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by Kelcey Bridges [31 May 2010 | 4 Comments | 838 views]
Cowell Out: Top Five Jobs for Simon Cowell

With Simon Cowell out of the mix on “American Idol,” speculation is running rampant as to who will take his seat at the judges table. While nothing is certain just yet, there has been chatter of Howard Stern, Elton John and even Perez Hilton possibly filling his shoes on “Idol.” While that’s fine and dandy, there’s more important business to be preoccupied with: What will Simon do now?!

Fashion, Guide »

by popfix [26 May 2010 | 3 Comments | 932 views]
Hips And Hair New Collection Preview

Our friends at Hips and Hair are at it again, creating our favorite pop culture-inspired tee shirts. This season is filled with images of things we love… references to our vanity-obsessed culture, film noir, and femme fatale characters…all ready for you on a pre-shrunk tee shirt. The newest designs from Hips and Hair are available on their website, but here’s a peek at our favorite looks from this season.

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by Erin Darling [19 May 2010 | 4 Comments | 852 views]
Bodega: Everyman’s Wine Bar

For my first wine bar review, I chose Bodega partially because their mission statement goes hand in hand with the philosophy of Celebrity Wine Review (one of the sites I host for); “wine for one and wine for all.” This laid back bar aims to remove the snobby element of wine tasting and replace it with fun. The environment is dark and lit with candles, music floating through the background, and well dressed patrons sitting at tables or couches with pillows. Although it would be a great destination for a date, I visited Bodega with a group of friends, some who were very familiar with the menu (always an advantage when you’re a first-timer!). We split a bottle of Terre des Papes, Cotes du Rhone, which was light, delicious and a bit dry. Overall, a choice we were all quite happy with.

Music, The Critic »

by Rudy Klapper [2 May 2010 | 2 Comments | 949 views]
THE CRITIC: “Together” A New Blueprint For New Pornographers Sound

New Pornographers frontman Carl Newman recently told Pitchfork in an interview that “sometimes the songs are definitely about something, but sometimes I just like the sound of things.” If there’s a better logic behind the long and impeccably catchy career of this indie-pop “supergroup,” I can’t find it. From 2000’s Mass Romantic to Together, the band has churned out some of the best, most intricate indie pop this side of Belle & Sebastian, but with a hell of a lot more muscle than most of their contemporaries. And it’s never been about just what exactly Newman or Neko Case or Dan Bejar have been trying to say, but rather how they’ve said it: in Case’s throaty, powerful vocals; through Bejar’s quirky, avant-pop compositions; via Newman’s distinctive brand of hyper-charged, sugar-rush pop. It’s fitting, then, that the appropriately named Together shows the band working more in sync with each other than ever before, following more along the softer side of things that Challengers explored but beefing up the hooks that that record so often lacked.