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Tupac And Tyson
While watching the documentary, "One Night In Vegas", I was trying to make sense of why Tupac Shakur and Mike Tyson were such important figures in my youth.
Sonic Clash Reads: Tommy James “Me, The Mob and the Music” with Martin Fitzpatrick
Tommy James was a huge star when my mom was in high school. But his songs were everywhere when I was growing up in the 80s. Joan Jett was singing “Crimson and Clover”. The Rubinoos and Lene Lovich both did covers of “I Think We’re Alone Now”, but in 1987, everyone’s favorite mallrat Tiffany made the song a number one hit. And no school dance was complete without Billy Idol shouting […]
Monsieur West, I Presume? Kanye Willfully Upstages Belgian Kanye
Last year, around this time, Kanye West was getting himself into trouble by hijacking an adorable white girl’s acceptance speech at the VMAs. This year, he’s taken to hijacking an established international dance-pop phenomenon with a remix of Belgian dance-pop-rapper Stromae’s debut single “Alors on Danse”.
Though the song’s been sitting at our near the top of the charts throughout Europe for most of the last year, it has yet to make much […]