Category: News (Page 63 of 136)

The Cos freezes the Al

Oh, that Bill Cosby. In the old days, he’d groove with the kids, making ’em Jello-O and doing some Picture Pages with them. Now he’s coming off like a cranky ol’ hata! You see, The Cos has forced rapper Fat Al to change his stage name to Al Fatz. And you know why, too. That’s right. “Fat Al” is too close to “Fat Albert.” Can’t have that old cartoon’s legacy destroyed (even though “The Brown Hornet” pretty much did that on its own at the time). Quote Fatz, “I’m just trying to come up and Bill Cosby was hating.” Shit, Cos! Just let the dude come up, will ya? He needs to get more exposure beyond his “Madden 97” entry.

Corporate Lou

It gets harder and harder to come up with any defenses as to why I love Lou Reed and his music. Case in point, this video of him performing “What’s Good” for some suits. It’s not whom he’s performing for that bugs me; I couldn’t care less where Lou gets his money. It’s just that he’s become so goddamned boring as of late during his live performances. And the thing is, people eat it up. Like it’s this great honor just to be in the same room with the guy. Way to go, Lou. You butchered up another good song of yours by dragging it out into la-la land and making people think you’re Serious. I liked you more when you were a posturing egomaniac on drugs. At least there was an excuse for your behavior then.

Yawn. A new Smithereens album.

Why the yawning for one of my favorite bands of all time? Because it’s been seven years since the band’s last studio album, and they’re breaking their silence with…an album of covers. Okay, sure, it’s a cute gimmick – the album’s called Meet the Smithereens, and they’ve re-recorded Meet the Beatles in its entirety – but a less devout fan might well suggest that the band’s running creatively dry…

File under: It’s about damn time

Britney Spears has filed for divorce, according to multiple reports. The petition cites “irreconcilable differences” as the official reason for the divorce…presumably because there was no box to check for “husband is a freeloading, weed-smoking, backstabbing career killer.”

In other news: The birds are singing, the clouds have parted to reveal glorious blue skies…and Kevin Federline is available to perform at your holiday office party, should you require his services.

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