This Day in Music…September 8
Daily September 8th. 2008, 5:00am1935 - The Hoboken Four, featuring Frank Sinatra as lead singer, appeared on “Major Bowes Amateur Hour” on WOR radio.
1941 - Harry James and his orchestra recorded “Miserlou.”
1977 - Jimmy McCulloch quit Paul McCartney & Wings to join a reformed lineup for the Small Faces.
1982 - Peter Gabriel’s “Security” LP was released.
1988 - Elton John sold some of his costumes and concert memorabilia at an auction in London for $6.2 million.
1998 - Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell proclaimed the week of September 8-13 as “Garth Brooks week.”
2000 - Sean “Puffy” Combs plead guilty to reduced assault charges in New York Criminal Court. Combs was sentenced to a one-day anger management class. The charges stemmed from Combs assaulting Interscope Records, executive Steve Stoute.
2006 - Whitney Houston filed for a divorce from Bobby Brown. The couple had married in 1992.
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September 8th, 2008 at 11:32 am
No worries, kac. I had a feeling it was a computer issue. Those things happen sadly, lol.
September 8th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Found via a link at The Velvet Rope:
…that got me thinking about the economics of music discovery, whether by hearing new music in a restaurant, in a movie theater or on the internet. Speaking of which, the deeply troubled music industry, rather astonishingly, has been spending its summer making it harder for music fans to encounter new music online.
Advertising Age
September 8th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Found (belatedly) all by myself:
A producer had asked Kraft’s composer client to write a “very Hitchcockian, Bernard Herrmann-type score” for his production, but the composer was leaning toward something sparser. The producer was adamant: “I want wall-to-wall music,” he said, “just like in ‘The Birds.’”
And there lay a snag. “He managed to pick the one Hitchcock film that had no music in it,” says Kraft.
The Hollywood Reporter
September 8th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
Hmm, I thought Canadians were more polite than this:
Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher was assaulted onstage Sunday night during the band’s headlining set at Toronto’s Virgin Festival on Toronto Island Park.
The Hollywood Reporter
September 8th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
A pity, this, although I suspect there will always be room for a new song about Porsches:
While you were electronically adjusting your side-view mirrors or being guided by GPS or reading the external temperature gauge or something, a curious thing happened in rock: The car-song trend sputtered and lurched and finally went kaput.
According to the diagnostics, those revving automobile engines — the inspiration for countless rock-and-roll songs, from the Cadillac-Ford race of Chuck Berry’s classic “Maybellene” to Bruce Springsteen’s rhapsody about “a ‘69 Chevy with a 396/Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor” in “Racing in the Street” — have gone silent.
Washington Post
September 8th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Try not to laugh while reading this…
As long as there’s been art, there have been wealthy patrons that have sponsored artists. Many of the world’s biggest masterpieces would have never seen the light of day had it not been for some rich individual who funded its creation. Van Gogh, Mozart and Da Vinci, for example, all had wealthy backers.
Hits Daily Double
September 8th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
A sales update for dcd, with 36.20% reporting:
3 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK INTERSCOPE 31,568 BLOCK
September 8th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
And last, a nicely cynical look at the VMAs:
For the days leading up to the 25th annual MTV Video Music Awards, which took place Sunday night at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, MTV breathlessly promoted Britney Spears’s appearance to open the show. Not to sing: merely to appear. At the Video Music Awards appearances are everything.
New York Times
September 8th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
There are virgins in Toronto?
**ducks**
ETA:
I kid. I kid.
September 8th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
Well, we know there aren’t any in the greater Orlando area. :D
September 8th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
Need I remind everyone of Radname?
September 8th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
Speaking of Racing in the Streets (from the “Darkness On the Edge of Town Tour”)…
Boomp3.com
September 8th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
LMFAO….How soon we forget.
September 8th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
DCD, please tell me you are not one of those 31,568. Please.
September 8th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
OK Sis..I am not one of those 31,568
September 8th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Before presenting an award with John Legend, Jordan Sparks said:
Alrighty then.
September 8th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
September 8th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
**bangs head against wall**
September 8th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Why is it that every time I look at a photo of Jordin, I can hear football coaches weeping that she wasn’t born male?
I suspect she could flatten John Legend without breaking a sweat…not to mention the offensive line of the Chicago Bears.
September 8th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
Did Jordin win a lifetime supply of Cheetos along with a record contract?
September 8th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
I want to be a slut. Wait, I never had a promise ring so maybe I am already a slut.
September 8th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
You have a wedding ring Kayla. I’m pretty sure that counts for something.
September 8th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Great stuff today Nevada. Some interesting reading. Thank you.
September 8th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
It’s my version of “Things You Didn’t Know You Didn’t Know About the Music Industry But Should Know So You Don’t Come Across As a Complete and Utter Fool.”
ETA: Some restrictions may apply; not available in Chicago.
September 8th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
OK I’m getting ready to watch CI and vote like a fangirl. I guess in a way you could say I am a fangirl…of Nevada.
September 8th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
MY WORD I hate Ben.
September 8th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
OK you guys weren’t kidding, this Mitch dude can’t sing for shit.
Please make it stop?
September 8th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
hmm CI? I found this on my puter.. How’d it get there hmmm
September 8th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
September 8th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
I can’t watch CI nor can I watch Canada’s SYTYCD.. HMM I did all that voting for Hez and Kac and they aren’t sharing
September 8th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
No worries my Kayla. I will vote for Theo ’til the lines close.
