Television, Music, Film

Just found this, though it’s an older post:  Michael Koppelman’s PodCasts about his time working with Prince. Koppelman was the engineer on a bunch of great Prince tracks but also had the misfortune to be behind the desk

Prince.org has a great interview entitled "ALAN LEEDS – THE QUESTIONS, THE ANSWERS & MORE BESIDES….", with some terrific insights from Alan Leeds, former tour manager for Prince, James Brown, and D’Angelo, among others. He’s also

Having just watched chapters 1-12 of R. Kelly’s Trapped in the Closet, here’s a list of the best words in the saga: Rubber Spatula Allergic Blessed Woo-ooo-woo-ooo (siren sound)

I’m delighted to see the Smoking Gun’s "Blasphemy In A Bottle" story. "Journalist" Dawn Westlake of CBS, who has covered the Michael Jackson trial extensively, is now cashing in by making a wine called

Mariah Carey killed her career by divorcing her boss and making a shitty movie, and then she gets to come back because she’s filling the void left by Bone Thugs and Harmony’s absence? I am clearly getting too

It’s really weird that after years of kicking around the industry Lewis Taylor finally shows up, apparently charting in some places. It’s even been enough that I finally signed up for MySpace so I could follow what’s

It’s like the whole web was made for Ben’s indulgence. This week at Slate, Judd Apatow’s Diary. The best part? He loves "Being Bobby Brown", too.

Link: Finally, the wine bar is raised – Los Angeles Times.

The amount of information, especially in the song database, at the unofficial home of Morris Day & THE TIME is pretty amazing. I love resources like this.

Why do I love LiveJournal? Because you find things like "Who’s your favorite faux Christian ex-rock star?". A sad tale of Scott Stapp’s decline into c-list tail-chasing. Proceeds from the sale of Denny’s Grand Slam

I’m really enjoying "A LETTER TO PRINCE ROGERS NELSON." Newbie thinks that the fansite is run by Prince himself, hilarity ensues. Big bonus points to the second commenter, making good use of one of Prince’s promo

Man, the best of Lauryn Hill mix tape is so good that it’s a fucking shame she’s batshit, Tom Cruise-crazy now. Come back, Lauryn, stop making wack songs and smokin’ that pipe! Nobody’s fallen off harder since

Okay, this is a  pretty funny record review. Although I figure people who are still in their "listening to NIN" phase would enjoy the record.

Now that Jay has confessed to listening to Will Smith, I can too. First, there’s a few things to know. I still hold out hope that Will’s going to make a great album, because he still hangs out

OMG, Best Television Film Movie about Sharks and Bikinis ever! Spring Break Shark Attack had the Tiffany Network showering us with blood, gore, slutty spring breakers, gratuitous ass shots, and bad acting. This is the best (also, only) TV movie

This is second only to that "Biggie and Tupac start making out in hell" story that was posted on alt.hiphop.fanfic.slash the other day.

More proof that the New York Times is the best paper in the world: A Fake Michael Jackson’s Big Break: A Fake Trial. This important piece of journalism covers Edward Moss’s on-camera transformation into the King of Pop.

One of the great revelations of this AP story on Kevin Federline is that Kevin’s second child with Shar Jackson is named "Kaleb Michael Jackson Federline". Now, it’s possible, given that Shar’s last name is

The impressive thing isn’t that Sky News has a Michael Jackson Trial Channel. The impressive thing is the order of the navigation on the left side of their news website: Homepage UK World Jackson Business Money Showbiz Oscars Sci/

Left and Right: D’Angelo and O.D.B. Proving my theory incorrect, D’Angelo hasn’t actually become so unpopular that he can’t get arrested. And, worse, he got fat! D, you can’t go and get fat!

I don’t know how the Boston Globe publishes this, since it ain’t hardly news, but "Ashlee Simpson’s career comes courtesy of Daddy dearest". Dear Joe Simpson: I know, since you’re a pathological bastard with

From Entertainment Weekly’s Entertainers of the Year: For Prince, the best part of his ’04 triumph was that it was all about the music, not about marketing or his celebrity. ”It surpasses the Purple Rain tour. This was self-generated

The Online Film Critics Society has its list of the 100 most overlooked films of the 90s and doesn’t include Boomerang! Criminal!