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Does MySpace Have A Third Act?
Justin Timberlake and his partners at MySpace want you to know they never went away. Apparently you did. The new face and part-owner of the first big social media site is on its third life, and this cat may not need all nine feline lives.
The site celebrates its tenth anniversary next year and launched a slick video in advance of re-opening the doors. Filled with dizzying jump-cuts seen over JJAMZ’s Heartbeat, the video has […]
You’ve probably never heard of it: a friendly introduction
Brian Block introduces himself
(and his 30 favorite albums)
Hi! My name is Brian Block. I’m new here; pleased to meet you. I wear silly hats; I own silly cats. I read too much; I teach; I had Attention Deficit Disorder before it was cool. I raise two small children who don’t have Attention Deficit Disorder even though it is cool now.
I used to write long, passionately in-depth music reviews at a website called Epinions. I don’t […]
New Video! Dee Snider Rocks “Mack the Knife”
Finally. Someone – someone great even – has exacted a satisfying revenge on Pat Boone. Pat Boone’s crimes against rock n’ roll are myriad and well-documented. In the mid-50s, his Wonderbread and butter was in recording squeaky clean covers of contemporaneous R&B hits (“black” music) marketed heavily to a mainstream pop (“white”) audience. Not only did his recordings diffuse the power and energy inherent in those songs (imagine John Mayer covering […]