His Puppets

"Chicks dig it. Imagine using the chat-up line: 'Do you want to come and see me do some shadow puppets?' Some require two people.


Oh what fun!!!

"Once I started gigging my music more I received better feedback, even off artists like Paul Weller. It started to give me an idea that I was better than I was allowing myself to be. I decided just to tour rather than do some bullshit TV show."

Great advice....wonderful decision.

what does shadow puppet mean ? .. I know what the separate words mean but thought it might mean something else in this context?

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Originally posted by sweddude:
what does shadow puppet mean ? .. I know what the separate words mean but thought it might mean something else in this context?

Here you go sweddude:

Shadow puppetry is an ancient form of storytelling and entertainment using opaque, often articulated figures in front of an illuminated backdrop to create the illusion of moving images. It is popular in various cultures. At present, more than 20 countries are known to have shadow show troupes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_play

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Originally posted by sweddude:
what does shadow puppet mean ? .. I know what the separate words mean but thought it might mean something else in this context?

It's using shadows to tell a story or put on a show. It can be puppets held in front of a light to cast a shadow,

or shaping one's hands in front of a light to cast shadows that look like different things, like ducks and gators.

In this context, since they said the phrase "twiddling his thumbs" I think they're referring to the latter.

Shadow puppets?Oh boy....oh boy.I can't even think of anything clever to say here.

They're called shadow puppets because "puppets in the shadows" would be creepy.

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"Chicks dig it. Imagine using the chat-up line: 'Do you want to come and see me do some shadow puppets?' Some require two people.

If anyone plans to use it as a chat-up line he'd better be specific. "Do you want to come and see me do some shadow puppets" is better than "Want to see my little puppet?"

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Originally posted by bibliomaniac:

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"Chicks dig it. Imagine using the chat-up line: 'Do you want to come and see me do some shadow puppets?' Some require two people.

If anyone plans to use it as a chat-up line he'd better be specific. "Do you want to come and see me do some shadow puppets" is better than "Want to see my little puppet?"

It's really getting freaky around here now...imafan2 wants Paolo to spank her...I need a shrink...Paolo is playing in the shadows with his little puppet and I am playing with Paolo's widget!!! OMG what goes on here?!?!?!?!!!

You crack me up, MLS.

Me too, MLS, but we will always love you, freak or not.

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Originally posted by bibliomaniac:

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"Chicks dig it. Imagine using the chat-up line: 'Do you want to come and see me do some shadow puppets?' Some require two people.

If anyone plans to use it as a chat-up line he'd better be specific. "Do you want to come and see me do some shadow puppets" is better than "Want to see my little puppet?"

The little puppet line would work, I bet. Maybe even better. LOL!

aawwwww...thanks!!! I feel like a kid again because I have found all my old gang and they are helping me write stories of the crazy times we used to have. We are planning a big shindig this summer too and I can't wait to see them all again.

I haven't seen this around:

The Times May 14, 2009

Paolo Nutini at Electric Ballroom, NW1David Sinclair


Paolo Nutini makes the star-making process look as easy as falling off a log. The singer from Paisley is still only 22 and his first album, These Streets, has notched up sales in excess of 2 million copies. The follow-up, Sunny Side Up, will be released on June 1, but rather than launch it in a blaze of hype, Nutini is out on the road with his ever-reliable backing band, the Vipers, reconnecting with his core fans at a string of comparatively modest venues. His show at the Electric Ballroom was a masterclass in how to shoot for the very top of the mass entertainment world while maintaining a firm grasp on your musical roots.

Nutini has always drawn inspiration from a variety of unlikely sources — trad jazz, country and western, music hall — while remaining a sharp, modern pop operator. The songs from the new album found him doing exactly this with even greater confidence and style.


Paolo Nutini returns with Sunny Side Up
Pencil Full of Lead was a rip-roaring vaudeville stomp, during which a part-time horn section performed like a New Orleans band at a wedding party. Ten out of Ten was borne aloft on an infectious reggae/bluebeat groove, while Coming Up Easy was a gentle blue-eyed soul song of a kind that hasn’t been heard much since the heyday of the late Robert Palmer. Candy, the new single released next Monday, was simply the most gorgeous, melancholy pop ballad.

Nutini’s voice, with it’s slightly gruff edge in the higher register, adjusted perfectly to each of these genres, and his Glaswegian brogue lent regional charm and a seal of authenticity to his lyrics — there was no fake Americana, Jamaicana or any other-ana here, despite the far-flung provenance of the various musical styles.

The old hits, including Last Request, These Streets and New Shoes, sounded like pop standards already, and the more traditional rock’n’roll ode to an older woman, Jenny Don’t Be Hasty, provided a gloriously buoyant encore. Nutini will probably turn into Rod Stewart by the time he is 30. Remember him this way.

Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton, tonight; Aberdeen Music Hall, May 16; Grand Hall, Kilmarnock, May 17; Alhambra, Dunfermline, May 18



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After desperately trying to get tickets for the Ballroon gig i managed to squeeze a few for Norwich.The drive from London was totally worth it as Nutini was fantastic,he a has a great set of pipes and certainly can use them , he really knows how to deliver every song he sings and the Vipers were hot

Patrice , London, UK


http://entertainment.timesonli...s/article6281198.ece

And did you all see this interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...TahM&feature=related

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Originally posted by bibliomaniac:

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"Chicks dig it. Imagine using the chat-up line: 'Do you want to come and see me do some shadow puppets?' Some require two people.

If anyone plans to use it as a chat-up line he'd better be specific. "Do you want to come and see me do some shadow puppets" is better than "Want to see my little puppet?"

It's really getting freaky around here now...imafan2 wants Paolo to spank her...I need a shrink...Paolo is playing in the shadows with his little puppet and I am playing with Paolo's widget!!! OMG what goes on here?!?!?!?!!!

hahahhahahah omg xD

Jelly - thanks now I understand lol

BeWall- thanks!