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The Big Hurt: Snoop goes 4G

Music news in brief
Plus, Scott Walker's drift, Rick Ross's Tweet thuggery, Sting's Libya worries, Biebs's deep thoughts

By: DAVID THORPE | March 04, 2011

The Big Hurt: A Swift descent into Cake, Broadcasting death, and Steven Tyler's Idol

Music News in Brief
It was a minor tragedy when blameless young TAYLOR SWIFT scored the worst-selling #1 album in recorded chart history. But the humiliation didn't end there: the poor kid's record was shattered only a week later by quasi-novelty dorks CAKE , who managed to knock her off the top spot with an even weaker chart debut.

By: DAVID THORPE | January 26, 2011

The Big Hurt: Amanda, Bush, Cake, Yanni, Dr. Dre, and Me First get all 2011 on your ass

Upcoming releases
A new year, a fresh crop of musical delights! The early part of 2011 has a jam-packed release calendar, so let's check out what's coming in the next couple of months . . .

By: DAVID THORPE | January 05, 2011

The Big Hurt: Deluxe buyer's guide

The word on seasonal box sets
Record labels used to be content to slap a "remastered" sticker and a few B-sides on an album and call it deluxe, but that kind of lackluster package won't fly in 2010.

By: DAVID THORPE | November 02, 2010

The Big Hurt: Soundgarden's platinum shenanigans

Plus more music news in brief
Platinum shenanigans

By: DAVID THORPE | September 29, 2010

The Big Hurt: Hack Is Wack (is wack)

Snoop Dogg takes a bite out of cybercrime
If you thought Sex Pistols Perfume was the unlikeliest endorsement I'd lay on you this month, think again.

By: DAVID THORPE | September 21, 2010

The Big Hurt: Sex Pistols perfume

Plus ELO death and Moz racism
I think I’d be a much happier person if I disabused myself of all my quaint expectations about artistic integrity.

By: DAVID THORPE | September 14, 2010

The Big Hurt: Cruising with music that floats

Love boat
I'm not usually one to plan ahead, but let's consider my Valentine's Day nailed down . Buddy, I've got three words for you, plus a number: Boyz II Men Cruise.

By: DAVID THORPE | September 07, 2010

The Big Hurt: Tiffany and Debbie Gibson's snakes 'n' gators

Plus El DeBarge's year, Chris Brown's tears, and Justin Bieber's heart
"2010 could end up being the year of EL DEBARGE ," says mtv.com. Wait! I know I make shit up all the time, but they actually said that.

By: DAVID THORPE | July 07, 2010

The Big Hurt: Enduring the Billboard ‘Active’ chart

Who charted?
If you're not in the radio business, you might not know the term "Active Rock." It's not a genre, thank Heaven, but a radio format — the worst radio format.

By: DAVID THORPE | June 01, 2010

The Big Hurt: Shill crazy

The week in corporate sponsorships
You know, I might stop following real music journalism altogether. Press releases are so much better. Just when I start thinking it’s a slow week in silly pop news, I check the PR wire — a/k/a the bottom of the barrel — and dig up two of the greatest items I’ve ever seen .

By: DAVID THORPE | May 21, 2010

The Big Hurt: Everybody hurting

Warning: Scorpions content
The music industry's response to the Haiti disaster has been pretty great, since it's given some huge names a chance to complete the vital circuit between the public's heartstrings and their wallets.

By: DAVID THORPE | February 02, 2010

The Big Hurt: Billboard Top Hip-Hop and R and B songs

Who charted?
This week, a jolly traipse through one of Billboard 's most artistically fecund charts: "Top Hip-Hop and R&B Songs." What wonders await?

By: DAVID THORPE | January 26, 2010

The Big Hurt: Falling down the rabbit hole

Music news in brief
Lee, Hoppus, Wentz, Avril, and 3OH!3 fall down the rabbit hole

By: DAVID THORPE | January 20, 2010

The Big Hurt: Faces refaced

Also Spears speared, Hook hacked
Faces refaced, Spears speared, Hook hacked

By: DAVID THORPE | November 24, 2009

The Big Hurt: Another Brown bagged

Plus Stockman sickened, Sublime subpoena'd,
Ian Brown: lady hitter?

By: DAVID THORPE | November 11, 2009

The Big Hurt: Don't look back in anger

The best of times with the worst of bands
"You don't know what you've got till it's gone," Janet Jackson once famously sampled, and how true it is. Only now that Noel Gallagher has left in a firestorm of brotherly acrimony can I truly take stock of my feelings toward Oasis.

By: DAVID THORPE | September 08, 2009