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Justin Bieber – Comic Book Superhero
On July 19, 2010 at 8:10 am
Do you have Bieber Fever? If so, you’re not alone; at any given moment, the 16-year-old pop star has more than 7.3 million people tracking his every move on Facebook. He’s got 3.7 million more followers on Twitter, there are 99 million search results on Google for him, and let’s not forget about that one [...]
Justin Bieber pulling ahead of Lady Gaga for ‘Most-Watched’ YouTube video of all time
On July 16, 2010 at 12:36 pm
YouTube phenom Justin Bieber just slayed Lady Gaga’s little monster. His music video for “Bad Romance” has just replaced her as the most-viewed YouTube video of all time. Last night, YouTube tweeted that Bieber had beat out Gaga, only to be proven wrong, as she clawed her way back to number one. If you had [...]
Ryan Seacrest Dating Julianne Hough – Who’s Using Who?
On at 7:28 am
Ryan Seacrest (TV’s “American Idol”) is spending the big bucks on his summer fling Julianne Hough (TV’s “Dancing With the Stars”). How do you pronounce that last name, anyway? …How? …Huff? …Ho? So now he’s “out” – fifty thousand bucks, anyway. That’s how much a recent dinner date cost him. Apparently, the dinner itself only [...]
Country Songwriter Hank Cochran Dead At 74
On at 7:14 am
Early yesterday (July 15) at his Tennessee home, Mississippi native and songwriter Hank Cochran – who will best be known for giving the country music world the wonder that is Willie Nelson – picked up a one-way ticket from pancreatic cancer to that great big rodeo in the sky. Inducted into the Nashville Songwriter’s Hall [...]
Lee Brice – “Love Like Crazy” (Music Review)
On July 15, 2010 at 7:02 am
**½ (out of 4 stars) Label: Curb Records Every once in awhile a song comes along that is better than the singer who sings it. This is the case with Lee Brice, whose top-10 single “Love Like Crazy” has been on the country charts an unbelievable 46 weeks now. Brice wrote 10 of the 12 [...]
Swearing Allowed On TV Again
On July 14, 2010 at 8:36 am
From the L.A. Times: The Federal Communications Commission’s indecency rules, which put limits on language and content in broadcast television programming, have been tossed by a federal appellate court. A three-judge panel of the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York called the regulatory agency’s indecency regulations “unconstitutionally vague and chilling.” The ruling was in [...]
Sam Adams – “Boston’s Boy” The Album (Music Review)
On at 8:11 am
Sam Adams (Music Review) *** (out of 4 stars) Label: 1st Round Records The kid has finally put his music on the store shelves. Sam Adams’ mad skill is now available digitally or wherever you can find it in person. The Boston boy has released his first-ever physical album. As expected, it’s off the chain. [...]
Carrie Underwood and Mike Fisher Get Married Today
On July 10, 2010 at 4:08 am
Country star Carrie Underwood and Ottawa Senators’ hockey-player Mike Fisher have booked every one of the 251 rooms at the Ritz-Carlton in Greensboro, Ga., for their wedding today. Fisher, 29, and Underwood, 26, arrived there Friday, and have been staying in the presidential cottage next to the hotel. Their pre-wedding bedding is in a cottage [...]
The Lilith Tour Doesn’t ‘Fare’ Very Well
On July 6, 2010 at 7:21 am
The female-centered music festival has announced the cancellation of 10 of its planned dates this month and in August. The canceled concerts were scheduled for Salt Lake City (July 12); Montreal (July 23); Raleigh, N.C. (Aug. 4); Charlotte, N.C. (Aug. 6); West Palm Beach, Fla. (Aug. 10); Tampa, Fla. (Aug. 11); Birmingham, Ala. (Aug. 12); [...]
3oh!3 – “Streets of Gold” (Music Review)
On at 6:53 am
** (out of 4 stars) Label: Photo Finish/Atlantic “I’m gonna have a house party / in my house, I’m gonna pour booze / down my mouth” … That’s a couple of the only lyric lines I can print here without offending someone. Sorry ThreeOh!Three, but like it or not you are still just a singles [...]
I’ll Run To The Border For Taco Bell, But Not For This
On June 29, 2010 at 7:09 am
If you want to protect your invention, take out a patent on it. If you want to scam people out of millions, in words attributed to L. Ron Hubbard, start a religion. If you want to kiss up to murderous proto-human beings not even worth the time of day, make a shitty documentary and fill [...]
The Library of Congress DJs American Recorded Culture
On June 28, 2010 at 8:50 am
Congress is making an historical “mix tape.” The National Recording Registry is a list of sound recordings that “are culturally, historically, or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States.” The registry was established by the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000, which created the National Recording Preservation Board. It’s interesting to [...]
Rachelle Spector (Music Review & CD Giveaway!)
On June 27, 2010 at 5:18 am
*** (out of 4 stars) Label: Genius 4Ever Records Not since Pia Zadora had to justify her Golden Globe win as “Best New Star” for her flop film Butterfly has there been a woman with so much to prove. And I am here to say that Rachelle Spector does an admirable job. As she puts [...]
Jewel – “Sweet and Wild” (Music Review)
On June 25, 2010 at 8:10 am
** (out of 4 stars) Label: Valory Music Group Jewel was raised on a ranch. Her father was a cowboy. Heck, she’s even married to rodeo star (Ty Murray). But does that make her a bonafide country singer? If the latest of her 2 country albums is any indication – the answer is “maybe next [...]
Michael Jackson’s Death: One Year Later
On at 12:02 am
Parcbench readers, What are you doing to observe the anniversary of the King of Pop’s death? Are you going to bust a jig to “Smooth Criminal?” Learn how to do the Moonwalk? Drop by your local elementary school? As long as it doesn’t involve scaring his children half to death and/or a rip-off “memorial” where [...]
Will Alex Trebek Now Go Yachting With T-Pain?
On June 24, 2010 at 1:43 pm
There is little I can add to this video. (WARNING – gag alert)
