Happy New Year, Muusers! I wish you all a very happy and healthy New Years Eve celebration, and a most fabulous 2010. As always, thank you to any and all of my readers who’ve been following my blog over the past few years, months, weeks, or even just days. It means the world to me to be...

Sure, you know, I guess I like Norah Jones as much as the next guy, but I'm still confused as to why someone would send me this 2010 Nora Jones calendar (about the size of a CD card) in an effort to promote some band called Hockey, who, from the 30 seconds of it that I listened to, failed to...

Gotta respect Funkmaster Flex’s gangster. The popular New York DJ decided to go no holds barred on Twitter this evening and so far it ain’t pretty AT ALL! Pop the hood to see what he had to say about Christina Milian, R.Kelly, Kimora Lee Simmons and others… “Christina millian has played...

Zac Wolf Harms Way At the end of each year, I am one of the two people in charge of compiling a top ten list for a hardcore radio show I host called Dead Air (original name, eh?). After wading through a stack of mediocre-to-incredible albums and old playlists, this is what we came up with. 10....

Jay-Z's hit single is hot now, and it could have the staying power of classic songs about the city. Jay-Z's hit single is hot now, and it could have the staying power of classic songs about the city.Source : L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (subscribe)Explore : Artists, Jay-Z, Music, Rap and Hip-Hop

For the Yankees, 2009 was a very, very good year. The team won a Major League-leading 103 games. Then, they went 11-4 throughout the postseason and ended the year with a parade through the Canyon of Heroes. The Old Guard pulled out a fifth ring, and the newcomers and mid-decade interlopers did...

If you're like us, you're going to go to a New Year's Eve party tonight, and as soon as the calendar turns over, somebody will inevitably start slurring the tune "Auld Lang Syne" because they thought they heard it in a movie or something (perhaps "200...

Here it is. As announced the other day, the mixtape includes new tracks, classics and unreleased jawnts. Hit the jump for the track list + download link. 1. Intro 2. Revolutions Per Minute 3. In This World 4. Hip-Hop (Unreleased) 5. Back Again 6. Wishing On A Black Star 7. Just Begun ft. Jay...

Will Rob Marshall's musical extravaganza of angst and lingerie razzle dazzle you? It's at the Big Picture Seattle through Thursday. Regular evening ticket prices...Source : Seattle Times (subscribe)

The co-author (with Chris Humphrey) of "Moon Honduras & the Bay Islands" from Moon Handbooks will give a PowerPoint presentation, "Honduras...Source : Seattle Times (subscribe)

Los Angeles prosecutors have opted not to charge former boxing champ Mike Tyson following his arrest for an alleged altercation with a photog at LAX airport in November. The prosecutors said they couldn’t find enough evidence to charge Tyson or photographer Tony Echeverria , reports the...

Jerzy Skolimowski's best known films are likely those he was a writer on and of these none is better known than Roman Polanski's Knife in the Water, a great thriller that was like Dead Calm but 27 years earlier and not actually rubbish. Amongst his work as director are two films from the 70s that...

It was announced yesterday that Peter Jackson, acclaimed director of The Lord Of The Rings, will be receiving the honor of knighthood in the new year. Peter called the news an "incredible moment" and explained, "I didn't think anything would surpass the 2004 Academy...

Top 10 films Here are the top 10 movies at North American theaters last Friday through Sunday, with earnings in millions of dollars: Weekend...Source : Seattle Times (subscribe)

According to information supplied by iTunes and confirmed by my heart, these are the 38 songs from the past decade that I loved the most . I stand by all and am embarrassed by none (though #29 is so tied to a time and place—specifically, the days after 9/11—that I was surprised to be reminded...

Who were the big winners of 2009 in the music industry and who failed miserably'?? Among the top tier of '09, we've got all the usual suspects - Lady GaGa (selling 2.3 million), Taylor Swift (5.3 mil, including record sales of 2008) and SuBo, who can't be torn down from her #1 spot on the charts,...

The decade's final entry in the venerable "When I was a boy gay meant happy " genre of rants against our coarsening culture comes from an unexpected source: free-spirited and uninhibited media career gal Rachel Marsden, who says texters are ruining all standards of deportment :...

Amy Winehouse leaves Hawley Arms pub with a friend in Camden, London on Wednesday night (December 30). Rumors have been circulating that the 26-year-old English singer collapsed over the Christmas holiday and that she’ll spend the New Years in a hospital. However, Amy recently slammed those...

It brought innovation to Glastonbury with its wind-powered mobile phone recharge pod. Now Orange, the UK's third largest mobile phone operator, is launching high definition (HD) voice calls which promise to provide 'crystal clear' sound quality.Source : Daily Mail (subscribe)Explore : Cell...

How cheesy cute! Nick Cannon and wifey Mariah Carey like to send a little holiday cheer to friends and family around this time of year. They especially like to send out these cartoonish Christmas cards. This year, the cards were illustrated by J. David McKenney and included the whole family,...