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Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Posted on February 2, 2009 at 10:18 AM
Good Morning.
There was a big football game last night and a lot of famous people were there and Santonio Holmes may have even had that right toe down. Also, Jennifer Hudson was there to sing the national anthem, her first public appearance since she lost members of her family last year. Greg Kot of Hudson's hometown Tribune says her voice had an emotional lift that couldn't be denied.
Bruce Springsteen was the musical man of the weekend, of course. He was profiled in the New York Times, where he revealed his regret at working with Wal-Mart, and then last night played an amazing four song set at the Super Bowl Halftime Show, sorry, the BRIDGESTONE Super Bowl Halftime Show. Working On A Dream is out now, and tickets for his tour go on sale today. Good luck getting tickets - Ticketmaster has been slooow all morning.
Meanwhile, in LA, Britney Spears has taken out a restraining order against former manager Sam Lufti and ex-bf Adnan Ghalib, and also has threatened to not tour if she can't take her children with her.
Tommy Lee rode shotgun on a helicoptor joyride yesterday morning. The LAPD weren't amused.
Links:
Super Bowl Opens With Jennifer Hudson's Howitzer Anthem [Chicago Tribune]
The Rock Laureate [New York Times]
Britney Spears 'Takes Out Restraining Order' [NME]
Britney Will Cancel Tour If Kiddies Can't Come [TMZ]
Cops Ruin Tommy Lee's Joyride [E! Online]
Tagged as: Britney Spears , Celebs , Music
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Rumors
Posted on January 6, 2009 at 11:13 AM
RIP Ron Asheton, legendary guitar player for the Stooges. Asheton's dirty guitar sound on songs like I Wanna Be Your Dog is still heard in songs today and is the defining Detroit guitar sound. Asheton was found dead in Ann Arbor, MI, the town where the Stooges formed over forty years ago.
If you subscribe to Britney Spears' Twitter feed, you may have been shocked to read this week that she had revealed details concerning her, you know, private parts. Well, rest easy - she was hacked. As were other celebrity twitter feeds. The offending post has been removed from her feed, but if you'd like to know how Britney spent her holiday, rest assured that she worked out a lot and relaxed.
Worried that Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson might be on the road to splitsville? Don't be. EVERYTHING'S FINE, according to Lindsay's MySpace blog. BTW, her "Current Listening" is Rumors... by Lindsay Lohan!
If you never saw the Grateful Dead, now's your chance to see... some of them. The Core Four surviving members, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzman, are heading out on the road in April and May. Filling the Jerry role will be Allman Brothers and Gov't Mule guitarist Warren Haynes. If their performance at an October Obama fundraiser at Penn State is any indication, these shows might be quite good. More info here.
Links:
Stooges Guitarist Ron Asheton Found Dead [Detroit Free Press]
Britney Spears' Twitter Account Hacked [Guardian]
Rumors [MySpace.com/lindsaylohan]
The Dead Reunite For First Tour In Five Years [Rolling Stone]
Tagged as: Britney Spears , Celebs , Music
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Britney's Back, Again
Posted on November 25, 2008 at 10:27 AM
What's the most shocking part of this Britney Spears cover story in the new Rolling Stone? Is it the fact that she feels like "an old fart"? Or perhaps the revelation that it was Kevin Federline who initiated the breakup of their marriage? Maybe it's that her assistant and a minion of manager Larry Rudolph accompanies her on dates? Actually, it's the cover photo, in which Britney looks healthy, fit and NOT CRAZY. Or rather, it's a tie between the cover photo and the creepy dating-chaperoning thing.
Ever heard of rapper/producer John Forte? He worked with the Fugees. He was arrested in 2000 with $1.4 million worth of liquid cocaine. He was convicted, and went to jail. And now, he's getting out of jail, thanks to a presidential pardon from the outgoing George W. Bush. That's right - President Bush is pardoning a hip-hop producer convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. Why? Intense lobbying by Carly Simon and her son, who went to Phillips Exeter Academy with Forte. BTW, Bush went to Phillips Andover Academy. The old boys network now extends to drug dealer music producers. Good to know.
Guess who wasn't excited about the release of Chinese Democracy by Guns n' Roses? The Chinese. Apparently, they had never heard of it. But they know about it now. And they're not too happy about that title, or about lyrics referring to banned-in-China spiritual group Falun Gong. Or about artwork which includes a painting depicting Chinese as powerless. The BBC spoke to foreign military spokesman Qin Gang, who noted that "According to my knowledge, a lot of people don't like this kind of music because it's too noisy and too loud." The Chinese government may not have heard Chinese Democracy, but their sources certainly have.
R.I.P. MC Breed, who died on Saturday in Ypsilanti, MI as a result of kidney failure: He worked with Too Short on several albums, both as a rapper and a ghostwriter. A chance meeting with Tupac Shakur in a tattoo parlor led to the single “Gotta Get Mine,” which became a hit in 1993. That year Mr. Breed also appeared, alongside Ice Cube and Dr. Dre, on a characteristically wacky George Clinton song, “Paint the White House Black.”
Links:
Britney Returns [Rolling Stone]
Record Producer John Forte's Sentence Commuted [New York Daily News]
China: Roses Album Is 'Venemous' [BBC]
MC Breed, 37, Rapper With Midwest Roots, Is Dead [New York Times]
Tagged as: Britney Spears , Celebs , Current Affairs , Music
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Sunday: Dr. Pepper Day
Posted on November 21, 2008 at 10:31 AM
Good to see the Roots in the mainstream news following their appointment as the new Late Night band, but this is the kind of news we could do without: the Philly heroes were in a tourbus accident in Paris early Thursday morning. Their bus flipped after crashing into a van. Thankfully, all are well. ?uestlove has a pretty horrifying account of the incident.
So yesterday, Chinese Democracy commenced streaming on the Guns n Roses MySpace. So how are the numbers? Pretty impressive: as of midnight ET last night, almost 3 million plays for the day. Not bad. The album goes on sale Sunday. And Sunday will be your only opportunity to grab a coupon for a free soda from Dr. Pepper's site. And after Sunday, according to Jon Pareles at the New York Times, we can lay to rest both the concept of and the reality the multi-million dollar album. And in case you're wondering, he thinks there are a couple of decent songs on the album, but that the whole thing is bloated and overdone. There's no doubting, though, that it's fascinating to listen to, at least once.
The curious feud between Taco Bell and 50 Cent continues. In July, the Bell tried to goad Fiddy into being part of their marketing campaign concerning their line of 79 cent tacos. Not only was the former Curtis Jackson pissed off, but he sued for wrongful use of his name. A bit of an overreaction, but whatever. Now, it's Taco Bell's turn to get pissed off. The chain filed its own suit against the rapper, calling him "a self-described former drug dealer and hustler" and basically calling him a fake gangsta. Dude, you DO NOT mess with Taco Bell.
Ashlee Simpson had her shortie and now there is a little Fall Out baby Boy. UPDATE: The kid's name is Bronx Mowgli Wentz. TAKE THIS CHILD FROM HIS UNFIT PARENTS NOW.
Links:
Roots Crash Bus In Europe: Everyone OK [okayplayer]
Chinese Democracy - Guns n Roses [MySpace]
How Axl Rose Spent All That Time [New York Times]
Taco Bell To 50 Cent: You're A Gangsta Wannabe [E! Online]
Ashlee Simpson-Wentz Delivers Baby Boy [Reuters]
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Lookin Out At The Road Rushing Under My Wheels
Posted on November 20, 2008 at 10:18 AM
Paris Hilton and Benji Madden have broken up after nine months together: "Hilton publicist Alanna McCarthy said Wednesday that the two 'remain very good friends.' She wouldn't say more." Of course she wouldn't. There is nothing more to say. Actually, maybe there is: Fox News says that Prince William has been hanging with Paris in London and that the two may have New Year's plans. Is this how a year ends, not with a whimper, but with a bang?
It seems like ages ago now, but remember when the McCain campaign used a bunch of songs at rallies and on TV ads, and those artists got upset? Jackson Browne was just one of them, appalled that his classic Running On Empty was used as a sort of catch phrase in a pro-McCain, anti-Obama spot. Now that the election is over, you'd think the whole bust-up would blow over, right? Wrong: the McCain campaign hasn't forgotten about the suit, and this week filed two motions. One is to dismiss, and the other is an anti-SLAPP motion, which seeks monetary damages following a plaintiff's (Browne's, in this case) attempt to suppress free speech. It's a very smart and shrewd move, and one that would undoubtedly embarrass Browne should the motion go through.
