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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 Bieber Fever Can't Touch Beatlemania?
posted: November 11, 2011
Don’t believe everything you read. No matter what the media say”and for more than a year now, they’ve been declaring Justin Bieber as big as, if not bigger than, the Beatles”Bieber Fever is no match…
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The EditoriaList: Ten Totally Righteous Covers
posted: October 20, 2011
A friend of mine suggested some good ground rules for this one: You have to strip out covers of old blues tunes (sorry Stones and Beatles). Also strip out cover bands (sorry Joe Cocker and Nouvelle…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: The Jayhawks Soar Once More
posted: September 14, 2011
When The Jayhawks first got together in 1985 Minneapolis, Gram Parsons and The Louvin Brothers did not enjoy the same kind of default-option status they command as rock-band influences today. Country-rockers were thin on the…
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Press Shuffle: Even Better Than The Real Thing
posted: August 10, 2011
All aspiring musicians have covered songs at some point in their careers. Emulation and repetition are simple methods to improve your technique. But to adapt a famous song into your own style and succeed in…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Digging Into Deep Purple's Paisley Past
posted: August 10, 2011
If you’re like 99.9% of the population, the words Deep Purple instantly evoke the quintessential classic-rock power-chord riff that drives Smoke On The Water. Secondarily, the stratospheric wail of Ian Gillan screeching out the chorus…
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