MY PRESIDENT IS BLACK

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Mr. Black President, yeah Obama for real
They gotta put your face on the $5,000 dollar bill

Ian's Video Vault

[ijgrieve.livejournal.com]

Yes He Did!

Pop roundup

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

1) BBC report on why a voice like Mariah's is so rare.

2) The information about the Britney album has been around for a while (as have the rumours of her two-week London residency), but The Lipster have gone and improved the album cover. Also, any idea why the bonus track on their tracklisting is 'Radar'? Surely 'Radar' was on 'Blackout', and was nearly released as a single, IIRC?

3) The Lipster also reports that M.I.A has done a reworking of the theme from 'The Wire' off the telly (so not retired then, eh, Maya?) and also gives an enthusiastic thumbs up to the new release from Spank Rock, featuring more guest vocals from Amanda Blank (whose debut solo album really ought to have been released by now).

4) This made me chuckle last night.... perhaps because of being "in" on the joke (as a Jew who is also a fan of the mashup), but I think it deserves a wider audience anyway. One of the three DJs behind this production is actually the daughter of Lord Winston (he of TV biology show fame), and was once voted Mixmag's Best Young British DJ. Glad to see she's still putting her skills to good, albeit slightly bizarre use!
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