Tragedy often brings estranged friends together: Blink-182's Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge and still-recovering Travis Barker have been back in touch since Barker's recent plan accident, and even recently hung out. Will they get back together? Hoppus says there have been "positive conversations" and that that's a "good thing"... exactly the type of commentary one might expect from a band that seriously thinking about it.
Links:
Publicist: Paris Hilton and Benji Madden Split [Yahoo! News]
John McCain Fights Back Against Jackson Browne [Reuters]
Travis Accident Trigger's Blink-182 Reunion... Offstage [E! Online]
Photo: AP/Matt Sayles via.
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Make Of That What You Will
Posted on October 31, 2008 at 10:57 AM
As you know, Madonna and Guy Ritchie are going through an increasingly acrimonious split. She implies that he didn't live up to her rules. He implies that she's a lunatic. And now she sends him texts that say 'You're going down.'
Hmmm. So, the other day word got out that Michael Jackson was planning a thirty city tour next year. Now, news comes from Jermaine Jackson that the original Jackson 5, including Michael, plan on touring in 2009. Janet will open, according to Jermaine. Also, Jermaine says they are all in the studio. Could this be the tour Michael meant? Who knows. Who knows anything with that family.
You've heard of home decorators, interior designers, and myriad makeover shows on TV. Now, get ready for, um, personal music stylists.
Head over to Stereogum for the first track to be released from New Pornographer A.C. Newman's upcoming solo album. Album is called Get Guilty, and the song is called There Are Maybe Ten Or Twelve. It's great.
Links:
Madonna and Guy Ritchie Exclusive [Mirror]
Jermaine Says: Jackson 5 Reuniting in '09 [Billboard]
Does This Song Match My Sofa? [New York Times]
New A.C. Newman - "There Are Maybe Ten Or Twelve" [Stereogum]
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Theatre Of Pain
Posted on October 22, 2008 at 08:45 AM
The southern California legal system giveth, and the Southern California legal system taketh away: the Britney Spears driving-without-a-license misdemeanor case has been declared a mistrial... on the same day, Lindsay Lohan is being sued by three people who were taken on a drunken joyride by noted driver Lindsay Lohan, the same ride that led to Lindsay Lohan's DUI arrest last year.
SNL head honcho and Dr. Evil inspiration Lorne Michaels tells EW about how the whole Sarah Palin appearance thing came together.
Motley Crue bassist is a big fan of Crue guitarist Mick Mars. In fact, he likes Mick so much that he got a tattoo of him. On his leg. That's right: Nikki Sixx now has a tattoo of Mick Mars. Blabbermouth has a photo.
Links:
Britney Donged With Mistrial; Case Dismissed [E! Online]
Lindsay Lohan Sued Over '07 DUI Ride [E! Online]
Lorne Michaels Talks Sarah Palin [Entertainment Weekly]
Nikki Sixx's Mick Mars Tattoo Revealed [Blabbermouth]
Tagged as: Britney Spears , Celebs , Music
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Honey Don't
Posted on October 15, 2008 at 10:12 AM
Radiohead have finally unveiled a bit of info on the whole pay-what-you-want In Rainbows experiment. Their management still won't reveal exact numbers, but say that the download money was more than the total sales for 2003's Hail To the Thief. That was BEFORE the album was physically released (and subsequently went to Number 1 in the US and the UK). Also, the band was apparetly monitoring the download/money numbers and were prepared to pull the plug.
Post-colonial grad-rockers Vampire Weekend has written material for a new album and will begin recording in November. According to frontman Ezra Koenig, the new tunes will feature "a lot more instruments." Makes sense, now that they can afford more instruments.
According to UK tabloid The Sun, Madonna and Guy Ritchie are divorcing, for real this time, we mean it, very, very soon. Clashes over career commitments and Madonna's desire to adopt another child are reportedly behind the split. It IS the Sun, however, so take it with a grain of salt.
Beatles' drummer Ringo Starr, famously depicted in a Simpsons episode answering every piece of fan mail he receives, will no longer accept fan mail. Presumably because there's just too much of it. Which is fine. Let Ringo relax.
Links:
Radiohead Reveal How Successful 'In Rainbows' Download Really Was [NME]
Get Ready For A New Vampire Weekend Album [Spin]
Madonna and Guy Ritchie's Relationship Ends After Seven Years of Marriage [The Sun]
Ringo Starr: No More Fan Mail [AP]
Tagged as: Celebs , Film , Music
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She's [M.I.A.] Having A Baby
Posted on October 13, 2008 at 10:13 AM
So now we know what M.I.A. has been out of the picture yesterday - she's pregnant! The now Brooklyn-based British Sri Lankan revealed her her current state at a Diesel 30th anniversary party on Saturday night in Brooklyn. The photos on BrooklynVegan seem to indicate that M.I.A.'s pregnancy isn't affecting her athletic style of performance. The father, one would assume, is Benjamin Brewer, frontman for Brooklyn band The Exit and son of Warner Music Group's Edgar Bronfman, Jr.
The video for the new Britney Spears single Womanizer debuted on Friday night on 20/20 of all places (check it out here). And yes, she's kinda nude in a lot of it. And yeah, she looks good. So why does the whole thing forced? Britney Spears... out of ideas.
Via MySpace, Travis Barker gives us an update on his recovery. Mad props go out to his doctors, family, friends and fans. Slight disses go out to Shanna Moakler.
Sad news: R.I.P. Gidget Gein, formerly of Marilyn Manson. Gein's real name was Brad Stewart. Stewart's body was found at his Burbank, CA home on Thursday; cause of death likely an overdose. Stewart played bass in the band until 1993, when he was fired over his drug use and replaced by Twiggy Ramirez. In slightly more upbeat news, word is the Manson may be collaborating with Ne-Yo.
Links:
M.I.A. Is Pregnant, Played the Diesel Party [BrooklynVegan]
Britney Debuts Womanizer Video [People]
Travis Barker: Latest News [MySpace]
Manrilyn Manson Band Member Found Dead [NME]
Ne-Yo To Team Up With... Marilyn Manson? WTF?! [E! Online]
Tagged as: Britney Spears , Celebs , Music
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Desperate Police Club
Posted on October 7, 2008 at 09:16 AM
The line between indie rock and network television continues to blur: Toronto rockers Tokyo Police Club are shooting an episode of Desperate Housewives today that will air in November. What brings the young Canucks to Wisteria Lane? A Battle of the Bands, of course. The men of the show form a band, they enter a competition, and end up facing TPC. Yes, Tkyo Police Club perform, and yes, they have speaking roles.
Yikes: after seeing In the Heights, Britney Spears is reportedly looking for a role somewhere on Broadway.
Good news! We will have "have to wait" for the new Michael Jackson album, according to producer will.i.am.
Because it's awesome: Department of Eagles, featuring Daniel Rossen (Grizzly Bear) and Fred Nicolaus.
Links:
Tokyo Police Club to Guest On Desperate Housewives [Pitchfork]
Charlize Suit Closely Watched [New York Daily News]
Will.I.Am: 'Michael Jackson Fans Face Wait For New Album' [Gigwise]
Daniel Rossen Flies With the Department of Eagles While Staying Inside the Den of Grizzly Bear [New York Times]
Tagged as: Britney Spears , Celebs , Music , Television
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Coda
Posted on September 30, 2008 at 08:15 AM
Whoa. So despite rumors last week that a full scale Led Zeppelin tour scheduled for next year was ready to go, it looks like it won't be happening - not with Robert Plant, anyway. Last week, word out of England was that Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham were rehearsing with different singers, keeping their instrumental chops sharp while waiting for Plant to stop touring with Alison Krauss and return to the Zep fold. And those fill-in vocalists also served to ignite pangs of envy in Plant, giving him a glimpse of a Led Zeppelin without him. Or not. Plant's out, and wishes luck to the other dudes. So... what now? Page and Jones have too much pride to just back down after regularly rehearsing since December. And they're itching to play. We're likely looking at a Zeppelin tour WITHOUT Robert Plant.
Got $49.99? Why not purchase the Katy Perry doll? Integrity Toys calls the doll a "fitting gesture"; others just think it's lame.
Who will pen the Ghostbusters 3 theme song? New York Mag wonders, and gives odds on Huey Lewis, Rick Astley and the Jonas Brothers. Dude - maybe the ENTIRE MOVIE should be rickroll! Just thinking out loud.
Because it's awesome: The National give "Slow Show" and "Apartment Story" the acoustic treatment in Northern Ireland.
