Fiona Apple Cancels tour to be with her sick dog

Okay. Im going to post the story for you guys but let me just express my feelings on the subject first.

Basically, Fiona Apple, cancelled an entire South American tour (millions of dollars possibly) to spend time with her dog which she says is dying. Her dog has a disease and has been sick for years but it now seems more ill to her so she thinks she is dying. No medical professional of the animal variety has actually stated that the dog is dying. So my main question is ...what if the dog is still alive this time next year? Are there going to be more cancelled tours?

Another question that I would like to raise is why doesnt she just take the dog with her on tour? Wouldnt that be the easier and more logical solution? Im sure she has the means to make sure that her pet travels comfortably and is well cared for while on the road. That way she could see her pet every night after the show. On her last tour she left the dog home and didnt see her at all.

Lastly I just get a weird vibe by how she refers to this dog as her mother and her daughter and all of this stuff. I get the daughter part sort of , but the mother part is odd and makes me wonder about the mental stability of Fiona Apple. I love animals but this just seems a tad off putting. And...who names a dog Janet? lol jk

Atleast she bothered to write a letter to fans.

Fiona Apple Cancels Tour To Be With Her Dying Dog

'I just can't leave her now, please understand,' Apple writes about the declining health of her dog in an open letter to fans.

By James Montgomery (@positivnegativ)

Fiona Apple is canceling her upcoming South American tour due to the declining health of her dog, Janet.
No, we're not kidding ... and no, we don't have any problem with her decision, especially given the heartfelt letter she penned to fans and posted on her Facebook page Tuesday (November 20), in which she calls her beloved dog "My best friend and my mother and my daughter, my benefactor" and "the one who taught me what love is."
"I got her when she was four months old, I was 21 then, an adult officially, and she was my child ... Janet has been the most consistent relationship of my adult life, and that is just a fact," Apple wrote. "She slept in bed with me, her head on the pillow, and she accepted my hysterical, tearful face into her chest, with her paws around me, every time I was heartbroken, or spirit-broken, or just lost, and as years went by, she let me take the role of her child, as I fell asleep, with her chin resting above my head."
Apple added that Janet suffers from Addison's disease, a rare endocrine disorder in which the adrenal glands do not produce sufficient steroid hormones, and needs frequent Cortisol injections to deal with the condition. Janet had been coping for years, but when Apple returned from the most recent leg of her U.S. tour in support of the The Idler Wheel ... album, she noticed a marked difference in the dog's health ... and now, she fears she can't leave her "best friend's side."
"If I go away again, I'm afraid she'll die and I won't have the honor of singing her to sleep, of escorting her out. Sometimes it takes me 20 minutes to pick which socks to wear to bed. But this decision is instant," she wrote. "I will not be the woman who puts her career ahead of love and friendship ... I just can't leave her now, please understand."
Apple recently posed with a portrait of Janet in a New York Times profile, and has taken a cut-out of the dog onstage during Idler Wheel shows. Her South American tour was set to kick off on November 27 in Porto Alegre, Brazil. At press time, there has been no word on when those dates will be rescheduled, but Apple promises she'll make them up, closing the letter with a solemn "I'll be seeing you."
Do you support Apple's decision to spend time with her ailing pooch? Let us know in the comments below.

Cee Lo Green accused of sexual assault!

Well I will tell you the story then I will post my opinion on how it went down....

Cee Lo Accuser
He Slipped Me Ecstasy
And Had Sex with Me

EXCLUSIVE

The woman who filed a police report accusing Cee Lo of sexual battery secretly recorded a conversation with the singer, and sources involved in the case tell TMZ ... Cee Lo admitted slipping her a drug and then having sex with her -- something the singer denies.

The woman has told cops ... Cee Lo took her to a downtown L.A. restaurant in July. They had a drink and she says she remembers nothing after that. The woman claims the next thing she knew she was lying naked in a bed and Cee Lo was in the room.

We're told the woman, who does not live in California, almost immediately went to her local law enforcement agency and reported the incident. The matter was eventually referred to the LAPD.

Sources tell us ... LAPD detectives had the woman make a "pretext call" -- a call in which someone baits the other party into acknowledging a crime or other misdeed -- and it was recorded.

Sources involved in the case represent to TMZ ... Cee Lo is on tape, repeatedly apologizing and referencing MDMA (Ecstasy) -- though he does not specifically say he put it in her drink. Sources say Cee Lo told her he thought the drug would help them have an exciting time together. For the record, MDMA generally does not render people unconscious.

Sources connected with Cee Lo scoff at the claim, saying if the tape contained such admissions Cee Lo would already be under arrest.

As we first reported ... detectives went to the restaurant last week to determine if employees saw anything unusual between Cee Lo and the woman.

