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Top 5 Music Countdown: Thanksgiving Day Playlist!

November 20, 2009 By: heather Category: Blog

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Now, Thanksgiving is just around the corner. And when it comes down do it, for me? It’s all about gratitude, family, friendship, love and of course, food. So, this week’s Top 5 Music Countdown is dedicated to this joyous holiday. And if your family happens to have a karaoke machine, this awesome list doubles as a Thanksgiving-themed karaoke playlist — so you can belt out and bond with your perfectly dysfunctional family. Fun, right?

5.  “Sweet Potatoe Pie
-DominodominoDo you remember this guy? Popular in the 90s – early 2000s. Shamed for sharking Snoop Doggy Dogg’s rapping style.

4.  “November Rain
-Guns N’ Roses
gnrDelightful symphonic rock ballad about the month of November. One of GNR’s longest songs and one of the most expensive music videos to make (at that time).

3.  “Eat It
-Weird Al Yankovic
weirdalFood is good to eat.

2.  “Umbrella
-Rihanna (feat. Jay-Z)rihannaUmbrellas symbolize protection, friendship and in some cultures, love.

1.  “Livin’ On a Prayer
-Bon JovibonjoviQuintessential anthem rock about hard work, love and holding onto what we’ve got!

Post your top 5 songs of thanks! Go to Heather’s blog — GirlLovesMusic.wordpress.com — or post your list below. She could really use some gratitude… and love.

Top 5 Music Countdown: Rock & Pop Sleep Songs!

November 13, 2009 By: heather Category: Blog

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Now, get ready for this week’s Top 5 Music Countdown: Rock & Pop Sleep Songs!!

5.  “Enter Sandman
-MetallicametallicaFun fact: I was a big Metallica groupie in high school. My gal pals and I used to drive up to Tahoe to snowboard and rock out to Metallica on the way.

4.  “Sweet Dreams
-The Eurythmics

eurythmicsOne of my all-time favorite music videos. Classic. Annie Lennox was the sh**t.

3.  “Talking in your Sleep
-The RomanticsromanticsThis is very nostalgic of my days as an MTV kid. Scantily clad ladies ready for bed, FTW!

2.   “Dream On
-Aerosmith
aerosmith

Guilty pleasure! Evokes fond memories of the carefree, simple days of teenage life.

1.  “Sleep the Clock Around
-Belle & SebastianbelleandsebastianSometimes all I want to do is sleep the clock around. Like Sleeping Beauty.

Are you tired too? Leave me your list of favorite sleep songs on my blog — girllovesmusic.wordpress.com — Come ONNN! Live a little!!

Top 5 Music Countdown: New York City Ditties!

November 06, 2009 By: heather Category: Blog

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Top 5 Music Countdown: Favorite Songs About a Little Town Called New York City!!

5.  “New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down
-LCD Soundsystemlcd

4.  “Lovecraft in Brooklyn
-The Mountain Goats (Aesop Rock Remix)goats

3.  “Downtown Train
-Tom Waitstom waits

2.  “NYC
-Interpolinterpol

1. “First We Take Manhattan
-Leonard Cohenleonard cohen

Bonus round! 20 more New York-inspired songs for a longer, vitamin-fortified playlist!

“Walk on the Wild Side”
-Lou Reed

“Brooklyn Bound”
-The Black Keys

“Brooklyn”
-Mos Def

“The Long Island Sound”
-Beirut

“Where I’m From”
-Digable Planets

“What New York Used to Be”
-The Kills

“Stock Exchange”
-Miss Kittin & the Hacker

“Positively 4th Street”
-Bob Dylan

“Yeah! New York”
-Yeah Yeah Yeahs

“This Mess We’re In”
-PJ Harvey (Feat. Thom Yorke)

“South 2nd”
-CocoRosie

“NYC Everything”
-RZA

“Chelsea Hotel”
-Leonard Cohen

“Hello Brooklyn”
-Beastie Boys

“Fairy Tale of New York”
-Stars (Pogues cover)

“Piazza, New York Catcher”
-Belle & Sebastian

“The Last Tango in Brooklyn”
-Frightened Rabbit

“53rd & 3rd”
-The Ramones

“New York, New York”
-Cat Power

“Hello Brooklyn”
-Jay-Z & Lil’ Wayne

Also, while you’re there, leave me a comment with your top 5 favorite New York songs!!

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Top 5 Music Countdown: Halloween Music (from Beyond the Grave)!

October 30, 2009 By: heather Category: Blog

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This week’s Top 5 Music Countdown is all about my favorite holiday. Halloween!!

