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‘Heads’ up
‘Gone' not to be forgotten
Kelly Clarkson closed out The Late Show with David Letterman last night with her new single, "Already Gone" (which also serves as the "female farewell" for this season of So You Think You Can Dance).If you've ever doubted the girl can sing, a pox upon your house. And while Clarkson can definitely belt with the best of 'em, the measure of a real singer is their ability to dig deep into the soul ...
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A little bird told me
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You need to give it up (again)
Dance cover versions of pop songs don't always do it for me. I prefer that the original be remixed, rather than be subjected to a second-rate sound-alike from an unknown artist. Once in a while, however, an exception does come along, and I'm happily surprised.I've already gone on record that Brandy & Monica's "The Boy Is Mine" is one of my favorite tunes from pop music's dueling-divas mini genr...
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Sunday Cover Story: Indio
Compared to my music obsession, I'm not big on movies. Sometimes it's years before I see a film. Case in point: This weekend I watched Fight Club for the first time. As for current flicks, I've done better. Still haven't seen The Hangover, though I have been to Star Trek, Up, Away We Go, and Brüno (and two of those were free previews).I say all of this only because while I was aware of Into The..
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‘Switch’ in time
It’s one thing to hear a song somewhere, and be interested enough to Shazam it to find out the title/artist. But when one hears the same tune three times—over the course of three months, no less—and fumbles to pull up Shazam every single time, either said person (me) has a terrible memory, or the song holds up to repeated listening. Both, actually.And so for your Monday morning consideration
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‘Professional’ upgrade
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Enterprising Starship
I'm sure I wasn't alone in originally thinking Cobra Starship was something of a joke band. There was the name, certainly. And the fact that this "supergroup" consisted of members of Midtown, Fall Out Boy, The Academy Is..., Gym Class Heroes, and The Sounds. But what really made it all so tongue-in-cheek for me was that Cobra Starship had ultimately united to create a theme song for Snakes On A...
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Blu-Ray of Light
Madonna's Sticky & Sweet Tour, her eighth such jaunt in her 26-year career, is coming to DVD on, well, at some point in the future, as there's no date scheduled yet. Perhaps Madge is too busy to be bothered with such tiny details, as she's currently in Europe for the second leg of that tour.We do have this quite nice trailer to enjoy, however, which premiered a day or so ago:If moving pictures ...
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Root awakening
Sure, the Fourth of July weekend is now in the rearview mirror, but there's still plenty of summer left. If you're hitting the highway for a road trip (or rush-hour commute), I've got the perfect track to help you count the mile markers."Warped Sister" is a standout track from Booker T.'s first solo excursion in 20 years, the curiously titled Potato Hole. His longstanding band, The MGs, are not...
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Freedom dance
On July 4, 1776, the United States officially declared its independence from British rule. Two hundred and twenty years later, British house music duo Full Intention released "America (I Love America)," a musical declaration of affection toward the former colonies.U.S. clubbers returned the love from across the pond, propelling Mike Gray and Jon Pearn to #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Music char...
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From the Bronx with ‘Love’
In June 1999, actress Jennifer Lopez released her debut album, On The 6, named for the Bronx subway line she'd taken while growing up in the working-class neighborhood of Castle Hill.Ten years ago this week, lead single "If You Had My Love" celebrated the 4th of July with a fourth week atop the Billboard Hot 100. Lopez would lock that number-one spot up for a total of five consecutive weeks, sp...
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‘People’ pleaser
What's the best new Brit comedy on TV that you're probably not watching? Try Beautiful People, the series inspired by the childhood memoirs of Barneys New York creative director/window dresser Simon Doonan.Raised in suburban Reading, England, but dreaming of escaping to London with his best friend Kyle (who he endearingly calls Kylie), Simon is surrounded by quite a cast of characters. His fami...
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‘Jungle’ love
Tonight, the seven remaining couples perform on So You Think You Can Dance. Though the show remains my very favorite reality competition, I still don't have a favorite couple yet, and not a single guy or gal has made much of an impact. Even last week's Mia Michaels routine was less than bootylicious, and I'm usually a big fan of her choreography.Maybe tonight these talented hoofers will finally...
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Roamin' Empire
Like the sound of MGMT, but wish the musical duo were even more theatrical and perhaps hailed from the land down under? Well, Empire Of The Sun fits the bill nicely on both counts.Luke Steel and Nick Littlemore named their band after the 1984 novel by J.G. Ballard (which later became a Steven Spielberg film starring a young Christian Bale). Their debut album, Walking On The Sun, was released in...
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Sunday Cover Story: Prince & The Revolution
On June 25, 1984, Prince released Purple Rain, the soundtrack to the semi-autobiographical film of the same name which hit theaters that July.Now SPIN magazine has dedicated its July 2009 issue to the 25th anniversary of the Purple One's masterpiece. A lengthy article by Brian Raftery strings together snippets from new interviews with many of the folks involved in making the album and film (san...
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Will Kelly take over?
Could a club collaboration with French DJ David Guetta be the key to Kelly Rowland finally realizing her frustratingly delayed destiny here in the U.S., helping her break out of Beyoncé's long shadow at last?Billboard recounts the story of how the DJ and the diva paired up, sparked by Rowland's attendance at Guetta's set last summer in Cannes. Back at his studio, he played her something he was ..
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Farewell to a singing/dancing machine
With so many brilliant singles, amazing performances, and outstanding videos, Michael Jackson's legacy is nearly peerless. With his offstage shenanigans front-page news since 1982's Thriller launched the already-popular performer into supernova-level stardom, the self-proclaimed King Of Pop certainly had his shortcomings, but he also possessed an unearthly abundance of talent.Whatever his reaso...
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F***ing brilliant
With a title like "Fuck You," you'd think the third single from Lily Allen's It's Not Me, It's You would have been rendered unreleasable, but thanks to a little studio wizardry, the potentially offensive word has been creatively scrubbed.And that, my friends, means we get this brilliant video in which the world bends and stretches to suit Allen's will. So this is what makes her life so f'ing fa...
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