Tue, May 22, 2012

Foster the People’s ‘Pumped Up Kicks’: the Making of a Great Sleeper Hit

Posted 9 months, 3 weeks ago

“Rock and roll is dead,” Lenny Kravitz sang on the opening track of his 1995 album “Circus.”

Though it’s never actually kicked the bucket, chart-wise, rock & roll does tend to lapse into a coma now and then. Such was the case in the early ’00s when Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera,…

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Now That Kara DioGuardi Is Gone, Here’s What “American Idol” Really Needs to Do Next Season

Posted 1 year, 8 months ago

Just when I thought I’d heard it all before, along came “American Idol” producer Nigel Lythgoe with the following bunch of hogwash about the show’s upcoming 10th season:

We will be bringing the spotlight back onto the talent and away from the judges,” he told People magazine. “I think that’s…

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“Dancing with the Stars” Should Aim Higher with Its Pop Celebrities

Posted 1 year, 8 months ago

Living in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for four years has wreaked a little havoc on my TV viewing. Thankfully, enough networks here run U.S. series—in English, with Spanish subtitles—that I don’t have to miss most of my prime-time favorites, but I probably never would have watched “Two and a…

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