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Macklemore and Materialism
Macklemore is not the first White hip-hop artist to become a fixture in the mainstream, but he’s probably the most…
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Family Ties in “Nashville”
We can run, but some ties inevitably bind. Especially where family is concerned, those ties act like rubber bands, snapping…
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Post of the Week
Do you have some guilty-pleasure music on your iPod? Check out Ashley McGuire’s post on Plato and trashy music–this week’s Post…
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Confession: I Love Trashy Music
What’s a gal to do if she likes Nicki Minaj? Or Flo Rida? Or Wiz Khalifa?
#firstworldproblems, I know.
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Punk at the Museum and the Virtue of Boredom
Has the loss of true boredom, due to the digital revolution, led to a collapse in artistic creativity and innovation?
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Pink’s Mid-Concert Maternal Moment
by Mark Tapson Rock stars have interrupted live musical performances for all kinds of reasons–usually in ways that solidify their…
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Star Wars and Vinyl Records: Evidence That Technology Will Not Save Us
Technology will not save us.
That was the message of the first Star Wars movie, released in 1977. It took…
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Where Your Digital Stuff Goes When You Die
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After Benedict: The First Pop Culture Pope?
When I interviewed official Vatican astronomer Brother Guy Consolmagno several months ago, one of the questions I asked was: who’s…
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Justins Timberlake and Bieber: The Art of Coasting
In 1988, the celebrated magazine Spy ran a cover story on “coasters.” Coasters, the editors of Spy explained, are those…
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