Day in Pop Report for 09/03/2010
The Day in Pop Digest for 9/3/10: (Jam!) Lady Gaga was hospitalized six times in 2009 with the ill-effects of a string of drastic diets, according to her former tour manager David Ciemny, who worked for the superstar from 2008 until last year. more(Billboard) T.I. who is on three years of probation, was taken into custody with wife Tameka "Tiny" Cottle on suspicion of possessing methamphetamines after police pulled over their Maybach in West Hollywood. While charges have yet to be filed, the case has the potential to put one of music's top names in behind bars yet again. more (Jam!) Bee Gees star Robin Gibb is recovering after emergency stomach surgery, according to U.S. reports. The Staying Alive singer was allegedly rushed to hospital last month after suffering crippling belly aches more (Yahoo) An appeals court has scheduled a hearing for lawyers for the father of Michael Jackson to argue that he deserves a role in decisions involving his son's multimillion dollar estate. more (Billboard) Eminem Brings Out Dr. Dre, 50 Cent for Detroit Show with Jay-Z more (Yahoo) Eminem led Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart for a seventh week on Thursday with "Love the Way You Lie," while Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" moved up one to No. 2 more (Jam!) Snoop Dogg has teamed up with Alicia Keys' new husband, producer Swizz Beatz, in the studio, and the pair has already recorded 18 tracks for the disc - to be called Doggystyle 2: The Doggymentury. Check out his video announcement from the studio here (Yahoo) "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" is pulling a smaller number among adults aged 18 to 49, an elusive demographic coveted by advertiser, than when Conan O'Brien hosted the show last year. In fact, this summer is the lowest-rated "Tonight Show" on record more (BBC) Crocodile Dundee star Paul Hogan reaches an agreement with tax authorities in Australia allowing him to return to his home in the US. more (Yahoo) "American Idol" is expanding the talent search for its next season with an audition in Los Angeles later this month. more (Yahoo) Cammie King Conlon, the former child actress who portrayed the doomed daughter of Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone With the Wind," has died at the age of 76. more
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(PR) OfficeMax has launched the 'Winning the Dream' sweepstakes to give five fans the chance to see the Jonas Brothers live in San Francisco with three of their friends. In addition, OfficeMax will provide on-site activities for fans at each concert venue including a poster design and photo station. The retailer has also appointed an official fan advocate to report on all things Jonas Brothers on their behalf. The "Winning the Dream" sweepstakes will run from August 1 through September 4, 2010. Fans can enter by visiting www.officemax.com/winningthedream. After registration, entrants will receive a printable game piece to take to their nearest OfficeMax location.
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M83's Morgan Kibby sets sail as White Sea, who's debut ep, This Frontier, will hit on October 5th. Morgan Kibby captured hearts and eardrums as the beautiful, spectral voice on M83's near universally acclaimed LP, Saturdays = Youth. White Sea emerges out of Kibby's creative endeavors with French electronic-pop guru M83. Having started as a co-writer, including the runaway anthem "Kim & Jessie," Kibby went on to contribute vocals and synthesizers on stage, stepping into a more collaborative role and soaking in all there was to learn in her rousing setting. "While on tour with M83, I was exposed to so many new things," Kibby explains. "When I returned home, I sat down and taught myself Pro Tools, and how to produce. I've really spent the last year figuring out what music I'm excited about making."
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How would you like to be in the front row as Nicki Minaj kicks off this year's MTV VMAs? MTV announced Minaj's first-ever televised solo performance at the "2010 VMA Pre-Show" on Sunday, September 12 at 8pm (Live ET/Tape Delayed PT.) Plus 10 fans will win a chance to be there. Read on for details: Nicki Minaj will perform her hit single "Your Love." Beginning Tuesday, September 7th, MTV & Nicki Minaj will launch a Twitter contest in which ten lucky fans will win a front row spot to watch her performance. For detailed information on the contest, follow both @NickiMinaj and @MTVTJ. Winners will be announced on Friday, September 10th. "I am truly honored to be a part of this year's VMAs. Just yesterday I was an underground female rapper. See Barbz? Dreams do come true," says Nicki Minaj.
