Awww NAW!!!!! I missed the NAACP Image Awards! But thank God for the D.V.R. !! And thank God for my extra-fast laptop to capture the GOLD moments of the NAACP Fashion. I will attach an UPDATE of who won what. So far... I know that WILLOW SMITH won an NAACP Image Award. Here's a list of just a few of the outstanding African-Americans of 2011, and scroll down for the best-dressed of that night:
Outstanding Motion Picture: "For Colored Girls" Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture: Denzel Washington, "The Book of Eli" Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture: Halle Berry, "Frankie & Alice" Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: Samuel L. Jackson, "Mother and Child" Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Kimberly Elise, "For Colored Girls" Outstanding Independent Motion Picture: "Frankie & Alice" Outstanding Foreign Motion Picture: "Biutiful" Outstanding Documentary (Theatrical or Television): "For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots"
Tia Mowry in Mandalay Couture Collection
Halle Berry in Emilio Pucci
Keshia Knight-Pulliam SUITED and BOOTED in fuchsia gown
Kimberly Elise and Tyler Perry
White-Hott Kerry Washington
That "GLEE" girl Amber Riley
Regina King from "Southland"
...And many more!! Who was your FAV? Share with your friends today! Visit my "Contacts" page...
What's up with this whole HIP-HOP looking thing these white girls are putting on??
First kim Kardashian, and now Lady GaGa does the same! GaGa was spotted out in Toronto signing autographs with her top half looking straight out of an '80s MTV music video and her bottom half looking like a hooker who lost her pants.
Aside from all that, I wanted to post on her HOTT glasses that I found on one of my fav websites. They are called VINTAGE VERSACE S99 sunglasses. They are supposed to be exclusive; you'd really have to dig deep to find them.
See more pics of the entertaining, all-around-CRAZY Lady GaGa...
Well the "BIEB" is everywhere!! He's in the U.K. right now for the European leg of his "Never Say Never" tour, and he's not the only young one holding down the U.K. crowd; WILLOW SMITH, the 'Whip My Hair' champion, opened the floor for Justin Bieber.
"What's up, Birmingham?!" - Justin Bieber
"Show went great. Thank you Birmingham!!" - Willow Smith
Maaaan, that dude was ON-POINT with his new cropped hair, purple Wayfarer sunglasses, and chrome leather jacket (that is the BIZNESS!). Yup.... a real nice way to represent the U.S.! Maaaan, when I think about it, the U.S. has all the great performers. What about the U.K. performers (there are a few good ones like Estelle, and Amy Winehouse-- stop all that drinking and straighten up!!)?!
U.K.!!!! #StandUp
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(Hey Bieber fans, it's just a picture; don't kill the messenger *LoL*)
Update: According to THE MIRROR U.K., Justin Bieber has ordered all alcohol to be banned from his hotel suites in the U.K. and in Dublin, to prevent any temptation and any criticism from Bieber fans. He wants STRAWBERRY SHAKES sent to the room every hour! Good job, boy!!!
Recently I was nicknamed Steve Perry by one of my professors and I couldn’t understand why. I don’t have an awesome singing voice and bear no resemblance to the former Journey lead singer. Still I embraced the new moniker and figured it could have been worse. Two of my classmates in the same class are nicknamed Bono and Hillary Swank because one is a pretentious guy who wears weird sunglasses all the time and the other has a similar overbite to the Academy Award winning actress respectively.
Then it hit me- I have grown out my hair and have a classic Steve Perry-like natural hairstyle. I couldn’t stop laughing when I realized that and I decided to check out some classic arena rock bands. Immediately I went through my iTunes and starting playing bands like Journey, Bon Jovi, Queen, Blue Öyster Cult, etc. It was about that time I received a digital album of The Good Kids to review and it was perfect timing.
The Good Kids is comprised of Cortez Jordan (lead singer and rhythm guitar), Eric Zann (lead guitar), Christopher V Swanson (bass), and Jared Gray (drums). The Orange County arena-rock quartet was originally a trio that consisted of Jordan, Gray and Swanson. Their debut album, Closing Northwood, was released in January 2010 and their sophomore album, Odyssey 225, was released last fall.
A lot of buzz has been building up about this band. The Good Kids definitely has the potential to become a major player in the next couple of years and will easily be a major figure at the Orange County Music Awards. The Good Kids were recently invited and attended the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards Show on February 13th, 2011.
Considering The Good Kids released two albums last year, who are these guys? After listening to their latest album, Odyssey 225, all my questions went away except, why haven’t I already heard about this band? The moment you listen to the first track, “A Mean Walk,” you’re immediately engulfed in awesome arena rock music.
For a moment there I thought I was listening to the new Pearl Jam album. Cortez Jordan without a doubt sounds like Eddie Vedder and is that good. Jordan’s vocals are phenomenal and is a new undiscovered talent waiting to be discovered.
Sometimes you need heavy guitars and drums to make a good pop/rock song oh so much better. That’s the case with The Good Kids covering Coldplay’s “The Scientist.” This cover is reminiscent of what Alien Ant Farm did with Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal,” the cover sounds superior to the original with a faster and harder sound.
The wicked bass line on “Suckerpunch” knocks you out with a great song that is strikingly similar to classic Pearl Jam songs. It’s abundantly obvious the influence early 90s alternative and grunge music had on the band. Everything from Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains to current bands like the Foo Fighters and the Dave Matthews Band (DMB) have made an impact on this band.
There are two versions of “King of the Day,” including an acoustic version, and they both feel like a kick ass DMB song. Two songs that really kick out the jams are “Karma’s Alive” and “Behind.” The latter perfectly captures their sound along with the first track, “A Mean Walk.” This band is essential modern hard rock that everyone should be listening to and this music should be played often on the radio.
What Eddie Vedder did for Pearl Jam, what Chris Cornell did for Soundgarden and what Kurt Cobain did for Nirvana, Cortez Jordan is going to do with The Good Kids and lead them to the promised land.
OOOHHH, look at Kim's face.... OY--- not a good look. Did she darken her face or something, or is it the red?? Kim Kardashian looks sexy when she's in her own element, and while I know that this look above is just for her latest music video, I hope she doesn't stick with this kind of vibe.
On the brighter side, I hope her music video, which is expected to be FULL-ON FASHIONABLE, levels out or brings up the negtive ratings Kim had when she released her song to the general public earlier this week.
I love it when women looks so beautiful, sensual, artful, ALL OF THAT in their photo shoots. Photo shoots, for men and women, speak a whole 'notha language where a model can express what they feel or suggest through their body language and clothing. As an up and coming model, my experience with photo shoots have been great portraying myself or the character I'm portraying in NON-LANGUAGE.
The same goes for socialite Angela Simmons. In some pictures, she poses topless. While I could post some pics up, this is a 'G-Rated' blog, maybe I'll post some where you can find it in 'JAIDEN AFTER DARK.'
See more of the great pics and see this funny Tweet that Bow Wow sent to Angela Simmons below:
Good morning... Kanye loves his fashion shows; He puts on a show himself whenever he attends one. And the highlight of this post is his OLIVER PEOPLES Daddy B Sunglasses for $325.
These glasses are a good investment because they can be worn with anything, anywhere...
Remedy. I just love the sound of that word. It’s so definitive. Something is wrong. It will be fixed. It will be corrected. It will be remedied.
I don’t watch the Grammys (which pretty much sums up my opinions of them) but I did see the musical debacle, assault-to-our-senses, that some people called the Super Bowl Half-time Show. And I did hear people actually talking post-Grammy about whether Justin Bieber was robbed not winning the Best New Artist Award. Two events in a compressed period of time that could make you lose complete faith in the music industry. Lose faith that there are still folks out there busting it out for the sheer love of music and breaking the shit out of a bunch of guitar strings. It’s even enough to make me lose faith in whether or not there is a God -- for if there is, he certainly wouldn’t be listening to crap like that.
It’s time for a remedy.
Fast and furious, raw and ragged, dangerous and capable of leading small children way astray of societal conventions. That’s what rock and roll was way back when. And just as important, if certain snotty-nosed, chemical-addled, offends-to-society have their way, it’s what rock and roll will become again.
Thank God.
Ojm – Volcano
Despite their 4 previous albums, I’d never heard of Italy’s Ojm before Matt from PoisonTree Records dropped this into my lap. Hitting me as if I’d just opened a letter from the Unibomber, Ojm exploded out of my speakers in a fuzzed out fury of retro-stonified riff mongering. I mean huge. What gets me the most about these cats is that they don’t really follow one mainline path towards their rock and roll fury. Sure we got some nicely fuzzy stoner riffs, but there’s also a big chunk of adrenalinized garage attack going on here, some neo-epic psychedelic pastiche, a saliva-filled mouth of punk spittle, and even a good eye towards retro pop. In other words we got a tear-down-the-rules blitz of real rock rowdiness.
With production by Dave Catching (Eagles of Death Metal, Queens of the Stone Age), you can get a pretty fair idea of what awaits. Kicking off with the good-natured fuzz-meets-surf instrumental assault of “Welcome”, Ojm treat each track here as if it was their own personal canvass on which to paint their masterpiece. And believe me, when they attack that canvas they use a big, fat black marking pen, no tentative pencil or blue line drawings here. “Venus God” just rocks. Simply. I dig the vocals too; kinda spikey and throaty while still being smooth. Give me texture. Swath the whole thing in monster-riffs and an eardrum splattering amount of fuzz and I’m more than happy. “Rainbow,” brings on an irresistibly warped bong-full of hazy riffing and acrid smoke, all drifting within a kick-ass melody. But wait, there’s more! Drop in the 7-minute epic psychedelic excursion, “Oceans Heart,” the totally accessible, near pop-perfect strains of “I’ll Be Long,”, the retro-punk stomp “Disorder,” and the two-ton heaviness of “Cocksucker” and we got us that finished master stoner piece-de-resistance.
Enough to make you forget Justin Bieber was ever born. Give it a shot.
Ride the Sun – S/T EP
Riding a stoner-fied, desert-dry riff with the ferocity of a lone cowboy taming a bucking bronco, Ride the Sun burst across the arid horizon in flaming, glowing casts of red and gold. This is gritty, grizzled stoner fuzz of the highest order. Yep, all the biggies are here, from Sabbath to Kyuss to Fu Manchu. I even hear a little love for Judas Priest in the flourishes of their riffs. Big, mean, and a damn enough good time to keep the men from bathing for months.
I particularly love the vocals here; rough and raw, so far down in the throat you can almost hear a little stomach lining, but smooth enough to carry the damn fine melodies. To me, the vocals sound a bit like the rougher vocals of BTO if the singer’d been gargling with a leftover jug of liquid plummer. (Speaking of BTO, I don’t think that band gets near enough credit, they’re way more stoner heavy than you might think, just give one listen to Not Fragile). But I digress. We’re talking about Ride the Sun here, and there’s lots to say.
“Evil Reasons,” rollicks and gallops across the audio waves with hyped up passion, terminal fuzz and a monolithic bottom end. “Livin’ Wrong” is just mean and heavy. When the boys lock onto a riff they ride that baby, ride it hard and dry. This is chest-beating, suburb-scaring riff-tense stoner, baby. Dig the harmony dual lead vocals on this one. Man, it’s so dirty you can almost smell the desert sand still lingering to the unwashed skin.Solos burst out in appropriate shades of fuzz, like an amp run through a garbage disposal.
I think “Compadre” is my favorite cut here, but that’s picking straws blindly out of the stack just for the sake of picking. Each track here is megalithic heavy, fuzzy, and all kinds of acrid smoke hazy. For riff mad stone heads, this one shouldn’t be missed.
The Heat Tape – Raccoon Valley Recordings
So raw, so primal, The Heat Tape is positively primitive. This is caveman-hit-guitar-and-smash-drums, lo-fi, lost-way-in-the-back-of the-garage, garage rock. Ok, I lied. It’s not garage rock. The CD is named after the trailer park where these “gents” live and conduct all their business. So we need a new genre here. Trailer Park Rock. No pretense. No gloss, or gleam, or hope of glory. This is near prehistoric distorto-punk with a hankering for a catchy hook and a turn of a phrase.
With no song clocking in at even 3 minutes (the average time looks to be about 2 minutes flat) The Heat Tape rage out of Makanda, Illinois singing songs of such import as “Skin” (a love song about McDonalds breakfast), “21st Century Turd” (about being a piece of shit), and “Feel No Good” (which is about being a hungover piece of shit.) Don’t go looking for Stephen Hawkins expanded theories of the physics of Black Holes here. Just pop open a twelve-pack, hit something hard, and play this quagmire of lo-fi ditties. For fans of Jay Retard, The Marked Men, and the Thermals. Yep, that should do it.
Fuck Knights – The Recorded by Gary Burger from The Monks EP
Perhaps the only thing that could make The Heat Tape sound clean and refined is another offering of demento-destructo garage surf punk from the Fuck Knights. You’ll notice that the CD is titled the “Recorded by Gary Burger . . . EP” not the “produced by Gary Burger” CD. You see, that would require there actually being some production on this baby rather than a cacophony of frantic, speaker rattling, oil can rock. But then that wouldn’t be the Fuck Knights, and I wouldn’t enjoy it near as much as this one.
Simply put, the Fuck Knights can fuck the hell out of just about any other lo-fi outfit who dares step into their garage. Guitars and speakers are set on terminal fuzz mode, Bass is played through a 1967 rusty muffler, and the drummer gave up on a drum kit years ago, instead assembling a litany of acid-eaten barrels to pound on. And he does, Lord he does.
Despite all the overblown analogies in the previous paragraphs, at their simplest, the Fuck Knights are sheer brilliant, massively distorted and psychotically warped garage punk of the frenzied and frantic variety. Yet hidden within the vague psychobilly and surf influences, and around the back of the destructo-wall of fuzz and noise, are some catchy as hell melodies and some serious songwriting smarts. Each song blasts by before you’ve even had a chance to blow your nose, but in that time, the Fuck Knights have unleashed more melodies, dazzling fuzz solos, and near-manic energy than could be found in that entire 30 minute embarrassment of a Super Bowl Halftime Show.
You want your rock loud and raw, dangerous and illegal in several states? Then the Fuck Knights are your band. They may never get a chance to take the stage at the Grammys, but they just may be the saviors of rock and roll.
Is "American Idol" on the comeback? Is J.LO on the comeback as well??
I haven't seen American Idol this exciting in such a long time. So many twists and turns, so many exuberant people and crushed dreams (heyy, they will make a COMEBACK as well), and so many great performances. The last time I was so moved by an episode of American Idol was back in the 'FANTASIA' days (remember that?)
American Idol got higher than normal ratings in its 10th season, along with 40 MILLION VOTES to help select the top 10 (excluding the wild cards)! Now, I already have 4 favorites for my TOP 10, but Karen Rodriguez is my early #1 favorite, then Thia Megia, then that 'tude girl Ashthon is a close third; just somethin' about Karen, though...
And JENNIFER LOPEZ, absolutely defying the age of 41, shows her toned, stretch mark FREE abs in her new music video 'On The Floor' with artist Pitbull, dancing and gyrating well. Now, my genre in my blog is not music, but I will say this: J.Lo's FASHION SENSE in the video is MUSIC TO MY EARS! Her golden gown and black 'BAD GIRL' street clothes shows a sufficient spectrum of J.Lo's range and is reminiscient of her 'Puff Daddy' days. The direction of the video may be hard to follow, but it's still entertaining.
Check out more pics of J.Lo, her video, and one of the Illest AMERICAN IDOL episodes in a long time!!!!
(Left) Thia Megia; (Right) Ashthon Jones
My Super Senses tell me that this American Idol season will be worth watching.... 4REAL.
I'd like to introduce Detroiters and the world to T.R.A.I.N . He is an accomplished songwriter who turns the table on the whole rap game by rapping contrary to your norm favs that are on your MP3 or iPod. It's more like rapping about a real-life experience and PROVIDENCE.
T.R.A.I.N released his OFFICIAL PROMO VIDEO above. Be blown away!! I had the pleasure of assisting him with setting up his blog. And that's not the end of it; there's more COLLABO to come!!
You know about them UNDERDOGS, like me...like T.R.A.I.N, just you wait! With enough determination, faith, and hard work, we're TOP OF THE BILLBOARD CHARTS and MAGAZINE SPREADS and INTERVIEWS!!
Check the BIO:
In today’s world of hip-hop, it is very rare to find an artist who brings passion, authenticity, and positive music to the table. DetRapper/Songwriter T.R.A.I.N (short for Teaching, Reaching, And Instructing Nations) embodies all of these characteristics effortlessly.
Coming from an area severely stricken with the effects of the recession, crippled by changes within the auto industry, and haunted by the ghosts of the Motown he refused to let these be obstacles hindering his success. T.R.A.I.N has never been one to let anything stop his progress. This was evident during his high school football days when he was initially given his name.
Attracted to music at an early age, he began honing his rap skills at 13. T.R.A.I.N describes his style as Unorthodox REALity Music. A term he originated to set himself apart from what he saw as the stereotypes of rap music. As long as he allows nothing in the way of his tracks, the sky is the limit for T.R.A.I.N !
