![Hard Rock Park Flips The Dial To Freestyle [Rebrandings]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/1655989_lg.jpg)
The new owners of the bankrupted music-themed amusement park Hard Rock Park are planning on keeping the roller coasters in Myrtle Beach rattling and rolling under a new name: Freestyle Music Park . As it turns out, 81% of people responding to a local paper's poll hate the name , even though it's supposed to honor the park's commitment to "the celebration of that revolutionary phenomenon rock n' roll but also encompasses other genres of music including country, reggae, beach music, pop, R&B, alternative, Christian, and disco." (And complement the name of a sister [...]
![Forget It, It's Friday: Enjoy Some Freestyle [Videodrone]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/1590462_lg.jpg)
It's Friday, and instead of posting about the new lead singer for the Newsboys (the guy from DC Talk! Can you believe it!), I'm just going to post YouTube versions of songs rocking the Gibson family dance party right now. It's Freestyle Friday, people! Company B , "Fascinated (club version)": Corina, "Temptation": Debbie Deb , "Look Out Weekend": Pretty Poison , "Catch [...]
Consider this a companion piece to today's Wildcard feature . Why? Because I'm still hung up on squeezing the life out of Billboard's Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs . The latest project is very simple: I've compiled all the songs with the word "love" in the title and curated a nice little video collection in the process (with the exception of #13 Hot 100 - "Endless Love" by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross, which video I can't find). In any case, put a little love in your Wednesday..... [...]
The geekier music fans among you might want to pick up the current issue of Billboard , which is devoted to the 50th anniversary of the Hot 100 and has put together a ton of commemorative listings. Among them, of course, is the All-Time Hot 100, which—through some tricky data-weighing —placed Chubby Checker's "The Twist" at No. 1. Right behind it is the unofficial song of Mets ace Johan Santana , "Smooth" by the Rob Thomas-assisted Santana; that track was also the No. 1 rock song of the modern era , so now you [...]
After a two-week hiatus, here's the new Mixtape For Hookers. I already wrote a description of this once, and then the power went out because it's all windy out. and the post didn't save because I hadn't given it a title yet. Let's hope that's not a sign of annoyances to come. This mix has a few things of note: one is that it's sort of deliriously happy, which is mostly in response to the fact that a) there's a frigging monsoon going on outside, and b) I have to work in a little while because [...]