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Sound And Vision: Can Simon Cowell Rise Again With The U.S. 'X Factor'?
posted: July 22, 2011
If there was any lesson to be learned last season on American Idol, it’s this: There’s life after Simon Cowell. And Scotty McCreery, America’s 10th Idol, wasn’t the only beneficiary of the show’s still-beating heart.…
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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: 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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Discourse & Dischord
posted: September 24, 2010
The Good OK Go get dogged in new video If you’ve ever watched an OK Go video, you know choreography is key. Exhibits A, B, and C right here. This latest installment is no different,…
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Discourse & Dischord
posted: August 6, 2010
The Good Kanye provides pithy content for New Yorker cartoons We’ve entered the New Yorker cartoon caption contest just under a bazillion times, and have never won. Then Kanye West joins Twitter, says something trite,…
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