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Daum: Amazon's algorithm of love
Just in time for Valentine's Day, Amazon, the behemoth online retailer and knower of all habits and tastes, has released a list of America's 20 most romantic cities. It's high time. Gandhi might have said the best measure of a society is how it treats...
Tags: Holidays, DVDs, Arts and Culture, Literature, Amazon Kindle
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Review: R. Kelly turns it on at Nokia Theatre
R. Kelly had already been onstage for half an hour Friday night at Nokia Theatre when he announced that it was time to say what was on his mind. “I [conceived] three kids listening to my own music,” sang the R&B star in apparent improvisation...
Tags: Dining and Drinking, Music, Bars and Clubs, Arts and Culture, R. Kelly
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Don Cornelius dies at 75; creator of 'Soul Train'
The idea was simple — but groundbreaking: Create a live showcase for black music, modeled on "American Bandstand."
Don Cornelius pulled $400 from his own pocket to launch the dance show on a local Chicago TV station in 1970. As host and executive...Tags: Dance, Train (music group), Entertainment Events, Don Cornelius, Soul (genre)
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Live review: Aimee Mann at the Wiltern
Pop & HissAimee Mann's annual holiday shows are most wistful than celebratory, and this year was another blue Christmas showcase, with shots of comedy for good measure.... -
Heavy D dies at 44; singer who shaped rap music
Rapper and actor Heavy D, who played an influential role in shaping
rap music in the late '80s and early '90s with a fusion of New Jack Swing and reggae, has died. He was 44.
Heavy D, who was born Dwight Arrington Myers, died Tuesday in the...Tags: Jodeci (music group), Overweight, Tower Heist (movie), Dallas Austin, Off-Broadway Theater
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Footage from Kanye West's unaired 'hip-hop Muppet show' leaks
Pop & HissKanye West's unaired 'hip-hop muppet show' leaks online... -
Don Cornelius and the 'Soul Train' still grooving 40 years later
Pop & HissApproximately 35 years after their creative apogees, names like James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Sly Stone, Barry White and Aretha Franklin exist as almost afterthoughts. Their legendary status is so secure as to be taken for granted. Their... -
ABC pumps up 'Great Pumpkin' with rapping Charlie Brown
Show TrackerCharlie Brown may never kick that football or pitch a winning game, but turns out the kid's not a half-bad rapper. ABC is running a beefed-up version of last year's promo of "Charlie B," extolling the virtues, over a hip-hop...... -
Album review: Quincy Jones' 'Q: Soul Bossa Nostra'
Pop & HissWith an absurdly impressive guest list numbering into the dozens, âQ: Soul Bossa Nostraâ features only two holdovers (LL Cool J and the late Barry White) from âQâs Jook Joint,â Quincy Jonesâ similarly star-studded 1995 disc. That lack of... -
Mildred Pierce, Part 3: Fight or fight
Show TrackerMildred Pierce part 3, recapped. Everybody is fighting, fighting.... -
The new rap language: Recent and notable hip-hop downloads from Fiend, Danny Brown, Killer Mike and more
Pop & HissThe following records reflect a few of the worthwhile rap releases let loose over the last week. Be forewarned: Most, if not all of these songs contain foul langugage. Fiend -- "Tennis Shoes & Tuxedos" Best known to the masses...... -
'Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture' by Alice Echols
Hot Stuff
Disco and the Remaking
of American Culture
Alice Echols
W.W. Norton: 338 pp., $26.95
Recently, I attended a wedding reception during which a 10-year-old boy, to entertain the adults on the dance floor, started making the point-to-the-sky...Tags: Defense, Donna Summer, Janis Joplin, Radio Industry, Clubs and Associations
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