David Faustino, better known as “Married with Children’s” Bud Bundy, is attempting a comeback in an online show called Star-Ving.
From Crackle: With the money from “Married… with Children” gone, Faustino’s short stature, alcoholism, and sex fueled Hollywood life has kicked him squarely in the cubes. “Star-ving” follows his second attempt at stardom. Pulling along his old buddy Corin Nemec (“Parker Lewis Can’t Lose”)
Guest staring in this hilarious yet extremely vulgar and rude show, are the entire “Married With Children” cast, Gilbert Gottfried, Coolio, Ron Jeramy, Ed Asner and many more.
How far does the show goes? Well let’s just mention that in one episode Christina Applegate’s answer to Faustino’s cry for help is: Leave me alone, I had Cancer (!) and in another he literally eat shit. We’ll stop there…
Rarely do I read a magazine article these days that really intrigues me unless it’s a movie, book, or TV review and those don’t entirely count. Those aren’t the “real” pieces of journalism - the ones that launch TV shows, spin exposes, and get the same degree of exposure as one episode of “Law & Order.”
A few years ago everyone was up in arms about James Frey and his fictionalized memoir. Oprah banned him from her studios and banished her support of his thriving business - the one she practically built overnight. A public backlash ensued. Frey’s account was built, after all, on a foundation of lies and if nothing else, America likes its truth. Even when it’s spoon-fed with every known artificial sugar substitute on Earth. About the time that everyone was roasting Frey (sorry couldn’t help the pun), I came out in defense of him. Read More…
Ilana Donna is back (after a very long hiatus) going undercover to find out exactly how two men from the South can be gainfully employed as “dating coaches” (er, um pick-up artists) in the cynical metropolis of New York. Watch and be amazed as our lovely vlogger, Ilana transforms from skeptic to smitten kitten in this video clip, guaranteed to get all gals (and guys) guessing. What really happened next?
Ok, so Amy Winehouse and Scottish bloke singer Paolo Nutini are already slated to tour together (we’re always the last to know…), but who knew the duo might have such complimentary voices? The video seen below is an homage to Scottish singer Paolo Nutini and the psycho who compiled this image gallery of a video on Youtube. Right. So why do we care? Cause it also relates to Amy Winehouse and it just so happens that the Nutini video montage also features audio of the singer doing a cover of Amy Winehouse’s Rehab. And after listening to this cover, you’ll be hard-pressed to find two other white people (and one Jewish at that) who do Soul as well, at least in today’s emerging music scene. Sufficed to say, I’d love to see these two on tour together.
Alright, so I just got back from a whirlwind 10-day tour – 24 hours with the family back in Bama, a couple of days at a little festival in Tennessee, 32 label meetings over the course of 5 days in NYC. And a chance meeting with Mickey Dolenz at a private party for Duran Duran.
What new stuff did we learn this time? Not a damn thing – everyone that still has a job is still kickin’ it, albeit with more challenges and smaller budgets. Sure, there was plenty of gossip, rumors, and speculation, but I’ll leave it up to Billboard to report the facts. However, talk of chain retailers behaving badly and trying to demand – not negotiate, but basically EXTORT fatter margins and better dating terms from the distributors – deserves some Woodward & Bernstein-style investigative reporting. Ugly stuff.
But while listening on the plane home to two of my top 10’s for 2007 from THE SHINS and WHITE STRIPES -– both incredible albums, signs of true artists at the top of their game — I suddenly realized that both of these bands started up exactly TEN YEARS AGO. Then I thought, “Hmm, that’s an odd coincidence. Is this true with other bands?” So I looked it up, and it holds true with a lot of modern musicians – Metallica by METALLICA? Ten years. OK Computer by RADIOHEAD? Ten years. Out of Time by R.E.M.? Ten years. Play by MOBY? Ten years. Blood Sugar Sex Magik by RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS? Ten years (alright, closer to nine). Hell, even All the Right Reasons by NICKELBACK – ten years! Read More…
How was Bonarroo? You went didn’t you? Oh, if I had a dime for every time I have been asked that question I would be adding on to my house next week. But alas, I did not go this year. As a matter of fact, I didn’t go last year. Don’t get me wrong, I love The Roo and I miss it dearly but since they moved their dates to the same weekend as my beloved hometown festival City Stages (www.citystages.org).
City Stages is no Bonarroo, it doesn’t pretend to be. At the same time, City Stages is something Bonarroo isn’t, it is a celebration of civic pride and a way for a town plagued by it’s ghosts and the sins of our fathers, to show the world that this isn’t the city some in our country think it is. While I missed seeing the incredible music at The Roo (Except for The Police. I have talked to a few dozen folks who attended and inevitably the first thing out of their mouth’s is “The Police sucked!” That’s a shame. I will just keep my memories of the Ghost In The Machine tour and avoid their latest incarnation.). I did get to see a city rally to show how much it cares about a festival that in its 19 year history has had its ups and downs but continues to prove its relevance to Birmingham. Read More…
As part of our collaboration with Reg’s Coffeehouse, we’re bringing you DJ Scott Register’s fresh music pick of the week: Dress Blues by Jason Isbell off his “Sirens of the Ditch” CD.
Enjoy!
By Reg aka Scott Register:
The other night, I was driving around Birmingham listening to the new Jason Isbell CD “Sirens Of The Ditch” (New West Records) when suddenly, a song came on that made the hair on my neck stand up. It literally gave me goose bumps (and does every time I hear it). I was so touched by the song that I drove around for 30 minutes listening to it over and over again. Turns out, Jason wrote the song about a friend of his from Muscle Shoals, AL, who joined the Marines, was shipped off to Iraq and never returned . It is as touching a song about war as you will ever hear.
