All Entries Tagged With: "Music"
How Can He Sleep While His Cred’s Burning?
Back in the summer of ‘95 (if I’m not mistaken), I headed out to Fremantle and heard Midnight Oil in concert. Those boys could really rock the park, and as a performer, lead singer Peter Garrett was fantastic.
As a politican, not so much.
Example 1:
Peter Garrett has made a humiliating backflip after Kevin Rudd ordered him [...]
Every Little Step You Make..
Remember last year how I posted about Osama bin Laden’s alleged infatuation with Whitney Houston?
Well someone’s taking it seriously.
Bad boy singer Bobby Brown says an al-Qaida plot to kill him will not thwart his Melbourne show on Thursday.
“Come on, if anybody is threatened by al-Qaida they’d take it seriously,” said Brown, who is increasing security.
Even [...]
Living on a Prayer
Mijovi?
Nope..it’s apparently his.
When it comes to energy drinks, rock star Jon Bon Jovi thinks an East Brunswick man gives coffee a bad name.
The Jersey rocker wants the owner of the Mijovi energy drink to change its name, arguing it is too similar to his famous moniker.
But Marcos Carrington says his coffee-based energy drink is named [...]
The Biggest Threat
Richard Littlejohn of the Daily Mail on the Live Earth fiasco.
Live Earth has to be the most fatuous fundraiser ever. Where is the money going?
Sorry if I sound like a heretic, but while I accept we shouldn’t deliberately pollute and do our best to recycle our rubbish, I don’t accept that ‘climate change’ is the [...]
Metalliban
How’s this for security.
James Hetfield, frontman of US metal rockers Metallica, was detained at a British Airport before his appearance at London’s Live Earth gig on Saturday.
According to British newspaper The Times, the rocker jetted into Luton airport ahead of Saturday’s Live Earth concert at Wembley Stadium – where his legendary rock band was due [...]
Anti Climax
Israeli band Teapacks has been wiped off the Eurovision map.
The Israeli band Teapacks on Thursday evening failed to qualify for the Eurovision Song Contest finals, as it was not selected to go on in the contest’s semi-finals in Helsinki.
Teapacks, the Israeli entry for the song contest, sang its controversial song “Push the Button” in Helsinki [...]
Still Pushing the Wrong Buttons
Do you remember the Israeli band Teapacks, whose song Push the Button, warning about the dangers of nuclear war, was almost banned by Eurovision Song Contest organizers?
Well it seems this year’s Finnish hosts have decided to adopt a different approach to achieve the same result.
An Israeli band threatened to withdraw from the Eurovision song contest. [...]
The Weird Man
Question: Which famous songer-songwriter is referred to by some LA kindergarten kids as “the weird man” who “sings scary songs.”
Clue: It is not Michael Jackson.
Answer:
Bob Dylan reportedly scared the children at his grandson’s kindergarten after treating the class to a live show.
The ‘It ‘Aint Me Babe’ singer has allegedly been dubbed the “weird man” by [...]
No Snoop for You!
The question is not Who let the dog out? but rather who will let him in?
Controversial US rapper Snoop Dogg is being denied entry to Australia after failing a character test, the federal government says.
The cancellation of the rapper, record producer and actor’s visa means he will not be able to appear at the MTV [...]
In Cent Sitive
Rapper 50 Cent seemingly has a case of the Micheal Richardsons.
Hip-hop artist 50 Cent added his two cents on the Tony Yayo assault case – and inserted his foot in his mouth at the same time.
Yayo, a member of 50 Cent’s notorious G-Unit crew, was arrested last week for allegedly attacking the 14-year-old son of [...]
