Bieber Fever

I know Justin Bieber is kind of a dork but did you see him at the Grammys? I thought it was a great performance with Jaden Smith and Usher. The kid seems pretty talented. This was the first time I watched any part of the Grammys in a long time, and I was impressed. Gaga was fun, Cee-Lo and Gwyneth Paltrow weren't bad, and Mick Jagger was pretty entertaining too.

The Bieber story is kind of amazing, a Canadian kid puts his videos on YouTube and suddenly becomes this big pop star. It will be interesting to see how his career goes. Most kid pop stars don't do well in the long run career wise or personally.

Pearl Jam: Ten Reissue

Pearl Jam has re-issued their debut album, "Ten" today with a huge set of unreleased tracks and a new, harsher mix. This brings it back to the old days - check this video out about 3 minutes into the song when Eddie Vedder takes a dive into the crowd. Remarkably there are a lot of YouTube videos of him climbing equipment and jumping around from the early 90's. Back then, weren't video cameras a lot bigger and harder to sneak into arenas? This particular clip looks like it's from a tv show but there are a lot of bootleg videos on YouTube. It's definitely pre-camera phone era stuff, I wonder how all this video exists!

Jeopardy - Music

This singer has released albums with Eddie Vedder and Justin Timberlake.

Who is Chris Cornell?

Two items

The blog is due for a massive update - almost no updates in June so far. I do have a ton of Yankee updates. Before this, I can't let these two brief stories pass by.

First item
As seen on the Daily Show, Barack Obama ringtones. Ringtones?? Yes, they are soundbytes of Obama speeches mixed to techno music!

Second item
Larry King had the Beatles on the other night and called Ringo "George."

I saw the original article on Rollingstone.com, but here is the transcript as well.

KING: Where were you when — when John passed?
MCCARTNEY: When John passed I was in Sussex, at my home in Sussex. That’s where I was.
KING: Did somebody call you?
MCCARTNEY: Yes, my manager at the time called me. And it was just the shock of all shocks, you know?
KING: George, where were you?
MCCARTNEY: George!
KING: Ringo.
MCCARTNEY: No, this is Ringo here.
KING: Ringo, where were you?
STARR: I was in the Bahamas.
KING: I was getting to (INAUDIBLE) George.
STARR: I was…
MCCARTNEY: No, you weren’t, Larry. You said his name wrong.
STARR: Shut up, it’s my turn.
MCCARTNEY: I know, but he got your name wrong, Ringo, on national television.
STARR: I know. Give him a break.
MCCARTNEY: We can’t cut it. It’s live.
STARR: Anyway, I was in the Bahamas and the kids called and they said we’ve heard something, like John has been hurt.

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