In no particular order ( Read more... )

(assuming Dick Clark Productions isn't being a...dick and taking it down)



Quite the entrance, I must say. Guess she likes to go big on ACM performances.

So far I've seen two Lenka videos (the other being "The Show"). They've both been rather original, which is cool.

• U2 has absolutely taken over this town this week. No less than three area radio stations have been simulcasting U2 concerts the past two nights. Tonight will be Boston's turn, with the historic Somerville Theater playing host. As you might expect, tickets, which as far as I can tell, were given out only by radio stations (weirdly, stations ( Read more... )

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• Heard Adele's Right As Rain on the indie radio station last week, so I guess that's the new single. Yay.
• Also heard KT Tunstall's Funnyman on WBOS' HD feed. Since it was the HD feed, methinks it's not actually a single. Pity, that's probably my favorite from Drastic Fantastic.
• Both No Doubt (opening act Paramore) and The Fray (opening act ( Read more... )

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• I'm cautiously optimistic about the new stimulus bill. Which is more than I can say about the bailout bill, which (as I mentioned might happen at the beginning has only turned out to help executives.
• Regardless of whether the stimulus bill is the right medicine or not right now, why do Republicans make such a fuss about spending ( Read more... )

Here are my picks for the top songs of 2008 (some were technically 2007 but received significant airplay in 2008).


2008

1. That’s What You Get
   Paramore
   Despite the upbeat rock music, this isn’t exactly a happy song (or video, for that matter).
2. Should’ve Said No
   Taylor Swift
   Hell hath no fury like a teenage singer/ ( Read more... )