Pacquiao vs. Cotto: The fight in songs
Posted by Jef in Music, Pop Culture, Sports on 17. Nov, 2009 | 0 Comments
Over the weekend Manny Pacuiao defeated Miguel Cotto to capture his seventh world championship in as many weight divisions (which is almost as impressive as the simply AMAZING trailer for his new movie). After a gruelling bout that was just a few minutes shy of going the distance, what did Pacquiao do next? Why he donned a sexy [...]
The eternal question: Is Kanye West actually a jerk?
Posted by Anupa in Film, Rappers on 19. Oct, 2009 | 0 Comments
A screenshot from West’s new short film, directed by Spike Jonze Even though I kind of promised Simon that I’d stop posting about Kanye West because his tag in our tag cloud was getting too big (and this isn’t a blog about West), the above question continues to pop up. Plus, he’s the second rapper [...]
Eminem shows up Drake on "Forever", is officially back
Posted by Anupa in Music, Show & Tell on 23. Sep, 2009 | 0 Comments
Drake’s video for the mega-collabo track “Forever” premiered yesterday. Directed by the eminent Hype Williams, “Forever” was created specifically for Lebron James’ new docu-movie More Than A Game (which is why James is all over the video). Just like the song, I think Drake kind of got shitted (shat?) on a little. The treatment of [...]
Listed: the 10 songs of summer
Posted by theashcan in Listed, Music, Pop Culture on 21. Sep, 2009 | 0 Comments
Today is officially the last day of summer and with autumn waiting around the corner to steal our lunch money, we at The Ashcan pooled our collective brains to pick the definitive songs of the past season. These picks aren’t ranked by preference. Rather, this is what the soundtrack to our lives would be if [...]
Kanye was right (and rhetorical questions)
Posted by Simon in Art, Music, Pop Culture on 14. Sep, 2009 | 0 Comments
What Yeezy did was pretty dumb. But what he said? Let’s be honest — he was dead on. Have you seen the Taylor Swift video? It’s pretty much every teenage pop video ever made. Nobody will ever talk about it (besides that Kanye West smacked it down). Nobody will remember it. The same could probably be [...]