And we're told ... LAPD detectives will refer the matter to the L.A. County District Attorney's Office when the investigation is completed.

Sources connected to Cee Lo tell us ... the accuser went to a civil lawyer BEFORE going to police and demanded money from the singer to make the whole thing go away. Other sources tell us a different story -- that her lawyer called Cee Lo's manager to find out if the singer had any communicable diseases and never made any money demands.

Our Cee Lo sources say the manager shut the lawyer down and that's when she went to cops. Other sources say she called the cops BEFORE her lawyer called Cee Lo's manager.

 

 

 

 

Well I think this is bullshit. I would be willing to bet money that the girl took ecstacy willingly and then tried to say the next day ..oh I didnt want to sleep with you on the first date, it was the ecstacy. And that is why he is heard on the recording saying ..oh my bad I thought it would improve our evening. He is clearly not admitting to slipping her drugs. She just wants money. That is why she hired a civil lawyer first and they approached him for money. Only after he refused to pay her did she file a police report. If she was really assaulted she would have called the police in the first place..not asked for money. Get the fuck out of here. If this hurts his career at all that would be disgusting. I hope the voice atleast keeps him on for the rest of the season. Word on the street was that this is his last season anyway.

Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2012/11/01/cee-lo-drug-sex-ecstasy-recording-lapd-restaurant/#ixzz2BKfpEoPa

The Voice/ Nicholas David

Okay so this year I finally succumbed and started watching the show The Voice. I never watched it before because I felt like it was a rip off of American Idol, but it is actually quite different and it has some real talent on it. I will watch anything where I can see some raw talent for the first time.

Right now Im into this old head that is on there. This guy Nicholas David is pretty amazing. He looks like a bum with long shaggy hair and he is like 50 years old but when he starts singing he has so much soul. His understanding of music is crazy. He is possibly the most soulful hippy ever. Nicholas David is on Cee-Lo 's team. Im also a huge Cee- lo fan , clearly he has good taste. If this guy doesnt win the whole show I am sure he will still be successful. Mark my words.

Itunes has a section with singles featured on the show. Just go on Itunes and scroll down and you will see an icon in red and says The Voice. Click on that to get to the singles. Again, the guys name is Nicholas David and he has 3 singles featured on Itunes so far I think.

Black Star / Mos Def and Talib Kweli

I marked another item off of my bucket list Saturday night. I saw Black Star perform in Atlantic City at the House of Blues. Black Star is comprised of Mos Def and Talib Kweli. Both of which are lyrical geniuses. Atlantic City actually started evacuating while I was there so the show was very intimate. Wasnt crowded at all and I got to be very close to the stage.

Neither artist has aged a day in 10 years and their show wasnt lacking at all for a couple of middle aged guys. I would rate the show right up there with Wu Tang who I saw when I was 15. They had tons of energy through the entire show and even their dj was amazing. Mos danced the whole show like a crazy person and they smiled and joked with one another. The chemistry they have is amazing. A crowd favorite of course was when they did Talibs "Get By." My favorite was when they did a track over Slick Ricks bed time story song. It was sooooo hot. Knock 'em out the park Mos , knock 'em out the park. Talib danced and mimicked swinging a bat during that segment.


PICS!!!!!

ohDanger! Interview (Jim Colliton)

I have a special treat. Its another addition to my series of local artist interviews. I interviewed a DJ out of Salisbury that goes by the name ohDanger!.

His real name is Jim Colliton. Some people may not agree that a DJ should be considered an artist or musician. I dont think it is for me to decide on that, I asked him what his opinion was on that topic. He gave me a semi cryptic response. He said "Producers are musicians. I like to think of Djs as chefs who use the ingredients made by producers to make something tasty." I can see where he is coming from with that answer. I mean a lot of the songs we hear are played for us by a dj whether it be on the radio or in a bar or club and some djs have as large of a fan base as any artist (Pauly D, Funkmaster Flex, Spinderella, etc).

ohDanger! got into music in the most unlikely of ways. Believe it or not the United States military is what led him down the path he is on musically. In 2003 shortly after he graduated high school he joined the air force. They almost immediately shipped him off to Germany. When he arrived there his main interest were classic punk and just plain rock, but after spending two years there in the services he had grown more inclined to listen to electronic music which is more main stream there than it is in the US. The album that first got him hooked on that genre was Fat Boy Slim : Live at Brighton Beach. After his two years in Germany, Jim was stationed in Hawaii. There he met a friend that got him into Drum and Bass. He fell in love with it and that is the style of music that he does sets of now.

