Last week, Sony/Legacy announced a deluxe reissue of George Michael’s second solo album, 1990’s Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1. Coincidentally, when that announcement was made, the Blerd Radio team was putting the finishing touches on a podcast episode devoted to that particular album. So join me (Mike Joseph) and my partners Michael Parr and Doctor Z for a deep-dive exploration into the decidedly introspective follow-up to the mega selling Faith. While not as commercially successful-or anywhere near as pop friendly-as its predecessor, Listen Without Prejudice has become a […]
Posts tagged "MTV"
Blerd Radio 2013 Episode 16: MTV & The Mystery Of Jehovah Pan
30 years of VMA madness , condensed into one hour. Because we’re awesome like that.
The Reality Check – MTV’s The Challenge: Rivals II Preview
Via MTV.com Let’s face facts here. MTV’s The Challenge is the single most exciting reality TV competition show out there. MTV doesn’t waste parts. They’re like the Goodwill of TV networks. Re-utilizing characters from their own network better than anyone else, The Challenge features cast members from The Real World, Road Rules, Fresh Meat, and they might as well start throwing the Jersey Shore cast into this thing. Their new season of The Challenge is a sequel to Rivals which […]
Friday Throwback – Yo! MTV Raps Final Freestyle
Last week, I saw a retweet of an Ed Lover tweet promoting a VH1 documentary about “Yo! MTV Raps” , the pioneering hip hop show that ran on MTV for eight years, from 1988-1995. I had absolutely no idea the show was on. While it was short, it was entertaining and took you back to a quintessential era in MTV history. Hosted by Fab 5 Freddy, Doctor Dre, and Lover, Yo! created a dedicated block for rap music and rap artists whose videos weren’t played in regular […]
The Blerd & Gonzo Cover Convo: “Cum On Feel The Noize”
G: Ready when you are, boss B: I’m ready now! So, it’s been some time G: That it has. Holidays, travels, libations… Libations… Libations… B: Well, not so many libations for me. But enough to make it a good week. G: The last convo was a hot little menage a trois with Mike Duquette. B: It was…a holiday threesome. G: Merrymaking, if you will! So, let’s get down to business with the first convo of 2012! Did we ever establish […]
Reading Is Fundamental: “I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Video Revolution”
An excellent new book details the first 10 years in the life of one of the most influential TV networks of all time. Check out our review of “I Want My MTV”.
Chart Stalker 9/8/11: Weezy Reigns Supreme
Lil Wayne does it again. The pint-sized rapper has just rung up the second-biggest sales week of 2011 so far with his latest effort, Tha Carter IV. Ringing in with 964,000 copies sold, Weezy comes just a hair’s breadth away from matching the first week sales of his chart-topping magnum opus (and last *proper* album), Tha Carter III. How big is this number? Well, if the year was to end today, Wayne would have the fifth biggest selling album of […]
Why the Hell Should I Like… A Tribe Called Quest? (The Rebuttal)
“ Why the hell should I like… ?” is an experiment of sorts between Popblerd and The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit . What we’re going to attempt to do is to pick 10 songs from our favorite artists — one for which the other has professed dislike or disinterest — and show them why they’re wrong. I know it’s probably hard to believe, but I didn’t listen to a lot of hip hop growing up. I know, it’s nuts right? Sure I had a copy […]
Aging Hip Replacement #11: The One About The VMAs
I decided that I was going to write about something light this week. I’ve gotten a little flak from friends and family who have said my last few columns were a little too dark, a little too heady all in a row. Of course, I’m writing about my feelings of being flung towards middle age and beyond, not the happiest of experiences in my book. I wasn’t sure where I was going, started a few ideas (which all seemed to […]
