Some New Biggie – On a Posthumous Tip

Proof that Biggie was a plagiarist. 

Cocaine Abuse Is the Secret To Longevity

Peter Frampton celebrates his 58th birthday today. Here is a promo film put out by his record company surrounding the Frampton Comes Alive album in 1976. These were his stadium packing glory days. 

 

Baby I love your way

Show Me The Way

Do You Feel I Do

Seattle, Make Some Noise!

Kanye West’s Glow In The Dark tour rolled through Seatle Sacramento this weekend. Kanye pulled made a classic rockstar move mistake. Check his blog…

“I can’t believe I bust a spinal tap! It’s no excuse for this I wish I could sink in a black whole [sic]. When I said Seattle and there was no crowd response I was up on my spaceship platform thinking damn… I think I just said the wrong city!!!!! I kind of muffled the words so I was praying nobody really caught it. I guess all those hours that me and Phill spent making my mic clear as possible back fired on me! We had alot of problems with the video servers on the first 3 songs and that completely threw me off! Hey, I’m not perfect. Hope everybody had a good time. I’m a man, I can say it… I’m sorry.”

Kanye’s Blog Entry= 

 

This video isn’t new, but is a great departure from the old soundstage with fake rain, fake money, and fake boobs hip hop video template. 

Arabs Pay Jew(ish) $25 Million To Sing and Dance

According to perezhilton.com , Madonna is about to receive $25 Million to play two gigs in Dubai. This would be a new record in concert guarantees, as well as a highly ironic exchange; A slutty dancing, scantily clad white quasi-Jew (Kabbalah),  rubbing herself to music, in an officially Islamic Arab country, being paid for by an Arab that can afford a $25 million event (Likely royalty/government or accomplished Arab businessman). Wow. At least in one fell swoop, Live Nation can claw back almost 25% of Madonna’s ten year advance. Everybody wins. Except Prince. This makes his $4.8 mill for Coachella seem totally pussy. 

Here is a live clip from Madonna’s Confession’s tour DVD, directed by concert film master Jonas Åkerlund. 

This festivity seems a little bit strange considering the fact that not so long ago, a Dubai nightclub was shut with direct orders from Dubai’s crown prince Sheikh Mohammed al-Maktoum for hosting a gay night.( http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1254897.stm ) This is going to be like the gayest night of all time. How things change. Maybe though, Madonna has a huge straight following in the UAE. 

Clive Davis Replaced; Nothing Changes

The big music industry news this week is the replacement of Clive Davis as CEO and Chairman of the BMG label group. For a bullet point account, check 

http://www.pollstar.com/news/viewnews.pl?NewsID=9942

For an interesting narrative on the situation as well as some history, check out 

http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2008/04/17/clives-demise/

For your viewing pleasure, here are a few of the acts that built Clive’s career. Or whose career’s were built by him. Depending on opinion; popular, or his.

Janis Joplin – Cry Baby (1970) 

Bruce Springsteen – Thunder Road (1976)

Whitney Houston – I Will Always Love You (1992)

 

aKON Artist

Some interesting new developments in the world of Akon’s criminal past. Here is the full rundown. 

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0416081akon1.html

It makes this video all the more hilarious.

 

Life’s Been Good To Me So Far

Two very different takes on a Joe Walsh classic, by Joe himself. 

That’s Dr. John on piano. 

New Music Marketing According to Radiohead

First the tip jar stunt with the initial release of “In Rainbows” and the subsequent monster-hype surrounding the end of music sales as we know it, then the remix contest of Nude. Both marketing tactics proved exceptionally successful. “Nude” has just entered the Billboard Hot 100 at #37; Radiohead’s first top 40 single since “Creep” hit #34 in 1993. More detailed info can be found all over the web. I just found this clip of “Nude” performed on the Jonathan Ross Show and felt the need to post it. It’s rare to see this kind of quality on a TV show performance; both performance and production. Enjoy.

Happy Birthday Albert Greene

Al Green is 62 today. Here is a rare live performance of “people Get Ready”. Try to spot Aretha Franklin standing at the edge of stage right. 

Prince To Receive $4.8 Million For Coachella Performance

According to Perezhilton, Prince will receive $4.8 million to perform at the ninth annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts festival in Indio, California. Obviously the addition proved a success, as the remaining tickets sold out within twenty-four hours of the announcement. Here is the original music video, and a live performance from Tokyo.