Smokey Robinson will attend the 2009 Greenbuild International Expo November 12, 2009 in Phoenix Arizona in support of Ciralight Global's energy saving "Smart Suntracking Skylights". Smart Skylights track the sun using GPS technology and mirrors to illuminate buildings with natural light and turn off electric lights during daytime. Smokey will be available for select media interviews on November...
It's that classic biblical tale: little known DJ from suburban Michigan takes on soul god from Motown. And the winner is... In 2007, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings nabbed it in a hard fought battle. Last year, Raphael Saadiq easily triumphed. And now, ladies and germs, I'm pleased to announce that this year's award for album that sounds most like '60s-era Smokey Robinson goes to a relatively unlikely...
Paris Hilton was just one of the celebs who headed out to the Los Angeles premiere of Michael Jackson’s This Is It. Paris tweeted about it, revealing that she was “Getting ready to go to the Michael Jackson movie premiere.” Paris joined an array of stars, which included Katy Perry, Jennifer Lopez, Will Smit, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Paula Abdul, Smokey Robinson, Sugar Ray Leonard, Vivica...
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame celebrated it's 25th birthday with a star-studded concert that included performances and collaborations from Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Sting, Smokey Robinson and more. (Oct. 30)
The 25th Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Anniversary Concerts - Night 1 Madison Square Garden Rocktober 29th this once in a zillion lifetimes concert contained the criznazzyiest of criznazzy collaborations and a super-sized sizzling sing-a-long setlist that set everyone's ears ablaze and heads into a daze (see belows, complied by Thighlandium's favorite son, Mr Pibbums), so much so that a listing of the...
The producers of the two-night extravaganza at Madison Square Garden to celebrate the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s 25th Anniversary promised tons on surprises and they came through in a big way. From the moment special guest Jerry Lee Lewis kicked things off with Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On through the all-star finale of Darlene Love, John Fogerty, Tom Morello, Billy Joel, Jackson Browne,...
BlindReason submits: Call notes on upcoming phones from Sprint ( S ). Wow what a roster of truly mediocre phones. Their Android phones look heavily dominated by HTC which makes phones with great specs but they almost always feel tacky and flimsy (I rarely return gadgets---but I returned the first HTC phone I had). Sprint needs its own version of a Motorola ( MOT ) Droid, or it needs a large screen...
Last week , I wrote about Rod Stewart, and how sickened I was to see his name attached to a Sam Cooke LP. This week… well, it gets worse, folks, it gets worse. Plastered all over Boston are ads for Rod Stewart’s most recent album (released on Tuesday), entitled Soulbook . You can tell it’s a terrible album just by looking at the CD cover (see left). It is vomit-inducing. What, Rod,...
Filed under: Spinner Interview Rod Stewart has sold 250 million albums and counting, but his career hasn't always been so charmed. He once thought about becoming a history teacher if the music thing didn't work out. It worked out. And now, all these years later, Stewart is returning to the buried treasures of his youth and coming up with gold. For while he's always loved rock 'n' roll -- and, in fact,...
What you listen to says a lot about what kind of person you are: just look at the interest generated by Barack Obama's iPod playlist . The same logic applies to TV shows – and no show has more taste than Mad Men. So the release of playlists for seven of the show's main characters – Betty Draper, Don Draper, Salvatore Romano, Roger Sterling, Joan Harris, Peggy Olson and Pete Campbell –...
Filed under: Hip-Hop , Hip-Hop News Kanye West will be be featured in the forthcoming book, ' Chicken Soup for the Soul : The Story Behind The Song ,' alongside many of today's best selling artists, including Christina Aguilera and John Legend . A partnership between the 'Chicken Soup for the Soul' line and publicist/manager Jo-Ann Geffen, the book looks at and analyzes 101 popular songs in typical...
We know when Michael Jackson died in June, he was just days away from launching a 50-show run of comeback concerts in London. Now, video footage of preparations for those performances have become "Michael Jackson's This Is It," a documentary opening worldwide Tuesday. The simultaneous showings around the globe will be anchored by a star-studded premiere at the Nokia Theatre, a 7,100-seat...
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