In the time it’s taken you to read this, Rihanna’s gotten another tattoo and changed her hair color twice. Check out her new video for “Where Have You Been?”
WTFF?: Daniel Bedingfield’s “Rocks Off”
It’s been damn near a decade since we Americans last heard from Daniel Bedingfield. The young British singer/songwriter scored hits out the box with “Gotta Get Thru This” and the pretty ballad “If I’m Not The One.” Both songs worked that retro-MJ thing before Justin Timberlake, Chris Brown and Ne-Yo took over that particular lane, and Daniel even had a foot in that two-step thing that was popular in the U.S. for about five minutes (hello, Craig David!!) So, where [...]
The Idiot Box: Homage à Trois: Musings on a Possible Community Porn Parody
Community is coming back from its mid-season hiatus, but what about that porn parody that was announced last year? This article explores what a successful Community porn parody might look like.
The Viewfinder: Robin Thicke’s “Love After War”
One of the better moments during Sunday’s American Music Awards was watching Robin Thicke (who is definitely his father’s son) goof his way through the proper pronunciation of Ellie Goulding’s name while presenting an award. Not sure if the brief appearance on the award show will do anything to promote sales of his upcoming fifth album Love After War, but hell…he doesn’t have to do anything to convert me anyway. The video for the album’s first single and title track [...]
Levine and Aguilera=OMG! (“Moves Like Jagger”)
Maroon 5 make me wanna dance! I’m a casual fan of Adam Levine and company. I think I own one album by them? I watch The Voice. He’s my favorite judge. But again, I’m a casual fan. “Moves Like Jagger” is the kind of song that would prompt me to become something more than a casual fan, though. Did I mention that fellow The Voice judge Christina Aguilera lends her spectacular pipes to the bridge? The song takes the best [...]
Valley Heart is coming! (New She Wants Revenge on the horizon)
One 2011 release that snuck up on me out of nowhere is the latest from She Wants Revenge , tentatively due at the end of May. Besides all the industrial metal albums coming out this spring, Valley Heart is probably my most anticipated release this year. A co-worker of mine suggested them to me right before their first EP came out in late 2005 and I’ve been in love with them ever since. Dark, disturbing yet still sensual and seductive with lyrical content to match, [...]
A Moment With: Scott Poulson-Bryant
The music-writing bug hit me pretty early in life, but it didn’t strike me as a viable option (for various reasons) until I was in my mid-teens. Starting with the creation of The Source, young urban culture finally got a voice in the print media mainstream, It was closely followed by Quincy Jones’ magazine venture, Vibe. From the first issue of the magazine I saw (with a striking photo of Treach from Naughty by Nature on the cover), I was [...]
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Blerd’s Notes: A Guide to Prince (Part 1)
Attempting to summarize Prince in a few short words? Pretty close to impossible. The man is arguably the most important musician of his era. One of the few commercially successful artists to successfully blend the rock and soul genres, an unbelievably accomplished musician capable of playing any instrument you throw at him, mysterious public figure, movie star, rebel, hardheaded S.O.B., someone whose songs are capable of giving you the Holy Spirit and a raging hard-on, there’s no one quite like [...]
To All the Tylers Out There: It Doesn’t Get Perfect-But it Gets Better
When the story of Tyler Clementi, the Rutgers University student who tragically committed suicide by jumping off the George Washington bridge, started popping up in the news headlines, my first thought was “man, why would an 18-year old kid kill himself over something seemingly so trivial?”. His roommate and another Rutgers student bugged his dorm room and broadcast footage of Tyler making out with another guy. After all, we live in an era when the minutiae of our lives is [...]
Dear Ladies: Time to Make an Adjustment on the Slutometer
When did it become the norm for women in music to be trampy 24/7? Believe me, there is nothing wrong with owning one’s sexuality. But is the concept of being in charge of your sexuality synonymous with acting like a stripper in heat? Over the past decade or so, the role of the woman in pop music has gone from being occasionally titillating to basically playing the role of a ho. Misogynist? Not at all. Work with me here. Name [...]
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