Hey it's Mandee! I recently just moved to the area, originally from south of Detroit, and am loving it! I also LOVE what I do for a living...talk on the radio! I am so blessed to get to do this! I began this crazy career after attending EMU and Specs Howard School of Broadcast Arts. I got my start in Flint-Town Baby, where I was doing overnights. From there, I moved onto Detroit radio. Bounced around from one station to another for years. And now I've bounced to The New Mix 106.3!
My family though, is my first LOVE! They are all my heroes, and we stick together through anything. My identical twin sister is my best friend in the world! Well, along with my other siblings (two older brothers and an older sister...(yes, there is a slew of us) which are so fantastic too! My Christianity is also what I am completely passionate about as well!
Want to know a secret...Most nights consist of my bed, my dvd player, and ROCKY 4!! Yes, watch it about every night! They are my favorite movies in the world (it's the way he loves Adrian)! The order for me: 4, 1, 2, 3, 5 and Rocky Balboa! I'm also an 80's movie junkie as well! Breakfast Club, Valley Girl, Say Anything, Pretty in Pink, etc. John Hughes is a genius!!! My music loves are: Lady Gaga, Black Eyed Peas, John Mayer, Daughtry, Colbie Caillat and too many more to name!
I look forward to hearing from you! And thanks again for listening!!!
Brad Paisley and Bon Jovi are the latest artists lending their time, talent and star power to help bring tourists back to the Gulf Coast after the BP oil spill.
Two free concerts have been scheduled as the next installments of Alabama's Concerts For The Coast series. Bon Jovi will perform on Friday, Oct. 15, and Brad's concert will take place on Sunday, Oct. 17.
Though the concerts are free, they will be ticketed events. Tickets will be available through area lodging partners beginning Wednesday, Sept. 8. Visit gulfshores.com for a list of accommodations offering reservation packages with free tickets.
Tickets will be available to local area residents beginning Sept. 11, on a first-come, first-served basis. To find out more, visit concertsforthecoast.com.
CROWES' TALKING TAYLOR SMACK!
Black Crowes' Chris Robinson Says Taylor Swift Is Horrible
The Black Crowes singer Chris Robinson (Kate Hudson's baby daddy) let his thoughts on
Taylor Swift be known, and they are not very nice.
The eternal battle of a rocker not impressed by a pop starlet continues! This time the Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson is taking a hit at the precious Taylor Swift. The dude told Nylon Guys Magazine that he found it embarrassing when adults praised Taylor.
"I find it embarrassing that adults are like, 'Taylor Swift is very talented.' She's not. She might be cute, but she¿s horrible," he said.
"They have stylists who dress them, they make records with producers who play a chord into the computer and it all comes out the same... When you have computers doing it all for you¿ there's no individuality. Singing isn't always about being on key; it¿s about emotionality (sic).¿
He may have a point about music making nowadays but taking a hit at the most decently behaved girl in pop music these days is sort of lame. He could have picked someone else more fitting, say Miley Cyrus, Kesha? At least Taylor writes her songs and isn't flashing her crotch at people.
The Situation, Audrina Patridge find out which pros they'll be partnered with for hit show's upcoming season.
The list of celebrities who will waltz their way through the 11th season of "Dancing With the Stars" was revealed earlier in the week. On Wednesday morning (September 1), the complete list of pairs was announced on "Good Morning America."
Michael Bolton and Chelsie Hightower have been paired. Brandy will prove the boy is hers when she hits the floor with Maksim Chmerkovskiy. And Margaret Cho and Louis Van Amstel will try to dance their way to the top. Other pairs include Rick Fox and Cheryl Burke, "Dirty Dancing" star Jennifer Grey and Derek Hough, David Hasselhoff and Kym Johnson, Florence Henderson and Corky Ballas, Kyle Massey and Lacey Schwimmer and, finally, Kurt Warner and Anna Trebunskaya.
While everyone else is busy rehearsing for the September 20 premiere of the show, the Situation will have some catching up to do when he finally wraps up "Jersey Shore" and heads to rehearsals with Smirnoff. "I'm going to lose a couple days' practice," he said. "But I don't mind being the underdog. I promise to try my hardest and practice as much as I can and be the best that I can be. I hope the Situation Nation shows up to support me. ... I have a ticket or two reserved for Pauly D and Snooki."
Why is it that no one seems to be willing to be a judge on American Idol 2011? The latest news is that Nigel Lythgoe is trying to convince Sir Elton John to come on the show as a judge for this next season. John definitely has the requisite skills to fit the bill, but doesn’t that guy still have an active career and something better to do? Nigel told Deadline:
“I must say, I really do love Elton John. He’s a huge favorite of mine,” Lythgoe replied to me. The producer added that Elton’s packed schedule is “always the problem”. Then Lythgoe revealed what strategy Idol is using on Elton to convince him to clear it and come on the show. “It depends on whether [he] wants to give back.”
Give what back? Did he lose a bet to Lythgoe? I can’t imagine Lythgoe considers American Idol to be a charity unless he just wants him for Idol Gives Back.
But seriously, why can’t they go for someone reasonable and just lock down this panel of American Idol 2011 judges? If they’ve got Randy and Steven Tyler then we need a woman to round things out, right? So who is it gonna be?
