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Whitney Houston 1963-2012
A few years ago, I was having a conversation with a woman at work about Whitney Houston. I had just heard news that she was in the studio working on the album that would eventually be released as I Look To You in 2009. It had been more than half a decade since she’d released a new album, and a full decade since she’d had a bona fide hit. I was excited. […]
The Wanted Came Adorable on Chelsea Lately
It’s been a full decade since the end of the last great wave of boy bands, and even then, the most successful of the bunch were of the American variety. So the sudden cross-Atlantic success of British quintet The Wanted with their song “Glad You Came” (which surged into Billboard’s Top 40 Pop Chart a couple weeks ago) feels unlikely and deliciously random. Why, then, a guy might fairly ask, haven’t superior recent […]
Mike McCready Is A Rock Star
Kudos to Pearl Jam lead guitarist Mike McCready.
Mike is using eBay to auction a Gibson Flying V signed by the band’s five members. The proceeds will go to help folks suffering from ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s Disease. These are horrible diseases at best and completely life-changing at their worst.
The auction is being run by The Wishlight Foundation and the proceeds are going to The Crohns and Colitis Foundation of America. Mike reportedly suffers from […]