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To-Do List: Talk About Kelly Clarkson, Giveaway These Coachella Tickets

April 5th, 2008 | 9 Comments | Posted in MP3, Music, Remixes

Coachella

I have some sweet swag for a couple of lucky readers. You may have heard of this little music festival called Coachella, well the shindig is going down Friday, April 25th all the way through Sunday, April 27th. I have two 3-Day Passes to giveaway. But more on that later.

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It has been one crazy week here at the PMA Offices (my MacBook). Nothing has ever been more noteworthyKelly Clarkson Demos in PMA History than the Kelly Clarkson Demos that I “leaked” this passing week. The attention generated from these four demos blow Green Day doing the Simpson’s, Icky Thump, and the new Foos out of the water. As per usual, the user comments are a pain, but I’m not really complaining, the traffic boost is nice. Still is.

But the most shocking thing to happen because of these demos has been that Billboard Article.

The new material from Clarkson, never one to escape controversy, surfaced earlier this week via the Los Angeles-based music blog Pretty Much Amazing.

Blog editor Luis Tovar says his traffic skyrocketed this week, both with fans looking to hear the tunes, as well as staunch defenders of Clarkson’s right to keep her work private.

“The ‘Crazy Clarkson Fans,’ as one person called them, were amusing at first, annoying later,” Tovar tells Billboard.com. “But it’s great to see the brand loyalty out there. These people are ready to go to war for Clarkson. It’s kind of cute, almost.”

Tovar says he’s unaware of the songs’ origins, saying only that a friend passed him a disc that contained them.

Although it makes me out to look a bit like a jerk, it’s still fucking cool!

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At the moment, I am deciding whether I should move out of this Wordpress.com outfit and transfer the blog on my private server I recently purchased. I am LOVING Wordpress.com’s user-friendly getup, and I almost don’t want to even make the hassel of switching servers. Yes, it does have its limitations like NO ADS, NO THIRD PARTY SCRIPTS, or EMBEDS other than YouTube. It seems the only way I can get around these silly rules is to become a “VIP”. And the only way to become a WP.com VIP is to have somewhere around 500,000 pageviews a month. Which sucks because in March, I hit 125,000. Oh well, maybe one day I will become a VIP.

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Before I tell you how to get your greedy hands on those Coachella Tickets, I want to share a little mix I made up last night. I was feeling sort of sick, exhausted, and bored. So let’s spread the misery.

MGMT - Electric Feel (J-La’s BK Futures Edit)
KRAFTWERK - Neon Lights

Yeasayer - 2080
Evangelicals - Midnight Vignette
Black Kids - I’ve Underestimated My Charm (Again)
Vampire Weekend - M79
Ghostland Observatory - Heavy Heart
Datarock - Computer Camp Love
Radiohead - The Bends

It was completely random, but it got me through the night. Especially after some drunken idiot crashed just outside my place. It wasn’t much fun having 4 or 5 city official vehicles flashing their shit four about an hour.

HAHA, I’m just a ray or sunshine today, aren’t I?

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Alright, here’s the deal, if you want the tickets (yes, both of them). You have to:
1. Email Me!
2. In the email you will: give me the two names of the people that are planning on scoring these Godsends, beg for the tickets, tell me how awesome I am, give me a nice ear full (or eye full?) about how you’ve never been to Coachella and why you HAFTA GO this year because Jack Johnson makes you cream your pants or something…
3. Wait till April 22nd when I email the winner with further instructions.

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4 New Kelly Clarkson Demos

April 1st, 2008 | 94 Comments | Posted in Entertainment, MP3, Music

Last year’s platinum-selling My December was a product of a pissed off American Idol and a pissed of legendary record man. Most of you know of the drama that went on during the making of December and here is what Fox had to report: “>There was no bucking the system, and no going against Clive Davis. Sources tell me that Clarkson has agreed, through her wise new manager Narvel Blackstock, to make a pop album for release in 2008 with songs selected by Davis and his team.”

Next to Breakaway’s 11 million sales, My December is a flop and a no-hitter. These 4 new demos are allegedly products of her new “pop” record for 2008. The leaked demos include “Close Your Eyes”, “One Day”, “Ready”, and “With A Little Bit Of Luck”. It is clear these are demos and of shitty quality right-off-the-bat, but with the right tweaking and some “Since U Been Gone” magic, we have another megahit and we will all be ashamed to love. Watch out for “With a Little Bit of Luck”.

