Chris Molanphy commented on In Which We Discuss Kanye West's "Love Lockdown", at 11:57 AM on Sep 8 I think you're dead-on. more »

Chris Molanphy commented on VMA Wrapups Reveal That This Year's Ceremony Didn't Really Have A Big Watercooler Moment, at 11:33 AM on Sep 8 @Nunya B: You and I were on the same page -- the minute Xtina finished the "Genie" redo and started the new song, "OMG Goldfrapp!!!" popped into my head. more »

Chris Molanphy commented on Get Excited: It's The List Of Video Music Awards Winners!, at 7:44 AM on Sep 8 I agree with Dickdogfood that Britney's three wins were a defensible, relatively happy result on the main show. But most of the rest of the winners on the telecast sucked -- and, by contrast, virtually all of the winners not broadcast (i.e., the list above starting with Art Direction, on down) were uniformly good and deserving. So I guess this is what the VMA trophy itself has evolved into: respectable in the small categories, crap on the air. more »

Chris Molanphy commented on Strummin' In The Girls' Room: Jason Mraz's Folksy Ditty Climbs The Charts, at 4:40 PM on Sep 6 @DocStrange: I'll pick up the ball on this one, because I happen to have a Billboard Rock Tracks chart book handy. First off, the most recent solo woman I can find in the Modern Rock Top 10 is from 11 years ago: Sarah McLachlan, with "Building a Mystery" (No. more »

Chris Molanphy commented on Strummin' In The Girls' Room: Jason Mraz's Folksy Ditty Climbs The Charts, at 9:03 AM on Sep 6 Addendum I'm so annoyed: I knew there had to be a reason Mraz's single suddenly took off three weeks ago, after languishing in the bottom half of the chart for months. more »

Chris Molanphy commented on The Video Music Awards: They're Coming! Get Ready!, at 6:10 PM on Sep 5 How, how have I not referred to the Kid's song as "Werewolves of Alabama" yet?! See, this is why you run the show around here. more »

Chris Molanphy commented on Kanye West Could Save The Music Business' Day, Month, And/Or Year, at 6:06 PM on Sep 5 Don't do it, Kanye -- the 18-month to two-year pattern is working fine. more »

Chris Molanphy commented on "Blender"'s Purr Seems A Bit Muted These Days, at 5:07 PM on Sep 5 @DavidWatts: He unmasked himself some months ago. At the risk of sounding like a slobbering fan of the Anono-Prick, this was a more-excellent-than-usual column. more »

Chris Molanphy commented on Strummin' In The Girls' Room: Jason Mraz's Folksy Ditty Climbs The Charts, at 3:24 PM on Sep 5 @Al Shipley: Yeah, I kind of contradict myself in this column, saying Bareilles has no followup hit "anywhere" and then mentioning "Bottle It Up" in the Triple-A Top 20 a few grafs later. Still, the label's gotta be hoping for more from her than all those, as you put it, little dents. more »

Chris Molanphy commented on It Can Also Be Used For "Practice" Blood-Spitting Sessions, at 12:36 PM on Sep 4 When sales of the ketchup start to slip, they'll reissue it "Unmasked!" -- without its signature red coloring -- revealing it for the ugly brown sauce it actually is. more »

Chris Molanphy commented on Another follow-up to the, at 12:31 PM on Sep 4 Anyone have Soundscan handy and can tell us how much the sophomore Ciara album ended up selling? more »

Chris Molanphy commented on And Now, A Chance To Celebrate The Cities That Helped Build Certain Parts Of Rock And Roll, at 11:15 AM on Sep 4 Billy Joel's "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant," which is one of the few songs to celebrate the fine burg of Hicksville, N.Y. more »

Chris Molanphy commented on Ben Folds Five Jump On The "Let's Have Bands Perform Their Old Albums Live" Bandwagon, at 11:07 AM on Sep 4 @Jerkwheat: Citing "artistic differences," your band will break up in May. more »

Chris Molanphy commented on Perhaps you've been watching, at 7:04 PM on Sep 3 @T'Challa: Uh -- kid's last record is platinum-plus. more »

Chris Molanphy commented on Slipknot Find A Few Chads Hanging Out Under The Game's Couch, at 4:29 PM on Sep 3 This isn't the first reversal at No. more »

Chris Molanphy commented on Ben Folds Five Jump On The "Let's Have Bands Perform Their Old Albums Live" Bandwagon, at 2:06 PM on Sep 3 @dog door: Not so much on Machina, but I too love Adore -- it's the Cure album Corgan always wanted to record. Agreed with Al on Messner, and this is clearly Folds himself exorcising some demons (artistic and commercial). more »

Chris Molanphy commented on Highly Unscientific Poll Suggests The "Bands Will Make Their Money Back On The Road" Hypothesis May Be Flawed, at 11:28 PM on Sep 2 Aww. more »

Chris Molanphy commented on "New York Times" Offers Yet Another Lesson In How To Write A "Vinyl Is Back" Trend Piece, at 4:51 PM on Sep 2 I'll just chime in with a short version of what I always say on these vinyl posts: Vinyl by the '80s sounded like ass (outside of classical and jazz, and sometimes even there), it didn't weigh 180 grams, it only rarely came in beautiful gatefold covers, and most turntables were shit. more »