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  • Miley Cyrus And “The Great” John Travolta – I Thought I Lost You

    I took the kids to the movies this weekend to see Disney’s new animated film Bolt. It was a very fun film and though it wasn’t quite Pixar-esque, it was close.

    After the movie was done and the credits were rolling, a song played. I could tell it was a Miley Cyrus (who voices Penny) song but then a male voice erupted in the chorus. It was none other than John Travolta, who voices Bolt the dog. I turned to my kids and told them that it was none other than “The Great” John Travolta, but they didn’t care. But one of the mom’s to my left, after overhearing from me that it was indeed “The Great” John Travolta, became very excited.

    Here’s the video to I Thought I Lost You so that you believe me.

  • Album Review: The Fireman is Paul McCartney – Electric Arguments

    Our boss, Mike, always finds things to live blog.  I’m going to suck up to him and try to live blog a CD review.  I have had the CD for almost two weeks but I have only listened to it while sharpening pencils or ignoring my ringing phone so it’s almost fresh.  It’s 10:45pm.  Mrs. Rock just went to bed. I’ll write a little background and then review the CD as I listen to it.  There will be no second impressions, but that’s OK because I know a lot of Beatles fans will buy this and only listen to it once anyway.  I’m not saying they shouldn’t.  I just know how they are.

    Let’s remind ourselves what The Fireman is.  The Fireman is Paul McCartney and a British producer who calls himself Youth.  In addition to his production experience, Youth brings knowledge of electronica and dub to the collaboration.  Bass is really important in dub music, so it’s going to be pretty interesting to hear what he does with a bass player of Paul’s caliber.  Paul is known to be a fan of reggae music (not just ganja), so if you think of dub as an offshoot of reggae, maybe Paul knows something about dub himself.  The Fireman released two albums in the 1990s.  They made a half-hearted attempt to hide their identities first time around.  Now, I wouldn’t be surprised to find Electric Arguments filed under M in my local record store.

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  • Checking Out The Popdose 100: Their Favorite Singles of the Past 50 Years

    Popdose is one of my favorite music websites, and not just because I’m an occasional contributor. These guys and girls combine an exhaustive knowledge and love for music and pop culture with just the right amount of snark to create a destination for music lovers of all stripes.

    This week, they’ve unleashed their list of the best singles of the past 50 years. As most good lists should be, it’s all over the place stylistically, and there are certainly a handful of surprises in there (TWO Tears for Fears songs? REALLY??). As with all great music lists, you can discuss the inclusion or exclusion of certain songs until kingdom come.

    It also proves that great critical minds think alike, as 8 of the Top 10 songs wound up on my personal list-which I’ll probably share with you guys after I get my long-in-progress Infatueighties list completed.