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New artists try to make it in the entertainment industry everyday, what makes Melissa Ruth any different? For starters, this Orange County, Ca. native’s first single “PLEASE” hits straight to the point of how to deal with emotionally abusive relationships. Talk about a message! She’s targeting her audiences with solutions to these problems, rather then dwell in the pain it causes. The title “PLEASE” is a misnomer, in that the song is directed to the abuser, from the “victim.” She is saying that the victim no longer exists, but the time for payback is here. Her title earned in the… Read more »

You can dismiss Blink-182 as cartoons if you like. They’re certainly not going to stop you. They even call their new album Take Off Your Pants and Jacket: Say it out loud, let your inner eighth-grader savor the cadence of the phrase. It sums up Blink-182’s wiseass brat-punk ethos almost as well as their recent live album, The Mark, Tom and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back), which featured the butt-stupidest stage banter since Kiss’ Alive! (Mark: “You can leave now and beat the traffic!” Tom: “Or you can stay and beat your meat!” – and they get paid for… Read more »

The scene onstage at Jimmy Z’s is unmistakable: the singer is screeching “Sin City,” right hand on the mic, left hand cocked at the side like it might just fire bullets from the fingers drawn in a heavy metal devil salute. Several feet away, the guitarist’s head is in a non-stop nod to the beat; a schoolboy necktie squirms under a burgundy Gibson SG. Uh, but wait a minute… this Angus Young is wearing a miniskirt. And the person rocking the spotlight isn’t a middle-aged Aussie man, but a twentysomething African-American woman. Ding dong, welcome to the world of Hell’s… Read more »

Those of you who thought The Velvet Rope marked the end of Janet Jackson’s music-to-make-you-blush motif will be surprised, if not shocked, after listening to her new album, All for You. Due out on April 24, the LP is dominated by two themes: the liberation that comes with ending a bad relationship, and sex. On the sultry ballad “Love Scene (Ooh Baby),” Janet breaks out the F-word as she fantasizes about her partner “playing with [her] body”; even steamier is “Would You Mind,” in which the Grammy Award-winner paints a rather explicit lovemaking scenario before moaning until the song’s end.… Read more »