Amy Winehouse's Death: Traumatic Event or Giant Money-Maker for the Music-Industry

 As you probably know, Amy Winehouse died a few days ago due to drug-abuse.

 I was never a huge fan; because she was always, in my point of view, a drugged loser.

 Not that I didn't care when she died. I acknowledge that she was a world-class singing phenomenon, I was just never a huge fan.

 What stirred me to write this was a suprise I recieved while in town two days after her death. I was buying several dvds in Head in Victoria Square, and sitting on the counter, was a pile of books for sale. It was 'Amy Winehouse the Biography; 1983-2011'.

This is the book.

 Needless to say I was appalled. This was days after her death they were already releasing books used to exploit her death. Anyone with a scrap of decency would have at least waited for the funeral. This happened to be what I said to my friend when I saw it, and as I did, a crude image came to my head where CEO types where standing in their pinstripe suits, in a sort of ice-cream van selling copies of her book - next to the funeral.

 I really am appalled at the music industry at the moment. I'm sure the book itself has some quite interesting pieces in it, and maybe some heartfelt messages from her loved ones, but nevertheless I don't think it'll be my Summer read.

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Aoife.

Osama Bin Laden Dead?

Personally I believe it is true,and I have no idea why people are saying it is a hoax. Why would the US make it up? Unless they really are that desperate to remove the publicity England was getting over the Royal Wedding and so they made it up to get attention to them....yeah right. Personally I am glad, even though as a pacifist I do think murder is awful........but not in the case of Bin Laden of course! But, I am worried at the same time. Al Qaeda are obviously going to try something big. But will it work? They failed with the positively 'ingenious' plans of sticking a bomb in someone underwear and of putting it in ink cartiladges. Are they up to the challenge of doing something (possibly BIGGER) than 9/11 to avenge Bin Laden? Here's hoping they aren't.