Take a good look at the picture below. It comes from the music video for the song In the name of justice by the metal…
CIPC #213: System of a Down, Lonely day
You know what’s been a long time? A music video blog post! So let’s have a look at today’s subject. System of a Down1 is…
CIPC #181: Yoko Ono, Don’t count the waves
Over the last two blog posts about movies, there was a distinct rising theme in quality. Now, I will make it a crab canon by…
CIPC #178: XTC, The mayor of Simpleton
It is remarkable how little commercial success correlates longevity. Nowadays, XTC is considered one of the quintessential British rock bands from the eighties, but back…
CIPC #164: Ahzee, King
After one hundred sixty three blog post, I can apparently still stumble upon something which is novel: I have never written about a DJ before.…
CIPC #134: Mari Govori, Pososi ty
If you were alive in the spring and summer of 2017 – and I suspect this is not an uncommon occurrence in my readership –…
CIPC #131: Die Csárdásfürstin
Emmerich Kálmán is perhaps not the most well-known name in Western history, but in the small world of the operetta, it is often mentioned together…
CIPC #129: Roxette, It must have been love
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…
CIPC #127: Justin Timberlake feat. Jay Z, Suit & Tie
Justin Timberlake started his career all the way back in the early nineties as a member of the boy band NSYNC . In the two…
CIPC #104: The Strokes, You only live once
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…