“The truth is always in the minority”
- Søren Aabye Kierkegaard
Kina Grannis covers Kings Of Leon
5JoJo signs a contract with Blackground / Interscope
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Finally, after the whole record deal debacle, JoJo has finally signed with Blackground / Interscope records to release her next album and get on with it. Now we can prepare for some new music.
Premiere: Video: “Meet Me Halfway” by Black Eyed Peas
4Black Eyed Peas have one of the most successful albums of 2009. The E.N.D. had two long-standing number one hits and managed to make them even bigger than they were before. This third single received a whole lot of critical acclaim and that’s probably why it got the video treatment. It’s not the best and it might not make big waves like “I Gotta Feeling” or “Boom Boom Pow.” But, it’s strong enough to hold it’s own.
Alesha Dixon releases “Encore” version of “The Alesha Show”
Not that Alesha Dixon’s The Alesha Show did spectacularly well, but the record company is release a deluxe version of it titled The Alesha Show: The Encore. It’s basically the same album but with a few extra tracks. These tracks include “To Love Again,” her next single release November 15th. No word yet on if it’s a cover of the Diana Ross classic originally recorded for the soundtrack of Mahogany. The cover is not that spectacular, really, but it suffices. We hope she has some more upbeat tracks.
Premiere: Video: “Had It All” by Katharine McPhee
2Katharine McPhee lost American Idol but she should have one. Her first album was a promising chunk of soul-tinted pop. This time around she opted for a more mature sound and this is the result. A single that feels Adult Contemporary but ends up sounding a little country. “Had It All” is the first single from newly-blonde-bobbed Katharine McPhee. Her new album is called Unbroken and it’s due out January 5th, 2010. It’s a stretch from her first album and a little twangy. Wonder how this will settle with her fans.
Official single cover for Michael Jackson’s “This Is It”
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It has leaked and it’s not Michael’s greatest effort. But, we want anything more from the legend himself! The single cover is adequate and the single is just a reminder of how great Michael is. “This Is It” hits stores soon, but it’s already leaked and available for the world.
Premiere: Video: “You Got The Love” by Florence + The Machine
4One of the greatest cover versions of this decade gets the video treatment. Finally! No word on whether this will be the new single or just a promotional video, but it’s welcome nonetheless. Lungs is, basically, the break-through record of the year. Florence is working it hard!
Whitney Houston will tour Europe soon!
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Whitney Houston is actually going full-on with I Look To You. She is embarking on a tour of Europe early 2010. The tour starts in April with an extensive tour in the UK. Then Whitney moves on to Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Belgium. Surely France dates will be added and, maybe, Italy and Spain. But, if it sells out additions are expected, as always. We hope she’s in top form even as most critics are saying that her voice is not the same. Sometimes she speaks instead of singing, don’t you think?
Premiere: Video: “Flashback” by Calvin Harris
1Calvin Harris is on a roll! His album is surprisingly better than his debut. And, like anyone that’s truly passionate about music, he is commemorating the 1990s’. “Flashback” sounds like a good old 90s’ dance number with current technology. Don’t mind the I’m-in-Cannes video, the song is actually quite good. Ready For The Weekend is truly ready for the weekend.
Lily Allen releases “Who’d Have Known” as next single
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Lily Allen has gone for a sweeter sound for her fifth international single (fourth in the UK) “Who’d Have Known.” Rolling Stone Magazine called the song a potential single previously, being “the ballad with the album’s most surefire hook.” The video for it is being shot right now. The song samples Take That’s “Shine.” It’s Not Me, It’s You is one of the best album of the year. So, any singles are welcome.
Coca-Cola pays tribute to fashion!
2Stephen Gately choked on his own vomit
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Recent reports have revealed that Stephen Gately has choked on his own vomit. His cause of death was over-drinking. It was not an altercation of sorts or a fight. Or, as suspected before, it was not drugs. Not sexual asphyxiation. It was simply too much alcohol. He vomited on the sofa with his head down. The police are currently looking for a Bulgarian guy that was hanging out with them at the time for more questions. Sad story!
Must-Watch: Video: “White” by Charlotte Hatherley
Charlotte Hatherley is a former member of the band Ash. She left in 2006 to pursue her own solo career and this is the result. Her new album is called New Worlds. This is the single from it. It’s sounds great and the video concept is remarkable. Filmed backwards so that everything cleans up to be “White,” which is the song title.
USB ideas just keep coming…
It’s a flash drive that’s also a ruler. At least this idea is useful and practical.
Gay proposal during Mariah Carey’s Las Vegas concert
4On her last concert at Las Vegas’s The Palms 4-date live shows, Mariah Carey brought out two fans of hers on stage for a surprise. Turns out it was a same-sex proposal live onstage. How kawaii is that? It’s probably her raised glass to the National Equality March.
Dionne Bromfield’s album cover surfaces…
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Introducing Dionne Bromfield is the debut album of Amy Winehouse’s protege and goddaughter. She is signed to Winehouse’s new record label named Lioness Records. The album is a collection of soulful Motown hits that have been reworked for this generation’s audiences. She has already released the video for her new single “Foolish Little Girl,” which can be viewed here. Her debut performance on Strictly Come Dancing featuring Amy Winehouse can be viewed here.
Lady GaGa covers “Imagine” for the gays!
Haiku Review: “Love 2″ by Air
Love 2, no Love 1.
Air smooth out your mood to good.
Still, the gods of chill.
Richard Dawkins talks to fool Bill O’Reilly
4Bill O’Reilly is at it again trying to swing it for his miseducated nuts and sounding like a little fool. Apparently, conservatives have just learned about World War II because they have been flinging around the words “Hitler” and “Fascism” a lot lately and very freely. It doesn’t deliver their message across better, it just makes them look more uneducated than ever. In fact, people who love Hitler predominantly vote republican, or are we wrong?
The real problem is that liberals are calm and reserved when it comes to argument and conservatives yell nonsense loud. This make their standpoint more affective. Richard Dawkins has it right when he says “stop shouting” and then the fool says “That’s just the way I speak.” Really? or is it the only way they know how to make a point with the absurd Neanderthal ways? Someone’s religious beliefs should not be imposed on everybody. Even if the majority believes in it. Period. The majority believed the earth was flat back then. Does it make it flat?
