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A summer pop song should be everything the phrase suggests: poppy, frothy, bouncing fun.  Lyrically, it should at least make sense (and be easy to memorize) but not deliver anything too weighty.  And it should definitely have a beat but not a heavy one.  And for goodness’ sakes, it should be be able to deliver [...]

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Entertainment Weekly is putting out lists of “New Classics” –  movies, books, music, cultural moments, etc of the last 25 years that will stand the test of time or deserve to be remembered or … yea, I don’t actually know what the lists are supposed to actually symbolize.  Other than blog fodder.
Since we’ve already established [...]

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Their graphs would look like this. Or sometimes like this.
And if Pete Seeger had been a software engineer, we’d have this:

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Hard Candy drops today and even though I haven’t bought a Madonna album since 2000’s Music, a new album by her is still cause to celebrate. Except when it’s bad, like this one might be … although maybe not. Don’t take their word for it; you can listen to most of the tracks [...]

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Despite the new Madonna album dropping at the end of the month and the sad truth of my Miley Cyrus obsession, I’ve been listening to other stuff as well. My love affair with the movie Once is well documented but I’m liking most of the soundtrack (there’s a special fondness in my heart for [...]

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Randomly listening to radio stations in a ZipCar is great fun … because I get to hear all sorts of music that I would never, ever, in a million years come across on my own (since I don’t listen to the radio). And every once in a while, I hear something I really like; [...]

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Looking over the Oscar nominees, I was surprised to see August Rush nominated for anything. I mean, it was pretty bad right? Not Norbit bad, but still … pretty bad. So I guess it makes sense that its only pick should be for best song. Except no one saw the movie [...]

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Kanye West and Amy Winehouse were big winners at the Grammy Awards Sunday night, except for the weird Herbie Hancock win. I mean, seriously? A tribute album to Joni Mitchell wins over Kanye, Amy, Vince Gill and the Foo Fighters? Is anyone under the age of 90 voting in that category?
Confession time: [...]

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