Blender Blog:
Watch: Mariah Frolics With 30 Rock's Kenneth
Who: Mariah Carey
What: "Touch My Body" [Director: Brett Ratner]
Why: Better than Glitter. More entertaining than the Ratner-directed X-Men: The Last Stand. And — thanks to some goofball mugging from co-star Jack "Kenneth" McBrayer — nearly as amusing as an episode of 30 Rock. The most (intentionally) funny video Mariah has ever made.
LA Times - The Envelope:
Mariah Carey just released a new video, courtesy of a blockbuster Hollywood director. The clip, from "Rush Hour" director Brett Ratner, features "30 Rock's" Jack McBrayer, and effectively stole some of the thunder from [Janet] Jackson's release.
MSNBC - Scoop:
Mariah Carey has won Scoop over
How is it possible, you wonder, that Mariah Carey, the difficult-to-interview, always high-maintenance songstress has finally won Scoop over? Easy: She cast Jack McBrayer, the lovable-yet-cloying page from "30 Rock" in her new video, "Touch My Body." Either Carey is much more pop-culture savvy than we're giving her credit for, or Carey has some good advisors at the moment. Either way, the video's worth a look.
MTV - Buzzworthy:
Mariah Carey does it big or she doesn't do it at all. But in her new "Touch My Body" video, she's doing it big and totally funny, with 30 Rock's Jack McBrayer (the new Jack McFarland!), a pink princess party dress (which we really want), a for-real unicorn (which we really want), a Catholic school girl costume circa Camelot-era Britney, and over four full minutes of free advertising for YouTube.
Director Brett Ratner - who, in addition to directing several feature films, shot five other Mariah videos and Jessica Simpson in her "These Boots Were Made For Walkin'" video - praised Mariah, saying "Mariah is musically at the top of her game and has never looked better…" and we'd be hard-pressed to disagree - you could freaking clean your dirty laundry on that girl's abs.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
a beautiful mind new addition
Cady recently updated her amazing post about politics and the 08 Race, due to apparently a lot of comments she had to add in a few last words.
I am thrilled at the comments you have contributed. Every one makes a valid and important point. I agree that choosing a president should ultimately be based on their qualifications as an individual, and whomever wins in the public eye as the most qualified hopefully will be the most qualified. The issue is the matter of fair representation by the media so that we the public can make that decision without prejudice. Sexism and racism can be hidden in carefully selected words and phrases. While we are so careful to avoid being called “racists”, the same does not apply regarding sexism. This is my issue. For Obama to use the phrase “the claws are out”, is a direct reference to a woman being like a cat- hissing, bitchy, savage, emotionally uncontrolled, a man eater… Do I need to say more?
I hate how ugly these competitions get. At one point, I believe the Clintons and Obama were quite close. It would have been wonderful if they had joined ranks, but apparently neither one could be second fiddle to the other, based on whatever personal issues and ambitions they had. It’s a shame. They would have been a remarkable team.
I agree this country is a mess. When I think of who I would like for President, I think “who can sit at a table with Vladimer Putin and command respect?” I admire Hillary for her strength. She has been in the worst possible circumstances personally and professionally and been able to rise above. I think she shows remarkable grace under pressure. Why is she not allowed to fire back when she is attacked unfairly? Any man would stand his ground undoubtably and be thought strong for doing so. I’m all for hope and positivity, but we need someone with a shovel who can dig us out of this pile of financial shit we are under. Taking on Washington has never been more difficult, but at least Hillary has no illusions to the games that people play. I also think it is clear that the old boys network still grinds away- keeping the power in the pockets of the few. If women, 51% of our society, mind you, don’t stand up to change the status quo, then we are complicit in our own victimization, and that is a real tragedy.
I’m not saying “if you don’t vote for Hillary then you are against women”. Im saying, here is a candidate that should be celebrated not only for her ability, but because she is standing up and facing a tidal wave of historic prejudice. The most sneaky prejudice in our society, that both men and women can be guilty of. That is the endless re-affirmation of the myth of “the little woman”. As in, “Get out your apron, girls. You’re only worth the cookies you bake for your man”.
FUCK THAT.
I am thrilled at the comments you have contributed. Every one makes a valid and important point. I agree that choosing a president should ultimately be based on their qualifications as an individual, and whomever wins in the public eye as the most qualified hopefully will be the most qualified. The issue is the matter of fair representation by the media so that we the public can make that decision without prejudice. Sexism and racism can be hidden in carefully selected words and phrases. While we are so careful to avoid being called “racists”, the same does not apply regarding sexism. This is my issue. For Obama to use the phrase “the claws are out”, is a direct reference to a woman being like a cat- hissing, bitchy, savage, emotionally uncontrolled, a man eater… Do I need to say more?
I hate how ugly these competitions get. At one point, I believe the Clintons and Obama were quite close. It would have been wonderful if they had joined ranks, but apparently neither one could be second fiddle to the other, based on whatever personal issues and ambitions they had. It’s a shame. They would have been a remarkable team.
I agree this country is a mess. When I think of who I would like for President, I think “who can sit at a table with Vladimer Putin and command respect?” I admire Hillary for her strength. She has been in the worst possible circumstances personally and professionally and been able to rise above. I think she shows remarkable grace under pressure. Why is she not allowed to fire back when she is attacked unfairly? Any man would stand his ground undoubtably and be thought strong for doing so. I’m all for hope and positivity, but we need someone with a shovel who can dig us out of this pile of financial shit we are under. Taking on Washington has never been more difficult, but at least Hillary has no illusions to the games that people play. I also think it is clear that the old boys network still grinds away- keeping the power in the pockets of the few. If women, 51% of our society, mind you, don’t stand up to change the status quo, then we are complicit in our own victimization, and that is a real tragedy.
I’m not saying “if you don’t vote for Hillary then you are against women”. Im saying, here is a candidate that should be celebrated not only for her ability, but because she is standing up and facing a tidal wave of historic prejudice. The most sneaky prejudice in our society, that both men and women can be guilty of. That is the endless re-affirmation of the myth of “the little woman”. As in, “Get out your apron, girls. You’re only worth the cookies you bake for your man”.
FUCK THAT.
Monday, February 25, 2008
a beautiful mind
Here is the latest post from wonderful Cady McClain, it was good good I had to post it on my blog. Feel free to comment...
I am very happy that Obama is raising the national spirit. It is wonderful that a man who is half white, half African American is being accepted without prejudice into the national spotlight as a viable, respectable option for the highest office in our country, he has a nice message that is very appealing, and maybe it’s just me, but… am I missing something?
Why is there NO coverage that this is the first time in American History that a WOMAN has also reached this pinnacle of respect and honor? Maybe Hillary isn’t running her campaign particularly effectively at the moment, but is anybody noticing that a WOMAN is RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT?
I had someone working on my phone for me, and he asked me what I thought about the race for pres. He noted that he didn’t think Hillary would win because “women don’t like having another woman for a boss.” WHAT?!
WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?
Is anybody else noticing how women (in general) are being depicted in our media these days? Does anybody else see this same old “virgin/victim/mother/whore/bitch” options that women are constantly slotted into? Honestly, it makes me sick. It is so INCREDIBLY disempowering for women, so tragically limiting for women of any age and a terrible way to show young women what the world can be, and btw, if you are a woman playing into this crap WAKE THE HELL UP!
Women have SO much to give as leaders. It is not a desire to crush men, or to have an emotional PMS style fury freak out. The media seems to continue to show Hillary on the defense, losing her cool. It revels in any emotion she displays, as if it say, “she’s a woman, and that means she can’t control her emotions, aka she is weak.” Anybody remember when she was being criticized for being UNEMOTIONAL?
When do you see MEN on this same chopping block? There was an article in the NY Times the other day that showed evidence that the media coverage of female celebrities focuses FAR more on ANY emotional troubles they might be having then it does on men. Is this because the public has a salacious appetite for “witch burning” or what? In my mind, that is what this all comes down to. An unspoken feeling of “how DARE a woman have an opinion without being apologetic and deferring”. She is a threat, therefore, shut her up by ridiculing her, humiliating her, tearing her persona apart. Sigh.
I will rant another time about how a woman’s sexuality is used against her 90 percent of the time, but lets just be grateful no one is calling Hillary a whore…YET.
For those of you who want to attack me for speaking out about this issue. I DON’T GIVE A RATS ASS. It’s my blog and I’ll rant if I want to.
I am very happy that Obama is raising the national spirit. It is wonderful that a man who is half white, half African American is being accepted without prejudice into the national spotlight as a viable, respectable option for the highest office in our country, he has a nice message that is very appealing, and maybe it’s just me, but… am I missing something?
Why is there NO coverage that this is the first time in American History that a WOMAN has also reached this pinnacle of respect and honor? Maybe Hillary isn’t running her campaign particularly effectively at the moment, but is anybody noticing that a WOMAN is RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT?
