The first time I visited New York it still had parts of it that I had read about in beat novels and saw on the television and in the movies. It was still grimy and dirty and had a certain edge to it. I loved every minute of it. I couldn’t wait to see all of the places I had read about or seen, the locations that for the last 3 or 4 years had been peppering my dreams and […]
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bLISTerd: The Top 10 Musicians We’d Most Like To See Resurrected In Hologram Form
So now that we’re over the 2Pac hologram, which celebrity should be next to get the holographic treatment? The Popblerd staff made a list!
The Implications of Holographic Celebrity Resurrections
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We live in interesting times. Over the years, The Coachella Valley Music Festival has become one of the premiere music festivals, whose only real competition in the US is Bonnaroo. Perhaps moreso than its Eastern counterpart, Coachella is known for producing magical moments each year. Beyond the consistently stellar lineup of electronic, indie, hip hop and pop acts that Coachella presents annually, the festival has also become known for providing a platform for highly anticipated (though not necessarily expected) reunions. […]
Blerd Appreciation: Dick Clark
If heaven exists, there’s gotta be some quality music programming going on up there right now. Barely two months after Don Cornelius, creator and host of iconic syndicated music show “Soul Train” passed away, his network counterpart Dick Clark, who hosted “American Bandstand” for thirty years in addition to creating the American Music Awards and creating/hosting “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” for over three decades, died of a heart attack this morning. He was 82 years old. Billed as “America’s oldest […]
Funny Or Die Presents: CCOKC (Child Celebrities Opposing Kirk Cameron)
It’s really sad to see what Kirk Cameron has become, if only because “Growing Pains” was one of my favorite sitcoms as a kid. His extremist Christian views have rubbed many the wrong way, and the folks at Funny or Die have joined forces with a bunch of his former child star brethren to respond to Kirk’s hurtful comments about gay people in the best way possible-with humor. Child Celebrities Opposed to Kirk Cameron (AKA CCOKC…pronounced “cock”) is a hilarious […]
American Idol Season 11 – And Then There Were 7
My San Jose homeboy Deandre is no longer on this show. So I won’t have that hometown rooting interest anymore. But it doesn’t matter. I didn’t think he was performing at the level he needed to as with that falsetto, he was really a one-trick pony. When DeBarge is right up your alley and you don’t kill that DeBarge song, I’m not sure what other songs are there for you to kill. Tonight, joining me blogging the show is none […]
Roundball Soundoff 4/4/12: The Home Stretch
It’s the final stretch, lets take a quick look at what’s going on around the league: Tankapalooza 2012 has begun. This is the time of year players sit out with mystery ailments, random D-league players all of a sudden get huge minutes and teams try really hard to look like they are trying without really trying. So far Golden State is 1st in the league in playing below their potential to try and get a high draft pick. It’s real tight […]
So You Want to Be a Music Critic: An Insider’s Guide
I started doing album reviews for Cavalier magazine back in the summer of ’66, my first being a review of Velvet Underground and Nico’s Banana Album, written in the form of a brief adventure story about a man whose plane crashes in the woods, who fights off a boar with an Italian penny loafer. The buxom blonde he hoists into the sunset is supposed to be emblematic of Nico’s contributions, though how exactly I can’t remember. You know what they say […]
The Viewfinder: Tenacious D “To Be The Best”
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I am probably one of the only people who considers The Pick Of Destiny one of the greatest movies ever made (Yep for the soundtrack too) so it’s no surprise that I am jumping for joy at the announcement of a new album and video from The D. To be fair, “To Be The Best” is more of an album teaser than an actual single but that’s okay because Jack Black and Kyle Gass never fail to entertain (Again, I […]
I Read AP’s “100 Bands You Need To Know In 2012” So You Don’t Have To.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year again. No, not Christmas! It’s Alternative Press’ annual “100 Bands You Need To Know In ____” issue and once again, you have all dodged a bullet by letting me read and re-read and re-read this issue to cull together the very best of the so-called “best”. Anyway, here’s who I thought were the standouts for 2012: Kerretta: Who the hell are these guys and how the hell did I not know about […]
Dave Rullo Presents: Aging Hip Replacement #39
I saw an interesting article the other day about 50 albums turning 40 this year. The list is astounding—one look and you see masterpiece after masterpiece, all released in the same year. You also see something that never happens anymore, bands releasing more than one album in the same year. It used to be commonplace, bands like The Eagles, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and so many others regularly released multiple albums in the same year and they all […]