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'Firework' Songs: 75 Tunes To Celebrate The Fourth Of July (VIDEO)
Huffington Post When it comes to celebrating the Fourth of July, the perfect Independence Day playlist has to find the right balance between patriotism and good ole' fashion pop music. The easiest way to go about that balancing act? and more » |
 The Phoenix |
The pop wilderness of Beat Connection
The Phoenix More specifically, Koplowitz and Juenger enjoyed making pop music, which was galaxies removed from their classroom's avant-garde sounds. After teaming up as DJs specializing in French house, they started creating music during sophomore year, first … |
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Carole King, Woody Guthrie, Lorenz Hart and the Flowering of American …
Forbes But a slew of new music bios remind us that the popular song—nowadays reasonably defined as anything outside of a European-style art song—has had an equal impact on the world. It's certainly been more nutritious for the body and soul than Coca-Cola, … |
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The "perfect summer song" turns 50.
Tulsa World (blog) A lot of pop songs are about summer and all its various experiences, but nothing has so perfectly captured the feel of summer — that lulling, languid, relaxed feeling — as well as the stray dreams and their answering ironic realities as "The Girl … |
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Hendrix biopic won't include Hendrix songs — and more from the world of pop …
Washington Post (blog) Plus, more from the world of pop music. and more » |
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Go Behind the Slinky, Fiscal-Minded Synth-Pop of Penguin Prison
PW-Philadelphia Weekly A lot of the time, I sleep with a tape recorder near my bed, and I wake up in the middle of the night with a melody in my head, and I sing it into a tape recorder and then go back to sleep. I wake up the next day and listen to it, and if I like it, I … |
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Independence Day in Pop Culture: Something for Everyone
BostInno It seems that in popular culture, be it in goofy movies or protest songs, the Fourth of July, and more broadly, American values are celebrated and discussed inclusively, despite the fact that the holiday stands alongside Thanksgiving as one of the two … |
 Financial Times |
Peter Blake and Pop Music, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
Financial Times The 29-year-old Peter Blake looks sober enough, standing erect in a suburban English garden and gazing out at us with solemn concentration. But “Self-Portrait with Badges” (1961) is also an image of a determined rebel, proudly wearing turned-up Levi. |
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Carly Rae Jepsen: Post-Gay Pop Princess
Huffington Post (blog) "Call Me Maybe" has been the number-one song in America for two weeks and counting, with the video fast approaching 150 million views on YouTube. Jepsen's song has not only clinched the song-of-the-summer mantle but surpassed its viral-pop-video … Carly Rae Jepsen + Owl City Release 'Good Time' Lyric VideoPopCrush all 69 news articles » |