I had someone working on my phone for me, and he asked me what I thought about the race for pres. He noted that he didn’t think Hillary would win because “women don’t like having another woman for a boss.” WHAT?!
WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?
Is anybody else noticing how women (in general) are being depicted in our media these days? Does anybody else see this same old “virgin/victim/mother/whore/bitch” options that women are constantly slotted into? Honestly, it makes me sick. It is so INCREDIBLY disempowering for women, so tragically limiting for women of any age and a terrible way to show young women what the world can be, and btw, if you are a woman playing into this crap WAKE THE HELL UP!
Women have SO much to give as leaders. It is not a desire to crush men, or to have an emotional PMS style fury freak out. The media seems to continue to show Hillary on the defense, losing her cool. It revels in any emotion she displays, as if it say, “she’s a woman, and that means she can’t control her emotions, aka she is weak.” Anybody remember when she was being criticized for being UNEMOTIONAL?
When do you see MEN on this same chopping block? There was an article in the NY Times the other day that showed evidence that the media coverage of female celebrities focuses FAR more on ANY emotional troubles they might be having then it does on men. Is this because the public has a salacious appetite for “witch burning” or what? In my mind, that is what this all comes down to. An unspoken feeling of “how DARE a woman have an opinion without being apologetic and deferring”. She is a threat, therefore, shut her up by ridiculing her, humiliating her, tearing her persona apart. Sigh.
I will rant another time about how a woman’s sexuality is used against her 90 percent of the time, but lets just be grateful no one is calling Hillary a whore…YET.
For those of you who want to attack me for speaking out about this issue. I DON’T GIVE A RATS ASS. It’s my blog and I’ll rant if I want to.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
let me wrap my thighs all around your waist
"Touch My Body" is this week's HOT SHOT DEBUT on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart at #57 (Billboard issue date: March 1, 2008).
This is Mariah's highest debut on the chart that is based on first week's airplay alone.
In comparison, after their first week of airplay, "We Belong Together" debuted at #81 and "It's Like That" was #104 (#4 on the bubbling under Hot 100 chart.)
On the Hot 100 Airplay chart, the song debuts at #23 this week and becomes Mariah's highest debut on the chart since 1997's "Honey" which debuted at the same position.
"Touch My Body" also rockets up to #20 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, an incredible 58 spots jump from its last week's debut at #78.
An All Access banner from Island Def Jam announces "Touch My Body" at #23 on Billboard's Hot 100 Airplay (Greatest Gainer) as well as the fact it is the #1 most added record across all formats this week.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Monday, February 18, 2008
its back march 2nd!!!
My favorite cable drama DIRT is back next week, I cant wait. I love Courtney Cox, her character on DIRT reminds me of Gail Weathers from Scream. CC def plays the bitch better.
pic via justjared.
pic via justjared.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Saturday, February 16, 2008
its a party my 500th POST!!!!!
WOW I switched over to this blog back in July of 2005, and finally I have reached my 500th Post! Its really funny over the time I started this post I have posted 126 pics of MC. There were 72 different post about MC, 93 pics of hot shirtless guys and a few other post of real substance. I want to thank, the few people who check out my blog. I def dont to it to become famous or other bullshit, its all about things I love and hate. I only hope to have another 500 more.
Friday, February 15, 2008
i love rich over at fourfour
Why because the man knows his music, I enjoy his blog fourfour and the VH1 Blogs. But mostly because he's an MC fan! Check out his latest post on my favorite woman, his knowledge of music puts me to shame.
Jesus Christ, I love this woman
My favorite celebrity who ever existed, Mariah Carey, has unleashed her first single (the hilariously titled "Touch My Body") from her (equally hilariously titled) upcoming album E=MC², and it fits her like the tight jeans she (hilariously!) uses as imagery in the song. "Touch My Body" is as wonderfully ridiculous and ridiculously wonderful as Mariah herself (hear it here if you haven't yet). It's a pink, ruffled pillow of a track, snappy like T-Pain's "Buy You a Drank," mincing and minimal like co-writer The-Dream's own "Shawty Is Da Shit," and obsequiously polite, bouncing with the tempered oomph of her own "Always Be My Baby."
A lot of people hate this track (check the scathing reception at ONTD, for example), and that doesn't surprise me one bit. Besides being lite enough to fit easily onto adult-contemporary radio in a few months (once the country's acclimated to it -- as is usually the case with AC radio, time makes the lite sound lite-r), it's more brazenly femme than anything off Mariah's wonderful (but overly safe) 2005 comeback smash, The Emancipation of Mimi. To love Mariah (like to really, really love her and not just appreciate her music) is to embrace the fact that she is the girliest visible woman on the planet. Excessive femininity, even via actual females, is regularly frowned upon, and yet in good times and bad, in multi-platinum success and utter floppage, Mariah has soldiered on, all music box-/butterfly-/rainbow-/glitter/charm bracelet/teddy bear-loving and pneumatic and high-voiced and eternally 12. She's so unwaveringly feminine that she makes being soft seem like an act of bravery.
That same seemingly paradoxical dynamic is going on lyrically in "Body" (though musically it's just plain soft, right down to the music-box twinkling that crops briefly up now and then, as though she can't stop stealing glimpses of that pretty little ballerina that guards her rings from Claire's). "If there's a camera up in here / Then it's gonna leave with me / When I do (I do)," she sings, effectively telling whomever she's singing to that she'll submit to his fantasy as long as he realizes that she's ultimately in control of it: she's never more sound like a Russ Meyer character come to life. Underlining that point are mentions in the chorus of her (considerable) curves, thighs that go on long enough to wrap around a dude's waist and interest in being wrestled and thrown around the bedroom. If that isn't the picture of a supervixen, I don't know what is. Even the title itself can be read as an assertion of her femininity. Instead of the more concise "Touch Me," she chooses to emphasize her anatomy, and considering how much of it her tits take up, that might as well be code for "Touch My Womanness." When she commands her object of lust, "Come on and give me what I deserve," I get the feeling that she's referring to her birthright.
"Touch My Body" is Mariah in (and busting out of) a nutshell. The estrogen-loading, the infatuation with detail (dig those glorious "Huh-oh" background vocals that coquettishly ricochet from speaker to speaker during the chorus), the eagerness to please (it's so listener-friendly, your mom could love it, even if the Wendy Williams reference is aimed to sail over her head). All of her is there, naked for the world. But of course it is -- how else is she supposed to show off her body?
Jesus Christ, I love this woman
My favorite celebrity who ever existed, Mariah Carey, has unleashed her first single (the hilariously titled "Touch My Body") from her (equally hilariously titled) upcoming album E=MC², and it fits her like the tight jeans she (hilariously!) uses as imagery in the song. "Touch My Body" is as wonderfully ridiculous and ridiculously wonderful as Mariah herself (hear it here if you haven't yet). It's a pink, ruffled pillow of a track, snappy like T-Pain's "Buy You a Drank," mincing and minimal like co-writer The-Dream's own "Shawty Is Da Shit," and obsequiously polite, bouncing with the tempered oomph of her own "Always Be My Baby."
A lot of people hate this track (check the scathing reception at ONTD, for example), and that doesn't surprise me one bit. Besides being lite enough to fit easily onto adult-contemporary radio in a few months (once the country's acclimated to it -- as is usually the case with AC radio, time makes the lite sound lite-r), it's more brazenly femme than anything off Mariah's wonderful (but overly safe) 2005 comeback smash, The Emancipation of Mimi. To love Mariah (like to really, really love her and not just appreciate her music) is to embrace the fact that she is the girliest visible woman on the planet. Excessive femininity, even via actual females, is regularly frowned upon, and yet in good times and bad, in multi-platinum success and utter floppage, Mariah has soldiered on, all music box-/butterfly-/rainbow-/glitter/charm bracelet/teddy bear-loving and pneumatic and high-voiced and eternally 12. She's so unwaveringly feminine that she makes being soft seem like an act of bravery.
That same seemingly paradoxical dynamic is going on lyrically in "Body" (though musically it's just plain soft, right down to the music-box twinkling that crops briefly up now and then, as though she can't stop stealing glimpses of that pretty little ballerina that guards her rings from Claire's). "If there's a camera up in here / Then it's gonna leave with me / When I do (I do)," she sings, effectively telling whomever she's singing to that she'll submit to his fantasy as long as he realizes that she's ultimately in control of it: she's never more sound like a Russ Meyer character come to life. Underlining that point are mentions in the chorus of her (considerable) curves, thighs that go on long enough to wrap around a dude's waist and interest in being wrestled and thrown around the bedroom. If that isn't the picture of a supervixen, I don't know what is. Even the title itself can be read as an assertion of her femininity. Instead of the more concise "Touch Me," she chooses to emphasize her anatomy, and considering how much of it her tits take up, that might as well be code for "Touch My Womanness." When she commands her object of lust, "Come on and give me what I deserve," I get the feeling that she's referring to her birthright.
