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Thursday, June 17, 2010
New Releases / On TV / Awards / Opinion / Mike McCray / News NEW: J. Cole's "The Last Stretch"
Posted By Mike McCray on Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 1:20 PM
Marking the one year anniversary of his mixtape, The Warm Up, North Carolina's current hip-hop namesake dropped a new, unheard track, for fans on his blog Tuesday, sincerely thanking them for the past year of support and promising more to come.
The track, "The Last Stretch," has Cole spitting on the a mixed bag of topics. New found success, women, haters, repping his city too much. Either way, it's a great look. Enjoy.
J. Cole - The Last Stretch <-- click here to play.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
On TV / Awards / Opinion / Jeff Hahne / News Quick Idol thoughts
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Thu, May 27, 2010 at 11:29 AM
I've been pretty quiet about this season of American Idol because, well, it's been pathetic. The show is losing its luster — if it ever had any.
I'll sum up last night's show with a few comments (I think I watched the entire two-hour episode in roughly 15 minutes, thanks to the DVR):
- Dear Mr. "Pants on the Ground" (Gen. Larry Platt), you need to write more lyrics. Seriously. Standing up there repeating the same line over and over, I had to wonder who truly was looking like a fool.
- Apparently William Hung was on stage at some point. I didn't notice.
- Adam Lambert was nowhere to be seen - apparently he's at home resting his voice for his upcoming tour.
- Brett Michaels came out and sang — really? You're recovering from all kinds of brain problems, but rush out to play on Idol. You need to get your priorities straight.
- Ellen DeGeneres has a record label now. I didn't know that smiling, making bad jokes and telling every singer they're wonderful qualified people to own a label. She's signed Greyson Chance — the kid who sang "Papparazzi." Doesn't mean he has songwriting talent.
- Paula Abdul came out and rambled and made horrible jokes and I hit fast forward.
- Simon Cowell is leaving for his new show X-Factor. Which means Idol's ratings will continue to drop and Cowell's X-Factor will take over as the new ratings king.
- In the end, it was Lee DeWyze who won out over Crystal Bowersox. In a way, it makes sense. DeWyze has no personality and his vocal talent isn't that great — so it'll put him in nicely next to most of the other winners who have gone nowhere fast. He needs the promotional backing of being an Idol winner a lot more than Bowersox does. Meanwhile, I expect that Bowersox, who should drop the last name and just go by Crystal, has definite potential. Honestly, how many of the winners walked out and you thought, "They're huge now because of Idol!" Only Carrie Underwood and, maybe, Kelly Clarkson can say that. Daughtry - not a winner. Kris Allen, Taylor Hicks, Jordin Sparks, Fantasia, Ruben Studdard, David Cook... none of them is selling out, or even playing in, arenas.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
On TV / Awards / Videos / News Lin Yu Chun's "I Will Always Love You" - the next Susan Boyle?
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 11:59 AM
This guy will be the next "Susan Boyle" to win over the hearts of reality singing competition fans... He sings Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You."
Good voice, bad haircut.
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Tuesday, April 6, 2010
On TV / Awards / News Wavy Space on Jerry Springer Show
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 10:44 AM
Local Charlotte band Wavy Space was on the Jerry Springer Show yesterday to perform their song about the television show and late-night TV.
You can see the video on Facebook and on the Jerry Springer Web site.
Monday, March 1, 2010
On TV / Awards / News SNL pokes fun at "We are the World"
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 12:23 PM
NBC's Saturday Night Live poked fun at the recent "We are the World" remake over the weekend... Well done!
Thursday, February 18, 2010
On TV / Awards / News Idol makes no sense - Haeley Vaughn vs. Tori Kelly
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 1:12 PM
On last night's American Idol, the women's pics came down to two contestants — Haeley Vaughn and Tori Kelly. My mom called and said, "You need to watch Idol and tell me what the judges were thinking with these two..."
So, I tuned in. On the one side was Vaughn and the judges saying she had good days and bad. They show a clip of her performance and it's pretty awful. On the other side they show Kelly, who sounds like she has some talent. So, who did they pick?
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Vaughn. Huh? Why? Because she wants to be the next Carrie Underwood? Yeah, makes no sense to me... Then again, remember Sanjaya?
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
On TV / Awards / News NBC's Olympics theme - sound familiar?
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 3:06 PM
I just saw a post at another site that let people know that the theme song for NBC's Olympics coverage isn't so sport-specific:
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Hilarious...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
News / On TV / Awards Got Talent?
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 4:27 PM
They're holding auditions for the next season of America's Got Talent... think the show is right for your talent? If you can't make it to an audition city, you can send in a video tape. Details are here.
Monday, February 8, 2010
On TV / Awards / Opinion / Mike McCray / News The halftime cultural divide
Posted By Mike McCray on Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 5:16 PM
Half-way through the Saints win during Super Bowl XLIV last night, The Who took the stage in Miami to perform the hits.
Now, I wouldn't consider them crossover artists by any means, but I'm at least aware of them and willing to argue that everyone who's ever watched TV or a movie has heard, "Who Are You" and "Baba O'Reilly" but following people's reactions on Twitter, thoughts and opinions were clearly split along racial lines.
One side raved about the band, 'still having it' and the lights being awesome while the other had lots of "Who the fuck are The Who? and "That old white guy's gonna die on stage" tweets, the funniest one from comedian Lil Duval, "I wonder is this how white people felt when Nelly performed at the Super Bowl?"
Light-hearted, but an interesting point.
Monday, February 1, 2010
On TV / Awards / Opinion / Jeff Hahne / News Grammy results — Awards and predictions
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 11:13 AM
You can see a list of all of the winners of last night's Grammy Awards here. As you may or may not know, I gave my thoughts and predictions for all 109 categories last week.
So, how'd I do? I got 57 of them wrong, 52 right. I didn't do so well in the producer and engineer categories, the instruemental, gospel, country or latin categories...
I was correct with most of the big ones — Record of the Year (Kings of Leon), Album of the Year (Taylor Swift), Song of the Year (Beyonce), Best New Artist (Zac Brown Band), Best Pop Vocal Album (Black Eyed Peas), Best Electronica/Dance Album (Lady Gaga)...
On a handful of categories I had a toss-up between two artists and chose the wrong one. Other times, I had a feeling one person was going to win, but I wanted someone else.
Oddly, I also predicted the winners for Best Musical Album for Children, Best Bluegrass Album, Best Americana Album, Best Tejano Album, Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album, Best Recording Package, Best Historical Album, Best Chamber Music Performance, Best Classical Crossover Album and a bunch of others...
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Frank Ocean tops Village Voice Pazz & Jop poll
Annual critics list creates requisite buzz
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Rain doesn't dampen the party with Kesha and Macklemore
Both sets cut short as storms roll through Charlotte, N.C.
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Live review: Fiona Apple, The Fillmore (9/26/2012) 16
Fans ate it up, but it was a trainwreck of tragic and frustrating proportions.
