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Extensible Markup Language  |  2004-09-06  |  3KB  |  62 lines
  1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
  2. <page>
  3.     <template layout="J">
  4.         <module type="text" position="TL" nodepath="text"/>
  5.         <module type="fader" position="TC" nodepath="imageFade"/>
  6.         <module type="v_tracks" position="TR" nodepath="tracks"/>
  7.     </template>
  8.     <content>
  9.         <imageFade>
  10.             <image><![CDATA[../music/placebo/placebo1.jpg]]></image>
  11.             <image><![CDATA[../music/placebo/placebo2.jpg]]></image>
  12.             <image><![CDATA[../music/placebo/placebo3.jpg]]></image>
  13.         </imageFade>
  14.         <text>
  15.             <dimensions width="173" height="385"/>
  16.             <title><![CDATA[Placebo]]></title>
  17.             <title2><![CDATA[<br>Once More with Feeling: Singles 1996-2004]]></title2>
  18.             <title3/>
  19.             <byline><![CDATA[Dafydd GoffΓÇÖs insider view]]></byline>
  20.             <body><![CDATA[There is a priceless moment in Nicolas RoegΓÇÖs 1970 film Performance when James FoxΓÇÖs gangster says to Mick JaggerΓÇÖs effeminate hipster: ΓÇ£YouΓÇÖre a comical little bugger. YouΓÇÖll look funny when youΓÇÖre 50.ΓÇ¥ True, androgyny is a difficult trick to pull off as you get older, when attempts at gender bending deteriorate into self-parodic drag. Now that Placebo are well into their thirties their Goth finery hangs on them less elegantly than in their mid-1990s heyday. Fortunately, this singles collection eschews the narcissism to concentrate on what they do best: giving the glam of Bowie and Bolan a Sonic Youth makeover, such as on 36 Degrees, Teenage Angst and Slave to the Wage. It is more than mere cosmetic alt-rock: wipe away the mascara and lip gloss and youΓÇÖre left with an inventive lyricist in Brian Molko who can craft a bloody good tune. But heΓÇ¥ll look funny when heΓÇÖs 50. Click <a href="asfunction:Tardis.webPageOpen,http://www.placeboworld.co.uk"><b>here</b></a> to visit the official Placebo website.]]></body>
  21.             <body2/>
  22.         </text>
  23.         <tracks>
  24.             <image><![CDATA[../music/covers/placebo.jpg]]></image>
  25.             <title/>
  26.             <link link="3">
  27.                 <label/>
  28.                 <label_animated><![CDATA[Buy online|FREE<br>DELIVERY]]></label_animated>
  29.                 <link/>
  30.             </link>
  31.             <tracks path="audio/music/placebo/">
  32.                 <track file="20">
  33.                     <title><![CDATA[Twenty Years]]></title>
  34.                     <title_animated/>
  35.                 </track>
  36.                 <track file="bitter">
  37.                     <title><![CDATA[The Bitter End]]></title>
  38.                     <title_animated/>
  39.                 </track>
  40.                 <track file="you">
  41.                     <title><![CDATA[You DonΓÇÖt Care About Us]]></title>
  42.                     <title_animated/>
  43.                 </track>
  44.                 <track file="every">
  45.                     <title><![CDATA[Every You Every Me]]></title>
  46.                     <title_animated/>
  47.                 </track>
  48.                 <track file="nancy">
  49.                     <title><![CDATA[Nancy Boy]]></title>
  50.                     <title_animated/>
  51.                 </track>
  52.                 <track file="pure">
  53.                     <title><![CDATA[Pure Morning]]></title>
  54.                     <title_animated/>
  55.                 </track>
  56.             </tracks>
  57.             <buttons>
  58.                 <listen><![CDATA[Listen...]]></listen>
  59.             </buttons>
  60.         </tracks>
  61.     </content>
  62. </page>