September 8th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
I’m lucky enough to get Canadian stations, so I do watch Canadian Idol and plan to watch Canada’s SYTYCD, eh?
I’m sure Hez will share videos if she can find them…
September 8th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
Hope so Nevada,I did enjoy the chat and watching SYTYCD with everyone. Hope Kac does the recaps..they were great..
September 8th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
She will indeed.
September 8th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
I’ll second that, Kayla…recaps RULE!
September 8th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
They do indeed Nevada.
September 8th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
I’d ask Big Brother.
September 8th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
Heh, good one, Boulder.
September 8th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
more like the little Brother..
BBro would not like Theo..
September 8th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
BBro wouldn’t have enjoyed Canadian Idol this year in particular…the Top 10 only included two females and only one of them could sing.
September 8th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Coincidentally, the Top 2 are guys and only one of them can sing as well…
September 8th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
Well, Big Bro has been known to like contestants who could not sing.
September 8th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
Not only could she not sing without screeching, she could not dance, she cannot act, and she is incapable of talking without sprinkling “you knows” and “likes” ad nauseum.
September 8th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
Nevada two females only? You are right I pass on CI. What were they thinking?
Boulder what happened? House Bunny didn’t go right to DVD.
September 8th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
Brother for sale !
September 8th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
*waves at Big Brother*
September 8th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
The House Bunny is doing fairly well…certainly better than I thought it would. Although I haven’t come across a review that indicates Katharine has anything to do with that.
As of Sunday, September 7th, The House Bunny has earned $36,611,667.
ETA: Stats removed.
September 8th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
Throws a Big Brother kiss to Hez!
September 8th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
*kisses Big Brother on the cheek*
Well this power voting is exhausting. An hour straight! Thank Finn for redial.
September 8th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
She didn’t have that big of a part from what I heard.So the sucess doesn’t go to her. I heard Anna was good.
I am a bad fan I didn’t see it.
September 8th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Big Sis is watching lol
September 8th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
At least Big Brother can’t tattle on me for flirting this time.
September 8th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
I can!
September 8th, 2008 at 11:05 pm
Sending my Big Brother a kiss on the cheek is not flirting! Don’t tell Rippin.
September 8th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
Uh oh.
September 8th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
Kayla you are the “old” one yes.
Big nope ,even all 5ft of you, if that.
Hez I will protect you.
September 8th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Good things come in small packages. I can still kick your butt.
September 8th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Shit. Who do I defend? My brother or my sister?
I’m going to bed
September 8th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
There is hope yet.
September 8th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
Me too, for as little as she is she wins,I’ll not mess with her.
*Taking my Kat poster and going to bed*
September 8th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
Oh, not what I heard. She has the two big parts…Mcta and McTa.
September 8th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
**passes Big Bro the Lubriderm**
September 8th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Speaking of Rippin…hugs, kiss, and a smack across the head (for old time’s sake).
September 8th, 2008 at 11:16 pm
And you have the two puppies to protect you.
September 8th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
As RSF pointed out awhile back, *** is hardly mentioned in any of the reviews.

September 8th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
*reminds myself to clean the ceilings tommorrow of any debri*
September 8th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
OMG, Kayla!!!!
LMAO
September 8th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
The Katharine fans on Pulse seemed to think her CD sales might spike, if not skyrocket, after the movie came out.
Rounded numbers from Ken Barnes at Idol Chatter:
06-03-08 Week 70: 200
06-10-08 Week 71: 100
06-17-08 Week 72: 100
06-24-08 Week 73: 100
07-01-08 Week 74: 100
07-08-08 Week 75: 100
07-15-08 Week 76: 100
07-22-08 Week 77: 100
07-29-08 Week 78: 100
08-05-08 Week 79: 100
08-12-08 Week 80: 100
08-19-08 Week 81: 100 *The House Bunny opens 08-22-08
08-26-08 Week 82: 100
09-02-08 Week 83: 100
ETA: Total sales after 83 weeks: 373,000
September 8th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
**looks to the left…looks to the right**
No skyrockets there.
No spike, either.
September 8th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
DCD,
Please tell me that you were not one of those 100. Please.
September 8th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
And in preparation for Blake’s coming tour, here are his sales as reported by Ken Barnes at Idol Chatter:
07-01-08 Week 30: 500
07-08-08 Week 31: 400
07-15-08 Week 32: 300
07-22-08 Week 33: 300
07-29-08 Week 34: 300
08-05-08 Week 35: 300
08-12-08 Week 36: 200
08-19-08 Week 37: 300
08-26-08 Week 38: 200
09-02-08 Week 39: 200
We’ll see if his sales spike or *cough* skyrocket. Don’t forget, Blake fangirls were talking about a Money Bomb.
ETA: Sales after 39 weeks: 302,000
September 8th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Okay, I’m off to watch Canadian Idol.
Thanks for the Theo votes, Hez.
September 9th, 2008 at 12:06 am
And those in the REALITY based community were saying just plain bomb…as in tanked, put a fork in it done.
September 9th, 2008 at 12:26 am
I DEFINITELY WAS NOT ONE OF THOSE 100!!!!!
LOL I fall asleep for 2 hours and wake up to missing a big shindig on the board **cries**
In my defense sis, regarding the NKOTB..I wasnt going to buy it after I heard they did a duet with the PussyCat Dolls but Mr DCD bought it for me anyway because he thought I needed to complete my collection of NKOTB stuff that I never got rid of LOL I havent even opened and listened to it!