A Nudge in the Right Direction
by Michael
Editor’s Note: Ah Sunday, it’s time to relax and you know what that means a glass of wine, your favorite easy chair and of course a few nudges in the right direction.
- The All Points West Music & Arts Festival is taking place this weekend at New Jersey’s Liberty State Park. Jay-Z took up the Friday night headliner slot vacated by the Beastie Boys and paid tribute by opening with the classic “No Sleep Till Brooklyn”. (link)
- ChordStrike has what could be the oddest “cover” that you’ll ever experience with an unlikely take on M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes”. (link)
- It looks as if Foreigner has gone the Journey route with a Wal-Mart exclusive triple-disc new + greatest hits package and Matt over at Addicted To Vinyl has the details. (link)
- Jeff Vrabel introduces us to the ‘redonkulous’ trailer for Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes and proved that even hundred old characters have fanboys. (link)
- Popdose chart master Jason Hare drops a Chart Attack from 1992 featuring En Vogue, Boyz II Men, Jon Secada and quite possibly one of the worst tunes ever. (link)
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