Apparently the new Madonna greatest-hits collection Celebration is full of botched mastering jobs and bad segues, so those of you looking to spend money on a CD in 2009 should be warned. (Example: “A bad edit jumps the track from the end of the chorus to the repeat of the bridge which kills the structure of the track. This version is unlistenable.”) Good thing Warner Music Group fired all those people at its reissue-specialty arm Rhino last week, right? [Requiem 4 A Dream; HT perfectomix] MORE »
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Cancel The Celebration: You Maybe Should Just Buy All The Old Madonna Singles Piecemeal And Ignore That New Hits Collection
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God Bless Robbie Williams
I have no idea how the lyrics “All we’ve ever wanted / Is to look good naked / Hope that someone can take it” are supposed to tie in with 9/11 conspiracy-theorizing, but in the twisted mind of pop genius Robbie Williams, the two are linked irrevocably. Maybe I need to listen to his new single “Bodies” some more! Or maybe I got confused because of pressure from his label, who, when made aware of the thematic bond, advised Williams against turning the song’s zoomtastic video into 9/11 Was An Inside Job: Now With A Super Catchy Chorus: MORE »
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Paula Abdul To Reunite With “American Idol” On Live TV (Sort Of)
Paula Abdul will return to live-TV splendor on Sept. 17, when she hosts the Vh1 Divas telecast starring Kelly Clarkson, Jordin Sparks, Miley Cyrus, and Leona Lewis. Hmm… two American Idol winners and an X-Factor winner on the roster? I’m just saying, that’s an awful lot of Simon Cowell-related talent for a show hosted by someone who so publicly and tearfully split from his empire. (Also, it’s August. Conspiracy theories are more fun in the oppressive heat!) [Vh1 / Twitter] MORE »
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What If Weezer’s “Raditude” Is An Album Title Created By/For/On the Internet?
In the wake of releasing a pretty decent new track yesterday, Weezer has announced the title of its forthcoming seventh album, and it has already riled up the corners of the Internet that like to get upset about these sorts of things. Calling it Raditude kind of helped! MORE »
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A Sobering Thought: The Insane Clown Posse May Be Laughing Right Back At You
The 14-minute infomercial for the 10th-anniversary edition of the three-day Gathering Of The Juggalos—think a hybrid of Burning Man and Coachella in the Illinois woods, only with more Faygo, lots more clown makeup, and a Rowdy Roddy Piper appearance (?!)—has been making the Internet rounds for the past couple of days, resulting in LOLs a-plenty from the peanut gallery. Sure, the Insane Clown Posse and their fans have owned the title of “Most Mocked Musical Subculture Out There” pretty much since the band’s inception (and despite a late charge from brokenCYDE). But what if they’re, as the infomercial brazenly states at its outset, “the most misunderstood people of all time” because no one realizes that they’re actually in on the joke? MORE »
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Certainly I’m not the only person who heard the rumors about a sex tape involving Leighton Meester of Gossip Girl and thought, “Well, this will be a fine way to cross-promote that catchy little Cobra Starship song she lends vocals to.” I mean, it’s called “Good Girls Go Bad,” for Pete’s sake. So obvs! [The Awl / YouTube] MORE »
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Paula Abdul Thinks The World (Or, Really, Simon Cowell) Is Out To Get Her
Paula Abdul has been making the talk-show rounds… MORE »
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The R. Kelly trial has officially gone from “life imitates videos” (Chuck and Rufus vs. Chuck and Keith) to “videos imitating life imitating videos” or something even more convoluted. Lisa Van Allen, the witness who claims to have had three-ways with R. MORE »
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The R. Kelly trial has officially gone from “life imitates videos” (Chuck and Rufus vs. Chuck and Keith) to “videos imitating life imitating videos” or something even more convoluted. Lisa Van Allen, the witness who claims to have had three-ways with R. MORE »
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Tinfoil Hat Time: Did The Producers Turn Up David Archuleta’s Screaming-Girl Chorus By Accident?
I’ve had a sneaking suspicion for most of the season that the producers have been sweetening the screeching-girl noises during David Archuleta’s performances, or at least enhancing it a bit–blame a childhood spent preferring Guns N’ Roses to New Kids On the Block. But! MORE »