Links:
Plant Rules Out Led Zeppelin Tour [Reuters]
Further Adventures in Press Releases [AV Club]
Who Will Write the Ghostbusters 3 Theme Song? [New York Mag]
The National Go Acoustic in Northern Ireland [Stereogum]
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Sometimes, Magic Sucks
Posted on September 26, 2008 at 02:59 PM
The grand finale of magician David Blaine's latest stunt sucked, according to David Blaine. After hanging upside down for sixty hours, Blaine was supposed to leap to the ground, and then, right before hitting the earth, be lifted up into the sky. But that didn't really happen. And he kinda dangled awkwardly. And then he was lifted into the sky. And that was that. And now we go about our lives before Blaine doesn't something else crazy/weird in a year and a half or so.
Lil Wayne gets his own blog on ESPN. Is a fan of the Pizzackers and the Brizzuins.
Looks like Led Zeppelin will tour. With Robert Plant.
Yet another reminder to renew that fire insurance on your crib: Ludacris loses part of his Atlanta home, including the pool house, to fire.
Links:
David Blaine Says He's Unhappy with Latest Stunt [AP]
Lil Wayne Gets a Blog [ESPN]
Led Zeppelin Finally Agree to Tour? [NME]
Ludacris Loses Part of Home in Blaze [SFGate]
Tagged as: Celebs , Music , Television
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Come Dancing with the Kinks, and Others
Posted on September 24, 2008 at 11:42 AM
So if you didn't know, Vampire Weekend have become quite a popular band. Hence/thus/etc it's kinda big news when they release a new song. Which they have now - it's called Ottoman, and it's from the soundtrack to the upcoming Michael Cera/Kat Dennings flick Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist. The soundtrack also features We Are Scientists, Richard Hawley, Takka Takka and more. Anyway, that new VW track - streaming at Stereogum now.
Nothing says Christmas more than Elton John and also Las Vegas's The Killers. Which is why it makes perfect sense that the two entities are transatlantically teaming up for a Christmas single titled Joseph, Better You Than Me. Actually, thinking of the Killers around the holidays is not an unusual thing. The Killers have recorded two holiday tunes - A Great Big Sled and Don't Shoot Me, Santa - in the past.
Guess who's gay? Clay Aiken (officially), and Lindsay Lohan (almost officially). Wow, big day.
The Kinks might reunite, but they'd have to write new songs to make it worth Ray Davies' while. Um, that would be completely acceptable. Only stumbling block is the health of guitarist Dave Davies, who suffered a stroke in 2004. Ray recently told the NME: "The thing that would make me decide 'Yes' or 'No' would be whether or not we could do new songs. I couldn't do it just for nostalgic reasons. My pitch to the other guys in the band was what would we have written if we hadn't have had our first hit, 'You Really Got Me'?"
Links:
New Vampire Weekend - "Ottoman" (Stereogum Premiere) [Stereogum]
Killers and Elton John to Release Christmas Single [NME]
Clay Aiken Comes Out [E! Online]
Lohan 'Comes Out' On Radio Show [BBC]
Ray Davies Says 'Kinks Could Reunite' [NME]
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Let's Play Two on the Ones and Twos
Posted on September 23, 2008 at 09:39 AM
It's no secret that Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder is a known fan of the Chicago Cubs. And it's no secret that the Cubs are doing pretty well this year (not to jinx them or anything). So it's not surprising that Vedder has written and released a song called "All the Way," a new tune recorded at a Chicago Pearl Jam show last month and with a title suggested by Cubs great Ernie "Let's Play Two" Banks. The song, which is receiving airplay on Chicago radio as well as the bars around Wrigley Field, is on sale for a measly 99 cents. It's a small price to pay to root for the Cubbies, who locked up the NL Central title this past weekend, and who haven't won it all since, erm, 1908.
Possible Germany! Likely Japan! Wilco will enter the studio next month to begin recording the follow-up to last year's Sky Blue Sky. According to Jeff Tweedy, the new album will make more use of the studio as an instrument, as opposed to the live document style of Sky Blue Sky.
Lars Ulrich would like to clarify something about the whole Napster thing. It wasn't about money - it was about control. Ah! And he has a couple of words for those who DO think it was about money. The first word rhymes with duck, the second with foo.
Links:
Eddie Vedder Releases New Song for Chicago Cubs [Chicago Tribune]
Wilco Hitting the Studio Next Month [Billboard]
Lars Ulrich: 'Napster Wasn't About Money, It was About Control' [Rolling Stone]
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In the Blink of an Eye
Posted on September 22, 2008 at 08:27 AM
Well, that was a bit scary. Of course, the big news from the weekend was the horrific Learjet crash in South Carolina which killed four people. Travis Barker and DJ AM Adam Goldstein escaped with burns, and are now expected to make a full recovery. 'Fortunate' doesn't even begin to describe their situation. Burn recovery is an often long and painful process - and tattoos do not help. Here's hoping for a speedy recovery
Freedom '08: George Michael, brilliant songwriter and singer and noted frequenter of public toilets, has gone and gotten himself in trouble yet again. Hot on the heels of a successful tour, his first in years, Michael was arrested in London for possessing 'Class A'
and 'Class C' drugs (what, no 'Class B'?). And what's the Class A drug? That would be crack, according to reports.
Sometimes, things can get a little crazy onstage at a benefit. A bunch of musicians who normally don't play together get together, sometimes a beer is spilled on someone's head, sometimes a punch is thrown, and sometimes stitches are needed. And, more rarely, sometimes there are no hard feelings about the whole thing. Pitchfork has a thorough wrap-up on the recent altercation between Brent Hinds of Mastodon and garage dude King Khan.
Links:
Doctor Expects Recovery for Two Musicians in Crash [AP]
George Michael Arrested in London [People]
Mastodon's Brent Hinds vs. King Khan: FITE! [Pitchfork]
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Captain Timberlake and Tennille Biel
Posted on September 19, 2008 at 10:45 AM
If you've got a girl and you want to impress her, there are several options available. You can surprise her with flowers and gifts, you can taker her out to a nice dinner... or you can write and produce an album for her. The latter is currently going down in the Justin Timberlake/Jessica Biel relationship. And by "for" her we mean this is HER album. Plus, Justin has recorded most of the backing vocals. A snappy name like Timberlake and Biel and they could be this generation's Captain and Tennille.
OutKast's Andre 3000 has been acting, but that doesn't mean he hasn't been thinking about music. In fact, he should have a solo album by the end of this year or early next. Also, he's a fan of Woody Harrelson and thinks Woody would have "shared his stash." Hmmm.
Remember how Lindsay Lohan wanted to stump for Barack Obama, and the Obama camp was all, 'No thanks'? Michael Lohan, Lindsay's dad, had some stuff to say about Obama. And it wasn't nice.
Another entry in Fuseblog's series Great Moments in Awesomeness: Brian Wilson performs That Lucky Old Sun and one verse and a chorus of California Girls in the newest Black Cab Session. Yes, the performance takes place in the back of a London black cab.
Links:
Justin Timberlake to Record Album with Girlfriend Jessica Biel [Gigwise]
OutKast's Andre Benjamin Says New Solo Album Coming Soon [Rolling Stone]
Lindsay Lohan's Dad Slams Obama Over Reported Dis [Fox News]
Black Cab Sessions: Brian Wilson [Black Cab Sessions]
Tagged as: Celebs , Current Affairs , Music
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Chrissie Hynde: Thumbs Up, Candace Bushnell: Thumbs Down
Posted on September 18, 2008 at 02:05 PM
Normally, we keep things fairly music-oriented around here, but is this not completely lame? Sex and the City person Candace Bushnell is writing two teen novels about Carrie Bradshaw's formative years. As Carrie would write, Candace is going back to the well, a well that can be found at the corner of 59th Street and Milking It Avenue. Seriously Candace, stop it. Just stop milking it and just... stop. </rant>
Barack Obama's campaign has turned down Lindsay Lohan's offer to help with any public appearances and stumping they might need. The move risks alienating the youth drunk driver demographic.
And on the other side, Ted Nugent, guitarist, rocker, average to below average songwriter (especially following the Amboy Dukes years), right wing activist, George W. Bush buddy and avid hunter and fisherman, wrote a letter of support to Sarah Palin.
Yes, there is a rock god: The Pretenders will be releasing their first album in six years this fall.
Links:
Zits and the City: Teen Novels Coming about Carrie [AP]
Obama Camp Nixes LiLo [Chicago Sun-Times]
Ted Nugent Writes a Letter to Satah Palin [BrooklynVegan]
Chrissie Hynde Fronts New Pretenders on New Album [Pitchfork]
Tagged as: Celebs , Current Affairs , Film , Music
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Blogging On the Shoulders of Giants
Posted on September 2, 2008 at 09:16 AM
It's been days since a major paper or mag wrote about the resurgence of vinyl (yes!), and so the Boston Herald gives us yet another article on the matter. Mention is made of vinyl's warm sound, the crappy thin sound of low quality digital (read: your average mp3) and the current "Because Sound Matters" campaign by Warner Brothers, which involves vinyl reissues of 'classic' albums such as Metallica's Master of Puppets and, erm, Blood Sugar Sex Magik by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Not to be outdone is Capitol, which is giving the vinyl reissue treatment to the first six Radiohead albums and that most classic of classic albums, Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys. It's turntable-buyin' time.
