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mtb – five years of local music

Published at 1:12 pm
Note:  As always, some of these links will magically make noises come out of your speakers – prepare accordingly. March marks the 5th anniversary since streaming all original music by local artists... [[ This is a content ...

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American Idol recap: St. Peterburg’s Michael Lynche turns teary Kara DioGuardi into Paula Abdul

Published at 11:55 pm
This is how good St. Petersburg-raised singer Michael Lynche really is. It took him just one song to complete American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi bizarre metamorphosis into Paula Abdul. That's because, after hearing Lynche's soaring ...

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Jimmy Fallon hosts live performance of Lazy Sunday

Published at 8:14 am
It seems almost quaint to think about it now. But there was a time when TV networks were so freaked out about people circulating their best moments on YouTube, they actually tried to stop it ...

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Know Your Meme: Auto-Tune

Published at 11:19 pm
I have mentioned several times my unnatural love of Auto-Tune. Here’s Know Your Meme explaining the history of Auto-Tune with Professor Al Yankovic.

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Musical Monday: Boy or Girl?

Published at 5:44 am
Allan and I are heading to the OB for an ultrasound this morning and hopefully, if the baby cooperates, we will find out the gender of our baby.  Allana and Emmalynn are hoping for a ...

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Martina McBride Ticket Discount Shine All Night Tour

Published at 9:46 am
Get a discount on your tickets to see Martina McBride Shine All Night Tour. Martina is sponsored by SunnyD which is a family oriented company, which is a good match for Martina and her music. ...

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Listen to the first single off Asia’s new album ‘Omega’

Published at 11:19 am
The original lineup of Asia is back with a new album called Omega, and depending on what part of the world you live in, you can find it for sale between April 16 (in Finland ...

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The lesson of this week’s American Idol ejections: viewers hate forgettable singers more than awful ones

Published at 10:24 pm
Here's what I still don't get about American Idol. If the worst singers are the ones getting kicked off every week, why are these vocalists -- and us viewers -- forced to endure one more ...

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New music from Banarama, Robyn Hitchcock and a tour by the Church

Published at 8:59 am
... Finally some new music from Banarama. Their new single - Love Don't Live Here - is due out April 12. ... Australia's The Church is celebrating 30 years as a band with a U.S. ...

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American Idol recap: St. Pete’s Michael Lynche gets some Simon love as boys improve

Published at 12:31 am
This is where American Idol turns into an endurance test. The not-so-great singers are pushing hard, fighting through ill-suited performances to avoid the ejection vote which will surely come -- if not this week, then ...

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Rube’d

Published at 5:12 pm

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Buzz Aldrin Raps

Published at 11:01 pm
Buzz Aldrin hooks up with Snoop.

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Musical Monday: My Humps

Published at 10:15 am
On Saturday, I ran the Gasparilla Distance Classic 5K at nineteen weeks pregnant. Before the race, I didn’t get many pats on the backs by fellow female athletes and I certainly didn’t get many ...

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Musical Monday … Love Generation

Published at 4:48 pm
Not much to write other than it’s been a bit of a crappy weekend. We were due to go to a bonfire party on Saturday night and to my mum’s for Sunday dinner, but had to ...

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It’s Friday…

Published at 9:40 pm
Dance MF’ers!

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Tampa’s Janell Wheeler sent home in a night of surprise ejections on American Idol

Published at 10:15 pm
The Tampa Bay area lost half its reason for cheering the semi-finalists on American Idol Thursday, as Tampa resident Janell Wheeler found herself among the first four contestants cut from the show after the audience ...

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why orbit beaver

Published at 9:40 am
Note:  As always, some of these links will magically make noises come out of your speakers – prepare accordingly. Some of Tampa Bay’s best are stepping up to the New Music plate on Music Tampa Bay... [[ ...

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As American Idol goes live, I wonder: What will this show do without Simon Cowell?

Published at 1:12 am
Midway through the ongoing endurance test which was American Idol's first live performance show Tuesday night, the idea came to me: What is this program going to do without Simon Cowell? Because, even as his ...

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Talkin’ Blues with a Legend

Published at 11:15 pm
One of my more recent blog finds is “The Delta Blues” – a blog on blues history and culture. A few weeks ago, they caught my interest with a post on the long lost Tampa ...

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Sarasota’s Syesha Mercado offers advice to her fellow Tampa Bay area American Idol contestants

Published at 2:58 pm
Since the Tampa Bay area has a couple of singers with ties to the area competing in American Idol 's Top 24 tonight and Wednesday, I asked Sarasota-raised singer Syesha Mercado, who made it to ...

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Musical Mondays … Hollywood

Published at 10:17 am
Caught this band, Marina and the Diamonds, on BBC America’s Friday Night with Jonathan Ross the other night and thought this song was fab.

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Musical Monday: Defying Gravity

Published at 6:34 am
For those who know me, you would have heard me profess my love for Wicked on numerous occasions.  It is truly my favorite musical and next Sunday, I will be seeing the show for a ...

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Simon Cowell says he gets along with Ellen, Perez Hilton would make “funny” Idol judge, Howard Stern not approached

Published at 8:28 pm
Some things I would never have guessed about bratty British American Idol judge Simon Cowell: He thinks cyber-gossip king Perez Hilton would be "funny" if he replaced him on the show. He says the reason ...