4 posts and columns on Brad Paisley

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Jimmy Kimmel's "Unfriend Day" Is A Hot Start-up Idea

in News on November 18, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

Comedian Jimmy Kimmel may just be trying to make a funny late night TV bit by dubbing today Facebook “Unfriend Day.” But he’s also hit on one of the hottest tech start-up ideas. The idea behind the day is to encourage people to take stock of their ballooning Facebook friend lists and to cull the marginal folks.

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And With an Arrest, Trial and Conviction, We Can Make an Album

in News on August 20, 2010 at 10:30 am PT

Sign o’ the times. Making its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 hit list at No. 89–just below Justin Bieber and Young Jeezy, and a spot above Brad Paisley–is an Internet interloper: The “Bed Intruder Song,” the latest in the Auto-Tune the News series from the Gregory Brothers. It is undoubtedly the catchiest song ever adapted from a TV interview of a man who thwarted an attempted rape. The video became an immediate YouTube hit when it was posted a few weeks ago, and hot sales of an expanded version in the iTunes music store propelled the song onto the mainstream charts.

BoomTown Choice Brad Paisley Rockets to No. 1

in News on October 9, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

Back in July, BoomTown flagged country song “Online” as a surefire hit. The video of the song by Brad Paisley from his recent “5th Gear” album had just topped the iTunes chart with its star-studded cast, which included Jason Alexander, William Shatner, Kellie Pickler and the original Marcia Brady, Maureen McCormick. It was a feat [...]

Brad Paisley Is a Nerd

in News on July 20, 2007 at 2:25 am PT

Or at least the hip-swiveling, guitar-picking country music star understands them. The video of Paisley’s song, “Online,” from his recent “5th Gear” album, recently topped the chart on iTunes, something no country selection had ever done. It could have been the star-studded cast, which included Jason Alexander, Estelle Harris and Patrick Warburton of “Seinfeld,” as [...]