She might be better known today for her flamboyant style, plastic surgery excesses and dumb blond stage persona, but before she became a pop-culture caricature, Dolly Parton was a tremendous singer, under-rated songwriter and country music ambassador to the world. By the age of 13, Parton had already been signed to a label and appeared at the Grand Ole Opry and was well on her way to being dubbed the "Queen of Country Music". To date, she has 25 number-one singles and a record 41 top-10 country albums. Along with classics like "Coat of [...]

Cake: I Will Survive [ purchase ] Who doesn't love Gloria Gaynor's original?!? (and I'm hoping this is a rhetorical question) - whether to the jukebox strains in a crowded bar fueled by a few drinks... or in your car as you're flipping through radio stations... you can't help but sing along... loudly and badly but enthusiastically... to this anthemic ode of empowerment... Cake puts an interesting spin on the traditional... with a male point of view, a well-placed obscenity... and a killer trumpet solo - whether disco or rockin', "as [...]

Anybody remember Sweetums? I actually met him, once, a long time ago when I was little. He was huge. Tall, I mean. Not like what these chicks are thinking. Mahna Mahna-Cake

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Our own Aoife Barry has organised a Haiti fundraiser with all proceeds going towards GOAL on the 4th of February in the Twisted Pepper. Playing live on the night will be BATS , Hunter-Gather and Groom . There will be DJ sets from Nialler9 , Popical Island and the Mary Jane Girls. There will also be an extensive cake, cupcake and bake sale (including gluten-free, low fat, nut-free and vegan options) and a raffle. It starts at 7pm priced at €10 - with all proceeds going to [...]
There are few song subjects that lend themselves to expressions of pure happiness. Songs about automobiles seem to be an exception. The sense of freedom that comes from driving a car always seems be a joyful experience in songs. Whether you're talking about The Beach Boys or The Geto Boys , exalting the virtues of the automobile seems to be a peculiarly American phenomenon. Most songs seem to be about American cars too as, to my knowledge, no one yet has written a great pop song about a Honda Civic . Maybe some day. [...]
Artist: Mario Miranda Title: Cake EP Label: Killing Machine Records Genre: Minimal / Tech House Rel. Date: January 2010 Quality: 320kbps avg / 44.1KHz / Full Stereo Tracklist: Mario Miranda – Cake – Andrea Roma Remix Mario Miranda – Cake – Carlo Lio Remix Mario Miranda – Cake – Glitter Remix Mario Miranda – Cake – Lowboys Remix Mario Miranda – Cake – Original Mix download
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cake jammin' in the new Acid Girls video sweet ;) director: Steven Ilous
Finishing the book is the goal at the momento. The only goal. Revising, chopping, writing, editing, cluelessness... a mighty hoot! From all this reading back over old material, I've realised two things. One, I'm not really a fan of reading or looking back. Onwards and upwards. And at various points I've at least recognised the [...]
Finishing the book is the goal at the momento. The only goal. Revising, chopping, writing, editing, cluelessness... a mighty hoot! From all this reading back over old material, I've realised two things. One, I'm not really a fan of reading or looking back. Onwards and upwards. And at various points I've at least recognised the [...]

For no particular reason other than the inspiring photo above. Happy weekend. Right-Click + Save Link As: Italian Leather Sofa - Cake

El sábado pasado tuvimos una pequeña celebración con motivo de our dear lad´s b-day ( @diegosynthetic ). Una noche muy divertida y perfecta musicalmente hablando, fuí FAN total del playlist de la nite. So, para este post dejaremos atras el "synthetic", quitando así los altos niveles de sintetizadores, beats y demás que nos acompañan frecuentemente en este blog, para darle más vida y presencia al "rocks"... Esperamos que este post pueda permanecer online y a nadie [...]
Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive Cake frontman John McCrea believes in science. And science, he says, is asking us to change our ways. So before Cake began recording their new album in Sacramento, Calif. earlier this year, they made a few adjustments to Upbeat Studio in order to keep the beat still banging for future generations. They converted their studio to all solar power and made a pledge with Planet Earth to record the new album using 100 percent solar electricity. They're making good on their promise, [...]

Yep. The title is true . Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin's daughter Ireland asked for, and, more importantly, received a Lil' Wayne monument of a cake for her birthday. Needless to say, the youngster is probably the coolest kid in her grade, or at least, shooting up the ranks of the middle school social ladder. Of course, its Hollywood so lil Ireland Basinger Baldwin can't be on top forever, oh no, not with competition like Bruce Willis and Demi Moore's daughter Tallulah, who was reportedly seen at the same Beverly Hills bakery ordering an Easy-E cake complete with fudge-sicle [...]
I'll admit I wasn't hip to them when they came out but I've been all over all their albums for the past several months. So, I know of what I speak. Cake - Short Skirt, Long Jacket Cake - Commissioning A Symphony In C Cake - Love You Madly
MUSIC NEWS - CAKE, already regarded as one of the most principled, enduring, self-reliant and best-selling artists in post-alternative rock, are currently working on recording their sixth studio album, with an eco-twist: the new project is being written, rehearsed and recorded entirely with solar power . During the recording process, CAKE is sharing the results with their fans via a set of free ring tones--each based on a song from the upcoming album--released via the band's mailing list. And starting today, the first of six ring tones based on brand new album tracks will [...]
CAKE is one of those bands that for the last 15 years has crafted its own highly intelligent and wholly relatable brand of pop, rock and whatever else they dole out to the eager masses. And now the band is back after five years and are more technologically savvy and eco-friendly than ever. For one, the band was recently deemed to be one of the 10 greenest bands in the world by Billboard . In 2008, the group got together with Borrego Solar and converted its Sacramento recording studio to run completley off [...]

O Lúcio Ribeiro , anúncia que o festival Indie Rock que teve sua primeira edição em 2007 com Magic Numbers e Rakes, e no ano seguinte, teria Dandy Warhols e Broken Social Scene mas foi cancelado devido a problemas de financiaento, está de volta. Para este ano eles confirmam as bandas Cake , e Gogol Bordello (um dos melhores shows do último Tim Festival) como atrações internacionais e Holger e Monbojó no lado nacional. Pode parecer uma combinação um pouco estranha, mas tem tudo para ser um ótimo festival! Ai estão as datas anunciadas [...]