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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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Wednesday, November 16, 2011
posted: November 16, 2011
Kelly Clarkson is either way wittier than we thought, or a closet boozer. We’re fine with either one. No baby Bieber? Damn, we were really looking forward to what an infant with that hair would…
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Vocal Points: Voice For A Cause
posted: October 23, 2011
Using your voice to sing is one thing, using your voice to bring an important issue to light is quite another. While it seems pretty common for artists to be involved in all sorts of…
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Sound And Vision: Director's Cuts — From Lady Gaga to Kate Bush, the Mixed Results of Tampering with Your Own Songs
posted: August 26, 2011
I’ll never forget the day Basia lied to me. Twice. I was interviewing the Polish singer (best known for her 1988 hit “Time and Tide”) shortly before the release of her 1994 album, The Sweetest…
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Tuesday, July 5, 2011
posted: July 5, 2011
Can’t make Sting cross a picket line, even if it is a virtual one. We’re not sure what the point of a PG-13 rave would be, but okay. Step aside, Gaga, the queen is back.…
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Sound And Vision: Reunited Bands Try To Make Lightning Strike Twice
posted: May 6, 2011
For the love of money. According to Sting, when I interviewed him in 1996, there’s no other reason to bring a band back from the dead. Yet one must assume that Sting”who’s had a gold…
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