JANET JACKSON – “Runaway”
Everyone has a “dreary day” song; something that gets played on those days when you’re feeling down or slightly under the weather and you need a pick-me-up. This is one of the few songs J[…]

DA BAND – “Bad Boy This, Bad Boy That”
Imagine you are an R&B singer. Imagine that you’ve been trying for a while to get your big break and have had limited success, but haven’t really blown up the way you’d[…]

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE – “Senorita”
I’m kind of at a loss for words here. I’ve made ripping JT into one of my favorite online activities, but now I’m presented with a song that minimizes the things I hate about his sin[…]

ALBUM REVIEW: Poem-Cees – PARANOIA
I put the headphones on and lean back. Jagged guitar assaults my ears and fear grips me as I hear the harrowing opening litany. THEY ARE OUT TO GET ME.
The beat kicks in. We’re in party mode, but things […]

CHRISTINA AGUILERA – “Soar”
Okay, yes, it’s a cheesy motivational ballad. Anyone with a strong reaction to the Dianne Warren school of songwriting should just check out right now because I could type for several years and not[…]

If he’s so full of poetic wonder and awe, why does he sing these lyrics like he’s reading an encyclopedia? What woman is going to be flattered by having lecherous lyrics unemotionally intoned at her by someone who gives the impression th[…]

JOHN MAYER – “Your Body Is A Wonderland”
I decided this morning that i would take on the following challenge; I’d pick a song I didn’t particularly like and write about it without going off on a ranting screed. Dear rea[…]

Things I’ve learned by listening to AT40 with my wife:– Dirty songs sound better when you hear them on the way to church (“Girl Talk”, “Dirrty”).– Creed has no redeeming features whatsoever (this was more con[…]

BLUR – “Don’t Drop The Bomb When You’re The Bomb”Hmm. It’s not electro, it’s not indie rock, it’s not house, it’s not pop, it’s not coherent or consistent, it’s not techno; I could pr[…]

JENNIFER LOPEZ FEATURING JADAKISS & STYLES – “Jenny From The Block”
OH FOR FUCK’S SAKE SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP.[…]