80's all-girl band and totally under-rated. They had a few hits with Sign of the Times, Sweet Memory, Iko Iko and The Clapping Song but their best songs were their own.
Also, love the music of Kirsty MacColl. I never met Kirsty but felt I knew her as I loved her music and her live gigs were brilliant. She seemed to have a dry sense of humour which I really liked. I cannot express how I felt when I heard she had died, especially in such a tragic way. Miss her.
Music
THE BELLE STARS,
Kirsty MacColl,
Soft Cell,
Marc Almond,
Strawberry Switchblade,
Shakespear's Sister,
The Smiths,
Kaiser Chiefs,
Coldplay,
Lily Allen,
The Pipettes,
Depeche Mode,
Voice of the Beehive,
Bananarama,
Bis,
Madonna, Red Jen, Red Treasure, Big 5 with the hunky Nick Welsh,
The Cure, kd lang, Suzanne Vega, Mark Owen, Depeche Mode, The Sugarcubes, The Raincoats, Lloyd Cole & The Commotions, Echo & The Bunnymen, The The, Madness, Scissor Sisters, The Eurythmics, Erasure, The Housemartins, Madness, The Men They Couldn't Hang, Kissing The Pink
Movies
DONNIE DARKO.
TEAM AMERICA - WORLD POLICE - MATT DAMON!!! Love this film!!!!!
SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE - I'm a sucker for a chick flick!
Television
ALIAS. I am addicted to this show. Jennifer Garner is fantastic.
LOST.
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - new version is great.
THE GHOST WHISPERER, HOUSE, HEROES, A TOWN CALLED EUREKA, MEDIUM, CHARMED, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, UGLY BETTY - I like spooky, creepy, suspenseful (and amusing) stuff. Really enjoying DOLLHOUSE at the moment.
KYLE XY
Love love love this show! Can't believe it's been cancelled :(
THE FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS
Books
Harry Potter, Dean Koontz, Stephen King (except for Cell which was rubbish)
As you may have guessed I am a fan of and thought I'd set this page up as a mini-tribute to them. I saw them live in 1982 and I "appeared" in their video for Sweet Memory in 1983. How great to find out that Jennie was on myspace too and still recording.
One day, I hope to see the release of The Belle Stars second album. The Belle Stars split up just before it was due for release - some of the songs are featured on their live DVD Live Signs, Live Times.
Three of them decided to carry on as The Belle Stars, Miranda, Lesley and Sarah-Jane and they released one single, World Domination, which was a dance floor hit in the US. They also recorded an album which was never released!
So there are two Belle Stars albums out there begging to be released!
Check out my new vevamped Belle Stars fansite
http://www.thebellestars.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk - it's got loads of Bellies trivia, photos and a couple of rare songs too. It's also got details of Jennie's solo career including her current bands like 1-STOP-EXPERIENCE and The Dance Brigade although I've now set up an official website for 1-STOP-EXPERIENCE at http://www.1stopexperience.webs.com/
1-STOP-EXPERIENCE
Jennie's new band
1-STOP-EXPERIENCE - Debut London gig
http://www.1stopexperience.webs.com/
THE BELLE STARS
THE BELLE STARS (trio)
DANCE LIKE A MOTHER - RARE VIDEO available at last! This is a band Jennie and Melissa set up after Jennie left The Belle Stars.
80's Romance - The Belle Stars
Who I'd like to meet: ALL The Belle Stars (I've met one so 6 to go!), Jennifer Garner, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. Would like to meet Ricky Gervais providing he didn't take the p*ss out of me. My friends do a good enough job of that!
Malcmc (Belle Stars groupie)'s Friend Space (Top 29)
Thank you my darling man, thought it was important to put something new up...wait till you hear the lovers rock one we are doing, even I can't stop playing it...BIG LOVE...erhumph, did you get my email with a free copy of this track?
JEN & FRIENDS are pleased to announce our first major review for the 1-STOP-EXPERIENCE Promo EP for MUEN MAGAZINE
MUEN MAGAZINE run by the very cool SHAUNA O’DONNELL has kindly put up a CD review of the JEN & FRIENDS (1-STOP-EXPERIENCE) tracks on the MUEN MAGAZINE OFFICIAL site. www.myspace.com/officialmuenmagazine The review was written by MACAVITY www.myspace.com/macavitymusik who is also a contributor to MUEN MAGAZINE – the magazine have also kindly added our PEEPING TOM video and one of our tracks to their page. PLEASE check out MACAVITY’s review for MUEN on www.myspace.com/officialmuenmagazine JEN & FRIENDS (1-STOP-EXPERIENCE are thrilled by it and hope our supporters will be also.
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Thx for the ad Malc! I'am a big fan of Jennie Bellestar. May i suggest you to come and listen her new special on my player and post me your feeling? 1 SOUL
Aww, fanx mALCY mALC, people on myspace ask me to help them out
with some writing and when I get a little time I just write and voice
the tracks for them, it boosts their sites and inspires them to write
more, bless them, they were so made up when I sent this to them
yesterday MALC....thanks for the lovely compliment darlin
Hello gorgeous, thought you might like to hear a rough track I have helped out a French DJ with...BIG LOVE J. X
PLEASE check out Jennie’s collaboration with DJ JR (new track)
DJ JR is a French DJ and they usually play DUB/SOUL/GARAGE music. ‘LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU BOY’ was written by DJ JR (GUITOU) & JENNIE MATTHIAS to heck it out then please click on their following website www.myspace.com/djjr67
Aww, that's exactly what we wanted it to be darlin...thank you so much Malcy, I knew there was no sense it sending you the stuff, you are like one of those GOOGLE spiders they have radars and act upon them straight away...nice one darlin I shall check it out shortly...BIG LOVE to ya
Here is it babe, all ready to go up on our site honey...hope you like it's contents my dear fellow...BIG LOVE Jen. x
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF 1-STOP-EXPERIENCE
Colin Ross from 1-STOP-PRODUCTIONS has insisted the band show people what we are up to whilst we are away from the site and so what you see below is a day in the life of 1-STOP-EXPERIENCE writing and building up some tracks from scratch...we don't want you to think we are being lazy, quite the opposite, we are all working for the cause
The tracks have been written by
Martin Sawtell (Bass) Winston Marche (Drums & Keys) Skip McDonald (Guitars Engineer) Jennie Matthias (Vocals & Lyrics) Paget King (Keyboards)
Filmed by Jennie Matthias & Winston Marche, Edited by Colin Ross from 1-STOP-PRODUCTION team
Yeah, I took it down because it's the wrong version darlin, we need to change it and don't want that one going up however Colin will have a juicy piece of video for us in the next few days of our songwriting sessions that you CAN use on the website...GOD BLESS you swwetheart...Jen. X
OH MY GOD! Thank you to both of you! I could never be jealous. I think at first Jennie was like "Denny"?.......If I was there I would have had just as many drinks as you both! I loved this Malc! I'm a bloody snail, takes me forever to notice things! You both looked great and Jennies hair looked just fine! Love to you both!
If you were here right now, you would be hysterical over the look on my face! I love stuff like this and am hysterical over it. I just forwarded it onto several friends. I have to say to you what people normally say to me.....where do you find some of this stuff! lol
Online Now!
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