Trapped in the Closet: Chapter 13

Just in case you haven't seen R- kelly's traped in the closet music videos here is a recap of the first 12

Oh shit. this is going to be crazy.

Regina Spektor singing for Weeds

Regina Spektor

Regina Spektor (Russian: Регина Спектор) (born February 18, 1980) is a Soviet-born American singer-songwriter and pianist. Her music is associated with the anti-folk scene centered on New York City's East Village. more...

[via FoxyTunes / Regina Spektor]

HERE IS A CLIP OF HERE SINGING FOR WEEDS

Oasis, The Killers to record new version of 'Sgt Pepper'

"Oasis, the Killers, and Kaiser Chiefs are to cover songs from the Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band to mark the 40th anniversary of the classic album's release..."
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MASh-up

DJ PAUL V has made this song called Norwegian Recycling just put together this blend, which includes Black Eyed Peas, Savage Garden, James Blunt, Maroon 5, Atomic Kitten, U2, Billy The Vision, and Remy Zero. Whew! This is what it sounds like when Eight Become One . Also posted below is the terrific video for the mashup too!

Kermit The Frog Hurts

Here is a Cover of NIN's "Hurt"

Nelly May have when 5 JUNOs but no one was Watching

Last week Nelly Furtado won 5 Junos( the Canadian equivalent to the grammys) at the Junos Awards that she also hosted. Sadly, according to Media in Canada the show was down a quarter of a million.

Sunday night's 2007 JUNO Awards on CTV finished with a national average audience of 912,000 viewers, down from a Nielsen count of 1.225 million in 2006. Total reached peaked at 3.7 million Canadians who tuned in at some point in the broadcast. The 2005 JUNOs audience was about 1.217 million (Nielsen, 2+), while the 2004 broadcast attracted 1.343 million viewers.

The question is why? Is it because people don't support canadian music? Why do you think the rating are down?



Source

My Humps by Alanis Morissette

Alanis Morissette has done a cover of Black Eyed Peas "My Humps". Now while the song itself sucks, the video for the song is funny. It makes fun of the Peas version.
Here it is

for comparison here is the Black Eyed Peas

May Day Festival

My good friend John Hall Is Organizing this Festival so I thought I would spred the word. It's going to be on May 5 at 27 King William St.Hamilton, Ontario

The overall theme of the festival is to celebrate radical culture – all of those diverse groups working to change the madness of our current system in the direction of peace, equality, ecological sustainability and creative human potential. We’re very interested in this event as a way to bring together people, and organizations, that might not normally get in contact.

The event is also heavily influenced by aesthetic/ revolutionary philosophy that sees art and all kinds of spontaneous, creative expression as powerful vehicles for radical change. The goal of the street festival is to create another world for a day – a place where we can live out the possibilities normally silenced by classist, racist, militaristic and patriarchal society.

It is also going to be a damned good party as Mayday will bring us together to celebrate progressive culture and the many talents existing in our community.

for more info Visit Skydragon

Avril's next Single off The Best Damn Thing "When yout Gone"

As you might have heard on the radio Avril Lavigne has a new Cd Coming out. I like the track "girlfriend" but I like her next single "When Your Gone." It's a slow song with a more mature sound. Avril is growing into a nice artist. Take a Listen

whenyourgone.mp3

When Pussycat Dolls Bite

This Tuesday is an all new "Search for the Next Doll". With only 7 girls left the competition is getting rough. Punk Rocker Sisely is cracking under the pressure, and teenage mom Asia is fighting mad because no one calls her a man.. It's going to be a wild week for the wannabes .

Here are two clips from Next weeks all new episode.

The Fratellis- Not the guys from the Goonies.

You might have heard The Fratelli's song Flathead this week. It's the Currrent song used in the new iPod commercials . I have been hearing good things about thing and wanted to share with everyone. Information from Wikipedia

The Fratellis played their first ever gig on March 4, 2005 in the O'Henry's bar in Glasgow, and have since made their breakthrough year in 2006. They were discovered by their manager Tony Fratelli in McChuills Bar, Glasgow soon after this. The Fratellis EP was released April 3, 2006, featuring the tracks "Creepin' Up The Backstairs", "Stacie Anne" and "The Gutterati?". Due to its limited availability, copies can now be found reaching more than £30 on eBay.

