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The EditoriaList: Ten Best One-Shot Music Videos
posted: November 3, 2011
The one-take video. Gimmick? Sure, it’s a bit of a gimmick, but we’re talking about music videos here, folks. These are essentially ads made to sell records, so let’s appreciate that the artists and directors…
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Sound And Vision: Justin Timberlake as Elton John and Six Other Wish-List Music Biopics
posted: October 14, 2011
Every great screen biography of a music superstar needs three key ingredients to really sing: 1) An icon with the greatest story never told. 2) A talented lead actor or actress gunning for an Oscar nomination”singing…
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Sound And Vision: Celebrity Feuds — Pop Is a Battlefield, World War II
posted: September 9, 2011
“Take back Vanessa Redgrave Take back Joe Piscopo Take back Eddie Murphy Give ’em all some place to go” ” Tom Petty, “Jammin’ Me” (1987) “Fuck Tom Petty!””Eddie Murphy Oh, those crazy stars! What will…
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Licensing Landscape
posted: August 30, 2011
We all know how much the music industry is changing. Technology is evolving and most people have ditched their CD collection for an iTunes library full of illegally-downloaded music. And while file-sharing seems to be…
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The Sound & The Fury: Petty and Bachmann Face Off
posted: July 11, 2011
Of all of the crucial components in a presidential election strategy, the campaign song is key. It sets a positive tone for rallies, distills the campaign’s core message and immediately allies the candidate with a…
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Sound And Vision: Disappearing Acts—Music's M.I.A. Stars
posted: April 15, 2011
“The waiting is the hardest part,” Tom Petty once sang. And for fans of David Bowie, Kate Bush and Fiona Apple, none of whom have released studio albums of new material for the better part…
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