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Apatow hearts Walk Hard, “the stupidest movie ever”

Kasdan says that if you are going to parody something it’s best if you have a respect for the type of work you are spoofing. “It takes so long to make parodies that if you didn’t have some real affection for biopics, you would run out of interest. Judd and I run to biopics [...]

Want a Shocking Dose of Reality? Try Listening to the Songs on Your Child’s MP3 Player

But the cleanliness of theory is no match for messy reality. This is the music young people are listening to; it is the language of what s happenin now. And as much as I may dislike it, many of the movement s ambassadors are characters like Mims grabbing his crotch and bragging, This is [...]

From The Victim to I Always Los Angeles-Based Indie Pop Rock Band 2nd Day Crush Breaks the Mold with Debut Album

The fivesome have created a sound that everyone is starving for — music that rocks with powerful pop vocals reminiscent of David Bowie, catchy guitar licks, rolling rhythms and emotionally evocative lyrics. From the Nights You Lost Your Voice is a project that goes above and beyond most pop rock endeavors. With two tracks that [...]

Fergie’s ‘Big Girls Don’t Cry’ Earns Grammy Nominations Included as finalist for ‘Best Female Pop Vocal Performance’

SANTA MONICA — The climax of a record-setting year of success for Fergie was underscored at the 50th annual Grammy Awards nominations as her #1 single “Big Girls Don’t Cry” was nominated for “Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.” Earlier this year, Fergie won “Favorite Female Artist (Pop/Rock)”at last month’s 2007 American Music Awards; “Female [...]

Skydiggers’ Andy Maize performs Schumann in ‘Art of Time’ concert

The ensemble’s concerts “fuse artists and ideas from unlikely inspirations… popular, classical, old and new,” according to its artistic director, Andrew Burashko. “No concert series pushes the boundaries of music presentation quite like Art of Time,’” he said on the series’ website. The ensemble’s most recent production Source and Inspiration II, which takes place [...]

Visual Evidence of the Power of Prayer and Gratitude

He experimented first with water from a pure source in Japan. The picture revealed a beautiful crystalline form. He then did the same thing with water from a nearby polluted river. The result was a muddy, smeared pattern with very little structure. He then asked a priest from a temple to offer a prayer [...]

Hot Northern blues Label with roots in snowy Ottawa pushes many new acts Lynn Saxberg,

The Ottawa Citizen Published:”Tuesday, December 11, 2007 Any farmer will tell you it takes warm, sunny weather to cultivate watermelons. But in the worldwide garden of blues, one of the juiciest new acts, Watermelon Slim, hails from a label with its roots in snowy Ottawa. Watermelon Slim is the stage name for William P. [...]

[HipHop,Rap] Groove Attack:

Styles P is officially one of the most respected hip-hop artists in the game today. He is also 1/3rd of the street rap super-group, The Lox (which also features platinum-selling star Jadakiss and Sheek Louch). The Lox were an integral part of Bad Boy Records’ reign over the urban charts in the late 90’s. [...]

Norteno Music Legend Ramon Ayala in Concert at Spotlight 29 Casino

COACHELLA, Calif., Dec. 12 /PRNewswire/ — With more than 100 albums and countless awards to his credit, Ramon Ayala has been the name behind norteno, conjunto and tejano music, spawning followers and imitators. Now the original master will be in concert at Spotlight 29 Casino on January 27.

Leeds rock stars to help music charity

Stars like Corinne Bailey Rae, The Wedding Present, Utah Saints, Nightmares on Wax and Chumbawamba have donated items to be raffled off in aid of the charity. The raffle will take place on Saturday at Burley Liberal Club, on the corner of Cardigan Road and Burley Road. Starting at 7pm, the evening will also [...]