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January 30, 2008
January 29, 2008
Music Mates – Rock Reality Show Recap: Bobby Brown Out-Crazied by Marcia Brady on Debut of “Gone Country”
Rock Reality Show Recap: Bobby Brown Out-Crazied by Marcia Brady on Debut of “Gone Country”
Every Week on CMT’s new reality show Gone Country, a motley mix of Nashville misfits try to make it big on the Chesney tip. We’ll be watching (and chuckling): Sixty Minutes of Kentucky Fried Reality in Three Sentences: Welcome to Gone Country, hosted by Rich of Big & Rich, where CMT takes seven distinctively non-country celebs [...]
Every Week on CMT’s new reality show Gone Country, a motley mix of Nashville misfits try to make it big on the Chesney tip. We’ll be watching (and chuckling):
Sixty Minutes of Kentucky Fried Reality in Three Sentences: Welcome to Gone Country, hosted by Rich of Big & Rich, where CMT takes seven distinctively non-country celebs (or sorta celebs) and attempts to transform them into marquee draws at the Grand Ole Opry. Our combatants: Brian Wilson’s daughter Carnie Wilson, Julio Iglesias Jr. (who Wilson mistakes for a member of Menudo), coffee addict Dee Snider of Twisted Sister, The Brady Bunch’s Marcia Brady (Maureen “Mo” McCormick), a platinum-mohawked Sisqo of “Thong Song” fame, American Idol’s Diana DeGarmo and Mr. Whitney Houston himself, Bobby “Super Chocolate” Brown (those are his words!). Quarantined in Rich’s Tennessee mansion, “the biggest log cabin on Earth” as Brown calls it, our seven contestants have two weeks to make themselves into Garth Brooks for a chance to have their country song produced by Rich himself.
The Honky-Tonkin’ Highlights: When McCormick asks Brown whether he really suffered a heart attack as was reported recently, Brown responds, “No, I had a big fart in my stomach.” The Brown-McCormick tandem has potential to be the most intriguing reality pairing since Flavor Flav and Bridgette Neilsen. Runner-up goes to Carnie Wilson, who said of Brown, “I don’t know if he’s gonna whip out a gun, a crack pipe … I don’t know.” Ironically, within five minutes of being at the Rich mansion, Brown goes off searching for the gun rack. Sisqo thanks Brown for “paving the way” for his music, which would make sense, if the “way” was paved solely with thongs and one-hit wonders. Plus, for everyone who thought Jan was the craziest Brady, this show flat-out disproves that theory, as “Mo” is so off-the-wall that even the barely sane Snider asserts that she needs to be medicated.
The Grand Ole Finale: The magnificent seven are teamed up with Nashville songwriters who will help them hone their craft. From the onset, Sisqo is surprisingly the fan favorite, while Rich himself is secretly rooting for Iglesias Jr. in hopes of capturing the elusive Latino country fans. We can almost guarantee Snider won’t win, given his proclamation, “I don’t like country music.” He then suffered an epic meltdown at the dinner table when no one on the production crew brought him his much-needed coffee.
Source: www.rollingstone.com
January 26, 2008
Music Mates – Rolling Stone’s Top News Stories
• Slash Says Stone Temple Pilots Will Reunite • Vineland Festival Called Off • News Ticker: Danger Mouse, Michael Jackson • Anvil!: Sundance Rock Doc Standout • Rihanna, Blige Named Grammy Performers • Amy Winehouse Goes to Rehab Pre-Grammys • Gnarls Barkley’s New Album: A Preview • On the Charts: Alicia Keys, Juno Top stories from earlier this week: • New Music Tuesday: Cat [...]
• Slash Says Stone Temple Pilots Will Reunite
• Vineland Festival Called Off
• News Ticker: Danger Mouse, Michael Jackson
• Anvil!: Sundance Rock Doc Standout
• Rihanna, Blige Named Grammy Performers
• Amy Winehouse Goes to Rehab Pre-Grammys
• Gnarls Barkley’s New Album: A Preview
• On the Charts: Alicia Keys, Juno
Top stories from earlier this week:
• New Music Tuesday: Cat Power
• Heath Ledger Passes Away
• Coachella Lineup Announced
Scroll down for full news stories, commentary and much more in Rock Daily.
The Oakland Raiders denied a report Friday that owner Al Davis asked coach Lane Kiffin to resign.
Music Mates – ‘72 Fins fine
Some of the 1972 Miami Dolphins swapped stories Friday about their perfect season, praised the New England Patriots, laughed about today’s NFL paparazzi and playfully debated the myth of their annual champagne celebrations.
Southern California freshman O.J. Mayo violated an NCAA rule by accepting free tickets from Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony to an NBA game, but his punishment won’t include missing games.
