From The Shoot Me Now Files: Wyclef Jean To Run For President Of Haiti
Wycliff Jean is running for President of Haiti: a) Wycliff couldn’t manage the Fugees let alone a country b) He let Lauryn Hill slip through his fingers c) He had […]
Wycliff Jean is running for President of Haiti: a) Wycliff couldn’t manage the Fugees let alone a country b) He let Lauryn Hill slip through his fingers c) He had […]
If you are into Gospel, and even if you aint, the Clark Sisters -the three time Grammy winning Gospel singers, are a must see. Kiki Sheard -a Clark daughter, is
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Rush released after leaking early, “Mine”, Taylor Swift’s the first new song since “Today Was A Fairytale” is a straight up masterpiece of the purest pop confection, it rings as
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I have been intrigued by these stencils that you can see everywhere in the Hollywood neighborhood lately and it took me a while to realize it was about Joaquin Phoenix’s
Wu Tang Clan covered the Beatles “Come Together” last night with RZA rapping over the track at the last date of their UK date in london Avenged sevenfold FAILED to take
When Pitchfork dismissed MIA’s new album earlier this year it felt like an act of insurrection against the vanguard. And it might well have been one if the guy didn’t
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Two songs into New York’s own best electronic dance Holy Ghosts! show opening set at Summerstage I turn to Woody and say: “They’re a disco band”. No sampling? Little synth?
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I missed this story but apparently Capitol Records (Nessing warned me about them, by the way) sued Katy Perry for copywrite infringement because Snoop raps “I wish they all could
If you wanna believe in Christ as your savior, be my guest. SOme of my best friends are Christians, my sister Feriel, who I love very much is born again.
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Courtney Love has about the worst reputation on earth. I mean when your own daughter hates your guts, you just know you are a major major asshole. This friendless, horrible
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Beck did an interview with Pitchfork, and he said he was hoping to release a new album soon: it was recorded in the fall of 2008, but needs some finishing
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What are the chanes of winning American Idol? Figure 1: 100,000 if you actually go to the auditions. They probably see something like that number a season. So, I guess
Aretha Franklin falls in Detroit home, breaks two ribs. The queen of soul suffered a domestic tumble which will postpone two appearances in NY scheduled for next week, and beleagued
Woody Fuller takes the pic, Iman Lababedi does the mini interview with the Holy Ghost! bassist: IL: We love you and we’d love to interview the band. Bassist: That’s good to
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Nathan Williams tuned his guitar, looked over at his bass player, said “I’m going to get high” and wandered off stage . 45 minutes later he was back on stage
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Grinderman are Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey and Jim Sclavunos. This quad of hot is releasing an lp Grinderman 2 on September 14th. Then doing something even more insane.
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Have you ever been at a concert and gotten dirty looks because of how you were dressed? Or maybe you were the one giving the dirty look? Why does it
Frank Sinatra Jr’s, son Frank was taken by paramedics to hospital after an attempted suicide attempt. Sinatra 3, aged 32 was found conscious yet not responsive in his Downey California
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City With No Children – Arcade Fire Just Like The Movies – Katy Perry Lovegame – Lady Gaga And Marilyn Manson One Shot – JLS Jizzle (feat Lil Jon) –
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