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Amy Winehouse goes from Black to Blacker
Posted in Amy Winehouse, Lyrics, Mark Ronson, Singers on the March 31, 2008
If you thought Back To Black was dark, wait until you hear Amy Winehouse´s third album. The troubled star has almost become a recluse since contracting an ugly skin condition and friends are terrified about her negative state of mind.
They say she has never been this low — and that she has been writing sinister song lyrics about death.
Again writing with Mark Ronson, Amy has played some of the new songs to pals. They were impressed but disturbed by the moodiness of her follow-up to the eight million-selling Back To Black.
Some of the lyrics are so bleak that it is even being described as “suicidal musicâ€.
A source said her skin complaint was dragging her mood down further and added: “Her next album is darker than ever. Amy’s got low self-esteem anyway but her skin has made her want to hide away from the rest of the world. And we have started noticing more and more cuts on her arms. Her problems are pushing her over the edge and she’s turning into a depressed recluse. It’s not good for her to stay in so much. People try to get her to leave the house and tell her not to worry about what people say. But she’d rather sit around her dingy flat all day writing about death.â€
Despite the morbid nature of the new material, it’s sure to be a hit with fans.
The source added: “She’s written quite a lot of the third album already. It is very, very dark but she produces some of her best music when she’s in pain — and the past few months have been hell for her. She might have all this fame and wealth but she’s never been so down as she is now.â€
Jonas Brothers on DWTS
Posted in Dancing With the Stars, Jonas Brothers, Music Bands, Music Review, Myspace on the March 30, 2008
The Jonas Brothers took the stage of ‘Dancing with the Stars’ on Tuesday to perform their hit song ‘When You Look Me in the Eyes’ and a cover of the 80s hit ‘Take on Me’. 20-year old Kevin, 18-year old Joe and 15-year old Nick took the time to post a bulletin on MySpace before the show. They said that they were dedicating their performance to a good friend who passed away unexpectedly on Monday night. The band of brothers left the dedication saying “We are dedicating our performance of ‘When You Look Me in the Eyes’ in honor of Stephanie. We will see you in ETERNITY!â€
Velvet Revolver Comes to an End
Posted in Concert, Music, Music Bands, Velvet Revolver on the March 27, 2008
This may be the beginning of the end for Velvet Revolver as the band’s front man Scott Weiland and drummer Matt Sorum don’t seem to be getting along well lately. At a show in Glasgow, UK last Thursday night, Weiland shocked the crowd and his band mates by announcing that they were “watching something special… the last tour by Velvet Revolver.” According to reports, the rest of the band was in disbelief. Sorum then unleashed some heated comments on his blog about not getting along with Weiland and Weiland not knowing how good he has it. Weiland then issued a statement to Blabbermouth mainly putting down Sorum’s accomplishments as compared to his.
Kanye West Plagiarized
Posted in Hit Song, Kanye West, R&B, Rumor on the March 26, 2008
One crazy songwriter/producer in Maryland is claiming that Kanye West stole what’s rightfully his by lifting his tune ‘Volume of Good Life’ for Kanye’s smash hit ‘Good Life’. In a rambling lawsuit filed in Maryland District Court, Dayna ‘D’Mystro’ Staggs is suing the rapper and his record label for copyright infringement saying that Kanye “didn’t obtain a license to use ‘Volume of Good Life’” for his tune and even points out that Kanye was only a kid when the song was written. D’Mystro is also outraged because Kanye’s song was vulgar as compared to his much cleaner song. He’s demanding 85% of all world sales of the proceeds from the music that uses his work.
John Mayer Clears Up the Rumors
Posted in Blog, FUNNY, John Mayer on the March 25, 2008
John Mayer sure loves to blog about the most random of things. Just recently, the musician used his official website to address a little news bit from the New York Post. The paper wrote that “We Hear…..that John Mayer is so self-obsessed, he Googles himself every morning, and has been known to respond to online rumors just to clear the air.” It is a pretty well known fact. Heck, he even responds to posts regarding him being a big douche bag. Not to be outdone by the Post, John jokingly responded with “This is, quite simply, untrue.” If you think about it, it’s quite funny – in an ironic way.
Amy Winehouse ma ‘too ill’ to help star
Posted in Amy Winehouse, Celebs, Singers on the March 24, 2008
The mum of troubled Amy Winehouse says she is too ill to help control her junkie daughter.
Janis Winehouse, 52, suffers from multiple sclerosis and fears the stress of assisting the singer could make it worse. She said: “I just can’t do all that running around to wherever there’s been a problem.”
Janis’s ex husband, cabbie Mitch, has often tried to help Amy, 24, battle her addiction. She said: “He does a great job on behalf of both of us.”
Someone’s got to…
Jonas Brothers Rock
Posted in Jonas Brothers, Live Music, Music Bands, Photos on the March 24, 2008
The Jonas Brothers rocked the audience when they performed live on ‘The Early Show’ at the Hard Rock Café in Times Square, New York on Friday. The band of brothers did the thing that they do best on the CBS special in front of a national audience. If you weren’t able to catch that, catch them when they perform on the results show of ‘Dancing with the Stars’ on Tuesday. And if you’re still not able to catch that, there is the current tour that they’re on and there’s also another tour lined up for this summer. Lots of Jonas to go around!
