Tag: pop
member name: sarah e.
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March 27, 2007 03:14 PM EDT --
I am an original recipe American Idol fan—I loved the first season, even voted a few times, yet my interest waned steadily over the subsequent versions. I never really got behind either Clay or Ruben, . . .
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April 25, 2007 06:11 PM EDT --
This week's single of the week column is a bit of a departure. For one thing, it has nothing to do with iTunes. More importantly, it has nothing to do with singles. It has to do with . . .
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May 30, 2007 11:23 AM EDT --
In lieu of iTunes single of the week (currently costing $.99) and in honor of the unofficial start of summer (thanks to the Memorial Day holiday), I’ve decided to launch a special “Single of . . .
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February 12, 2007 10:44 AM EST --
It’s a pretty crazy time to be Taylor Hicks.
His album’s just gone platinum, and now, the most recent winner of American Idol begins . . .
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March 28, 2007 10:58 AM EDT --
Sometimes I feel like iTunes is reading this column. I realize that sounds like I think iTunes is a sentient being, and if it were true it would also imply that this column has a lot more power than it . . .
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April 25, 2007 04:17 PM EDT --
Guys, I have to be honest. I miss Sanjaya.
I know there are many of you out there who can't fathom how I could possibly say such a thing, but I also know there must be a fair number of you who . . .
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March 07, 2007 12:58 PM EST --
Zzzzzzz...oh, sorry. You caught me sleeping through this week's Single of the Week. Let me just wipe up that drool spot...there.
As you might be able to guess, this week's single didn't exactly . . .
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April 04, 2007 03:41 PM EDT --
I can tell by the way you're eyeing this article, you don't believe the title is true. Truth be told, if I hadn't watched last night's American Idol, I wouldn't believe it . . .
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April 11, 2007 04:36 PM EDT --
The voices no longer matter.
Let’s be honest, on American Idol, after a while, the voices have never mattered. It’s a battle to the death between fanbases. The votes don’t go to the . . .
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April 18, 2007 10:23 PM EDT --
It had to end sometime. During a conversation with my brother last night, also an avid Idol watcher, we discussed Sanjaya's performance. "I don't know," I said, "I found him pretty . . .
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May 29, 2007 11:07 PM EDT --
Everyone loves a good romantic album; but it's rare when the album has a great romantic story to back it up. David Martin's Something In Your Eyes is, at least as far as music rag gossip goes, . . .
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February 14, 2007 11:06 AM EST --
This week’s installment of the Single of the Week brings us the newest single from Borne, an Australian version of Coldplay, who were themselves an English version . . .
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April 11, 2007 10:22 AM EDT --
One of the keys to a successful single is knowing when to stop. Let's say you've got a great hook, melody, lyric: does it make your point any better to keep repeating it ad nauseam? In the spirit . . .
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April 19, 2007 09:56 AM EDT --
First, let me apologize upfront for the delay in the publishing of this week's column. I injured my back and, while that seems like it should be conducive to lying around, listening to music, and playing . . .
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May 16, 2007 10:22 AM EDT --
Welcome back to Single of the Week, back with a special edition after a week off. This week's special edition follows a theme from two weeks ago, highlight an album that I think . . .
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May 22, 2007 11:57 AM EDT --
I've always been a sucker for a good travel song-"Six Days on the Road", "Midnight Train to Georgia", "500 Miles", all of them. Even better is a good travel album, where . . .
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June 13, 2007 10:09 AM EDT --
Summer Song Countdown #9: A Summer Song, Chad and Jeremy (1964)
I have to admit, deciding on this week's song was a little tricky. I never realized that summer songs were so . . .
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February 28, 2007 03:25 PM EST --
There’s a genre of music I like to call “Nostalgia Rock”—the kind of song that doesn’t sound like it was inspired . . .
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March 23, 2007 04:12 PM EDT --
A few weeks back, iTunes had as its Single of the Week a free download of James Morrison’s “You Give Me Something.” In my review of the single (available at http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976904988), . . .
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July 18, 2007 11:12 PM EDT --
There are many great things about living one's life as a volunteer. The amenities aren't one of them. I live in a co-op with a couple hundred people, all fighting for a piece of the same internet . . .
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