Most people here in the US are not familiar with Drum and Bass, but dubstep has recently become popular and it could be compared to something like that.  Now that he is out of the military, Jim, resides in Salisbury, MD and djs as his hobby. He has done a few gigs here and there but is limited due to the style not being highly sought after here in the states. ohDanger! hopes to make a name for himself and is looking into making a career out of being a dj one day.

As for Jims personal life, he says he doesnt party much. I know that we all probably picture djs to rage with the best of 'em, but apparently that is not the case. We probably assume that since they provide the music that we the people rage to. He says if he is not doing a set he is probably just hanging out with a few close friends. As for girls...he says that he "enjoys the company of women."

I also asked the up and comer what album he would chose if he were limited to only one for the rest of his life to listen to and that would be Modern English: After the Snow. SOOOO Im going to link you to some of ohDanger! s music and if you like that then perhaps you should check out some of his favorites, which I will also provide links for. His one recommendation for his fans is that you should all visit Europe one day and check out the music scene there, the contrast is vast.

Favorites:

Depeche Mode :Everythings Counts

Ebony Dubsters: Ra -original sin remix

Robin S. : Show me Love



ohDanger! himself:

Above is the equipment he uses

ohDanger! Doin The Damn Thing!(mix video part 1)


***I actually watched this video and there were some parts that were fire, definately worth checking out***

Nicki Minaj fights Mariah Carey

Well everyone knows what American Idol is. As wack as the concept may seem, I have enjoyed a few seasons of the show myself. Im always looking for new talent and I enjoy the fact that after the performances if you like the contestants version of a song you can purchase it on tunes. So far the only two purchases I have made was of Ruben Studdards "Tears of a clown" and Haley Reinharts "House of the Rising Sun" . One was from like 2004 and the other was from the year before last. Needless to say Im picky. Anyhow this year the judges of Idol are changing. For the last two years it has been Jennifer Lopez, Steven Tyler, and Randy Jackson. Lopez I could do without but Steven Tyler was amusing. This year those two have both moved on and now there will be four judges. Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj, Keith Urban, and of course Randy.

I know a lot of people hate on Mariah Carey but at the end of the day no one in the world can sing more octaves than her. Thats in the guiness book of world records so check it out. If you dont know what octaves are then you dont know as much about music as you think and you need to see Google about that. Her opinion shall be respected by me. It is a singing contest after all.

Now as for Ms. Minaj, I do like some of her music but she is terribly inconsistent. She is gangster one minute and barbie the next. Personally I prefer the gangster Nicki. I guess her multiple personalities is part of her appeal to the masses though. Now for her being a judge on Idol I dont know about that. I dont feel like she has been in the game long enough, also it is not a rapping competition it is a singing competition.....She was brought in only to bring the attention of a younger audience but I think they will probably lose out on the older audiences that religiously watch the program.

Keith Urban is country and they do need a country judge so Im cool with that. The thing that is the big deal is that there is apparently this ongoing beef between Minaj and Mariah. It was a rumor until today when a video came out of the two in a heated argument. Minaj is shown screaming in the video "I told them I wasnt dealing with your fucking highness over here" as she then looks at Carey. Mariah is shown saying something back but you cant tell what she is saying. Poor Keith Urban has thrown up his hands and is sitting there looking perplexed while Randy Jackson tries to break it up. Noone knows who released the video and no one is commenting on it. Im gonna have to go team Mariah on this one just for the simple fact that Minaj shouldnt be there in the first place. Thats not her fault though she is just collecting a check.

Coheed and Cambria Concert AC

Lets talk about the Coheed and Cambria concert in Atlantic City that I just went to. AMAZING. Claudio (lead singer) was much more talkative than he usually is. He really is so down to earth. I had noticed that almost every one at the show were wearing their Coheed band t shirts. Thats a pretty lame move in my opinion. I would never wear the band t shirt to the show of that band. I was thinking about blogging about that actually when Claudio came out and to my surprise he was rocking a Coheed shirt also. Then he spoke, he said that it would be the first and last time that he would ever wear one of his own bands shirts. It was so funny that I didnt even care about everyone elses fashion offenses at the show. He said he did it because he was in a funny mood.

The songs were incredible as always. The crowd was rowdy, which is the norm. There were about 7 fights that night. I personally saw 3 or 4 people escorted out including one female. But what do we expect to happen when the band has lyrics about slamming a girls head in the fucking door? Its sung beautifully though. The opening band was Deer Hunter. They were surprisingly good. Better than any other band I have seen open for Coheed. I bought their album from the merch table and then actually had a conversation with the guitarist who was rocking a black flag shirt, much better attire than Claudio lol. Unfortunately I was not very impressed with the guitarist personality wise. Good thing his music makes up for it. All in all this was the best Coheed show that I have seen since the first one I saw in 2006 at HFStival. I will be posting pictures this week.