Friday, November 20, 2009

Magic Date November 23rd

What’s up with releasing all these albums on the same day? I know they’re trying to jump start the holiday season and this is a good time to release albums, but seriously all on the same day?

Shakira She Wolf    I liked the song She Wolf whether other people liked it or not I can’t say.

Lady Gaga   Fame Monster    Listen to the dark side of fame.  Some of the songs are scary so watch out, but they’re all addictive.

Beyonce     Iam…Yours  Live album   Beyonce’s first live album and she’s got pipes that are shown off live.

Adam Lambert  For Your Entertainment   Glam

Rihanna     Rated R        Was this written for Chris Brown? Some of it is kind of it is frightening and sounds really rough.

Susan Boyle   I Dreamed a Dream   She can sing for real.

Kenny G     Holiday Album     Yes he’s releasing an album

And it looks like Britney Spears was a little off with release of her singles collection.

Are you planning to buy one of the many albums released on November 23rd?  In person or on itunes? Or are you just into singles?  Personally I’m getting the fame monster.  I haven’t figured out if I’m getting the version with the fame attached or not.  I’m buying the actual physical CD  because I want the cover.

Kagehime

1st Official Bootcamp Mix....

This is the official first Barry’s Bootcamp mix from myself.  The amazing Scott played it last Saturday in class, and it went over VERY well….. okay I thought it did, and that’s really all I cared about, hahaha.  Maybe if I’m lucky he’ll play this mix again, or another future mix…

This mix features…

GaGa’s “Bad Romance,” Cascada’s ”Evacuate the Dance Floor,” David Guetta’s ”Sexy Bitch” Ft. Akon,  3OH!3’s ”Starstrukk” Ft. Katy Perry, Mariah’s “I Want to Know What Love Is” remixed, Royksopp Ft. Robyn “The Girl and The Robot,” Miley’s “Party in the USA,” and Ke$ha’s “Tik Tok”,

Along with a few favorites from the ’90s, some Kelly Clarkson, Britney’s “3″ and the amazing, new “Telephone” from GaGa and Beyonce….

P.S.  I hope that link works to play it.  If you’d like me to send you a copy to rock out at the gym to, shoot me an email.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

O site britânico da BBC faz ótimas críticas para a nova coletânea de Britney Spears

Pode parecer um pouco estranho que esta nova coletânea tem poucas faixas a mais do que a coletânea de sucessos de 2004, Greatest Hits: My Prerogative. Mas, apesar disso, esta combinação ainda representa o melhor disco sem dúvida alguma da maior artista pop da década, com mais sucessos (e vendas mais altas ainda) do que qualquer outra coletânea de sucessos. Diretamente, este é o álbum que define Britney.

Afinal, quem precisa de um álbum de inéditas – com três ou quatro grandes canções acolchoadas por outras que servem para preencher. Elas estão lá porque é um padrão que a indústria exigiu, embora sejam estratégias de lançamento e marketing, respectivamente, não seria nenhuma surpresa que artistas como Spears finalmente parassem de produzir longos trabalhos.

Embora sua carreira tenha entrado em declínio em meados da década – não há necessidade de citá-los – o retorno de Britney em 2007 com “Gimme More” e “Piece of Me”, e no ano seguinte com “Womanizer”, foi fenomenal. Com a cantora perdida em sua vida perene, as expectativas para o seu novo álbum eram baixas. Mas, quando “Gimme More” mostrou-se ser tão poderosa quanto os singles lançados no auge de sua carreira, como “I’m a Slave 4 U”, “Boys” e vencedor do Grammy, “Toxic”; todas as previsões positivas foram exaltadas.

Sete destas dezoito faixas são de 2007 até agora, a energia excitante de “If U Seek Amy”, “Circus”, “Radar” e sucesso instantâneo nas paradas “3”, que são considerados produtos admiráveis pelos artistas do eletrônico e vem sendo executadas nas boates mais respeitadas. Apesar de suas canções terem amadurecido liricamente, muitas vezes sem a inocência de seus primeiros sucessos e a troca de insinuações por declarações diretas, suas letras continuam soando surpreendentemente frescas. Até as Girls Aloud estavam fracas para fazer justiça à “Womanizer” quando fizeram sua versão, ao contrário da “sem vergonha” Spears que foi direta ao ponto.

O reviver de Spears nos últimos dois anos é prova de que mesmo os artistas que estejam no fundo do poço podem trazer de volta as maiores expectativas. Afinal, quando você é visto como uma pessoa que não ter nada a perder, nada como um grande trabalho para deixar uma boa impressão. E estas canções não apenas marcaram, mas ficaram na memória – são peças essenciais dos últimos dez anos da história do pop, e merecem mais do que lamentações dos chamados ouvintes mais exigentes.

BBC

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Sometimes I feel like I live in Grand Central Staaayshun

Lady Gaga and Beyoncé have teamed up for not one but two tracks together, one Beyoncé feat. Lady Gaga and one Lady Gaga feat. Beyoncé. If that wasn’t confusing enough, both songs have ‘phone’ in the title.