Audiotuts has an intriguing list of five former music badasses who've lost their way. It should come as no surprise that James Hetfield is on this list. Also making appearances: an LA rapper, a New York rapper, an Irish woman and a metal legend turned reality show star.
Rising fuel prices have grounded Diddy's private jet and have forced the star to fly commercial. Diddy is not happy. Also upsetting Diddy? John McCain, who Diddy thinks is 'bugging out' for choosing Sarah Palin as his running mate. Diddy... back in the news!
Ryan Adams loves tourmates Oasis and his favorite album of theirs is Standing on the Shoulders of Giants - the album where Oasis took a turn for the boring. More Ryan and Oasis chummery on Ryan's blog.
Links:
Record Labels, Stores, Make Room for Vinyl [Boston Herald]
5 Former Music Badasses Who've Lost Their Way [Audiotuts]
Fuel Prices Ground Diddy [ITN]
Ryan Adams Compares Oasis to Led Zeppelin [NME]
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Country Boo-down
Posted on July 22, 2008 at 11:58 AM
To Jessica Simpson, who was booed in her first country concert this past weekend in Wisconsin, one can only point out that Tony Romo also gets booed... on a regular basis. So things can only get better... right? And check out the above photo... girl is made for country.
Is this the death of blog hype, the death of the Pitchfork love for Black Kids, the death of Black Kids' career, the beginning of the end of relevance for Pitchfork, or none of the above, or all of the above? Probably not, definitely so, probably not, possibly so...
There have been myriad articles this summer on rising gas prices and their effects on your humble touring rock band. Here is another one, which includes the spicy revelation that the Warped Tour peeps have begun handing out $500 gas vouchers each day to different bands in the hopes that they won't bolt the pump line and take their rock home.
Over at Madonna Tour Rehearsals, dancers and tour managers are getting fired, Madonna's in a bad mood, and her fit but aging body may not be up for it. In case you care.
Links:
Jessica Simpson Gets Booed At First Country Concert [The Dish Rag]
Black Kids - Partie Traumatic [Pitchfork]
Gas Prices Have Rock Tours Reelin' [LA Times]
Madonna in Meltdown [The Sun]
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Winehouse Butt-Pinched, Punch Drunk
Posted on July 9, 2008 at 09:55 AM
In the news over the weekend, yet more groping-induced fisticuffs from Amy Winehouse! According to the NME, Winehouse clocked a dude - three times - in a Camden, London pub after she thought he had pinched her behind. Additionally, she called the guy a wanker. Unfortunately for the poor chap involved, he seems to have had nothing to do with the pinching, if it indeed really occurred. But there are worse things than being punched by Amy Winehouse, currently the world's most famous pugilist. Especially while having a pint in a nice pub. And despite all of the talk of Winehouse's state of mind, and her drug use, and her antics, and her rowdiness, it's worth remembering just how fantastic a singer she is. If he can get through all of this, an amazing career could lay ahead.
Also Punchy:
Legendary Seattle label Sub Pop has turned 20, and Billboard has a list of the Top 20 Sub Pop Moments. Mudhoney? Check. Nirvana? Check. White Stripes on the Sub Pop singles club? Wow, actually. Sub Pop's career-long company policy of releasing tons of stuff and seeing what sticks seems to have worked. BTW, Nirvana's Bleach was made for 600 bucks. And Sub Pop didn't even pay for that. Nice "investment."
And speaking of classic punk labels, D.C. label Dischord's 90s faves Shudder To Think are reuniting for a full scale tour. Over the years, frontman Craig Wedren has become something of an elder statesman of pop culture - releasing excellent records and writing themes for television, including the one for The State. Seeing him with Shudder To Think is a rare opportunity to catch kick butt art rock live. Do it.
Finally, NYC/Cincinnati rockers The National have designed a t-shirt marrying their song Mr. November with an image of a certain Democratic cadidate for President. All proceeds go straight to Mr. November Mr. Obama.
Links:
Amy Winehouse 'Beats' Man in Pub [NME]
Top 20 Sub Pop Moments [Billboard]
Shudder To Think Reunites for Fall Dates [Billboard]
The National [www.americanmary.com]
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Teenage Mutant Washed Up Pop Stars
Posted on July 8, 2008 at 07:02 AM
Madonna just can't get herself out of the news, though her recent doings seem far more Britney caliber than typical Madonna-classy: witness her recent tabloid (non-) escapades with Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez, and now news that, well, Britney Spears may have a part in Madonna's upcoming tour. The tour is being called Sticky and Sweet, so naturally Spears came to mind. According to Access Hollywood (says MSNBC), Spears will have some sort of pre-videotaped role in the whole Sticky shebang, though the parameters of said involvement are yet to be revealed. Last time these two were together, it was to gracelessly suck face on MTV a few years back. Since the Kiss of Death, Madonna has seen her cultural stock slip, while Britney has (deep breath) walked into a public restroom barefoot, driven a car with her kids on her lap, divorced her husband, had her kids taken from her, shaved her head and delivered a train wreck of a "performance" in pretty much her only public stage appearance since. So no reason for Madonna and Brit NOT to get back together.
Sticky, Not Sweet:
The new-look Ear Farm counts down The Most Embarrassing Uses Of Hip-Hop in Marketing, 1985-92. Included in the list are Vanilla Ice and also the 1985 Chicago Bears' Super Bowl Shuffle, a track which should also be on a list of embarrassing NFL moments, not to mention shuffle genre examples.
Former President Bill Clinton will be one of the first four guests on the new Elvis Costello talk show premiering this winter. The show is called Spectacle, and the Clinton episode will feature discussion of how music shaped Bill's early political aspirations as well as his White House tenure. Music meaning sex, drugs and rock n' roll, that is.
And finally, an excerpt from Courageous Dream's Concern, Jack White's poem for Detroit, released this week to the Detroit Free Press. Following White's move from the Motor City to Nashville a few years back, word was that he was down on Detroit and its peeps. Not so, says White, and here are the stanzas to prove it. It may not be Leaves of Grass, but there is something Whitman-esque in its attempted grandeur and projection of working class majesty onto the locales of the city. Pretty well done, Jack White. A verse or two:
Detroit, you hold what one's been seeking,
Holding off the coward-armies weakling,
Always rising from the ashes
not returning to the earth.
I so love your heart that burns
That in your people's body yearns
To perpetuate,
and permeate,
the lonely dream that does encapsulate,
Your spirit, that God insulates,
With courageous dream's concern.
Links:
Britney, Madonna to Appear Together... Sort of... [MSNBC]
Countdown: The Most Embarrassing Uses Of Hip-Hop In Marketing, 1985-92 [Ear Farm]
Bill Clinton on Tap for Elvis Costello Talk Show [Reuters]
Read Jack White's Poem For Detroit [Detroit Free Press]
Tagged as: Britney Spears , Celebs , Music
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Lily, Lindsay, Miley, Morrison and Madonna
Posted on July 7, 2008 at 11:53 AM
Pitchfork points non-gossip rag-reading hipsters to the OK! Magazine website, which spotlights the rumor that beloved UK pop icon Lily Allen has collabo'd with US drunkard Lindsay Lohan on a track slated for Allen's second LP. It makes sense: Lily's album is being produced by Mick Ronson; LiLo (as OK! calls her) has been seen frenching with Mick's sister Samantha... why not make some sweet, sweet love music together? The gossip rag reports that Lindsay laid (heh) vocals down in LA for a track called Wherever You Go. They also refer to Lindsay as the "Herbie star."
And in other news, etc:
Miley Cyrus, fresh off of pissing off parents across this uptight land, made amends by playing the Fourth of July in Provo, Utah. Naturally, she gave a shout-out to our troops and then, rather grimly, noted that God has "a plan" and that she "is stoked." Stoked, probably, because so far God's plan involves her playing to an easy crowd on the Fourth while troops halfway around the world battle in the sand. They're not stoked. Nope. Not stoked at all.
Madonna is not taking advantage of Alex Rodriguez, according to Madonna. She also claims to not be divorcing Guy Ritchie and that she has no say in A-Rod's "spiritual path." Giver Madonna's longtime interest in latino dudes, she must have an interest in SOMETHING A-Rod.
