Finally some new music from the great Erykah Badu – “Window Seat” is the lead single off her upcoming album, ‘New Amerykah Part 2 (Return of the Ankh)‘, which hits stores March 30th!
Erykah Badu – “Window Seat”
[via RapRadar]
Last night Entertainment Tonight aired their exclusive on-set footage and interviews from the upcoming movie-musical, ‘Burlesque’, starring Cher, Christina Aguilera, Kristen Bell, and Stanley Tucci.
From the costumes to the dancing, the movie looks extremely fun, and definitely very sexy. We all know Christina can sing her face off, and who doesn’t love Cher? Watch the ET feature below, and then after the jump check out extended interviews with all the stars from ETonline.com.
Watch extended interviews with the stars below!
Check out this exclusive, brand-new track, “Put It On Repeat”, from the amazing Marsha Ambrosius! Just remember, you heard it here, at TheWaitingRoom, FIRST!
Marsha Ambrosius – “Put It On Repeat”
Don’t forget, Marsha’s debut solo album, ‘Late Nights & Early Mornings‘, is out this June on J Records!
TheWaitingRoom got an EXCLUSIVE fist listen preview of Marsha’s new album, and from what I heard tonight this album will be an R&B/soul classic! The music, vocals, and songwriting are on another level!
Read TheWaitingRoom’s exclusive interview with Marsha from this past summer.
Filed under: Live Shows, Things You Should Know About | Tags: Mad Ave Boys
Rising garage pop band the Mad Ave Boys will debut their infectious breakout single “Mannequin” at Manhattan’s Highline Ballroom on Saturday, February 6th 2010 – also featuring performances by underground rappers Mikealis, The Illz and Rich Nitty.
Produced by hit producer Develop (Lil’ Wayne, Juelz Santana, Young Jeezy, Rick Ross, Jim Jones, Kid Sister and others), the Mad Ave Boys and their loyal following are already reputed for taking over NYC hotspots Santos Party House, Arlene’s Grocery, Greenhouse, Southpaw and Rebel NYC with their electric live performance.
My buddy Nova tweeted this piece earlier today by Brian Moylan from Gawker (a favorite over here at TheWaitingRoom). I figured I’d share with you guys, seeing as how nothing exciting is really popping off in music at the moment. Read this - It’s funny, but more importantly – it’s true, and perhaps even necessary (for straights and gays).
A Contract for the Gay Guy/Straight Guy Friendship
This Sunday, gay guys and straight guys will be rubbing elbows at Superbowl parties across country. Some of them will even hit it off and want to become friends. This is progress, people, but like anything, there are some rules.
While not as fraught or as common as the friendship between gay guys and straight girls, sometimes the butch and the femme want to come together in a Platonic fashion. This is great for both parties. Many gay men experienced teasing and torment in their younger years by the big, butch jocks and other assorted heteros in their high schools and this is a great way to get over the PTSD of daily name calling and atomic wedgies in the boys’ room. For straight guys, having a homo friend is a fine way to get over homophobia as well as welcoming him into the modern world of diversity and acceptance for all.
But straight guys, there are a few things we need to work out first. Don’t expect that we’re going to be the guy you point to when you have to say, “I love gay people! I’m friends with a gay!” and we’re not just going to let you draft off all our straight lady friends so that you can run off and make the future generation of babygays (but thanks for that). This should be a relationship of equals based on strictly above-the-belt affection and shared interest. We may be on different teams, but as men we’re all playing the same sport.
Get Into Our Things: Here we are at your Super Bowl party trying to pretend that we care about a football game that doesn’t have Mark Sanchez in it. The thing about mainstream culture is that it is pretty much made for straight boys. We probably already listen to similar music, see similar movies, and watch similar shows, so we have lots of common ground. But don’t be afraid to open your mind up to the things we think are cool because they might brand you “too gay.” After all, Lady Gaga and America’s Next Top Model are practically mainstream these days, so you should know them. Also, your girlfriend might give you a BJ once she finds out about your new-found love of Project Runway. You’re welcome.
We Don’t Want to Have Sex with You: A common reaction among straight boys to meeting a gay is to get all skeeved out thinking he is about to get hit on. Sorry, you’re not our type. Just like the straight guy doesn’t want to have sex with every woman, we don’t want to have sex with every guy. First of all, we know you’re straight and aren’t interested. Second of all, there are plenty of gay guys that we don’t even want to have sex with, the fact that you are ugly and straight just gives you two strikes. So relax, straighty, we don’t want to have sex with you any more than you want to have sex with Janet Reno.
…Unless You Are Hot: If you are hot, then we definitely want to have sex with you. Actually, being attractive and a labia-lover makes us want you twice as bad. It’s a challenge. So, yes, we’re going to flirt with you and try to woo you in a very obvious way. You should be flattered. This will stop eventually once we realize that you really are straight and we are more interested in going to the movies together than sharing a bed. That’s not to say if at any point during the course of our friendship you get drunk and try to make out with us, we’ll stop you.
