Wednesday, October 17, 2007

More Starbucks. More court hearings. More drama. More photo ops. Just another week in Britney. It seems as though no matter what happens these days, nothing that happens in her life can really shock us anymore. I feel as though recounting the events that have happened since my last update would be like reading old news that no one cares about at this point. So she went to court and acted like a brat, and she booked herself the other night in a Van Nuys jail, wearing a pink wig that looks a lot like the one my friend was wearing at Lovefest (see post below) on her drive there. Maybe Britney thought she was going to a party? Her label has pushed the release of her fifth studio album Blackout to October 30th, instead of in November, mostly because many of the songs have already been leaked on the Internet...and reviews have not been stellar. Like I have said over and over again, if she wants to make an actual comeback and not a laughable one, she needs to move the hell out of L.A. and get herself back on track, much like...and I never imagined I would say this...much like Lindsay Lohan. Lilo has come back to LA after spending the last couple months at a rehab center in Utah. The paparazzi have caught her doing exciting things...like getting in and out of cars and entering and exiting offices and hotels. Really riveting stuff....

Speaking of albums available online, Radiohead should get an award for the hype they created with their surprise album release, which they made available for digital download from their website for any price you want. This is old news now too, since it was last week, but it is still worth talking about because they really gave the finger to the music business and record labels in general. The album is brilliant, and it comes following a massive tour OVER A YEAR AGO, during which they played their new songs. With the earlier-than-everyone-expected release of In Rainbows, let's hope that Radiohead decide to go on tour soon. Maybe Goldenvoice will get them to headline Coachella again! That would sell me another weekend pass to the annual desert spectacular.

In the meantime, here's a video of Daft Punk live at London's Wireless Festival this past summer. I saw them in Berkeley in July, and before that at Coachella 2006. Blogging about Radiohead and Coachella made me think of Daft Punk. Their live album, appropiately titled "ALIVE" comes out in November, and I cannot wait! If only they would release a live DVD...anyway, here you go...

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