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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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The Death of the 'Greatest Hits' Album
posted: December 2, 2010
How do you keep the music playing when you’re between new releases? What to do to fulfill that pesky final commitment of a multi-album recording contract with a label you’re no longer thrilled to call…
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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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Discourse & Dischord
posted: November 12, 2010
The Good OK Go releases Last Leaf video If you read this column with any regularity, you know that if OK Go releases a video, it’s likely to show up here. Today we present you…
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The Good Kind: How Big Name Artists Are Giving Back
posted: October 28, 2010
It seems that lately famous names, especially those with musical talent, are all about doing good. Musically inclined individuals are readily inspiring warm fuzzies. Maybe I wear rose-colored glasses when viewing icons responsible for my longtime…
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Pop Goes Political
posted: October 11, 2010
Following her record-breaking rack up of eight MTV VMA’s for her single “Bad Romance” and collaboration with Beyoncé on “Telephone,” Lady Gaga gave fans a taste of what’s to come when she belted out lyrics…
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