Manplacement: Who Did It Better, Beyonce or Taylor?

Women have often felt they would have things better, easier and faster if they were men instead of women. Two singers have expressed this predicament in their songs. Beyonce in her legendary hit, IF I WERE A BOY, and Taylor Swift most recently in THE MAN

Which do you think did a better job? Or really, are they both just awesome?

Online Food Videos: China Live SF web series does Potstickers

The internet has become a source of both entertainment and learning for those who are on lockdown at home. San Francisco-based China Live has created a streaming cooking series on making some tasty items from their menu.

Their new Web Series “China Live @Home” expands their mission to demystify Chinese ingredients and recipes while educating guests on the rich history and influence.

China Live is an interactive culinary and cultural destination in the heart of San Francisco’s Chinatown, offering an in-depth exploration of Greater Chinese gastronomy.

If it makes you hungry and you live in the SF Bay Area, they deliver or have pick ups.

www.ChinaLiveSF.com/Delivery

Pet Shop Boys new album Hotspot flies up the Music Charts

The Pet Shop Boys are back, and their new album LP Hotspot is burning up the charts.

The album via x2 Records/Kobalt reached #1 on Billboard’s Top Dance/Electronic chart, marking the duo’s fourth time reaching the #1 spot upon release.

It has gotten great reviews from from Rolling Stone, Billboard, and The Mail on Sunday:

  • “… the wistful beauty, grace, and gravity of their music only gets deeper as the decades pass.” – Rolling Stone
  • [one of the] “Most Anticipated Albums of Early 2020” – Billboard
  • ‘If anyone ever tells you that modern music is dumb, you can shoot them down with three syllables: Pet Shop Boys.. it’s the first of the albums of the year.” – The Mail on Sunday
  • “The album’s highs… further prove that the duo has had the most consistent career of any of their synth-pop peers.” – Paste
  • “Fourteen studio albums is a remarkable feat. And the standard isn’t slipping” – The Sunday Times

Hotspot marks their fourteenth studio LP and third in a series of albums produced and mixed by Stuart Price (following 2016’s Super and 2013’s Electric).

See their music video above: “Monkey business”

RETRO MUSIC VIDEO: Alana Davis, 32 Flavors

Sometimes an artist does a fantastic album, an awesome tour, then disappears from the eyes of the general public.

Breakout singer Alana Davis is such an artist, whose 2007 album from Elektra Records, Blame it On Me, shot up the charts and airwaves.

Enjoy two of her most remembered ballads here.

Find her at www.alanadavis.com

VIDEO PROFILE: David Bacco Chocolatier

TasteTV and TasteTV.com Chocolate News Updates

TasteTV profiles award winning chocolatier, David Bacco

Music Video: Ed Sheeran – Beautiful People (feat. Khalid)

Ed Sheeran’s song “Beautiful People” visually shows a world of fame and glamour while lyrically stating that he does not want to be part of its superficial code of behavior and values.

A lovely tune and quite deep statement, with a Khalid adding emphasis.

Song: Beautiful People (feat. Khalid)
Artist: Ed Sheeran
Album: Beautiful People (feat. Khalid)