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End of the Revolution: Has Pop Lost Its Social Conscience?
posted: January 14, 2011
“You say you want a revolution,” The Beatles taunted in 1968. Seventeen years later, the Cult declared, “There’s a revolution.” When Tracy Chapman started “talkin’ ’bout a revolution” in 1988, she left the battlefield with…
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10 Things In Pop Music To Look Forward To In 2011
posted: January 7, 2011
What’s the best thing that can happen in 2011? I’m praying for chart comebacks by Shania Twain, Amy Winehouse and Cher; an ABBA and/or Smiths reunion; and the disappearance of Ke$ha, Susan Boyle and Auto-Tune.…
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Jeremy Helligar's 10 Best Things About This Year in Pop
posted: December 20, 2010
The year seems to be ending as it began: with Susan Boyle practically interchangeable snoozaks ruling Billboard’s Top 200 album chart. Who would have guessed? Well, I did, but enough dwelling on the bad. Let’s…
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Noms and Snubs: 2011 Grammy Awards
posted: December 3, 2010
This year was a curious one in GRAMMY world, with some heavy hitters being shut out and some less popular acts finally getting a chance to shine. The ‘Record of the Year’ category is dominated…
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Pop Is a Battlefield
posted: November 23, 2010
Musicians are an unruly bunch. They’re in constant competition on and off the charts, going for each others’ jugulars”talking first and thinking later. Rappers have been throwing stones back and forth since the ’80s days…
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Can Sex Stop You From Going Platinum?
posted: November 1, 2010
Sex sells. In movies and on TV, in video stores and strip joints, down on the corner, out in the street, everywhere it seems, but on the pop charts. And how far the raw and…
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