Posted by: mcmusicritic in: ● August 28, 2009
All good things come to and end. Never before have those words rung more true. With less and less time remaining during my summer vacation (if you can call taking summer classes a vacation), I’m forced to stop maintaining this blog.
As a graduate student, I’ll be returning to school in a about a week and [...]
Posted by: mcmusicritic in: ● August 20, 2009
News that Michael Jackson has been buried is characterizing a relatively slow news week in the music industry. Personally, the fact that this story has been stretched out oover the course of two months is really getting to me. I’m all for paying tribute to the man and the legend, but it’s getting to the [...]
Posted by: mcmusicritic in: ● August 18, 2009
I think comedian Conan O’Brien got it right when he joked on The Tonight Show recently that Britney Spears being handed a lifetime achievement award, at the Teen Choice Awards last week, is proof enough that kids can never be entrusted to vote for president.
I’m paraphrasing of course, but the point made is definitely a [...]
Posted by: mcmusicritic in: ● July 31, 2009
I’ll just preface this by saying that I don’t usually touch entertainment news items such as these for the simple reason that I just don’t care about the personal lives of actors or musicians, but after getting wind of this latest piece of information, I just had to share it with the world: Joel [...]
Posted by: mcmusicritic in: ● July 24, 2009
So, here we are, July 2009. I swear though, it’s as if news of the Backstreet Boys dropping a new album sent me back a decade. In my mind, the only other possible explanation aside from time travel is that they’re in need of money.
How else can you explain it? The Backstreet Boys and the [...]
Posted by: mcmusicritic in: ● July 15, 2009
If there aren’t any objections (considering I’m writing this and none of you are here with me, I should hope not), I’m going to include some more Canadian content in this blog, at least for this post. So, if you’re anti-Canadian, look away right (wait for it)… now.
Just thought I’d point out that Halifax, Nova [...]
Posted by: mcmusicritic in: ● July 10, 2009
I, for one, think it’s time to move on, now that Michael Jackson’s memorial service is a thing of the past. No direspect intended toward the King of Pop or his family and fans in any way, of course. I just believe death is a natural part of life, and, while Jackson’s death was arguably [...]
Posted by: mcmusicritic in: ● July 3, 2009
I thought I’d give a quick rundown of the top Canadian bands of all time (in no particular order) in honour of Canada Day, which came and went this past July 1st. It may surprise many of you that may of the world’s biggest music starst are in fact Canadian..
Nickelback, for one band, has enjoyed [...]
Posted by: mcmusicritic in: ● June 23, 2009
I grew up watching MuchMusic, so it pains me to say that the MuchMusic Video Award (MMVA)s have become nothing more but a pointless popularity contest. Those familiar with the show and the network will know what I’m talking about. Those who aren’t, well, let me enlighten you:
MuchMusic, essentially the Canadian MTV, or at least [...]
