If Chipmunk has seriously been posting suicidal thoughts to Twitter, and it's really because he's having trouble coping with the fame and attention, doesn't running a massive story about it across two pages of The Sun make it worse? Gordon tries to tack on some social conscience at the end: Years ago a young artist would have slowly developed their career. But today they are thrown straight into things....
Sadly, I have found myself occupied with a surfeit of things and stuff to accomplish, leaving me with little time to attend to my website here. Now, if it were just the things, it'd be fine, but it's the stuff that gets you. Anyway, I'm calling today a "Low Content Mode" day, so I will leave you with the above August 1978 issue of Teen Beat to ponder. I certainly hope that Andy chap gave...
David Armstrong shoots Gossip Girl star Penn Badgley for Vman (Fall 2009), and Badgley takes great pains to mold his image: "I'm not just a teen star idol. I'm not just that...You know what's fucked up? You barely have to...
This year is my 30th high school reunion. (no, you do the math) AND it's an online party, go figure! I decided to look up the play list, the Billboard Top 100 from that year. How many of these rockin' hits were you listening to? 1. My Sharona, The Knack 2. Bad Girls, [...]
Eddie HodgesNew Orleans b/w Hard Times for Young Lovers 45 (Aurora, 1965) From the 1950s on, seems like one of the "natural" trajectories of the child actor is from the movie/TV set to the music stage. From Sean Cassidy to Leif Garrett to Britney Spears to Annette Funicello and so it swirls downward. How many of these kid actor's were successful in their musical transition? And by successful,...
You may have moved on with your life, but there's always that one heartthrob that moved you. Doesn't matter the age, every generation has a Leif Garrett. And with New Kids on the Block playing Nikon at Jones Beach Theater on Friday, what better time to look at some other former (and current) teen idols coming to the Island this season. Here are a few:
Time to cue that old 80s chestnut from hair metal band Europe (or perhaps you prefer the faithful remake by Leif Garrett... yes, Leif Garrett) as we dive into the final weekend of conjecture, rumor mongering and dreaming of the...
This week's second Deadcast guest is actress, producer, and avid tumblr, uh, er, Justine Bateman. What's that have to do with sports? Uh… I don't know. Hey, it's Friday and she was willing to come...
Something a little bit different folks, in the guise of pop with former bad boy turned good "Leif Garrett". This is his self-titled album from 1977, that charted to position 37 in the US, and surprisingly his albums are very rare, therefore making this another FIRST post. There are a few catchy covers and may interest other rock chicks who had his posters plastered over their bedroom walls,...
A children's watchdog charity has slammed 'Britain's Got Talent', due to the cruelty inflicted onto the younger contestants and Jamie Pugh - due to Amanda Holden. Valerie Doolittle said " I am becoming more and more distressed with seeing childre...
Is this the business plan that Twitter has been searching for? At the very least, it’s something. On Monday, Twitter, Reveille Productions and Brillstein Entertainment Partners announced a plan to develop an unscripted (i.e. reality) series based on the service. Few details about the series have emerged. We know that it’s going to be a [...]
VH1 has announced that it is relaunching Behind the Music, the network's formulaic show about the redemptions (and occasionally, deaths) of musicians like Motley Crue and Leif Garrett, after shelving the show in 2006. The first two episodes confirmed, of an ordered run of 10, feature Lil Wayne and Scott Weiland. Only Weiland has completed the story arc of got famous, got unfamous thanks to drugs,...
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