Archive for June, 2011

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“Spry Show” Media Exclusive: Michael Lohan Speaks Out

Celebrity Michael Lohan opens up about his co-dependency addiction, his upcoming appearance on “Celebrity Rehab 5 with Dr. Drew”, his daughter Lindsay’s struggles with the law and drug addiction, and his work with children and families touched by drug abuse.

In an exclusive, in-depth interview with host Al Spry and other members of the Orlando-based radio talk show, “The Spry Show”, Lohan claims that, although he is not a drug addict, he does suffer from the addiction of co-dependency. “I do have to resolve a lot of issues that I have with that. So they asked me on the show and it turned out to be a blessing.” When discussing his addiction, Lohan said, “This is a disease. There is no cure for it, and you just learn to deal with it and live with it.”

Lohan also updated the show about his daughter, Lindsay. “She’s at home again, and she gets off home arrest on the 29th, and she’ll be heading back to New York here for her birthday on the 2nd.” When asked about her recent alcohol test failure, Lohan pulled no punches. “Even though she’s my daughter, I will say this, if you’re in recovery, and I don’t care if you’re on home arrest or not, and if you’re allowed to drink alcohol but not use illegal drugs, you do not drink alcohol – bottom line. You stay away from it.”

When asked if Lohan feels responsible for Lindsay’s current troubles, he commented, “Watch the show and you’ll see how much responsibility I do take. All along I’ve said I’ll own up to my part. The time away from them and the decisions that I made surely hurt my kids. It didn’t help them.”

Lohan also talked about his involvement with helping addicts in a sea-based rehab program in South Florida. “I’m involved in a program down in Florida called “Inspirations. The producers of (“Celebrity Rehab”) are looking to do a show on “Recovery at Sea.”

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By Rick Flohr

Mick Jagger has confirmed that he’s formed a new group called Super Heavy.

The Rolling Stones frontman revealed that he has been rehearsing in Los Angeles with a star-studded line-up, which includes Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart, Joss Stone and Damian Marley.
Discussing the formation of the new band, Jagger said: “The four of us got together and thought we’d go into a studio and throw some things around, see what would happen, if we’d have fun.
In addition Super Heavy features AR Rahman, the award-winning composer behind films such as Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours. “Dave Stewart and I said to each other, ‘Let’s phone AR Rahman, he’s in town, that’ll be different’, then we had another continent involved.
Jagger and Stewart have worked together on numerous occasions over the years, as have Jagger and Joss Stone.
Their most notable work together was for the Alfie soundtrack, which included a Jagger/Stewart collaboration ‘Old Habits Die Hard’ and a Jagger/Joss Stone track ‘Lonely Without You (This Christmas)’.
“We’ve got some more reggae songs, some rock, some ballads, some soul music” Jagger continued.
“We’ve got one song in Urdu, I managed to do one line in Urdu, only one! It’s not world music per se, a Womad festival kind of thing. It’s a much more accessible style, a lot of dancey things.”
Speaking about the songwriting process, he said “We’d all leap in with our ideas, getting excited about one another. We’re four vocalists, we’ve never worked like that before. It’s great because the whole burden’s not on you, and that made it fun. There are a lot of different musical styles, maybe even some we’ve invented.”
Referring to his day job, Jagger revealed: “If you’re a Rolling Stones fan there’s definitely stuff you can relate to. Other stuff that you can’t relate to so much, maybe if you listen you’ll enjoy it. I don’t think it’s so far off the beaten track that you can’t understand it.”

The singer also hinted that fans of The Rolling Stones might have to wait a little longer for another rumoured tour to materialise, as he is considering putting Super Heavy out on the road.
“If people really like it, we will. If they don’t like it we won’t! We haven’t planned to do a tour or anything, but if people really like it maybe we will. We’d love to get together and play some of it live,” he concluded.