While you’re sewing your costume together or mixing up some eyeball punch for your monster bash (see what I did there?) rock out to my play list from beyond the grave! Let’s bypass the obvious spooky tunes like “Monster Mash”, “Ghostbusters” and “Thriller”, shall we? We like to be more original on this show. Enjoy!

5.  “Psycho Killer
-Talking Heads
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Psycho killers are most definitely scary. And evil. Qu’est-ce que c’est?

4.  “Devil Inside
-INXS

Picture 5

Every single one of us has the devil inside. The devil is evil.

3.  “I Put a Spell On You
-Screaming Jay Hawkins
Picture 4
I’ve always thought that Jay Hawk was possessed. The dirty work of witches. Witches are ugly. And evil.

2.  “Abracadabra
-Steve Miller
Picture 7Magic is evil.

1.  “Somebody’s Watching Me
-Rockwell Feat. Michael Jackson
Picture 8
Watching someone without them knowing it is unquestionably evil.

Now it’s your turn! I wanna know what spooky songs you listen to this time of year. Leave me your list on my blog at Girllovesmusic.wordpress.com!!

Happy Halloween!

Top 5 Music Countdown: Leading Synthpop Ladies! Bat for Lashes, La Roux & Little Boots!

October 16, 2009 By: heather Category: Blog

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Synthpop is the subgenre of New Wave and Pop where the synthesizer is the dominant sound. Originated during the new wave – late 70s early 80s – and big time reemerged in the mid to late 2000s — which leads us to today’s show. We’re counting down the top 5 leading solo female singer/songwriter synthpop artists who use 80s-style synths and who embody a sort of futuristic, mythical, or generally outlandish fashion and performance style.

5.  Alison Goldfrapp AKA Goldfrapp

4.  Natasha Kahn AKA Bat for Lashes

3. Victoria Hesketh AKA Little Boots

2.  Julie Budet AKA Yelle

1.  Elly Jackson AKA La Roux

PS. Synthesizers are sexy.

Now it’s your turn! What female synthpop honies have you been geeking out to? Leave me your list on my blog at Girllovesmusic.wordpress.com!!

Tommy Lee Burns Hand, Out For Several Crue Fest Shows.

August 21, 2009 By: sjones Category: Blog, News, On Tour

Sometimes you just can’t take the little boy out of the man.

Tommy Lee is out for several shows on the current Crue Fest tour because of burns to his hand. Lee was playing with some sparklers and ended up burning his left hand.

For the last five shows that started on August 14th, Morgan Rose of Sevendust was filling in for Lee. For the next three shows starting on August 21st, Lee will be replaced by Frank Zummo of Street Drum Corp.

Lee for his part is still trying to stay involved. He is coming on stage at the shows to explain to the crowd why he isn’t playing. He interacts during several songs, and does still play piano on “Home Sweet Home.”

In a posting to MySpace, Nikki Sixx wrote the following:

“…accidents do happen and, yes, frustration does happen to everybody, including Tommy, who would rather play drums (even with a damaged hand) than just about anything in the whole world. But following doctor’s orders for a few shows is what we have to (do) right now (or cancel shows). We all wanna say we’re sorry Tommy has to sit out a couple shows, but we hope to have him back up on the drums ASAP.”

As of right now, there is no scheduled time for when Lee will return to the drum kit.


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Brand New “Daisy” Album Art and Track Listing

August 04, 2009 By: mbutler Category: Blog

Long Island Indie/Emo pioneers BRAND NEW will release their 4th studio album, DAISY in stores on Sept. 22nd. Below is a sneak peak at the album art


Recorded with longtime friend and producer Mike Sapone, who produced their previous releases, Deja Entendu as well as Your Favorite Weapon, Daisy is the follow-up to 2006’s The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me.

We are hoping to score an interview with Jesse Lacey, as one of our hosts, Martina is an authority on all things BRAND NEW.

Daisy tracklisting:
1. Vices
2. Bed
3. At the Bottom
4. Gasoline
5. You Stole
6. Be Gone
7. Sink
8. Bought a Bride
9. Daisy
10. In a Jar
11. Noro

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Artist Vs Poet and Let’s Get It Head Out on U.S. Tour

July 14, 2009 By: mbutler Category: Blog, News, On Tour

Fearless Records’ Artist Vs Poet and new signings Let’s Get It are getting set to bring the party to your town! Both bands will be heading out on the road this month on their U.S. tour with Jeffree Star, which kicks off on July 27th in Atlanta, GA.

