Day: January 14, 2011

PINBOARD FILMS PRESENTS REHEARSAL ROOMS WITH JESSIE J

Current “woman of the moment” Jessie J performs the acoustic version of her hit single Do It Like A Dude with world-famous Red Bull Music… ‘Rehearsal Rooms’, an original series presented by friend to Mad News PinBoardBlog.com and filmed by their production house PinBoard Film.

VIDEO: USHER BOOED DURING CONCERT

Usher’s European tour kicked off in Berlin (Germany) several nights ago, but the star ended up disappointing his fans and there is definitely some drama going on behind the scenes. Check out the footage below… Perhaps opting to change his R&B style to bubble gum Pop/Dance music and dumbing down to sell records has finally taken it’s toll on Usher. Pull yourself together and go back to making real music Usher!

UK NEWS: REMEMBERING THE NEW CROSS FIRE 30 YEARS ON

“The New Cross Fire killed 13 young black people during a birthday party in a house in New Cross, Southeast London on Sunday January 18th, 1981 The party was a joint birthday celebration for Yvonne Ruddock and Angela Jackson and was held at 439 New Cross Road, going on throughout the night. There was a fairly high degree of racial tension in New Cross, as it was well known that the far right group the National Front were active in the area. []

DEAR DAILY MAIL… THIS IS NOT TINIE TEMPAH

The Daily Mail has posted the photograph (below) today on their website and according to the “journalist” who wrote the article this is rapper Tinie Tempah. Click HERE to read article featuring Z-list reality TV stars. I guess to some we all do look a like. Hilarious! [Thanks Kaydine] UPDATE: Instead of just re-captioning it The Mail has opted instead to remove the photograph from their website. Hahahahaha – Jokers!

THROW BACK (UNCOMFORTABLE) INTERVIEW OF THE DAY – TIM WESTWOOD INTERVIEWS CRAIG DAVID AND DJ SPOONY

I have always found BBC Radio personality / Hip Hop DJ Tim “Big Dawg” Westwood funny, while others have accused him of being just damn right rude at times.  But after watching this throwback interview from late 2008 where Westwood interviewed singer Craig David and fellow radio personality DJ Spoony, I now see exactly what they mean. There seemed to be a lot of animosity in the air. Craig looks visibly uncomfortable, Spoony is trying his hardest to remain professional, and when Westwood drags Reggae DJ Chris Goldfinger in to the mix []