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Thursday, July 02, 2009

A "Festering Pile of Garbage"

Yowch!

Jim Derogatis takes down the new Jonas Brothers album Lines, Vines and Trying Times.

Worst of all -- and finding a nadir amid such a festering pile of garbage is no mean feat -- is the attempt to go gangsta rap via the almost comically awful "Don't Charge Me for the Crime." A collaboration with Common, who amazingly tops even the embarrassing pandering of last year's "Universal Mind Control," this endless dud offers one howler after another.

The reason why posters of these goobers adorn the walls of so many teenage girls is obvious, at least if you think for a moment like a teenage girl. But why anyone of any age would want to listen to them remains as big a mystery as any of the shenanigans of the business world. And all we can do is hope they go away as soon as possible.

Labels: Critics, Jim Derogatis, The Jonas Brothers

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Thursday, November 06, 2008

Happy 21st Birthday, Kevin Jonas

We missed it yesterday amongst the election hoopla: Kevin Jonas, of the teen band the Jonas Brothers, has turned 21.

He's now the only Jonas brother who can legally go out for a Flaming Dr. Pepper after a show. Not that he would, of course.

Labels: Kevin Jonas, The Jonas Brothers