Taylor Swift's Behind-The-Scenes Exclusive Interview For Music Video "Mine"
KID ROCKS NEW ALBUM!
KID ROCK'S NEW ALBUM INSPIRED BY DETROIT!
Kid Rock's upcoming album 'Born Free' is due out on November 16th!
This is Rock's eighth studio album. It was produced by legendary knobmeister Rick Rubin. Rock will release a song called "Born Free" as his first single, the Detroit bad boy's tune focuses not on world affairs, but on the economic decline of his hometown, Detroit.
A press release announcing the album calls Born Free "transformational," going on to note that while Rock retains his "edge, wit, and swagger" on the record, he has left his rap-metal roots behind. "There isn't even a parental warning sticker," the release says.
Rock described how D-town inspired the Americana feel of some tracks.
"The catalyst for this record was Detroit, and my thoughts on the world through the lens of Detroit," he said. "Watching everything go downhill over the past few years, the economy, the loss of jobs everywhere, I wanted to make a record that reflected the times but that still had soul."
Most of the album was recorded during a two-week session in Los Angeles with a band that included Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, Los Lobos guitarist/singer David Hidalgo and Chavez guitarist Matt Sweeney. The release also noted that Rock logged time in studios in Detroit, Nashville and Atlanta to lay down collaborations with fellow hometown rock icon Bob Seger, former flame Sheryl Crow, Zac Brown and Trace Adkins. T.I. and Martina McBride will appear on a song called "Care."
The disc is the follow-up to 2007's slow-burn success Rock N Roll Jesus, which produced the Lynyrd Skynyrd-inspired 2008 hit "All Summer Long."
Rock provided a preview of the album earlier this month when he performed six of its songs during a series of hometown shows. In addition to the Detroit-boosting anthem "Times Like These," he pulled the cover back on the Springsteen-like title track, the midtempo "Slow My Roll," the somber "Rock On," the 1970s-style rocker "Feels Good to Me" and the Rolling Stones-influenced "God Bless Saturday."
Katy Perry's latest Teenage Dream track "Circle The Drain" has hit the interwebs and it is a particularly scathing song about an ex-beau (presumably former boyfriend Travie McCoy). It is raw and biting and certainly will become an anthem for wronged ladies and will become a tune that dudes hope never gets written about them. It's certainly a new direction for Perry, who usually eschews personal testimony in favor of hanging out naked in cotton candy clouds and singing about making out on the beach.
What makes it so incredibly girl-power-centric is its lyrics. Need an example? Here's the chorus: "You fall asleep during foreplay/ 'Cause the pills you take/ Are more your forte/ I'm not sticking around to watch you go down/ Wanna be your lover/ Not your f---ing mother/ Can't be your savior/ I don't have the power/ I'm not gonna stay and watch you circle the drain." Ouch!
Perry is the latest in a long tradition of pop stars who have used their breakups with their famous exes as inspiration for some of their tunes. Here are a few of our other favorites.
In 1995, a young woman named Alanis Morissette released one very nasty love letter to her ex called "You Oughta Know." That ex? Dave Coulier. Yes, Uncle Joey. How nasty was it? "I want you to know/ That I'm happy for you/ I wish nothing but the best for you both/ An older version of me/ Is she perverted like me? Would she go down on you in a theater?" TMI!
Mariah Carey called out Eminem last year with her tune, "Obsessed." While the track is all about the rappers purported obsession with the singer (which he followed up with his own track or two), we became more obsessed with the fact that she never admitted the song was about him — even though she dressed up as a Slim Shady lookalike in the video.
After Joe Jonas dumped Taylor Swift over the phone, she wrote a tune about it. While there is nothing particularly edgy about the lyrics, she does tell us one thing about Joe: "Did I say something way too honest? Made you run and hide like a scared little boy/ I looked into your eyes/ Thought I knew you for a minute/ Now I'm not so sure."
Like Swift, Miley Cyrus had also been wronged by a JoBro (in her case, it was Nick). Her "7 Things" was a fan favorite and a hit single that contained the following admission: "But what I need to hear now/ Is your sincere apology/ And when you mean it/ I'll believe it/ If you text it/ I'll delete it/ Let's be clear/ Oh I'm not coming back." (She actually did come back once, though they eventually broke up for good.)
TRAIN TO BLAME?
A 'TRAIN' SONG THE REASON FOR CHARLIE SHEEN'S FIGHT WITH WIFE!
The downside for Train? One of their hit songs is reportedly the source of Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller's Christmas Day fight. The upside? The band believes it helped the actor and his daughter bond.
"I'm pretty sure that Drops of Jupiter is a positive part of Charlie Sheen and his daughter's relationship," lead singer Patrick Monahan Tweeted Monday, the same day a full police report was released alleging the song played a role in the actor's domestic abuse case. "Just gonna look at it that way."
Sheen, 44, in the incident's police report, claimed his wife grew jealous after discovering he and one of his daughters "shared an affinity" for the Grammy-winning song and astronomy. "You have a song you share with your daughter, but not one with me?" Mueller allegedly told the actor.
KATY'S NEW VIDEO!
Katy Perry's 'Teenage Dream' Video: Fall In Love All Over Again
Romantic clip for title track of pop star's forthcoming album co-stars actor Josh Kloss.
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