January 24, 2008
January 22, 2008
Fight Night (Music Mates)
Fight Night
This is the debate we expected to see in Las Vegas. Woah! Obama just called Hillary a “corporate lawyer” and said of Bill’s attacks: “I can’t tell who I’m running against sometimes.”
This is the debate we expected to see in Las Vegas.
Woah!
Obama just called Hillary a “corporate lawyer” and said of Bill’s attacks: “I can’t tell who I’m running against sometimes.”
Source: www.rollingstone.com
Pujols bans local TV station from news conference
Albert Pujols, angry his name was incorrectly linked to the Mitchell Report on steroids last month, banned a St. Louis television station from participating in a news conference Monday.
Source: feeds.sportsline.com
January 21, 2008
Patriots look vulnerable — which doesn’t rule out victory (Music Mates)
Patriots look vulnerable — which doesn’t rule out victory
The Pats will play in Super Bowl XLII in two weeks, and they’re as vulnerable as they’ve been all season, based on what we saw in the AFC title game. Then again, they were vulnerable against the Chargers and still pulled out a 21-12 victory, Mike Freeman says.
Source: feeds.sportsline.com
January 19, 2008
Rolling Stone : Richie Sambora Leaves Rehab Long Enough to Ruin … (Music Mates)
MY RICHIE SAMBORA COLLECTION. ALBUMS. 1-Stranger in This Town · 2/3-Stranger in This Town Limited Edition · 4-Undiscovered Soul I · 5-Undiscovered Soul II … (more…)
January 17, 2008
Medical Examiner: Ike (Music Mates) Turner Died of a Cocaine Overdose
Medical Examiner: Ike Turner Died of a Cocaine Overdose
Ike Turner’s death on December 12th of last year has been ruled “a cocaine overdose,” according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s office. “We are listing that he abused cocaine, and that’s what resulted in the cocaine toxicity,” said Paul Parker, the office’s chief investigator. Hypertensive cardiovascular disease and pulmonary emphysema are also being [...]
Ike Turner’s death on December 12th of last year has been ruled “a cocaine overdose,” according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s office. “We are listing that he abused cocaine, and that’s what resulted in the cocaine toxicity,” said Paul Parker, the office’s chief investigator. Hypertensive cardiovascular disease and pulmonary emphysema are also being listed as “significant and contributing factors” to Turner’s death. Turner battled emphysema throughout his final years, but didn’t allow it to stop him from making music and touring. To read Rolling Stone’s obituary for the legendary musician, click here.
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“Allen Franken” Runs for Senate
This first Al Franken Senate ad, featuring the candidate’s fourth grade teacher calling him ‘Allen’ in an accent straight out of Fargo is priceless…
This first Al Franken Senate ad, featuring the candidate’s fourth grade teacher calling him ‘Allen’ in an accent straight out of Fargo is priceless…
January 16, 2008
Music Mates – Ticketmaster Branches Out, Claims Huge Stake of Secondary-Ticket Market by Buying TicketsNow
Ticketmaster Branches Out, Claims Huge Stake of Secondary-Ticket Market by Buying TicketsNow
Perhaps concerned about Live Nation’s plan to begin their own independent ticketing system beginning in January 2009, Ticketmaster announced yesterday that it has agreed to buy TicketsNow (the second-largest site in the secondary-ticket market behind eBay-owned StubHub). The Wall Street Journal places the value of the sale at $265 million. It’s a move that firmly [...]
Perhaps concerned about Live Nation’s plan to begin their own independent ticketing system beginning in January 2009, Ticketmaster announced yesterday that it has agreed to buy TicketsNow (the second-largest site in the secondary-ticket market behind eBay-owned StubHub). The Wall Street Journal places the value of the sale at $265 million. It’s a move that firmly entrenches Ticketmaster in a secondary-ticket market in which tickets to concerts and sporting events are often sold for double and triple their face value.
After years of not getting a slice of resale profits — and issuing strongly worded warnings that ticket buyers should not resell their tickets — Ticketmaster now will take the fifteen percent commission that TicketsNow charges its sellers and split it between themselves and clients who “own venues or promote events.” By entering this market, Ticketmaster will still be able to make some money off of Live Nation tickets that are resold on TicketsNow.
But will Ticketmaster now be consorting with scalpers? TicketsNow has been accused of being something of a safe harbor for ticket buyers who use “bots” to purchase tickets en masse before the general public can even click a mouse (the sort of bulk buying that caused a stir among parents in the great Hannah Montana Debacle of 2007). Ticketmaster President and Chief Executive Sean Moriarty promises that his company will attempt to “root out” those buyers who use technology unfairly. Consumers will likely be skeptical, however, as Ticketmaster has long been condemned as a fan-unfriendly service.
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