Check out the first part of our midseason report card here , and make sure you’re checking out Jay’s NY Knicks podcast. Oklahoma City Thunder: A+: Having the best record in the league sure silenced the whole ‘Westbrook vs. Durant power struggle’. Reggie Jackson seamlessly filled Eric Maynors shoes after his season ending injury and Harden is making a strong case for 6th man of the year. The only concern in OKC right now is the fact that their starting center, Kendrick Perkins, looks 37 […]
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The Viewfinder: Nixon Nyce’s “No Pain”
He’s a dope MC, and he’s part of the Popblerd family. Check out Nixon Nyce’s new video for “No Pain.”
Virtual Insanity: Does the Playstation Vita Stand a Chance?
It’s been almost seven years since Sony launched the Playstation Portable in North America, hoping to steal away the handheld dominance that Nintendo has enjoyed for decades since debuting the Game Boy. It seemed poised for success, offering better graphics and sleeker design than Nintendo’s bulky (and at the time really confusing) touch screen clam shell monstrosity, the Nintendo DS. But predicting the future is never quite so straightforward, and while the PSP wasn’t an abject failure (72 million units […]
Virtual Insanity: Will Kickstarter Change the Game of Making Games?
For those who haven’t followed the Double Fine Adventure story this week, let me summarize it thusly: the acclaimed Tim Schafer studio, tired of relying on restrictive publishers, decided to use the crowdsourced funding website to bank roll a new point and click adventure. They needed somewhere around $400,000 to hit their goal; they drew in over a million dollars within 24 hours, and currently sit at $1.5 million. And there are still 31 days to go. This isn’t the first time a […]
The Viewfinder: Jay-Z and Kanye’s “Ni**as in Paris”
While I may not have been the biggest fan of Watch the Throne overall, I have to admit that “Ni**as in Paris” was one of my favorite tracks of the year. A killer synthesizer beat, Will Farrell samples, and of course the glorious interplay of Hova and Ye combined to make one of the most fun songs on the year. While the single’s been on the radio since September, Jay-Z and Kanye are just now dropping the song’s video, debuting […]
Discography Fever!: Van Halen (Part Two)
When the temptation of solo success became too strong for David Lee Roth, many took this as news of the band’s demise. But then a funny thing happened – they returned. The band recruited established rocker Sammy Hagar, who’s recording career began just about the time that Van Halen began theirs. So began one of the most enduring debates among rock fans – David or Sammy? We all have our preferences, and the geekiest among us continue to debate the […]
Popblerd’s Grammy Preview & Predictions 2012: Rock Categories
Hey y’all! The same way that some consider the Academy Awards the Super Bowl for non-sports fans, the Grammy Awards is like the Super Bowl for a certain strain of music fan. Of course, I’m a football fan, so it’s kinda like having the Super Bowl a week after the Super Bowl…and it’s very likely that this year, Madonna will be at both. I won’t go into specifics about the history of the Grammy Awards. You all have Wikipedia for […]
Discography Fever!: Van Halen (Part One)
Tomorrow marks the release of Van Halen’s first album with David Lee Roth in 28 years, and the band is already on the road in support of the disc. Bits and pieces of the A Different Kind of Truth have been circulating online for the last month, to mixed reaction. Regardless of what the take home value of the new album may be, the Popblerd staff thought it an opportune time to look back at the band’s discography, warts and […]
The Singles Bar: Jack White’s “Love Interruption”
If you and I have had any discussion about the music of the previous decade, I’ve probably made it painfully aware that I’m a huge fan of Jack White. From The White Stripes to The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather, his production work with Loretta Lynn and Wanda Jackson, the innovative things that he’s doing with Third Man Records , and hell, even off the wall TV appearances like this recent episode of American Pickers – I’m consistently impressed with White’s output (let’s just slide that collaboration with the Insane Clown Posse under the rug, shall we?). The only thing more impressive […]
The Viewfinder: Santigold’s “Big Mouth”
I know that I’m not alone among the Popblerd staff in my love of Santi/Santogold’s debut album from 2008. It was a tight and consistent disc, pulling influences from new wave, rock, dancehall and electro. I was so enamored with it, in fact, that I named it my pick for album of the year in 2008. So it is with great excitement that after four years, we’re getting new music from Santigold. Sure, she’s spent a lot of time in […]
Political Excursus: SOPA, PIPA and the Future of the Internet
As you perused the web yesterday, you no doubt noticed that a number of sites – Reddit, Wikipedia, WordPress, the Cheezburger Network (of I Can Haz Cheezburger and FailBlog fame) among them, went dark. As you no doubt discovered this was in a collective move to protest something called SOPA/PIPA. Popblerd decided not to go dark for the day. However, we do feel that this is an important issue that has received little media attention until the blackouts. We thus […]
Diggin’ in the Crates: The Supremes’ “A Bit of Liverpool”
The 1960s were filled with tons of incredible (and forgettable) music. Two of my most-loved musical institutions are products of that decade – The Beatles and Motown. So I was taken aback to find this little gem at Missing Link Records in Austin, Texas last summer. Although I was unaware of the album’s existence, it makes a great deal of sense. The Beatles were heavily influenced by American pop and soul, including Motown. Indeed, the Fabs’ early discography includes memorable […]