Posted Friday 07/31/2009 1:52 PM in
Blender Blog
by
Alec Rieger
What if Otis Redding were born in Scotland and looked like a hipster from Brooklyn? Or, what if a 22 year old, middle class white kid from Paisley, Scotland, with boy band, heartthrob looks, could sing with the passion and soul of a 1950’s Stax recording artist? In either case, you’d have Paolo Nutini.
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Posted Friday 07/31/2009 1:35 PM in
Blender Blog
by
Conrad Doucette
The
8-track tape charts, that is. And
Trent Reznor takes to one tool of online social interaction to explain why he stopped using a different tool of online social interaction.
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Posted Thursday 07/30/2009 4:00 PM in
Blender Blog
by
Conrad Doucette
Travis McCoy talks to Blender about his latest role—Special Ambassador for MTV's
Staying Alive Foundation. The position led to a tour McCoy will never forget.
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Posted Wednesday 07/29/2009 12:20 PM in
Blender Blog
by
Conrad Doucette
Whitney's first new song in a gazillion years is called "I Look To You." Or, as Whitney sings it, "I Look To Yoo-HOOOOO-ooo-OOOOO-oo-OOOH."
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Posted Tuesday 07/28/2009 5:46 PM in
Blender Blog
by
Patrick Carter
Under a golden scorched Brooklyn sky, sprinkled with some potentially scary rain clouds, Jelly's Pool Parties entered their third week at the Williamsburg Waterfront in Brooklyn, New York. This week's scheduled lineup was an electric play bill including
... And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead,
Grupo Fantasma,
Health, and
Black Lips.
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Posted Tuesday 07/28/2009 1:00 PM in
Blender Blog
by
Conrad Doucette
Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong stopped by the home of the
Cubs recently to lead the crowd through
"Take Me Out To The Ball Game," becoming the latest in a line of stars to take the microphone at Wrigley Field...
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Posted Monday 07/27/2009 2:00 PM in
Blender Blog
by
Conrad Doucette
On Friday night,
Billy Corgan debuted a new
Smashing Pumpkins song during a
Sky Saxon tribute at LA club the Echoplex. Also debuting? The new Pumpkins drummer. Yes, the 19-year-old kid.
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Posted Friday 07/24/2009 1:00 PM in
Blender Blog
by
Conrad Doucette
Also, did you see
Katie Holmes on
So You Think You Can Dance last night? Aren't people supposed to, you know, dance on that show?
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Posted Friday 07/24/2009 12:53 PM in
Interviews
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Blender Video
The Pennsylvania-based hard rock band says their live shows are like a queen telling you to get down on your knees. Which we quickly reply, "Yes ma'am!"
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Posted Friday 07/24/2009 10:00 AM in
Lists
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Eric Alt
You have to give rappers credit for being early adopters, but some of those shout-outs have a really bad way of showing a song's age.
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Posted Thursday 07/23/2009 2:30 PM in
Blender Blog
by
Conrad Doucette
How much did an anonymous buyer pay for
Led Zeppelin drummer
John Bonham's gong? That's the $64,000 question.
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Posted Wednesday 07/22/2009 12:13 PM in
Blender Blog
by
Conrad Doucette
That's not all—they might even thrown in a ShamWow (
maybe). THAT'S how badly Live Nation would like you to come to one of the little shows they put on.
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