"Touch My Body" is Mariah in (and busting out of) a nutshell. The estrogen-loading, the infatuation with detail (dig those glorious "Huh-oh" background vocals that coquettishly ricochet from speaker to speaker during the chorus), the eagerness to please (it's so listener-friendly, your mom could love it, even if the Wendy Williams reference is aimed to sail over her head). All of her is there, naked for the world. But of course it is -- how else is she supposed to show off her body?
how it's going down
Here are some of the first reviews of MC's latest single Touch My Body.. I will say when I heard it the first time, I didnt LOVE it but it's def one of those songs that grows on you the more and more you hear it. Now I walk around singing "touch my body" all day long. lol
Erik Bradley
Music Director, B-96, Chicago, IL
"'Touch My Body' picks right up where The Emancipation Of Mimi left off. It's another classic Mariah mid-tempo SMASH with a hook that will stick with you for days. The reaction to it thus far has been incredible...I believe at the end of the day this will be Mariah's 18th #1 single. I've heard many of the songs on E=MC² and not only is it full of killer songs, I feel it stands just as tall (perhaps taller) than T.E.O.M. Here comes another 10+ million worldwide sales and more time at the top of the charts for MC!"
Todd Martens
Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times
The Mariah formula: First listen on 'Touch My Body'
Pop star Mariah Carey unveiled today her new single and the science-friendly title of her new album, "E=MC²," due April 15. The title alone already does Janet Jackson one better. The latter went all sci-fi with her latest video, "Feedback," but Mariah is cutting out the B-movie trappings and going straight to the equation.
So is Mariah unveiling her inner Albert Einstein with the title? Or is she leaking the formula that goes into crafting a mega-hit?
E = extreme, acrobatic-like wailing.
M = multimillion-dollar production team. (Billboard.com writes that the A-list lineup cooking with Mariah in the M lab includes Jermaine Dupri, will.i.am, Stargate and Bryan Michael Cox, among others.)
C2 = Club songs multiplied by colossal ballads.
All right, so the title is certainly a not-so-subtle nod to her top-selling 2005 album, "The Emancipation of Mimi." The first single, "Touch My Body," hit radio today. It was produced by C "Tricky" Stewart and The Dream, the pair who worked on Rihanna's Grammy-winning "Umbrella."
So how is it? "Touch My Body" rides a relatively restrained slow-dance groove, with some light, orchestral-synth flourishes thrown in. The rhythm is almost completely carried by an effortless keyboard bump, the easygoing repetitiveness of which eventually wears the listener down, and sets up a delicate frame for Carey to sing around.
She pulls back when the song picks up the pace, and Carey keeps it simple here, playing with tempos rather than range. Indeed, she almost quietly slides into the chorus. "If you run around and brag about this secret rendezvous, I will hunt you down," she sings, letting the last line trail off. But you don't necessarily believe her, as the feel is more playful that sinful.
The song will be getting the full blockbuster treatment, as "Rush Hour" director Brett Ratner shot the video for the cut.
Blender
Mariah's New Sex Tape-Themed Smash
WHO: Mariah Carey
WHAT: "Touch My Body"
WHY: While Mariah's new album, E=MC², is set to be one of the year's biggest, this introductory single is downright subtle - yet effective. Co-written by The-Dream and produced by Tricky (a.k.a. the dudes behind "Umbrella"), "Touch My Body" rides the same never ending snap blueprint T-Pain used to brilliant effect on last year's feather-light super hit "Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin')." You won't mind hearing it on the radio and TV every 10 minutes for the next few months - this thing sooths as it repeats. Here, Mariah is focused on one thing: "Come on and give me what I deserve and touch my body," she coos. And make no mistake, she wants to be touched on her terms only: "Cause if you run your mouth and brag about this secret rendezvous, I will hunt you down." She even thinks about the possible ramifications of her touchy tryst when she sings, "If there's a camera up in here then I best not catch this flick on YouTube" (nevermind the fact that the video in question would never get past YouTube censors). A pop genius making genius pop.
Sal Cinquemani
Music Critic, Slant Magazine
Single Review: Mariah Carey's "Touch My Body"
Those wondering how Mariah Carey could possibly top the inane title of 2005's The Emancipation of Mimi need wonder no more. Yesterday it was announced that the singer's 10th album, which drops on Tax Day, will be titled Energy Equals Mass Times the Velocity of Light Squared, or more specifically, E=MC². It's either a stroke of sheer self-effacing brilliance or a sign that Mimi has officially fallen off her rocker. The album's lead single, "Touch My Body," isn't exactly filled with combustible energy and it lacks the full-throttle belting that accompanied the Return of the Voice three years ago, but it features all of the characteristics one expects from a latter-day Mariah track: rapid-fire verses (she slows down only to warn her clandestine lover about his loose lips: "I will hunt you down"), coquettish vocals (the lyrics are racy without being raunchy, so that means no mentions of heavy-flow days, but there is a reference to a sex tape popping up on YouTube), and of course, a memorable hook. There are shades of both "Always Be My Baby" (good) and "Shake It Off" (bad), but "Touch My Body" also harks back to, dare I even say it, Like a Virgin-era Nile Rodgers. Think "Angel"--that is, not a whole lot of bass but plenty of plinky, synthetic-sounding keyboards and bouncy rhythms. The song's biggest flaw is its attempt at hip, pop-culture-referencing lyrics: "They be all up in my business like a Wendy [Williams] interview," she sighs. "Touch My Body" strikes me more as good album filler than lead single material (it's no "Fantasy" or "Honey"; hell, it's not even another "It's Like That"), but it's worth noting that I found "We Belong Together" a little boring the first time I heard it too--and that thing tanked faster than Glitter.
Entertainment Weekly
Snap judgment: Mariah Carey's new single, 'Touch My Body'
You've waited so patiently, Mariah Carey fans; nearly three years since the release of 2005's The Emancipation of Mimi. Behold, then, the Mariah Motherlode: Not only was her upcoming album's title released today (it's E=MC², physics fans!), but a sneak peak at a new track dropped online; listen here.
It's not a bad mid-tempo jam — sunny, flirty, and syncopated just the way Mimi likes it; basically, classic Carey. But allow us to offer one quibble: What the eff is going with this recent Diva Cougar Complex? Janet just dropped an album full of bathroom-wall come-ons, and now Mariah, who used to be all, "I had a vision of love," is cutting straight to "TOUCH MY MONKEY! TOUCH IT!" Are we being overly Amish here, or would it be nice to retain a little mystery? Your comment board awaits!
Erik Bradley
Music Director, B-96, Chicago, IL
"'Touch My Body' picks right up where The Emancipation Of Mimi left off. It's another classic Mariah mid-tempo SMASH with a hook that will stick with you for days. The reaction to it thus far has been incredible...I believe at the end of the day this will be Mariah's 18th #1 single. I've heard many of the songs on E=MC² and not only is it full of killer songs, I feel it stands just as tall (perhaps taller) than T.E.O.M. Here comes another 10+ million worldwide sales and more time at the top of the charts for MC!"
Todd Martens
Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times
The Mariah formula: First listen on 'Touch My Body'
Pop star Mariah Carey unveiled today her new single and the science-friendly title of her new album, "E=MC²," due April 15. The title alone already does Janet Jackson one better. The latter went all sci-fi with her latest video, "Feedback," but Mariah is cutting out the B-movie trappings and going straight to the equation.
So is Mariah unveiling her inner Albert Einstein with the title? Or is she leaking the formula that goes into crafting a mega-hit?
E = extreme, acrobatic-like wailing.
M = multimillion-dollar production team. (Billboard.com writes that the A-list lineup cooking with Mariah in the M lab includes Jermaine Dupri, will.i.am, Stargate and Bryan Michael Cox, among others.)
C2 = Club songs multiplied by colossal ballads.
All right, so the title is certainly a not-so-subtle nod to her top-selling 2005 album, "The Emancipation of Mimi." The first single, "Touch My Body," hit radio today. It was produced by C "Tricky" Stewart and The Dream, the pair who worked on Rihanna's Grammy-winning "Umbrella."
So how is it? "Touch My Body" rides a relatively restrained slow-dance groove, with some light, orchestral-synth flourishes thrown in. The rhythm is almost completely carried by an effortless keyboard bump, the easygoing repetitiveness of which eventually wears the listener down, and sets up a delicate frame for Carey to sing around.
She pulls back when the song picks up the pace, and Carey keeps it simple here, playing with tempos rather than range. Indeed, she almost quietly slides into the chorus. "If you run around and brag about this secret rendezvous, I will hunt you down," she sings, letting the last line trail off. But you don't necessarily believe her, as the feel is more playful that sinful.
The song will be getting the full blockbuster treatment, as "Rush Hour" director Brett Ratner shot the video for the cut.
