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Category: Music
Some Nights by fun. – Music Review
Last week I was trawling through iTunes, when I noticed Some Nights by the American band simply called “fun.” making its way to the top of the charts. I liked their previous mega-hit “We Are Young” so I decided to give it a preview, and I loved it! When I also tried the rest of…
“Don’t Stop Believing” – 2009’s pop anthem?
For some reason, “Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey, has had a surprising resurgence in popular culture this year, 28 years after its debut (two years after it capped the finale of The Sopranos TV series). It’s been featured on American Idol, it was the number selected from hit Broadway musical Rock of Ages to be…
Pop Culture comments: Bond, Bauer, and Archuleta(?)
OK. It’s coming up on almost a month that I haven’t posted. What gives? Well, for one thing, I haven’t really been out to the movies. Most of the candidates for my Saturday excursions to the cinema have gotten such mediocre/mixed reviews that I ended up staying home to catch up on the small screen….
Madonna’s latest video – 4 minutes
Have you checked out Madonna’s latest video for 4 Minutes (a song from her upcoming album, Hard Candy)? Here’s a link to the video on YouTube. I have always been a fan, so I wanted to find out what new material from the Material Girl was going to be like. It’s a catchy-enough song, but…
Life in Cartoon Motion by Mika – Music Review
When it comes to music, I’m no sophisticate. Don’t give me jazz, classic rock, or even R&B inspired pop or Hip-Hop hipness. Whatever. Give me the pure pop music, and lots of it. To fill my request, along comes London singer Mika, whose debut album, Life in Cartoon Motion, is already a pretty big hit…
The Open Door by Evanescence and A Thousand Different Ways by Clay Aiken – Music Review
In the last month, two acts who sold massive quantities of their debut albums have put out new follow-up CDs (I know Aiken had released a Christmas album, but you can’t expect me to count that). After all kinds of personal turmoil, it was perhaps uncertain whether Evanescence would be around to produce a second…
Playing the Angel by Depeche Mode: Music Review
Being a child of 80s europop, pseudo-poetical lyrics mixed with an electronic beat and a melancholic voice make my heart go zing-zing. At the height of their powers, the group who ruled that crushed velvet throne was Depeche Mode, but in the decade and a half since Violator (arguably their last good album), I can’t…
Alvin's Adventures in Pop Culture 