August 31, 2005

Unplugged all over again

MTV is going to dust off the "Unplugged" series for Alicia Keys. Here's to hoping that it had some of the same redeeming features as last time (i.e. forcing musicians out of the comfort level of studio engineering and into real playing).

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August 30, 2005

Apparently, they won everything

Green Day cleans up at the MTV Video Music Awards. I didn't watch it myself (I'd have to consult a calendar as to when the last time would be that I turned on a video channel).

Posted by Casper at 11:16 PM | Comments (0)

August 19, 2005

There is a god

Garth Brooks will only sell his music (all of it) at Wal-Mart (and their related subsidiaries).

Posted by Casper at 01:19 AM | Comments (0)

August 16, 2005

The machine roars to life

Finally, Fiona Apple's oft postponed album Extrodinary Machine will be released by Epic. However, it appears that the album will be rather different than the leaked version. Odds are there will probably be a schism, much like with the Dave Matthew's Band Lilywight Sessions.

Posted by Casper at 12:11 AM | Comments (0)

August 09, 2005

We can only hope

Christina thinks that Britney's career is over.

-- Update --
An even better thought from Simon.

Since Christina has done everything Britney does, only about three months later, does this mean that Christina will be packing her own career up around Christmas?

From your lips to God's ears, man.

Posted by Casper at 06:52 PM | Comments (0)

March 30, 2005

HFStival will be back

Kinda.

Posted by Casper at 11:23 PM | Comments (0)

March 24, 2005

Maybe it's the songs...

Celine Dion complains about her audiences.

"People come here for four days, they eat too much, drink too many free drinks, they get sick from all that, they are jet-lagged sometimes so they just sit in the seat and sleep."

Posted by Casper at 01:36 AM | Comments (0)

February 14, 2005

The Grammies

I didn't watch the show -- I had something better to do. Grout a tub, I think. If you're interested in what happened, you should check out Simon's commentary. Good as always.

Posted by Casper at 11:40 PM | Comments (0)

My dog can beat up your dog

More in the I-don't-care department, Britney seems to think that her chihuahuas are better than Paris Hilton's.

Posted by Casper at 05:49 PM | Comments (0)

February 11, 2005

Really, I don't care about this

So why I am a writing about Britney's martial woes? Boredom, maybe.

Posted by Casper at 12:28 AM | Comments (1)

January 30, 2005

Cream to reunite

At least for a few shows in the UK they are.

Posted by Casper at 07:15 PM | Comments (0)

January 27, 2005

HFS-tival is still on

The radio station might be gone, but the concert still remains.

Posted by Casper at 12:25 PM | Comments (0)

January 26, 2005

And her career is officially over

Debbie Gibson, squeaky-clean 80's pop artist, is trying to revive her career by posing naked in Playboy.

Posted by Casper at 07:59 PM | Comments (0)

January 20, 2005

Stop her before she sings again

An online petition to try and get Ashlee Simpson to never sing again.

96936 and counting.

Posted by Casper at 12:31 AM | Comments (0)

January 07, 2005

They came from the 90's

Nine Inch Nails will be returning, with a new album called With Teeth. No dates announced as of yet. Garbage, on the other hand, will be releasing their latest album (Bleed Like Me) on April 12.

Both of the titles have an almost desperate quality to them. "Ooh, look. We're so very edgy."

Posted by Casper at 09:11 PM | Comments (0)

December 21, 2004

In Memoriam, 2004

A listing of musicians now playing in the eternal show, as provided by Tim.

Posted by Casper at 12:23 AM | Comments (0)

December 07, 2004

Ringtones stop concert

Personally, cutesy ringtones annoy me. I can sympathize with this conductor who stopped a concert when a cell phone went off, and then restarted the show from the begining.

Posted by Casper at 01:35 AM | Comments (0)

December 02, 2004

He must be finished with undergrad

Tommy Lee either failed out or decided he was done, because Motley Crue is hitting the road again.

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November 21, 2004

Like mother, not like daughter

Madonna doesn't want her daughter to "follow in her raunchy footsteps."

Posted by Casper at 11:50 PM | Comments (0)

November 18, 2004

Madonna is serious

About Kabbalah, that is. 'Not a fad,' she says. Unlike talking with a British accent and pretending to be from anywere other than the US, I suppose.

