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by Ian Shane
There's something about hearing a song for the first time at the right time. It can make you a fan of a band about whom you weren't sure. It takes the right person and the right moment to open the flood gates.
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Feature Author: Ian Shane
Ian Shane is an author and freelance writer. He has published a novel titled Radio Radio, written a full length screenplay, four short films, a pilot for a television show, and is the writer of The Two Penny Opera. In between cheering for his beloved Indianapolis Colts and playing in online poker tournaments (as IndianaShane on PokerStars), he is working on his second novel. Ian lives in Minneapolis with his very beautiful and extremely cool wife, DeAnna, and their two dogs. |
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by Kevin Kelly
In the eighties—the greatest decade for music and pop culture—I was on top of the world and in-the-know about everything having to do with music. As I got older and the times changed, I lost interest. You may disagree, but listening to Kurt Cobain scream "I feel stupid and contagious" wasn't nearly as interesting to me as Simon Le Bon telling me to "flex flex flex flex." These days, an artist has to be having a major moment in order for me to take notice. I only recently embraced—with extreme reservations—Lady Gaga and her "Bad Romance." (Let me know when she does something original and stops borrowing from Madonna, Grace Jones, and now Ace of Base with her latest single.)
Gone Before Their Time
by John Brooks
Network TV is a fickle mistress. Television history is littered with shows that were canceled before their time. I won't go into the Joss Whedon debates about Firefly and Dollhouse ; these have been argued to death elsewhere. The following is a list of shows deserving of a second look.
Sundry Notes of Music: The Joe Versus The Volcano List; Bad Albums By Reputable Artists
by Ian Shane
Every artist has that at least one embarrassing piece that makes them cringe. It's the same embarrassment you feel when your mom shows your significant other your naked baby pictures. It happens a lot in music. Sometimes an established artist will try something new that just doesn't work, or they really need the money. Sometimes they were just doing someone a favor (Michael Jackson singing back up on “Somebody's Watching Me” comes to mind).
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