Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Crabb Bits: Britney, Julieanne Hough, 3rd Street Live Closing

It must be decemeber, must be time for Britney to crawl out of that hole she's been hiding in and declaring that she's the kinder and gentler Britney Spears.  Yeah and they don't call her BS for nothing.

Leave it to MTV and the taboids to continue to extend the fifteen minites of fame that has expired a long time ago on this overexposed pop tart.  Now she's yapping about wanting to get married and finding a "father figure" for her children. More BS from BS, Kevin Federline has been a better dad than the poor excuse of a mother that had them.  How about being a "mother figure" for once in your life BS.  And cover up when you go out too, I've seen more of your C section than I'd care to.  I'm sure this also has something to do with a new BS album that came out this week and if Britney plays it right, it may sell more than the Guns And Roses Chinese Dudbomb that had all the rats running out of Best Buy last weekend.  But even so, this year sucked for new music anyway, Britney ain't going save the music industry no way or how.  Please, MTV, TMZ and The Enquirer, just leave Britney alone.  We'll be better off for it.

Another sign of torture was hearing Julieanne Hough's country debut at CDs Plus last week.  More country cliches and semental Hallmark like BS from a person, whose shining moment was winning Dancing With The Stars.  Good looks, faux paus country twang, check and check.  Somewhere along the Nashville dives, there must be a female country singer that can write and sing them the honest way but since she didn't win Dancing With The Stars or American Idol, she has to earn her living the hard way.  Having your own My Space site doesn't grant you instant fame and fortune, just ask The Townedgers on that one.  If you want sheer country honesty, well you can't go wrong with Miranda Lambert or Ashton Shepard (although I have to admit that I didn't review the AS album due to deadlines and though she writes her own songs, there was a bit more country cliche that made me decide to pass on it).  Or if you love that country cliche 8.1 well Carrie Underwood come on down.  But I get stone cold on the chick country of today, too many pinups and no substance for music.  Strange to say that Elizabeth Cook is now considered a elder, although her Hey Y'all album is about six years old.   But I'm off topic as is.

But EC remains a more viable country star than the Julie Houghs of the world, readymade pinup Barbie dolls that make flavor of the day country cliches and disappear a year from now. Which will be the fate of Julie Hough.  But if Universal Music drops her from the roster, I'm sure she can get her old job back.   Or try to latch on with the Carrie Underwood trainers out there.  Dreams can come true for American Idol winners if they pick the right niche.  Way things been going for CU, you can say it's like her winning the lottery.
You don't have to be good, just lucky and at the right spot.  Just like Carrie.

On the subject of 3rd street live becoming 1st Avenue Live.
A Letter from Rocky


To our friends and fans, The Real Story - 3rd Street Live! Will no longer exist as Iowa's premiere live Music venue as we, the owners of 3rd Street LIVE! have been forced out by the Chrome Horse and Bad Boyz Inc., who own the building, due "according to them" to the damage they sustained during the June flooding. We will open in another location in the Town & Country Shopping Center called "1st Ave. LIVE!" on Jan 16th. This new venue will have one purpose, the support and preservation of all types of live music in our area. There will be a cover charge, and 100% of that fee will go to the performers that evening, to ensure they can receive the compensation they deserve for creating thier fan base. Bands should realize that playing in clubs that do not charge a cover charge for live music is only making their value as performers worth less, in the very competitive market. To the fans of live music, it is you that make live music what it is, the cover charge you pay to see live music is very much appreciated by the performers. It goes to maintain equipment and other expenses bands incur to bring you the best show they possibly can, and to repay to you, the fans for your loyalty to live music. Thanks for your support in the past, and we are looking forward to your support in this new endeavor. We promise to maintain the top quality live entertainment we have provided you in the past, only in a newer, cleaner and easier to access venue.See you in January, Rocky