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Sound And Vision: Why I'm Seriously Considering Boycotting Music Award Shows
posted: November 18, 2011
On November 9, Nashville celebrated itself (again!) with the Country Music Association (CMA) Awards. For the fourth consecutive year, the event was hosted by Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley, but the masters of ceremonies weren’t…
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Sound And Vision: Celebrity Feuds — Pop Is a Battlefield, World War II
posted: September 9, 2011
“Take back Vanessa Redgrave Take back Joe Piscopo Take back Eddie Murphy Give ’em all some place to go” ” Tom Petty, “Jammin’ Me” (1987) “Fuck Tom Petty!””Eddie Murphy Oh, those crazy stars! What will…
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Sound And Vision: Why I Miss the '90s
posted: July 1, 2011
Every decade lives twice. Each one seems to get a second shot about twenty years after the fact. The ’50s were hot again in the ’70s (which might be why Happy Days was one of…
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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: Where Is the Love? — The Disappearing Power-Ballad Duet
posted: March 25, 2011
Back in the day, every major female pop star had one: a male pop star (or two, or three or more) who loved her”at least on the record and on the charts. Over the years,…
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Sound And Vision: Should They Stay Or Should They Go? The Overexposure of Pop's Biggest Stars
posted: January 28, 2011
Last year, Avril Lavigne posted an online message to her fans explaining the lengthy break between her last album, 2007’s The Best Damn Thing, and her upcoming Goodbye Lullabye (due March 8 on RCA Records):…
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