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brandy

Liner Notes: Brandy Needs To Get Her Acronyms Straight

- This TMZ item on Brandy is admirable in how it goes from unintentionally funny to intentionally funny to absurd in just a few sentences. Except for the part about the person dying. That's not funny. [TMZ]
- A federal judge has ruled that deputies did not use excessive force when they arrested Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson during a 2003 altercation in Florida. The decision took fourteen minutes to read aloud, and included a drum solo consisting entirely of cymbal crashes. [AP]
- Lady Sovereign has canceled the rest of her European tour, due to obscurity. [NME]

12:45 PM on Fri Apr 13 2007
By Brian Raftery
286 views, 1 comment

Latest by noamjamski: You say that as if Neil Peart had the discipline to only hit cymbals. more »

liner notes

Liner Notes: Sanjaya's Endorsement-Deal Possibilities Take Wing

-Kentucky Fried Chicken wants Sanjaya Malakar to pull a Fall Out Boy. [TMZ]
- Country singer Billy Joe Shaver is wanted by police after he allegedly shot and wounded a man Saturday night in Texas. The incident makes Shaver the third most dangerous 67-year-old in the country, right after John Negroponte and Harvey Keitel. [Billboard]
- Lady Sovereign has canceled a handful of European dates, citing "exhaustion" and "midgetry." [NME]

2:38 PM on Tue Apr 3 2007
By Brian Raftery
233 views, 2 comments

liner notes

Liner Notes: Lady Sov Kick-Starts Most Irrelevant British-Musician Feud Yet

- Lady Sovereign recently launched into a verbal attack on Corrine Bailey Rae, whom Sov refered to as "Corinne 'Boring' Rae." Looks like we just found our new headline writer! [NME]
- This year's Sasquatch Festival will include headlining sets from the Beastie Boys, Bjork, the Arcade Fire and Interpol. [Billboard]
- Former Counting Crows singer Adam Duritz has started his own record label, tentatively titled Big N' Dickish. [AP]

12:06 PM on Tue Feb 20 2007
By Brian Raftery
416 views, 5 comments

lady sovereign

Apparently, Lady Sovereign Angered The Wrong Man With A Donut-Costumed Friend

Remember Zach Slow, the guy who spent $10,000 on Lady Sovereign, only to get dissed by her in the press? It would appear that he isn't going to let this whole thing drop, going so far as to enlist his friend to challenge Sov to a duel last night in San Francisco. The twist? The friend was dressed up like a jelly donut: More »

5:16 PM on Tue Jan 9 2007
By mjohnston
705 views, 6 comments

lady sovereign

Lady Sovereign Gets Called Out For Being Grandma-Dissing Brat

TRL may have loved Lady Sovereign, but they didn't spend $10,000 on a date with her, then get dissed for being "boring." That happened to Zach Slow, the Bay Area sucker resident who raised money online to wine and dine the pint-sized rapper—only to read that Lady Sov, in an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle, had complained about not bringing along her crew, and the presence of a photographer. Slow responded: More »

4:28 PM on Mon Nov 20 2006
By mjohnston
793 views, 6 comments

liner notes

Liner Notes: Paris, Texas Get In A Bit Of A Scrap

- The latest fist-flying musical feud: Paris Hilton vs. Texas. Not the state, mind you—the band that Foregone Conclusion opened for back in the day. [ITV]
- TRL darling Lady Sovereign cuts a Los Angeles show short due to a chest infection. [Pitchfork]
- Just what the world needed: Korn unplugged. [Blabbermouth.net]

2:46 PM on Fri Nov 17 2006
By mjohnston
46 views, 1 comment

on the shelf

On The Shelf: Tomorrow's New Releases Revealed Today

Welcome to On The Shelf, Idolator's weekly look at the new releases hitting stores on Tuesday. This week's slate is curiously light on both holiday music—although we do kind of want to hear the Bootsy Collins Christmas album—but it has what may be a surefire No. 1 contender in the new collection of '60s songs from Barry Manilow. (Hey, it worked for Rod Stewart.) We've already given you a chance to suffer through Playing With Fire; after the jump, we look at Manilow's new full-length, as well as offerings from Deftones, Willie Nelson, Birdman & Lil Wayne, and Lady Sovereign. More »

1:40 PM on Mon Oct 30 2006
By mjohnston
123 views, 9 comments

Latest by MJ: Now you tell me Barry Manilow's "The Greatest Songs Of The Sixties" will be released tomorrow on Halloween? Yeah, quite appropriate, isn't it? Does Barry Manilow knock on people's doors at Halloween and say "Song or treat!"? more »

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Caption This: When Ghostface Met Lady Sov

The scene: Last night at the mtvU Woodie Awards. The players: Wu-Tang loose cannon Ghostface Killah and itty bitty British MC Lady Sovereign. We have no idea what they were discussing, but we're going to guess that Def Jam's promotional priorities were at least mentioned in passing. More »

2:46 PM on Thu Oct 26 2006
By mjohnston
751 views, 10 comments