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Kanye West shows off at VMA

Vivian J. Paige — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:41:40 +0000

Unless you’ve been under a rock, you’ve probably heard about how rapper Kanye West took the stage at the Video Music Awards, grabbed the microphone from Taylor Swift, winner of the Best Female Video award, and ranted about how the winner should have been Beyonce.

Of course, if you are an oldster like me you a) have no idea who Taylor Swift is, b) only vaguely remember West as the guy who infamously said, “George Bush doesn’t care about black people,” and c) are no Beyonce fan.

In case you have been under a rock, you can read about the whole incident here.

Midweek Makeover: Reverberations

Mark Blacknell — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:10:02 +0000

This week’s cover takes on one of my all time favorites, which recently made an appearance here:

Cure – In Between Days

Now, maybe it’s the fact that I had Cure albums in such heavy rotation in the 80s that I wore through multiple tapes, but I’m not really one for covers of their work (and lord knows they tried to milk it themselves, putting out number of crap albums with a half dozen remixes of the same song). But this – and I cringe to even name him – this Ben Folds cover, I really dig. And it’s not the vocals. In fact, it’s probably in spite of the vocals.