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Time Warner Cable sent customers a notice early Friday morning announcement that they have reached "a new long-term agreement with Disney/ABC and ESPN" but it also looks like part of the agreement means more Disney content on Time Warner Cable.Here is part of their message: There will be no interruption of ESPN or Disney channels, as well as WABC in New York, KABC in Los Angeles, WTVD in Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville and WTVG in Toledo. They'll stay right here on Time Warner Cable. In fact, our agreement means more networks and services for you, including the following*: • Disney Junior - a new 24-hour basic channel for preschool-age children, parents and caregivers launching in 2012.
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A Place To Bury Strangers on the road. The band is heading back out this fall playing a mixture of festivals and headline gigs across the Midwest, including Massillon, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, and Durham for the first time. On August 19th, A Place To Bury Strangers gave an epic performance at Death By Audio, the underground DIY venue and performance space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn that also houses frontman Oliver Ackermann's custom effect pedals collective by the same name . In case you're feeling left out, A Place To Bury Strangers will be at Death By Audio for another magical night on October 26th with Japandroids. Mark your calendars!
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Did you know that Alicia Keys has her very own software? Guitar Center sent over this 411: Guitar Center has featured Alicia Keys on the cover of their September "Hi-Tech Guide" issue to discuss the creative need and use of her Native Instruments piano software, "Alicia's Keys." Keys' collaboration with Native Instruments in designing a virtual piano software is a first of its kind. The new and innovative software emulates Keys' Yamaha C3 Neo Grand Piano and allows musicians of all levels to recreate the rich sounds that embody her soulful music. Together with her Engineer, Ann Mincieli, Sample Specialist Thomas Skarbee, and Impuse Response Specialist Ernest Cholakis, Keys created a virtual piano software that would also simplify her recording process. In her interview with Guitar Center Magazine, Keys says, "I wanted to be able to take my piano sound on the road with me as well as have it any time I wanted to record." Keys continues, "We all got together in my studio and started to create it by going through this long process of sampling, recording every note, sound and expressive nuance. We ended up with my entire piano in virtual form."
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MoogFest keeps expanding its lineup. Here is the latest: MoogFest 2010 is undoubtedly throwing the biggest Halloween party of the year! With the already-amazing, previously announced weekend lineup, and now the killer additions of Cee-lo, Sleigh Bells, Neon Indian, and Omar Souleyman to Sunday night, All Hallows' Eve, plus Mutemath playing Friday, the festival just continues to surprise and delight. AC Entertainment has made it very clear – Halloween in Asheville is the place to be. And there's more to come – new artists will be joining the lineup in the coming weeks, plus details about the workshops, panel discussions, exhibitions, and more will be announced soon. MoogFest 2010, the extraordinary three-day festival, celebrating the innovative vision of sonic pioneer, Robert Moog, will take place Halloween weekend, October 29-31, in Asheville, NC. Tickets for MoogFest 2010 are on sale now. Weekend festival passes, along with tickets to each individual day, are available.
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Roach Gigz is mix and matching. Roach has combined two amusing songs, "Goomba Pimpin" and "Kirplunk", from off his latest project, the Roachy Balboa mixtape. The concept and tone of this quirky video is the brainchild of Gigz, creating the entire video treatment for the first time himself and shooting the video with longtime collaborator, filmmaker Aris Jerome. "I want people to have fun and live life as good as they can. Life is too serious to be serious all the time," says Gigz. He conveys this outlook with creative, straightforward, yet comical lyrics that provide the scenes in this video with amusing commentary like, "Ok/ I want my funnel long/ forget the short cake/ I'm on a tour date/ Tryna fill mine go work on your plate/I said hey whore like her name was jorge/ this rap s*** really make girls adore me." The songs are easy and upbeat, with Gigz flowing over them with a seemingly effortless skill and light attitude that shows how much fun Gigz had in creating the songs and the video. With heavy themes in tracks like "Magic Gas" and "Pop Off", both also previously released from off the Roachy Balboa mixtape, the "Goomba Pimpin/Kirplunk" video is a welcomed change of pace that does its job, it entertains and inspires a chuckle or two...or three.
