Category: Music

Reggie Padilla’s Almost Home Now Available Digitally

My brother’s album, Almost Home, is now available digitally through Amazon and iTunes. Click on the video above to hear “For Dani,” the track he wrote for his wife. While buying this fine jazz album through Amazon helps me out a bit, buying the physical CD from Pass Out Records helps my brother out a ton. So if you’re looking for a great stocking stuffer for one of the jazz lovers in your life, kindly consider picking up my brother’s album.

Hey…I just realized that he has tracks for his wife and his dog, but not his (more) dashing and (more) charming brother. Hmph. I’m going to chalk that one up to sibling jealousy.

Journey Nominated For Grammy Award

Congratulations to composer Austin Wintory for having the soundtrack for Journey nominated for a Grammy Award. The soundtrack is up for the Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media award. The nomination is being touted as “the first videogame score in history to be nominated for a Grammy Award.” While the competition is fierce (John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Trent Reznor, and Howard Shore also have works nominated), being nominated is an outstanding accomplishment. It’s awesome that videogame music composers are being recognized alongside some of the biggest names in movie soundtracks.

Watch Jay-Z Ride the Subway to a Performance

Here’s a cool documentary that covers Jay-Z’s performances at the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. It’s a nice behind-the-scenes look at the artist and one of the hottest new arenas in the country. There’s a really cute moment around the 19:20 mark where Jay-Z takes the subway to Barclays. He converses with an elderly woman that asks him about what he does and if he’s famous. Upon realizing that he’s Jay-Z, the woman remarks, “Oh, your’re Jay-Z! I know about Jay-Z!”

It’s a very cool and cute moment. I think it’s awesome that Jay-Z rides the subway (albeit with a security team in tow) like a real person. If he wanted to, I’m sure he could by his own subway car. It’s nice to see him mixing and mingling with the normals.

Anyway, check out the video when you have a chance and please share your thoughts on it in the comments section.

[Thanks to my darling Glenda for sharing the video!]

Psy and MC Hammer Team Up For Gangnam Style

At the 2012 American Music Awards, Korean popstar and burgeoning Internet legend Psy performed his hit “Gangnam Style” with some help from MC Hammer. A mashup of Psy’s smash and Hammer’s “2 Legit 2 Quit” ensued…and it was glorious. It was easily the best teamup of 2012 and quite possibly the most amazing pairing since Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman appeared together in the March 2008 issue of W. Continue reading “Psy and MC Hammer Team Up For Gangnam Style”

Gangnam Style Invades Gaming

Psy’s “Gangnam Style” has taken the world by storm, so it was only a matter of time before the Korean sensation hit the gaming world. Here are two videos of two different games using “Gangnam Style.” First up is GameSamba’s Remnant Knights, followed by Fishing Cactus’ Creatures 4. Check out the videos, let me know what you think of them, and let me know which clip used “Gangnam Style” most effectively. Continue reading “Gangnam Style Invades Gaming”

Watch Axl Rose Butcher “Welcome to the Jungle”

Check out this live performance of Guns N’ Roses performing “Welcome to the Jungle” at a show last week at Bridge School…and prepare to weep. Axl Rose was completely awful. From greeting the crowd with a “Yee ha!” to his horrendous voice to his heart-attack mimicking mannerisms, everything about this live torture session performance was pathetic.

I remember the first time I saw the video for this Apetite for Destruction classic. I was amazed that something that raw and hard and heavy was on MTV. Axl’s now-wretched voice paired with an acoustic guitar have almost ruined the song for me. It’s so, so bad.

Slash was right to leave this bum.

[Thanks to Justin Killian for the link!]

Brian May Talks Sacha Baron Cohen, Queen Movie

Remember that Queen movie starring Sacha Baron Cohen I wrote about way back in September 2010? Apparently it’s on track for a 2014 release. Here’s what legendary Queen guitarist Brian May told Fact:

Filming is now scheduled to start in the Spring, with Sacha Baron Cohen playing Freddie. The film should be ready for release early in 2014.

Being in Queen is — bizarrely — as full of surprising twists and turns as ever — 40 years since we first got together, and 20 years after losing Freddie. But of course Freddie is in so many ways very much alive. He must be wryly smiling somewhere.

As a big Sacha Baron Cohen fan and an even bigger Queen fan, I can’t wait for this movie. For my money, Freddie Mercury is the greatest frontman that ever lived. His amazing voice and powerful stage presence were just…wow. I’ve never seen anyone better. I still get chills watching him work the crowd during Live Aid. Watch the performance below and witness Freddie’s glory.

Anyone else amped to watch Sacha Baron Cohen as Freddie Mercury in the Queen movie?

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