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The Virtues of Amateurism →  May 11, 2010

“Sometime I’m going to do an essay called ‘The Virtues of Amateurism’ for all of those people who wish they earned their living in the arts.” Robert Kincaid, The Bridges of Madison County. Unfortunately, Robert Waller’s character never did write his essay on the virtues of amateurism. But it’s a good title, even if we [...]

Kele Okereke, Tenderoni →  May 10, 2010

While we await Kele’s first solo album away from Bloc Party, here’s the first single to be released; Tenderoni. The release is packed full of synth and suggests he will be going in a bit more of an electro direction. In a press release Kele explained: “I plugged in synths with no idea what they [...]

Ke$ha and Kanye West get the Cartoon Treatment →  May 4, 2010

You know you’re hitting the big time when The Simpsons send you up – so Ke$sha must be over the moon that “Tik Tok” has been featured on the opening of a music dedicated episode of the show. And she’s not the only one. Kanye West took on Cleveland Jr. in The Cleveland show – [...]

Britney Spears Telephone Demo Leak Here →  May 3, 2010

So – it’s all a bit smoke and mirrors – but it has been suggested Britney Spears originally demoed Lady Gaga’s Telephone. Rodney Jerkins who produced the song claimed last year that he and GaGa had written a song from Spears’ Circus LP but it never quite made it to the final cut. Last year [...]