Yet another musical tribute to my man, Obama. This one isn’t PG-13 like the others, but it’s a pretty hilarious remix of Jay-Z’s “Dirt Off Your Shoulder” and offers a good laugh. The second half of the video is a bit of a slam on Hillary Clinton with the remixed “99 Problems” - but all is fair in music and politics?
Overall, I think the video demonstrates the great sense of humor that Obama and his fans have. It does not, however, demonstrate a great sense of Obama’s dance moves. Don’t quit your day job, Barack.
I hope everyone is as excited as I am for Earth Day 2008. The Earth Day Network is spanning the continent with a myriad of free concerts, events and speakers for Earth Day 2008 starting on Friday, 4/18 and lasting until the evening of 4/20. Green Apple Festival is the catalytic force behind the events and so far, the speakers and bands lined up for the National Mall in DC look pretty dope:
In Washington DC on the National Mall, 19 Recordings/Jive Recording artist Jordin Sparks will perform the National Anthem. An acoustic set by members of rock band O.A.R. will kick off the festivities at noonand the Roots will headline with multi-platinum three-time Grammy award winning artist will.i.am, Ne-Yo, Doug E. Fresh, Talib Kweli and Chrisette Michele.
Well, as I have a tendency to post about music-related items, here is a new platform for all who enjoy music and freedom of choice:
Songza has quickly become the new cool kid on the Internet-music block. It has the potential to eclipse my other online jukeboxes of Pandora and Last.fm. Unlike Pandora, Songza doesn’t arbitrarily decide what you might also like to listen to. It just lets you search for exactly what you want. So instead of trying to outwit the Pandora algorythm (if I plugged in one bubble gum pop song I was inevitably exposed to the entire collection of NOW! music and my station is ruined for eternity) - with Sognza it is all Biblical: “Ask and you shall receive.”
Well, the famous “Got Milk?” people have taken their love of Milk beyond just a question mark with the band White Gold & The Calcium Twins. Yes, that’s right, similar to The Monkees - this is a real band, with real songs, that really makes you want a tall, glass of milk. And they are ridiculous (in a good way). Think doppleganger of David Bowie meets Spinal Tap after a fist fight with Austin Powers at a karaoke bar while Zoolander serves up some ice, cold, milk.
The story of how White Gold got together is rare, emotional and something that only fate could deliver:
Guitar geniuses like White Gold aren’t just born. They’re honed. Crafted. Perfected. It’s not genetic coding; there isn’t a strand of DNA that automatically infuses an artist with milk into their veins and calcium into their bones. For this maestro, consumption was the only way to become reborn and set free.
Before the luscious white mane, the four-hour guitar solos and ripped abdominals, there was White Gold, the man. A mess of frail hair, a dull smile and a scrawny body. It was a rockless bottom for White Gold. He couldn’t finish a three-song set without being booed off the stage and thrown out onto the street.
Then something changed. White Gold’s voice started sounding like nothing ever heard before - was it voice training or was he more well-rested? His sculpted biceps were shredding his T-shirts. His skin had a sexy, healthy glow about it. Gossip columns questioned whether White Gold had had work done. He strongly denied it, saying, “Everyone needs to chill, like my milk does. It’s all good. I’m just a vessel for the white genius to flow.”
About this time, White Gold met musical phenoms Skimberly and Wholena, now known across the world as “The Calcium Twins.” The twins’ unrivaled musical talent, matched only by their bewitching good looks, catapulted White Gold’sSM unique sound to an unparalleled new level. Together, they released “Ends, Split Ends.” They began selling out theaters, and their infectious single “The Milkionaire” began to snowball.
This band only has one true love and it ain’t rock n’ roll, but rather the smooth creamy liquid from bosom of your local cow. White Gold is blowing up the music scene with some hits off its stunning album, “The Best I Can Give Is 2%.”
Songs include: “Is It Me, Or Do You Love My Hair?”, “Tame The White Tiger”, “One Gallon Axe” and “PMS (Pour the Milk Sister).”
Take a listen to “One Gallon Axe” and you might never go back to any other beverage besides milk. If you’re lactose-intolerant, however, well, I just feel bad for you.
“Gayle, a 25-year-old customer service employee at a bank in Alberta, Canada, was suffering as many as 10 grand mal seizures a day, despite being treated with medications designed to control them. The condition became so bad she eventually had to quit her job and leave the church choir where she sang.
Eighteen months ago, she began to suspect that music by reggae and hip-hop artist Sean Paul was triggering some of her seizures. She recalled being at a barbecue and collapsing when the Jamaican rapper’s music started playing, and then remembered having a previous seizure when she heard his music.
Her suspicions were confirmed on a visit to the Long Island medical center last February, when she played Paul’s hit “Temperature” on her iPod for doctors. Soon after, she suffered three seizures.”
There should be a new warning system for music. Instead of it requiring “Parental Guidance” labels, it might want to require medical clearance.
