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 on some of the really weak protege shit in the

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 brother to sax fiend Eric Leeds, the Grammy-winning writer of

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 Jesus Juice. Bet they didn’t teach that in j-school.

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 old to follow pop music.

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 going on there… The record is his old one, Stoned,

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 Breakfasts do not go to the Arms Wide Open Foundation.

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 pix

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 King Kong.

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 with Jazzy Jeff, and Jeff makes great records, and maybe

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 I have seen all year.

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. Apparently, you have to do it with makeup, since you

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 Jackson, that the young boy is named Kaleb Michael Jackson-Federline.

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/Tech Offbeat Weather Motoring Travel Archive Sky Sports I’m

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! The ladies need to have your abs to think about!

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 likely infanticidal tendencies that you’re unlikely to listen to

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 hype: no movie, no major radio airplay or support from

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