he must have had his money with madoff…
neil young has penned a little ditty about the financial bailout. his anger with the mess (and the people on wall street) has been boiling for a while–recent concert gigs have included shout-ats (not outs) about the implosion. the song called “fork in the road” starts out slow but it picks up when the chorus [...]
will you be spending new year’s eve with sacred bird?
whether you’ve already made plans or are still trying to figure out what you’re going to do, chances are you’ll be watching the times square ball drop from television somewhere. here’s a list of options, along with the many star studded guests featured.
mtv
host: miley cyrus, lisa and jessica origliasso (the veronicas)
features: all time low, the academy is … and [...]
never going to give it up
just when you thought it stopped, rickrolling (where someone creates a fake link to the music video of rick astley’s never going to give you up as a joke) crosses over from the internet to the thanksgiving macy’s parade. this makes me nervous (and a little excited) that rick astley’s going to capitalize on it [...]
oh sweet child…
13 years in the making guns n roses finally released the long awaited, one of the most expensive albums of all time, called chinese democracy. the reviews are mixed.
rolling stone gives it 4 out of 5 stars and it says “the first guns n’ roses album of new, original songs since the first bush administration [...]
just missing the pop-up messages.
remember that show pop-up video on vh1? well, i’m sure back in the day that this song was featured on that show. well, some clever person put together this video of snippets from barack obama’s speeches to rick astley’s “never gonna give you up“. drive your company’s i.t. department crazy by taking a [...]
sometimes we just want to hear the song…
this is what i’d say to the artists that feel the need to express themselves and deviate from the program. for example:
bono hewson – the love of my life–(even higher up than sacred bird)–often feels compelled to ruin a perfectly good song by talking about some political injustice that he believes we should all [...]
why can’t i be you?
a famous line from the cure reminds us think about this: why do politicians want to be on the world stage (as p.o.t.u.s.) or on the music stage (as bono)? check out these examples:
condoleeza rice*
no, condi’s not at madame tussaud’s wax museum in this picture, she’s at the hilton stolkhom where she met the men [...]