Blender
Mariah's New Sex Tape-Themed Smash
WHO: Mariah Carey
WHAT: "Touch My Body"
WHY: While Mariah's new album, E=MC², is set to be one of the year's biggest, this introductory single is downright subtle - yet effective. Co-written by The-Dream and produced by Tricky (a.k.a. the dudes behind "Umbrella"), "Touch My Body" rides the same never ending snap blueprint T-Pain used to brilliant effect on last year's feather-light super hit "Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin')." You won't mind hearing it on the radio and TV every 10 minutes for the next few months - this thing sooths as it repeats. Here, Mariah is focused on one thing: "Come on and give me what I deserve and touch my body," she coos. And make no mistake, she wants to be touched on her terms only: "Cause if you run your mouth and brag about this secret rendezvous, I will hunt you down." She even thinks about the possible ramifications of her touchy tryst when she sings, "If there's a camera up in here then I best not catch this flick on YouTube" (nevermind the fact that the video in question would never get past YouTube censors). A pop genius making genius pop.
Sal Cinquemani
Music Critic, Slant Magazine
Single Review: Mariah Carey's "Touch My Body"
Those wondering how Mariah Carey could possibly top the inane title of 2005's The Emancipation of Mimi need wonder no more. Yesterday it was announced that the singer's 10th album, which drops on Tax Day, will be titled Energy Equals Mass Times the Velocity of Light Squared, or more specifically, E=MC². It's either a stroke of sheer self-effacing brilliance or a sign that Mimi has officially fallen off her rocker. The album's lead single, "Touch My Body," isn't exactly filled with combustible energy and it lacks the full-throttle belting that accompanied the Return of the Voice three years ago, but it features all of the characteristics one expects from a latter-day Mariah track: rapid-fire verses (she slows down only to warn her clandestine lover about his loose lips: "I will hunt you down"), coquettish vocals (the lyrics are racy without being raunchy, so that means no mentions of heavy-flow days, but there is a reference to a sex tape popping up on YouTube), and of course, a memorable hook. There are shades of both "Always Be My Baby" (good) and "Shake It Off" (bad), but "Touch My Body" also harks back to, dare I even say it, Like a Virgin-era Nile Rodgers. Think "Angel"--that is, not a whole lot of bass but plenty of plinky, synthetic-sounding keyboards and bouncy rhythms. The song's biggest flaw is its attempt at hip, pop-culture-referencing lyrics: "They be all up in my business like a Wendy [Williams] interview," she sighs. "Touch My Body" strikes me more as good album filler than lead single material (it's no "Fantasy" or "Honey"; hell, it's not even another "It's Like That"), but it's worth noting that I found "We Belong Together" a little boring the first time I heard it too--and that thing tanked faster than Glitter.
Entertainment Weekly
Snap judgment: Mariah Carey's new single, 'Touch My Body'
You've waited so patiently, Mariah Carey fans; nearly three years since the release of 2005's The Emancipation of Mimi. Behold, then, the Mariah Motherlode: Not only was her upcoming album's title released today (it's E=MC², physics fans!), but a sneak peak at a new track dropped online; listen here.
It's not a bad mid-tempo jam — sunny, flirty, and syncopated just the way Mimi likes it; basically, classic Carey. But allow us to offer one quibble: What the eff is going with this recent Diva Cougar Complex? Janet just dropped an album full of bathroom-wall come-ons, and now Mariah, who used to be all, "I had a vision of love," is cutting straight to "TOUCH MY MONKEY! TOUCH IT!" Are we being overly Amish here, or would it be nice to retain a little mystery? Your comment board awaits!
Thursday, February 14, 2008
why are people soo fuckin crazy??
VIA The Associated Press.
DEKALB, Ill. - A man dressed in black opened fire with a shotgun and two handguns from a stage of a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University on Thursday, injuring as many as 18 people, four critically, before he killed himself, the school's president said.
Witnesses in the geology class said "someone dressed in black came out from behind a screen in front of the classroom and opened fire with a shotgun," according to school President John Peters.
Peters said he couldn't confirm any fatalities other than the gunman.
University Police Chief Donald Grady said the gunman was not a student at the school. "It appears he may have been a student somewhere else," he said, adding that police had no apparent motive.
The university had issued a statement on its Web site about an hour after the 3 p.m. shooting that "the immediate danger has passed. The gunman is no longer a threat."
Kishwaukee Community Hospital spokeswoman Theresa Komitas told WLS-TV in Chicago it received 17 victims all with wounds from the shooting or flying debris, including three with serious injuries. One victim was airlifted to another hospital.
George Gaynor, a senior geography student, who was in Cole Hall when the shooting happened, told the student newspaper the Northern Star that the shooter was "a skinny white guy with a stocking cap on."
He described the scene immediately following the incident as terrifying and chaotic.
"Some girl got hit in the eye, a guy got hit in the leg," Gaynor said outside just minutes after the shooting occurred. "It was like five minutes before class ended too."
Witnesses said the young man carried a shotgun and a pistol. Student Edward Robinson told WLS that the gunman appeared to target students in one part of the lecture hall.
"It was almost like he knew who he wanted to shoot," Robinson said. "He knew who and where he wanted to be firing at."
Jillian Martinez, a freshman from Carpentersville, told the Chicago Tribune she was in the auditorium when the gunman entered through a door to the right of the lectern and opened fire about 3 p.m. "He just started shooting at all the kids," she said. "He just started shooting at people, and I ran out of there as fast as I could. I ran all the way to the student center; when I got there I could still hear shooting (from the classroom).
Agents with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were assisting local authorities at the scene, spokesman Thomas Ahern told the Chicago Tribune.
"We will be urgently tracing the firearms and learning the history of the weapons," Ahern said.
All classes were canceled Thursday night and the 25,000-student campus was closed on Friday. Students were urged to call their parents "as soon as possible" and were offered counseling at any residence hall, according to the school Web site.
The school was closed for one day during final exam week in December after campus police found threats, including racial slurs and references to shootings earlier in the year at Virginia Tech, scrawled on a bathroom wall in a dormitory. Police determined after an investigation that there was no imminent threat and the campus was reopened.
The shooting was the fourth at a U.S. school within a week.
On Feb. 8, a woman shot two fellow students to death before committing suicide at Louisiana Technical College in Baton Rouge. In Memphis, Tenn., a 17-year-old is accused of shooting and critically wounding a fellow student Monday during a high school gym class, and the 15-year-old victim of a shooting at an Oxnard, Calif., junior high school has been declared brain dead.
What the fuck is wrong with people? I dont understand it, go to church, read the bible seek help. Life can not be that bad that the only option you have in life is to kill others and yourself.
DEKALB, Ill. - A man dressed in black opened fire with a shotgun and two handguns from a stage of a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University on Thursday, injuring as many as 18 people, four critically, before he killed himself, the school's president said.
Witnesses in the geology class said "someone dressed in black came out from behind a screen in front of the classroom and opened fire with a shotgun," according to school President John Peters.
Peters said he couldn't confirm any fatalities other than the gunman.
University Police Chief Donald Grady said the gunman was not a student at the school. "It appears he may have been a student somewhere else," he said, adding that police had no apparent motive.
The university had issued a statement on its Web site about an hour after the 3 p.m. shooting that "the immediate danger has passed. The gunman is no longer a threat."
Kishwaukee Community Hospital spokeswoman Theresa Komitas told WLS-TV in Chicago it received 17 victims all with wounds from the shooting or flying debris, including three with serious injuries. One victim was airlifted to another hospital.
George Gaynor, a senior geography student, who was in Cole Hall when the shooting happened, told the student newspaper the Northern Star that the shooter was "a skinny white guy with a stocking cap on."
He described the scene immediately following the incident as terrifying and chaotic.
"Some girl got hit in the eye, a guy got hit in the leg," Gaynor said outside just minutes after the shooting occurred. "It was like five minutes before class ended too."
Witnesses said the young man carried a shotgun and a pistol. Student Edward Robinson told WLS that the gunman appeared to target students in one part of the lecture hall.
"It was almost like he knew who he wanted to shoot," Robinson said. "He knew who and where he wanted to be firing at."
Jillian Martinez, a freshman from Carpentersville, told the Chicago Tribune she was in the auditorium when the gunman entered through a door to the right of the lectern and opened fire about 3 p.m. "He just started shooting at all the kids," she said. "He just started shooting at people, and I ran out of there as fast as I could. I ran all the way to the student center; when I got there I could still hear shooting (from the classroom).
Agents with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were assisting local authorities at the scene, spokesman Thomas Ahern told the Chicago Tribune.
"We will be urgently tracing the firearms and learning the history of the weapons," Ahern said.
All classes were canceled Thursday night and the 25,000-student campus was closed on Friday. Students were urged to call their parents "as soon as possible" and were offered counseling at any residence hall, according to the school Web site.
The school was closed for one day during final exam week in December after campus police found threats, including racial slurs and references to shootings earlier in the year at Virginia Tech, scrawled on a bathroom wall in a dormitory. Police determined after an investigation that there was no imminent threat and the campus was reopened.
The shooting was the fourth at a U.S. school within a week.
