July 2008
18 posts
Song Obsession of the Week
Sam Sparro’s “Black and Gold” (Universal Republic Records)
‘Damn, that white boy can sing!” Chaka Khan, circa 1994
This week’s Song Obsession of the Week is from Australian born / Los Angeles transplant Sam Sparro. You probably don’t recognized this young singer songwriter from his childhood acting career in McDonald commercials but rather had heard this electrofunk souldance track “Black...
Song Obsession of the Week
Adele “Hometown Glory” (XL Recordings/Columbia Records)
For this week’s Song Obsession I chose to chime in on the wave of female songwriters that have appeared recently from across the Atlantic. I can’t deny the great success of five time Grammy winner Amy Winehouse for her record Back to Black or Duffy, the current “take home to mom and dad” version of Amy “Wino”house, with her song “Mercy”...
X Games X Boy Contest Submission
Take a gander at a few quick pics of the finished product. Lemme know what you think!!! Don’t forget to check out the X Games website as well. X Games 14 7/31 - 8/3 LosT Angeles Baby!
Song Obsession of the Week
The Raconteurs “Old Enough” (Warner Bros. Records)
At first listen, the song obsession of the week sounds like I picked a B Side from Three Dog Night, America, or even the Allman Brothers. Sounds like good ol’ 1970s Rock n’ Roll to me but minus the drugs and political scandal (hey, wait a minute). For the youngins, if you’ve never heard of any of those three...
5 tags
Just a preview of how Friday started. You can only imagine how it ended. None of these guys will ever run for President now. Sorry guys!
I’ve been invited by a friend of mine, The Matador, to submit an article for a weekly newletter, The Hump Day Newsletter, on the song that I’m obsessed with for that week. Here’s my first attempt! Johnnie, I’m trying to be Clint-like!
SONG OBSESSION OF THE WEEK
Coldplay’s “Cemeteries Of London” (Capitol Records)
My song obsession of the week is off Coldplay’s most recent release Viva La Vida. Bound to go platinum when the reports come in tomorrow, Viva La Vida has been the nation’s number 1 selling record for the last two weeks. Produced by Brian Eno (U2, David Bowie), the band comes at us with their most experimental sounding (and maybe most...
Future Event - Save the Date!!!
Project Ethos! I’ve been selected as one of 10 artists who’ll be exhibited at the next event for Project Ethos. More detials to come but don’t make plans for September 26, you’re mine that night!