New Artist Spotlight

Today I discovered the best thing to come out of the music scene in a very long time. It's so refreshing to see a new artist who is not about making the money but rather the music. Mateo reminds me of Jill Scott, John Legend, Maxwell and Robin Thicke. His song, Complicated, could be mistaken as a Robin Thicke song; from the title (Robin has a song title Complicated on his 2nd cd), to the lyrics down to his voice. His voice feels like a nice glass of Moscato running down your throat. So sweet!

I'm not able to find enough about Mateo. What I've found out is through his Myspace. Mateo graduated from presitigious Morehouse College in Atlanta. He was actually going to start working in Finance. Fun fact: John Legend interviewed him for an internship at Boston Consulting Group which he didn't get. After a "soulfully dry" short career in Finance as a consultant (he and I must be twins!), he quit his job and moved to Los Angelese to pursue his music career. After working on the show Eve, with the rapper Eve, he was encouraged by a friend to pursue music fulltime. He posted his song, Human, on myspace to great success. He is now signed to Myspace Records and has a tour cd, Get To Know Me (Live at Swing House), available on itunes for $4.99. Do yourself a favor and buy yourself a copy. I am very excited to hear what his debut album will sound like.

DWTS Cast Announced

The new Dancing With The Stars cast has been revealed. I think each year they just stoop lower than the year before.

Audrina Patridge - Reality star from The Hills
Bristol Palin - And they say her baby daddy is the one looking for stardom..tsk!
Brandy - Singer Brandy...yeah, I don't know what to say about this one
David Hasselhoff - You've come a long way down since Baywatch
Florence Henderson - The token old lady
Jennifer Grey - I wonder if her role as "Baby" in Dirty Dancing will help her
Kurt Warner - Who? I'm guessing he's another sportsman
Kyle Massey - Who? I'm guessing he's the token young kid on the block
Rick Fox - Former NBA player whose been acting lately. This is a bad move for you! You were slowly moving up the hollywood ladder until this...SIGH.
The Situation - SERIOUSLY?! Well, I'm sure all his dances will be shirt-less
Michael Bolton - I have no words for this one.
Margaret Cho - The token comedian. It will probably help her new cd move wood (that's selling an abysmal number of cds)

You can learn more about the contestants here

Happy Birthday Michael Jackson

Today is the King of Pop's 52 birthday. Happy birthday MJ!


Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal


Sidenote: All three kids, Sean Lennon, Kellie Parker and Brandon Adams have remained in show business.

Emmys This Weekend

It's a great weekend for fellow television lovers. Primetime Emmy Awards air tomorrow night. As usual, I have picked those that I think should win. Here are my votes:

• Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series - Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper on the Big Bang Theory
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Christine "Old Christine" Campbell on The New Adventures of Old Christine
• Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series - this is a hard one but I'm picking Matthew Fox as Dr. Jack Shepard on Lost over Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House on House M.D. 
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series - Glenn Close as Patty Hewes on Damages
• Outstanding Comedy Series -  As much as I love Glee, I give this one to Modern Family
• Outstanding Drama Series - There'll be another year for True Blood, I give this one to the spectacular final season of Lost
• Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Jon Cryer as Alan Harper on Two and a Half Men
• Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series - Martin Short as Leonard Winstone on Damages
• Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester on Glee
• Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series - Rose Byrne as Ellen Parsons on Damages

Jam of The Day

When the person you love leaves you for someone else because of what the other party could provide them, let Cee Lo Green soothe your bruised heart...

Jam of The Day

You can always count on Eminem to give as a video that's not only entertaining but also though provoking and controversial. Personally, Rihanna and Eminem are a good pick for this song. We are all too aware of their relationship dramas. Enjoy a wonderful song.

Throwback

Do you remember that Joe Lawrence used to sing? Do you remember it was actually a hit song? Whoa! I bet that tidbit skipped your mind. In Celebration of his new ABC Family sitcom premiering on August 17th, Melissa & Joey, enjoy Nothin' my love can't fix.