Kanye West Wins Early Pe.rhaps to placate Kanye West, who declared himself done with the MTV VIdeo Music Awards last year because he didn't win a thing, he's already won a 2008 award. He was one of several winners named Friday, two days in advance of the 2008 MTV VIdeo Music Awards show. West's .".Good Life.".featuring T-Pain won for best special effects. Good thing, since he's scheduled to close out the event Sunday with a performance. Gnarls Barkley was the biggest winner in the so called .".professional.".categories.Gnarls Barkley.

Playlist 9-5-08 Music inspired by the conventions again, but not the one this week. I was reminded of a past Republican Convention 2004 when Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes actually sang .".Wake.".live (and nobody listened to the words). So then a coupl.e other soul songs you didn't hear at the conventions either but probably should have. Played some Elvis Presley hits written by Jerry Reed, who died this week. Then some Elvis Costello. New stuff from TV on the Radio, Calexico, and Kasey Chambers .&.Shane . concert.

Shreveport News Article Permalink Cleveland Interview05 September, 2008 Posted by: Liz Lemon There's an audio interview with Jason up at Cleveland.com. Also, a brief blurb about Jason in the accompanying text article: Most performers toed a party line, all the more reason to give dreadlocked dark horse Jason Castro his due for tackling a few unusual selections in unusual ways. His stripped-down reworking of Gnarls Barkley's .".Crazy.".was a treat. Ditto Castro's ukelele-driven .".Over the Rainbow.".done. Gnarls Barkley tickets.

Keep That Award Handy! Kanye West Joins MTV VMA Lineup live, This alone is worth the price of admission. Superstar and sensitive musical genius Kanye West has agreed to close the 25th anniversary show of the MTV VMA this Sunday. His .".Good Life.".video featuring T-Pain was awarded Best Special Effects, but should his .".Homecoming.".fail to win the Best Hip Hop Video category, the show he is closing might look something like this. Word that producers are trying to entice Sir Elton John and Lily .".I've got my whole life ahead.".Allen to announce.

Solange Debuts in the Top 10 With ?SoL-AngeL and the Hadley St. Dreams? Gnarls Barkley concert tickets, SANTA MONICA, Calif. Sept. 4 /PRNewswire/ - The multi-talented rising star, Solange (Singer, Songwriter, Artist, Choreographer, Video Director, Executive Producer and more), makes a splash with the release of her new album.".SoL-AngeL and The Hadley St. Dream.".(Music World Entertainment/Geffen Records), entering the Top 10 (#9).".The Billboard 200 Chart.".The album is Top 5 (#3) on Billboard's .".Top.&.B/Hip-Hop Albums.".chart and Top 10 (#9) on the .".Billboard Comprehensive.".chart. Released.

Chris Cornell, Timbaland Prepare To 'Scream' Cornell, Timbaland Prepare To 'Scream' September 04, 2008 , 2:25 PM ET Chris Cornell's new Timbaland-produced album.".Scream.".will arrive Oct. 14 via Suretone/Interscope. The first fruit of the collaboration.".Long Gone.".can be sampled on Cornell's MySpace page. A second track.".Ground Zero.".hits digital retail on Sept. 9, while an excerpt of a third.".Watch Out.".is streaming on MySpace. As to be expected with Timbaland behind the boards, these songs move Cornell in a much more. music.

LIL WAYNE EXPLAINS WHY HE IS A MARTIAN! Tickets, ".We are not the same, I am a martian.".Lil Wayne stated.".Phone Home.".a song off his new album Tha Carter III. Weezy told XXL in the October issue that his alien connection came from Gnarls Barkley's Cee-Lo.I?m.

Yet Another Crazy European-Hit Musician Ceases to Make It In The States A few months ago, we posted a photo of a man named Sam Sparro, who bore a striking resemblance to our favorite movie character of all time, Squints from The Sandlot. At the time, we had no idea that the Australian Mr. Sparro was actually blowin? up on music charts all across Europe with his hit single ?Black .&.Gold. But, in typical American style, Sparro had not yet made it over to our tiny 48-or-so-stated-unless-you-really-take-Hawaii-and-Alaska- seriously'd nation. It took an overseas jaunt. Gnarls Barkley tour tickets.

Soundcheck Gnarls Barkley ticket broker, Better luck this time? Pennsylvania act Runner Runner which features former members of the pop/punk band Over It (formerly on Virgin) has generated some buzz lately with a more Top 40 friendly sound. Tracks like ?So Obvious? and ?Believe? seem prime for success on the heels of the likes of Metro Station's ?Shake It. Take a listen to Over It's first single ?Siren on the 101? from their Virgin records debut and decide if the change in sound was one for the better, or worse. Under Appreciated.

Random 10 for Sept. 4, 2008 1. Lovage?Stroker Ace. This was a project from a few years ago by Dan ?The Automator? Nakamura of Handsome Boy Modeling School Fame, Jennifer Charles of Elysian Fields and my wife's favorite performer of all time, Mike Patton. Yeah, right ? she has nightmares about him in which he sprouts full body hair and crashes through our bedroom window. Fortunately for Laura, he's not present in this video. Fortunately for the rest of us, Jennifer Charles is. 2. The Sleepy Jackson?Sunkids. , Tickets for Gnarls Barkley.