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Sound And Vision: Pop Songs On TV – Last Season's MVPs (Most Valuable Programs)
posted: June 10, 2011
If video killed the radio star in the 1980s, television is still hammering the nails into its coffin three decades later. Yes, radio still has its place in the selling of pop music, but nothing…
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Sound And Vision: 10 Reasons Why I Wanted To Hate Lady Gaga's New Album Before I Heard It
posted: June 3, 2011
By now you’ve read the (mostly glowing) reviews, and Born This Way is probably well on its way to becoming Album of the Year. So who needs me on the Lady Gaga bandwagon? She’s already…
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Sound And Vision: How Mainstream And Cutting-Edge Learned To Co-Exist In Pop Harmony
posted: May 27, 2011
A few weeks ago, Melbourne hosted the TV WEEK Logie Awards, which is like Australia’s Emmys, only with more reality TV, more cooking shows and music. Katy Perry and Maroon 5 represented American pop, and then there…
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Sound And Vision: Jennifer Hudson Vs. Fantasia — Who's Winning Now?
posted: May 20, 2011
If nearly ten seasons of American Idol have taught us anything, it’s this: To the victor do not always belong the spoils. Just ask Taylor Hicks and Kris Allen. Or Ruben Studdard. Or Lee DeWyze. And…
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Sound And Vision: Miley Cyrus' Career Rehab — Can She Pull Off A Pop Comeback?
posted: May 13, 2011
Maybe it’s the fact that I’m several decades removed from my tween years. Or perhaps it was her sound, which, on her early hit albums, was a bit too High School Musical for my taste.…
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Sound And Vision: Reunited Bands Try To Make Lightning Strike Twice
posted: May 6, 2011
For the love of money. According to Sting, when I interviewed him in 1996, there’s no other reason to bring a band back from the dead. Yet one must assume that Sting”who’s had a gold…
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