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It was called The Park, or as we said in central Maine, “The Pahk.” I only went there once, and I’d have to say that attendance was semi-voluntary. There were the competing factors of teen boy hormones and a professed hatred of disco music.

Yes, it was 1978. I was sixteen years old and I wanted to go out with Dori. The fact that I would put myself through the misery of a real disco gives you all the evidence necessary to prove my level of desperation.

The Park was the real thing — leisure suits, ultra-amped bass, and flashing lights embedded in the dance floor.

(Full article in The Friday Morning Listen: Tragedy - We Rock Sweet Balls And Can Do No Wrong…)

Something about the way she sings just pops.

The staggeringly lovely and exceptionally gifted Leona Lewis blew on to the scene dropping Spirit on the UK in late 2007. The album entered the Brit charts at #1 and bloody well became the UK’s fastest-selling debut of all time. Spirit saw a US release in April of 2008 and debuted at #1 on Billboard, making music history with the first appearance of a British female artist entering Billboard’s Top 200 with a #1 record. Not for nothing, Leona also made history as the first British artist to claim the top spot with a debut.

Lewis was discovered on The X Factor and won the third season of the music talent show.

(Full article in Music Review: Leona Lewis - Spirit: The Deluxe Edition…)

Having launched last year to much fanfare (and controversy, not surprisingly), the 2009 Beatport Music Awards have returned with nominees revealed overnight. Aside from some of the more questionable genre/artist classifications, the full list of acts up for awards does encompass a large part of music that made a difference in 2008. This should come as no surprise, however, as Beatport select the nominees based on sales through their store. “To keep the awards fair and relevant to the whole electronic music scene,” they wrote on the Beatportal blog.
(Full article in International News: 2009 Beatport Music Awards nominees revealed…)

I'm willing to bet that almost everybody reading this has at some point in their childhood teasingly accused someone of giving them 'cooties' — or has been on the other end, as the one being accused. It's an old insult that dates back for a number of generations, but most of the kids using the term probably don't even know exactly what they're describing. For the record, most authorities feel that the term was first used to describe various bugs and parasites - especially lice - that World War I soldiers encountered in trenches. However, it didn't take long for it to become a catchall word for any kind of bad, transferable thing — and something for kids to use to tease each other.
(Full article in Retro Redux: Speaking Up In Defense Of Cooties…)

Kelly Clarkson will give fans a sneak peek of the video for her new single “My Life Would Suck Without You” during Wednesday’s (January 28) “American Idol” broadcast.

The “American Idol” winner, whose new album All I Ever Wanted is set for release on March 17, will make her return (sort of) to the show that launched her career when she partners with AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets to give viewers a taste of what they can expect from the singer’s new video. The full video will be available online at AT&T and via AT&T mobile phones for 24 hours after the preview.

“After ‘Since U Been Gone,’ we wrote all these songs for Kelly,” the song’s producer, Dr.

(Full article in Kelly Clarkson To Preview New Video On ‘American Idol’…)