I haven't watched American Idol since Fantasia was sprawled on the stage singing about fish jumping and the cotton being high (classic, son!), so forgive me if I have no idea who Kris Allen or any of the other finalists are. But I stumbled across this video of Kris Allen covering Kanye's "Heartless" over at TSS and two thoughts crossed my mind:   1. Why do people like Heartless so much? Kris' is the second notable cover of the song-- The Fray Read More

  [caption id="attachment_2750" align="aligncenter" width="406" caption="A street sweeper shotgun, turned in for a gift card."][/caption]   Happy hump day! It's the middle of the week, and you're probably wondering why the hell Friday hasn't shown up yet. No matter, here are some random news tidbits to get you through the day.    1. Pope Benedict XVI was… Read More

Apparently there was a video made for the song "Two Words" by Kanye and Mos Def, off of the College Dropout. Remember that song? I loved it, still do. Takes me back to freshman year in college when the first album came out. Rodd and I pushed our way to the front of the crowd when we went to see him at the House of Blues. Then we tried to inch back a bit when the girls went crazy for the Young Gunz, who were Ye's opening act. I think that was March of '04. Black on Both Sides was already 5 years old but it still got play in my first generation ipod (the one that broke in like 4 months-- damn you Apple!!) like it was new.   So why haven't I seen… Read More