When Bill Clinton first ran for office his campaign came up with the idea to appear on the Arsenio Hall Show to appeal to the young generation by playing the saxophone. Sixteen years later, the internet and now Youtube has transformed campaigns for the presidency. See for yourself.
Continue ReadingSimply Red is a one-man outfit—so how exactly is it disbanding, asks Neil McCormick. Mick Hucknall announced on Wednesday that Simply Red are splitting up. Which rather raises the question: how does a group with only one member go their separate ways?
Hucknall has employed 27 different musicians over the band’s 25-year career, and admitted in 1991 that Simply Red was “essentially a solo project”.
The underage sex trial of R. Kelly is about to start. Just in time for the publicity, R. Kelly has released a CD and now also a DVD. Life is going to get a lot simpler if he gets convicted.
NT Times: ON Tuesday the R&B singer R. Kelly released “Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22,” a DVD of the newest episodes of his video hip-hopera. Featuring 26 characters, byzantine twists of plot and cliffhanger endings, it has a story that can perplex even the most devoted fans.
Andrew Kuo, the artist and blogger, hunkered down with all 22 installments, mapping out the complex interpersonal relationships. “I have a feeling that R. Kelly has about 40 napkins on his office desk, covered with diagrams and arrows,” Mr. Kuo said. The entire series will be shown on the Independent Film Channel in September.
A Picture Guide to R. Kelly’s Complicated Life
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