4 posts and columns on musical

Welcome to the Jungle! Guns N’ Roses Accused of Stealing Songs for Pirated Album.

in Media on October 6, 2009 at 9:12 am PT

Musicians accuse other musicians of stealing their work all the time and I have no idea if this case has more or less merit than any other one. But I couldn’t resist relaying this story: Guns N’ Roses, which made a point of stringing up people who pirated the band’s last album, is now being accused of pirating songs on its last album.
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Bartz of 100 Days: Tough Talk to Microsoft Talks

in News on April 13, 2009 at 8:30 am PT

Here’s an interesting irony–Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz will have her 99th day in office on the very one that the Internet giant will announce its first-quarter earnings: April 21, 2009 at 2 p.m. PST. Technically, it will mean that she has been running Yahoo for 100 days, a time when most administrations get their first evaluation. Thus, if it’s good enough for President Obama, it’s good enough for Bartz! While most expect the results for the quarter to be weak, due to the econalypse, the overall verdict from BoomTown’s needling of Yahoos to give me info on their new leader recently: Love, love, love Bartz’s innate decisiveness, and wanting more of the same.
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"Prop 8–The Musical": Another Viral Video Hit?

in News on December 4, 2008 at 1:20 am PT

Though just posted on the Funny or Die comedy Web site, a new online video spoof on California’s Proposition 8 has already garnered almost one million views. The video has a star-studded cast, all singing Marc Shaiman’s “Prop 8–The Musical,” including Jack Black (as, um, Jesus), Neil Patrick Harris, John C. Reilly, Margaret Cho, Allison Janney and others.

Yahoo Annual Meeting Countdown (1 Day to Go!): Let the Memory Live Again?

in News on July 31, 2008 at 3:00 am PT

Is it just me or does the dire situation of Grizabella the Glamour Cat in the musical “Cats” remind you a little bit too much of what’s been going on with Yahoo and its CEO Jerry Yang over the last year? Thus, BoomTown has decided to make that scraggly cat’s anthem Yahoo’s for its annual meeting tomorrow, because the similarities are simply startling. (Grizabella’s signature song, “Memory” is even wildly purplish, just like the Internet company!)