On Feb. 8, a woman shot two fellow students to death before committing suicide at Louisiana Technical College in Baton Rouge. In Memphis, Tenn., a 17-year-old is accused of shooting and critically wounding a fellow student Monday during a high school gym class, and the 15-year-old victim of a shooting at an Oxnard, Calif., junior high school has been declared brain dead.
What the fuck is wrong with people? I dont understand it, go to church, read the bible seek help. Life can not be that bad that the only option you have in life is to kill others and yourself.
to my hunny
BLISS
Touch Me Baby
It feels so amazing (yeah)
As you serinate me
And you make me want you
more and more
What do I do
What do I say
Does it feel good
To you this way
I wanna be all that you need
Boy whats your fantasy
Baby hold on, ready or not
Baby my love ain’t gonna stop
Take it down low
Make me get high
Oh my love goes
On and on and on and on and on
My love goes
On and on and on and on and on
My my my my lovin goes
On and on and on and on and on
My love goes
On and on and on and on and on
See all my loves for you
Baby don’t you rush me, no
You gotta take it slow
Just let the feeling grow
Until it overflows
Anyway you want it now
Just gotta tell me how
To give you everything
You ever dared to dream
Isn’t it bliss
tell me right now
Don’t be subdued
Say it out loud
Ain’t it a sweet
Luscious delight
When your immersed in my ocean of love
Comin on strong
Baby I’ve been waiting so long
Revel inside of paradise
Oh my love goes
On and on and on and on and on
My love goes
On and on and on and on and on
My my my my lovin goes
On and on and on and on and on
My love goes
On and on and on and on and on
See all my loves for you
So
Gimmie some pure (Gimmie some pure) delectable love (delectable love)
Like I’m gonna give to you (I’m gonna give it to you)
Keep comin around (Keep Comin Around)
Cause I won't won't run out (I Won't run out)
I can’t get enough of you
My love goes on...... (Amazing)
On and on and on and on and on
My my my my lovin goes
On and on and on and on and on and on
My love goes (ahhh… amazing)
On and on and on and on and on
My my my my lovin goes
On and on and on and on
See all my loves for you
You baby, you baby, you baby (amazing) my…
See all my loves for you
You baby, you baby, you baby my… (it’s for you)
My love, my love my lovin goes (let it go…)
You baby, you baby, you baby my... (ah-ah-ah-ah…)
See all my loves for you
You baby, you baby, you baby my…
My love, my love my lovin
My love goes on and on
You baby, you baby, baby
My…
See all my loves for you
You baby, you baby, you baby (amazing)
My love, my love my lovin
Just drinking you in
And still tingling
Baby can’t you feel what you do to me
Ain’t nobody who can compare to you
What you waiting for
Come give me some more
You baby, you baby, (yeah) you baby my…
See all my loves for you
(ah-ah-ah-ah) You baby, you baby, you baby my…
(paradise)
You baby, you baby, you baby my…
My love goes
My love goes
My love goes...
My love goes
My love goes...
My love goes
For you
(my love goes)
Ahh… (my love goes)
Baby it’s all for you
by MC..
Touch Me Baby
It feels so amazing (yeah)
As you serinate me
And you make me want you
more and more
What do I do
What do I say
Does it feel good
To you this way
I wanna be all that you need
Boy whats your fantasy
Baby hold on, ready or not
Baby my love ain’t gonna stop
Take it down low
Make me get high
Oh my love goes
On and on and on and on and on
My love goes
On and on and on and on and on
My my my my lovin goes
On and on and on and on and on
My love goes
On and on and on and on and on
See all my loves for you
Baby don’t you rush me, no
You gotta take it slow
Just let the feeling grow
Until it overflows
Anyway you want it now
Just gotta tell me how
To give you everything
You ever dared to dream
Isn’t it bliss
tell me right now
Don’t be subdued
Say it out loud
Ain’t it a sweet
Luscious delight
When your immersed in my ocean of love
Comin on strong
Baby I’ve been waiting so long
Revel inside of paradise
Oh my love goes
On and on and on and on and on
My love goes
On and on and on and on and on
My my my my lovin goes
On and on and on and on and on
My love goes
On and on and on and on and on
See all my loves for you
So
Gimmie some pure (Gimmie some pure) delectable love (delectable love)
Like I’m gonna give to you (I’m gonna give it to you)
Keep comin around (Keep Comin Around)
Cause I won't won't run out (I Won't run out)
I can’t get enough of you
My love goes on...... (Amazing)
On and on and on and on and on
My my my my lovin goes
On and on and on and on and on and on
My love goes (ahhh… amazing)
On and on and on and on and on
My my my my lovin goes
On and on and on and on
See all my loves for you
You baby, you baby, you baby (amazing) my…
See all my loves for you
You baby, you baby, you baby my… (it’s for you)
My love, my love my lovin goes (let it go…)
You baby, you baby, you baby my... (ah-ah-ah-ah…)
See all my loves for you
You baby, you baby, you baby my…
My love, my love my lovin
My love goes on and on
You baby, you baby, baby
My…
See all my loves for you
You baby, you baby, you baby (amazing)
My love, my love my lovin
Just drinking you in
And still tingling
Baby can’t you feel what you do to me
Ain’t nobody who can compare to you
What you waiting for
Come give me some more
You baby, you baby, (yeah) you baby my…
See all my loves for you
(ah-ah-ah-ah) You baby, you baby, you baby my…
(paradise)
You baby, you baby, you baby my…
My love goes
My love goes
My love goes...
My love goes
My love goes...
My love goes
For you
(my love goes)
Ahh… (my love goes)
Baby it’s all for you
by MC..
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
still no fever
Obama racked up sizable wins in the DC, Maryland and Virginia, besting the former first lady by a margin of 2-to-1. He also narrowly pulled ahead among delegates for the first time in the contest. Hillary must capture Texas and Ohio to stay in the race. The question for me is, if Hillary does not win the nomination will I be able to support Obama? That remains to be seen.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
paul janka's tale getting physical and when to leave
Not being creepy with touch, and when to make the move home. Some really useful practical advice.
Face-to-Face Sitting across from each other is sometimes unavoidable, but is often a hard gulf to breach. There is the obvious benefit of eye contact, especially when setting is dim and candle-lit. Also, there is the forced, and a bit desperate, arms-across-the-tabletop, in which the woman gently massages your forearms. This can work, and give you a sense of her touch. What’s most important about physical contact, of course, is that it makes the woman relaxed.
That is, unless you’re a jumpy, jittery motherfucker, in which case put down this book. So, she can kneed into your forearms, which feels great, meanwhile talking to you about her _____________ (cat, brother, father, roommate) and all the while relaxing to a point where she’ll open up more, physically. There’s also the footsie angle, but I’m not sure that’s still in vogue.
Most men have a better side, or think they do. Mine is to my left; I think my profile on that side is better-looking. Choose a side and play it. In general, because I like my left better, I like to have the girl sit to my left. That way, I come from a point of strength.
What this position lacks in visual intimacy, it makes up for in physical intimacy. From the side you can extend for the old arm-around-shoulder. You can talk in a low voice because you’re telling here something “discreet and private” when in truth you just want to breathe warmly on her ear and neck to excite her.
Thighs and crotch are now within reach and can be grazed and palmed casually as you get up, sit down, lean-in. This stuff sounds too detailed, but it’s crucial to condition the Pavlovian female to expect physical closeness from you. To playboys it comes naturally – just go to some real hot restaurant or bar and watch some stud with a beautiful girl on each side. It’s all jaw, shoulder, palm and breasts, in a sea of hair. Women like to be touched. You don’t initiate here, and you’ll be labeled a psycho when you reach for her pussy in the cab or after 3 minutes of formal bullshit back at you apartment.
So, when to leave? I’ve been experimenting with this part of the system. I guess it’s the one area that’s still a “work-in-progress.” Knowing when to leave, or said another way, when to stay put and have another round, is crucial. Ultimately, it’s a judgment call, but I’ve recently tried to see how soon I can pull it in the name of research and economy (another drink for her is $12 and for you another fucking glass of seltzer water). Obviously, more liquor makes things easier – to a point. I am usually out of the lounge after two drinks, sometimes three. I imagine if I held longer I would encounter a couple of problems I avoid: a soused girl that stinks of booze and is too uncoordinated to play and may possibly boot, or amore cautious girl that takes note of her drunkenness and becomes guarded, and suspicious, knowing her resolve is down.
I would counsel three drinks and then split. I’ve taken girls out and they’ve betrayed their horniness by sucking down the drinks with fervor. I’ve also had to stand by and bullshit while a girl nursed her drink for an hour – brutal. Also, recognize that you control the tab, as you’re paying, and can cut it off, or walk from the date at any time. Last week I had a drink with this Korean girl – cute, from the supermarket, digits in literally 30 seconds – and after one drink I laid it out. I don’t recommend this level of candor, but I told her that we’d had one drink and did she want to join at my place for a second. She demurred, and as I had a buddy with a promising situation downtown, I told her that if we were going to have a second drink (on me, of course) and talk more of the same – work, life in New York, relationships – I wasn’t interested. This was a “maybe” girl and I made the call. Carlos and I had fun downtown that night.
