Al Shipley commented on Is "Heart Songs" The Worst Weezer Song Yet?, at 3:04 PM on May 15 Wait...Rivers Cuomo used to write good lyrics? more »

Al Shipley commented on Lil Kim Wins Lawsuit Against Lil Cease, Will Attempt To Collect $500k, at 12:43 PM on May 15 It's his diner. more »

Al Shipley commented on Washington, D.C.'s Fort Reno, at 12:40 PM on May 15 Oh wow, bummer. more »

Al Shipley commented on Twee Gets Tough Thanks To Barack Obama, Arcade Fire, Iron Man, You?, at 2:22 PM on May 14 I think we've finally gotten to the point that most of the aesthetics and traits attributed to musical subcultures like "indie," "emo" and "twee" are just standard issue shit that's common to 90% of all white people. more »

Al Shipley commented on Neil Diamond Finds Temporary Shelter Atop The Album Charts, at 2:12 PM on May 14 Seeing Neil Diamond's name alongside the likes of Clay Aiken, Gavin DeGraw and Josh Groban is a cruel reminder that past generations had such better MOR troubadours than ours does. more »

Al Shipley commented on Maroon 5 And Rihanna Sex-Stare At (Or Next To) Each Other, at 11:13 AM on May 14 They don't have much chemistry in the video, but that one shot of her hand on the neck of his guitar is kind of insanely hot. more »

Al Shipley commented on Remy Ma Manages To Make Her Sentencing All About Her "Facade", at 9:30 AM on May 14 She always came across as one of the most petulant, mean-spirited, self-centered rappers ever, male or female, which was usually a big part of why her records were so good. more »

Al Shipley commented on The High School Student, The Actress, Or The Bartender--Who's Going Home From "Idol" Tonight?, at 9:28 AM on May 14 I'm ignoring reality and voting Archuleta out of wishful thinking. more »

Al Shipley commented on Duffy: Your Cleaner, Whiter Retro-Soul Option, at 3:00 PM on May 13 Where Winehouse begged 'No, no, no' on her breakout single, 'Rehab,' Duffy counters with 'Yeah, yeah, yeah' alongside keening strings on the organ-pumping track 'Mercy.' This is some award-winning hackery right here. more »

Al Shipley commented on Yep, Kanye Might Be Going Completely Insane, at 12:25 PM on May 13 fwiw, some video footage of that recording session is now online, although I can't be bothered to watch and see if there's any indication of the supposed fight therein: [nahright.com] more »

Al Shipley commented on David Archuleta Hoping To Show The World That He's The Chris Brown Of "American Idol", at 11:04 AM on May 13 Archie's got the right idea: if a barely competent, charisma-deficient teenager like Chris Brown can become a pop chart mainstay, so can he. more »

Al Shipley commented on You Know Who Doesn't Suck? The Vines!, at 9:57 AM on May 13 Wow, never made a connection between The Vines and Jesse & the 8th Street Kidz before seeing the picture at the top of this post, but now it all makes sense. more »

Al Shipley commented on John Mellencamp Makes Another Album About Freedom, at 4:57 PM on May 12 Mellencamp is really not so complex that critics need a lazy shorthand for him as misleading and inaccurate as "Springsteen wannabe." more »

Al Shipley commented on "Blender" And Tila Tequila Do Shots Together, at 2:41 PM on May 8 Agreed re: back to back Lil Wayne features. more »

Al Shipley commented on Jason Castro: In Memoriam, at 9:21 AM on May 8 Gotta shout out Anthony's tribute to Castro from a couple weeks ago, which I still think is hysterical: [idolator.com] more »

Al Shipley commented on Madonna Does Her Part To Save The Pop Charts, at 1:28 PM on May 7 Doesn't [i]Pocketful Of Sunshine[/i] have less than half its songs in common with [i]NB[/i]? more »

Al Shipley commented on Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, at 12:30 PM on May 7 Thom Yorke has a tersely worded message for Times New Viking, which he will record at home and send via electronic transfer to reduce his carbon footprint. more »

Al Shipley commented on Help Me Wash The Morrison Out Of My Ears, at 2:43 PM on May 6 The best random tiny indie bands I have seen live in the past few months, non-local division: Fishboy, Vampire Hands, Deer Tick, Daniel Francis Doyle, Seth Sherman, Abracadaver and At Shiloh. more »