August 3rd, 2010 by Sunny Singh |
Posted in Current Events, Music
Michael Jackson
It’s confirmed that Michael Jackson will be releasing a new album with unreleased recordings of songs, but with the King of Pop gone, will you be buying it?
Will.i.am doesn’t think so, and believes that the album being released without Michael Jackson to add his magic will not be the same. “I don’t think that should ever come out. That’s bad. He was a perfectionist and he wouldn’t have wanted it that way. How you gonna release Michael Jackson when Michael Jackson ain’t here to bless it?” said Will.i.am, who has done many collaborations with MJ himself. More importantly the re-release of the Thriller album back in 2008, where he and other members of the Black Eyed Peas group remixed some of Michael Jackson’s popular songs.
Do you agree with Will.i.am? While working with Michael, he realized how particular Jackson was with his music, and paid attention to all aspects such as vocals and instrumentation.
“Now that he is not part of the process, what are they doing? Why would you put a record out like that? Because he was a friend of mine, I just think that’s disrespectful. What’s wrong with what he already contributed to the world?” Continue reading…
July 3rd, 2010 by Leon Hitchens |
Posted in Current Events
Hurricane Map
The first hurricane of the 2010 season made land fall in a small town in Mexico. The category two hurricane caused land slides and flooding in Mexico, while in Texas there was flooding and isolated tornadoes.
I am in San Antonio and we got the outer bands of the rain, with some strong gust of winds at times. The storm was not what the citizens pre-paired for in south Texas. South Padre, a island just of the main land of Brownsville, thought the north end of the storm was going to cause more damage. The storm cause minimal damage in the area, with flooding, a few downed trees, and a few road closers.
This is the start of a hurricane season that is predicted to be more active, than past years. This storm was also caused damage as far away as Alabama, with the BP oil spill. The storm caused large waves to move the oil closer to the coast of many more states. Continue reading…
July 1st, 2010 by Sunny Singh |
Posted in Current Events, Music
Rihanna Magazine Cover
Rihanna’s latest album, Rated R hasn’t exactly been filled with butterflies and rainbows. At least not the colorful ones, and it’s great to see that she’s getting in touch with nature on the cover of teen fashion magazine, Seventeen.
The trend in Rihanna’s music videos has so far been military like in Hard and Russian Roulette, or sleezy like in Rude Boy or Te Amo. The album is supposed to tell of her life and how it is literally Rated R.
This 22 year-old girl had a lot to share:
Emotional Growth: “There’s a balance in my life that wasn’t there before. It’s a really different peace, a different energy.” Continue reading…
June 28th, 2010 by Sunny Singh |
Posted in Current Events, Music
Chris Brown's Michael Jackson Tribute
Sunday was a very special day, as it was the night of the 2010 BET Awards. There was much going on, and the host of the awards show, Queen Latifah made it very interesting with her various acts and clothes.
There were many performances from the biggest artists and BET stars to date. The lineup included those from Alicia Keys, Chris Brown, Diddy – Dirty Money, Drake, Trey Songz, Usher, Nicki Minaj, Ludacris, Marvin Sapp, T.I., Kanye West, Rick Ross, DJ Khaled, Eminem, T-Pain, Kim Burrell, Yolands Adams, Fred Hammond, Kirk Franklin, and Karen Clark Sheard.
The one that was probably most memorable in people’s minds was Chris Brown, who did a tribute to Michael Jackson. Continue reading…
June 9th, 2010 by Sunny Singh |
Posted in Current Events, Music
Shakira
FIFA and Control Room who’s a leading producer of global music events announced the artists that will perform at the inaugural FIFA World Cup Kick-Off Celebration Concert. The lineup includes Alicia Keys, Amadou & Mariam, Angélique Kidjo, Black Eyed Peas, BLK JKS, John Legend, Juanes, Shakira, The Parlotones, Tinariwen, Vieux Farka Touré and Vusi Mahlasela.