One last note on leaving the lounge, the last neutral public place for you both. I often say I know of a place where we can have another drink, and that I’m tired of this joint. They agree and ask “where?” Here you should be vague, because she may want to map out the night along her blueprint, which may involve the following number of hummers: zero. Tell her it’s a spot uptown and then walk out, hail a cab and pile in.
Face-to-Face Sitting across from each other is sometimes unavoidable, but is often a hard gulf to breach. There is the obvious benefit of eye contact, especially when setting is dim and candle-lit. Also, there is the forced, and a bit desperate, arms-across-the-tabletop, in which the woman gently massages your forearms. This can work, and give you a sense of her touch. What’s most important about physical contact, of course, is that it makes the woman relaxed.
That is, unless you’re a jumpy, jittery motherfucker, in which case put down this book. So, she can kneed into your forearms, which feels great, meanwhile talking to you about her _____________ (cat, brother, father, roommate) and all the while relaxing to a point where she’ll open up more, physically. There’s also the footsie angle, but I’m not sure that’s still in vogue.
Most men have a better side, or think they do. Mine is to my left; I think my profile on that side is better-looking. Choose a side and play it. In general, because I like my left better, I like to have the girl sit to my left. That way, I come from a point of strength.
What this position lacks in visual intimacy, it makes up for in physical intimacy. From the side you can extend for the old arm-around-shoulder. You can talk in a low voice because you’re telling here something “discreet and private” when in truth you just want to breathe warmly on her ear and neck to excite her.
Thighs and crotch are now within reach and can be grazed and palmed casually as you get up, sit down, lean-in. This stuff sounds too detailed, but it’s crucial to condition the Pavlovian female to expect physical closeness from you. To playboys it comes naturally – just go to some real hot restaurant or bar and watch some stud with a beautiful girl on each side. It’s all jaw, shoulder, palm and breasts, in a sea of hair. Women like to be touched. You don’t initiate here, and you’ll be labeled a psycho when you reach for her pussy in the cab or after 3 minutes of formal bullshit back at you apartment.
So, when to leave? I’ve been experimenting with this part of the system. I guess it’s the one area that’s still a “work-in-progress.” Knowing when to leave, or said another way, when to stay put and have another round, is crucial. Ultimately, it’s a judgment call, but I’ve recently tried to see how soon I can pull it in the name of research and economy (another drink for her is $12 and for you another fucking glass of seltzer water). Obviously, more liquor makes things easier – to a point. I am usually out of the lounge after two drinks, sometimes three. I imagine if I held longer I would encounter a couple of problems I avoid: a soused girl that stinks of booze and is too uncoordinated to play and may possibly boot, or amore cautious girl that takes note of her drunkenness and becomes guarded, and suspicious, knowing her resolve is down.
I would counsel three drinks and then split. I’ve taken girls out and they’ve betrayed their horniness by sucking down the drinks with fervor. I’ve also had to stand by and bullshit while a girl nursed her drink for an hour – brutal. Also, recognize that you control the tab, as you’re paying, and can cut it off, or walk from the date at any time. Last week I had a drink with this Korean girl – cute, from the supermarket, digits in literally 30 seconds – and after one drink I laid it out. I don’t recommend this level of candor, but I told her that we’d had one drink and did she want to join at my place for a second. She demurred, and as I had a buddy with a promising situation downtown, I told her that if we were going to have a second drink (on me, of course) and talk more of the same – work, life in New York, relationships – I wasn’t interested. This was a “maybe” girl and I made the call. Carlos and I had fun downtown that night.
One last note on leaving the lounge, the last neutral public place for you both. I often say I know of a place where we can have another drink, and that I’m tired of this joint. They agree and ask “where?” Here you should be vague, because she may want to map out the night along her blueprint, which may involve the following number of hummers: zero. Tell her it’s a spot uptown and then walk out, hail a cab and pile in.
E=MC²
NEW ALBUM IN STORES APRIL 15th - FOLLOWS-UP WORLDWIDE 10 MILLION-SELLING, MULTI-GRAMMY WINNING THE EMANCIPATION OF MIMI.
"Touch My Body" - first single hits radio February 12th, written and produced by Mariah Carey, C. "Tricky" Stewart and The-Dream- video directed by Brett Ratner, premiere to be announced.
Performer and songwriter Mariah Carey has set April 15th as the in-store date for the most eagerly anticipated album of the year, E=MC². The 11th studio album of her career, E=MC² is the follow-up to The Emancipation Of Mimi, Mariah's worldwide 10 million selling #1 album, which generated three Grammy awards (including Best Contemporary R&B Album), 2 #1 singles and countless more industry honors during its 18-month stay on the charts.
The first single from E=MC² is "Touch My Body," written and produced by Mariah Carey, C. "Tricky" Stewart, and The-Dream, and blasting out worldwide on February 12th. The video for "Touch My Body" was directed by feature filmmaker Brett Ratner - internet, cable and network premieres for the video will be announced in the weeks ahead. In addition to C. "Tricky" Stewart and The-Dream, other guest producers joining Mariah on E=MC² will include Jermaine Dupri, DJ Toomp, Stargate, Will I Am, Bryan Michael Cox, Nate "Danjahandz" Hills and James Poyser. E=MC² is executive produced by Mariah Carey and Antonio "LA" Reid, Chairman, Island Def Jam Music Group.
The Emancipation Of Mimi, released April 12, 2005, was an industry phenomenon for the mega-platinum award-winning superstar - Soundscan's biggest-selling album of the year, bringing total sales of Mariah's albums, singles and videos to more than 160 million worldwide, making her the most successful female recording artist in history. Mariah is now positioned as the only active recording artist in the 48 years of the Hot 100 (which began in 1958) with the potential to surpass the Beatles' all-time high of 20 #1 hits.
Monday, February 11, 2008
playing it straight.
MC was rocking straight hair, at last night LA Reid/Entertainment Weekly's Post Grammy party. MC hasnt done straight hair in forever, this is such a gay post. I guess any reason to post pic of MC is cool with me.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
i love aretha franklin
Here's a classic clip of her singing Aint No Way in Park West. On a side note she really reminds me of my grandmother in this clip.
unrequited love
is love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is usually deeply desired. The beloved may not even be aware of this person's deep feelings for them. This can lead to feelings such as depression, low self-esteem, anxiety, and rapid mood swings between depression and euphoria. In extreme cases it may even lead to suicide. Being such a universal feeling, it has naturally been a frequent subject in popular culture.
Saturday, February 09, 2008
paul janka's tale of the cab ride and apartment
I have the smallest apartment in Manhattan. Literally. And yet, I screw more and better looking girls than all my friends in the City, many who have infinitely nicer digs.
The 6 minute ride from my favorite lounge to my apartment is a crucial testing period. If I have my hand in her panties and her mouth is around my cock, she passes the test. Everyone’s happy. That isn’t often the case. More usually, they’re coming back to your place, a bit tipsy, and now would be a good time to test the physical boundaries a bit. Kissing, breast and crotch action is explored. Also, their willingness to put their hands on my alerted member is usually telling. I only give my home address when getting into the cab. If the woman wants to “get another drink” somewhere else at 1am on a Tuesday night, she’s being difficult.
Which brings us to axiom 42:
Most difficult women remain difficult.
It’s like Newton’s First Law of Motion (I was a physics major in college). Opening your wallet all over town in the fading hope that this chic is going to give it up is a rookie move. Always be prepared to walk from the pussy, particularly at the cab ride stage. It’s like ripping off a Band-AidTM – it’s better to do it in one move. It will sting for 20 seconds. Go upstairs, jerk-off, check you wallet to note that you just saved yourself $50 and go to sleep. “Next!”
I have the smallest apartment in Manhattan. Literally. My friend Micah and I laugh about hosting a dinner party in this large closet, complete with a butler carrying hors-oeuvres on a silver dinner tray. The place has one window, no kitchen, a shared bathroom down the hall and a little mini-fridge that sits above incongruous $2000 Armani suits in the closet. And yet, I screw more and better looking girls than all my friends in the City, many who have infinitely nicer digs.
The reason is two-fold: the power of the system to bring the woman to a point of no-return, and second, what I will call “presentation” but which is actually an optical illusion. The system, from first meeting on the street 3 days prior, has worked magically, and the woman is all but ready to get naked. The apartment, at this stage is simply a private place to shag, whereas it usually is a tremendous bargaining chip in the male population’s never ending quest to copulate. The other reason, having to do with presentation, is comical, yet effective, and bears elaboration.
