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Crossroads (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Crossroads (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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CROSSROADS  (2002) Starring Britney Spears, Anson Mount, Zöe Saldana, Taryn Manning, Justin Long, Jamie Lynn Spears, Kool Moe Dee, Dan Aykroyd and Kim Cattrall. Screenplay by Shonda Rhimes. Directed by Tamra Davis. Distributed by Zomba Films/Paramount Pictures.  93minutes.   Rated PG-13. There are some people out there, more cynical than me, who would say that Crossroads is a … Continue reading →

Rod Stewart – Storyteller – The Complete Anthology 1964-1990 (A PopEntertainment.com Box Set Review)
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Rod Stewart – Storyteller – The Complete Anthology 1964-1990 (A PopEntertainment.com Box Set Review)

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Rod Stewart Storyteller – The Complete Anthology 1964-1990 (Warner Brothers 9 25987-2) ©1990 Description: It may just seem like Rod Stewart has been around forever. This box set makes it even seem more to be so. It is a long… and somehow in four disks rather lean… show of a distinguished career. What’s Good About … Continue reading →

Jill Sobule – Too Cool…
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Jill Sobule – Too Cool…

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Jill Sobule Too Cool… by  Jay S. Jacobs It’s Friday evening at the Upstage; a new Philadelphia venue built in a beautiful old bank building that has been used as a Goth nightclub for the last several years. Lloyd Cole, the Scottish cult-singer who turned some heads with his 80s band the Commotions, is unpacking … Continue reading →

Jimmy Webb – All He Knows…
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Jimmy Webb – All He Knows…

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Jimmy Webb All He Knows… by Ronald Sklar If you are under thirty and have even the slightest retro sensibility, chances are you are familiar with the classic pop songs of Jimmy Webb, and good for you. And if you are over thirty, endlessly toiling in an office and music appreciation is just a faint … Continue reading →

Bobby Vee – Somewhere Down the Line
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Bobby Vee – Somewhere Down the Line

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BOBBY VEE SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE BY RONALD SKLAR Rock and roll is cram-packed with ironic stories. Read the bio of almost any artist and you’ll find the woulda-coulda-shoulda tale of how he almost became an accountant. And prefacing almost every Top 10 hit is the tiresome fable of how the song nearly wound up … Continue reading →

Debbie Gibson Shocks Your Mama
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Debbie Gibson Shocks Your Mama

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Debbie Gibson Shocks Your Mama by Jay S. Jacobs (PopEntertainment.com Archives: This interview was conducted in 1994 when Debbie’s fourth album was released.) Debbie Gibson played a stripper in the video for her recent single, “Losin’ Myself.” Her current single is called “Shock Your Mama” and the promo clip features Debbie in a scantily clad … Continue reading →

Sixpence None the Richer – There She Goes
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Sixpence None the Richer – There She Goes

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Sixpence None the Richer – There She Goes by Jay S. Jacobs Originally posted on June 14, 1999. Sixpence None the Richer are just one of a long, storied tradition in music– the overnight sensation that had been toiling away in obscurity on the sidelines for years.  Sixpence – which is made up of singer Leigh … Continue reading →

Peabo Bryson – Unconditional Love (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
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Peabo Bryson – Unconditional Love (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

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Peabo Bryson – Unconditional Love (Private Music) On the first new disk in five years by the soul balladeer extraordinaire, it seems like time has stood still. It is amazing how Unconditional Love feels completely contemporary and yet holds the seductive allure of Bryson’s older work. Bryson’s smooth soul love songs still put the wannabes out now to … Continue reading →

Chuck E. Weiss – Chuck E.’s In Love
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Chuck E. Weiss – Chuck E.’s In Love

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Chuck E. Weiss Chuck E.’s In Love by Jay S. Jacobs “How come he don’t come and p.l.p. with me down at the meter no more…” With that opening line to a hit song in 1979, singer/songwriter Chuck E. Weiss was introduced to American popular culture. Problem was he didn’t write the song – or … Continue reading →