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Music
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04.21.08Back on Tour!
Get ready Chicago! After we finish our PBR tour, Rush is coming to the United Center this summer and they will be ready to ROCK. I’m sure the show will be totally sold-out and tickets will be impossible to score, so if you’re one of the lucky few to see my favorite Canadian trio in action, drop a line and we’ll meet-up at the $25 t-shirt counter. I’m ranking Rush in concert JUST above opening day for Indy IV, and JUST below opening day for Batman II. I may just have to create a Facebook event for the concert…full of Earth day green peppers, of course, because, as we all know, clicking “approve” on Facebook applications solves hunger and cures cancer. Whoops! I just WENT there! What’s up Monday! Call it out!!! New for Mondays — now known as “Call it out Mondays!” See you guys at Sylvie’s next Saturday night!
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03.20.08
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02.28.08
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02.27.08Touch My Body.Here it is everyone. The video that in 30 minutes will be announced on “EXTRA!” as “leaked onto the internets…” Mariah Carey’s new video for “Touch My Body”. As if we needed an invitation. If anyone knows how Jack McBrayer secured the gig as Mariah’s personal comedian, let us know - some of us’d love to be the understudy. The sucker’s huge, and in pristine format - so be patient while it loads. (No pun intended). Points to Mariah for 1 - getting Jack McBrayer and 2 - playing off every Geek Squad wet dream.
Thanks to Deb D. for the tip!
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02.26.08Celebrity Winter Advice with Geddy LeeThanks to Schadenfriend Trey Stone for the heads-up: Rush frontman and amateur Canadian sketch comedian Geddy Lee hosts “Celebrity Winter Advice with Geddy Lee.” Check it out, and remember kids, don’t be a hero.
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02.25.08Most Ridiculous Song of 2008.I admit it. I watch “America’s Best Dance Crew.” I’m a big fan of Bring it On, and this is just like Bring it On, except with Eliza Dushku. It’s a bunch of cheerleaders running around doing jumps to silly songs. And that’s what brings up this topic. Below, you will see a video for “Chicken Noodle Soup” - no shit, a song about Chicken Noodle Soup. And rain. And clearing it out. And please. What’s with the air-raid siren? I THOUGHT we had decided that we weren’t going to do that anymore after the “Duck and Cover Incident of Ought-3″….
Seriously? Can a song get any more annoying. This is my nomination for the 2009 Grammy’s for song least likely to be remembered the next time the Grammy’s are held. Is that a category? It should be.
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02.21.08Starpulse Publishes List of “Top 10 Unnecessarily Long Songs”
I’m gonna hop on Sandy’s DotD from Tuesday here with a corollary - some songs are too long. Starpulse - yet another site about something - put together a pretty good list of songs that, in their opinion, or poll, or random web question, are long. Too damned long. They went so far as to put in YouTube clips of the groups performing their overly-long songs. To sum up - here they are: MORE »
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02.20.08I dedicate that Nivea Lotion song to you…
Since when do we need to know what song is playing on our lotion commercials?! Have you seen the Nivea commercial that displays the song title and artist? Calm down Nivea - nobody cares. Do you think it was part of the negotiation with the recording artist? They offered her 24 crates of Nivea firming lotion every 24 months and she countered with an MTV style song credit at the beginning of the spot? I can just hear her agent calling her back, “OK, just got off the phone with the Nivea people and they’ve offered 36 crates of firming lotion, some self-tanner and some CVS coupons for their products.” I’m going to stop now because I just realized I’ve written a half page web ad for Nivea. Damn you Nivea Lotion — you’ve tricked me into advertising for you once again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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02.14.08This is how much I love you…
For Valentine’s Day I got us tickets to see that dude from Living Color (the band, not the Wayans) play Judas in the touring company of Jesus Christ Superstar this week at the Cadillac.
You’re welcome.
I love you, too.
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02.11.08Chicago in ‘da house at the JLA.
Geek Alert! Geek Alert!
So Chicago Hometown Hero
Kanye WestCommon will be playing a superhero. A black superhero. Traditionally, the only real named black superhero that shares tights with Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. Green Lantern. Now, although the WGA Strike has put the Justice League of America movie on hold - Common has gone on record with:“It’s a blessing really, to know that I could potentially be this superhero,” he enthused. “Justice League itself is an honor, and Green Lantern is an incredible character to play. It’s a blessing to be associated with it.”
In particular, Common felt it was a special privilege to be the cast’s only black super.
“Just being a black person, a black man, playing a superhero is an honor in itself,” he smiled.
So. Common has nailed the single black role in the movie! Sure beats a stupid little Grammy, huh? Take that Kanye.
Of course, we here at Schadenfreude feel for you Kanye… We know you need to be in movies. Heck, we even wrote a role for you. That’s right… a role for you. Let us know, we’ll take your email.
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02.11.08Best Moment of the Grammys?
It wasn’t Kanye telling the music to “shut up” during his acceptance speech. It wasn’t the fact that Stevie Wonder was the best at reading the teleprompter. Nor was it Yoko Ono’s Monopoly Millionaire’s hat. No, none of these things. The best moment of the night was when Jimmy Jam faked us out like he was going to give an important/boring speech and instead busted out The Time! Morris Day, complete with mirror primping showed the youngsters how it’s done. What time is it, indeed.
For your viewing pleasure:
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02.10.08Kanye West Makes All Men (and Women) Cry.So the Grammys gave Chicago Own’s Kanye West a chance to pay tribute to his mother who died earlier this year. This came right after him playing “Stronger” - and although the Interwebs were running amok with the rumors of him playing it - it still didn’t prepare the audience (at Staples and at home) for the emotion behind it.
Ok - I admit it, I’ve always like this song. So to see it now - yeah, in my opinion, has more feeling than Elton John singing the Princess Diana died song….
