The longer I work on rock nyc , the more it seems like an expression of time passing in the world of music. It keeps revolving around anniversaries, whether it is the VMAs or the Grammys, the Billboard charts or Z-100 Jingle Balls, it is a circular thing returning to the same point further along the time space continuum. Or to put it another way, we write about the same thing with different people.
Keeping that in mind, I am responsible for many columns in rock nyc…
US Singles and Album Charts
UK Singles and album charts
Listen Up (track reviews)
rock nyc track charts (current weekly faves)
Active Viewin' (upcoming concert picks)
Singles Going Steady (album reviews)
Sneak Peaks (Weekly new releases)
And now, Winner And Loser, stolen from a business column in New York Post and a weekly pick of big winners and losers in the music world every week! Oh, first runner up in the loser charts? Pandora who lost 17% of their stock value.
Winner: Chris Brown: A VMA in his hand, an arm around Rihanna (the most wanted woman in pop) waste, and an arm around his girlfriend. And the song? "Turn Up The Music" is really good, and he album Fortune, much better than any one has claimed it is.
Loser: Madonna: Every major publication plus Slate got the Yankee Show completely wrong. It started late, it was a dreary mess with little useful music, and the audience HATED IT. A trashy, stupid, stomach churning concept and, did I mention, she barely sung at all? Just the worst. Plus? It didn't even sellout.