Novelty refers to the quality of being new, original, or unusual, stimulating curiosity and cognitive engagement. ––Google dictionary When Alysa Liu won comeback gold in women’s figure skating at the...
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Zenyatta Mondatta is a transitional album in many respects, it being not only the symmetrical midpoint of the discography but also the median overlap between the...
Outlandos d’Amour is deceptive at first blush. The listener is initially assaulted in the debut album’s leadoff track–“Next to You”–by an uptempo barrage of rapid-fire Copeland...
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You’ve just downloaded an album of live recordings by arguably the most renowned band of the ’70s. An ominous F# drone swirls through the first few...
There’s something off about Taylor Swift…isn’t there? Despite possessing the statuesque––and ergo the most expedient––corporeal proportions to satisfy the modern music industry’s criteria for success, and...
YouTube is done. All the damn ads have killed it. They have for me, anyway. There goes my journalistic credibility as well. If you’ve ever been...
