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IS IT ME? OR...
By Jim Shearer on 09/22/2008
Filed under: IS IT ME? OR......does the list, "Strange Bedfellows" in the latest issue of SPIN magazine, highlighting the best moments of music and politics, look a tad familiar to a list that IFC.com posted during list-month? Hmm? Music Moments in Politics (1-10) Music Moments in Politics (11-20) MORE »
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IFC LIST MONTH: Best Vowel-less Groups in Music
By Jim Shearer on 07/07/2008
Filed under: LISTSThe idea for this list came to me after watching an episode of Wheel of Fortune where contestants were buying vowels at will. As Vanna White tapped the glowing letterboxes, I thought to myself, "What if vowels didn't exist?" (left: Wait, what? I'm not allowed to buy a vowel?) How would society, or music for that matter, survive without the A,E,I,O, or U? Where would The Ramones be--whose signature hooks relied on long vowel sounds--without the freedom of using a few choice A, E, or O's? Pronouncing band names like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, or Led Zeppelin, would... MORE »
IFC LIST MONTH: Best "Man" Songs
By Jim Shearer on 07/03/2008
Filed under: LISTSWe are in the midst of another "man" summer, with Iron Man cleaning up at the box office and The Dark Knight (aka Batman) soon to follow. The mans, or I guess I should say the men mentioned above got me thinking about superhero names. I always appreciated how easy it was to dole them out--you simply take the hero's most notable attribute and attach the word "man" on the end (Iron Man, Batman, Spider-Man, Superman, etc.). Growing up, I soon realized it was just as easy for a band to do the same with a song, in fact,... MORE »
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