Author Archives: jcummings7

Janelle Monae is IT

Why is it that Janelle Monae has not massively blown up yet?  Maybe it’s because she doesn’t have a machine gun brassiere? Or is it because she’s singing about politics and poverty instead of hard-partying & boy troubles? Either way, I have hope that her slow-growing album The Archandroid keeps growing roots. Here’s her new video for another amazing track off of it- “Cold War”:

Julia

Music Director

Countdown to Mad Men

This weekend is the THE weekend. Mad Men is back! Season 4 starts on AMC this Sunday night. Yes! It’s time to get back to the gorgeous men in suits & fedoras, the voluptuous women, the not-so-old-school sexism, the indiscriminate smoking and drinking.

What will become of the mysterious Don Draper and his broken family, the eager Peggy Olson, the new ad agency? Is Betty Draper a nut job? Is Joan Harris back for good? Can the ambitious Pete Campbell be trusted? I am counting the minutes.

If you  need to get your fix in the meantime I recommend spending some quality time designing your very own 60′s avatar at AMC’s new & improved “Mad Men Yourself”. I did. A few times. Here’s my fave:

Julia, Music Director

See this music scene

Has the music scene got you down? Get up! Let Blockhead’s video take you someplace else.