Missy Higgins plays Lauderdale
February 28, 2009
Missy Higgins brought her warm, heartfelt music to Fort Lauderdale’s Culture Room this past Wednesday. She took the stage in a summer floral dress, barefoot with hair no longer closely cropped as seen on her album covers, but now shoulder length. Read more
DEADMAU5 RELEASES INNOVATIVE MIXING APPLICATION FOR iPHONE AND iPOD TOUCH
February 25, 2009
Electronic music’s fastest rising star, prolific producer and electronic artist DEADMAU5 (pronounced ‘Dead Mouse’) has released an innovative and interactive application on the iPhone and iPod Touch for music enthusiasts. In association with Future Audio Workshop, the Deadmau5 Touch Mix application allows users to mix DEADMAU5 music using an iPhone or iPod Touch. Users can download the DEADMAU5 content onto the application’s track players, where they can then apply effects, cross fade between tracks and scratch and mix songs to create a realistic and easy-to-use mobile interface.
LEAH RENEE HOOKS UP WITH THE JONAS BROS.
February 25, 2009
2009 is already bumpin’ for emerging pop singer/songwriter Leah Renee, whose vocals draw comparisons to a young Mariah Carey or the soulful Christina Milian. Leah is already making her way onto the big screen and with the Jonas Brothers no less!
Leah’s new single, “iBF”, slang for “Imaginary Boyfriend,” is set to hit the airways of pop radio later this month. But before she takes radio by storm, “iBF” will be heard by moviegoers in 220 theatres across the U.S before the Jonas Brothers’ The 3D Concert Experience. The movie hits theaters on February 27th and audience members will be able to get a first taste of the new pop star and groove to the fresh sounds of “iBF.”
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ACEYALONE NEW ALBUM OUT MARCH 31 / AUDIO
February 25, 2009
The Los Angeles rapper and founding member of Freestyle Fellowship, Haiku D’Etat and Project Blowed, Aceyalone returns with Aceyalone & The Lonely Ones, which draws on Phil Spector, 60s girl groups, the J.B.s and a slew of raw, dirty funk for sonic inspiration.
Single “The Way It Was” feat. Bionik:
QUOTED: LUKE SPEAKS ON GOING TO JAIL
February 25, 2009
Statement from Luther Campbell in response to story headlined “Rapper Luther Campbell jailed in Miami-Dade.” Miami Herald, February 18, 2009:
“The story in yesterday’s Miami Herald gives a false impression about my arrest on Tuesday. The arrest had nothing to do with “allegedly owing” over ten thousand dollars in a child support case. I have acknowledged that I am the father of the child in question and I am fully up to date on his child support.
Rather, I was arrested because I had not paid the lawyer’s fees of this child’s mother. This is a matter of ongoing legal dispute. In December of 2009, the court sided with me in regard to my not paying the legal fees.
This past Tuesday I was at the courthouse on other business. When the sheriff learned of my presence on the premises, he had me arrested although the Florida constitution states that a person cannot be jailed for consumer debt. I was released from jail only after I paid the lawyer’s fees of the child’s mother.
This is not the end of this matter. Because this writ was originally vacated I intend to fight the legal decision requiring me to make that payment of attorney’s fees and the sheriff’s decision to arrest me. If the court has now decided to lock people up for not paying attorney’s fees then just about everybody is going to jail.
But there’s a larger problem here: It’s one in which African-American fathers are routinely demonized as “deadbeat dads” by the legal system. It’s more accurate to call me a “denied dad.” I wanted the right to visit my child. I wanted shared parental rights. The child’s mother opposed my wishes. The court ruled in her favor.
In fact, you don’t have to be a black man to face this kind of bias. In a book entitled “A Promise to Ourselves: A Journey Through Divorce and Fatherhood,” the actor Alec Baldwin describes the terrible custody battle he’s had with his ex-wife. Unfortunately, vindictive mothers all too often use their children as pawns in a war against fathers. In the black community, we often refer to these disputes as “baby mama drama.” It’s a cute name for a problem that is no laughing matter.
Moreover, I spend at least two (2) hours of every day that I am in Miami working with at risk kids in inner city neighborhoods.
I not only work with them, but also, I work with their parents – mothers and fathers – who are having a hard time raising their children while dealing with the potholes in society today. Running from the responsibilities of taking care of my very own son is the last thing I would do.”
Luther Campbell
SLIM THUG “BOSS OF ALL BOSSES” ALBUM PROMO TOUR / AUDIO
February 25, 2009
As Slim Thug’s single, the Jim Jonsin produced “I Run”, approaches 2,000 spins and counting and his video enjoys national rotation on MTV2 and BET, the “boss of all bosses” is getting ready to hit the road on a 24 city promo tour, dropping another bangin’ mixtape along the way.
TICKETMASTER PUNISHED FOR SPRINGSTEEN TICKET FIASCO
February 25, 2009
In the wake of their fiasco with Bruce Springsteen tickets, Ticketmaster has had to pay up. In a national settlement with the New Jersey Attorney General, the company promised to change their business practices and pay 350-thousand dollars to cover fees associated with an investigation into them. The whole to-do started after Ticketmaster redirected Springsteen ticket buyers to a secondary site they own where seats are sold higher than face value. In response, The Boss lambasted the site. Ticketmaster apologized, refunded some customers and has since promised never to link to TicketsNow again without consent from the Attorney General.
METALLICA, AC/DC TO GET THEMED CONS TOO
February 25, 2009
Converse has already released a line of Ozzy Osbourne themed shoes and next month, they’ll be some sneakers with Pink Floyd artwork on them. Now, according to the New York Post, the shoemakers are planning more lines of hard rock themed Cons which will feature Metallica and AC/DC. Expect those shoes on shelves this fall. You can see all sorts of rocking Cons now at Journeys.com.
SEAN GARRETT IS READY TO GIVE MARIO HIT SINGLE
February 25, 2009
According to Bossip.com, Mario is working on his forthcoming album and is getting help from hitmaker Sean Garrett. Turns out that Garrett just finished crafting his 13th number one hit with Beyonce’s “Diva” song and is ready for Mario’s project. Sean told Bossip, “This record that we’re doing for Mario is really going to show people who he really is. This is gonna show people the swag he really has.” The 22-year-old singer is currently in the studio, adding songs that will show a deeper side to him. Fans will see Mario’s And Then There Was Me LP hit stores sometime in June.
MARK HOPPUS TALKS BLINK
February 25, 2009
Mark Hoppus sat down with Alternative Press for a chat about the Blink-182 reunion. He said that there was no trepidation about getting back together and that it was “just a natural thing.” He claimed that the whole experience has been really positive so far and the three boys are “the most supportive we’ve been as a band in a really, really long time.” Mark revealed that they have yet to play together in studio but that they are all working on musical ideas separately.