If you haven’t already heard the song “Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)” yet, you should as Shakira will probably be performing it at the opening concert. The song is indeed the official theme for FIFA World Cup. The performance will take place at Orlando Stadium in Soweto/Johannesburg during the opening match of the first FIFA World Cup on African soil. Later that evening will be announcements of other artists. Continue reading…
June 7th, 2010 by Leon Hitchens |
Posted in Current Events
Oil Spill in the Gulf Coast
It is now day 44 and the Gulf Coast oil spill has not stopped. The oil company, BP has tried many different tactics to try to stop the oil spill. The attempts have all failed and the oil is still gushing out. BP has recently placed a containment cap above the well, which captured 10,500 barrels of oil during its first 24 hours in operation, between a quarter and a half of the amount that is spilling into the Gulf of Mexico each day, authorities said Sunday.
He acknowledged that the recovery operation is still delicate, however, and said large amounts of oil could continue to flow into the gulf for the next two months.
The maximum collection rate from the small containment device on the ruptured well is estimated at about 15,000 barrels per day by Allen. Continue reading…
June 7th, 2010 by Sunny Singh |
Posted in Current Events, Music
Video Screenshot
Before I start, let me warn you: this is not about Obama’s policies or getting some health care bill passed. Actually, it’s about a lookalike or maybe the big man himself being in the popular “Whoomp! There It Is” music video. I know, crazy right?
The hit 92.3 NOW radio station recently posted on their website,
“This morning on Rollin’, Nick tackled the interesting situation regarding the recent internet gossip of our president Barack Obama being in a music video from back in the day.
The music video is the 1993 hit from Tag Team called “Whoomp! There It Is” and a person believed to be Barack Obama is seen in a clip.” Continue reading…
April 20th, 2010 by Sunny Singh |
Posted in Current Events, Music
Michael Jackson
Cirque du Soleil, the Canadian acrobatic performing group announced that they will be doing a show based on the music of Michael Jackson. The live tour will be starting late next year and will be followed by another production in Vegas in 2012. The casino is owned by the company MGM Mirage Inc. but the exact details of which venue the performance will be in is not sure.
Michael Jackson was a huge fan of this circus group; he saw their first tent show in Santa Monica, California many years ago with longtime lawyer and now estate co-executor, John Branca.
It makes a lot of sense, since Michael said that he was an acrobat himself, and transformed the visual into his dance moves and performances. The performance will feature Michael Jackson styling as well as unreleased recordings. Continue reading…
April 17th, 2010 by Sunny Singh |
Posted in Current Events
School Spies On Students
Would you be outraged if you realized that the laptop your school gave you were actually being used to spy on you? One student definitely was.
Harriton High School in Pennsylvania had a lawsuit filed against them by the family of Blake Robbins, who was the victim of having pictures taken of him without his knowledge. The school gave out Macbooks to help in education, but also had software for tracking them if they were to be lost. This was not the case with Blake, as well as many other students. Thousands of pictures and recordings were taken of them when they were at home using the laptops. Many pictures were even taken when the students were undressed, and an official even mistook Blake for selling drugs, when it was simply a piece of candy.
The remote surveillance was first found out when Robbins was confronted by his assistance principle. He told Good Morning America on ABC, “They are invading my house. They might as well be sitting in my room watching me without my knowing.” Continue reading…
March 27th, 2010 by Sunny Singh |
Posted in Current Events
Earth Hour & World Wildlife Foundation logo
Are you supporting Earth Hour? This event will (or for some of you, may already have) happen today, March 27th 2010 at 8:30 pm local time.
As quoted from the website, “Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia when 2.2 million homes and businesses turned their lights off for one hour to make their stand against climate change. Only a year later and Earth Hour had become a global sustainability movement with more than 50 million people across 35 countries participating. Global landmarks such as the, Sydney Harbour Bridge, The CN Tower in Toronto, The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, and Rome’s Colosseum, all stood in darkness, as symbols of hope for a cause that grows more urgent by the hour.”
We are supporting this act of awareness for the climate, and hope that you will too.
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