It’s been a big few weeks for the group known as The Lonely Island. First, they announced that their new album would be out in 2011. On Saturday, they dropped the video for their first single off that new album. The song features Akon and the video has appearances by Jessica Alba, Blake Lively and John McEnroe. In a song that instantly rivals “I’m On A Boat” as their best song, it’s “I Just Had Sex.” Continue reading
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Worst of Music: P!nk – Raise Your Glass
Did you know that Pink isn’t really Pink but P!nk. We say it as “pink” but it’s stylized to include an exclamation point. And that’s only the start of the reasons why P!nk’s Raise Your Glass won this week’s Worst of Music award. Continue reading
Best of The Lowdown BlogCast: December 7, 2010
After three years on the radio and internet, it’s time for a special Best Of episode of The Lowdown that covers our history. In our second edition of the best of The Lowdown, here’s what we have for you on this special retrospective:
- UWO Homecoming (Part 1) (Originally Aired: October 14, 2008)
- Greg DeFelice Interview (Originally Aired: November 27, 2007)
- It Came From YouTube: Lady Gaga, Christopher Walken and Eric Cartman – Poker Faces (Originally Aired: December 8, 2009)
- Promo: iFart (Originally Aired: January 20, 2009)
- Raw is CPAC (Originally Aired: March 31, 2009)
- Pickup Lines (Originally Aired: February 3, 2009)
- Exam Writing Tips (Originally Aired: March 31, 2009)
- UWO Homecoming (Part 2) (Originally Aired: October 14, 2008)
In total, there are seven segments from Lowdowns past for 45 minutes of the Best of The Lowdown’s first three years.
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Worst of Music: Black Eyed Peas – The Time (Dirty Bit)
This week’s Worst of Music winner seems to be a regular when it comes to discussions for the weekly award. The Black Eyed Peas have been on a steady free-fall when it comes to their music since Let’s Get It Started and that wasn’t even that good. This week’s WoM worthy BEP song is an attempt at dance music that shoehorns an 80s pop classic in for good measure. And it’s slightly inexplicably called “The Time (Dirty Bit).” Continue reading
Entertainment Link-Off: Swan Dive
Jackie’s got the day off for travel so I’ve drawn in to do the links today. To lead it off, here’s Natalie Portman who stars in the new movie Black Swan.
Speaking of which, here’s Roger Ebert’s review of Black Swan. He really likes it. Sadly, no mention of that sex scene between Portman and Mila Kunis in the review. (Roger Ebert)
It looks like the war between “old media” and “new media” is about to really heat up. Despite claims that one is dead and the other reckless, they’re basically neck and neck. (Business Insider)
And just for fun, here’s a look at some of the all-time great Simpsons episodes. (Split Sider)
After the jump, the best XBox Kinect hacks, famous fictional cars, and celebrities invade a Norwegian music video. Continue reading
Worst of Music: Angelina Pivarnick – I’m Hot
For this week’s Worst of Music, I may be jumping the gun just a bit. Angelina, formerly of the inexplicable TV phenomenon Jersey Shore, had her new rap/hip-hop song leaked this week. A short sample had leaked early in the week with the whole thing hitting the interweb later on and we would have been better off it never saw the light of day. Continue reading
Best of The Lowdown BlogCast: November 23, 2010
After three years on the radio and internet, it’s time for a special Best Of episode of The Lowdown that covers our history. Here’s what we have for you on this special retrospective:
- Rich Christensen Interview (Part 1) (Unaired Uncut Version)
- Promo: Mr. Sports Talk Radio Guy (Originally Aired: October 30, 2007)
- Clubs Week (Originally Aired: September 30, 2008)
- Promo: Powerthirst (Originally Aired: January 8, 2008)
- DownLow: Rejection Lines Translated (Originally Aired: February 14, 2008)
- Energy Drinks Comparison Test (Originally Aired: November 25, 2008)
- Promo: Hands Me Downs by Steve Murray (Originally Aired: April 1, 2008)
- Rich Christensen Interview (Part 2) (Unaired Uncut Version)
In total, there are seven segments from Lowdowns past for one hour of he Best of The Lowdown’s first three years.
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Worst of Music: Lady Gaga – Telephone
When I put out the call for recommendations for the Worst of Music award, I knew I was going to get some good ones… or bad ones. For example, last week, I got a passionate recommendation for this week’s WoM so I had to run with it. Lady Gaga’s Telephone had come and gone from the Billboard Hot 100 charts a while back but the WoM has no statute of limitations. Even that epic mashup of Poker Face with Christopher Walken and Cartman that we’re so fond of can’t save her this week. Continue reading
Top Five James Bond Video Game Theme Songs
The recent release of the new GoldenEye 007 game by Activision also brought us a new take on the GoldenEye theme originally sung by Tina Turner. For the game, it’s sung by Nicole Scherzinger. But the new GoldenEye game isn’t the only Bond game that got an exclusive theme song. As with every other Bond theme, there’s debate as to which theme is the best. So here’s our rankings of the best James Bond video game themes. Continue reading
Worst of Music: Rihanna – What’s My Name?
The second winner of the Worst of Music award on the blog goes to a radio show regular. Rihanna is a multi-time winner of the WoM on The Lowdown BlogCast and joins Ke$ha as a winner on the blog as well as podcast. Of course, it was Rihanna who was my inspiration for creating the Worst of Music on the podcast to begin with so it’s only fitting that she wins the award yet again for What’s My Name? Continue reading
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