No political agenda, just a song about the side of war that most of us choose to ignore and forget. It is a song about loss and the reality of dealing with it.
Kim Richey – Jack And Jill
Paolo Nutini – Last Request
Ryan Bingham – Southside Of Heaven Patti Smith – Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect
Tori Amos – Beauty Of Speed
Josh Rouse – Sweetie
Kings Of Leon – Knocked Up
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova – Falling Slowly
Sara Bareilles – Gravity
Joan As Police Woman – Eternal Flame
Ian Hunter – Words (Big Mouth)
Eleni Mandell – Girls
Jason Isbell – Dress Blues
John Doe with Kathleen Edwards – The Golden State
Wilco – Impossible Germany
Rodrigo Y Gabriela – Stairway To Heaven
Ben Harper – Fool For A Lonesome Train Feist – So Sorry
Amaldo.Com is very excited to announce our partnership with Reg’s Coffeehouse. For those of you who haven’t heard of Scott Register, he’s that little DJ in Alabama who discovered the likes of Dido and John Mayer (you might have heard of them) and Reg’s Coffeehouse is his site.
Anyways, every week I eagerly (like a giddy school girl, “eager”) head over to Reg’s Coffehouse.com to hear his weekly show which he broadcasts every Sunday and uploads every Wednesday. He also posts a playlist for this show in case you don’t have time to actually listen but still want to see what’s hip in the way of indie, alt-folk acoustic music out there.
So how does this translate to Amaldo.Com? Well, weekly I’ll be posting Reg’s playlists (on the blog and on our homepage) and his blog content on this site and from what I can see, you can’t access that content on his site anymore. So if you want to know what Reg is thinking in the way of his current music picks and crushes (musically speaking of course) then you’ll have to come here.
Did I mention we’re so totally musically geeked out to have Reg on board? Even if his logo does remind us a bit of the Starbucks logo… Be sure to keep checking back here throughout the day to see this week’s playlist. We promise it’s that good.
Cease to resist, giving my goodbye
drive my car into the ocean
you’ll think I’m dead, but I sail away
on a wave of mutilation
I don’t know if I can say that the Pixies invented Alternative Rock, but one thing is sure, the band has a major part in the evolution of Rock music in the late 80’s early 90’s.In April 1989, the Pixies released their second studio album, Doolittle. The rough sound, the hard, almost out-of-tune melodies, the uncompromising biting lyrics and everything that is signature Pixies is in the album. Some of the band’s best songs are in the album, including “Hey”, “Monkey Gone To Heaven”, “Gouge Away”, “There Goes My Gun”, and more. No disrespect to Surfer Rosa, but I think that Doolittle is the Pixies best album.
As I’ve written previously, I’m a music junkie: an office drone by day and a music PR machine by night and lunch hours. In other words, I’m always scouting out the freshest talent in the pool of indie folk acoustic singer/songwriters to be inspired by. I discovered Joshua Radin a few years back and even interviewed him, which was a blast. For the past six months or six, it’s been Ray LaMontagne and anything I find over at Reg’s Coffeehouse.
What you may not know about me is I’m not only interested in finding new music, but how music is transmitted via the internet. Back in September of last year, I attended a Pandora town hall meeting at MIT hosted by Pandora owner Tim Westergren. I later interviewed Tim and found his commitment to providing his subscribers with free quality music inspiring. As a former musician, Westergren had spent many years as an aspiring musician before founding his company.
Pandora is a free internet music provider and one of the best ways to find new musicians. You input your favorite musicians and it streams not only those musicians, but finds others that you might liked through something called the Music Genome Project. I’ve turned many people on to the site and they are always grateful.
So now comes the sad part. Pandora is in danger of shutting down due to Copyright Royalty Boards which would raise music royalties by 300 to 1200 percent. For most webcasters the new royalties exceed their revenue and they simply will go bankrupt and stop webcasting. Not only is this legislation bad for Pandora, but it’s bad for other companies/local music radio stations and translates to you not getting to sample or hear free music.
Did I mention it’s dumb for the music lobbies too because now people who might actually pay money for an album (whose sales are dropping dramatically) won’t be as inclined to since they aren’t sampling and those who download free music off the internet will continue to do so and cut into label profit. In short, they are punishing the people who might actually spend dollars on music. And these people will react by not wasting money on albums we feel bullied into buying.
As a rule, I’m against petitions and/or pleas for that matter, but I think this one warrants some serious attention on your part.
The New York Times has turned me onto a new folk indie singer/songstress. I dare even say she might get me out of my current crush mode which has me incapable of enjoying any female sound (even my own) that’s not Regina Spektor.
Leslie Feist is emerging from her indie darling days in Canada and France to become quite the hot ticket and I’m happy for this. There’s a lot of great talent out there in the way of indie folk acoustic songstresses, but Feist (she goes simply by her last name) is pure zeitgeist. (sorry for the pun) And for that I’m qualifying her as my current crush.
Sorry Regina. And Sorry Jenny.
A girl’s gotta keep trekking forward…
Song Starter Kit: “Let It Die,” (slow, moody sultry undertones); “1234” (lighter, poppier car music); “My Mood My Man” (just fun!)
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Cease to resist, giving my goodbye
As I’ve written previously, I’m a music junkie: an office drone by day and a music PR machine by night and lunch hours. In other words, I’m always scouting out the freshest talent in the pool of indie folk acoustic singer/songwriters to be inspired by. I discovered Joshua Radin a few years back and even interviewed him, which was a blast. For the past six months or six, it’s been Ray LaMontagne and anything I find over at 
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