Every few years, the rumors regarding Doors singer Jim Morrison's possible faked death resurface, usually thanks to Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek bringing it up. And he has done it again, as it is the week of Morrison's supposed death. Manzarek told the Daily Mail of the day a year before Morrison's death, on which Morrison showed Manzarek a brochure of the Seychelles Islands in the Indian Ocean, and mused aloud of the possibility of disappearing to such a place. Sadly, Morrison's death/disappearance indirectly led to An American Prayer.
Links:
Miley Cyrus Gives U.S. Troops a Shout-Out [E! Online]
Rumor Mill: LiLo and Lily Duet? [OK! Magazine]
Madonna: 'Not Planning On Getting A Divorce' [People]
Riding Through the Storm: Doors' Keyboard Player Ray Manzarek Muses On Life After Jim Morrison [Daily Mail]
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Madonna's Brother To Take Out Madonna
Posted on June 13, 2008 at 08:34 AM
Earlier this week we mentioned a story from the UK which detailed Madonna having a meeting or two with one of Britain's top lawyers. A couple of days later, the speculation regarding the target of Madonna's ire has switched from husband Guy Ritchie to brother Christopher Ciccone (that's him on the left in that AP photo above). That's right - Madonna's brother, who is no longer close with the Material Girl (a moniker used in articles in Madonna billions of times a year), has penned a memoir entitled Life With My Sister Madonna, in which he details life with his sister Madonna. The book will be released by Simon and Schuster in mid-July and has an extraordinary first run of 350,000 (that's a uge number in the publishing world). Madonna's longtime publicist Liz Rosenberg has not commented except to say that Madonna did not hp with the book and that Madonna is no longer close with her brother. Which explains the huge initial printing.
Other Items To Cherish:
Prefix has a nice piece on mega-producer and, by all reports, complete ******* Scott Storch. Dude is wanted by the fuzz. Apparently, he's running out of money and owes tons of child support to numerous baby mama's, including the mother of his 16 year-old. Storch is 34.
Everyone knows there are bands out there who turn out album after (mostly) good album but never get their due. Canada's Sloan is one of those bands. The National Post has a very entertaining quick interview with frontman Chris Murphy. What kind of famous musician is usually so honest to say something like "there are jocks and ass****s at our shows"? Very few. See? Entertaining. BTW, Murphy used to date Feist.
Oh and, One More Thing (for no reason other than it's Friday): Hot Chicks With Douchebags.
Links:
Memoir Coming From Madonna's Brother [AP]
Scott Storch: Wanted By Miami-Dade Police [Prefix]
Murphy's Jaw: Slaon's Frontman on Radiohead, Feist, Crystal Castles and Finding the Good In Everyone [National Post]
Hot Chicks With Douchebags [Hot Chicks With Douchebags]
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Ashes To Ashes
Posted on June 2, 2008 at 01:28 PM
Somehow, Kurt Cobain is never far from our collective pop cultural thoughts. His influence is (still) everywhere, as is his widow Courtney Love, who periodically stumbles into the public eye. The engine for her latest public, frenzied torrent of rage? The stunning theft of Kurt's ashes, which were taken along with some valuable jewelry and clothing has left Love, who is being described as suicidal, in a state of shock. The desire to steal someone's remains can only come from a mind so warped and anxiety-addled that all common sense is lost to fanaticism and poor decision-making. Which would make Courtney Love the prime suspect if it weren't her husband's ashes which were stolen.
Also Greeting Our Monday...
Jessica Simpson, who reportedly did her best to sabotage sis Ashlee's wedding via tears and other Romo-fications, has told People Mag that she thinks Ashlee will be a great mom. "Amazing, absolutely amazing," to quote her absolutely. Aw, Jessica sounds like she'll be a super duper baby auntie. And no way is she feeling lame that her little sister beat her to the altar and to pregnancy. Remember the jig Ashlee did on SNL? That's how Jessica feels.
Hey, if you're looking for a bizarre old new band to get into, you could do worse than Chickenfoot, the awfully-named new project from Cabo Wabo partyman, and former Van Halen crooner, Sammy Hagar. The "supergroup" also features cuckolded bassist Michael Anthony, Alien Surfing guitar hero Joe Satriani, and free-from-RHCP duties skinsman Chad Smith. The band will be hitting the studio this summer, where Smith will no doubt record his parts while sporting a backwards baseball cap.
And as you may or may not know, 50 Cent's Long Island home was destroyed in a fire on Friday, a fire that everyone is calling suspicious. Shaniqua Tompkins, who is Fiddy's baby mama, has accused, via Fox News, the rapper of trying to kill them following a dispute earlier in the week. She said he said he was going to "send someone." That doesn't sound very nice, unless that someone was bringing passes to the Sex and the City movie.
Links:
Kurt's Ashes Stolen [News Of the World, via NME]
Jessica Simpson On Ashlee As a Mom: 'She'll Be Amazing' [People]
Sammy Hagar Talks Tequila [Blabbermouth]
Mother Of 50 Cent's Child: He Tried To Kill Us [Fox News]
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It's A Family Affair
Posted on May 29, 2008 at 06:44 PM
It's all about the tidal ebb and flow of love, lust and relationships today. All over the celebrisphere, couples are splitting, getting together, or at least eying each other across the room (with eyelinered eyes). And having shortiez! Like Ashlee and Pete, who have finally confirmed that a little dude or dudette is on the way. On their totally not emo-titled site friendsorenemies.com, the Wentz's officially announced the imminent arrival of a lil' Wentz. And what are people saying? Let's go to the friendsorenemies commenters. Take it away, guys:
klula: 05/28/2008 7:28 PM
congrats!!!!!!!!! im so happy 4 you both!!!!! :D
tennasballhead: 05/28/2008 7:39 PM
congrats!
boomboomcaz: 05/28/2008 7:30 PM
congrats!
idiotnation: 05/28/2008 7:48 PM
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Congratulations!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
suffocatedbitch: 05/28/2008 7:51 PM
Congratulations :)
It's not all CONGRATS!!!!!!! though... one thoughtful commenter wondered:
cupcakeloserrainbow: 05/28/2008 8:02 PM
if its a boy do you think they will name him Peter Lewis Kingston Wentz the 4th?
VERY good question. We will just have to wait and find out (fingers crossed though!).
Also Embarrassing the Family...
Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson may be the real deal - People is reporting that the two are "an item." In fact, Lohan, Ronson, Lohan little sister Ali (she gets picked on a lot) and Ronson's mom (no bold type for her) were spotted dining together in NYC. It was like Meet The Parents, but with unintentional comedy and unintended pathos. And a cheesecake dessert with four forks.
Word on the street is that ginger haired crooner Clay Aiken is going to be a daddy! But isn't he... I mean, how do you... What I'm saying is, I thought...? Wait - she was artificially inseminated? Ohhhh... OK.
Links:
Breaking News From Pete and Ashlee [friendsorenemies.com]
Lindsay & Samantha's Families Bond In NYC [People]
Clay Aiken To Be A Father [NY Daily News]
Photo via.
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They Didn't Even Get In
Posted on May 28, 2008 at 11:58 AM
It's all womyn, all the time, today on the fuseblog. In NYC, the big news was last night's Sex and the City premiere at Radio City Music Hall. The four stars were present, of course, as were Sex set stylist Patricia Field and various hangers-on of the moment like Christian from Project Runway. The best part of it all, according to Sarah Jessica Parker? The fans (naturally!). BUT, says NY snarker Gawker, many of those fans were left out in the cold (humidity and scattered thunderstorms, actually), as scores, hundreds, perhaps THOUSANDS of ticket-holders were refused entry into the hall. The validity of these tickets may be in question (were they pay for admission tix? "Does not guarantee entry" passes?) but the anger, shock and tears of the women weren't. And so, in New York, if a group of TV-obsessed women wanted to get their hearts broken by a brand and not a man (or even a woman), they headed down to the corner of Sixth Avenue and Disappointment, where a SATC spokesperson was waiting to tell them that, despite their tickets, their airfares to the Grande Pomme, and their months of planning, they would not be allowed in. Sounds like the perfect opportunity to head to the B Bar, 90s style, and drown your sorrows in an appletini served by an aspiring model who won't look you in the eye.
Also Making Waves...
Michael Lohan, one-half of the winning team that gave the world Lindsay Lohan, is backing off from previous remarks which conveyed his discomfort with daughter Lindsay making out with scenester Samantha Ronson. He's got nothing against lesbians, he told the NY Daily News. He doesn't know and, more importantly, doesn't care if Lindsay gets it on with women. See, he's enlightened! Also, he made sure to note that when he hugs guys, that doesn't mean he is gay. So, maybe not so enlightened.