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Thousands of L.A. Stargazers to Attend Michael Jackson Memorial

July 07, 2009 By: mbutler Category: Blog

Thousands of lucky idiots are expected to descend upon the Staples center in Los Angeles today to pay their respects to the self proclaimed King of Pop today. According to sources close to the Jackson family, Michael Jackson’s body will be brought to the memorial service at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles today. A long motorcade of black vehicles left the home of Jackson’s mother, Katherine, a short while ago and drove through the gates of Forest Lawn cemetery. Jackson’s family and friends are attending a private gathering at the cemetery before the public memorial.
Parking lots in the area of the Staples center have reportedly raised their prices today as high as $30. Bootleg t-shirt vendors are also expected to be out in full force as well to try and capitalize on Michael Jackson’s tragic passing. Tickets to the event are reportedly selling on Craigslist for $1000
Airports in Southern California saw a spike in bookings. And several movie theaters in the area announced special screenings of the event, which also will be carried live by some television networks and Web sites.

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UPDATE! MICHAEL JACKSON TO BE BURIED WITHOUT HIS BRAIN!
According to the Daily Mirror
Michael Jackson will be buried this week– without his brain. As his family tries to finalise details for the King of Pop’s funeral on Tuesday they have been told it will be held back for tests.

They faced the grim choice of waiting up to three weeks for Jackson’s brain to be returned to them or go ahead and bury him without it – which they have decided to do.

Los Angeles Coroner’s spokesman Craig Harvey confirmed that neuropathology tests will be carried out to see if it holds any clues to the exact cause of his death.

But the examination cannot begin until at least two weeks after the death when the brain has hardened sufficiently to slice it open.

Jackson died from a cardiac arrest at his Beverly Hills mansion on June 25 after a suspected overdose of painkillers.

Sources at the coroner’s office revealed that his brain was removed before his body was released to relatives the next day.

A forensic neuropathologist will test Jackson’s brain for, among other things, past drug use and whether he has suffered overdoses in the past.

The brain can also show any past abuse of alcohol or if the deceased had suffered from any one of a number of diseases. The source said that removing the brain is the “only way to carry out the tests”.

“The tissue has to be examined,” he said. “I can’t tell you how long that is going to take.”

One expert explained that the Jackson family could decide to wait and bury the brain with the rest of the body. But it is far more common for the lab to burn the remains once they’ve been examined or for them to be placed into the grave at a later date.

“It’s up to the family. They can bury him and then bury the brain later on,” said Dr Cyril Wecht, a former coroner and one of America’s foremost forensic pathologists.
But he added: “It’s rare for the body to be held back for two weeks or more.”

Jackson’s body was handed over to his family soon after the three-hour autopsy was completed and the Jacksons went on to order a second forensic examination.

But Dr Wecht said: “The brain cannot be properly examined at the time of the autopsy. You cannot test it while it is in the body. So it is cut off at the spinal cord and removed.”

The brain would usually be placed in a plastic bucket, suspended in formaldehyde fluid, and put in a refridgerator at 4C to preserve it.

Dr Wecht went on: “People don’t realise how soft the brain is. To do the type of detailed examination required you need to have the brain much harder – and for that you have to wait for at least 10 days to two weeks.”

Dr Wecht, who was not involved in the Jackson autopsies, has reviewed and been consulted on many high-profile deaths, including John F. Kennedy, Elvis Presley and Anna Nicole Smith.

“In Los Angeles they have a neuropathologist they work with, and he will be looking at the brain,” he said.

It is cut into sections of less than half-an-inch thick and reviewed first by the naked eye and then through a microscopic. “That all takes 17 to 18 days,” Dr Wecht added in an exclusive interview.

Dr Wecht, who chronicles his career dissecting more than 16,000 bodies in his best- selling memoir A Question Of Murder, added: “In the 47 years I have been doing this I reckon only about one per cent of families say they want the brain back so they can bury it. In most cases it is incinerated.”

The autopsy is expected to show that the 50-year-old singer had drugs in his system when he died.

At various times, he is said to have been taking Demerol and Oxycontin for pain from old back and leg injuries and Diprivan, a hospital anaesthetic, to help him sleep.

- MICHAEL Jackson starred as the Scarecrow in The Wiz, the 1978 musical version of The Wizard of Oz – playing the character without a brain opposite Diana Ross as Dorothy.

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Warrant Singer Jani Lane Arrested for DUI

June 18, 2009 By: mbutler Category: Blog

Janie Lane was supposed to be sober since last summer but according to TMZ, the guy who will go down in history for the song CHERRY PIE was arrested last night in Los Angeles after he was involved in a fender bender in the Woodland Hills area around 9:30 pm.

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