Kelly Clarkson - Close Your Eyes: Download | Link 2 | Link 3
Kelly Clarkson - One Day: Download | Link 2 | Link 3
Kelly Clarkson - Ready: Download | Link 2 | Link 3
Kelly Clarkson - With A Little Bit Of Luck: Download | Link 2 | Link 3

The support Kelly has from her fans is quite remarkable. Its still weird do bitch so much over a few demos…

But anyway, they’re down now.

UPDATE: PMA has washed their hands of this, but someone DID leave a little present in the comments. 

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5 Pop Acts You Are Allowed To Like

September 17th, 2007 | 26 Comments | Posted in Entertainment, MP3, Music

What’s wrong with pop music? It’s more of a rhetorical question, I don’t need a shitfull of unhappy Pitchfork fan boys preaching about the evil, spawn of Satan that is Pop Music. This goes out to those same Pitchfork fan boys who are desperately trying to prove their indie cred. Take a breather, guys. You can actually turn up KIIS FM and not feel completely suicidal. Here are the 5 Pop Acts you are allowed to like without getting your ass kicked by the indie police.

UPDATE: Read The Rap-Response to this post here.


Lily Allen on eMusic
You gotta love this bad ass Brit; in essence, she’s a likeable Lady Soveriegn. She’s so badass she’s beating out Chris Martin and Patrick Stump as Rap’s favorite Pop Hook, believe me, that’s bad ass. Stereogum loves Allen like no other, well second to the Arcade Fire.

mp3: Lily Allen - LDN (non-album version) [audio=http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/381393_4s3do/Lily%20Allwn%20LDN.mp3]

mp3: Lily Allen - Alfie [audio=http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/381397_rjfgp/Lily%20Allen-%20Alfie.mp3]


Nelly Furtado on eMusic
There are few things in this world that can be recognized almost anywhere; you have coke, a woman’s breasts, and Nelly Furtado. Unless you and your stash of coke and porn have been hiding under a rock since the summer of 2006, you have, most likely, been graced my Nelly’s beauty and Timbaland’s stabbing deep-drum. Love and loathed,Nelly Furtado holds a unique groove and mellowness that when combined work amazingly well on the dance floor, and just as good on my iPod headphones.

mp3: Nelly Furtado - Crazy (Gnarls Barkley Cover) [audio=http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/381443_3agof/nellyfurtadocrazy.mp3]

mp3: Nelly Furtado - Promiscuous [audio=http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/372655_7xowu/Promiscuous.mp3]

Rihanna on eMusic
Basically, you weren’t allowed to like Rihanna, Top 40 Radio is a no-no for you.

mp3: Rihanna - Umbrella [audio=http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/381492_phraq/rihanna_umbrella_%28feat_jay-z%29.mp3]

mp3: Rihanna - Shut Up And Drive *DOWNLOAD OR DIE* [audio=http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/381491_ma9hr/Rihanna_-_Shut_Up_And_Drive.mp3]

mp3: Rihanna - Don’t Stop The Music [audio=http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/381490_liyuz/03-rihanna-dont_stop_the_music-osc.mp3]

More After The Jump! More »

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Kelly Clarkson To Release Pop Album in 2008.

August 2nd, 2007 | 2 Comments | Posted in Entertainment

Word around these streets (to name a few of these streets: Fox News St., PopCrunch Ave, and The Mix Blvd. ) is that Kelly Clarkson will release a Clive Davis-friendly pop album in 2008. For those of you who missed the drama, Kelly Clarkson recently released My December, the dark, heavily rock influenced album, which isn’t as radio appealing than her megahit 2004 album, Breakaway. SonyBMG head, Clive Davis who wanted another pop hit, faught against the Clarkson-penned album.

If these reports are true, it is most likely a compromise between Davis and Clarkson. She got to release an album her way, now she has to please her label. A “win, win” situation, right? Of course not, if it was, why would I be writing this? Kelly Clarkson may have lost some of her younger, mall zombie fans after releasing My December, but she has gained a mature, life-long audience. Anyone who purchased and liked My December will definitely go out and buy any future Kelly Clarkson album. But if she aims to please her label and releases heaps of albums full of “Since You Been Gone”’s, Clarkson will soon be in and out of jail/rehab/lesbian relationships and featured in those “Where Are They Now?” tv specials.

Kelly did the right thing by releasing My December and if she has to switch between serious Kelly to pop Kelly to keep her label heads happy, then, I guess that isn’t the worst thing in the world, right?

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