Matt Zarley: Change Begins with Me
Apparently, the lead single of this album, “WTF,” was inspired by his breakup with a closeted celebrity. GrooveOut Short.
Category: Music
Grace Jones: Hurricane
Oh yes, she’s back. The rhythmic, tribal throb that was Jones’s signature sound in the ’70s and ’80s has returned, stronger than ever. GrooveOut Short.
Patti Smith: Outside Society
The very essence of Smith’s work seems to eschew the concept of her ever blessing a “greatest hits” project, but that’s exactly what she has done here. GrooveOut Short.
Roxette: Greatest Hits
What would the ’80s have been without that platinum-spiked, leather-pants-pulsing “na-na-na-na-na” anthem, “The Look”? GrooveOut Short.
OutSmart’s Fall Arts Preview
A leprechaun named Og. A guy who turns into a doll. The heady whiff of ether. A vengeful redhead. A German wife who rescues her husband from the dankest prison by dressing in drag, all while singing the most difficult of soprano arias. Movie mogul David O. Selznick popping peanuts and pills trying to finish the most popular motion picture ever made. A teenage king wrapped in solid gold. These are just a few of the artful gems to be savored in the Bayou City this fall.
Idol Chatter
Colton Berry’s considerable talents benefit Music Box Theater both behind and in front of the curtain by David Goldberg One often wonders where all those American Idol contestants cast away to after their auditions, challenges, and eventual eliminations. Do they become local stars or famewhores? Do any of them bear fruit? Luckily for Houston, former [...]
Lady Gaga to Open 2011 MTV Video Music Awards during Live Times-Square Takeover
Lady Gaga announced that she is set to open the “2011 MTV Video Music Awards” during “MTV First: Lady Gaga” to thousands of fans in Times Square as her Little Monsters revealed the news via a banner right in the center of New York City. She also introduced her new music video “Yoü and I” for its television premiere and responded to questions from fans on TV and online at mtv.com.
Lady Gaga and ‘Yoü and I’
Multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning and confirmed “2011 MTV Video Music Awards” performer Lady Gaga will appear LIVE on Thursday, August 18, at 6:49 p.m. (central time) to make a VMA announcement and tease her new VMA promo simultaneously on MTV and Logo during “MTV First: Lady Gaga.” In addition, she will introduce her new music video “Yoü and I” for its television premiere and respond to feedback from fans with her and online. Immediately following the on-air portion, Gaga will stay on for an exclusive LIVE interview and interactive Q&A session with MTV News’ Sway Calloway on mtv.com. Fans can submit questions beginning today (Wednesday, August 17, 2011) through mtv.com and Twitter (using @MTVNews / hash-tag #MTVGAGA).
Review: Performances Make ‘Glee’ Movie Tolerable
“Glee: The 3D Concert Movie” makes you realize just how crucial Jane Lynch is to the Fox TV show’s success.
Hear ‘The Book’
Only Adele and Lady Gaga topped The Book of Mormon’s sales for the highest-charting Broadway album since Hair in 1969.
