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Spin Cycle: Train’s “California 37”
“California 37” is the latest album by Train, and Popblerd’s managed to sneak into the future to uncover the damage Train will cause.
The Strangeness of Cee-Lo Green’s Talking to Strangers
What do Chevy Chase, Pat Sajak, Alan Thicke and Cee-Lo Green have in common? Read on to find out. Fantastic singer. Amazing emcee. Man who has every conceivable area of his body tattooed. Certified eccentric. Man who vaguely resembles a dinosaur. One thing Cee-Lo Green is definitely NOT? A talk show host. Over the weekend, I had the vaguely horrifying experience of watching Cee-Lo’s Fuse-TV chat show “Talking with Strangers”, and I found myself reliving one of the saddest experiences […]
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 […]
Attention, Soul Sisters! (and Others)…Train’s Album Ain’t So Bad
A year ago, would you have thought that the biggest selling single of 2010 would have come from Train? TRAIN? “Meet Virginia”/”Drops of Jupiter” TRAIN?? Yeah, me neither. The San Francisco-based band hadn’t scored anything resembling a hit in half a decade. Actually, I’d been wondering if the band even existed at all, or whether lead singer Pat Monahan was actually the only member utlizing the name “Train” after his (not bad) solo debut “Last of Seven” fell on deaf […]