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`Cats and Dogs' Fight For Love of Humans

By Russ Lane Managing Editor | July 12

`Cats and Dogs' Fight For Love of Humans By Russ Lane Managing Editor As fun as talking animals might be, it only spells trouble when they start cashing in so-hip-it-hurts pop culture references. You could call it the "Disco Duck" Theory: when DJ Rick Dees made "Disco Duck" in 1976 the Donald Duck-meets-Donna Summer song was a powerful death knell for the disco era and turned a genre begun in the underground scene into a cartoonish mess few could take seriously.

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Etheridge Laments Busted Relationship

By Russ Lane Managing Editor | July 12

Etheridge Laments Busted Relationship By Russ Lane Managing Editor No matter what direction popular music veers, break-up albums are always in vogue. Dylan's Blood on the Tracks, Tori Amos' Boys for Pele, the majority of Aimee Mann's career -- there's something compelling and reassuring when larger-than-life musicians make records documenting their broken hearts and screwed-up love lives.

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Hersh Keeps Muse, Busts Mold

By Russ Lane Managing Editor | July 12

Hersh Keeps Muse, Busts Mold By Russ Lane Managing Editor Don't expect Kristin Hersh to fall into the "female confessional singer-songwriter" category. You know the type: the girls who strive to look tortured and arty at Tori Amos concerts, the ones who hug their guitars and journals as if they were stuffed animals. In Hersh, you'll find a singer-songwriter who doesn't have patience for that stereotype of musician.

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