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Sound and Vision: Songs of the Season — 10 Great "Summer" Singles

posted: June 15, 2012

Summer and songs. They fit together like Santa and snow, like sex and the city, like Coldplay and Rihanna in the Princess of China single and video, which both acts no doubt are hoping will…
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Sound and Vision: Why Judging a TV Star Search Is More Valuable Than Winning One

posted: June 8, 2012

The votes were counted and Phillip Phillips was crowned the 11th American Idol on May 23. So what’s next? If this is going to be just another case of recent history repeating, a first blush…
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Sound and Vision: Is Gotye This Year's Foster the People?

posted: May 25, 2012

Here today, gone today, one-hit wonders make the world of pop go round”but never for long. The late ˜70s gave us a plethora of short-term disco stars who lived”and quickly died”by the groove, while the…
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Sound and Vision: Lady Gaga's Album of the Year GRAMMY Nominee — Big Hit Or Major Miss?

posted: February 10, 2012

In pop music, you’re nobody until everybody loves you or hates you, and few recording artists polarize everybody the way Lady Gaga does. Mad genius or plain mad? A true original or hopelessly derivative? Hit…
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Sound And Vision: What Will George Michael Do with His Second Chance at Life?

posted: January 6, 2012

It’s been nearly eight years since George Michael released an entire album of new music, and three since he put out a single that wasn’t a cover of New Order’s “True Faith.” But in 2011,…
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Sound And Vision: 10 Things to Look Forward to in 2012 (Featuring Soundgarden, the Stone Roses and Freddie Mercury — Alive Again!)

posted: December 30, 2011

A US Presidential election, Summer Olympics mania (London’s calling”again!), Rihanna’s film debut (in Battleship, out May 18) and the possible end of the world. Those are a few of the things I won’t be looking…
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