And speaking of not so enlightened, Donna Martin was always the 90210 character you felt a little sorry for. She wasn't a genius, she wasn't all that attractive in comparison to Brenda, Kelly, the Kathleen Robertson character, or even Brenda and Brandon's mom. But she DID graduate, which makes her return to the fabled zip code in the NEW 90210 all the more sensible. MSNBC reports that "90210," the upcoming CW series, will feature Tori Spelling reprising her role as Donna Martin, now the proprietor of one of the more fashionable boutiques in Bev Hills. You don't say. Also, Jennie Garth is back as a student counselor. And Brandon stills works at the beach club.
Links:
Sarah Jessica Reveals Best Part About Sex In New York: The Fans! [People]
Disaster At the Sex and the City Premiere? [Gawker]
I Don't Know, Or Care, If Lindsay Lohan Is Gay, Dad Says [NY Daily News]
Tori Spelling Is Headed Back To 90210 [MSNBC]
Photo via Skyshowbiz.
Tagged as: Celebs
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Are You Fur Real?
Posted on May 20, 2008 at 02:46 PM
Remember that fur coat the Lindsay Lohan "borrowed?" The one that wasn't hers, but that she snapped up at the end of some party that people like you and me never go to? And remember that the owner of said fur coat was a 22 year-old college student? And then when the owner saw Lohan wearing it in OK! mag she made a big todo and then the Lohan people wanted to return it no questions asked? Well, now it's time for questions. As in, What should Lindsay wear before a judge, because this college student, Masha Markova, isn't taking the law into her on hands - she's taking it to court! Specifically the New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan. Perhaps we'll be able to witness a poignant scene at said court, a la Charlie Sheen climbing its steps at the end of Wall Street. Or maybe we'll see PETA activists go after both of these kids. Or maybe we'll just shed a tear at the ridiculousness of these two buffoons clogging up our courts and also the sad but clear decline of humanity.
Also Sad But True...
Lindsay ain't the only Lohan making headlines. Kid sister Ali has been taking all sorts of crap from her former schoolmates, who in addition to simple razzing also posted a foulmouthed YouTube video disparaging lil' Ali. Supermom Dina has since begun homeschooling Ali, which is a better situation for everyone except for those in the same home as where Ali gets homeschooled.
Nas has decided to take it down a notch when it comes to the title of his latest album. Controversially, it HAD been named N-----, a title which certainly garnered attention but of course is wrought with difficulties involving skittish distribution outlets. It will now be called NAS. But then Nas said he considered it untitled. But then he said people will know what to call it. Dude - JUST MAKE UP YOUR MIND. Anyway, it drops on July 1, Canada Day. Make of that what you will.
Again...
Fur Flies In Lindsay's Direction [E! Online]
Ali Lohan: 'Disgusting' Girls Ridiculed Me At School [People]
Nas Changes Controversial Album Title [Entertainment Weekly]
Photo via 411mania.
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Encroachment - Five Yard Penalty
Posted on May 19, 2008 at 01:14 PM
The typical post-breakup dirty laundry is starting to emerge from the ruins of the Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo playbook. Over the weekend Romo revealed that Jessica's football father Joe was gettin' all Parcells up in Romo's facemask, giving him "advice" on everything from his football career to endorsement opportunities. When you're a member of a tightly run organization, with a phalanx of coaches and officials making calls and setting plans, the last thing you need is another respected authority figure - or Joe Simpson - barking orders.
Also Manic-ing Our Monday...
The high profile celebrity couple breakups continue! Or really, low-profile celebrity breakups, because Shania Twain and Robert "Mutt"Lange were never attention seekers. They are, however, single; the Canuck country wailer and Def Leppard and AC/DC producer announced through a publicist that they were splitting up after fourteen years of marriage, one son and countless bad hair days.
The nominees for the 2008 Sexiest Vegetarian Award have been revealed! Paul McCartney, Bloc Party and Morrissey are among the nominees. Every year it's the same old vegetarians. Sure, New Young Pony Club were nominated, but really, who are they? We need some new vegetarian blood. So to speak.
One More Time...
Papa Joe's Meddling Made Romo Punt Jess [TMZ]
Country Star Shania Twain, Husband Splitting Up [Boston.com]
Paul McCartney, Bloc Party, Morrissey Up For Sexiest Vegetarian Award [NME]
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Britney In Rear-Ender
Posted on May 14, 2008 at 03:59 PM
Pic above of Sally Worth mentioning Vampire Weekend
It's been awhile since we mentioned our old friend Britney Spears around these parts. This Brit hiatus was and is a result of boredom, lack of truly weird news and plain old fatigue - hasn't the world had enough Britney? Allow us to answer our own semi-rhetorical question: who knows. But once in awhile, something so juicy, so bizarre, so straight up wack occurs that we must acknowledge said happening. That happening? Oh, nothing. She rear-ended a car the other day, that's all. But why is this news? It isn't. But it's in character, kinda pathetic, and it allows a million magazine editors and bloggers to run a headline similar to what you see above. Welcome back, Britney! (Get it, Back? never mind...)
Also Rustling In the Cultural Breeze...
Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo have hit the showers, in an end-of-the-relationship, not a steamy, way. This according to Alan Peppard, who appears to be a gossip columnist for The Dallas Morning News. What will Dallas-Fort Worth area gossip-hounds write about now? Do we care?
Just when you thought Vampire Weekend were everywhere, they are even more everywhere. Pitchfork reports that the Afropop appropriators were mentioned in Sally Worth. Yes, the comic strip Sally Worth.
Jay-Z has responded to Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher's claim that hip-hop doesn't belong at Glastonbury, the long-running UK summer festival. The world has to change, according to Jay. It's a beautiful thing, he says. Rappers have paid their dues, Jay notes. Yawn. Before I was exited for Jay-Z's Glasto set. Now? Not so much.
Once Again...
Britney's Latest Smash Hit! [E! Online]
Sources Confirm Jessica Simpson / Tony Romo Break-up [Dallas Morning News]
Indie Rock Hits The Funny Pages, Again [Pitchfork]
I Got 99 Problems But the Pitch Ain't One [The Sun, via Stereogum]
Tagged as: Britney Spears , Celebs
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A Cute Pop Star Has Acute Laryngitis
Posted on May 7, 2008 at 11:29 AM
In case you were unaware, Avril Lavigne's been all over this great continent of ours, bringing her "Best Damn Tour" to a corporately-named arena near you for awhile now. She was nearing the end but she just... couldn't... make it. Why? Homegirl's voxbox plain pooped out, Herb. In a message on her official site, Avril was un-Complicatedly contrite:
"My sincerest apologies to all of my fans. My intention was to complete the rest of the tour but tonight at sound check in Anaheim I realized this wasn't possible."
Pretty boring. Avril's kind of disappeared from the zeitgeist, has she not? Remember her clothing line?
Also Up In Our Grill:
The New York Post wonders if network television is the new rehab after Lindsay Lohan announces she will follow in Britney Spears' guest star footsteps and begin a six-episode stint on Ugly Betty. If one were to observe the actions of these stars, one would think that diminishing entertainment returns and dwindling respect levels are the "new rehab." And one would be right.
In other repellent Lohan news, People Mag and others are reporting that Lindsay "borrowed" an $11,000 mink fur coat she found after some fab party at some fab Manhattan joint (1Oak). According to the owner, she was unable to find her coat at the end of her partying on January 26th and assumed the coat was gone forever. That is, until she spotted Lohan wearing the coat in some celeb rag. After threatening to sue, she received a discreet phone call from some discreet people discreetly informing her that her coat was ready for pickup. BTW, the owner of the coat is a 22 year-old student at Columbia. She must have sold a lot of heavy books back last semester.
Finally, Scarlett Johansson is engaged to Van Wilder and has taken to showing off a rock as proof. The AP has a photo of her diamond-encrusted left hand. Stereogum has some video of her Tom Waits thing.
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Celebrities and the Stupid People Like Us Who Love Them
Posted on May 2, 2008 at 06:04 PM
Tom Cruise ain't normal, but he's trying to trick us into thinking he is. Tom Cruise, it won't work. Speaking with Oprah Winfrey from his overstuffed couch near the mean streets of Telluride, Colorado, Cruise noted that he doesn't regret his sofa-leaping episode on a previous Oprah appearance, that he still loves Katie Holmes and that he was misunderstood regarding the whole Prescription Drugs Are Bad thing. And to clarify, he's "not sure" he would take the sofa-jumping back. So, he wouldn't take it back. But he's not sure.
Fame, Fame, Fatal Fame:
While in the Caribbean, Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon tied the knot, according to rumors and circumstantial evidence. Carey obtained a Bahamian marriage license this week, and later obtained a tropical drink with an umbrella in it, and later obtained sand in her shoes.
