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Pazz & Jop: Before We OFFICIALLY Turn The Calendar Over To 2008
Real quick, though: Interesting potential Grammy performance alert: The Time (of “Jungle Love” and “Purple Rain” film fame for those of you with no soul whatsoever) are reuniting on the Grammy ceremony and performing with Rihanna…which should be pretty goshdang interesting. Are Time members Jam & Lewis delivering a subtle shot to star pupil Janet Jackson for leaving them behind on her upcoming album (which I’ve heard is *very* good)?
Anyway, what I originally started writing: […]
"Here, My Dear": Revisited (An Appreciation)
There have been many great breakup albums over the years. Most are not specifically related to the end of a relationship, but sound good when the lights are off and you’re sitting alone in your apartment with a bottle of Jack (see: White Ladder by David Gray). However, occasionally you’ll hear an album by an artist reeling from a breakup who has decided to put all his or her energies into documenting the end of […]
Rock ‘N Roll Hall of Fame 2008: Who?!??!?
Next year’s class of inductees for the Rock ‘N Roll Hall of Fame was announced a couple of days ago, and my overwhelming response to the motley crew of artists inducted this year is: huh?
Well, not totally. Madonna’s a gimme. While those that argue that “rock ‘n roll” music (as in: white guys playing guitars) has nothing to do with Madonna, most people with sense are fully aware that the term “rock ‘n roll” encompasses […]