Candi And The Backbeat - The World Just Keeps On Turning

Candi and the Backbeat - The World Just Keeps on Turning

Lol. This is just the sort of stupid thing I would do. I decided to look up videos for Candi and the Backbeat on youtube, thinking that nothing would come up, but surprisingly somebody posted their video for "The World Just Keeps On Turning". I decided to post it 1) for the memory value, 2) because it's a campy 1990 classic, and 3) because Candi was the first official artist I saw live in concert back when I was 8 (though I count Paula Abdul as my first concert, just because it was at a bigtime venue and Candi was at a small circle in the round venue at Ontario Place). Anyway, enjoy the nostalgia if you ever listened to this group. Let's see if I can find anything by Lisa Lougheed or The Party lol.

Daria - A Look Back In Annoyance (Part 2)

Daria: a look back in annoyance pt2 (special Episode)

Part 2 of the Daria "cheap ass clip show." Fantastic.

Daria - A Look Back In Annoyance (Part 1)

Daria 514-Look Back in Annoyance pt1

I have a strange love for the show Daria. Please enjoy this clip. I will add the other parts if I can. Every character is enjoyable in their way. Daria's Dad, Jake is amazingly funny.

En Vogue 2006

As we all might have heard, the original members of En Vogue were supposed to have reunited for a reunion tour this year, but this plan only resulted in two performances. A performance with Salt N' Pepa on the VH1 Hip Hop Honors telecast, and a featured appearance on the song "So What The Fuss" for Stevie Wonder. Once again Dawn Robinson has vacated the premises, but the other girls (pictured above from left: Cindy Herron, Rhona Bennett (Dawn's replacement), Terry Ellis, and Maxine Jones), are going to carry on the legacy of the group by continuing to tour and working on a new album which they plan to have released by year end 2006/early 2007. I hope this record will make a bit more noise for them than their last release 2004's "Soul Flower" which made no headlines or buzz (I'm sure nobody has heard anything about that album). I saw them live with a friend of mine recently and they are very much the powerhouse group they were back in the day (in the vocal sense), despite their recordings to the contrary.

Dawn is also preparing for her second solo release.

Martika Performs Oppera

Okay, I had this bizarre idea for years (before Eminem slightly pissed on my plan) that if I ever got a record contract I would track down 80's teen pop sensation Martika and ask her to perform a duet with me. As we all know Eminem did not perform a duet with Martika but he did sample the chorus of her song "Toy Soldiers" on his track "Like Toy Soldiers", I was a little bummed because I wanted to be the one to bring her back into the spotlight because I always thought she had a very unique and really powerful voice (I even for a time thought she was the woman behind the singing voice of Jem from the cartoon show Jem and the Holograms, which I have a strange obsession with, however I was wrong). Little did I know, Martika at the time of the Eminem release had released an album with her musician husband Michael Mozart titled "Violince" under the name Oppera. I have only heard 30 second clips of their music so far but it is described as goth-pop. I have no clue what goth-pop is but I imagine it is something along the lines of Evanescence. Am I right? It's exciting news nonetheless. I must get my hands on some of that tunage and check out where she's at these days. I have all of her early stuff on CD, so I feel I must add to my collection.

Oppera released their self titled second album last year and have been touring the states on and off since then. So now I have to look into tracking down Candi from Candi and the Backbeat or maybe Lisa Lougheed (who was last seen singing backup for Oprah Winfrey on the song "Run On") if I want to do an obscure duet. I still don't have a record contract of course, but I haven't really tried for one yet. Maybe someday. PS. Martika's husband is scary lookin'. A cross between Prince (who oddly enough produced most of Matika's second album "Martika's Kitchen", a coincidence...I think not) and Jack White. Dick Chaney should "accidentally" shoot this guy.

Fiona Apple - The Infamous MTV VMA Acceptance Speech

Fiona Apple WHOLE MTV Speech

Okay, I know this is really crappy quality, but I had to put this on my space because it was the moment that we all fell in love with Fiona. It still remains (for me) one of the best acceptance speeches ever shown on television.

Fuck Me Gently With A Chainsaw

I keep getting excited whenever I go on some of these film rumor sites, because for years now most of them have been swirling with gossip about a possible sequel to the 80's cult classic "Heathers".

Stating that Winona Ryder is at work with writer Daniel Waters to reprise her role of Veronica Sawyer who's "teen-angst bullshit has a body count", and how Christian Slater will appear as his character Jason "JD" Dean (who died at the end of the original) in a Obi-Wan-esque dream sequence. All of which have not been sufficiently confirmed or denied to my liking. What's your damage? Just tell me what the hell is going on. End the Suspense Already!

"You're Beautiful."

Tiffany - "Christening" Video

Tiffany - Christening (Music Video)

Here is a rare video (I don't think it was ever actually released) by Tiffany for her song "Christening" from the album The Color Of Silence.

REMEMBER THIS ?

Doncha Put It in Your Mouth

LMAO. OH MY GOD. Remember this fuckin' twisted Public Service Announcement with the scary ass blue puppets telling kids not to drink Lysol and shit? Who wouldn't want to poison themselves after watching this blasphemy? Watching it now (and sadly remembering all the words to the song) just makes it sound like a Public Service Announcement against blowjobs. Enjoy the laugh.

Jordan Knight Album Cover

Here is the cover of Jordan Knight's upcoming album which features Say Goodbye, his duet with Deborah Gibson, clearly I won't be buying it (I already have the one song that I'll like from it) but just in case any visitors care for him and want said information...there you have it. He really doesn't photograph well, poor thing.

Jordan Teams Up With Deborah

The 80's are back it seems. Jordan Knight (formerly of NKOTB) has teamed up with Deborah (Debbie) Gibson (one of my personal favorites) for the start off single for his new album "Love Songs" to be released August 29th. The song entitled "Say Goodbye" has already been doing quite well on Billboard, currently #35 on the Adult Contemporary chart. This marks the first time Deborah has been on the Billboard charts since February 1993 when her song "Losin' Myself" from the album Body, Mind, Soul hit #49. Though she hasn't enjoyed Pop music success in over a decade, Deborah has been a busy girl with her theatre career, recently appearing in the premiere of a new musical entitled St. Heaven, as well as posing for Playboy Magazine (much like her 80's counter-part Tiffany), releasing Colored Lights (her Broadway music album), and currently starting a workshop for a new musical which she has co-written with Jimmy Van Patten called "The Flunky".

Enough about that though, back to the song. The simple yet beautiful Pop ballad has become the third most added song to AC radio, and the two will be performing on Good Morning America this coming Tuesday August 22nd. Check Local Listings. You can download the song off i-tunes now, or if you know me just ask and I'll send.

PS. clicking that little play icon on the first picture won't do anything. It's the only picture I could find of the two of them together lol.
PPS. All the reviews I've read regarding this song have pretty much mentioned how happy people are that Deborah is back, it's not even her song. Oh well, sorry Jordan. You've been usurped.