Given the recent weather in Western Europe, now seems the perfect time to spotlight the Canadian indie rock band Hot hot heat.1 From what I’ve…
CIPC #482: P!nk, Just like fire
P!nk’s defining characteristic among pop singers is that her name is more likely than any other to occur in a mathematical formula. Apart from that,…
CIPC #466: Wu-Tang Clan, Da mystery of chessboxin’
Opposites attract. It is for that reason, I guess, that kung fu movies became so very popular among black Americans. It is also for that…
CIPC #452: Nek, Laura non c’รจ
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…
CIPC #376: Blonde redhead, Melody
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.…
CIPC #361: Madonna, The power of good-bye
I spotlighted Madonna once before on this blog — long, long ago, when she was still famous. Back then, I talked about the music video…
CIPC #347: Lacuna Coil, I forgive (but I won’t forget your name)
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…
CIPC #343: Jain, Come
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.…
CIPC #341: Jan Smit, Cupido
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…
CIPC #331: Portishead, Sour times
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,…