We Don’t Want to Make You Over: We don’t care that you only pay $15 to get your haircut, don’t wax your eye brows, buy clothes at discount stores, and don’t wear underwear with names that look like algebra equations. That’s part of your appeal, so don’t get worried thinking that we’re trying to change you. If you want some advice or to go shopping together, that’s cool, but we aren’t just going to be the guy that helps you look good. There are gays you hire to do that. They’re called stylists.
Read More After the Jump!
Filed under: Events, Television, Totally Random | Tags: Beyonce, Grammys, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Lady Gaga, Pink, Taylor Swift
I’m not usually one for discussing award shows the day, or several days, after they happen – but I figured since TheWaitingRoom is generally considered a music blog, I should say something about the Grammys. Here are my brief thoughts on The 2010 Grammy Awards.
Congrats Beyonce! Easily one of the hardest working people in show biz! For those who haven’t heard, she now holds the record for the most Grammy wins in one night (6) for a female artist!
Gaga deserved to win at least one award that was shown on the main show. First they disqualify her for the Best New Artist field, but nominate her for most of the big awards, then only give her pre-show awards? That’s just disrespectful. Her performance with Sir Elton? Historical.
Pink – um, that was cool, but didn’t we see this already at the 2009 MTV VMA’s?
Who saw that giant smile Jay-Z gave Beyonce when she won her final award of the night, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for “Halo”? That smile was worth a thousand words – that man is truly enamored by that woman – and it made me smile too.
Taylor Swift is the most overrated artist of our time – she better thank Kanye in her next album liner notes for all these pity awards. I was already somewhat underwhelmed back when they announced the nominees for Album of the Year, but Sunday night when I heard Taylor Swift’s name announced as the winner – my heart sunk.
One last thought – I can’t wait for next year when Kanye and Xtina are in full effect. I’m sure the show will be very interesting!
PS: When the best part of a tribute is the pre-recorded vocals of the person you’re tributing, you know something is… off. I love Michael Jackson, I love “Earth Song”, but I did not love that tribute. And was it me, or was only about 7 seconds of it actually in 3D? Thank God those 3D glasses from Target were free, but the gas I used to drive to Target was a waste.
Filed under: Events, Live Shows, Things You Should Know About | Tags: Cormega, Immortal Technique, Kid Capri, Mickey Factz, Styles P
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If you have yet to donate to the Haiti earthquake relief (you know who you are) – no need to stress, and no time for self-pity. This is your chance to give back, and get a great show at the same time!
Famed NYC venue, SOB’s, is hosting a major Haiti benefit concert, set to take place TONIGHT, Thursday, Jan. 28th! The show is a who’s who of some of the best Hip-Hop artists around – and 100% of the ticket costs are being donated directly to the people of Haiti – in fact, they are planning to record when they actually hand over the donation and post it on YouTube as proof that your money went directly to the people of Haiti.
Tickets just $30 - with 100% of that going to Haiti relief efforts!
Doors are at 7PM - Show is at 9PM
Styles P, Immortal Technique, Cormega,
Kid Capri, Mickey Factz, & MORE!
The other day there was a false alarm when I posted a Sade track, “Flow”, and labeled it as new off her upcoming album, ‘Soldier of Love‘ – Thankfully a reader pointed out that it was actually an old Sade track from her last album, 2000’s ‘Lovers Rock‘.
Well, to make up for that slip-up, I now have for you an actually brand new song, “Skin”, off Sade’s upcoming album. The track is great and even features a slight MJ tribute at about 50-seconds into the song – so listen out for that!
Sade – “Skin”
[via B. Scott (lovebscott.com)]
Filed under: Things You Should Know About
Earlier today actress Zelda Rubinstein passed away at a Los Angeles hospital where she had been in care for the past few months since suffering a mild heart attack. You may remember Zelda Rubinstein, who was 76, as the itty-bitty psychic with a childlike voice from the classic horror flick, ‘Poltergeist’. I am child of the ’80s and Rubinstein is a staple of my childhood, from ‘Poltergeist’, to her role in a guilty pleasure of mine, ‘Teen Witch’.
While most recognize her for her work in film, Rubinstein was also a strong supporter of the gay community and a heavy advocate for AIDS awareness and condom use in throughout the infamous HIV/AIDS crisis of the ’80s.
[via BostonHerald.com]
Watch a classic clip of the great Zelda Rubinstein below.
She will be dearly missed and always remembered!
Filed under: Things You Should Know About | Tags: Christina Aguilera, Muhammad Ali
Two icons in their own right, Muhammad Ali and Christina Aguilera teamed up to film this new Haiti relief effort PSA. Aguilera is also the spokesperson for the Yum! Brands World Hunger Relief, which is backin this new PSA. Watch below.
You can donate $5 right now by texting FRIENDS to 90999 or visiting FromHungerToHope.com. According to WFP, your donation of $5 will feed 20 hungry children in Haiti.
[via ETonline.com]
