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  • September 2008

    • You Are Your Music: Study

      Independent (UK)  |  Sep 6, 08 6:11 PM CDT

      You Are Your Music: Study

      (Newser) - Our favorite music speaks volumes about who we are, according to a new psychological study. It turns out that Indie fans are miserable, and metal heads act a lot like classical music lovers. The Independent breaks down personalities by genre:   Indie: Low self-esteem and lazy, not to mention selfish and unkind. Rock: Hard-working and creative, but also unfriendly and hardly generous. More »

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      list  • music  • psychology  • rap music  • rock music  • classical music  • country music  • survey  • indie rock  • blues  • heavy metal  • reggae  • dance music

  • April 2008

    • Madonna's Candy Not So Sweet

      Baltimore Sun  |  Apr 30, 08 12:16 PM CDT

      Madonna's Candy Not So Sweet

      (Newser) - There is something noticeably absent in Madonna’s new record, writes Rashod Ollison in The Baltimore Sun : Madonna. Her 11th studio album, Hard Candy, “is a mostly stale piece of self-consciously fluffy pop” in which the superstar “plays it safe.” Enlisting younger hit makers like Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, and Timberland adds a coat of gloss that Madonna fails to shine through. More »

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      Madonna  • pop music  • album release  • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame  • dance music

    • B-52s Shimmy Again

      NPR  |  Apr 14, 08 2:30 PM CDT

      B-52s Shimmy Again

      (Newser) - Sixteen years after the release of their last album, the B-52s are still rocking the cosmic party, this time with the all-new album Funplex . The Georgia band still performs regularly, but "if we're going to keep doing this, we need new material," guitarist Keith Strickland told NPR. "And our fans were beginning to sort of bang on the door."  More »

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      music  • rock music  • album release  • rock bands  • dance music  • B-52s

  • February 2008

    • Ivory Coast Crazy for Big Butts

      BBC  |  Feb 18, 08 2:20 PM CST

      Ivory Coast Crazy for Big Butts

      (Newser) - Bobaraba! It means “big bottom,” and it's a hit song and butt-shaking dance phenom sweeping the Ivory Coast, the BBC reports. In fact, some women in the west African nation are so caught up in bobaraba-mania that a black market of “bottom enhancers” has emerged, targeting those who want more junk in the trunk. More »

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      Africa  • dance  • dance music  • cosmetic treatments

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