Loading ...It is with the heaviest of hearts that we ring in the new year by reporting that Kate Richardson, Idolator’s fearless (and generally put-upon) intern and world-renowned compiler of YouTube tributery, will be leaving us next week to go to Spain. Why she would ever want to leave the joys of blogging, with its skeezy virtual MTV flophouses and its sex-crazed Jonas Brothers fans clawing at your pantlegs and its eating cold pizza at 10:30 a.m. while unbathed and watching E.R. reruns*, is really beyond us. But in lieu of chasing after the steamer ship as it leaves port, we present just a few of Kate’s greatest hits in tribute to the woman who made our lives much easier in exchange for corrupting her brain with music industry-related shenanigans.
Archive for December, 2007
The Worst Album Cover Of 2007 Revealed: Budding Art Directors, Take Note
Mon Dec 31 2007 by Maura
Well, the weeks of polling are over, and we have a winner in our first annual Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament. Before you click through, feel free to reflect on our final eight, and check out a late-arrival cover that should at least get some sort of honorable mention. OK, the suspense is killing you, right? Right?
Mon Dec 31 2007 by Maura
As predicted by pretty much everyone, the ringtone business is starting to experience what the suits like to call “negative growth,” and companies that once specialized in ringtones are now looking at business models that involve other ways to personalize cell phones. More »
Mon Dec 31 2007 by Maura
As predicted by pretty much everyone, the ringtone business is starting to experience what the suits like to call “negative growth,” and companies that once specialized in ringtones are now looking at business models that involve other ways to personalize cell phones. More »
The Jonas Brothers Backlash Loses Its Voice, Retains Its Ability To Drive 13-Year-Old Girls Crazy
Mon Dec 31 2007 by Maura
I don’t know why, but the latest video from the Jonas Brothers-hating ADiehardFOBFan, in which she uses scrawled-on pieces of paper to tell the YouTube hordes that she was just kidding about her previous video screens, kind of reminds me of Cam’ron’s wordless 50 Cent dis from the summer. Is it the mirror? The crappy handwriting? Or is New Year’s Eve making me nostalgic for the “Curtis vs. the world” showdowns? Either way, I’m actually starting to like this girl’s moxie, since for some reason this video really pissed off the commenters:
Mon Dec 31 2007 by Maura
The lead singer of Lifehouse wrote a jingle for Allstate, and thanks to the song being available on iTunes, the track cracked the Billboard Hot 100’s top 40. More »
Mon Dec 31 2007 by Maura
The lead singer of Lifehouse wrote a jingle for Allstate, and thanks to the song being available on iTunes, the track cracked the Billboard Hot 100’s top 40. More »
Thom Yorke: EMI Is A Bunch Of Bastards; Also, My Shift Key Is A Bit Sticky
Mon Dec 31 2007 by Maura
Thom Yorke has taken to Radiohead’s official blog to debunk the notion that Radiohead went to its former label, EMI, asking for a big payday, saying that the band is more than happy to be in indie-label land and insinuating that EMI just may be a bunch of unprofessional crybabies who are better at leaking information to newspapers than actually dealing with artists:
Project X Takes On A Culture Bully
Mon Dec 31 2007 by mmatos
As part of Idolator’s continuing effort to geekily analyze every music chart known to man, we present a new edition of Project X, in which Jackin’ Pop editor Michaelangelo Matos breaks down rankings from every genre imaginable. After the click-through, he examines the health of the bootleg mash-up thanks to a list compiling the year’s best in bastard pop:
