NBC's new show The Voice

I'm not 100% into reality shows and we've clearly had WAY too many TV shows surrounding themselves in "vocal" talent....the difference that I like about this one is that

#1 the judges can't visually see the singers at first until they push a button to turn their chairs around

#2 if all 4 judges on the panel push the button to turn their chair around, then the singer that is on stage can pick who they would personally like to have as their vocal coach... (I like that twist)

Here's the preview of the show that starts on Tues. 4/26 on NBC at 9PM EST

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Here's to HOPING IT STAYS ENTERTAINING THROUGHOUT THE SEASON!

Nach-Yo-Cheese....Taco Bell?...

So this just happened. Taco Bell has officially started their trail-&-error testing of the new taco that has a Dorito's taco shell......that just happened....

Read all about it here: DORITO'S NOW HAS SHELLS AT TACO BELL

Jessie J....thoughts, questions, concerns?

My station has been playing a song that's extremely catchy and I like it a lot by a new artist named Jessie J "Price Tag" (featuring B.O.B)...but unfortunately now everything goes beyond what you hear, it's about how it's SEEN as well; introduce the video HERE.

Dig the lyrics, BUT...does the video contradict the lyrics? You be the judge...

Why you shouldn't move to Arizona...

Well well well Arizona, you seem to like to be the headline in the "news" department every other month. You started off with your boy McCain running for office (FAIL), then you got one of your congresswomen shot up by a crazy ass mutha luva....(not cool), then you decided that you wanted to have anyone that's "of color" prove that their American citizens (flash-back to days of Slavery....shocker)....now they want to get every woman preggers and not give them a right to choose if they wanted to terminate their pregnancy....I'm going to guess that this was enforced by a man too, as if they're the ones that get to carry the baby in the first place. Using "God's" words blah blah blah................*silence*............

More great news just in about Arizona too guys! READ ME

Note to self NEVER EVER under ANY circumstances move to Arizona....

Britney?....

Whelp, Britney Spears is known for her dance music...but she seems to be falling behind in having ANY actual good beats & producers put something together that I could actually handle following. The last time I actually liked her was when she had The Neptunes produce her songs....what happened to actual good beats that people were moved by? It's been some time and Britney's new album didn't make the cut for me....kinda like that time she had a huge break down and shaved her head...........................................................I haven't forgotten about that, you probably shouldn't either. You can judge for yourself by listening to her entire album HERE

So in conclusion, Britney's new CD.....HAY-DA-IT!

S&M...

So, I finally caught the music video for Rihanna's new single "S&M" and all I kept thinking about was how it was fluffy like a Katy Perry music video would look, but it also reminded me of Madonna's Human Nature music video (remember that in 95?)... VIDEO

Now check out Rihanna's.... VIDEO

Which one was better? In my eyes, Madonna always wins, even when it comes to my lovely Lady Gaga,...Madonna still stepped on this earth before them, therefore she's the original ALWAYS. I'm tired of the knockoff's can we please get back something original!?!?!?? I have faith in these girls: Rihanna, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga...stop drinking the Koolaid and come up with someone original!!!!! I know you steal songs, but at least stop stealing music video ideas too!

Thanks...

Fascinated by urinals?...me too

So I may be WAAAAY late with this one since Europe has had them around for such a long time (since 2006)...but it couldn't hurt for the USA to get one in certain places too (specifically around bar areas), I could name a few places: Adams Morgan, U St., K St., Dupont Circle, H St. NE, every "park" in the middle of the city.

It's a simple concept with a HUGE payback in a good way, the sweet smell of regular air, not one that someones been urinating on all night long would be a GREAT way to start the day wouldn't it?

Urilift System

How to Dance like Beyonce

How to dance like Beyonce...it does exist, please allow this wonderful voice-over to instruct you on how to do so, while you akwardly try to find out if the girl on screen is a dancer or a "dancer" (aka: stripper)...it's hard to figure out I know.

LEARN HOW TO DANCE LIKE BEYONCE

Or...you could learn how to dance like this guy too, but he only attracts ice cream trucks VIDEO

Something to make you not give up on music...

Every so often our ear drums are scared for life (ex: anything by Ke$ha) and then there are times where you can't stop talking about a band that you've just learned about that you want to share with all of your friends after you hit "play"...this group/ song is one of those.

The group WARPAINT won my ear drums after an amazing friend who has a keen skill for effortlessly scouting out musical talent sent me this YouTube video....because now-a-days the only groups that get played on mainstream radio are looped terrible songs (ex: Black Eyed Peas)....when the merge between major label executives & corporate radio executives decided that whatever they feel work will be played 24 hours a day...womp womp...

The group WarPaint's song "Bees" reminds me of the 90's when alternative/semi-indie rock bands began to blend with danceable beats (think Luscious Jackson), while playing with simple styles & sounds...it's a sound that I can dig and maybe you will too:

LISTEN/ WATCH HERE

Good Programs on TV...

Are there any good shows left for the rest of us that have yet to discover? I hope so, I haven't been finding much on the larger networks and I feel like every time I turn on my TV, I become dumber for watching some new Reality TV show. Can we start calling them something else? Because lets be honest here for a second, those shows are scripted and are far from reality, they just use regular cameras and cast the DUMBEST HUMANS TO POSSIBLY ROAM THE EARTH, therefore calling it "Reality" ???...also, what has happened to our TV culture as a whole. Do you see yourself as more intelligent than you were 10 years ago? Or do you find yourself stuck, or what I see myself becoming....dumber.

I feel like I need to start only watching the following programs to keep my IQ up: Jeopardy, News Hour (PBS/ WETA), any historical documentary that holds significance to how our society is being shaped as a whole or repeating itself, Road Trip Nation (PBS), and anything on CURRENT TV (the network). Everything else is pure fluff...and it's not that I don't like that (because we all want to mentally escape our work lives/ days), but lets be honest, ALL the programs on TV are fluff. Nothing is original anymore, it's just a remixed version of something we saw in the 70's, 80's, or even the 90's. It's been done before. I am fearful that our most intelligent, witty and creative people have been axed by major networks because they're not drinking the Koolaid like the rest of them and for that simple fact, I will have to ban my TV. This doesn't include FILMS...only TV shows.

I don't even have cable and guess who benefits from that...me, because my pockets are fatter with cash than those who waste $100's on those crappy shows that you could watch online for free anyways, just delayed by 1 day or something. I don't know about you, but I want to enjoy my cash by GOING SOMEWHERE...not just my couch.

Nicki M.....and the beat goes on....

I call her the light skinned Lady Gaga of hip hop.....not kidding. With her candy cotton looking hair, snake Egyption nails etc....body suits. She's like a cartoon character, which I do dig because I LOOOOOOOOVE girls with a SHOW-OFF style (which she clearly has). She's cute too, her NY accent reminds me of an SNL skit (which I also dig). I'm not so sure I really like her trying to come off as "street"...all of that gets erased as soon as she opens her mouth and how she's dressed. If she walked the streets up in the Bronx you KNOW something would happen to her, hands down. So she walks in "her" area that she knows. I'm tired of the online "freestyle battles" anyways....that mess died when hip hop started falling off and going zig zagged etc.

It's just a show, nothing authentic, but because her lyrics can be highly entertaining (like the female version of Lil Wayne), I must give her some props for her cartoon style, and animated version she gives off to her audience. Here's some other clips of her from Lopez Tonight where you can learn a bit more about HER as a person etc. (she's got a sh** load of haters), that much I do know from other blogs and she did bother me when I first saw her because LADY GAGA already exists, this is just another variation of the copy cat. But most girls hate pretty girls anyways, so that's understandable and clearly what's happening in this "hateraide" as well, haha.

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need energy? Me too...how bout THIS music DROPPPPPP!!!!

Let me BLESS (my least favorite word on earth), your EAR DRUMS with goodness. Music samples & just ol' fashioned AWESOMENESS:

GOODNESS #1

GOODNESS #2

Things I've learned this week (already)...

Kanye West can't be shocked about Walmart not liking the cover of his new album...but I have to admit, I was laughing REAL HARD when I saw the cover of it...how can you not?

LOOK HERE

Also, in other news NeNe (From Bravo's Real Housewives of ATL), she finally got the message to wear a bra & cover up in the right ways!!!! Thank GOODNESS too! Woah gravity would not let go of her goodies in those one-on-one interviews she'd do for the camera (SEE HERE). Love me some NeNe, but love her even more for choosing to wear the bra :-) Thanks mama!!!!

Other news, Paris Hilton is still trying to pretend that she's ok with all of this community service hours that she has to commit to for getting caught with white china (she does have the best lawyer known to man-kind though) because if she wasn't some spoiled annorexic rich girl, she'd be locked up for life,...carrying around some coke like the big dumb criminal that she is....womp womp. Will she ever learn her lesson? NOPE...not when she's got money the way she does. Her mentality clearly skims the average mindset, cause she's a true idiot.

Craft it up sucka!!!!

If you know me, then you know one key element that makes me exactly who I am, CREATING. Can't stop, won't stop...bad boy bad boy (Dave Chappelle Show, you'd have to watch it enough to know what I'm talking about). For the past 3 weekends this fall, I've had the pleasure of meeting some EXTREMELY awesome artists, craftsmen/women and then some. I'm going to share with you the best of the best from the festivals I went to. Here they are in no particular order:

- Artisticaya
- Loyalty And Blood
- Nate Duval
- Claire McDermott
- Sean Hennessey
- Jen Skelley
- Lillian Crowe
- YoHoHo Design
- OverDue Industries
- Caja Jewelry
- Bare Tree
- Style With Statement
- Junk Prints

Let your inspiration BEGIN!!!! :-)

Things I've learned from this past week

I'm going to erase the entire day yesterday since nothing positive came out of it, except that I won't be homeless next year :-) Hurray!!!!

But here's some REAL news:

- More US women earn Ph.D's than men (I know that's right ladies!)

- Hand sanitizer (alcohol based) doesn't significantly decrease our chances of getting a cold, or the flu...turns out that the plain old "washing your hands frequently" is the ONLY real solution to preventing yourself from catching a cold...so I guess I'll stop buying any more hand sanitizer since it's really not going to do crap for me & it's a gimick. GOOD TO KNOW, I've now just saved some additional money from never buying those things again.

-Crime has fallen in the past year (& this is for the 3rd straight year)...which is surprising considering that not that many people have jobs anymore, and most are still struggling.

- RAH DIGGA is BACK!!!! LISTEN HERE

- Conan answers your questions :-) BAM HERE

Emily Blunt vs. Katy Perry

I used to get these two confused because all white people look the same to me,...then it turns out that these two white people really DO look the same. With that being said, what are the odds of these two fine young thangs being split at birth? Emily Blunt (actress) and Katy Perry (singer)....someone please solve this case. I believe it was Mr. Green, with the candle stick, in the library....but that's just a guess.

The problem with recessions...

There are MANY reasons why this "recession" sucks. Have you read the news as of late? The economy still sucks, there are hiring freezes still all over the place (stay where you are and never leave cause there's not many other options out there). But now DUE to there being no jobs available to hire folks people are starting to make up their own jobs....this is called the job of "robbing" others. This has always happened recession or no recession, BUT...doesn't it seem to be on the rise due to people being desperate and needing to find ways to pay off whatever it is they're paying off, or if it's just to keep them from going homeless.

A very good friend of mine was robbed yesterday, her home, almost everything was taken out. Turns out that the robbers did this to several other houses that same day on the same block while everyone was out at work. This isn't a rough area to live in, but sh** does happen anywhere so....

moral of the story: get a dog, get an alarm system for the house, maybe get a gun? (it's the Americans dream right?)

Things I love and hope to never forget...

Raindrops on Roses & whiskers on kittens...these are a few of my favorite things. If Oprah can do it, so can I....ha. Take that O!

BrightestYoungThings Sunny with Coco

Fawn Gehweiler Texts from Last Night

Around The Way Girls Informavore

GDK is the New Black Polyvore

Postcards from YO MAMA Ready Set DC

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Tila Tequila "attack"...

So she was performing with Insane Clown Posse....she got on stage with 4 body guards or people just waiting to block her from getting hit in the face with a water bottles, beer bottles etc......lets be honest, her "music" or whatever that was playing in this clip is pure GARBAGE....the audience was just trying to prove a point, sex might sell, but "talent" is either there or not, in her case "NOT".....so can I blame people for wanting her to get off the stage when they came to see Insane Clown Posse instead? Nope, not at all, I'd do the same thing they did if I could aim....but I can't. Point is talent doesn't come out of everyone, and also....if you're following a group called INSANE CLOWN POSSE, wouldn't you think that any "reality TV" star would just ask for it by showing up there?....common sense isn't in all of us...sorry for you Tila.

When you watch this, its kinda like a game that you'd play at a fair where you're trying to hit the target but things keep blocking your way...ya know?

WATCH THIS

Too much or?....

I love the art of dance. Trust me, I'm a fan. I have done almost every type of dance class there is when I was younger and I loved the feeling of being on stage....as I was looking for professional Flamenco dancing videos, I came across this...I'm not sure how to take it. But this kid is good...I can't get over the face though. It's totally different when you see an adult perform this, but for a child? Thoughts?

THE ART OF DANCE