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CIPC #129: Roxette, It must have been love

Posted on July 23, 2019

I have always thought it rather strange that there is so much Swedish pop music. In classical music, the Swedish presence is basically nil, but…

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CIPC #127: Justin Timberlake feat. Jay Z, Suit & Tie

Posted on July 9, 2019

Justin Timberlake started his career all the way back in the early nineties as a member of the boy band NSYNC . In the two…

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CIPC #104: The Strokes, You only live once

Posted on January 29, 2019January 30, 2019

This is perhaps the hardest one I have ever talked about. But it’s not my fault! No, the culprit is Julian Casablancas,1 or whoever came…

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CIPC #101: Boyz II Men, Motownphilly

Posted on January 8, 2019

In the beginning of the nineties, things were changing fast in the popular music scene. Hair metal and soft rock were going out of style…

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CIPC #97: Madonna, Ray of light

Posted on December 4, 2018January 19, 2019

Now this is something you’ve probably heard of. In the eighties and nineties, Madonna was perhaps the biggest superstar in all of pop music. In…

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CIPC #83: BLΛƆKPIИK, Ddu-du Ddu-du

Posted on August 28, 2018August 28, 2018

No, I did not just have a stroke. There is a far more sinister reason for the weird title: K-pop! Yes, K-pop – the word…

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CIPC #82: Salsa cookies

Posted on August 21, 2018

Dear Lord, where do I start with this one? Okay, so half an internet century ago there was minor fad for adding English subtitles to…

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