Posted by Casper at 10:12 PM | Comments (0)

November 17, 2004

Oh, shut up already.

Ashlee Simpson speaks yet again.

Ashlee Simpson spoke to MuchNews last weekend about her disastrous appearance on Saturday Night Live earlier this fall. "It was a situation that wasn't really my fault," the 20-year-old singer said...

No, actually it was your fault. You're the one who acted in a supreme unprofessional fashion, did a jig off the stage and tried to blame it on your band. But, in case you might think that there's a modicum of perspective, here's her dad:

...Did we do something wrong here? Nothing we did was dishonest.

Except expose yourself as a fraud on national TV as lip synching to a tape when you were nominally supposed to be "live." That wouldn't be at all dishonest.

Hey, moron, just go away and take your talentless spawn with you.

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Young Buck wanted

He's being sought in relation to a stabbing at the Vibe awards.

-- Update --
In related news, it seems that rapper 50 cent acquitted himself quite well during the fracas. I'm not sure as to how, but the articles says he's "been branded a hero," so it must be true. When was the last time an article didn't get it right?

Posted by Casper at 07:40 AM | Comments (0)

November 16, 2004

Shocked. Shocked, I say

A fight during a hip-hop function. What are the odds.

Posted by Casper at 10:43 AM | Comments (0)

November 14, 2004

ODB RIP

Old Dirty Bastard collapses dead in a recording studio at 35 years of age.

Posted by Casper at 01:04 AM | Comments (0)

October 27, 2004

Hopefully, it's only special sauce on that burger

R. Kelly moonlights at a McDonald's.

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October 13, 2004

We don't need no stinking name recognition

Britney, that old fashioned gal that she is, wants to taeke her new husband's name. Britney Spears, Britney Federline -- one of these just rolls off the tongue so much easier.

Posted by Casper at 12:47 PM | Comments (0)

October 08, 2004

Christian Science Monitor comes to the scene

CSM wakes up and notices the mp3 blog phenomenon.

Thanks to David for the tip.

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October 06, 2004

My Eyes! My Eyes! The pain!!

Cher to celebrate her 60th birthday, sans clothing.

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Chapman to stay in the pokey

Mark David Chapman has been denied parole. Chapman was convicted of murdering John Lennon in 1980.

Posted by Casper at 12:01 AM | Comments (0)

October 05, 2004

An outburst of taste

Paris Hilton is booed off the stage while she tries to launch her singing career.

Posted by Casper at 10:49 AM | Comments (0)

October 04, 2004

An alive Train

A live album from Train. Having seen them play before, it should sound just like the record, only more so.

Posted by Casper at 08:41 PM | Comments (0)

October 03, 2004

It's official

Britney's wedding was completely fake.

Posted by Casper at 11:21 PM | Comments (0)

She's half his age

Billy Joel gets married for the third time.

Posted by Casper at 08:55 PM | Comments (0)

September 30, 2004

Avril sings Spongebob

I'm not a big fan of Avril, but at least she has a modicum of good taste.

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September 29, 2004

You've probably heard that Jacko has a teenaged son

But what's really disturbing about the report is this little tidbit:

...[Jackson] allegedly sent two employees to Oslo to raise the baby as their own.

Who would have taken this job?

Posted by Casper at 07:43 PM | Comments (0)

Wooten to get Wider Recognition

Downbeat Magazine has named Victor Wooten as their Talent Deserving Wider Recognition.

...Wooten took to the instrument and took it to a place few thought it could go. Music awards aren't much in the way of artistic or talent litmus tests, but if they were, well, damn. Wooten's got a trophy case your junior high principal could only dream about: a couple of Grammies (admittedly the least impressive award of all time), two Nashville Music Awards for Bassist of the Year and three Bass Player of the Year awards from Bass Player magazine. Even after all these accolades, it's Down Beat magazine's Talent Most Deserving Wider Recognition award that is most telling of Wooten's aspirations.

Congradulations to Victor on yet another award! Here's to hoping that the recognition finds him beyond just bass playing circles.

Thanks to Maria for the tip.

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September 28, 2004

You mean they're not real?

Dolly Parton will be getting a breast size reduction. Or, more accurately, she's getting the implants taken out.

