“Quantum of Solace” the latest chapter in the Bond franchise featuring Daniel Craig as Bond is a direct sequel to the 007 Reboot “Casino Royale”. I should start my review by saying that I believe Daniel Craig now completely owns the role as James Bond. Even if he plays him here as a somewhat humorless, incredibly vengeful man on a mission in this latest adventure.
With a successful restart of the franchise in “Casino Royale”, does this movie deliver the goods?
Another song that satellite radio at my gym plays as I work out. It’s catchy. It’s different. And after watching the video, who the hell is Christina Aguilera trying to fool?
Cause she is not fooling anyone with her latest attempt at trying to “change the game”.
“Naomi Clark” has stepped it up. And it’s about time. “90210″ was seriously lacking in a Blair Waldorfian troublemaker. And while right now, no one can mess with Leighton Meester’s Blair on “Gossip Girl”, it’s nice to see the “90210″ writers are hitting their stride.
Last night was their best written episode yet. It’s as if there was an overnight change in writers. The dialogue was sharper. The story moved at a good pace. And Jessica Walter was on hand to sing a karaoke rendition of “Heart Breaker”.
What more can you ask for?
The best though? AnnaLynne McCord was finally given some good stuff to do. She was great on “Nip/Tuck” as Eden Lord. But on “90210″ she hasn’t really shown how bad she could be. And all of her scheming last night was fun to watch.
The final scene where they are surprised by their long lost brother was straight out of an episode of “Popular”.
My only gripe with the show continues to be Shenae Grimes as “Annie”. She just doesn’t work for me. She sometimes looks a little haggard. And she sounds like she smokes 12 packs of cigs a day. I’m not feeling her. Out of all the good Canadian TV actresses to choose from like Cassie Steele, Kate Todd, or Stacey Farber, they get the most annoying “Degrassi” girl and put her in the center of a show who’s ratings fortunes hinge on her likeability.
Not smart.
But luckily the other kids like “Silver”, “Adriana”, and “Navid” pick up the slack.
The seemingly revamped “90210″ airs Tuesday’s at 8PM.
I don’t know where to begin.
The small ass room that could double as a walk in closet. The bunk bed with cleaner clothes hanging from it. The old lady shopping cart in the background. The fact that he has to hold his yaki when he flips his head around. Or how about him busting his ass and getting right back up to continue this fuckery.
Beyonce’s influence must be thwarted.
My sides hurt from laughing, I can’t…
I have been watching “90210″ since the premiere, and while I won’t call it great compelling TV, it has enough to make me return each week. The show works well when it focuses on Brenda and Kelly and “Lucille Bluth”, but it’s the kids who are going to make or break this show.
You know I love Ciara, but I have to say the material she is putting out lately isn’t on her level. “High Price” and “Click Flash” were really bad. And now we have “Go Girl”.
The song isn’t terrible, but it’s not great. The video on the other hand looks good and it showcases what a tremendous dancer she is.
Hopefully she can surprise me, and her album will be good. But as of right now I’m not expecting to find anything that I can burn out on my iPod.
Prove me wrong CiCi.
Thanks to my gym membership, I hear a lot of different dance songs while working out that I will never hear otherwise. One song that I heard the other day stuck out. It was the song “I Remember” from the Canadian DJ Deadmau5.
Upon hearing the song I was instantly into it. The beat is great. The vocals are really dreamy and cool. And the chorus hooks you in. The song features the American DJ Kaskade. Kaskade had that single “Steppin Out” which was just as good.
Enjoy.
Back in the day when I worked after school at The Gap was a fun time in my life. I met a lot of good people there. Made good money for a 16 year old. Had fun. And enjoyed a pretty good discount.
I remember looking like the people in the commercials below because basically I bought everything on the Men’s side of the store.
Which brings me to the topic of this blog post. Remember when The Gap commercials were good? Sure after the 900th time of seeing heroin addicted models in leather pants singing Depeche Mode can grate your nerves. But they did their job. You noticed them. And so what about the communist undertones “EVERYONE IN LEATHER” “EVERYONE IN CORDS”. It was like crazy capitalist mind control and it worked.
The Gap should really bring them back for their Fall campaign. Why waste money in a terrible economy when you can repackage something that worked from the past?
