The Science of Hit Songs

Seeded on Thu Feb 9, 2006 5:32 PM EST (Live Science)

A new study reveals that we make our music purchases based partly on our perceived preferences of others.

entertainment, music

Sanaa Lathan Finds 'Something New' In Interracial Romance

Seeded on Sat Feb 4, 2006 5:18 PM EST (mtv.com)

Sanaa Lathan's 30-something workaholic is looking for an educated, charming black man and finds Simon Baker's blue-eyed, blond landscape architect in "Something New," the feature directorial debut of video helmer Sanaa Hamri.

entertainment, film

Dave Chappelle Comes Clean On 'Oprah'

Seeded on Sat Feb 4, 2006 5:17 PM EST (mtv.com)

Months after he walked off the set of his show last year — bringing production to a crashing halt amid rumors of drug problems, writer's block and spiritual crisis — Dave Chappelle has given an in-depth interview about what happened.

entertainment, television

XXL's Top Ten of 2006

Seeded on Sat Feb 4, 2006 5:16 PM EST (hiphopdx.com)

As they do year in and year out, hip-hop's biggest magazine XXL brings you their ten most anticipated albums of '06

entertainment, hiphop

The End of the Internet?

Seeded on Thu Feb 2, 2006 1:29 AM EST (The Nation)

Jeff Chester writes that telephone and cable companies are making plans to transform the free and open Internet to a privately run service that would track our behavior and charge fees for virtually everything we do online. Can they be stopped?

technology, internet

When All the 'Greatest Hits' Are Too Many to Download

Seeded on Thu Feb 2, 2006 1:27 AM EST (The New York Times)

The pivotal question now is whether the boom in catalog music online constitutes primarily a new market or a drain on an old one: CD sales.

entertainment, music

When a Rocker's Hard Life Has Eclipsed the Music

Seeded on Wed Feb 1, 2006 3:51 AM EST (The New York Times)

Pete Doherty of Babyshambles is becoming the kind of musician who dabbles in music between drug-related incidents.

entertainment, music

Mirror, Mirror

Seeded on Wed Feb 1, 2006 3:49 AM EST (villagevoice.com)

Looking at you looking at them, two indie semi-icons call in the reinforcements

music

Bring on the Major Leagues

Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2006 6:24 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

In a world where the mainstream sounds like the underground, and the underground acts like the mainstream, what happens to truly indie music?

entertainment, music

MTV's Focus on Colleges Streams Into Your PC

Seeded on Mon Jan 30, 2006 11:43 PM EST (The New York Times)

Videos, attitudes and interactivities converge at mtvU Über, MTV's new broadband network, programmed exclusively for college students.

entertainment, television

This Ain't Nightline

Seeded on Mon Jan 30, 2006 8:21 PM EST (Slate)

Ted Koppel's embarrassing debut as a Times columnist.

media, us-news

Introducing the best blog ever

Seeded on Mon Jan 30, 2006 8:18 PM EST (ESPN.com)

Page 2 is sending Chuck Klosterman to cover the Super Bowl and he guarantees he'll write the best one-week sports blog ever seen.

sports

The $6 Billion Man

Seeded on Mon Jan 30, 2006 5:33 PM EST (Slate)

Why Disney paid a premium for Pixar's creative guru.

entertainment, business, film, apple

Two-Time "Pimp of the Year" Knowledge Indicted for Kiddie Prostitution

Seeded on Mon Jan 30, 2006 5:11 PM EST (sohh.com)

A pimp who also worked as a mailman was recently indicted for allegedly running a child prostitution ring, police said.

entertainment, hiphop

Mixtape Monday: Juelz Santana Sticks With Def Jam, Pimp C Gets Back To Work

Seeded on Mon Jan 30, 2006 5:08 PM EST (mtv.com)

Juelz Santana says he supports Cam'ron in his beef with label head Jay-Z, but he's not leaving Def Jam over it. And Pimp C comes home and gets straight to work with UGK partner Bun B, reclaiming his voice after four years of silence.

entertainment, hiphop

Is Your Mind Up To 'Rocket Speed'? Nintendo DS' 'Brain Age' Lets You Know

Seeded on Mon Jan 30, 2006 5:07 PM EST (mtv.com)

The game, which hits U.S. shores on April 17, might be better described as a "daily IQ test." Along with "Nintendogs," the game made the top of the Japanese sales charts a list of games that had nothing to do with winning and losing.

entertainment, videogames

Iconoclastic Living Things Take A Page Or Two From George Bush

Seeded on Mon Jan 30, 2006 5:02 PM EST (mtv.com)

The St. Louis quartet couch their liberal views in fiery torrents of punk, hard rock and alt-rock. "Socially aware issues are what inspire me to write songs and what move me to ... scream my head off," singer Lillian Berlin said.

entertainment, music

Juelz Speaks on Cam, Calls Out Eminem

Seeded on Mon Jan 30, 2006 4:58 PM EST (hiphopdx.com)

Juelz Santana sounds off on the Cam and Jay beef, wants to collab with Eminem.

entertainment, hiphop

Conflicts Between Cultures Win Awards at Sundance

Seeded on Mon Jan 30, 2006 3:40 AM EST (The New York Times)

For the first time in the festival's 22 years, Sundance jurors and audience members gave the same two films grand prizes in the documentary and dramatic competitions.

entertainment, film

Trouble in Cubicle Nation

Seeded on Mon Jan 30, 2006 3:38 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

While big business racks up historic profits, workplace life is becoming more unbearable for the people who make the products and services.

business, economics

No New Jay Z Album in the Works

Seeded on Sun Jan 29, 2006 9:09 PM EST (hiphopdx.com)

Jay Z speaks on Nas collabo, Cam beef, and the future of Def Jam.

entertainment, hiphop

The RZA Speaks

Seeded on Sun Jan 29, 2006 9:07 PM EST (hiphopdx.com)

Some interesting `outtakes' from his recent cover story for Scratch magazine where he talks about his influence and more.

entertainment, hiphop

Nas Launches New Label Under Def Jam

Seeded on Sun Jan 29, 2006 9:06 PM EST (sohh.com)

The buzz surrounding the news of Nas joining Jay-Z at Def Jam has just gotten bigger with the recent revelation that God Son's coming album will be released on his own imprint, the Jones Experience.

entertainment, hiphop