day 270

cobra starship gets their west side on

in honor of their two nominations at this year's video music awards, cobra starship was asked to make a promo for the show alongside "good girls go bad" collaborator leighton meester. the band and gossip girl took to the transit museum in brooklyn to shoot the 30 second spot, making use of an antique subway car, with choreography by wade robson, who got his start as a dancer for britney spears. while a choreographer was necessary is beyond me, the spot is a one of the cooler music-based things shown on mtv (when people are awake and watching the channel) in a long time. though, in my opinion, leighton meester should have been used more than just a little "hi, i'm standing over here on the stairs looking all bored and stressed while reading" part. oh well. the second spot features music's latest (and only) it girl taylor swift. the "vma side story" spot is double the length of cobra's and features double the talent (with about 15 less people involved). i'm pretty sure taylor is set to perform at the show and hopefully she'll bring it. my favorite awards show performances recently have been tswifts, so i hope she doesn't eff this up. the show airs live september 13th at 9/8c on mtv and is being hosted, once again, by russell brand. hopefully he's learned his lesson and won't be making any jobro/virgin jokes this time around.

day 173

a gossip girl's professional debut

       

gossip girl star leighton meester (aka blair waldorf) has made her radio debut with the single "good girls go bad," a song by punk-pop group cobra starship featuring the actress/singer.  the song, which you can check out above, is sure to be a summer hit.  i wouldn't be surprised if it wound up being the song of the summer.  go on and jam out to it - it's hard not to get this song stuck in your head.

madonna, 2009 edition

       

it looks like madonna will do anything to stay relevant.  the material mom has teamed up with missy elliot and justin timberlake in recent years and it looks like her new duet partner is lil wayne.  the video above is a clip of a rumored new madge track, "revolver." it has a very britney spears vibe, which i guess would make sense for madonna.  i could definitely see this song being a radio hit this summer, similar to last year's "4 minutes."  the singer ends her mega-million dollar sticky and sweet tour this summer, so a new album would make total sense right about now.

don't believe the hype!

while some reports are surfacing (based off of a claim by one person) that the cw has put the kibosh on the planned 80s themed gossip girl spin off (whose pilot airs this monday as part of a regular ep of the series), the ceedub has made no official decisions - and won't until later this month at their upfront presentation.  speculation about a cancelation is surrounded by the reality of the network's fall schedule.  with already announced pick ups for almost all existing series and giving sunday nights to the cw's local stations, there is little room for new series.  to be exact, there are only 2 hour-long blocks.  problem?  the network has 3 hour-long shows in the works (aside from the melrose place relaunch which is expected to get a slot no matter what).  the gg spinoff is up against mischa barton-lead a beautiful life, a show all about model life in nyc, and twilight-inspired vampire diaries.  my thought is vampire diaries won't get picked up or will be a mid season replacement.  the gg spin off would be a hit for the net because it has a built in audience; the other two shows require predictions.  hmm...i guess we'll know by summer.  

nothing like some new music to brighten up your saturday, right?