Black Francis: “Uh hello…the elevators stuck…” Al Queda aren’t the only ones banking on September 11th to get some attention with a new release. This week sees a plethora, headlined by the much hyped Blur Versus Oasis 1995-esque matchup that is 50 Cent Vs. Kanye West (in this scenario 50 is the more popular but [...]
As The New York Times reports today (registration required) BET has a new set of animated promotions that bring to mind MTV in it’s late 80′s heyday of mixing music video programming with self-referential and sometimes even avant-garde promos. The question being raised is whether the satire “Read a Book” is racist? I’ll let you [...]
Missy Elliott — maybe she and Doritos should continue to just be friends According to an unintentionally funny Billboard article, Doritos is launching their new Collisions chips with ads featuring Missy Elliott. Given Missy’s publicized weight loss this is a bit like when Eric Clapton shilled for Michelob after his stint in rehab. Missy’s management [...]
Maya Arulpragasm (aka M.I.A.) dressed for some night jogging Sri Lankan rapper/singer M.I.A. (pronounced like “maya“) is connoisseur of rhythm, a veritable beat specialist. Like James Brown, she’s never met a groove or a polyrhythm she didn’t want to ride and on her new album Kala she serves up the results on a gleaming silver [...]
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