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CIPC #452: Nek, Laura non c’è

Posted on November 19, 2025

After seeing the title, you’re perhaps thinking I have finally run out of material and have decided to start complaining that random body parts don’t…

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CIPC #434: Jethro Tull, The zealot gene

Posted on July 15, 2025

Did you know Jethro Tull is still around? Yes, the rock band with the flute that brought a decomposed version version of the Bourrée from…

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CIPC #431: Todd Rundgren, Change myself

Posted on June 24, 2025June 24, 2025

Todd Rundgren is not really a household name. In the US he scored one top ten hit in 1973, with a couple of other minor…

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CIPC #376: Blonde redhead, Melody

Posted on June 5, 2024June 5, 2024

You have probably never heard of Blonde redhead. I, at least, had never heard of Blonde redhead.1 It is apparently an American indie rock band.…

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CIPC #361: Madonna, The power of good-bye

Posted on February 13, 2024February 13, 2024

I spotlighted Madonna once before on this blog — long, long ago, when she was still famous. Back then, I talked about the music video…

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CIPC #347: Lacuna Coil, I forgive (but I won’t forget your name)

Posted on November 1, 2023December 29, 2023

It’s starting to get to the point that I myself can’t even remember everything I’ve talked about on this blog. When I decided to spotlight…

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CIPC #343: Jain, Come

Posted on October 4, 2023December 28, 2023

Two weeks ago, I talked about a song perpetrated by one of our northern neighbours. Today, our southern neighbours get their day in the spotlights.…

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CIPC #341: Jan Smit, Cupido

Posted on September 19, 2023December 28, 2023

This may be new for my international readers, but everyone from our little Dutch-speaking nook in Europe knows that pop songs in Dutch are massively…

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CIPC #331: Portishead, Sour times

Posted on July 11, 2023July 7, 2023

I usually avoid them, but it’s time for a highly personal confession: I am a sucker for clever use of enjambment. So when I heard,…

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CIPC #325: Luniz, I got 5 on it

Posted on May 31, 2023May 31, 2023

In the nineties, you could make a music video to an international top ten hit with a cheap video camera, some randomly assorted friends, and…

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