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Songs About Divorce, Week 2

September 3, 2014
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Last week, I listed four songs that looked at divorce from four very different perspectives. To recap, there was Christina Aguilera’s “I’m OK” in which she reflected on memories of her abusive father, as well as Jason Mraz sharing his own recollections of his parents’ divorce on “Love For a
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Journey to Freedom, Week 3: Love

August 28, 2014
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For this week’s Journey to Freedom challenge, Michelle Williams challenges us to “celebrate a mindful moment of self-love.”  Self-love, Michelle says, is an essential precursor to being able to obtain romantic love.  After all, if you don’t love yourself… how can you expect someone else to love you?  This is
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The Many Forms of Metamorphosis: A review of Mariah Carey’s “Honey” remixes

August 22, 2014
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Starting with 1995’s “Fantasy,” Mariah Carey began to transform her more pop-leaning singles to become full-fledged hip-hop recreations.  In addition, she would also re-imagine the songs in fully re-sung house remixes, which began with 1993’s “Dreamlover.”  Mariah continued this practice with the lead single from Butterfly, “Honey.” While the original
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Journey to Freedom, Week 2: Honesty

August 21, 2014
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Week two’s word in Michelle William’s Journey to Freedom journal contest is “honesty.”  Once again, when prompted with the word “honesty” the first thought that came to my head was again in the form of lyrics: “honesty, is such a lonely word, every one is so untrue, honesty is hardly
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Single Review: “Shake It Off” by Taylor Swift

August 19, 2014
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Taylor Swift has been moving in more of a pop direction with each album release, and apparently with the upcoming 1989 she has made the full-blown transition. Swift is previewing the new set with lead single “Shake It Off.” The track has the driving ’80s beat needed for immediate impact, and it
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Danity Kane is… damaged.

August 8, 2014
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Last night rumors swirled about a brawl between Danity Kane members Aubrey and Dawn involving a police report and some sort of violence.  Today, in an open letter to their fans, Aubrey and Shannon took to Facebook to clear the air and explain what really went down… according to them.
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