What is one expected to do when the economy’s in the tank and it seems harder and harder to make a decent living in your chosen industry? In music, the route to a sustainable existence appears to be written in the ads. Or, so it seems in the case of the Black Eyed Peas, a [...][...]
Posts Tagged ‘will.i.am’
February 5th, 2010 - 2:55 pm § in True/Slant
Video Friday: David Hyde Pierce Raps Better Than will.i.am
Words cannot describe the act of David Hyde Pierce rapping about the big movies at this year’s Sundance to the tune of Black Eyed Peas’ “Boom Boom Pow.” Thanks to YouTube, there’s video evidence of such an event [via videogum]: [youtubevid id="gdMsTUGhVJI&feature=pl[...]
December 24th, 2009 - 12:40 am § in True/Slant
The Best Music Criticism of 2009
The finest piece of music criticism in 2009 did not come from a paper of record. It did not come from a music-dedicated blog. It came from the disastrously-produced superhero film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. I had the (dis)pleasure of viewing Wolverine the other night, but was tickled pink by one well[...]