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Chilly Gonzales has announced two special live shows in the U.S. which will also be film screenings and gives out some details about his new video. The new video for the song "Bittersuite", from the new Chilly Gonzales album Ivory Tower (Sept. 14; Arts & Crafts), is comprised of scenes from the film of the same name, produced/written/starring the maestro himself, along with a cast of characters played by cohorts Peaches, Tiga, and Feist. In this video we find a flashback of the egomaniacal Hershell (Gonzales) missing the performance of his girlfriend, Marsha Thirteen (Peaches), as she presents her new work, "Violinstillation." It's an amazing track, and another sneak peek into the film -- and the crazy world of Chilly Gonzales!
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The End Records have set a November 9th release date for Audio Bullys new album Higher Than The Eiffel. The release follows a four year gap since the pair's second album, Generation, and sees Simon Franks and Tom Dinsdale recapture the energy and dance floor instincts that made Audio Bullys one of the most successful UK dance acts of the previous decade. Mixing their love of house and breaks with an expansive cast list of musical collaborators, switching across dance's myriad genres and throwing away the rule book has led Audio Bullys to make their finest record to date, a worthy successor to breakthrough debut Ego War and follow up Generation, which spawned the massive worldwide hit, "Shot You Down." Audio Bullys make no secret of the fact that the long gap between Generation and Higher Than The Eiffel was in part down to that massive success. Having lost their way following the release of the last album, Higher Than The Eiffel sees the pair return to top form after a few false starts. Recorded in a six month burst through 2009 and made with the express intent of creating an album for their mates rather than a record company, to be 'respected by the people that you want to respect you' as Si puts it, the fourteen tracks range from the full on club stomp of lead single, "Only Man" and rave anthemics of "Kiss The Sky," to the psychedelic come down of "Daisy Chains," the Chic guitar disco of "Dynamite" and the ska stylings of "Goodbye." The bangers are still here but this is a complete album, a journey through various dance musics, all held together by Si's conversational lyrics and the little production twists and turns that are the hallmark of Audio Bullys sound.
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What do Paris Hilton, Soulja Boy, So You Think You Can Dance, an online rap star and porn star turned rapper have in common? They are all targets on the new episode of Ed Lover's web series. Here is the 411:Ed Lover strikes again as he wrestles with some of the ridiculous things going on in American pop culture. On his 17th episode of "C'mon Son," Ed blows off Paris Hilton and dusts Soulja Boy from his shoulder over the latest thing to go up their noses. Ed then puts on his So You Think You Can Dance judge hat on to eloquently critique Glen Davis and Brandon Jennings's "suspect" Dougie and Gaga dance moves and then sinks his teeth into the online rap-phenomenon 50-Tyson. Ed then proceeds to clown pornstar-turned-rapper Brian Pumper, declaring that Pumper is "the worst rapper I've ever heard." Finally, Fabolous steps in to show off his Home Shopping Network worthy line of "Brian Pumper Jewels." Find out how you, too, can construct your own custom line of Brian Pumper Jewels within the comforts of your office's supply closet.
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Don't Forget the Lyrics! returns with new host Mark McGrath. The new season premieres Monday, September 20 at 7 PM ET/PT ON VH1."Don't Forget the Lyrics!" is a musical game show that tests contestants' knowledge of song lyrics from different genres, decades and artists. "Don't Forget the Lyrics!" is the ultimate rock star fantasy, taking people on a heart pounding, rollercoaster ride of music and edge-of-your seat entertainment. "Don't Forget the Lyrics!" brings ordinary people center stage for a chance to win a fortune, just by knowing the words to the biggest hit songs ever recorded. Sit back, turn up the volume, and get ready to sing along to the biggest hit songs of all time! But, if you want to be successful in this game, there is one thing you have to remember... Don't Forget The Lyrics!
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