All kinds of Lily Allen-type buzz surrounds Made of Bricks, the debut album from the latest UK pop tart Kate Nash. “Foundations” certainly holds up to the lofty praise, though consumers should know that Nash and Allen, musically, have very little in common. In terms of their attitude, not to mention their tendency to curse like drunken sailors, they’re peas in a pod, but where Allen’s music is closer to Madness, Nash appears to be a bigger fan of the Dresden Dolls, if her song “Mariella” is any indication. But if any song is going to draw comparisons to Allen, “Foundations” is the one, particularly the line about her sucking lemons because she’s so bitter, and her responding that she’d rather do her boyfriend’s friends because they’re much fitter. Oh, snap.
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The latest and greatest from yours truly features “Heroin” by the VU and a new look. The “Rock ‘N Roll” video was a hit, so perhaps this one will be as well.
Truth be told, the clip I really wanted to show from Pat Sajak’s short-lived late-night talk show was from when Squeeze appeared to promote their Frank album, but, alas, it’s nowhere to be found on YouTube. (I’ve actually got it on a VHS tape; maybe one of these days I’ll upload it myself.) Still, when I stumbled upon this performance from the great Webb Wilder…his first-ever on network television, if Pat’s intro can be trusted…I couldn’t resist posting it instead. It’s not my favorite of Webb’s tracks – that honor belongs to “Tough It Out” – but the guy’s got a powerful heap of energy in just about everything he’s ever recorded, so I have no complaints about “Hittin’ Where It Hurts” serving as an alternate.
Granted, the field of competition isn’t as wide as it used to be, but, still, I can’t imagine the ever-genial Paul would’ve walked off “Live with Regis and Kelly” after being told that he needed to shorten the length of his song.
I’m not saying it’s not a little ridiculous that the show’s producer, Michael Gelman, said that Ringo’s song had to be a mere two and a half minutes or less – that’s a pretty paltry time frame, even for a pop song – but Gelman apparently offered to barter with Ringo and cut down his chat time in favor of giving him more time for a song, and Ringo instead opted to hit the highway. Well, he was probably riding on the high of knowing that he’ll be getting an upcoming episode of “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” all to himself, but, still, it smacks of a bit of a tantrum to me.
I have to say, though, that Dave Stewart – the former Eurythmic who’s serving as Ringo’s current musical director – had the best quote about the matter:
“Four minutes (3 minutes and 40 seconds, actually) seemed like an appropriate amount of time for a former Beatle. Mr. Gelman apparently felt Ringo’s musical legacy should take a back seat to additional banter about the size of Ms. Ripa’s derriere.”
You go, Dave!
If you’ve seen the commercial for the new Apple laptop, the MacBook Air, you’ve heard the new tune by Yael Naim, “New Soul.” Apple successfully used Feist’s “1234” in an ad, and it seems like they’ve tapped another infectious tune for the Air ad. Here’s the YouTube vid:
Looks like that tiny apartment has some unexpected square footage.
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