July 2008
Songs that are Ruining Our Kids Futures
Pop culture is full of disturbing temptations and what better place to seed such evils than in the lyrics of a song which are then masked by infectious melodies and hip gyrating beats.
January 2008
New Music Tuesday: Forro in the Dark
When you think of Brazilian music, what genres come to mind? Most likely you think of samba, bossa nova and funk music, if you're a hipster. (I adore funk music, by the way.) But it's time for the world to get acquainted with another form of Brazilian music: forró. Forró is a sound born of the struggle, loneliness, longing and romance of the people of the Northeast of Brazil.
Taylor Hicks gets the boot
It looks like winning American Idol is of no benefit to the winner. News reports came out today that the 2006 winner of American Idol has been let go by his record label J Records. Ruben Studdard, the second season winner of American Idol, was also dropped by J Records. Oh, and Kelly Clarkson, the first winner of AI, had a flop album released in 07. Yesterday s winner is tomorrow s loser.
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