Posted by Casper at 09:58 PM | Comments (0)

Live "Best Of" released

The CD includes a few videos as well. Maybe now they can shed their "guys without shirts on" image.

Posted by Casper at 09:39 PM | Comments (0)

September 27, 2004

More news you've already heard

Phil Spector charged with murder.

Posted by Casper at 10:13 PM | Comments (0)

Madonna banned in Egypt

As a result of Madonna expressing her desire to celebrate the Jewish New Year in Israel, the Egyptian Parliment ordered her banned from entering into the country.

Posted by Casper at 08:55 PM | Comments (0)

September 25, 2004

Elton John shows self love

There's going to be a tribue show to Elton John. Present by Elton John. Paying tribute to himself. Just a little masterbatory, perhaps?

Posted by Casper at 03:46 PM | Comments (0)

September 23, 2004

Ha, ha

Either she's a completely blithering idiot, or she's having fun pranking the media. In any case, our heroine Britney might not be married.

Posted by Casper at 09:49 AM | Comments (0)

September 22, 2004

Proving that irony isn't dead, just misunderstood

Christina Aguilera, the lady responsible for forcibly moving legions of young boys into puberty, will host an MTV show on abstinence. I can only assume that she'll be the example of what not to do..

Posted by Casper at 05:07 PM | Comments (0)

September 21, 2004

Marriage and Britney

So Britney gets married and then spends the next 48 hours in bed. Bravo.

Not be left out, Christina has to weigh in, saying "I'd never have thought that girl would have done it this way. I know she really loves Kevin, but this is like really low rent this time. ... It's surprising. The whole affair seems somewhat pathetic." She'd be one to know, I suppose.

-- Update --
As usual, Simon has the good stuff:

Lucky that Christina found time between getting her pubic bone pierced, kissing the hatchet-faced Paris Hilton and stuffing dollar bills into lapdancer's gussets long enough to accuse someone holding a quiet wedding of being low-rent and pathetic.

Posted by Casper at 10:17 PM | Comments (0)

September 19, 2004

Britney marries in secret

Or maybe not, since it seems like everyone knows about it.

Posted by Casper at 09:47 PM | Comments (0)

September 16, 2004

Another Ramone falls

This time, Johnny loses the fight with cancer.

Posted by Casper at 12:55 PM | Comments (0)

An "A" for effort

George Michael (remember him?) had a stalker live in his house for four days, hiding under the floorboards. Now, that's dedication.

Posted by Casper at 12:52 PM | Comments (0)

September 15, 2004

Britney shows class

Britney and her husband-to-be are getting matching track suits. And, in the height of style, she had "Mrs. Federline" embroidered onto hers, while he got "The Pimp" on his.

Posted by Casper at 06:29 PM | Comments (0)

New Britney Best Of

It's on the way. Towards the end of the track list, I don't particularly recognize the tunes, and she's had -- what -- three, four albums? And that is a long enough career to warrant a best of?

Posted by Casper at 12:16 AM | Comments (0)

September 04, 2004

Weird Al attacked by moths

Really, I'm not kidding. During one of his shows, a flock of moths tried to nest in his hair.

Posted by Casper at 12:05 AM | Comments (0)

September 01, 2004

Peter Gabriel Lucasizes his videos

Peter Gabriel seems to think that George Lucas going back and re-editing the original Star Wars movies was a good idea. So much so that he's going to do a similar thing for his older music videos.

Posted by Casper at 09:41 PM | Comments (0)

A strange bird

First, he brags out a coke binge. Now, Moby opens up regarding his toilet cleaning fetish.

Posted by Casper at 03:31 PM | Comments (0)

August 30, 2004

MJ sells Neverland

Michael Jackson wants to sell his Neveland ranch.

Michael Jackson is said to be selling his Neverland ranch because he fears it has been bugged by police.

He has refused to enter the £8 million home since he was arrested there last year, claims the Daily Star.

It wouldn't have anything to do with his crushing debt load, would it?

Posted by Casper at 09:48 PM | Comments (0)

Puffy goes off the deep end

First, he sports a Mr. T mohawk at MTV's VMAs (I'd write something about it, but frankly I was way too bored about it to muster up enough energy to care). Now, he gets a iPod with 120 diamonds embedded on it.

