Posts Tagged ‘singer’

Review: YBA YC201

Monday, November 30th, 2009

From the French designers at YBA, but made (like so many other components these days) in China, the YBA YC201 may or may not have anything definably Gallic about it, but is certainly rather natty. We’re very much taken with its use of the display to indicate the function of the nine buttons on the front: unpowered, it tells you absolutely nothing, but once fired up is very easy to use. Round one to YBA. The rest of the appearance is quite impressive for the price, the case being made mostly of aluminium, neatly shaped and fitted together and angular without having the skin piercing sharp edges of one or two brands we could mention. The remote control is a definite point in YBA’s favour, a solid-metal affair that feels and looks particularly impressive

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Man arrested for failing to tweet

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

A music executive was arrested in Canada for failing to Tweet, after the police asked him to help disperse a crowd assembled to greet a teenage pop singer. Thousands had gathered at a clothing stall to scream at Justin Bieber – who we are reliably informed is some form of teenage star – and pushing, shoving and general pubescent angst was beginning to overcome many of them In an attempt to control the throng, which was in danger of becoming violent, the police asked the singer’s record label to send out a Tweet asking for calm. Arrest When this didn’t happen they then arrested vice president of Def Jam records James Roppo for a series of misdemeanours, including endangering the welfare of children and obstructing governmental administration.

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