Madonna played an intimate, 32-minute set at Manhattan's Roseland Ballroom on Wednesday night for fans who had patiently waited up to sixty hours for entry. Thirty minute sets are about the average for marginally known indie bands playing in small clubs around the world, and now for Madonna, too.
And in possibly-fake sex tape news, the family and estate of Jimi Hendrix denies that a recently unearthed 1960's vintage sex tape features the legendary guitar player, claiming his presence is as unreal as the awesome, unreal lead line on Little Wing. Fans of salacious Hendrix imagery will have to be content with the original album cover of Electric Ladyland. [NSFW]
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Jamie Lynn's Rock
Posted on March 26, 2008 at 11:53 AM
According to People Mag, Jamie Lynn Spears has gotten an engagement ring from her barely legal boyfriend and has been waving it around parts of Louisiana and neighboring Mississippi. A shotgun wedding would cap a year of triumphs for Spears, who saw her hit TV show go off the air and also dealt with fallout from the fact that she got pregnant at age 16.
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Throw Water At Heather Mills
Posted on March 25, 2008 at 04:32 PM
On the Internet, we mean! If you are part of the 99% (or higher) of the world's population who is not down with Paul McCartney's ex-wife Heather Mills, then you may enjoy this lil' flash game in which players are invited to throw glassfuls of water at the newly rich divorcee. Having your celebrity episode immortalized in a flash game is the ultimate kitsch acknowledgment. Play the game, then please get on with your lives.
Tagged as: Celebs
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Diddy?
Posted on March 19, 2008 at 10:26 AM
Back when Diddy was a Daddy, said Puffmeister was hardly seen without his best bud Biggie Smalls, and hardly mentioned without his rival Tupac Shakur. And so, the 90s continue: the LA Times is reporting that Diddy may have had advanced knowledge of a beatdown suffered by Tupac at a studio in 1994. After the attack, Shakur long claimed that Diddy knew about the planning. Diddy of course, denied denied denied, and calls the newest allegations "ridiculous" and "beyond false". Beyond meaning wrapping around false all the way to true? Or...? I don't get it.
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Viral Marketing
Posted on March 12, 2008 at 11:49 AM
She's not the one in Control. She is a part of the Influenza Nation (1814). No her first name ain't baby, its Janet - Miss Jackson if COUGH COUGH SNEEZE PLFFT.
According to PBS Frontline E! Online, Janet Jackson checked into celebrity hospital Cedars Sinai in LA last night with symptoms of the flu, as well as shortness of breath. Too bad, too, because Janet has the number one album in the land this week and had been scheduled to appear on Saturday Night Live this weekend. Uh, that won't be happening, according to the Financial Times TMZ. The LA tattler is reporting that Janet has backed out of her musical guest duties. So now talk turns to who will be the last minute replacement. Perhaps the American Idol dude that sang Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah? Maybe Vampire Weekend again, playing the remainder of their catalog? Or Fred Armisen doing an irony-laced performance of John Cage's 4'33" (twice)?
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Spears Publicist With Not-Bad Idea?
Posted on March 12, 2008 at 11:22 AM
According to the AP, the BBC, and as many other media outlets as the Britney machine can notify, Britney Spears will appear in a March 24th episode of How I Met Your Mother, a CBS show that, contrary to most television comedies, is funny. Britney will appear as a dermatologist's receptionist or something. According to Harold and Kumar star Neil Patrick Howser, Spears will be acting:
"I was shocked that Madame Spears was willing to come and do some acting, she hasn't acted in a while," he said.
Since she hasn't acted in awhile, it will be exciting to see Ms. Spears do some acting.
Tagged as: Britney Spears , Celebs
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Justin Has Moved On, You See
Posted on March 11, 2008 at 10:36 AM
Awhile back, news broke that Justin Timberlake, with the aid of unstoppable producer Timbaland, offered a helping hand to his old flame Britney Spears. He and Timbaland would write, create and produce a new single for Britney, a comeback jam sure to help her regain her foothold in the pop landscape. The proposed collabo never came to be, however, and Timbaland intimated that Brit was not so down with the idea. More succinctly, she told them she didn't need them. Timbaland? Pissed.
So it was not such a big surprise when, interviewed on the way into the Madonna-inducting Rock n' Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony, Justin offered the following rye observation:
"The world has always been full of Madonna wannabes. I might have even dated a couple."
Then again, Britney may have dated a couple of Thriller-era Michael Jackson wannabe's.
Tagged as: Britney Spears , Celebs , Music
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Lawyers In Love
Posted on March 6, 2008 at 10:36 AM
Celebrities - they love to break the law! Or at least bend the rules, twist the limits of rulings and avoid injunctions. So naturally it follows that non-law-abiding famous people turn to high-falutin', high-charging lawyers for help, slickly-dressed shysters who pull into Wilshire Boulevard offices in top-down Porsches wearing clothes that bluntly expose their complete lack of taste. And what are these aforementioned eagles up to this week?
An L.A. judge ruled that Jamie Spears, father of Britney and Jamie Lynn, will retain control of the Britney estate for another five months due to his daughter's rampant craziness and buffoonery and his unchecked thirst for her fortune.
Actor Bai Ling pleads guilty to disturbing the peace for her broken-hearted and, she claims, accidental shoplifting. Two Star magazines and a pack of batteries are not worth that mug shot.
Renowned Boy Band Fat Man (and formerly on lam) Lou Perlman pleads guilty to $300m in fraud. He robbed more than 250 individuals of more than $200m, and boy band CD-purchasing consumer of $18.99 a CD.
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One Day At A Time
Posted on March 5, 2008 at 10:52 AM
They said it couldn't last... and they were right! Aged, shirtless dinos Van Halen have postponed several upcoming dates due to an unspecified medical condition affecting guitarist Eddie Van Halen. Eddie, who has been in the news following his divorce from newly slim former actor Valerie Bertinelli, is being tested to confirm a tentative diagnosis of... something. Could this unexpected condition be the reason for Eddie's recent bizarre behavior? Behavior which has included throwing his guitars around onstage, moving his amp close to brother Alex's drum kit in order to "hear him" (monitor troubles, presumably) and widely confirmed crappy playing? Possibly. But his doctor, pictured below, may have something to do with it.
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Britney's Rolling Stone Tragedy
Posted on February 7, 2008 at 09:20 AM
The new Rolling Stone is sure to fly off the shelves in Kentwood, LA, the malls of SoCal, and anywhere followers of Great American Tragedies reside. Why, one asks? Because Rolling Stone, finally, has taken it upon itself to dive headlong into the crazy, Black American Express, Betsey Johnson dressing room world of Britney Spears... and they're passing the hair weaves onto you! An excerpt from their current cover story is already over on their site, and it's riveting - a seemingly innocent weekend shopping trip morphs into a hideous peek into a pop tart descending into madness. Or something like that. Here's some RS getting all Truman Capote on us:
Only a few kids are in the store, a young girl with her brother and two blondes checking out fake-gold charm bracelets. Britney rifles the racks as the Cure's "Pictures of You" blasts into the airless pink boutique, grabbing a pink lace dress, a few tight black numbers and a frilly red crop top, the kind of shirt that Britney used to wear all the time at seventeen but isn't really appropriate for anyone over that age. Then she ducks into the dressing room with Ghalib. He emerges with her black Am Ex.
The card won't go through, but they keep trying it.
"Please," begs Ghalib, "get this done quickly."
One of the girls runs to Britney's dressing room, explaining the situation through a pink gauze curtain.
A wail emerges from the cubby — guttural, vile, the kind of base animalistic shriek only heard at a family member's deathbed. "F*** these bitches," screams Britney, each word ringing out between sobs. "These idiots can't do anything right!"
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First I'm Taking You To The Loony Bin, Then I'm Going To The Brewery
Posted on January 31, 2008 at 11:30 AM
Once more: in the words of the Twin Peaks Giant, It is happening again. Very early this morning a phalanx, as they say, of cops and medical teams, not to mention reporters and helicopters, descended on the Studio City, CA home of Britney Spears. Ms. Spears was taken to the UCLA Medical Center where she is apparently undergoing a psychiatric evaluation (don't even TALK to Tom Cruise about psychiatric evaluations - he and the you-know-who's hate that stuff!). Presumably they will either 1) determine instability and keep her there, or 2) deem her just safe enough to release back into our totally sane society. Hair metal fans and Cali-psych enthusiasts will know that the Golden State's mental health statute is known as 5150. It's got what it takes... so tell me Why Can't This Be Sanity? From ABC:
Police and an ambulance rushed the troubled pop star away from a side entrance at her home and took her to UCLA Medical Center, according to the Times. A call from her psychiatrist prompted the scene, the Times reported.
