Quotulatiousness (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Weird Al Yankovic is far from being "thoroughly disposable": This year marks the 25th anniversary of Yankovic's first music video, "Ricky," in which he reimagined Toni Basil's "Mickey" as an ode to I Love Lucy. The clip introduced the world...
PerezHilton.com (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
Just like Cher, there's no getting rid of Tina Turner. Divas just won't go quietly. Nor should they! Eight years after her "farewell" tour, Tina got onstage in Kansas City, MO, Wednesday night and kicked off her 36-date tour. In attendance were Oprah Winfrey and Michelle Obama. Plus Gayle too - duh! Tina's not resting either. She'll be performing [...]
You Ain't No Picasso (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
I’m so excited for my trip to New York next month that it’s apparently spilling over onto my musical tastes. Here’s a band I picked up from my friend Kathryn (also a New Yorker). MP3: The Postelles - 123 Stop Within these two and a half minutes, you’ll find a little of Locksley, a bit of [...]
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
Eight years after a farewell world tour, Tina Turner launched an extravagant 36-date North American arena tour Wednesday in Kansas City. What's love got to do with it? Everything.
Can't Stop the Bleeding (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
“I am not nostalgic for the days when football was not a family game, characterised memorably by Billy Connolly, 30 years ago, as a time ‘when they are shitting in our shoes and we are pissing in their Bovril’” recalls the Guardian’s Rob Bagchi. “The fear of getting your head kicked in was rife. But [...]
flightless hag (Free subscription) | 09/20/2008
Every time my dear husband fixes eggplant, as he is doing today, this old Toni Basil song pops into my head. Thank you, so much, Amy A, my best friend from middle school, for making sure that I had a complete 80's experience. I never would have known this song without her. We are doing well in birdland. We have become a soccer family, much to my horror. I spent two friggin hours of my life that I will...
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
Oh Bradley You so fine You so fine You blow my mind HEY Bradley HEY Bradley You waited round all day Came in and hit it long I knew Coop had it right Though some thought he had it wrong Oooooh Bradley It’s so lucky that you understand You had to break the tie Had to put it in the stands It’s guys like YOU Bradley OOOOOOH what you do Bradley - apologies [...]
Elatable | Bradley Horowitz (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
Love those jungle drums. Irresistible, primal, they got you. Winners in respective categories: Best Non-Gimmicky Use Radiohead, There There Best Gimmicky Use Toni Basil, Mickey Runner up: Gwen Stefani, Hollaback Girl Best Incorporation of Marching Band Fleetwood Mac, Tusk Best Actual Marching Band Pride of Arizona, Radiohead Medley What are some others? © Bradley Horowitz for Elatable | Bradley Horowitz,...
Backstage Pass (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
Go:Audio She Left Me' Review By Matt Killeen Why are you such a moody git Matt? Why are you so negative? Why do you have to hate everything? Music matters. It is capable of such beauty, such magnificence, such unadulterated...
clarkblog (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
Some music is so perfect for summer you just can't play it any other time of year. It flat-out feels wrong somehow, like holiday music in June. When I was 14, I spent part of the summer in Gulf Shores,...
TV Squad (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Filed under: Episode Reviews , So You Think You Can Dance (S04E18) Eight contestants left and only two weeks left until the finale? Things are going to be moving fast around the SYTYCD set. To help us keep things moving along, Nigel and Mary were joined by Toni Basil. She's best known for the '80s pop hit "Mickey" and since then she's continued to do ... you know, stuff. But where did she come from...
Corn O'Copia (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Go-Gos Bangles Katrina and the Waves Toni Basil
AfterEllen (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
It’s down to eight finalists on this week's So You Think You Can Dance and I’m curled up on my comfy couch with a carton of Ben and Jerry’s, spoon at the ready. Like last week, each couple will dance twice and each dancer will do a solo. The guest judge is Toni Basil of “Mickey” fame. (Everybody chant: “Oh Mickey you’re so fine, you’re so fine you blow my mind! Hey Mickey!”) She didn’t die after her...
Cinema Blend (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Tonight, we have the top four couples (the top eight performers) dancing for your votes. Once again, the guy and girl with the least votes goes home. Hopefully America won't have another lapse of craziness and Comfort and Mark are on their way out.
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Film News: Where do the directors go when the auds exit? -- A graduate of Las Vegas High and its former head cheerleader, Toni Basil remembers the Strip when it was just "grains of sand and six hotels."
