Monthly Archives: August 2008

blogs killed the video star

Did you know that ‘promo’ is synonymous with ‘music video’ in some parts of the world? I did. But one thing I wasn’t aware of – was the site PromoNews. After my last post, I went looking for music videos that I would nominate for Music Video of the Year. It’s only fair – after [...]

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what’s “it” seems weird and scary to me

Check out the nominees for MTV Video of the Year Chris Brown “Forever” Joseph Kahn Jonas Brothers “Burnin’ Up” Brendan Malloy / Tim Wheeler Pussycat Dolls “When I Grow Up” Joseph Kahn Britney Spears “Piece of Me” Wayne Isham Ting Tings “Shup Up and Let Me Go” Alex & Liane That’s right, “When I Grow [...]

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What I Did On My Summer Vacation

From July 22nd – August 1st I was on vacation. I took a plane and landed in Trinidad. Honestly, I was a little scared. It’d been 12 years since I was last in Trinidad. I can say this with certainty because the last time I was in Trinidad, Joe’s Apartment came out. I wanted to [...]

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Awesome^3

Keith Olbermann Simon Pegg Jessica Hynes (née Stevenson) all appearing on The Soup

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Songs I Wish Were Covers, But Aren’t

Pussycat Dolls – When I Grow Up I saw this one when I was in Trinidad and watching TV with my cousin in their shop. When I saw the title, I was like “Oh cool, a Garbage cover“. But it’s not. Not at all. The Pussycat Dolls song is just garbage (lowercase g). Katy Perry [...]

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Trinidad: The Economy

I was in Trinidad for the past 2 weeks. I’ll probably do a post sometime about the actual trip, but for now here’s the grocery bill from the time I was at the beach house. The exchange rate is about 1 USD = 6 TTD (1 USD = 6.00200 TTD) My cousin said she could [...]

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