It has been confirmed by several sources that Amy Winehouse was found dead in her London flat today. Police were called to the address registered to her and discovered a deceased woman. The cause of death is still under investigation but a drug overdose is suspected. Continue reading
Break out your rolled up piece of linoleum and put on your parachute pants. We’re going down to the corner to earn some money. Not like this.
Hi gang and welcome to Flash Back Friday. Today I thought we would go way back to the birth of Rock and or Roll and find some of the great songs that started the game. Continue reading
Over here in the U.S. of A., we are celebrating a three/four day weekend our liberation from the nasty British. It’s a long weekend of bar-b-ques, pool parties, fireworks, dranking and flag-waving. It’s also a weekend for blasting your hand off and setting fire to the backyard with the newly legalize fireworks and filming it hoping to win $100,000 on America’s Funniest Videos. For every professional fireworks show, there seem to be certain songs that must be played like The Battle Hymn of the Republic and The 1812 Overture, which is the finale song for 99.9% of the shows across America. Continue reading
The third episode of this reality/competition singstravaganza on Oxygen cements the format of the show. Mini Challenge, Let’s Make A Video, Sing For Your Life, Time To Go. Beware, there are spoilers inside! Continue reading
If the rumor mill is to be believed (and in this case, I hope it is!), Kanye West & Jay Z will release Watch The Throne on July 4th. It has the potential to be epic – but at the very least, it will be something to talk about. It’s not, however, something new. Kanye has made a habit of working with different artists; some likely (see: Jay Z, Kid Cudi & Nicki Minaj) and some… not as likely. Let’s take a look at the best of the more unlikely Kanye collaborations (with artists outside of the world of hip-hop). Maybe ‘Ye will take the hint & become inspired by his past work with these artists enough to create whole albums with them. A girl can dream, right? Continue reading
You know when you’re just minding your own business watching some perfectly good nonsense on television, or listening to much the same on the radio and then some gimmick-laden, shtick-y shtickster appears out of nowhere and involuntarily you’re overcome by a massive eyeroll, coupled with an active gag reflex, mixed with an inner scream – the kind that can only be caused by a thousand fire ants moving up your thigh?
Yeah, these are the people responsible for my current jackass allergy.
Hugh Laurie, the English actor who plays America’s most self-destructive television doctor, has released a blues album. Laurie enlisted Joe Henry and the great Allen Toussaint to produce the record, signifying that he has lofty goals for the album. According to Laurie people came up to him and suggested that he record a blues album. I suspect that these are the same people we have to thank for the supply of talent on American Idol. Please feel free to indulge the urge to roll your eyes at this barely disguised vanity project. Continue reading
In 1985, Wayne Smith and King Jammy teamed up to create what is quite possibly the greatest dancehall riddim of all time. They called it Sleng Teng. They released a song with it, called “Under Mi Sleng Teng.” The rest is history. Continue reading