January 2010
18 posts
Voracious: Papa John's Takes a Hit →
leilacohan:
If you write a food news blog for three years, you learn some lessons. When a major fast food chain announces some insane discount, it will become a shitshow (see: the Oprah giveaway of free KFC chicken, which caused actual riots). Menu items that seem creative once will, two years later, be so ubiquitous you want to shoot yourself in the head every time you read about them (lobster...
TV Party.
maura:
Other songs recently featured on TV that debuted or reappeared on Hot Digital Tracks this week:
Ting Tings, “That’s Not My Name” (SNL, Jan. 16; No. 152, 14,000 sold)
Ray LaMontagne, “Trouble” (American Idol, Jan. 20; No. 123, 16,000 sold)
General Larry Platt, “Pants On The Ground” (American Idol, Jan. 13; No. 194, 11,000 sold)
Can someone explain to me why the hell the Ting Tings...
I Love NYC
Was reading the ’80s Trouser Press guide on the way home when I noticed a guy looking over my shoulder. “Are you going to read the whole thing?” I did my usual “hey, it’s something for the subway!” hem-haw (true answer: yes, because I am a gigantic rockcrit nerd) and he introduced himself as the drummer for Fetchin Bones (who I thankfully had at least heard of)....
Simon Cowell's Haiti Charity Single Is A Cover Of... →
Featuring Mariah Carey, Kylie Minogue, Leona Lewis, Cheryl Cole, Alexandra Burke, Susan Boyle, Miley Cyrus, Robbie Williams, Take That, Rod Stewart, James Blunt, James Morrison, Joe McElderry, Mika, Michael Buble, Westlife, JLS - all backed by Bon Jovi.
Apparently the song choice was announced a few days ago, but I totally missed it. DON’T KILL YOURSELF, HAITI!!! BRITISH SINGERS HURT TOO,...
Nine →
WatchI’m still afraid to watch Jimmy Fallon’s show despite the increasing praise for it, but I gotta admit - dude does a great Neil Young.
Wahlberg Involved In "Four Brothers" Sequel →
On at least a sentimental level, Four Brothers would easily make my top ten films of the ’00s. Four former troublemakers head back to Detroit in the winter to find out why someone shot their saintly foster mom. It’s got Wahlberg’s funniest, most confident performance yet, an even better shot of Marky walking across an all-white backdrop of snow towards bad guys than in Shooter,...
Conan O’Brien Says He Won’t Do ‘Tonight Show’... →
katespencer:
sussybuckets:
What a fucking mess!
What’s hilarious is how much this is a repeat of what happened almost twenty years ago: NBC loses hip favorite after needless drama because it can’t bear to let go of a bland, numbers-bringing company man it not-so-secretly hates. Only now they don’t have Must See TV to fall back on. While Conan was basically dead to me when...
Today's Moment Of Work-Related Pride
“We always knew he was the bad boy of the group, but proposing at a porn party? Unless AJ really knows the meaning of being horny, we’ll just assume he didn’t know who the clubgoers were, what they did or where they were from—-only that he loved her.”
I'm trying to think of a Justin Bieber / Chipmunks...
maura:
Hits’ predictions for next week’s album chart:
Ke$ha (RCA/RMG debut) 130-140k Susan Boyle (Columbia) 100-105k Alicia Keys (J/RMG) 60-65k Lady Gaga, The Fame (Interscope) 60-65k Mary J. Blige (Geffen) 50-55k Taylor Swift (Big Machine) 40-45k Black Eyed Peas (Interscope) 40-45k Alvin & The Chipmunks, The Squeakquel (Rhino) 35-40k Lady Gaga, The Fame Monster (Interscope) 30-35k Justin...
TMZ sez Leno is taking 11:30 back →
Maybe they could have Conan sit in his lap.
