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Sound And Vision: Director's Cuts — From Lady Gaga to Kate Bush, the Mixed Results of Tampering with Your Own Songs
posted: August 26, 2011
I’ll never forget the day Basia lied to me. Twice. I was interviewing the Polish singer (best known for her 1988 hit “Time and Tide”) shortly before the release of her 1994 album, The Sweetest…
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Sound And Vision: How Christina Aguilera Can Ignite Her Comeback? (Psst, She Doesn't Need Eminem!)
posted: August 19, 2011
Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Ke$ha and, of course, herself. As Rihanna sees it”or saw it in the September issue of Glamour magazine”they’re the girls who run the world of pop in 2011. What? No…
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Sound And Vision: Fake Pop Stars — The Rise and Continued Rise of Rebecca Black
posted: August 12, 2011
Paris Hilton. Kim Kardashian. Heidi Montag. Julianne Hough. In a world where making a record is as easy as starring on reality TV, and even easier when you have your own show, Rebecca Black was…
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Sound And Vision: Does Katy Perry Have Staying Power?
posted: August 5, 2011
Go ahead. Admit it. The first time you heard Katy Perry‘s “I Kissed a Girl” way back in 2008, you knew that by the time the novelty of a song about dabbling in lipstick lesbianism…
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Sound And Vision: Pop Stars In Love — When Dating (and Marrying) Well Is The Best Career Move
posted: July 29, 2011
Sometimes it’s not what song you sing but to whom you sing it. And if Selena Gomez‘s new hit, “Love You Like a Love Song,” is art imitating her love life, she couldn’t have picked…
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For Amy Winehouse, Love — and Life — Was a Losing Game
posted: July 24, 2011
When I first heard the news about Amy Winehouse‘s passing (on Twitter, naturally), the comment that stood out most was one by Winehouse herself in an interview that the singer had done a few years…
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