Glee: The Music

I’m not sure if you’ve been watching Glee. I have. I thought the first episode (originally aired back in May on Fox) was great, and that the show had a lot of potential. I still feel that way—but sometimes the show can be frustrating. Some of the characters aren’t that likeable, some of the plot lines are either too thin or too ridiculous, etc. Jane Lynch is the only person who has been consistent throughout the show so far. Every single thing she says is funny.

To the delight of many viewers, Fox has decided to start releasing the music performed by the cast of Glee in album form (instead of just the singular songs on iTunes).  The songs are all covers of extremely popular music. Volume 1 was released on Tuesday and contains 17 songs from the season so far. From what I heard, Volume 2 will be released sometime next year, after the second half of the show airs. This volume features Broadway superstar Kristin Chenowith, and rumor has it that there will be more stars to take guest spots on the show/albums in the future (Adam Lambert was one rumor…Madonna was another. But who knows?).

Overall I think the album should be pretty good—and also for the price. Right now on Amazon, the whole hard-copy album is selling for $8.99, which is a really good price, in my opinion. It’s worth it for “Don’t Stop Believin’,” “Take a Bow,” “Taking Chances,” “No Air,” and “Somebody to Love” alone, in my opinion. Lea Michele is absolutely amazing. I’ve never heard a voice like hers. Actually, it kind of sucks for the rest of the cast because she kind of trumps everybody. But, still, they’re good, too. Check out the album!

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Meet Silver.

When they’re rocking, you’ll rock and when they’re crooning, you’ll wish they were crooning at you. Silver’s Pat, Brent and John are Southern boys from Raleigh making a name for themselves with great melodies, powerful lyrics, and a “now or never” attitude. Check out our interview with the group to learn about how they get their big sound, the hardest part about this whole “rock band” gig and how the recession may have actually given them their big break!

Cobra Starship was started by band leader—and vocalist—Gabe Saporta in 2005. Since then he has built friendships with numerous other band members from acts such as Panic! at the Disco, Fall Out Boy, The Academy Is…, The All-American Rejects, and others. Those relationships have given Saporta and the rest of Cobra Starship a boost into the music industry.  Actually, they even poke fun at that with their song, “Pete Wentz is the Only Reason We’re Famous.”

But maybe they’ll be a band with only one major hit. But maybe not? As for me, I hope it doesn’t get to that point because I think this band has potential. Cobra Starship hit the music scene back in 2006 when they participated on the soundtrack for the [ridiculous] movie, Snakes on a Plane. They wrote and performed the single off the album, “Bring It (Snakes on a Plane).” I remember seeing that movie on the weekend of my 18th birthday. Awesome.

Since 2006, Cobra Starship has consistently released albums: While the City Sleeps, We Rule the Streets (2006), ¡Viva la Cobra! (2007), and their most recent record, Hot Mess (2009). They have experienced the most success with Hot Mess, as it peaked at #4 on the U.S. Billboard Top 200 list.

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It comes down to this: Rihanna is finally breaking her silence on the whole Chris Brown issue. In an interview with Diane Sawyer, Rihanna will talk about what happened between her and her former boyfriend back in February, what she has been doing since, and how she felt vulnerable, but that “it can happen to anyone.”

The interview will be shown during ABC’s Good Morning America on Thursday, and then extended to Friday on 20/20. I wish I had more information but ABC likes to keep us guessing, so I’ll have to watch with everyone else. Will you be watching??

A little over a year after the BlackBerry Storm was released, the second generation Storm has arrived. On October 28, the Storm 2 hit the stores with the promise of a lot of updated features.

The new phone will significantly improve upon the touch-screen feature that the original Storm currently has. It will now, supposedly, be much easier to click on the screen—the user will not have to press quite as hard in order to get a response from the phone.

The Storm 2 will also feature higher resolution displays, a 3.2 megapixel camera, and more memory (256 flash, 2G onboard), built-in GPS, BlackBerry OS 5, as well as other updated features—including both hardware and software. The best upgrade, in my opinion, is that the Storm 2 will have Wi-Fi capability.

As for pricing, according to PC World, the phone will be sold for “$280 when you sign a two-year service contract with Verizon Wireless. Verizon is offering a $100 mail-in rebate, which knocks the price down to $180, but that rebate comes in the form of a Visa debit card, not an actual check.”