An amusing, if slightly rant-ish, response to the response Prince received for his social-media-baiting “the Internet is completely over” line. I must admit I reacted with the same dismissive scorn as everyone else did to Prince’s seemingly clueless quip, but I’m not wholly convinced that Prince is as astute about the internet as this author […]
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Is Prince right about the Internet?
July 8th, 2010
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USA Today slags Bird and Bee tribute to Hall and Oates
March 25th, 2010
“The pop duo’s ‘Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates’ just misses the mark.” Maybe they should have chosen to do Journey covers instead?
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So, you’ve totally been waiting for a new INXS record, right?
February 24th, 2010
Well, you’re going to be super-stoked because not only is INXS putting out a new record, it’s also kinda/sorta simultaneously putting out an old record but with new singers on old songs. Sound awesome? Or more like a desperate attempt to drum up some business, using the cheapest, most shameless means possible? Well, it gets […]
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MTV stands for what exactly?
February 9th, 2010
With MTV’s removal of the words “Music Television” from its iconic logo, the reality network finally admits, however passively, that music is in no way a driving force behind its existence anymore. This is news to absolutely no one, much less to the train-wreck-craving rubberneckers who seem glued to watching Guidos confirm that America is […]
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With no understanding of the concept of supply and demand, Hole reunites, anyway
January 13th, 2010
It’s not news to hear that Courtney Love is an embarrassing trainwreck, but this Hole reunion is scraping the resin off the bottom of the barrel. First of all, no one cares. No one liked Hole to begin with. The only reason anyone paid any attention to the band’s second album, Live Through This, was […]
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Simon Reynolds weighs in on the noughties
December 7th, 2009
There was such a wide range of quality music made in the noughties that it is hard for critics to agree on which albums had the most impact
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Blaming Zach Braff
December 1st, 2009
Natalie Portman popped headphones onto Zach Braff’s head and said flatly, “This song will change your life.” The resulting sound was not only that of carefully composed dullness (thank you, Shins), but of a million wealthy white kids investing in dull acoustic music to soundtrack their own romantic melodrama. Bored New World: How the Zach […]
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