Posted by Casper at 09:42 PM | Comments (0)

Dave Matthews to provide DNA

As an update to a previous story, DMB offers to make up for the ca-ca incident.

Posted by Casper at 09:33 PM | Comments (0)

August 29, 2004

Laura Branigan, RIP

She has passed on at 47 from an aneurysm.

Posted by Casper at 07:53 PM | Comments (0)

August 27, 2004

50 Cent demands

He's a hard rapper and all, but if you read his concert rider, you'd think he was a spoiled rich kid.

-- Update --
Here's the original text from The Smoking Gun.

Posted by Casper at 09:39 PM | Comments (0)

The answer is ... in three volumes

Bob Dylan will be publishing his memoirs in three sets. The first volume will focus on the 60s and hit the stores this fall.

Posted by Casper at 02:30 AM | Comments (0)

August 26, 2004

Dirty musicians

Dave Matthews craps on a bunch of boaters in Chicago and Phish pollutes a swath of Vermont.

Posted by Casper at 01:11 AM | Comments (0)

August 24, 2004

A sure sign of the coming apocalypse

Kylie Minogue wants to sing jazz. Oh my, where to start with this:

  • Shouldn't she try actually singing pop first?
  • Clearly, this is just her way of preparing for a "triumphant return to the world of pop"!
  • Ah, she doesn't want to sell out arena anymore. That must be the reason.
  • "She wants a more grown-up sound to reflect how she has matured." Grown-up and mature. Those are the words that come to mind when accompanied by a photo of Kylie wearing only a see through shirt with sheer black panties.

Well, jazz survived Michael Bolton, it'll survive Kylie.

Posted by Casper at 02:40 PM | Comments (0)

Poor Lenny Kravitz

Yet another musician complaining that his/her bodyguards are keeping away suitors. Um, correct me if I'm wrong, Lenny, but don't those bodyguards work for you? And couldn't you tell them to let through who you want? Just checking...

Posted by Casper at 02:32 PM | Comments (0)

August 23, 2004

Isidro Lopez, RIP

Lopez is considered by many to be the founder of Tejano music. He died of complications from both a stroke and an aneurysm at 75 years of age.

Posted by Casper at 10:56 PM | Comments (0)

William York, RIP

York was the bass player for Hank Williams, as well as a number of other country greats. He was eighty-five.

Posted by Casper at 10:00 AM | Comments (0)

August 19, 2004

Van Halen vs. The O's

Van Halen has filed a 2 million dollar breach of contract suit against the Baltimore Orioles and Camden Yards. They filed after the O's cancelled VH's September 2nd concert.

Posted by Casper at 05:11 PM | Comments (0)

Aren't bodyguards supposed to protect you?

Beyonce's toe has been broken after being stepped on by her bodyguard, "Shorty."

Posted by Casper at 10:23 AM | Comments (0)

Elmer Bernstein , RIP

The film music world lost a good one last night. Bernstein's work was easily identifiable and always quality. In a world where the pop music du jour masquerades as film soundtracks, the ones who compose well for film are few and far between.

Posted by Casper at 10:13 AM | Comments (0)

August 18, 2004

Refunds on the way

Phish fans kept from the final show by the mud will soon find some sort of refund coming their way.

Posted by Casper at 03:43 PM | Comments (0)

Goin' a little redneck

Justin Timberlake's next album as Southern rock? Did I miss a memo somewhere?

Posted by Casper at 12:57 PM | Comments (0)

Say It Ain't So!

The wedding's off? Why, Britney, why? Kevin was just so perfect for you...

-- Update --
Don't worry, good children. No need to cancel those wedding gifts just yet.

And thanks to the eagle eye of truth and justice known as Lynn for the tip.

Posted by Casper at 12:05 PM | Comments (0)

August 17, 2004

Collins wimps away

Phil Collins is preparing to release a double album of suckage, focusing only on "sappy, trite, sacchariney love songs".

Okay, maybe he didn't quite describe the same way I did. I'm paraphrasing based on his career.

Posted by Casper at 11:58 PM | Comments (0)

I had thought jail was to punish someone

You would think that jail would be a place where a person wouldn't have the ability to continue working, wouldn't you? Not somewhere that you could make 100 phone calls, for instance?

