Normally, this wouldn’t be news. But, it’s our very own lovely – Ani DiFranco – re-releasing last year’s Red Letter Year as a vinyl offering. But, the sexy part is that there is an additional track. It’s an extended remix of “Emancipated Minor,” which is a great track off of the album. Too bad our gramophone is not working no more. And Righteous Babe does not deliver to Kuwait. Trust me, I tried and I still don’t have my Little Plastic Remixes.
The worst bjork fan on earth is me. This looks like it’s circa Debut and I have never seen it. But as always in her quirky cheeky way she makes great sense and you know how much of a fan I am a fan of alternative thinking and people who think for themselves instead of swallow anything society tells them. I know a few of those hungry ones. In any case, nice find! Now, I want some new material that is less Volta more Homogenic.
If to 2009 is the year of anything other than the death of the late and great Michael Jackson, it is the year of electro. All kinds. Ladyhawke, La Roux, Lady GaGa, Frankmusik, Noah, VV Brown, Little Boots, Lykke Li and many others. And they keep on coming and coming. This time around it’s the first-listen impressive Ellie Goulding who is making waves across MySpace and the electroclash blogosphere. We first heard of her a while back but she didn’t have enough tracks. But now with solid numbers like the remix-ready “Starry-Eyed” and the hard-to-overcome “Wish I Stayed” featuring “it” boy Frankmusik. The music is electronic but accessible. She fuses acoustic aspects with clash beats. Kind of like Madonna’s last good moment on American Life. The beats are loud and solid but the lyrics are opulent with emotion. Exactly what the iPod doctor prescribes.
I wouldn’t be surprised if this came into effect in the next couple of years. I’d buy it because some people might need an emergency liposuction. I mean, some people’s faces were made for radio.
Sarah Harding of Girls Aloud has just confirmed that the girls are taking a group hiatus in order to pursue personal aspirations. This comes after the announcement of a multi-album deal with their record label. Both Nadine Coyle and Cheryl Cole have confirmed that they are going to work of solo material that might saunter it’s way to us in 2010, while Sarah Harding is getting the acting bug and some roles to go along with it. No word on Kimberly or the ugly one yet, but the latter one might continue her work on her make up line. Make it thick, honey.
I really want the energy booster she’s on!
Now that the Ayatollah and the forced Iranian president have managed to scare the population into silence of sorts, there’s no saying on what will happen to the Irani elections debacle. At one point the revolution looked formidable. The population was not going to bow down to the election results and the truth of “over-counting” came out. But, now there is less and less news on the elections and Twitter is no longer flooded with #iranelection posts. It has disappeared from the trends sections. I wonder if this is just a plateau or has the Irani people really been forced into accepting the results from their government and the indifference of the west. Kind of like how the west is afraid of China and is willing to forgo i’s human rights violations in place of better economic ties?
You know what’s worse than being the worst Michael Jackson impersonator in the world? It’s being the British judge on Malaysian Idol.
