Last night’s 30 Rock season finale closed out with a grand parody of one of those celebrity-studded benefit songs, a la “We’re Sending Our Love Down This Well” and “What’s Going On ‘01.” “Kidney Now!” saw Cyndi Lauper, Michael McDonald, Mary J. Blige, Elvis Costello, Norah Jones, and a slew of other well/sorta-well-known musicians warbling in honor of Jack Donaghy’s dad (played by Alan Alda)’s nephorotic needs. There’s even a splashy mini-site with a karaoke version of the track to go along with it–although Clay Aiken fans are probably going to get a bit riled up, given that its list of participating celebrities somehow managed to exclude their hero, perhaps because of his alleged relation to Kenneth the Page. (Take heart, Claymates: Mike D got left off the list as well, and he doesn’t even have your insane completely devoted fanbase!) Clip after the jump. MORE »
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Dark Of The Matinee: Let’s Predict The Oscar Nominees For Best Original Song
Nominations for the Academy Awards are announced tomorrow, and we can’t help but wonder what five tracks will be in the running for Best Original Song. It’s been an oddly good year for music in movies—relatively speaking, anyway—and while there’s no reason to have faith that the Academy will make anything other than a tacky choice for the winner, there might be some surprises in the nominations. The Golden Globes nominated songs from Wall-E, Gran Torino, Cadillac Records, Bolt, and The Wrestler, ultimately going with Bruce Springsteen’s song from the latter for the win. But maybe something else will sneak in? Something from High School Musical 3, perhaps? A list of the most intriguing contenders is after the jump. MORE »
While I’m waiting to see if there’s some… MORE »
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RIAA Fires Its Detective Agency, But Don’t Think That Means You’re Off The Hook
The RIAA has informed the information-gathering company MediaSentry that it will no longer need its services for gathering evidence against people who share Norah Jones songs using outdated Internet protocols, a move that may be in line with the trade organization’s recent decision to stop filing mass lawsuits against people suspected of uploading files. In MediaSentry’s place, the organization has hired another company, the cutely named Danish antipiracy outfit DtecNet Software ApS, to hunt down those people who may be playing pirate in between bouts of wank mining. Will DtecNet work with the RIAA and internet service providers to track down and kill -9 the accounts of those people who may be unleashing discographies across the Internet? I’d say “maybe,” although there’s a bit of a catch—no one’s formally informed the ISPs that they’re supposed to be working as a team yet. MORE »
Angelenos Will Have Someone Else Introducing The New Travis Single
Nic Harcourt, who may be the most influential radio DJ in America not named Ryan Seacrest, will step down from his post as music director and morning show host at Santa Monica’s KCRW on Nov. 30, so he can spend more time with his family and on other projects like his music-supervision gig for the CW’s remake of 90210. MORE »
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Q-Tip Returns To The Fold
Our look at the closing lines of reviews of the week’s biggest new music continues with a look at the reviews of The Renaissance by Q-Tip, which lands in stores today: MORE »
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Norah Jones Can Be The First Voice Your Baby Hears
The birth of a new child is certainly a joyous occasion, especially with the right combination of medications. And while the hospital environment can be a little stressful during the process, there are ways to ease your new child into this world with peace, joy and love. However, if you’d rather just go with a soundtrack of easy listening tracks, that option is now available as well. MORE »
After having two albums in a row junked by his label, leaving him release-free for almost a decade, it’s not surprising that Q-Tip would work up a list of collaborators that includes Norah Jones, will.i.am, Kanye West, D’Angelo, and Barack Obama to help guarantee that his new album, The Renaissance… MORE »
After having two albums in a row junked by his label, leaving him release-free for almost a decade, it’s not surprising that Q-Tip would work up a list of collaborators that includes Norah Jones, will.i.am, Kanye West, D’Angelo, and Barack Obama to help guarantee that his new album, The Renaissance… MORE »
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Wong Kar Wai Ladles Out A Few Blueberry-Stuffed Lullabyes
Ed. note: It’s time for another installment of “VHS Or Beta?”, where Andy Beta looks at the music behind the movies–from preserved-by-Criterion classics to completely inane summer blockbusters. In this installment, he travels along America’s byways with Wong Kar Wai and his first English-language feature, My Blueberry Nights: MORE »
