pop music
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Organist Robert Ridgell shows just how funky Episcopalians can be, with a tribute to Michael Jackson in the postlude for the service from June 28th at Trinity Wall Street Church, Broadway, New York.
Beat It and ABC come together seamlessly in a earth-shaking performance.
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Caught this via Lunchfood, who says: “Look, the New Kids on the Block are really old! And so are you!”
Damn! He’s right on both counts.
And if you know who the New Kids on the Block are, you’re old, too.
Thanks, Lunchfood, for ruining my day!
I think I’m going to have to skip this particular retro trend. I’m holding out for Mark Wahlberg to go back to being Marky Mark, with Donnie D on the backup.
Air returns to North America, after over 3 years, with a tour starting April 21 in Vancouver.
Following their acclaimed album Talkie Walkie (2004) and a sold-out Hollywood Bowl performance with full orchestra later that year, Air returns with their new album Pocket Symphony released on March 6, 2007.
The line-up for the tour is as follows: JB Dunckel on keyboards and vocals; Nicolas Godin on guitar, bass, synths, and vocals; Vincent Taurelle on keyboards; Steve Jones on guitar; and Earl Harvin returning on the drums.
4/21 Vancouver, BC Richards On Richards
4/22 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
4/23 Tacoma, WA Pantages Theatre
4/25 San Francisco, CA Nob Hill Masonic Center
4/26 Las Vegas, NV The Joint
4/27 Phoenix, AZ The Marquee
4/29 Indio, CA Coachella Festival
5/02 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
5/04 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre
5/05 Toronto, ON Kool Haus
5/06 Montreal, PQ Metropolis
5/08 Philadelphia, PA Theatre Of Living Arts
5/09 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
5/10 New York, NY Theatre at Madison Square Garden Read more…
Madonna – Music
Madonna has always been fearless in her passion for adopting elements of cutting edge electronic dance music, and making them more accessible with her pop ear and sexy attitude. On Music, she puts wannabe dance divas in their place by continuing her hot streak of bringing new underground sounds to dance music.
On Music, Madonna gets production of Ray of Light’s William Orbit, and also from French DJ Mirwais Ahmadzi. Though Orbit and Madonna made Ray of Light a great, trend-setting album, Mirwais makes more of an impression on Music. He brings the unique sound of French electro-pop to the CD, without overwhelming Madonna.
Air – 10,000 Hz Legend
Pink Floyd meets Kraftwerk and Burt Bacharach on 10,000 Hz Legend, as Air combines the strengths and quirks of various styles into psychedelic pop electronica.
Air’s Jean-Benoit Dunckel and Nicolas Godin had a big hit with their previous CD, Moon Safari. Like their previous album, 10,000 Hz Legend sounds like they’ve been listening to a lot of old Pink Floyd and cheesy pop tunes. On Legend, Air uses a sort of ironic persona that, much like Kraftwerk did with songs like “We are the Robots”. The songs are catchy and clever, but their song personas seem to detach the singers from the emotion and content of the songs.
The CD art captures the essence of Air’s music. It’s an illustration that looks a little like the work of Roger Dean for Yes covers. It shows a desolate desert with an ultra-modern building on an outcropping. You can see inside the building, and it looks like it’s half space ship, half recording studio. You can imagine Air’s music coming from a future studio like this.
