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High fidelity - Words and Music: a history of pop in the shape of a city - Book Review
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The Christmas number one can signify not only the taste but also the mood of the nation. Record companies know this, too, and market their product with ......(Continue Reading)Delicious duo: the gay half of the Danish dance act Junior Senior tells how he's become an unlikely pop pinup - music
The walls of New York's famed Knitting Factory nightclub seem to be shaking. A capacity crowd of sweaty, downright joyful men and women are grinding ......(Continue Reading)Avril Lavigne: does this pop punkette deserve a Grammy, or to be grounded? - Music Debate - Let Go - Brief Article - Illustration
Back when Iggy Pop was rolling around in broken glass, nobody imagined that punk rock could be a cash cow. Cut to last April, when a freshly scrubbed ......(Continue Reading)
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