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Sound And Vision: Britney Spears At 30 — Where Does She Go From Here?
posted: November 25, 2011
It seems like just yesterday: She was invading the dreams of pedophiles and lusty teenage boys everywhere. But that was 1998, the year Britney Spears, then sixteen, broke with her No. 1 debut single, “…Baby…
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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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The EditoriaList: Best And Worst MTV VMA Performances
posted: November 17, 2011
There have been so many live performances at the MTV Video Music Awards that I couldn’t possibly remember them all. But according to a quick sampling, most of them were mediocre, some offensively so. The…
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Sound And Vision: How LMFAO, David Guetta and Lady Gaga Are Making Dance Music Cool (and Bankable) Again
posted: November 4, 2011
“She wants to party. She wants to get down. All she wants do to is, all she wants to do is dance.” So sang then-ex-Eagle Don Henley in 1985. Ironically, “All She Wants to Do…
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Sound And Vision: Beyoncé's "Plagiarism" Controversies — Has She Been Caught Stealing, Or Is She Paying Homage (Again)?
posted: October 28, 2011
Beyoncé is having a rough 2011. I don’t know how she felt about turning thirty on September 4, but if she’s as career-obsessed as I suspect she is, it was probably the least of her…
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Sound And Vision: It's the Same Old Song for Thespians Who Sing — and Chances Are It's Not a Hit!
posted: September 16, 2011
Though Susan Boyle helped make music’s mainstream safer for the mature crowd, her chart-life-begins-at-nearly fifty success story remains a rarity. But perhaps in the case of Jeff Bridges, who won an Oscar for playing an…
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