Yes, in a move that will sure to be as “alarming” as when Jenny McCarthy posed for Candies shoes on the toilet, rap artist Nas’ new album is going to be called Nigga. Nas says people “shouldn’t trip on the album’s title; the songs are crazier than the title.” Still, it’s still caused an uproar with the likes of Jesse Jackson who said he wished Nas would use his talents to uplift and not to degrade.
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It only took a year and change, but We Are the Pipettes, the debut from the sassy UK girl group trio, has finally arrived on these here shores. They turned some heads earlier in the year as Amy Winehouse’s opening act, and if you see them, you’ll know why. Holy smokes, are they hot. Hot, hot, hot. Gwenno (the tall blonde) is a Posh Spice in the making, let me tell you.
The girls have a ton of videos on YouTube – the animated “ABC” is tons of fun – but I chose “Pull Shapes” so you can see for yourself just how hot the non-animated Pipettes are. Wear a bib, and dance your ass off.
And the Brit-Brit news just keeps on rolling. Yes, it seems that a judge has now revoked Britney Spears’ child visitation rights completely. The judge wants Spears to comply with a court order, which was not detailed. So far Britney has apparently failed to comply with several court orders, landing her in this child custody mess in the first place.
I love Thelonious Monk. I could explain away all day the reasons why, but the music says it all. Here he is busting out “Lulu’s Back in Town” in a long two-parter. Amazing stuff.
I first met Johnny Lingo off a Craigslist ad. No, not that kind of Craigslist ad: I bought a great vintage Wurlitzer 200A (think Ray Charles’ “What’d I Say”) keyboard from him, which I picked up at a Providence, RI recording studio where he was hanging out.
Lingo took me around the studio and graciously demo’d all the wild and fantastic keyboards there (they had a goshdarned Mellotron!) and gave me an EP of his former band, the Lingo. They’d built some regional notoriety playing upbeat, harmonious pop–including a funny little tune about how Johnny likes your friends better than you.
Now, the keyboardist’s struck out on his own, and released an album earlier this year. Driven by the same pop ethos, Lingo influences include 1970s disco (see “Step Outside”) and 1980s alterna-pop (“Fallen Angel”), but for the most part it’s a noveau mixing of a lot of stuff. Frenetic and melodious–and a good listen.
While we don’t ever like to make blanket statements that cast Billy Joel in a positive light, one thing he sang rings true: You can’t get the sound from a story in a magazine (or a blog) so don’t take our word for it: Sample four cuts on his MySpace, and if you like it, pony up the five bucks for a download.
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