A hospital spokesman would not confirm whether Spears was at the hospital, The Associated Press said.
Under a state mental health statute known as 5150, an individual who is considered by a medical professional to be a danger to herself or others can be involuntarily committed to a mental institution by her family or even friends. Such a confinement is called an evaluation hold.
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Dead Heat...
Posted on January 29, 2008 at 11:01 AM
It's just another gloomy, overcast Tuesday where this is being written. Political junkies and schadenfreude enthusiasts have their eyes trained on the Republican primary in Florida, jaded indie rockers are either flipping their wigs over or readying the backlash machine against NYC afropop fans Vampire Weekend and Britney watchers are licking their lips over the latest tidbits from the BS Party Machine, all while MacBook Air desire rambles on. This is "cultural" America, January 29, 2008.
TMZ - Britney gets in a fight - "Baby, can you come pick me up?"
Wired - MacBook Air... Tastes Like Chicken
New York Mag - What to expect from the upcoming Vampire Weekend backlash...
Random photo of JLS via AP/Yahoo. Photo of VW via VW.
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Oh Dear...
Posted on January 22, 2008 at 11:40 AM
The Sun in the UK has photos of Amy Winehouse smoking crack. It gets worse - her wedding picture is in the background! She smoked crack, snorted cocaine and apparently ecstasy was involved, too. Also, she took a dangerous, barefoot amble across glass-laden floor in a desperate attempt to locate a kitten. Um, don't smoke crack, snort cocaine or get involved with ecstasy. From The Sun:
At one point, lank-haired Amy is warned to watch out for smashed glass on the floor as she scours a bedroom for her kitten barefoot.
The dazed and confused star accuses a guest of taking the pet from a quiet room into the drug-fuelled hubbub of her house party.
She mumbles wearily: “If I was that cat I’d leave on my own accord — I’d call a cab. It ain’t right. This ain’t Toys R Us. They took my cat.”
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Joel And Nicole Welcome New Business Partner
Posted on January 16, 2008 at 10:27 AM
As you may have heard, Nicole Richie had her shortie last week. Mother, tattooed father and child are doing well. So well, in fact, that Joel Madden, posting on his company blog, is apparently looking forward to lil' Harlow Winter Kate Madden contributing to the bottom line. From DCMA, via E!:
Well I am finally home with my beautiful girlfriend and our brand new little daughter. Harlow Winter Kate Madden was born on January 11th 2008 at 3:13pm. She weighed in at 6 pounds and 7 ounces. She is 19 inches long and growing everyday already! She really is a wonderful addition to the GC/DCMA/DEADEXEC family...
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Ultimate Cobain Moving Coming?
Posted on January 15, 2008 at 10:00 AM
It will be if Courtney Love has anything to do with it. According to reports, Love has approached Scarlett Johansson to play Love in the film of Heavier Than Heaven, a Cobain biography written with Love's cooperation. Love needed to find an actress who could convey Love's half of this complicated relationship, all while having similar looks to Love. Since no one fit that description, they're chasing the uber-hot Johansson. Ryan Gosling is apparently in to play Cobain. From The Mirror:
A close friend says: "Kirsten Dunst was rumoured to be in the frame, but Courtney really admires Scarlett and has already sent the contract out for her to sign. Courtney even copied Scarlett's sleek blonde movie look when she was in London for the Fashion Rocks party last year.
"This is a labour of love for Courtney and she is putting her heart and soul into making it an accurate, credible glimpse of her life with Kurt."
And Courtney has also lined up Oscar-nominated Ryan Gosling to play husband Kurt.
Her friend adds: "She wants the best actors to portray them - she will be on set all the time giving Scarlett and Ryan advice on what it was like being one part of the most notorious couples since Sid and Nancy. It will be explosive."
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Britney Spears on Stretcher, Being Evaluated
Posted on January 4, 2008 at 11:07 AM
The Britney '08 campaign continues! After impressive victories in the Celebrity Stupidity debates in 2007, Britney Spears has opened 2008 with a stunning and dramatic victory in the Iowa Train Wreck caucuses last night. Turnout on her part was 100%, and she finished with strong momentum heading into the rest of the campaign. Yes, that photo features Britney on a stretcher. From CNN International:
Pop star Britney Spears was taken to a hospital for tests to see if she was under the influence of alcohol or drugs and for a psychological evaluation after police were called to her home Thursday night to mediate a custody dispute, a police spokesman said.
Spears appeared to be conscious as she was rolled out of her Studio City home on a gurney about three hours after police and ambulances arrived there.
According to The Associated Press, officers were called to Spears' house around 8 p.m. to respond to a custodial dispute with ex-husband Kevin Federline over their sons, 2-year-old Sean Preston and 1-year-old Jayden James, Officer Jason Lee of the Los Angeles Police Department said.
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Kanye West - Connect 4 Fanatic
Posted on January 3, 2008 at 11:00 AM
Connect 4 - the classic game of sliding red and black chips into neat lil' slots and stacking them - has a new fan in Kanye West. According to his blog, Kanye has been killing time on his Europe tour by taking on all comers and building a decent won-lost record. The Connect 4 champ of the R&B world, though? That would be Beyonce. Kanye set up a head to head match atthe newest outpost of Jay Z's 40/40 Club in Las Vegas. The result? Kanye managed to eke out one win - whereas at one point Beyonce won nine in a row. From Kanye's blog via BrooklynVegan via The Fader:
When I was in Europe I would play this game for hours and hours... it helped me zone out. Everybody would get envolved... Derrick Dudley (Common's manager) and Consequence were the best other than me... I beat Lexi... Don C beat Jay... Tony Williams beat Common... but every now and then people would speak of this legendary connect 4 champion........... BEYONCE!!! I had 2 play her!...so last night at Jay's new 40/40 club in Las Vegas (which is sidebar, crazy big w/ 24krt gold flooring, Black Jack tables, $500 slot machines,the biggest projection screen in the universe and the best turkey burgers I've ever had in my life) she beat me 9 times in a row! (and I didn't even spaz lol) here's a photo of the only game I won!
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Britney's Legal Eagles Fly, Fly Fly...
Posted on January 3, 2008 at 10:23 AM
The legal team representing Britney Spears has asked an L.A. judge to resign from Britney, the case and the whole freakin' kit and kaboodle. 2008 is turning out to be very 2007 (and 2006, and 2005, and...) for Britney. Why are they quitting, even though winners never quit? Because Britney's antics are defeating the cause. Britney, help them help you. And in case you were wondering, she's been getting it on with the paparrazo/photog/stalker she met over the holidays. From Monsters and Critics:
Spears is still shacking up in hotels with the paparrazo she picked up during the holidays, Usmagazine.com reports that the pop star, wearing a black wig and dark sunglasses, and photographer Adnan Ghalib, 35, checked into the Parker Hotel in Palm Springs around 2 a.m. on Jan. 2 – and then checked out around 7 a.m.
This isn't the first time 26-year-old Spears has spent time in a hotel with Ghalib – Spears has developed an intimate relationship with the photographer who told Us in September, "I'll get her sooner or later".
Last week, Ghalib comforted her at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills.
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Good Riddance, 2007
Posted on December 31, 2007 at 10:34 AM
What a fascinating, obnoxious, stupid and repulsive year. Remember when Britney shaved her head? Seems like years ago. So long, 2007.
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K-Fed Flirts With Paris, Warns Brit
Posted on December 31, 2007 at 10:10 AM
It wouldn't be a Last Day Of 2007 Post without mentioning Britney Spears and Kevin Federline. In the latest humiliating development for Britney, K-Fed has been seen flirting and socializing with Paris Hilton in LA over the past several, party-soaked months. But that's not all! K-Fed's lawyer wants to depose Britney soon. He's got some fightin' words. From the AP:
The attorney for Kevin Federline says he wants to depose Britney Spears soon, the latest step in the former couple's ongoing child-custody battle.
"Britney Spears will have her deposition early (next) year," Mark Vincent Kaplan told People.com late Saturday outside a Beverly Hills restaurant. "We've got a lot to talk about."
Spears, 26, called in sick to a court-ordered deposition Dec. 12, although she was photographed that day driving with a friend.
"She was, in fact, out later that day and night," Kaplan said. "It's not fourth grade where you get a doctor's note and it's all OK."
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Michael I loved you since we were 8 yrs old, my family lived in Silver City,N.M and i had every poster of you in my room. Everytime we went to Benny's Market he would give us your magazine poster and this was in the early 70"s. You will be missed dearly there will be no other. When God made you, that was it. Love yu forever michael Jackson RIP.Bless your family. love you always,by the way i was born in 58 too. i was 8 months older than you.
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