Britney Spears’ “Till the World Ends”

I’ve written at some length about Britney Spears before. I was listening to the single “Till the World Ends” the other day. Here’s the video. . When I listen to the song, not watching the video, I keep thinking this song sounds like a suicide note. It’s supposed to be this bippy club hit, about [...]

Pop culture Sunday

1. I watched the remake of The Karate Kid. I liked it, much better than the original, honestly. I kinda bounced off of the original Karate Kid. Not the right age or time or situation, I guess. And Mr. Miyagi made me think that the movie was ripping off the Star Wars franchise. But the [...]

Ke$ha

I have no idea what to make of the pop artist currently going by the name Ke$ha. I frequently have this problem with pop artists — I have no real way of assessing how much agency they have. I know they are managed, I know they are produced — not only their music, but their [...]

My 2009 in music

This is a personal list, a retrospective, not an attempt at a best-of. I can’t say that this was particularly a year of new music for me. Not in the sense that the music was produced or released in this year. (Well, some of it was.) But this is the music that moved me, that [...]

Pandora doesn’t read my mind.

I like using Pandora Radio for some things. Classical music, especially, or sometime if I am searching for new music. But I find that Pandora misses some of the essential qualities of the music I like. The reason that I listen to a song or artist. And, missing that thing, it doesn’t add recommendations that [...]