“EVERYBODY IN CORDS”
“EVERYBODY IN LEATHER”
Do you remember these commercials? If so did you enjoy them?
By the way, they can leave “EVERYBODY IN VESTS” out… I hated that commercial. But it’s mainly saved by the wimpy guy in the middle that tries to OD and freak it on his one line of singing “In my love!” with mad attitude.
It happens around the 14 second mark.
Remember when the VMA’s were a credible awards show filled with memorable performances and moments?
Remember when there were comedians who hosted the big night and they actually made you laugh?
Does anyone remember when Rock Music was actually featured during the show? I can remember when the VMA’s were an important night of TV viewing in my home, but when I tuned in last night I realized that I am either way too old for this shit anymore, or music does in fact suck.
My love for Ciara is pretty well documented here. I think she is an extremely talented dancer who knows how to give a good performance. Even her 60 second dance cameo during Chris Brown’s BET Awards performance was great stuff.
So when you have obvious talent like Ciara does, why take it all off for a magazine when your main competitors like Rihanna or Beyonce are not doing the same (and are selling well)?
Click Below To See A Potentially NSFW Cover:
As I kicked back and watched the new version of “90210″ last night, I got this sense of Deja Vu.
While I can attribute the familiar feeling mostly to the cast being made up of people from other shows I watched, I couldn’t really figure out my feeling until midway through the 1st hour.
Then it dawned on me. “I have seen this before!”.
Am I biased when I write about Latino singers? No? Ok cool.
Well I was flicking through the channels and landed on MTV3 (Tres). And this video was playing. Couple of things though. Why haven’t I seen this video on regular MTV? Or on BET? Or heard this song on a Rhythmic Station like KTU?
Anyhow, the song is catchy. The beat is cool. And the dude can sing, dance and play guitar.
What else do you need to craft a credible career in Pop Music?
Only thing I can think of when it comes to criticism is probably giving advice to homeboy to Man Up a bit with his clothing style. His stylist was on some bitch assness with the shit he was wearing towards the beginning.
Either way, it’s a slick video.
Usher’s album seemingly came and went.
“Love in this Club” was a radio hit. But as for it being on par with “Yeah”? That was not what was happening. I always liked Usher. His first album was OK. Then “My Way” came out and it catapulted him to success. Then he followed it up with my personal fave “8701″.
While “Confessions” was his biggest seller with 10 Million sold, I wasn’t really feeling that CD. But it was still a good R&B album in an age when old school singing is making way to Ringtone Rap.
And now in the inexplicable age of Lil’ Wayne being a huge seller, Usher was poised to make a return. But after a scandal involving an older baby mom, Usher now being a dad, and Chris Brown all over the place pop locking and dropping it, it seems Usher’s fans have moved on.
Which is a shame since his last album wasn’t bad at all. And it contains one of his most grown up songs to date. The album’s title track “Here I Stand”.
The song is hot. It should be a single released to Lite FM/Adult Contemporary/Adult R&B formats.
Enjoy!
Bonus Usher Track:
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When I heard about the upcomming “90210″ remake, it made me feel OLD. Why? Because they were finally remaking something that started when I was a kid.
As crazy as it may be, I saw the original “90210″ pilot episode when it premiered on FOX years ago. So am I happy about this remake/revamp/loose sequel/spin off? Initially, no. Especially since I stopped watching once Shannen Doherty left the show and “Kelly Kapowski” replaced her and in the end of her debut episode she was smoking in the window.
But then I heard my favorite evil girl AnnaLynne McCord from “Nip/Tuck” was cast as a part of the ensemble. My interest has picked up. For starters she was the hottest thing about the show last season. And she is one of the hottest girls on TV. Adding her definitely makes me interested in a recycled show that was born out of an attempt to save a fledgling network from folding.
Here is a VERY NSFW clip of the evil “Eden” in action.
Anyone who can pull off saying such crazy things in a convincing way has skills. Think about it, most people unfortunately say these things in real life. But at least she’s on TV getting paid for it 
“90210″ Debuts on Tuesday, September 2nd at 8PM.
Is this chick off her meds?
On the real though, I’m going to have to go get me a T Shirt made that says “I’m Pressing Charges”.
If you watched the last weeks episode of “The Real World Hollywood” you would end your viewing thinking that Joey is nuts.
But is he really?
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