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L.A. Reid Leaving 'The X Factor'
posted: December 14, 2012
Just as The X Factor‘s second season is coming to a close, Chairman and CEO of Epic Records, L.A. Reid has chosen to step down from his spot in the judge’s chair. Although his presence…
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Sound And Vision: Will Nicki Minaj Vs. Mariah Carey Hurt the Rapper While Helping "American Idol"?
posted: October 26, 2012
I’m gonna knock you out…. I told you I’m not f**kin’ putting up with her f**kin’ highness over there! It’s not exactly prose worthy of Bob Dylan, or even Eminem, her sometime partner in rhyme,…
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PSY’s K-Pop Invasion: The Continued Decline of Western Pop Courtesy of the East
posted: October 12, 2012
As if A-Pop wasn’t bad enough already. Just when one might have thought that American pop, with all its auto-tuned voices and fake plastic beats, couldn’t possibly make the eyes and ears bleed more, it’s…
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Sound and Vision: An 'American Idol' Wish List– Who Should Replace Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler?
posted: July 27, 2012
You couldn’t pay me to be an American Idol bigwig right now. The show is about to face its greatest challenge since the 2008 battle of the Davids (Cook and Archuleta). The producers and the…
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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: One Direction and The Wanted — the Return of the Boy Band?
posted: April 6, 2012
The British are coming”again! It’s been more than a hot minute since multi-platinum boy bands like *NSYNC and Backstreet Boys roamed the earth and ruled the charts. Now, after a decade-long dormancy, cute, heavily-styled guys…
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