Different sources tell of different origins of the band's name. Some claim it derives from the 1985 movie The Goonies; however, the band denied this live on air on BBC Radio 2's Jonathan Ross Show on 9 September, 2006. Others tell of the band forming from a four-piece band who would play at weddings. However in an interview in The Sun newspaper, it would appear that the name is taken from bassist Barry, whose original surname is Fratelli, the other members of the band simply adopted that pseudonym. Ironically, the word "fratelli" in Italian means "brothers". According to Top of the Pops, the band met after placing ads in the same record shop. NME ran a two page feature on The Fratellis in the August 10, 2006 issue proclaiming them "the best new band in Britain"

Here is a Video

What I've been Listening too.

I've been listening to a lot of Amy Winehouse this week after hearing about her on another blog. I have to tell you I've been really enjoying her. She has a very jazz/funk sound to her. You can find out more about her buy searching her in the Google search field on the right.

V Fest is Back With the Killers and the Punpkins

So Last year Virgin Mobil brought the highly successful festival to Toronto. The Biggest acts for the Fest was The F lamming lips and Gnarls Barkley. The two day fest was so Good that they decided to bring it back this September but with more artiest, Bigger names and lots more jamming.

Some of the Acts announced today include Amy Winehouse, Inpol, Bjork, The Killers, and The Smashing Pumpkins. More Acts will be announced shortly. Tickets go on Sale March 24 for $120 for both days and a fairy fair to and from the Island; which is a good deal if I say so myself.

Buy your Tickets online here

Hope to see you all there

Yahoo! Canada Giving Away Studio Time

So after Google and Cnet, Yahoo! is my Favorite internet portal and they might have just moved up a spot. Yahoo! Canada has just announced they will be holding a elimination-style contest to Find the Next big thing. The "Up Yours" contest offers the winner $10,000 cash, 30 hours recording time at Metalworks Studios, a $10,000 scholarship to the Metalworks Institute, as well as a shot at a record deal with Universal.

Yahoo is handing out flyer's all over Canadian Music week here in Toronto which by the way is ending tomorrow. You can also hear radio ads on the Edge 102 and talk to the edge team of interns at any edge event for the next month.

The Contest starts Next week and Runs until the end of April. Contestant's can upload the videos and Songs online and will be judges in a show to air on yahoo.ca and a yet to be named network. The top three, who will be announced on May 1. Voting for the winner ends May 6.

The same contest Ran last year in the USA with Host Tom Green. So since everyone I know seems to be a musician these days I'm writing and sending this out.

Maybe one of you will be the next Kelly Clarkson.

for more info and to enter Click here

Something for the Guys and Girls

So I started watching the new Pussycat Dolls realty show last week and let me tell you, it's awesome.!

It's sort of like America's Next Top Model meets Making the Band Meets Pole Dancing.

I recommending to all couples. Why you ask because girls will love it for the drama and guys will love it for the hot ass.

This weeks ep is about Confidence. You have it or you don't or in some cases you have to much. See what I mean in the clip below

Here are some Photos and a Clip from this Weeks ep

Music That I like
A big reason behind this Blog is to showcase my tastes in Music. So you will find a verity of Styles and Genres on here.

So to the point

Lily Allen Has been around for the past year building on what we call in the marketing world Buzz. She grow a flowing on Myspace and has since released her first CD late last year she has been all over the place She is player the Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto CAN on April 5

For More info on Lily Visit her Myspace page Here

Download of the Day: iTunes 7.1 (Windows/Mac)

Windows and Macintosh only: Enjoy full-screen Cover Flow and more
with iTunes 7.1, the latest version of Apple's music manager/media
store.

The updates in this release are minor but worthwhile. Cover Flow,
which lets you browse your albums by flipping through their covers, now
includes a full-screen view, complete with playback controls. Apple has
also added some new sorting options and support for the upcoming Apple
TV gizmo.

The big letdown is that iTunes still doesn't offer folder monitoring, a true head-scratcher. But the new version is worth the download just for the new Cover Flow, which gives Windows users a taste of Front Row. iTunes 7.1 is free, of course. It's available for Windows and Mac.

iTunes 7.1 [Apple]