Video Phone, the Beyoncé feat. Lady Gaga effort is actually nothing really too special, simply a slightly remixed version of one of Beyoncé’s album tracks with a bit of Lady Gaga thrown in. The two were spotted last month filming a music video for this song, but it’s unclear as to whether the second track, Telephone, will get a release.

Telephone, which is Lady Gaga feat. Beyoncé (how confusing) was actually offered to Britney Spears for her last album. And then she almost appeared on this version but that obviously didn’t pan out. It’s hard to see why she turned it down since it’s an almost guaranteed hit, and far better than a lot of the filler on Circus, and indeed Video Phone. Whereas in Video Phone Lady Gaga doesn’t really add anything spectacular to the song, Beyoncé’s section of Telephone is actually probably the highlight of the song.

Both songs are being released as each singer’s next single, so prepare for more confusion in the coming weeks.

Listen, compare and contrast below.

Lady Gaga feat. Beyoncé – Telephone (download)

Beyoncé feat. Lady Gaga - Video Phone (download)

Friday, November 13, 2009

Danger of the Age of Technology

Imagine having your pop culture icon sending you messages about her love for Lucifer. For Britney Spears fans, these disturbing messages were sent today. A hacker broke into her Twitter account, posting Tweets that read, “I give myself to Lucifer every day for it to arrive as quickly as possible. Glory to Satan!” While this is a joke by a power hungry hacker, it still should serve as a reminder of the fallibility of the Internet. We are in constant danger of people who are not who they claim to be and in danger of hackers stealing our account and identity. This makes me question, are we better served through the new influx of technology?

In the case of social networking sites, I think their prior appeal has faded. Sites like Facebook used to be a spot to post pictures and keep up with friends. It now transformed into a beast, where students post their every emotion, from election results to game scores. When I access my Facebook account, I often wonder, who cares? Why do people run to their computers or use their cell phones to post that they have a busy day? If they were so busy, they would not have the time to Facebook and instead would dedicate their time to the tasks of the day. Furthermore, Facebook is now overcrowded with older people boasting about their children. The former site for college students is now the place for stay-at-home moms to report about their children’s sicknesses and accomplishments. Again I wonder who cares.

Although I do not have a Twitter account, I see the effect of these accounts. When celebrity Miley Cyrus deleted her account, entertainment reporters and fans were in an uproar. They did not sympathize with the teenage girl who wanted some privacy, instead they became the victim, feeling like Cyrus turned her back on them. This type of reaction exhibits how Twitter is destroying the lines between fan and friend. By hearing about every action of a celebrity’s day, the fans develop a closer relationship. As a result, fans think they are a part of the celebrity’s life and become even more obsessed. Although it is good to have communication between celebrities and fans, it is not healthy to have this type of communication.

A solution to the surge of Internet communication is setting clear limits and pushing ourselves to follow the limitations each day. Status updates are becoming an addiction for some users. To cure the addiction, people need to realize exactly how much time they are wasting on these sites. Once the problem becomes apparent, they can make a time-chart of social network site use. Limiting ourselves to a half hour each morning on the sites is both the healthy and responsible way to use them.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Britney Spears in miming shock!

“Britney Spears mimes”. It’s hardly the most scandalous of stories, but Australian fans are angry after shelling out over £100 for tickets, only for the pop princess to lip-synch her way through her Circus tour.

Now there have been calls for artists who are going to mime through a show to put disclaimers on the tickets telling people that their show is going to be pre-recorded.

It all seems a bit ridiculous to me. I’ve always thought that if an artist has a tricky routine to master aswell as singing, miming’s OK. Who wants to hear heavy breathing down the mic as Britters busts some moves to Toxic or Hit Me Baby One More Time? Anyway, as many have pointed out, you don’t go to a Britney Spears concert expecting it to be live – you expect a spectacle – dancing, circus tricks, the general atmosphere of a great gig.

Perhaps it is a good idea to put disclaimers on tickets to avoid the backlash from a few disgruntled gig-goers. I’m sure it won’t have any effect on ticket sales and it would keep the anti-miming brigade quiet. Considering how much I’ve heard about lip-synching over the past few weeks, I think that would be a great thing…

Monday, November 9, 2009

Kevin Federline denies daddy rumours

Is Kevin Federline preparing for fatherhood again?

According to The National Enquirer, K-Fat K-Fed is expecting a child with current squeeze, Victoria Prince.

The 31-year-old, rapper already has two sons with ex-wife, Britney Spears – Sean Preston, four, and Jayden James, three.

He also fathered a daughter, seven-year-old, Kori, and a son, five-year-old, Kaleb with actress and former girlfriend, Shar Jackson.

A source told the US magazine: “The test was positive. She told Kevin that she was pregnant, but he didn’t seem happy to hear the news.”

Federline’s spokesperson has debunked the rumours, simply stating the allegations “are not true“.

This guy must super-fertile. It seems like every relationship he enters, results in pregnancy.