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Here’s to Lady Gaga

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Do the Backstreet Boys have a place in music anymore?

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 [...]

MuchMusic Video Awards Disappoint

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 [...]