All posts by Doug Rule
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Time Again
Cyndi Lauper scored her first hit with ''Girls Just Wanna Have Fun,'' but only the faithful would have predicted then that she would still be...
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A La Mode
Damn, damn, damn! Is there anything worse than being let down again, done in by too much hype? Depeche Mode lead singer Dave Gahan, after...
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Soundwaves
Abel HALLELUJAH FOR ALEGRIA... The dance compilation you've waited all year to buy is finally available, DJ Abel Aguilera's two-disc Alegria Musica. If this set's...
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Time Travel
Dolly Parton is a consummate marketer of contemporary music, and one of its most cutting-edge. She combined country-pop a decade before country-pop was cool, and...
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Soundwaves
TAKE COVER FROM COVERS... Soon you'll be hearing a dance cover of Sheila E's ''Glamorous Life.'' And just as with most dance covers of '80s...
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Quirky Pop
Death Cab for Cutie may or may not be the ''it'' alt-rock band of the moment -- and there are at least a dozen vying...
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Soundwaves
Garbage DON'T THROW OUT GARBAGE YET... Don't put Garbage in the pop trash heap just yet. A Sept. 23 post to the band's Web site...
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Electric Bell
''It's something that I've been wanting to do for a while,'' Andy Bell says of his debut solo record. Electric Blue comes exactly two decades...
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Toni's Lib
Toni Braxton explains in the liner notes that she was nervous and full of doubt as she made her new album Libra, her first since...
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Soundwaves
Junior Senior D-D-D-DON'T STOP DAFFY DANES... It's official: Those daffy Danes Junior Senior have a new album in the works. And actually it's already for...
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Soundwaves
Lauper SHE BOPS, WE BOP AGAIN... Would you believe Cyndi Lauper has only had one No. 1 club hit? Of course you know which one:...
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Fab Babs
Barbra Streisand working with Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees -- the serious Streisand paired with glib Gibb sounded like a recipe for pop music...
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2005 Fall Arts Preview
As summer wanes, the days are getting shorter and the temperatures are getting cooler. And, as regularly as the turning of the leaves, D.C.'s arts...
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Pop Music Preview
SEPTEMBER HIGHLIGHTS THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS, responsible for one of summer's biggest hits (''Don't Cha''), are out to prove they're no one-trick kitties. And while the...
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Random Happening
It may not be fair to her, but Juliet's debut album Random Order in all likelihood serves as a window into how Madonna's next album...
