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So U2 just played here in town at the Rose Bowl and for the first U2 tour in 24 years, I didn't go.
But I still saw the show the same time that everyone else in Pasadena saw it and loved it.

And that's the future of concert promotion and concert revenue...monetizing a webcast for sold out shows.

I'm sure some of you out there watched the U2 show as well on youtube. Th… Continue

So Madonna has new greatest hits CD that just came out.
What's that you say? SHE ALREADY HAS A GREATEST HITS CD?

Ok, so this is her second...no wait, she has another? AND SHE HAS A BALLAD GREATEST HITS AS WELL???

That's right ladies and gentlemen, Madonna released her FOURTH greatest hits record this week.

BUT THIS ONE'S DIFFERENT!!! IT'S TWO CD'S!!!

Wait, you say that if you combine "The Immaculate Colle… Continue

Can we just lose all future awards show tickets for Kanye West?
It's not like he wins any of the important awards he's nominated for anyway. Just mail him the consolation prize awards he gets every year and let him make a fool out of himself via video acceptance and be done with him.

And I will gladly go on record saying I hated his last record anyway. I hate autotune. It's a crappy gim… Continue

So I was in Best Buy over the weekend looking at things they want to sell me for no interest over 2 years if I spend $999 and I saw that they had Beatles: Rock Band set up to play on Xbox.
I salivated.

I drooled.

And I grabbed the guitar controller and played.

And I couldn't stop for 25 minutes. It was amazing. Graphics are miles above any of the other Rock Band or Guitar Hero games. The… Continue

...yes, I'm talking about DJ AM.
Guy not only saves his life by remaining clean and sober for 9 + years from a massive drug habit, but then walks away from a massive plane crash as one of two survivors.

At this point, if it were my life, I would have woken up every day whistling zippidy do dah (sp?) every freakin' morning and kissing the ground that I was allowed to be alive and took noth… Continue