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Review: The Smurfs

An uninspired rip-off
It may be a 3D movie set in a world populated by computer-animated blue-skinned natives, but this isn't Avatar .
By BRETT MICHEL | July 26, 2011

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The Big Hurt: The 'best' of Digital Songs

Who charted?
Let's check out Billboard 's Digital Songs chart, which tracks the most-downloaded songs in all genres. Should make for some interesting diversity, right? No! Actually, it's all the same crap from the Hot 100 in a slightly different order.
By DAVID THORPE | February 18, 2011

2010: The Year In Pop Music

A schizophrenic year of rock and pop
Music may exist to express emotions, dreams, and nightmares, but beyond its loftier aims, it's a means of escape.
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | December 21, 2010

Photos: Air Sex World Championships 2010

The view from the Pervert Pole. (Strangely SFW, but filthy all the same.)
Meet Diamond Dave and his Human Centipede impersonation. (No, really -- check slide # 5.)
By DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN | October 13, 2010

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Katy Perry | Teenage Dream

Capitol (2010)
Contrary to common perception, there are only two genres of popular music: music written and performed by teenagers, and music written and performed by people trying to remember what being a teenager was like.
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | August 24, 2010

New entries in the Hot 100

The Big Hurt: Who charted?
We're mining further for nuggets of interest in the Hot 100 this week. Just to keep things fresh, let's check out this week's brand new entries.
By DAVID THORPE | August 24, 2010

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The Bigmouth strikes again

Kanye acts like himself; nation loses shit
Given all the conflicting emotions, it was tough to form an opinion on Kanye West's VMA bum rush against Taylor Swift.
By DAVID THORPE | September 22, 2009

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Minitel Rose | The French Machine

Futur (2009)
Not many people remember Bitter Moon , a fantastic, slept-on 1992 movie directed by Roman Polanski.
By GUSTAVO TURNER | June 23, 2009

Slideshow: Katy Perry at House of Blues

Katy Perry at the House of Blues, Boston, April 1, 2009
Katy Perry brought her debut headlining tour, "Hello Katy" -- and her larger-than-life stage-prop cat, Katy Purry -- to Boston's House of Blues. Highlights: a pussy joke, a period joke, a watermelon with the word "penis" on it, and a bunch of other certified borscht-belt blue humor that left the pre-teens in the audience cackling, and their moms looking horrified . . . that is, when said MILFs weren't losing their shit to "Hot and Cold."
By ERIC BAUMANN | April 02, 2009

'Who Charted'

Billboard's Hot Adult Top 40
Having paid my dues by wading through the alt-rock and godawful-country charts, I've earned the right to tackle the steamy stuff.
By DAVID THORPE | March 24, 2009

Kelly Clarkson | All I Ever Wanted

Sony BMG (2009)
Of all of the myths propagated in rock and roll, "it's the singer not the song" must be the most disingenuous.
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | March 23, 2009

Year in National Pop: New attitudes

Are we fated to pretend?
Are we fated to pretend?
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | December 22, 2008

Angst-free zone

Barnicle keep things nice and friendly
It’s possible I’m working backward from a bullshit conclusion, but I’m half-convinced the main topic of most arts-and-entertainment journalism isn’t actually arts or entertainment.
By BARRY THOMPSON | December 16, 2008

Going on sale: October 31, 2008

Breaking news from the concert ticket trade
Jukebox the Ghost, Acid Mothers Temple, “Kiss 108 Jingle Ball," and more
By GOING ON SALE | October 31, 2008

Rate expectations

The Big Hurt: World-class criticism priced to move!
Grim economic news makes me pretty nervous.
By DAVID THORPE | October 01, 2008

Dance, Monkey: Selena Coppock

We put a visiting comic on the hot seat. This week's victim . . .
Tila Tequila, where’d you come from? You’re this manufactured little pop tart. Euch. Grody-wack.
By MARC HIRSH | August 07, 2008

Slideshow: Warped Tour 2008

July 23, 2008 at the Comcast Center, Mansfield, MA
Get in the pit: From Katy Perry to Every Time I Die, an inside (and outside, and from behind) look at what went down (and up and down) at this year's Warped Tour.
By CARINA MASTROCOLA AND BRYAN MASTERGEORGE | July 25, 2008