9.13.2002
posted by fred solinger 4:49 PM
on the way home today, i was listening to power 105. an ad came on: first, a young man comes on saying how he'd bought the new nas album on 125th & st. nick (i think). i thought he was going to tell the listeners how tight it was, but in fact he said that he got SCAMMED. then a young woman comes on and says how she downloaded all of these songs because she was going to burn an album to disc for her friend, but she had so many songs on the computer that it apparently broke and her mom was MAD. finally, a girl came on who sounded as if she were at wit's end. her friend burned her the new nore album, BUT it didn't come with the album cover (i guess her friend is a novice or just inconsiderate). the cover was the BEST PART because it has this 'hot-ass shot of nore' on the cover that she would've put above her bed. if you haven't learned the lesson yet, piracy is wrong and the message was brought to you by def jam.
9.10.2002
posted by fred solinger 9:12 PM
jann wenner steps down from the ivory tower to write another glowing review of a buddy's record. (remember the five stars for mick jagger's last outing?)
posted by fred solinger 9:09 PM
whoa!
posted by fred solinger 4:23 PM
i was switching through stations last night when i came to ktu. i stopped because i heard the lyrics, "remember after the fire, after all the rain, i will be the flame." sung by a woman. to a dance beat. apparently, this is the second volley in the reinterpretation of 80s power ballads into 00s dancefloor fillers (and, in the case of dj sammy's "heaven," back into 80s power ballads ("the candlelight remix.")) the singer is erin hamilton who, believe it or not, is carol burnett's daughter. her first single was a cover of "dream weaver" (!), but her album has been around for two years now. the "heaven" effect, then, is apparently quite similar to the strokes effect -- everything old is new again, e.g. garage rock, veni vedi vicious.
9.9.2002
posted by fred solinger 2:04 PM
i was listening to kid capri on bls the other night and he had a new, yes, new, single from r. kelly. where does he find the time? it's a ballad called "making my baby." unlike "heaven, i need a hug," it's not about his case, otherwise it would've been called "making it with baby."
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nylpm
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maura.com
popshots
matos
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the voice music section
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