It’s hard not to like the way that journeyman drummer Josh Freese is trying to make a few extra bucks from the release of his new album, Since 1972. Where else can you purchase an album, a drum lesson, a few previously worn outfits and a trip to a strip club with a semi-famous drummer for only $2,500? MORE »
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This Week’s Top 12: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, And Justin Has The Blues
In this week’s top 12: A song that was thought to be lost to the demise of the VHS era, Justin Timberlake pouring out his heart, televised baseball signaling the possible thawing of the northeast, and Nick: The Twitter. MORE »
Hell Rell Accuses “The Source” Of Payola; Cam’ron Accuses Life Of Sucking
A banner day on the Internet! Heroes of rap bloggers and indie rock bloggers who wish they were rap bloggers Dipset are all over the place! First up, former Purple City council member Hell Rell is accusing The Source of payola, claiming he was told to pay a writer $1,000 for a mixtape review. MORE »
videodrone
Rex The Dog Makes That Paper
Last night I was at a restaurant that encouraged creativity by providing every table with crayons, and two people at a table near mine took the concept one step beyond drawing hearts on their menus, crafting what looked to be the center of a small town and coloring in doors, windows, etc. They probably will garner a lot of enjoyment from Rex the Dog’s video for “Bubblicious,” in which a boring old workspace is transformed into a concert hall through the magic of office supplies, strategic lighting, and stop-motion animation. Clip after the jump! MORE »
80 '08 (And heartbreak)
No. 19: Be Your Own Pet, “Becky”
Since laziness and/or sanity kept me from hearing every song released in 2008, I won’t claim this is the No. 1 funniest. But it’s gotta be damn close. MORE »
80 '08 (And heartbreak)
No. 47: Daveigh Chase Sings “The Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A.” On HBO’s “Big Love”
So, why did they move that bojangle clock so far away from the bed? And what’s a bojangle clock, anyway? Mr. Bojangles danced for those at minstrel shows and county fairs throughout the South, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band told us once, and in this remarkably unadorned, still-officially-unavailable-on-mp3 rendition of still-a-schoolteacher-at-the-time Donna Fargo’s No. 11 1972 country-crossover pop hit, adolescent actress Daveigh Chase reminds us it’s a skippity-do-dah day, which sounds an awful lot like zippedee-doo-dah, so: Song of the South, right? MORE »
In conversation
The Idolator Interview: Butch Walker And Patrick Stump
It’s no secret that the denizens of Idolator HQ are big fans of both Fall Out Boy and really smart pop, so having FOB frontman Patrick Stump and pop troubadour Butch Walker interview each other is kind of the perfect way to introduce our new series of conversations between artists. After the jump, the two have a friendly chat about first concerts, free stuff, and how each developed his signature singing style. MORE »
the biz
Five Reasons Why Strip Clubs Won’t Save “Chinese Democracy”
So, last week’s 79% drop in sales (261,000 to 57,000) for Guns N’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy seems like kinda-bad news for Axl Rose, Best Buy, and anyone who was hoping that gobs of free press and a long-awaited record would add up to sales, no? Well, Bob Chiappardi, a marketing consultant who claims to be one of the few people who’s worked with GNR since the Live?! Like A Suicide days, thinks that the album’s best days are actually ahead of it! Chiappardi believes that Chinese Democracy is going to be a slow-burning hit like Kid Rock’s Rock N’ Roll Jesus, which overcame sorta-soft initial sales to move 2.5 million copies. Reason 1? He just serviced Chinese Democracy to strip clubs! But I’m not so sure about Axl’s long-awaited opus overcoming its Thanksgiving-turkey status anytime soon. MORE »
upcoming tours
Britney Spears To Take Her Circus On Tour
This morning, Britney Spears was on Good Morning America to celebrate the release of her “comeback” album Circus and her 27th birthday, as well as preview her just-announced tour; above, she performs the album’s title track in a performance that will no doubt have reams of textual analysis written about it by the time lunch rolls around. (Me, I think she looks a little tired, and I’m wavering back and forth between the reason being jet lag or a sudden realization that the cycle that brought her to the point where she needed a big splashy comeback is beginning anew.) Tour dates after the jump. MORE »
