By now, much of the music world has heard about veteran folk singer Michelle Shocked's deplorable rant in San Francisco from earlier in the week. Almost everyone has weighed in on it and to put it bluntly, her career is on life support. 
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| If this doesn't scream excess, what does? |
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| Mark McGrath |
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Yesterday, Vans and Metallica announced they'd be releasing four different designs of Metallica-branded Vans, one designed by each member. For diehards, this new is probably amazing, I mean, what other piece of garb could you possibly add to your collection of Metallica swag (and shoes for that matter since they released a Kill Em All inspired shoe last March) than four pairs of Vans?
Metallica isn't the first band, and certainly won't be the last to lend their name and design capabilities in order to make a few extra bucks. In the climate of the music biz today, who could blame them? As an owner of Circle Jerks Vans and AC/DC Converse that I bought in London a few years ago, I completely understand the appeal IF they are designed correctly. I've gotten a number of compliments on the Circle Jerks shoes, and why wouldn't I? If you don't like the Circle Jerks, then you have no soul. Besides they look pretty damn badass as well.
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| Thank you Aleixis (aka @Thugy_A) for the laugh. |
Bringing a baby into this world is a great thing. That being said, anyone can have unprotected sex so it isn't really breaking news. Case in point: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. Sadly, this (pretend) unplanned pregnancy will no doubt take over the airwaves, the internet, and we're even betting that it will spawn yet another TV show with the overexposed Kardashian Klan. And we can all talk as much shit on this innocent baby as we want but at the end of the day, it isn't the baby's fault that it will be born to a mother who is famous for fucking and who'll pimp it out as soon as Ryan Seacrest ponies up the cash, and a father who thinks crushing young girl's spirits (Taylor Swift), using a Katrina fundraiser as a personal platform, and wearing leather skirts is a good look.
After a "long" courtship of eight months, Kanye announced the great news every so sexily by saying, "Stop the music real quick. Make noise for my baby mama." on Sunday night at his concert in Atlantic City. It turns out that Kim is twelve weeks along (you do the math) and even though we wish them a happy and healthy baby, we are also sooo not looking forward to "Kim and Kanye Take the Maternity Ward" on the E! Channel.
It's apparent to everyone that this family will do anything for attention and since they love being in the limelight so much, we thought we'd join in on the craze that is already spreading across the internet faster than Kim's...well you know...which is, what will this duo name their baby? As you can imagine, we had a few thoughts.
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5- K' Donda
Keeping with the "K" theme, Kanye would no doubt like to pay homage to his mother that passed away and what better way than to gift this child with her name in Donda's honor. Of course, they will just havvve to add the "K" because of the obvious but they should be "kareful" because only three K's in one family could lead to trouble if you catch what we're throwing.
Andrew Youssef Say, say, say, what you want, but it's happening
For those of you who may or may not know, tonight in New York City is the granddaddy of all Sandy concerts. Taking place at Madison Square Garden, tonight's show will feature some of the biggest names in music history including (drumroll please) Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band, Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton, Dave Grohl, Billy Joel, Alicia Keys, Chris Martin, Eddie Vedder, Kanye West, The Rolling Stones, Roger Waters, The Who, and Paul McCartney.
Read that again, please. Yes, all of the aforementioned musicians will be performing to raise money for Sandy. When you first look at that list, you have no choice but to say WOW, especially considering the potential collaborations between groups. So far, Rolling Stone reports that Eddie Vedder will be joining Roger Waters on the Pink Floyd classic "Comfortably Numb," which could be pretty cool. There's another purported collaboration though that doesn't seem so appealing; in fact, it's the headscratcher of all headscratchers.
Apparently McCartney and the former members of Nirvana recently got together for a jam session and according to the British newspaper The Sun, will be performing as a unit tonight. Yes, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl will be performing with possibly the least grunge-y/punk person this side of Pat Boone tonight.
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| Yeah. Ummmm. Pimpin' is a much better look on you Katt. |
Dear Katt:
Forgive us for being so blunt (although we know you like blunts) but, what the fuck is going on with you? We've all heard of acting out due to "short man's complex" but my friend (if we may call you that), you are taking it wayyyy too far. We get you are a "pimp" but for real pimpin', this shit has to stop!
You are so funny but lately, it seems your life is starting to play out like the punch line to a really bad joke. Your stand-up specials killed and you were on your way to the top of the comedic list and now, you are winding your way down at a rapid pace. And the worst part of it all? It's all because of your own doing. It's not because you aren't funny anymore because really, that isn't the case. You still have what it takes to make a crowd roar but it would seem that your ego is really starting getting in the way. Does, "How do you get a job and fuck up everything! Everything? Everything!" not ring a bell sir?
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Even with the surprising, okay, VERY surprising news that Taylor Swift's latest album sold a whopping 1.2 million copies in its first week, almost everyone can agree that the music biz is in a heap of trouble. Labels and artists alike are scrambling to make a buck any way they can. Sometimes this could be to the benefit of fans and collectors of limited edition items, or quite the contrary. In the case of Rhianna, it's the latter rather than the former.
This is what $250 gets you, Rihanna fans
For those of you who don't know, Rhianna's upcoming album, Unapologetic, will be available in multiple formats, which has been the norm for releases these days. There's the standard CD ($9.99 via Amazon) or if you're feeling ambitious, plunk down a few more bucks for the deluxe CD/DVD version. Or if you're a diehard fan who collects all things Rhianna (you know who you are), you can spend $250 for the Diamonds Executive Platinum Box.
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| Adult film Actor and one-time Rapper Ron Jeremy |
Earlier this week we examined both hip-hop artists who would make interesting adult film stars as well as rap stars who've actually attempted creating their own erotica. As shocking as that was, would you believe that plenty of porn's biggest names have actually attempted to crossover into music as well? While there was a recent trend of adult film actors exchanging sex in front of a camera to rocking the party behind turntables at guest DJ gigs, efforts to crossover into mainstream music success actually go back several decades.
We at the Weekly decided it's only fair we take a look back at five of the most memorable porn stars who've attempted music careers.
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*Five Hip-Hop Artists Who Actually Became Adult Film Stars
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