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Funny joke for the lil-ster:"Why did Corinne Bailey Rae cross the road?"..... "to get to the middle!!";)http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20014651,00.html
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Posts by chaco
"Gurl, Take Your Records Off ..."
Ms. Boozy comes to U-S-and-A
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... great review of winehouse's soph-moe effort by David Marchese on salon.com:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"Amy Winehouse's second album is a ballsy, brassy, neo-soul affair with enough surly attitude to stand down a ship full of sailors. That it also happens to have been made by a tattooed 23-year-old Jewish Londoner with a beehive hairdo only adds to its unexpected charm. Winehouse's hu
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I Love the 90s: Meltdown Addition
Not-so-secretly, I would love for any and all of my favorite 90s-meltdown artists to have stunning comebacks. Perhaps wishful thinking. However, I think these artists brought some much need pathos to pop-music. I also think these artists tap into the 60s / 80s references so common in the music of today. Highly recommend given some ipod-spins to these artists if for no other reason that a momen
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Oh, Decemberist, wherefore out thou?!?
It appears a stray Decemberist got lost on the way to Scarborough Fair and has stumbled into the Idol juggernaut. He appears to be headed for planet Ubiquity as we speak. From appearances alone, Chris Sligh typifies one’s perception of a college-aged guy who walks across a well manicured State-U lawn to philosophy class to soundtrack comprised of Death Cab, The Shins, Jenny Lewis et al with p
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Turning Pop on the Verve Flop
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In the coming posts, my interest in all things pop will move into the focus of my blog entries. As my listening habits show, my actual music tastes are veer towards r&b, rock, and, yes, pop. I am always interested in what is popular, what sells records, and what that tells us about the culture we live in.
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The Birth of 2000's Music (???)
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I'm really into this song called 'Relax' by a "bloke" called Mika. (and I also quite like 'Grace Kelly' and 'Love Today.'). Admittedly, I was drawn to him when I read that he was the face of Paul Smith's spring / summer 2007 campaigns. However, I find his music fun, buoyant, bubbly, and exciting. I can't wait to hear more tracks.If I have any reservations about Herr Mika, it's that his music is a
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A Yoddle Free Zone
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i actually kinda dig this song... back in '04 - when the stefani solo hype-machine steam-rolled music media - i'd sorta hoped she'd accomplish two thing with her solo outing: (1) it would be an all uptempo record w/ no whiny 'just a girl' / 'underneath it all' type no doubt tracks - building off of 'hella good' and 'it's my life.' (2) that she'd do a little 'girl-rap' Ã la debbie-harry in 'raptu
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Fin-de-Indie
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Like may other pop-minded indies, I was really looking forward to the Killers sophomore album. I managed to see them at the Virgin Fest in Baltimore, MD about a month before the album release. Based on "Sam's Town," "Read My Mind," etc. I thought we were going to have another great album... some synth, greatly improved stage performances, etc.And then... the monstrosity that is Sam's Town --> t
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