"SILENT I WILL BE" AND "BEDTIME STORY" FROM MELISSA GIGES' MARCH, 2009 RELEASE "EVIDENT" AND "THANK YOU GOD FOR TV" BY PATTI ROTHBERG ON THE SEASON PREMIERE OF BAD GIRLS CLUB, DEC. 2, 2008 AT 10PM ON OXYGEN NETWORK!

I have no words.  Seriously.  Okay, I do have words, but they're mostly strung together to make phrases like "Oh My GAWD", "Holy Shit" and "How Did Your Mother Let You Live". Season 3 of Oxygen Network's  hit series, Bad Girls Club, premiered last night and the cast is absolutely brilliant. My initial inclination was to call my mother to tell her to watch so she could see how easy she had it. (Well, sort of.) Instead, I pictured Melissa Giges' phone call to her mother... "Hi mom, I know my album doesn't come out until March 2, but it made its national TV debut last night on Bad Girls Club. "Silent, I Will Be" played after the girls bought sex toys from a vending machine and "Bedtime Story" played after the girls got into a fight and were kicked out of the 2nd club of the evening. But don't worry, my licensing person thinks we'll easily get a murder scene soon." I love my job SO much!!  And I love Bad Girls Club!! Most of all I love Melissa's album Evident, scheduled for release March 2, 2009 on Engine Company Records . Speaking of Engine Company Records, another ECR classic      " Thank You God For TV " by Patti Rothberg from the Anywhere (Original Soundtrack), was also featured in the premiere episode.  

"WE BALLIN" BY TRIP THEORY (FEATURING KEYZ) FEATURED ON MTV'S THE HILLS & FROM G'S TO GENTS!

I really love The Hills. Great show. And if I could pluck the ears off someone, it would probably be Spencer Pratt. Seriously, what is wrong with that guy? Funny thing, I saw Spencer and Heidi at Don Antonios in West LA in April and again at Cafe Vida in Pacific Palisades in August. Why are they following me? Anyway, when I heard one of my favorite hip hop tracks, We Ballin by Trip Theory (Feat. Keyz) -- now known as White Men Can't Crunk -- playing when Spencer was getting out of his car, I thought it was perfect. He's so full of himself and the track has so much swagger and attitude! And in the season finale of From G's To Gents We Ballin is also featured. So check out Episode 403 of The Hills and Episode 110 of From G's To Gents to hear this great song! 

TRI-BORO'S "HOW WE LIVE" FEATURED ON MTV'S FROM G'S TO GENTS, TUES., AUG. 5 @ 10PM

Seriously, this show is almost as fascinating as Extreme Makeover without the big reveal.  From G's To Gents is a new MTV reality competition where 14 G's (uh, G stands for Gangsta, mom) try to transform themselves into gentlemen.  Kick ass, right?

So check out the show, and thanks to our friends at MTV, listen up for "How We Live" by Tri-Boro.  Actually, you can look out for it too.  It's actually ID'd on screen, but beware... the artist says Trio-Boro and the song says "On The Scene".  I assure you, that's just super secret code for "How We Live" by Tri-Boro.  

If you're interested in licensing great tracks from  Tri-Boro , contact The Song Pimp . Seriously. 

BLAKE MORGAN'S "BETTER ANGELS" ON SEASON FINALE OF THE REAL WORLD: HOLLYWOOD, WED., JULY 9 @ 10PM ON MTV!

With all the amazingness going on with Blake Morgan and his label Engine Company Records these days, I'm going to have to start calling him "maverick recording artist, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Blake Morgan" -- the way he's referred to in All Music Guide .  But I draw the line at having to call him Mr. Morgan, so there! 

Morgan's stunning  Better Angels will air on the season finale of The Real World: Hollywood , Wed., July 9 @10PM on MTV .  Taken from his acclaimed album Burning Daylight , Better Angels also appears on the album  Ever Since by legendary recording artist,  Lesley Gore .  Gore's version of Better Angels  aired a couple of times this month on  CSI: Miami .  Morgan's Caught In The Meantime  also aired in  Episode 7 of The Real World: Hollywood and  Right As Rain aired in Episode 8 .  Thanks again to the folks at  Bunim-Murray !     

"WE BALLIN" BY TRIP THEORY (FEATURING KEYZ) ON IN PLAIN SIGHT, SUN., JULY 6 AT 10PM ON USA NETWORKS!

Who says White Men Can't Crunk ?  Not me, that's for sure!

RONI SZPAKOWSKI'S "HOLLYWOOD" ON THE REAL WORLD: HOLLYWOOD, WED., JULY 2 @ 10PM ON MTV!

This is the true story... of 7 strangers... living in a house... drinking way too much... loving each other... hating each other... then loving each other again... all to some really kick ass music!  It's exhausting!

So while  RONI Szpakowski is tucked away in his studio in Manchester, England working like to dog, we'll be able to hear his Hollywood anthem, aptly titled "Hollywood", on  The Real World: Hollywood , Wed., July 2 on MTV !  Thanks to everyone at Bunim-Murray once again!

"MAKE UR NATURE RISE" BY BELIEF AND ALI BABA AND "WHATCHUNEED GIRL" BY BELIEF AND YUNG SAUCY ON IN PLAIN SIGHT, SUN JUNE 15, USA NETWORK

Okay, I admit it, I love shows and movies about the Witness Protection Program.  There, I said it.  So I was intrigued when the fine folks at NBC/Universal wanted to license some music for  USA's new hit show, In Plain Sight ... about the... uh... Witness Protection Program!  

Make Ur Nature Rise by Ali Baba and Whatchuneed Girl by Yung Saucy were both co-written and produced by producer extraordinaire Jesse "Belief" Shatkin  who also works with other notable artists including Wordsworth, Hanif Jamiyl, Mel Gates, Sumkid Majere, P-Swag, Bathgate, Pudge, Kosha Dillz, Ambush, Jeanine, Green, Karniege, Julius Smith, Presha The Marxman, Shabaam Saadiq and many more.  Great stuff, folks!  And if you missed the episode, they're replaying it a few times so check it out!

THE SERVER THAT ATE MY WEBSITE!!!!

To make a very long and sad story short, our dedicated server fatally crashed and all of the exciting news of the past few months was lost in the tragedy.  Since there's no way I'd ever be able to recreate old news with any sort of charm -- what do you want, I'm bitter -- it's probably best to look ahead.  So I now introduce to you the new $*%(�* newsless website.  Ugh!