“It’s a little smoother, but the sound is just as raw. That’s where having a good producer can take it to where it works for the mainstream, but the subject matter is still raw and it sounds raw,” said the hustler-turned-really, really lousy rapper of his forthcoming second album, which will include contributions from the likes of Dr. Luke and Travis Barker. You know, between this and the continued flogging of the cringe-inducing Morningwood, I’m starting to wonder if the next 12-ish months won’t be the equivalent of a body-hollowing, shake-inducing, intestine-ravaging hangover, one that exists chiefly to serve as a reminder of all the bad decisions made during a particularly decadent binge. In this case, of course, said binge was really “the majors’ pathetic attempts to ride the Last Night’s Party wave”—and in this case, it’s all of us who have to suffer. (Also, I still think he’s saying “do the tampon” in the above clip.) [MTV Newsroom] More »
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“Is that Mickey fucking Avalon?” Maura asked when I showed her this photo. Why, yes it is! It seems the way-past-his-15 novelty “sleazeball” “rapper” has been tapped by Boost Mobile to irritate us on a variety of media platforms, along with his new friends the Snowman and some guy who hates iTunes.
If you’ve ever gone to a huge outdoor festival, only to be surrounded by chattering idiots who are angling for blogarazzi shots of the VIP tent’s dwellers while complaining loudly about the weather, then you probably won’t be surprised by the new survey revealing that the percentage of people who are there for the “scene,” and not the music, is pretty high:
The survey, commissioned in the run-up to Glastonbury this weekend, found that a quarter of festival-goers spend around £500 on each outdoor music event.
But half of the 3,000 people questioned struggle to remember the bands they have seen, with almost a fifth admitting they watch less than five hours of music over a festival weekend.
Look, we know that the festival-crazy nature of South By Southwest results in a bunch of cut-and-paste lineups–Satellite Party opening for The Good, The Bad, and the Queen; Paolo Nutini and Kings Of Leon setting the stage for the Stooges–but Saturday’s showcase at Stubb’s, which boasted Ghostface and Rakim as headliners, included a short set by Mickey Avalon, the Los Angeles ex-hustler who fancies himself a rapper.
Welcome to On The Shelf, Idolator’s weekly look at the coming torrent of record releases. Looking over the roster of albums being released tomorrow, we realized one thing: next week’s chart may be another one in which the all-important mom demographic rules the roost. After the jump, we look at tomorrow’s offerings from Josh Groban, Keith Urban, and Mickey Avalon, as well as two compilations of recent pop hits.
