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Top Ten Albums of 2010 – a season of light and a season of darkness

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”  So wrote Charles Dickens in the opening line to The Tale of Two Cities.  And yet this is only the beginning.  As the rest of the sentence continues:

it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity; it was the season of

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Glee and the “Grilled Cheesus” episode – The Supreme Court and truth of religion in public schools

Ever have that experience when you are listening to the radio or watching a television show and you know you are in the midst of a serious ‘water cooler’ moment?  Back in the 90′s, episodes of “ER” and “Friends” evoked such ‘water cooler’ moments: entertainment that was sold as pop entertainment yet hit some nerve in the collective zeitgeist that once you got to work the next day everyone was … There’s more to read here.

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Glee – our search for anthems and ballads in a muzak world

Few things scream pop culture like “Glee” – the Fox television show that just finished its second season.  Set in a fictional Ohio high school, the show is essentially a mash up of Le Boheme,  High School Musical, Fame, Grease, Happy Days, Saved By The Bell, Flashdance and Bring it On set to a K-Tel greatest hits 8 Track.  The story is as old … There’s more to read here.

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