Posted by Casper at 11:55 PM | Comments (0)

Celine to stay in Vegas longer

The good news here is that at least her crappiness is being contained in one city, instead of spreading all around the world. Thank God, Ms. Dion's not touring.

Posted by Casper at 10:06 AM | Comments (0)

Hybrid CD/DVD launch in jeopardy

A while back, I wrote about the advent of dual sided releases (CD on one side, DVD on the other side). Now, I'm seeing some new reports of problems that might prevent the debut. The problems aren't technical -- it's both legal and licensing that's causing the headaches.

In additional news, Destiny's Child will release their next CD using this format. So, either the issues aren't all that much, or they're just pushing ahead anyway.

Thanks to Glenn for the tip.

Posted by Casper at 12:44 AM | Comments (0)

August 16, 2004

I guess this is growing up

Christina Aguilera wants to project a more mature image.

According to The Sun the 23-year-old singer had eleven pieces of body jewellery in her ears, belly button, eyebrow, lip and tongue.

But Christina, who is dating record executive Jordan Bratman, 27, revealed: "I'm rebelling against myself. I've taken out all my piercings apart from one in my right nipple. That's for me."

And dating a record exec? She seems to be taking lessons from Mariah, excepting the dating the underling instead of the bass part.

Posted by Casper at 06:18 PM | Comments (0)

August 15, 2004

Final Phish show a mess

With the final Phish show drawing nearer, the runup ends in a muddy mess.

With hundreds of cars stuck in the mud and more pouring in, Vermont State Police today (Aug. 14) started turning back traffic headed to the Phish farewell concert in Coventry, Vt., and told ticketholders they would get refunds but no admittance.

Police erected a roadblock on Interstate 91 and other roads and told fans headed to the two-day festival at the Newport State Airport to turn around.

"Because of the heavy rains, parking inside the festival site has basically become impossible, and they're concerned for people's safety," said Adam Lewis, a spokesman for the concert promoter, Great Northeast Productions.

Posted by Casper at 11:34 PM | Comments (0)

August 13, 2004

Earth Wind and Fire releasing new album

Street date is October 5.

Posted by Casper at 08:34 PM | Comments (0)

August 12, 2004

A strange round of bragging

Moby's proud. He paid a woman to talk to him, got coked off his ass, shat himself and then told someone about it? I'm sorry, but if I was that foolish, the last thing I'd do is breathe a word of it to anyone.

Posted by Casper at 09:17 PM | Comments (0)

Black Eyed Peas on fire

About $500k worth of instruments and gear lost in a fire at the studio where they are recording their latest album.

Posted by Casper at 08:53 PM | Comments (0)

August 10, 2004

I'm soooo with Simon on this one

Macy Gray's getting a best of. I thought they stopped making EPs.

Posted by Casper at 11:18 PM | Comments (0)

Another NFL rock show

The season kick off concert will feature Mary J. Blige, Destiny's Child, Jessica Simpson, Elton John, and Lenny Kravitz.

Posted by Casper at 10:46 PM | Comments (0)

And a DJ shall lead them?

For some strange reason, the Olympic Games in Athens will "feature" a DJ spinning as the athletes enter the stadium. Sure, the opening ceremonies have a certain amount of cheesiness built into them (dancing children, garish costumes, etc.), but this strikes me as a bit on the wrong side. As Glenn puts it

As the small squad from Cameroon walks onto the track, some Euro-trance anthem is going to be pumping from the PA system. Should fit really well.

Maybe it's some desperate gambit to try and be relevant to those crazy youth of today's market. Look for an announcer to mention how "blinged" the gold and silver medals look.

Posted by Casper at 12:19 PM | Comments (0)

A diva's peace

Madonna now wants a peace room built for her while she tours.

Posted by Casper at 12:08 PM | Comments (0)

Keeping the Jackson weirdness alive

Latoya Jackson, in what can only be described as a desperate bid to remain even vaguely newsworthy, has changed her name. Would it be Kelly? or Cheryl? or even something as respectable as Shaniqua?

Nope, it's Toy. As if she wasn't enough of a joke already.

Posted by Casper at 12:18 AM | Comments (0)