Today at 2 p.m. ET I will be appearing on WNYC’s Soundcheck talking about the impact that television has on pop music, and whether or not exposure on shows like Oprah can help fill the void left by the ever-more-music-averse MTV. (Today is part one of Whitney Houston’s big Oprah appearance!) [WNYC] MORE »
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What with our Third Annual Video Music Awards Live-Blogging Extravaganza coming up in about 54 hours, this seems like as good a time as any to say that if you’d like to comment but are having account problems, you can e-mail me and I’ll get your account all sorted. Or you can just leave an account-setting-up comment here, and I’ll approve it provided it’s not, y’know, something like “FIRST11!1!!” or whatnot. (Apologies for the WordPress-based glitches. Any opinions on using DISQUS as an alternate system for comments?) MORE »
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Our pals at Celebuzz are giving away 20 pairs of tickets to the U.S. leg of Britney Spears’ North American tour, which opens in New York on Aug. 24. The contest runs from now through Aug. 10! [Celebuzz] MORE »
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Cobra Starship And Leighton Meester Take A Number And Run With It
Cobra Starship’s video for the shiny “Good Girls Go Bad” takes place in a casino underneath a deli that adds extra lettuce to the sandwiches ordered by those lucky enough to pass through the deli counter dude/doorman. I’m sure there is a venue that operates exactly under this concept somewhere in the lower reaches of Manhattan, although I’m kind of not in the mood to try thousands of bad sandwiches in order to suss out just where it might be. Also I still like this song a lot! (Apologies to the international readers looking at this who aren’t able to can’t see this–the MTV embed is the only available copy of the video just now.) [Friends or Enemies]
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Winners for the PJ Harvey / John Parish ticket giveaway have been contacted. Check your e-mail! (And if you won, get back to me so I can put your correct name on the guest list.) Congratulations to everyone who won, and thanks for entering! MORE »
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Reminder: Win PJ Harvey & John Parish Tickets
Just a reminder that we’re giving away tickets to 11 upcoming shows on PJ Harvey & John Parish’s tour next month; the entry period ends tomorrow at noon ET, so if you want to go get your entries in now! To enter, just comment on the contest post with a note about which show you’d like to attend. (The full roster of available dates is at the link.) Good luck! [Enter now] MORE »
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A Reminder: Come Back For Tonight’s “American Idol” Finale Liveblog
Yes, I’ll be here tonight at 8 Eastern for our annual liveblog of the American Idol finale (and back again at the same time tomorrow). To celebrate this momentous occasion, here are a few factoids about your finalists’ hairdos! MORE »
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Commenter Check-In: Please Send Any Bugs You Might Be Dealing With My Way
A question from behind the curtain: Have you been having issues with logging into your commenter account over the past few weeks? If so, could you either try to leave a comment here (I have to readmit everyone again so as to evade spammers) or drop an e-mail to mauraATidolatorDOTcom outlining your problem? (You can also look here if you’re the sort who likes to kick tires before heading out to the repair shop.) We’ve had some lost passwords in the switch to our new backend, and I figure the calm before the storm of Danny Gokey taking on Terence Trent D’Arby is a good time to sort out as many issues as possible. Thank you! (For the benefit of the people reading this who are commenting without incident, here is a cute song with the word “bug” in the title.) [YouTube] MORE »
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IMPORTANT ADMIN NOTE: Please Change Your Commenter Password
Hi everyone! So, someone apparently snuck into the Buzz Media home base and fed our new servers after midnight, which resulted in all our command-line entries being replied with lyrics to “New York, New York,” as well as our commenters’ login information going haywire. So if you could maybe reset your password as soon as you see this, I would be much obliged. Also, if you registered anytime after Saturday afternoon, you’ll probably need to register again, as that segment of our database has apparently eaten itself. Questions? Problems? Worried about what might happen if someone splashes water on you? Drop me an e-mail with your login info and we’ll work it out. Thanks so much. [YouTube] MORE »
