I was fine with “Let’s Dance” by Lady Gaga – nothing original, but it didn’t bother me. Then she put out the next song where she totally bit Peaches’ style and everything since then has all sounded the same.
I finally saw a version of “Poker Face” that I can sit through:
From a CNN article in reference to Boston police officer/National Guardsman Justin Barrett, who sent a letter using questionable language to refer to a Harvard Professor. A quote from his attorney:
“Officer Barrett did not call professor Gates a jungle monkey or malign him racially,” Marano said. “He said his behavior was like that of one…”
Affion Crockett and Nick Cannon, who apparently worked together on a show I’ve never watched, did this PSA with Nas to talk about the future of hip-hop.
There were lots of rumors and lots of conjecture when this event happened and now we can finally see the footage. In 1984, while filming a commercial for Pepsi, Michael Jackson was injured when pyrotechnics lit his hair on fire. This apparently is the event that led to his initial use (and abuse) of painkillers.
You have to admit, even with his hair on fire, that’s one bad-ass spin.
The Jacksons, minus Jermaine, who was the first to go solo. The sound effects are overdone, but it’s a great song and great video.
Motown’s 25th anniversary special. A legend is born.
