“Weird Al” is the kind of artist that you love or like. There’s no hate in the world of “Weird Al” because in Al’s world whether you love his music or just sort of like it, it’s still really fun. “Weird Al” Yankovic’s Alpocalypse, his 13th album, continues the high standard Straight Outta Lynwood set in 2006 as to how to do a parody in the 21st Century and more importantly, why “Weird Al” Yankovic will never be irrelevant. It’s […]
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The Beastie Boys Wish You a Happy Father’s Day!
Have you bought Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 , yet? If not, then why haven’t you? After all, it’s The Beastie Boys’ first album in over half a decade, and it’s dope! Just in time for Father’s Day tomorrow, The Beasties have released a…well, what would you call this? A mini-video? A commercial? One of those things to help promote Hot Sauce. I’m going to go out on a limb here and assume that the little girl is not really eating melted vinyl, but more […]
The Viewfinder: “Captain Jack Sparrow” by The Lonely Island
Those crazy cutups from The Lonely Island have struck music/comedy gold once again. This time, they’ve done it with the help of the one and only Michael Bolton. “Captain Jack Sparrow” us the latest single and video from the group’s new album, Turtleneck & Chain, which comes out tomorrow. Bolton is his usual overwrought self on the chorus, but his presence in the song’s video is completely epic. Whoever saw fit to put Bolton in a variety of different guises, […]
Old Crush? Meet New Crush: Fred Savage & Adam Pally on Funny or Die
I’ve gotta admit-Funny or Die has the comedy game on lock right now. If you listened to the Blerd Radio podcast a couple of weeks ago, you’ll remember that Jesse and I talked about “Happy Endings”. It’s quickly shaping up to be one of my favorite sitcoms (hey-it’s good enough to keep me tuned in to network TV past 10-at which time, I’ve usually switched over to sports or turned the TV off entirely). The most interesting character (to me, […]
WTFF: Stephen Colbert (and Friends) Tackle “Friday” on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”
Prior to composing this post, I’d never heard Rebecca Black’s “Friday”-something I was totally cool with. After hearing it tackled on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”, I never want to hear Black’s version, because there is simply no way that this version can be topped. Featuring Stephen Colbert, The Roots, Fallon himself, Taylor Hicks (still my favorite “American Idol” winner) and The New York Knick City Dancers, this is an awesome clusterfuck of epic proportions. You’ve got to give it […]
The Viewfinder: Bleu’s “How Blue”
My discovery of Bleu’s music was a case of being in the right place with the right person at the right time. My friend Brian was visiting from Boston (at the time, I was living in New York…now, he’s no longer in Boston, but I am…confused yet?) and we decided to, as music nerds do, go record shopping. As we were hanging out in Sounds on St. Mark’s Place, Brian handed me a copy of Bleu’s debut album Redhead, which had […]
Foo Fighters bring the Rawk! (And Lemmy)
I love waking up to news that bands I knew were working on new material I was excited about not only have a set release date, but a new video to boot. Hi Foo Fighters, I’ve missed you. If you’re a fan of Foo Fighters and you’ve been living under a rock for the past 6 months, then you have a lot to be excited for . Their 7th studio album is done and ready to be unleashed on April 12th. It was produced by Butch […]
The Black Keys Go Hollywood!?!
Never have I wanted to see a movie so bad. In the flurry of entertainment news in the past few days ( Arnold Schwarzenegger back in Hollywood ! The new Lady Gaga single ! X-Men: First Class trailer premiere !), the one that stood out the most for me was the Howlin’ For You trailer. But, wait! It’s set to The Black Keys song of the same name and…is that The Black Keys in the trailer? Is it a trailer? Is it a music video? Who cares! It’s awesome. While I do still miss Frank the Funkasaurus Rex , I will never say a bad […]
Blerd Radio Season 2, Episode 1: Lesbians in the Echo Chamber
…and, we’re back!! After taking a bit of a holiday break, Blerd Radio is back and kicking off our second season! For the new season’s first episode, I brought in longtime friends Carletta and GG , and we were joined by our buddy (and Blerd Radio newcomer) Brittany . Over the course of 90 minutes, we cover a ton of pop-culture related topics, including: -The upcoming 10th season of “American Idol” and what it means for the future of the show. -Whether “Black […]
The Idiot Box: Josh Groban Sings Kanye’s Tweets? I’d Buy That One
Check out the spoof commercial Josh Groban made, during which he sings Kanye West’s tweets.
The Viewfinder: “I Just Had Sex” by The Lonely Island
Check out The Lonely Island’s new video, “I Just Had Sex”, featuring Akon.
2010 American Music Awards: Live Blog
The American Music Awards may have fallen to third place on the importance list behind the Grammy Awards and the MTV Video Music Awards, but it’s still a pretty important show where it counts…at the cash register. It’s pretty well-watched, and lots of people that see performances or award winners end up going to their local store (or to iTunes) and picking up a single or album by someone they caught on the show. The AMAs began in 1974 as […]
