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Evan Voytas – “I Took A Trip On A Plane” (Music Review)
On August 4, 2010 at 1:48 am
*** (out of 4 stars) Evan Voytas hasn’t released a full-length yet, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t take note. His releases come piece by piece as singles, and his latest song “I Took A Trip On A Plane,” is his best yet. With a gently weaving rhythm, the song establishes a dreamlike state that [...]
Arcade Fire – “The Suburbs” (Music Review)
On August 3, 2010 at 2:54 pm
**** (out of 4 stars) Label: Merge Records Arcade Fire has hit a home run with the release of the new album, The Suburbs. Away from the recording studio for the past 3 years, the band is still growing artistically; the indie-pop power mixed with ambitious epic rock confessions still packs the same punch it [...]
Steven Tyler An American Idol Judge?
On at 10:56 am
Aerosmith front man Steven Tyler is taking the “American Idol” bench, courtesy of the big-lipped one’s own Saturday (7/31) night announcements in Las Vegas. The musician, who – together with Sharon Osbourne – will cement rock’s domination over elimination TV shows with “America” in their names, was speculated as a member of next season’s cast [...]
LiLo Upset That She Went Directly To Rehab
On at 8:09 am
According to People Magazine, the troubled drunk that is Lindsay Lohan packed for her Monday (August 2nd) retreat without passing GO and collecting time with family and friends. Lindsay is very upset that the judge ordered her to go straight to rehab . . . Though her mom Dina and younger sister Ali met up [...]
Online Gambling War Brewing For Michael Jackson Estate
On at 7:58 am
Michael Jackson’s childhood-starved legacy, while one of ups and downs in Neverland, was never one of ups and downs on the felt: so says his family, which has demanded that a recently-opened online poker site that bears his name and likeness be shut down. Per TMZ: The gambling site — which features everything from poker [...]
Lindsay Out Of Jail For UCLA, Instead Of Morningside?
On August 2, 2010 at 9:30 am
According to TMZ, it was an interesting August weekend for Lindsay Lohan: Her lawyer wanted to see her released, so as of early 8/2 – and for 90 days – the folks at the UCLA Medical Center have been sentenced to her presence. This means that she isn’t going to Morningside Recovery after all, as [...]
Fox News Wins White House Briefing Room Spot
On at 8:48 am
August 1st shall forever be known as the date on which both lefties all around the blogosphere, and administration officials still trying to fight their war against Fox News, redecorated their walls with red and gray-mixed head grenades: The White House Correspondents Association voted unanimously Sunday afternoon to move Fox News to the front row [...]
Christiane Amanpour’s First “This Week”
On at 8:34 am
Via the Huffington Post: ABC, on Sunday (August 1st), took the plunge into the depths of advocacy journalism with liberal media darling Christiane Amanpour: The Iranian-born URI graduate, raked over the coals for her three-part documentary “God’s Warriors,” commenced permanent “This Week” fill in for Jake Tapper. Guests for her first half hour included token [...]
Nine Songs We’re Ashamed to Love
On at 7:07 am
Some of the writers and editors of Parcbench were asked to fess up and tell the world what songs they’re ashamed to be in love with. The results would make for the weirdest mix-CD ever. Gilbert O’Sullivan’s monster hit of 1972 (six weeks at number one) Alone Again (Naturally) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rmt-u1lTG0 It drones on and on. Yet [...]
Get Low – The Soundtrack (Music Review)
On at 7:01 am
*** (out of 4 stars) Label: Rounder Records There’s a reason to get happy this summer; one of the tracks on the Get Low soundtrack features a new song performed by Alison Krauss. It is a gorgeously underplayed, guitar-driven declaration of determined solitude titled “Lay My Burden Down.” She sings from the other side of [...]
DiCaprio Refuses To Be Directed By Mel Gibson?
On July 31, 2010 at 6:00 am
According to a RadarOnline 7/29 insider special, Leonardo DiCaprio has pulled out of that Viking movie directed by Mel Gibson, citing concerns that his professional reputation could be affected by working with the “Braveheart” legend. Or, in other words: The 35-year old Angeleno – legend, in the Titanic; co-star, in The Departed; environmental scaremonger, in [...]
Bristol and Levi call off the wedding AGAIN!
On at 3:48 am
Sarah Palin has more reasons to rejoice. Today the number of her Facebook fans broke the 2 million count. 2 million Facebook users “liked” Sarah Palin by 2pm Thursday. At the time of this writing, the number has already risen to 2,012,775. Even better – apparently Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston have broken off their [...]
Yo Kanye, You Be Tweetin’ Too Much Dawg
On July 30, 2010 at 8:59 am
Mobile joke factory Kanye West, ever since establishing his Twitter IM account on the 28th, has been twitting like the twit he was born to be – shooting out NEARLY A HUNDRED POSTS in only two days on the instant messaging service. With a list of followers numbering above 295,000 and hashtags devoted to predicting [...]
DC Snipeage Could Have Been Worse – Malvo To . . . Shatner?
On at 8:34 am
(h/t ABC News) William Shatner, the man in the captain’s chair for the most spun-off program in television history, has somehow managed to quiz leftover Beltway bastage Lee Boyd Malvo for an upcoming made-for-TV movie. The 17-year old Muslim massacrist wreaked havoc in 2002 Washington as accomplice to John Allen Muhammad, killing ten people and [...]
George Thorogood and the Destroyers – “Live in Boston, 1982” (Music Review)
On at 8:01 am
*** ½ (out of 4 stars) Label: Rounder Records If you’ve never heard rocking blues legends George Thorogood and the Destroyers play live, you have no idea what you are missing. The energy in the room is overwhelming, the guitar licks heal all wounds, and the speakers beg for relief as they try to keep [...]
Easton Corbin “Rolls With It” on Brad Paisley’s H2O Tour (Interview)
On at 7:22 am
Easton Corbin is just about the genuinely nicest person I’ve met all summer… and, I’ll tell you what – I’ve been hanging out in the land of nice folks (Kentucky and Canada) for the past month or so. Considering what an amazing ride the past year has been for him, it’s great to see that [...]
