by Sarah
What do you think about Jessica Simpson’s new single (which she worked on with the controversial Billy Corgan)? It’s not really our style, but we understand that it’s the themesong for her new show “Price of Beauty.” And it sounds just like that: a reality show jingle. Not that we still don’t support Jessica! If you haven’t heard it, you can listen here
by Sarah
Listen to Kristen Stewart (Joan Jett) and Dakota Fanning (Cherie Currie) lend their voices to The Runaways soundtrack here!
Not bad at all!
by Sarah
You’re sure to wake up smiling if you turn up OK GO’s new single “This Too Shall Pass.” The video is a marvel in itself– it absolutely rules. We love it! Get happy, cuz everything you do affects everyone around you!
by Sarah
If there’s one thing we don’t mind, it’s Ryan Gosling. Another thing we don’t mind? Him taking his beautiful brooding musical act on the road and adding a few cute kids to the mix. When Dead Man’s Bones tours they often schedule local talent shows– and some pretty, funny, ghoulish and gorgeous characters tend to show up. Witness the wonderful weirdness and some candid RG moments.
By Sarah
When do you pack it up and call it a day? We haven’t stopped hearing about how badly Whitney Houston’s been bombing in her live appearances, and for good reason– video of the singer’s Australian tour have been rough, to say the least. From what we’ve seen, we definitely couldn’t sit through a whole show– and lots of people didn’t. Is Whitney back on drugs? Or is it that her exhausted body is just still recovering? One thing’s for sure, she and the press defined her re-emergence as a “comeback,” a little too soon. The question is, how many comebacks are you allotted in pop music? What do you think, would you give Whitney another chance? Watch this video from a local news outlet in Australia, in which the 80′s great coughs and babbles through, and concert-goers sift out into the street.
by Sarah
This kinda makes us like the guy a little more– some rude lady was gabbing into her cell in the front row while he performed live for an iheartradio secret show– and Adam called her on it. As he should have! Geez, you know she was embarrassed…
by Sarah
Glee is COMING BACK…. in April. Sorry! Does this tide you over even a teensy bit? The Madonna episode will be the first one back– bound to be full of download-worthy hits.
RUN GIRL, RUN!
by Sarah
OK, by now everyone knows what a twat John Mayer was in his Playboy interview (I would link to it– but that could get us in trouble). But, I should say, stop here if you’re still a fan. This morning, after all the infuriatingly racist, sexist, sex-obsessed TMI crap he unloaded on the public yesterday, that boy made me even more mad with his very self indulgent “apology.” His five minute sorry, scatted out over that weird, campy, slowly bubbling jazzy music which only added to the “performance” of it all, made me want to take a shower. How can we find him sincere after making a career of absurdist, ego maniacal, self-serving kiss-and-tell behavior? Also, is he echoing the word “clever” in the beginning like that in another misguided attempt at being clever? Affected. Is he, in that contrived, “how do I sound choked up” kind of way, while wringing his hands over that ready-to-be-squealed guitar— thinking that WE ARE BUYING THIS? Does he think we will cry with him while he breaks down over the words “I just wanted to play my guitar?” That toilet- tweeter stopped “just playing his guitar” YEARS AGO. And now he’s saying he “quits the media game.” Not buying that either, buddy– you’ve teased us with that before. Fathers, lock up your “Daughters.” Or I promise, they’ll be soundbites in his next creepy interview. There is no way this guy can keep his duck bill shut for very long. In closing, he says, “My name is John Mayer and I’m going to figure that out.” And then he just WAILS AWAY on that guitar again. Geez, what’s worse? The sounds out of his mouth or that squealing, whining guitar? Both are killing us. Compared to you big guy, Kanye is looking like a prince among men.
Pink lead the pack last night with her aerial performance of “Glitter in the Air.” I mean, we were in tears. It was GORGEOUS. Do you want to run off and join Cirque du Soleil today or what? We do. Beyonce‘s “If I Were a Boy/ You Oughta Know” mash was so strong (and, ok… fierce) and Lady Gaga’s medley (“Poker Face/ Speechless/ Your Song”) with Elton was a classic. Did you watch? We think Taylor’s gonna lose her humility if she keeps winning big so young, and we thought her performance with Stevie Nicks was off tune and ruined a classic Fleetwood Mac jam in the process. Are we being too harsh? What’d you think? (more…)
The Grammys are on tonight (CBS, 8 p.m. E.T.) and in their honor, we rounded up our favorite rando facts about music’s biggest night.
In 1989, the first Grammy for a Rap Performance went to DJ Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince (Will Smith) in 1989. However, only Jazzy Jeff showed up to collect — Will Smith stayed home to protest that the award announcement wasn’t televised.
In that same year, 1989, Milli Vanilli were revealed as a lip-synching scam, and the duo became the first artists to have to give back their Grammy.
In 1997, when she won Best New Artist at 14 years old, LeAnn Rimes was the youngest nominee to win a big-category Grammy.
In 2006, our girl Kelly Clarkson was the first American Idol to win a Grammy. Kelly won 2 awards– one or Best Pop Album and another for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for “Since You Been Gone.”
Sinead O’Connor remains the only artist to deny her own Grammy award. She did so in 1990 for her performance album, I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got, and she did not want that Grammy, people!
Kanye is hardly the first guy to walk into someone else’s speech– in 2004, Fifty Cent wandered in the background while Amy Lee (of Evanescence) accepted her award for Best New Artist – an award he was up for. When asked about the incident, the rapper said; “I feel like I got jerked at the Grammys because I’m aggressive,” said the aggressive rapper. “I don’t understand how (Evanescence) get best new artist. I will never go back to the Grammy Awards ever in my career.”"
Even weirder/ruder?
When, in 1998, Shawn Colvin was giving her acceptance speech, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, who had lost out to Puff Daddy earlier in the night, got up onstage to protest. A stunned Shawn watched on as ODB rambled, and in closing he capped off his speech with “Wu Tang is for the children!” Nope.
In 2000, Jennifer Lopez made everyone gasp when she showed up on the arm of P. Diddy in her sheer, cuttothere v-neck Versace gown (which had to be held up with tape). Ten years later? We bet no one would even bat an eye!
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