Sunday, October 4, 2009

Hip Hop Roll

Hip Hop Roll


Kanye West Cancels Tour With Lady Gaga

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 02:44 PM PDT

Kanye West announced that he will not be doing his tour of the United States and Canada with Lady Gaga. He refused to tell anyone why he canceled the tour and Lady Gaga has confirmed that she did not ask Kanye to sit this one out.

Kanye West with Girlfriend Amber Rose

Kanye West with Girlfriend Amber Rose

So I guess it can only be assumed that he’s ashamed to face his fans. He knows that he will face ridicule wherever he goes for his composure on the MTV Video/Music Awards. I hope that this will be turning point for Kanye into realizing that he needs to be less opinionated and more diplomatic. Does anyone else think that Kanye acts like that on stage because he’s drunk half the time?

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Philippine Singing Competitions

Philippine Singing Competitions


Taste of Bethesda 2009 today!

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 10:03 AM PDT

Join the fun today, October 3, 2009 at the 20th food and music festival in Bethesda, Maryland. The Taste of Bethesda 2009 will bring 50 restaurants together and a full-packed entertainment for the day's event.

Location:
Along Norfolk, St. Elmo, Cordell, Del Ray and Auburn Avenues in Bethesda's Woodmont Triangle.

Taste of Bethesda Entertainment Schedule
Fairmont Stage
11am - 1pm - Swing Shift (Swing)
1:30 - 3:30pm - Signature Live! (Motown, Variety)

St. Elmo Stage
11:30am -1:30pm - Five Finger Discount Band (Funk)
2 - 4pm - Texas Chainsaw Horns (Swing, Jump, Blues)

Cordell Stage
11:15am - 1:15pm - JCJ Band (Latin)
1:15 - 3:45pm - Chopteeth (Afro-funk)

Norfolk Stage
11 - 11:45am - Ancient Rhythms (Middle Eastern Dance)
12 - 12:45pm - Los Quetzales (Mexican Dance)
1 - 1:45pm - Wong Chinese Lion Dancers (Chinese Dance)
2 - 2:45pm - Jayantika Dance Company (Indian Dance)
3 - 3:45pm - Sankofa Dance Theater (West African Dance)

Veterans Park
11am – 1pm - ilyaimy (Folk rock/alternative)
1:30– 3:30pm - The Village Jazz Band (Jazz)

Brit Music Scene

Brit Music Scene

Brit Music Scene


Lily Allen Quitting Music For Acting Ambition?

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 09:54 AM PDT

Lily Allen had a bit of a busy September. She decided to throw herself headfirst into the ongoing and highly charged debate over filesharing by starting a blog about it, based on the fact she’s against it 100 percent. Then she seemed to announce she was quitting music for good, and then deleted her blog and walked away from the situation completely. What the hell?

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Allen’s pronouncement she was quitting music was deleted almost as soon as it appeared on the site, so maybe it was a thing she blurted out on the spur of the moment. But there seems there could be one very good reason for her quitting music, and that is to fulfill her ambition to move into acting instead.

Now magazine claims Allen has been feeling down recently due to a number of reasons. But that her ambition to act could bring her back to her usual self. A source reportedly said:

“She needs a break. Lily’s miserable – a far cry from a few weeks ago when she was the life and soul of the GQ Men Of The Year Awards. She came back from touring South America and told everyone she’s sick of 
being famous. She took great umbrage at paparazzi trying to snap her at the airport.”

“Things aren’t going great with Sam [Cooper, her builder boyfriend] – partly because she hasn’t seen 
him much lately, but mostly because she’s so low. In private, she’s been going on about acting for well over a year. It’s a big ambition.”

I’m not sure turning to acting is the way to stop being famous and persuading the paparazzi you’re not worth taking photos of. But then that’s just me and my non-fame-seeking state of mind talking. maybe I’ve got it all wrong.

I’d think an easier way of preventing quite so much press coverage coming your way would be to do your job and keep your head down. Which isn’t how Allen goes about things, as she’s known for her outspoken views and expressing those at the drop of a hat.

Could Lily Allen act? Probably, seeing as both her dad Keith and brother Alfie can, so it’s probably in her blood. But she’d be a loss to the British music scene, even if just for her forthright way of talking to the press.

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