The sneaker of the day is the GIVENCHY Star-Studded Sneakers. Not that I would buy it, but I think it's quite interesting, simple sneakers which has a POP FACTOR as an "alter ego" to the otherwise somber mood. The stars could be slightly smaller and more in number to make it even more attractive and more worth-- I think--the $631 it costs.
Check lil' homegirl out on her grind in the U.K. promoting her upcoming album. She's 10, vibrant, powerful, and SUMTHIN' ELSE!! :-)
On darker/off-color issues.... is Bobbi Kristina on drugs??! Please don't let it be! Our kids need not follow the roads of their parents. We need prayer and direction, people! This drug road is DEVASTATING!
Awww... like mother, like daughter.. (Wait, that came out WRONG...)
Wow, this is a long way from the sexy LaLa Vasquez of floral prints, whimsical, and 'strictly business' outfits. She was spotted in a toy store in New York at a book launch with her son Kiyan (aww... dressed like an astronaut).
I like LaLa's look; she's trying to adjust and fit in to the FAST LANE of New York (you gots to, 'cuz New York will eat you ALIVE!!) She looks all MATRIX-Y. Goooo TRINITY!!! *LoL*
Oh yeah, LaLa's also shopping for an apartment to rent in NYC. The ones she was looking at were in the $15,000 to $20,000 PER MONTH price range!! *Cough*
Check the Louboutins; Beyonce wore the same HOTT shoes not too long ago.
Hey, woke up this morning to a website that had a picture of Chris Brown lookin' right on point, I mean like his style captured my eyes. I want to share with you how much I like the style and how often we do dress alike. Check out another pic of Chris Breezy leaving Maggiano's in L.A.
Chris Brown was wearing 10 DEEP flannel shirt and Nike SB Blazers. NIIICE....
Update: Chris Brown's Sexting (3/4/11)...
How many guys in this nation have done this, not expecting for our girl or our EX to not splash our GOOD-GOOD on the internet??! Come on, Chris Breezy... you know better... OR.... IT WAS HIS INTENTION!! HMM...
In the beginning there was Link Wray. The noise that he started has been used, abused and loved by many over the years since he started the Rumble heard round the world, but few have been willing to take it to maximum like Motorhead have. 36 years into it Motorhead deliver their 20th studio album and it’s much better than it has any right to be.
Since 2004’s Inferno, Motorhead has been on a roll of putting out strong albums to support their always killer live show. Are they the equal of all time stone get-off classics like Overkill and Ace Of Spades? No, but hardly anything does by any band ever will. The World Is Yours and 2008’s Motorizer are kick ass rock n roll albums from start to finish. What more could you ask for?
Producer Cameron Webb seems to be able to get the best out of Lemmy, guitarist Phil Campbell and drummer Mikkey Dee and is insane enough to have done 4 albums with them. The band have praised him for not allowing them to write second rate songs and his ability to get a great sound and performance from the band. Anyone willing to endure their massive alcohol consumption, ear splitting volume, arguments and pranks deserves a lot of credit. He obviously knows what Motorhead fans want to hear.
“Born To Lose” starts things off in classic Motorheadbanging fashion – big drum fill, riff similar to their classic “Shoot You In The Back” and them Lemmy’s haggard growl. Sure, they’ve used the riff before and even the title way back in 1975 on “Iron Horse/Born To Lose” but who cares? By now you know where you stand with Motorhead – you love them or you cover your ears and retreat to the safety of your Wilco albums.
Most of the songs on The World Is Yours bear resemblance to some of their classic jams. “Brotherhood Of Man” is musically and lyrically an update of the world is doomed classic “Orgasmatron” and “I Know What You Need” reprises “Nothing Up My Sleeve.” The first single “Get Back In Line” is basically “Don’t Need Religion” part II. But that’s not to say that they only pinch from their own catalog. Lemmy was good friends with Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy’s classic brawl starter “Are You Ready” shows up in “Devils In My Hand.”
Motorhead’s on tour right now in the USA playing to generations of fans and enjoying a big swell in much deserved popularity. Part of that is due to the new documentary of Lemmy’s life, but a more important part is that they play kick ass rock n roll and hardly anyone else does. If you haven’t bought a Motorhead album in awhile, don’t snooze on this one. If you can afford it, pick up the deluxe import version that comes with a special all Motorhead issue of Classic Rock Magazine. The album cover may not be denim jacket worthy, but you already have Overkill or the classic warpig logo done in acrylic on yours, right?
