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...prestigious Mercury Music Prize for "Album of the Year" for their debut, Bring It On. They are a group of young musicians desperately attempting to avoid real world jobs (take note, seniors). And, ultimately, they are five chill guys--Ian Ball, Paul Blackburn, Tom Gray, Ben Ottewell and Olly Peacock--trying to play the music they want to hear...
...After the show, Ottewell answered our one lingering question: "Where does the name Gomez come from?" At University, Ottewell, Ball and Peacock knew a guy named Gomez who took extraordinary amounts of acid. One time, he took a bit too much and was expelled following drug-induced behavior. The guys found the story amusing and, explains Ottewell, "He had a name, we didn...
...prestigious Mercury Music Prize for "Album of the Year" for their debut, Bring It On. They are a group of young musicians desperately attempting to avoid real world jobs (take note, seniors). And, ultimately, they are five chill guys--Ian Ball, Paul Blackburn, Tom Gray, Ben Ottewell and Olly Peacock--trying to play the music they want to hear...
After the show, Ottewell answered our one lingering question: "Where does the name Gomez come from?" At University, Ottewell, Ball and Peacock knew a guy named Gomez who took extraordinary amounts of acid. One time, he took a bit too much and was expelled following drug-induced behavior. The guys found the story amusing and, explains Ottewell, "He had a name, we didn...
...their children. But if their sons are, in turn, to be attractive to other women--and hence keep the lineage thriving--it might help if Dad is a heartbreaker himself. Unfortunately, though, physical attractiveness is not a reliable guide to reproductive "fitness," as in health and wealth. Consider the peacock. Its gorgeous tail renders it highly vulnerable to predators, so any peahen with a concern for her sons' longevity should opt for a more modestly endowed mate. Trouble is, all the other peahens are fools for those huge tails and may turn up their noses at the short-tailed sons...