Music-Awards
Award Season Is Upon Us: The 2008 AMA Nominees
No matter how they try, the American Music Awards will never be able to escape the shadow of being the Grammys’ bastard little brother. Which is why today’s announcement of the nominees was met with a resounding yawn. The show gets ignored for several other reasons too. The awards are voted on by a select poll of consumers, which means we get hit with travesties like Milli Vanilli’s sweep in 1990 and C&C Music Factory’s […]
VH-1 Hip Hop Honors ’08 – Quick Thoughts
Unless I’m mistaken, I don’t think anyone on this site talked about the Hip Hop Honors show from earlier in the week. I know that Money Mike was possibly not even going to be able to watch the show until later in the week. I wasn’t able to live blog it, but did get to catch most of it.
I love this concept, this show, and everything about why VH-1 does this show. You wonder […]
The Always-Regal Tina Turner Has a New Album Out, and We’re Giving It Away!: (sorry, Aretha…You’re Not The Only One)
She’s defied age, changing musical tastes, and the brutality of her ex-husband Ike for a career that’s spanned close to 50 years. Although it looked like Tina Turner was fit to retire just a couple of short years ago, she’s psyched us out and decided to showcase those nearly 70-year old legs on stage again for another tour. The artist,who hasn’t released an album of new material in seven years, has also returned with “Tina!”, […]