Perhaps you've heard about the brouhaha over Beyonce's new video for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)," the choreography of which is a leeeeetle too close to the steps from Bob Fosse's "Mexican Breakfast"—a viral video fave thanks to a dub-over of DJ Unk's "Walk It Out" —for some folks' comfort. Apparently putting a song over existing video is creative, while remaking the video's particulars for a new song isn't, or something, though I am grateful that one blogger was moved to accuse B of "straight up pull[ing] a Kenley" (A+). [...]

Once upon a time, way back in July (well it feels like forever ago, anyway), I caught a rare live show performed by Philadelphia's The Bye Byes . Since that night, front man Pete Shauger and I have been playing interview tag. Over the course of a three month long conversation, we talked about our respective histories with the saxophone, the MySpace/Facebook revolution, and the band's vacancy for an agent. Enjoy! Jessica, PopWreckoning : I haven't been able to find much in the way of a biography on The [...]

My favorite lush takes on Jennifer Lopez in a Marchesa gown. Lopez wore the snow white gown to her hubby, Marc 'Skeletor' Anthony's birthday, while Paula Abdul rocked a drunken snow beast look at a Spring Gala Dinner for the Neuromuscular Disease Foundation in Beverly Hills. Online Surveys & Market Research

Paul Abdul is like the ultimate drunk. Now, she has someone to help baby sit her and explain that they can't interrupt live tv so she can go get some French toast. Kara DioGuardi has joined the judges panel for American Idol. She will be a part of everything from the tryouts to the final show. Paula's gin soaked carcass spoke with John Jay and Rich on their radio show this morning. Of course she was tanked and [...]
Alas, I'm not talking about Annie Lennox. In an effort to bring what a Fox exec calls more "girl power" to the show, the judges' table for the next season of American Idol will now have a Coke cup for songwriter Kara DioGuardi, who's shared writing credits on songs including Christina Aguilera's "Ain't No Other Man" and Kelly Clarkson's "Walk Away" and collaborated with Stewart on the pseudo-retro project Platinum Weird . DioGuardi, who Idol head honcho Simon Fuller called "a smart, sassy lady," is being billed as the show's fourth judge, which I guess [...]

dl: SUSAN SUSAN - 7 Things (Miley Cyrus cover) ( Z - YSI ) ------------------------------ ------------------------------ -------- ------- Since I don't have a TV in my apartment, I occasionally like to indulge in watching some awful reality television with my parents when I'm visiting in the Jerz. This guilty pleasure reached an extreme low when I got hooked on Here Come The Newlyweds , yet it mostly results in watching a few [...]

Hot remixes O restante dos remixes enviados da Princess Ann da Malásia. Blog: djprincessannkl.blogspot.com Paula Abdul - Dance Like There's No Tomorrow (Princess Ann's Club-o-rama Hot Throbbing Anthem) Fedde Le Grand & Funkerman - 3 Minutes To Explain (Princess Ann Extended Tribal Mix) [...]
The Good: The Boy Least Likely To - "A Balloon On A String"; Ahhhh the joyous sounds of The Boy Least Likely To! It always warms my heart a bit to hear their vocal harmonies and cutesy music coming through to my ears, and hearing this tune amps me up for their new album!!! Taken By Trees - "Sweet Child O' Mine"; Having listened to this cover of Guns 'n' Roses about half a dozen times between
Does this really need any kind of information or description at all, I mean it should say enough already that I'm posting a track by ' Snoop Dogg '... Robyn kills snoopy, at first I thought this remix was by Kleerup since the intro sounds a lot like ' With Every Heartbeat ' but it turns out to be by this artist/s called ' Fyre Department '. Apparently there's also an explicit version of it titled 'Sexual Eruption' & seriously how can you not like a rapper with a talkbox & a keytar! [...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =FbknGnZXHUk One of the most common complaints I hear from my female friends is that they always seem to fall for "assholes." Quite mistakenly, they ask for advice on how to remedy this situation and the ensuing conversation inevitably leads to elliptical arguments about how maybe they should stop liking guys that are assholes. However, had I re-watched the video for Paula Abdul's "Opposites Attract" at any point during the last two decades, I would've quickly been able to point out how Paula Abdul's dysfunctional relationship with MC Skat Kat, eerily mirrored [...]
Catching the hype from being a judge on American Idol, Paula has released one track...and there isn't talk of an album, BUT the track was produced by fellow-judge Randy Jackson and it has been played on Ryan Seacrest's radio station. (He happens to be the Idol host...) It is called "Dance Like There's No Tomorrow" and it's not bad. I mean, it's dance music, club music and I think it will get a lot of air play. It's peppy for sure, and I don't know where Paula's real voice is in the track, but why be picky right? [...]

I haven't done this little feature in a while and the years don't correspond, so we'll just say "Many". Today has been great for one reason... Paula Abdul's Greatest Hits: Straight Up came in the mail. I mean, she may be a drunk former shadow of her hot-ass Laker girl self these days, but come on, Cold Hearted Snake still gives me chills. OK, that's a bit of an exaggeration, but you know Britney learned her moves right here... [...]

Girl Talk's Night Ripper , this summer's hot blogness, has inspired many conversations between us music geeks. When I got the CD, I grabbed my pad and paper and started scribbling down every sample that I thought I recognized, however challenging it was. So then I e-mailed Heather of I Am Fuel, You Are Friends and after talking about a collaborative post lo and behold she sent me the wiki link to a list of samples and it made our [...]

This is a free crash course in music education from the last 40 years, courtesy of Gregg Gillis, aka Girl Talk . It goes by really, really fast. My blogger pal Bruce (of Some Velvet Blog hotness fame) came up with an idea to do a massive joint post of all the songs from the ADD-inducing, mile-a-minute mashup disc Night Ripper ( previous post ), which uses over a hundred original songs to make the 42 minutes of party goodness on this album. We both [...]
Editor's Note : The last time that American Idol was on, The BM Rant had far fewer readers, so Matt's obsession with American Idol may seem off putting considering that the notion of this competition stands in stark contrast with Matt's revulsion to most music that's been heard by more than 15 people. Nonetheless, Matt's guilty pleasures are what they are, and American Idol is one of them. Feel free to bash him to pieces in the comments. There are 5 months to go, so you'll have plenty of time. It comes [...]