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| 4/20/04 |
ADIDAS Club Remix and NSYNC
remixes available for download Riprock 'n' Alex G have made the ADIDAS Club Remix available for download at riprocknalexg.com. There will be some previously unreleased NSYNC remixes up soon as well, so keep checking back!
Juicy chats get nipped in the bud THE world's biggest male artist, Justin Timberlake has announced his first Australian tour – but don't expect any nipple talk while he's here. In his first interviews announcing the tour, the Australian media has been banned from asking the star about any of the good stuff. That rules out any juice on his former squeeze, divorcee Britney Spears, on his more recent squeeze, Cameron Diaz, on Kylie Minogue's butt squeeze and of course on the near bosom squeeze with Janet Jackson at this year's Super Bowl. While Timberlake has happily chatted about the tour, over-protective minders have warned any questions about the controversial Janet Jackson "wardrobe malfunction" would instantly end any interview – and they weren't joking. Speaking to Cameron Adams and Kathy McCabe, Timberlake was abruptly cut off when asked to clear up some rumours. A publicist, who had been listening in for the entire phone call, jumped in and warned the interview was over. While his excuse, "wardrobe malfunction" has entered the pop lexicon, it appears the very word now signals an end to any interview. Take two with Nova 969's Bianca Dye and the same thing happened. Explaining to him what a "dirty big spunk" meant locally, Dye told Timberlake yesterday it meant ". . . you're a big spunk, a hottie." "OK, you know I trust you Bianca, don't lead me down the wrong path," Timberlake cautioned. "OK Justin, I know it's a little bit touchy, but I've got to ask it, Janet and the whole 'Nipple-gate'," Dye asked, before a minder quickly intervened. Response: "Sorry, but we're going to have to wrap this up."
Just a select 6000 will be able to get nekkid with Timberlake He had his hand on the most famous nipple of recent times. He has squired famous blondes young (Britney Spears) and not quite so young (Cameron Diaz). And it could well be true that he will, as he claims in the song he was singing when that nipple was bared, "have you nekkid by the end of this [story]". But what may surprise you is how, when he tours Australia mid-year, Justin Timberlake will have redefined the language. Timberlake, one-time member of both the Mickey Mouse Club and the multi-million-selling boy band NSync, has announced he will play shows in Sydney and Melbourne in June. Given that he's the biggest thing on the teen and post-teen planet since David Cassidy (for the older readers) or Enrique Iglesias (for those with shorter attention spans), you might expect that Timberlake would play either of the big rooms in Sydney: the 10,000-seater Entertainment Centre or the 17,000-seater Superdome. Certainly the sales of his debut album 140,000-plus at last counting would justify it. But no. According to his local promoter, Timberlake made a "personal request" that he play the 6000-standing Hordern Pavilion. Why? Because his show will be "intimate" and not the usual pop extravaganzas we've become used/inured to. Of course, calling a gathering of 5000 to 6000 people "intimate" may be stretching the word but then again this is the man who called the rip and tear baring of Janet Jackson's breast during the Super Bowl telecast a "wardrobe malfunction". In the past year or so the recently redesigned Hordern has held "intimate" shows for the likes of Coldplay, the B-52s, Sean Paul, John Mayer, the Strokes and even, going back a little bit further, Bardot and Nirvana. These shows have replaced the once popular boxing matches and wrestling that used to help fill the coffers of the Royal Agricultural Society when the hall wasn't being used for the Royal Easter Show before the show moved to Homebush. Whatever you call it, Timberlake's shows - though only one in Sydney has been announced, for June 16, at least another and probably two more are expected to be added when tickets go on sale on April 28 - will be incitements to strange behaviour. With all tickets being general entry, its quite likely over-excited fans will be queuing from the early hours each day to secure the best position. To sustain them those fans may wish to indulge in two of Timberlake's favourite foods: McDonalds (he is the public face of the burger company in the USA) or peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Nice.
Muso's Guide Some Girls/BMU review JC Chasez – Some Girls (Dance With Women)/Blowin’ Me
Up (With Her Love) NSync are something of an enigma. Justin was the one that everybody fancied, yet unlike Mark Owen, and Brian Harvey he could actually forge a decent solo career. Then, without any warning it appears that there were at least two talented members in the oft internationally overlooked band, and he didn’t even have to put up with Britney Spears’ “pity me for being famous and successful” whinging. To constantly compare Justin and JC is as inevitable as it is pointless. To say that JC sounds like Justin as if Justin created a sub-genre all on his own is not only a thoughtless comment, but also ignores that fact that Usher has been doing this brand of R&B laced ego pop for years. With smooth unmistakably urban beats smothered in a dense blanket of pop melody and harmony, JC is the end product, the pinnacle of this 'pretty white boys hanging with the Neptunes' type pop. With a solo career starting with providing vocals for Basement Jaxx’s Plug It In and then releasing this double A-side of two equally strong and sexy songs, JC has undoubtedly had an excellent start. If he can carry this on in Justin’s absence, he’ll be groping Kylie’s pert little arse before collecting a Brit award in no time. |
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