Discount Avril Lavigne
Posted in Avril Lavigne, Concert, Tickets Sale on the March 22, 2008
It’s widely known that Avril Lavigne’s concert is doing very poorly in the ticket sales but did you know just how desperate people are to get rid of the tickets? For her show in Buffalo, New York, whatever number of fans the Canadian had left were able to buy 4 tickets for $98. That’s less than $25 per ticket. In West Palm Beach, Florida, you can watch Avril for a mere $9. That’s even less than the price of watching a movie. And in my opinion, you’re better off watching a movie even if it’s one of those cheesy 80s horror films that you’re more than likely to laugh at than get scared of.
American Idol Rocker Cast Off
Posted in American Idol, Live Music, Singers, TV Show on the March 21, 2008
In a first, American Idol producers chose to do a Beatles theme for the second time in one season – and back to back too! While there’s a lot in the legendary band’s catalog to choose from, it seems that most of the contestants didn’t know which was what. A lot of them sucked on that show! As for who paid the price – Amanda Overmyer was cast off the show. Kristy Lee Cook, who in my opinion should have left last week, was also in the bottom three. The third member was Carly Smithson. Shocking! Among the girls, she’s the golden girl – at least when it comes to her vocal chaps.
Madonna Still Married
Posted in Album Release, Madonna, Movies on the March 20, 2008
According to Madonna’s publicist Liz Rosenberg, the Queen of Pop and her hubby Guy Ritchie are still going strong. Liz says “I am delighted to confirm that Mr. and Mrs. Guy Ritchie remain happily married. Though they were in different countries recently — Madonna in the U.S. doing promotion for her upcoming album, ‘Hard Candy’, and Guy finishing up post production on his new film ‘RocknRolla’ as well as completing a Nike commercial and working on several scripts in England, the family are joyfully back together at home in London.” We’ll believe it when we see it. You can never base everything on what people say these days.
Mariah Carey on SNL
Posted in Album Release, Music Review, New LP, New Single, Saturday Night Live, Song on the March 19, 2008
Mariah Carey performed a two-song set during this past Saturday’s edition of Saturday Night Live. The 38-year old diva performed songs from her latest album ‘E=MC²’ which means ‘Emancipation equals Mariah Carey to the second power’. She sang her first single off the album ‘Touch My Body’ and a new song called ‘Migrate’. I thought ‘Touch My Body’ was a nice song but I’m really not feeling ‘Migrate’. It’s just a basic hip hop song that really did nothing for Mariah. It was so basic that even her back up dancers got basic. They needed to jazz up their outfits that were nothing more than a snore.
Rihanna Takes a Bow
Posted in Chris Brown, Hit Song, New Single, R&B, Radio Show, Rihanna on the March 18, 2008
Rihanna made the world premiere of her latest single ‘Take a Bow’ on Friday morning on Ryan Seacrest’s ‘On Air’ radio show on 102.7 KIIS FM Los Angeles. The song is about a break up with the girl just being spiteful and pitying on the guy. Much like Rihanna’s previous singles, let’s hope this one becomes a hit too. Let’s make 2008 her year as well. I’m just hoping that the song’s subject doesn’t happen to her though. Despite still not admitting it, everyone already knows that she and R&B crooner Chris Brown are dating. I’m hoping they last. They look cute together.
Natasha Bedingfield Says No to Drugs
Posted in Amy Winehouse, Drugs, Lily Allen, Natasha Bedingfield on the March 17, 2008
So what if she’s a goody goody. Her music is phat and she’s hot. She just does it all without the help of extracurricular substances.
So, what does Natasha Bedingfield think about fellow female stars like Lily Allen and Amy Winehouse taking drugs and drinking heavily? She thinks they’re out for attention.
Natasha says, “Unlike some artists around I like to have fun just for the sake of it, not just to attract attention. This industry is so obsessed with image and what everyone thinks of you and I’ve found that you have to fight hard within yourself not to let it affect you.”
She knows people talk about her…”I’m aware that I’ve been labeled a good girl by some because I’m different to some of the other female artists - the main difference being I don’t do drugs and I’m doing my best not to be messed up.”
Paula’s Pampering Pals
Posted in American Idol, Paula Abdul on the March 15, 2008
When she opens her mouth, chances are you will need a translator to figure out what Paula Abdul is saying. But you can usually bet it’ll be something juicy. Such was the case when she dropped by the “Morning Mash Up” on Sirius Radio today.
As Paula dished about how essential manscaping was, she brought up something unusual about a couple of guy friends of hers. She says these friends, “a British one and an American one with blond hair, who go to get Botox and fillers and manicures and pedicures more than I do! That’s not normal.”
Now, I may not be the brightest candle in the box, but that sounds like Simon Cowell and Ryan Seacrest. When ya think they’ll come out of the metro closet?
American Idol Rip Off
Posted in American Idol, Music Review, Myspace, TV Show, iTunes on the March 14, 2008
The rocker of this season’s American Idol, David Cook, was on fire with his rendition of the Beatles classic ‘Eleanor Rigby’ on Tuesday night but a Seattle band is claiming that he ripped off the arrangement from them. The band Doxology recorded their version of the song over a year ago and put it up on iTunes and the band’s MySpace. Their manager claims that the song is what they’re best known for and have played it at nearly 200 shows. They say that they have no intention of suing but they are trying to get in touch with the show hoping to at least get a bit of props.
