Word: pop
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Sand in My Bra and Other Misadventures. Within eyeshot of the display is Betsy Lerner’s Food and Loathing: A Life Measured Out in Calories. I hastily grab all three titles off the shelves and set out to gain some insight into women today, a randomly sampled pop-sociological glimpse into what female authors have to say about themselves in relation to the places they travel, the company they keep, the food they eat and the society that at any given time can either boost them up or knock them down. After a few hours of perusing through...
...wasn’t very hopeful when I started Bitches, Bimbos and Ball Breakers. The pop sociologist in me was initially disappointed by a few unsubstantiated statistics that occupied little subtexts of the book such as the typical “A study found that three minutes a day spent looking at a fashion magazine caused 70% of women to feel depressed, guilty and shameful...
...telling that far-and-away the best track on Pawn Shoppe Heart, “C’mon C’mon,” is nothing if not power pop. With a desperation appropriate to it’s title, the song leads one to wonder when the White Stripes started substituting artifice for emotion, and whether the blues-rock tag isn’t just holding these guys back...
David Byrne’s voice is unmistakable. Despite the thick layers of strings and intricate pop sensibilities on his new solo album, his voice immediately recalls the geeky, smart angularity of the Talking Heads. But without the quirkily quibbling guitars—lavish orchestral arrangements in their place—Byrne’s new solo album Grown Backwards is worlds away from the music of the Heads...
...addition to her own projects, Subrin has collaborated with feminist art-pop musical group Le Tigre on music videos...