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A Solo Songbird
However Tweet reads herself, and however you read those rumors that have long floated around Missy herself, the video allows you to read sexuality and desire as a process, in motion, unfixed and potentially infinite
Sounds
Performance Yesterday
"Performance Today," produced by National Public Radio (National!, as in: this is what the nation considers important), took something alien to most Americans -- classical music -- and made it accessible in witty, engaging ways
A ”Crazy” Girl’s Transformation
It was immediately clear that nothing about Lisa ''Left Eye'' Lopes would ever be ''irrelevant''
Being Bennett
Tony Bennett resides somewhere in the past but in between: in a gel-lit, martini-splashed world apart from the adults most of the MTV generation grew up with
Standard and Poor: Jane Monheit and Jazz Jingoism
Jazz has always been at least a little threatening. Monheit's threat -- to be non-threatening -- is the one that warrants real fear
Declaring Her Territory
Knowing well the history of U.S. (commercial and political) relations to Colombia and other South American nations, Shakira insistently performs her nationality alongside her increasingly international stardom. Meet the global pop star
All Grown Up, But Lacking Nuance
No doubt, there's a subtler metaphor to be worked concerning Brandy's emotional and professional development over the past three or four years than this strangely abstracted car or the floating trees or the men in collars
The Full Color Spectrum
It is also true that Pink, who is decidedly more like Destiny's Child than Mandy Moore, is able to move across industry categories more easily than most minority acts precisely because she is white
Why All Audio Books Suck — Except Mine
How I came to create this audio book is a fascinating story, especially to me. What I wish to do with the 1,000 or so words I have remaining is explain that writers secretly want to be rock stars, and vice versa
Taking Note: Deconstructing The Strokes
Granted, I'm late to the gate with a Strokes review. But I have a good reason: I've been waiting to see what happens to the so-called Velvet Underground meets Brit-pop wannabes in the aftermath of their first tragically cool release, Is This It
The American Way
Kid Rock takes his allegiance to country seriously; it's just by chance that his imagery is also trendy
Pop Music’s Wes Andersen
Whatever the reason for Weezer's success with the MTV-and-younger set, it feels strange to me. I just turned 30, which both makes me at least 10 years older than many of the band's fans and inspires me to wonder: Can anybody who hasn't been to college yet
Pop-Country Pleasure
In the face of seeming uncool, I am happy to say Garth Brook's Scarecrow is a terrific record, made with heart, humor and a great deal of skill. Really
Pop Music 2001: Moving On
A look back at the ''best'' of the year proves why ''Happy New Year'' never sounded so good
Dogged
Why the symbol of gangsta rap is, at his strongest, influentially impotent
