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Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Foreign Born On Tour With Datarock

Catch LA's Foreign Born on their west coast tour with Norway's Datarock starting October 2nd (dates below).

10/2- San Diego, CA - Casbah
10/3- Los Angeles, CA - Echo
10/4- Costa Mesa, CA- Detroit Bar
10/6- Portland, OR- Doug Fir Lounge
10/7- Seattle, WA- Chop Suey

Foreign Born will also be appearing on the premiere of NBC's highly publicized new series CHUCK which airs September 24th. For more info:
http://www.nbc.com/Chuck/

Stream the band's critically acclaimed new CD "On The Wing Now" at: http://www.dimmak.com/onthewingnow/

Also visit:

http://myspace.com/foreignborn
http://www.foreignbornmusic.blogspot.com/

Kanye West VS. 50 Cent at the MTV VMA's

Ross the Intern interviews celebrities at the SodaHead.com lounge for the MTV Video Music Awards in Las Vegas.

Monday, September 10, 2007

Rob Zombie's First Live Album in Stores 10/23

The long-awaited first live album from Rob Zombie has arrived. A brain-bashing, soul-shaking sonic earthquake, Zombie - Live (Geffen Records/UMe), released October 23, 2007, in both clean and explicit versions, spans songs from the hard rocker’s entire career.

Recorded in 2006 during the tour supporting the Educated Horses album, which hit #5 on the Pop chart, Zombie Live finds Zombie leading a supercharged band featuring guitarist John 5, bassist Piggy D, drummer Tommy Clufetos and was produced by long-time co-writer and producer Scott Humphrey.

www.myspace.com/robzombie

50 Cent VS. Kanye West- A Web Popularity Analysis

Tomorrow is the big day for Kanye and 50 Cent. Who is going to outsell the other?

Let's take a look at how they stack up online.
Monthly Uniques: KanyeWest.com VS. 50cent.com

KanyeWest.com - 50Cent.com

Kanye wins but what's more interesting is that in the last 2 months leading up to the release when you would expect traffic to increase, 50cent.com sees a considerable drop in traffic. My theory is that the albums or singles leaked onto the internet around June pushing the buzz for Kanye and killing the buzz for 50 Cent.

Myspace Friends:
Myspace.com/KanyeWest - 161,612
Myspace.com/50Cent - 932,459

iTunes Singles Chart:
#2 Kanye - Stronger
#9 50Cent - Ayo Technology

Billboard Singles Chart:
#2 Kanye - Stronger
#20 50Cent - Ayo Technology

YouTube Video Plays:
Kanye West - Stronger
Views: 2,602,163
50 Cent - Ayo Technology
Views: 485,589

Amazon Sales Rank:

Sales Rank: #6 in Music

VS
Sales Rank: #2 in Music

Kanye wins everything but the Myspace Friends, but then again who uses Myspace these days. I will be surprised if Kanye doesn't outsell 50 Cent.

AOL Music presents HIM's online world premier right now!

The online world premiere of HIM’s new record Venus Doom is available exclusively on AOL Music. You can listen to the full album and check out the single “Kiss of Dawn.” Venus Doom will be available in stores everywhere on September 18th.
Listen to the full album stream of Venus Doom here:
http://music.aol.com/songs/new_releases_full_cds?defaultTab=3

Can't get enough of Britney Spears

Even though her performance last night was horrible.

Here are some Britney Ringtones
Go to http://www.mtv.com/mobile/shows/2007_mobile_vma/ or http://www.flickr.com/photos/wuny/1356169012/ for a “Gimme More” or “It’s Britney, Bitch” ring-tone.