As said, I live in a box. A box in the most expensive neighborhood in the country, but a box, nonetheless. As the woman trails behind me at 2am, ascending the stairwell to my floor, I have the plan in place. There is only a single leather chair with ottoman in my apartment, and here she must sit. I’ve usually prepared before heading out that night, and so all the lights are off and there are a couple of candles and matches by the front door. I’ve found that women will tolerate most anything, provided the experience is candle-lit.
So I lead, opening the door into darkness, immediately grabbing a candle or two. These I light, place on either side of the generous leather chair, motioning to her to have a seat as I remove her coat. Coat hung in the closet, candles flickering laterally, she gets cozy in the leather. We are ensconced in a little globe of light, the outlines of my meager apartment hardly visible beyond.
It’s all yours from here…
The 6 minute ride from my favorite lounge to my apartment is a crucial testing period. If I have my hand in her panties and her mouth is around my cock, she passes the test. Everyone’s happy. That isn’t often the case. More usually, they’re coming back to your place, a bit tipsy, and now would be a good time to test the physical boundaries a bit. Kissing, breast and crotch action is explored. Also, their willingness to put their hands on my alerted member is usually telling. I only give my home address when getting into the cab. If the woman wants to “get another drink” somewhere else at 1am on a Tuesday night, she’s being difficult.
Which brings us to axiom 42:
Most difficult women remain difficult.
It’s like Newton’s First Law of Motion (I was a physics major in college). Opening your wallet all over town in the fading hope that this chic is going to give it up is a rookie move. Always be prepared to walk from the pussy, particularly at the cab ride stage. It’s like ripping off a Band-AidTM – it’s better to do it in one move. It will sting for 20 seconds. Go upstairs, jerk-off, check you wallet to note that you just saved yourself $50 and go to sleep. “Next!”
I have the smallest apartment in Manhattan. Literally. My friend Micah and I laugh about hosting a dinner party in this large closet, complete with a butler carrying hors-oeuvres on a silver dinner tray. The place has one window, no kitchen, a shared bathroom down the hall and a little mini-fridge that sits above incongruous $2000 Armani suits in the closet. And yet, I screw more and better looking girls than all my friends in the City, many who have infinitely nicer digs.
The reason is two-fold: the power of the system to bring the woman to a point of no-return, and second, what I will call “presentation” but which is actually an optical illusion. The system, from first meeting on the street 3 days prior, has worked magically, and the woman is all but ready to get naked. The apartment, at this stage is simply a private place to shag, whereas it usually is a tremendous bargaining chip in the male population’s never ending quest to copulate. The other reason, having to do with presentation, is comical, yet effective, and bears elaboration.
As said, I live in a box. A box in the most expensive neighborhood in the country, but a box, nonetheless. As the woman trails behind me at 2am, ascending the stairwell to my floor, I have the plan in place. There is only a single leather chair with ottoman in my apartment, and here she must sit. I’ve usually prepared before heading out that night, and so all the lights are off and there are a couple of candles and matches by the front door. I’ve found that women will tolerate most anything, provided the experience is candle-lit.
So I lead, opening the door into darkness, immediately grabbing a candle or two. These I light, place on either side of the generous leather chair, motioning to her to have a seat as I remove her coat. Coat hung in the closet, candles flickering laterally, she gets cozy in the leather. We are ensconced in a little globe of light, the outlines of my meager apartment hardly visible beyond.
It’s all yours from here…
my new obession
Paul Janka, a Harvard-educated Mystery wannabe who wrote a book called How to Get Laid in New York, the crux of which is that girls will totally have sex with you if you treat them like shit, get them drunk, and refuse to buy them dinner.
Janka considers him self a modern-day Casanova and has shined and honed his womanizing strategy until it is worthy of an MBA thesis. He even uses Microsoft Excel spreadsheets to drive his point home. Janka claims he has had over 100 conquests under his belt (literally) and says that not wasting time on dinner and a movie is key to his strategy. Janka likes to go right to the good stuff first and says that women respect him more for that.
Janka feels that as long as he is forthright with the women he dates, it's all good. If they know he has sex with a bazillion women on the first date, then they know what to expect. I might have to agree with him on this one. Any woman willing to drop her panties on a first date in New York City shouldn't have high expectations of the value and longevity of the relationship. As much as most people hate Janka, he is transparent. You know what you're going to get.
Since I am not straight his tips arent going to do me any good, but I must say Im def a fan of Mr. Super Sexy Janka, he's def the kind of guy I would fuck. Not sure what that says about me as a person lol.
The following is a convo from GAWKER reader had with Mr. Janka, it really gives you an idea of the kind of guy he is. WHAT FOLLOWS ARE WORDS THAT ARE NOT SAFE FOR THE WORK PLACE.
[13:41] Paul: sex is more exciting if a woman isn't entirely comfortable, i've found
[13:41] Paul: comfortable, gf sex is nice
[13:42] Paul: but it doesn't have that animal battling that occurs
[13:42] Paul: it's an act of domination really
[13:53] Sarah: would you rather never be able to sleep with anyone again but morbidly obese people, or eat a salad where the dressing was your dad's semen
[13:53] Paul: latter
13:54] Sarah: would you rather have your 5th grade science teacher sit and watch you have sex and do a play-by-play commentary, or have your grandmother masturbating in the corner
[13:55] Paul: former
[13:55] Sarah: have you ever had a male-male encounter
[13:55] Sarah: like, had sex with another man
[13:56] Paul: yes, experimented in high school
[13:56] Paul: middle school
[13:57] Sarah: what is the best thing a woman can do in bed
[13:57] Paul: the standard stuff plus
[13:57] Paul: like my ass
[13:57] Paul: deep throat
[13:57] Paul: let me spit in her face
[13:57] Paul: take it in the ass
[13:58] Paul: lick my ass, not like my ass, sorry
[13:58] Paul: would you rather drink a tablespoon of my cum
[13:58] Paul: that's been in the refrig for 2 weeks
[13:59] Paul: or have to blow a team of uncircumsized football players after a particularly sweaty match
[13:59] Sarah: uhh. ew.
[14:00] Sarah: would you go down on heidi klum knowing that her vagina tastes exactly like your dad's penis?
[14:00] Paul: No
[15:39] Paul: so i have a way for you to be a first for me
[15:39] Sarah: oh yea?
[15:39] Paul: it is degrading
[15:39] Paul: are you willing
[15:39] Paul: before you hear the detail
[15:40] Paul: no pain or sicknes
[15:40] Paul: ss
[15:40] Paul: nothing public/ruined reputation
[15:40] Sarah: sure
[15:40] Paul: just something i've always wanted to do
[15:40] Paul: we have to find the right location
[15:40] Paul: though, since my place doesn't work
[15:40] Paul: intrigued?
[15:40] Sarah: of course
[15:41] Paul: blumpkin*
[15:41] Sarah: why cant you do that in your house
[15:41] Paul: bathroom is tight
*Preliminary research indicates that a Blumpkin refers to an fellatio while the receiver is sitting on a toilet. It is not immediately apparent if the man must also be in the act of voiding but otherwise, how is it a big deal at all?
Janka considers him self a modern-day Casanova and has shined and honed his womanizing strategy until it is worthy of an MBA thesis. He even uses Microsoft Excel spreadsheets to drive his point home. Janka claims he has had over 100 conquests under his belt (literally) and says that not wasting time on dinner and a movie is key to his strategy. Janka likes to go right to the good stuff first and says that women respect him more for that.
Janka feels that as long as he is forthright with the women he dates, it's all good. If they know he has sex with a bazillion women on the first date, then they know what to expect. I might have to agree with him on this one. Any woman willing to drop her panties on a first date in New York City shouldn't have high expectations of the value and longevity of the relationship. As much as most people hate Janka, he is transparent. You know what you're going to get.
Since I am not straight his tips arent going to do me any good, but I must say Im def a fan of Mr. Super Sexy Janka, he's def the kind of guy I would fuck. Not sure what that says about me as a person lol.
The following is a convo from GAWKER reader had with Mr. Janka, it really gives you an idea of the kind of guy he is. WHAT FOLLOWS ARE WORDS THAT ARE NOT SAFE FOR THE WORK PLACE.
[13:41] Paul: sex is more exciting if a woman isn't entirely comfortable, i've found
[13:41] Paul: comfortable, gf sex is nice
[13:42] Paul: but it doesn't have that animal battling that occurs
[13:42] Paul: it's an act of domination really
[13:53] Sarah: would you rather never be able to sleep with anyone again but morbidly obese people, or eat a salad where the dressing was your dad's semen
[13:53] Paul: latter
13:54] Sarah: would you rather have your 5th grade science teacher sit and watch you have sex and do a play-by-play commentary, or have your grandmother masturbating in the corner
[13:55] Paul: former
[13:55] Sarah: have you ever had a male-male encounter
[13:55] Sarah: like, had sex with another man
[13:56] Paul: yes, experimented in high school
[13:56] Paul: middle school
[13:57] Sarah: what is the best thing a woman can do in bed
[13:57] Paul: the standard stuff plus
[13:57] Paul: like my ass
[13:57] Paul: deep throat
[13:57] Paul: let me spit in her face
[13:57] Paul: take it in the ass
[13:58] Paul: lick my ass, not like my ass, sorry
[13:58] Paul: would you rather drink a tablespoon of my cum
[13:58] Paul: that's been in the refrig for 2 weeks
[13:59] Paul: or have to blow a team of uncircumsized football players after a particularly sweaty match
[13:59] Sarah: uhh. ew.
