Archive for December, 2007
Futuresex/Loveshow DVD and Why It Doesn’t Exist
There is a DVD of the Justin Timberlake Futuresex/Loveshow tour that was filmed at MSG this past August. I’ve seen it. Somewhere buried in the haze of memories that is my holiday gift shopping; I saw it. It had a black cover, and a picture of Mr. Superfly himself in a white suit. Because duh.
I [...]
Posted: December 30th, 2007 under Poprok Rants.
Tags: Futuresex/Loveshow, Justin Timberlake
Comments: none
Be Your Own Sophomore Album
Be Your Own Pet’s self titled debut was, to say the least, a big deal. It didn’t, ya know, rock my world, but that Bicycle Bicycle song was pretty rad. Their big sophomore release Get Awkward is set for a March 18 release on Thurston Moore’s Ecstatic Peace label, and it’s going to be a [...]
Posted: December 29th, 2007 under News.
Tags: be your own pet, get awkward
Comments: 2
Happy New Year, Happy Radiohead
It seems only fitting (at least according to this blog) that we’ll all be able to ring in the new year with yet…even more…Radiohead.
Al Gore’s Current TV will broadcast a never before seen performance of the entire new album, In Rainbows, on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day in it’s entirety with no interruption. [...]
Posted: December 27th, 2007 under News.
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Jay-Z Is Too Smart For This Job
It appears that pretty much everyone is well aware of the dying machine that is the recording industry. Not only are artists like Radiohead and Madonna changing the way they release their music, but we now have the first major executive step-down; H to the izo.
When Jay-Z’s contract expires at the end of this year, [...]
Posted: December 26th, 2007 under News.
Tags: Jay-Z
Comments: 3
My Poproks 10 Most Annoying Hip Hop Songs of 2007
You know what I mean. Let’s just do this.
10. “Pop, Lock and Drop” by Huey feat. Bow Wow and T Pain
More St. Louis hip hop…think Nelly, but more annoying.
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9. “It’s Me Bitches” by Swizz Beatz
Easily one of the most irritating hip hop beats ever. What is that and why does it make me want to [...]
Posted: December 22nd, 2007 under 2007, My Lists.
Tags: Annoying Hip Hop Songs
Comments: 7
For No Mere Mortal Can Resist the Thriller Remixes
Well, maybe some could, but gosh, I’m so clever.
It’s happened already. The Michael Jackson’s Thriller 25th Anniversary bonus remixes have leaked onto the web, and…they’re not that bad. Really.
Will.i.am’s takes on “Beat it” and “The Girl is Mine” are by far the superior tracks. “Beat It” gets a pretty mild make-over when compared to the total hip [...]
Posted: December 21st, 2007 under News.
Tags: Michael Jackson, Thriller 25th Anniversary
Comments: 3
Ashlee Simpson Does Her Best Gwen Stefani
Oh crap. She’s back. Maybe this time she won’t be quite so annoying (thanks to some Timbaland production a la Nelly Furtado’s Loose). Do I kind of like this? Her new album Bittersweet World is due in March, also has some production by Pharrell, Will.i.am, Chad Hugo (ugh, sounds likable)…
Posted: December 20th, 2007 under New Videos.
Tags: Ashlee Simpson, Outta my Head (Ay Ya Ya)
Comments: 5
My Poproks Top 10 Albums of 2007
This may have been the trickiest year end list I’ve done in a long time. Not only was I stuck staring at a list of over 20 albums that needed to be narrowed down to 10 (I don’t fancy a top 50), but I almost made a last minute switch for the #1 spot. There [...]
Posted: December 20th, 2007 under 2007, My Lists.
Tags: Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, Feist, Jay-Z, Kanye West, M.I.A., Radiohead, The National, top 10 albums of 2007
Comments: 5
Beck To Release Odelay 2CD Deluxe Edition
Rolling Stone reports that Beck will release a 2 disc Deluxe Edition of his 1996 classic Odelay. The second disc will include b-sides, compilation tracks, and remixes by Aphex Twin and U.N.K.L.E. The disc will also come with two previously unreleased tracks, “Inferno” and “Gold Chains,” produced by The Dust Brothers (who also produced all [...]
Posted: December 20th, 2007 under News.
Tags: Beck, Odelay
Comments: 1
Alright, Who Cursed The Mars Volta?
So…um, the new Mars Volta album, The Bedlam in Goliath, is cursed by a Ouija Board from Jerusalem.
No, seriously.
After studio floods, disappearing tracks, and other creepy stuff that they believe to be part of a curse, the band buried the board that guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez got in Jerusalem at an undisclosed location. It even [...]
Posted: December 18th, 2007 under News.
Tags: The Bedlam in Goliath, The Mars Volta
Comments: 1


