Madonna (Entertainer)

Or Maybe You Just Listen to Coldplay

Last Night: Fiction Plane at House of Blues

Hunger Strike

Can a non-9/11 benefit album make any noise?

Black and white

Madonna isn't a failed icon; she's a failed artist

Ghosts in the machine

When the vinyl jukebox dies, so will a little piece of the music it played

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

Out There

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

Go ahead and cry

Madonna's Evita is better fashion than fascism

Out There

Madonna's Evita is better fashion than fascism

The Crit and Shap Poll

You've had the best; now, the year's most overrated records

Hole in fun!

You can talk to the guitarist when the singer ain't around

Best radio station

Magic 102.1-FM "Jammin' Oldies"

Bertrand Burgalat

The SSSound of Mmmusic (Emperor Norton)

...And Finally

Eight thoughts to remember 2001 by

Maria McKee|Madonna

High Dive (Viewfinder)|American Life (Maverick/Warner Bros.)

Who Wears the Pants in These Musician-Celebrity Couples?

High Dive (Viewfinder)|American Life (Maverick/Warner Bros.)

It's A Dance-Off!

High Dive (Viewfinder)|American Life (Maverick/Warner Bros.)

A Different Animal

Polk presents her own Gaza Zoo

Oh, Olivia

Britney, Jessica, Mariah: They learned it from watching you!

Buon giorno and Do svidaniya

See The Italian in Fort Worth

Police Brutality

Three's really a crowd with these old bandmates

X Marks the Rock

Exene Cervenka's Sinners might not be Original

Big Not-Easy

Thought the RIAA was bad when they sued downloaders? You ain't heard nothin'.

Madonna

Confessions on a Dance Floor (Maverick)

Fischerspooner

Odyssey (Capitol)

Come on Irene

What the excitable DJ Irene Gutierrez lacks in finesse she makes up for in balls

Falling Rock

The Avalanches are hard to pin down but easy to love

More Tune Than Show

The World Goes 'Round offers up great songs in a lackluster production

Music: Response

You may only know him from Madonna's Music, but Mirwais has been around for years

Ménage quatre

Me, You, Them captivates with its tale of one woman and her three men

Mirwais

Production
(Epic Records)

Five for Fighting

Selected Notes on Music, 2000

Nelly Furtado/Phoenix

Whoa, Nelly! (DreamWorks)/United (Source/Astralwerks)

A Glorious Gabfest

With a (mostly) top-notch lineup, Outtakes Dallas 2000 details how normal (and screwed up) we all are

Like a sturgeon

There's a lot of worst things about Next Best Thing

Girl trouble

Rock and roll is still a man's, man's, man's, man's world

Today In Music News: Madonna's Stage Collapses and Ne-Yo's A Crybaby

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, July 17, 2009... A man was killed by Madonna's stage set as it collapsed during set up in Marseille, France. Ne-Yo broke down into tears on a stage in Manchester, England. I guess he just needed a hug?

Only From The Mind Of...

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, July 17, 2009... A man was killed by Madonna's stage set as it collapsed during set up in Marseille, France. Ne-Yo broke down into tears on a stage in Manchester, England. I guess he just needed a hug?

Pointy Bra Bro

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, July 17, 2009... A man was killed by Madonna's stage set as it collapsed during set up in Marseille, France. Ne-Yo broke down into tears on a stage in Manchester, England. I guess he just needed a hug?

Alert The Paparazzi

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, July 17, 2009... A man was killed by Madonna's stage set as it collapsed during set up in Marseille, France. Ne-Yo broke down into tears on a stage in Manchester, England. I guess he just needed a hug?

The Problem With... Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream."

Oh, joy! Everyone's favorite California girl's got another track on the charts.

Today In Music News: Billy Ray's Marriage Hits The Skids, Weezer Heart Toni Braxton And Madonna Wants You To Shape Up

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, October 28, 2010...Billy Ray Cyrus and his wife has filed for divorce from his wife.  I guess that leaves him more time to be Miley's creepy dad.Who knew Rivers Cuomo was such a Toni Braxton fan? Tired of looking in the mirror and thinking ... More >>

The Daily Fail: Madonna

Celebrities like to jump on all sorts of international social causes whether it's helping out Haitian earthquake victims or the ever popular help for Darfur are just a couple of them. Mostly, a lot of them shy away from social causes within our own borders, for whatever reason. (Can we get some e ... More >>

The Problem With... Britney Spears' "Hold It Against Me"

After a quiet 2010 consisting of an appearance in a Glee episode dedicated to her, Britney Spears is wasting no time getting back in the spotlight in 2011. And her first release/leak of this year is a jambalaya of dated electronic sounds hidden behind a chipmunk/Cajun Britney Spears.The song's calle ... More >>

The Problem With... Lady Gaga's "Born This Way"

For every good idea that Lady Gaga has, she also has a bad one. Bad enough, even, to make you reconsider how good the original idea was in the first place.This even applies to her image. Hey, I'm all for creating fantastical characters -- they're inseparable with popular music culture, from Bob Dyla ... More >>

Dallas Native Ryan Cabrera Is Back, Promises Press Release Promoting Ryan Cabrera

Ry-guy​ Ryan Cabrera is a dude who was born in the Dallas area who used to date Ashlee Simpson and got signed to her father Joe Simpson's management company and made something of a blip on the national pop culture radar in 2004, when his song "On The Way Down" started blowing up Total Request Live ... More >>

The Secret Genius of Ke$ha

Ry-guy​ Ryan Cabrera is a dude who was born in the Dallas area who used to date Ashlee Simpson and got signed to her father Joe Simpson's management company and made something of a blip on the national pop culture radar in 2004, when his song "On The Way Down" started blowing up Total Request Live ... More >>

The 20 Best Madonna Songs You Won't Hear at the Super Bowl

​I've paid entirely too much attention to Madonna since the age of six, when I stood in front of a neighbor's TV, captivated by the "Lucky Star" video. And, no matter how annoying and schoolmarmish the artist has become in her 40s and 50s, part of me will always stop and stare when she's in my ... More >>

Culture Club: A Few Thoughts on Madonna's Halftime Performance

If I had to explain Madonna's Super Bowl performance in one word that isn't followed by question marks and exclamation points, it would be synergy. She was in a commercial before the event, and her new song, "Give Me All Your Luvin'" was featured afterwards. OK, fine, the Super Bowl is commerce, a ... More >>

Madonna! Is! Coming! To! Dallas!

​With all our Madonna pre- and post-Super Bowl fanaticism in the bag, of course she's going to announce her world tour. And she's coming to American Airlines Center on Saturday, October 20, roughly six months after her new album, MDNA, comes out. Tickets go on sale Monday, February 27, at 10 ... More >>