[14:00] Sarah: would you go down on heidi klum knowing that her vagina tastes exactly like your dad's penis?
[14:00] Paul: No
[15:39] Paul: so i have a way for you to be a first for me
[15:39] Sarah: oh yea?
[15:39] Paul: it is degrading
[15:39] Paul: are you willing
[15:39] Paul: before you hear the detail
[15:40] Paul: no pain or sicknes
[15:40] Paul: ss
[15:40] Paul: nothing public/ruined reputation
[15:40] Sarah: sure
[15:40] Paul: just something i've always wanted to do
[15:40] Paul: we have to find the right location
[15:40] Paul: though, since my place doesn't work
[15:40] Paul: intrigued?
[15:40] Sarah: of course
[15:41] Paul: blumpkin*
[15:41] Sarah: why cant you do that in your house
[15:41] Paul: bathroom is tight
*Preliminary research indicates that a Blumpkin refers to an fellatio while the receiver is sitting on a toilet. It is not immediately apparent if the man must also be in the act of voiding but otherwise, how is it a big deal at all?
Friday, February 08, 2008
hot shit!
The studs of Gossip Girl on the cover of the new OUT Magazine, I highly suggest picking it up. I know I will.
Pics via JustJared
disapointed
One of my favorite tv newsman of MSNBC has been suspended for talking shit about Chelesa Clinton. Here's the offical story....
" A distasteful comment about Chelsea Clinton by an MSNBC anchor could imperil Hillary Rodham Clinton's participation in future presidential debates on the network, a Clinton spokesman said.
In a conference call with reporters, Clinton communications director Howard Wolfson on Friday excoriated MSNBC's David Shuster for suggesting the Clinton campaign had "pimped out" 27-year old Chelsea by having her place phone calls to celebrities and Democratic Party "superdelegates" on her mother's behalf.
Wolfson called Shuster's comment "beneath contempt" and disgusting.
"I, at this point, can't envision a scenario where we would continue to engage in debates on that network," he added.
MSNBC said Shuster, who apologized on the air for his comment, has been temporarily suspended from appearing on all NBC news broadcasts except to offer his apology.
"NBC News takes these matters seriously, and offers our sincere regrets to the Clintons for the remarks," MSNBC spokesman Jeremy Gaines said, adding the network was hopeful the debate would take place as planned.
Clinton and Obama are scheduled to participate in an MSNBC debate Feb. 26 from Ohio, which holds its primary March 4. The Clinton campaign has pushed hard for as many debates as possible with Obama, but Wolfson said the Feb. 26 debate could be jeopardized.
Wolfson pointed to what he called a pattern of tasteless comments by MSNBC anchors about the Clinton campaign. Weeks ago, "Hardball" host Chris Matthews apologized to the former first lady after suggesting her political career had been made possible by her husband's philandering.
Shuster told The Associated Press he has tried to reach Clinton to apologize.
Bill Burton, a spokesman for Obama, called Shuster's comments "deplorable" and said they had no place in the political process."
Im sad about this, I always enjoy David Shuster, its ok to have your own personal opinion. I dont have an issue with that, but if you are a journalist, there are clear rules you have to follow. On another note, I went to a Hillary rally last night, and I was lucky enough to see and hear Senator Clinton, pics and video from that coming soon.
Thursday, February 07, 2008
he's outta there..
Mitt Romney just dropped out of the race, I feel indifferent. As a man, I think Mitt Romney is awesome, anytime someone can work hard enough to make millions, they are ok in my book. Plus he has 5 pretty damn sexy sons.
happy thursday..
just a lil something to get you through the day, I know I enjoyed it. Marcus Patrick. google him
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
super tuesday
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New York
Connecticut
Delaware
West Virginia
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
Minnesota
North Dakota
Arizona
California
Alaska
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
New Mexico
Utah
New Jersey
New York
Connecticut
Delaware
West Virginia
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
Minnesota
North Dakota
Arizona
California
Alaska
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
New Mexico
Utah
Monday, February 04, 2008
he's outta there..
Bob Knight, the winningest NCAA men's division I basketball coach in history, (and my personal favorite basketball coach period) has retired as Texas Tech's coach, effective immediately. Knight, 67, who won his 902nd game Saturday when the Red Raiders downed Oklahoma State, will be replaced by his son, Pat. Knight informed athletic director Gerald Myers of his decision Monday morning. There had been no hint the move was coming.
Im curious if he went crazy again and quit, or are there health issues going on. I mean the man is def not getting any younger. He had signed a three-year contract extension in September that was to run through the 2011-12 season. In any case, thanks Mr. Knight for making college basketball so enjoyable for me.
Im curious if he went crazy again and quit, or are there health issues going on. I mean the man is def not getting any younger. He had signed a three-year contract extension in September that was to run through the 2011-12 season. In any case, thanks Mr. Knight for making college basketball so enjoyable for me.
Sunday, February 03, 2008
still making the same mistakes
I was talking with a long time friend the other day and she was telling me how she is "seeing" someone. Its kinda funny b/c we are always in the same boat life wise and thought process wise. We are both independent people who have been screwed over a lot. We have both embraced our single lives. I always joke that if I was straight she would be the girl that I would marry.
So she was telling me that she was having a hard time really letting herself get invested in the realtionship. She went one to say something that stopped me dead in my tracks and made me reevaluate my life. The reason she was having problems letting go and falling emotionally b/c she had "learned from the past" she couldnt believe that when we were in college the her and her friends use to get dressed up going to the bars lookin for Mr. right.
Then it hit me, Im still making the same mistakes relationship wise that I was in college, 7 years ago!!! Well I was a freshman 7 years ago. Its amazing, have I not learnt anything from my past mistakes? Im not as needy as I once was but is that b/c Ive grown as a person or is it b/c Ive let life and my past experiences make me bitter? Why cant I commit to one person? Even when I met someone who is interested in me, I hold them at a distance. Mostly b/c Im always waiting for something better to come along.
I dont believe in dating for the sake of dating, so when I meet date someone its suppose to mean something. My problem is maybe my standards are too high, I dont think im asking for alot. Someone who I have chemistry with, someone with a sense of humor, attractive, and a decent person. I cant count the number of guys Ive met, and thought about dating but didnt b/c they werent cute enough in my book, so I held out for something better.
My friend Abbey went on to say, what if you keep doing that, and the whole time everything you've always wanted was in front of you the whole time. You shouldnt have to force something to work, of course sometimes you have to do a little work to make a relationship grow. But when does the time come where you cut your loses?
Im sure this blog is all over the place, Im just writing off the cuff. Im still in shock that its been 7 years since Ive started dating, I was a late bloomer and didnt start dating guys or anyone until college. But still 7 years later 2008, and Im still chasing guys who arent good for me, who are in reality not worth my time. I dont want it to be 2015 and i would still be single, still acting like a naive 21 year old boy.
So she was telling me that she was having a hard time really letting herself get invested in the realtionship. She went one to say something that stopped me dead in my tracks and made me reevaluate my life. The reason she was having problems letting go and falling emotionally b/c she had "learned from the past" she couldnt believe that when we were in college the her and her friends use to get dressed up going to the bars lookin for Mr. right.
Then it hit me, Im still making the same mistakes relationship wise that I was in college, 7 years ago!!! Well I was a freshman 7 years ago. Its amazing, have I not learnt anything from my past mistakes? Im not as needy as I once was but is that b/c Ive grown as a person or is it b/c Ive let life and my past experiences make me bitter? Why cant I commit to one person? Even when I met someone who is interested in me, I hold them at a distance. Mostly b/c Im always waiting for something better to come along.
I dont believe in dating for the sake of dating, so when I meet date someone its suppose to mean something. My problem is maybe my standards are too high, I dont think im asking for alot. Someone who I have chemistry with, someone with a sense of humor, attractive, and a decent person. I cant count the number of guys Ive met, and thought about dating but didnt b/c they werent cute enough in my book, so I held out for something better.
My friend Abbey went on to say, what if you keep doing that, and the whole time everything you've always wanted was in front of you the whole time. You shouldnt have to force something to work, of course sometimes you have to do a little work to make a relationship grow. But when does the time come where you cut your loses?
Im sure this blog is all over the place, Im just writing off the cuff. Im still in shock that its been 7 years since Ive started dating, I was a late bloomer and didnt start dating guys or anyone until college. But still 7 years later 2008, and Im still chasing guys who arent good for me, who are in reality not worth my time. I dont want it to be 2015 and i would still be single, still acting like a naive 21 year old boy.
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