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Dear Terrestrial Radio – An Open Letter for Improvement
  Melissa Bobbitt      0

  Hi. I still listen to you. Not as much as I did in college while working at a bakery, listening to KROQ and K-EARTH. But I still do, when streaming audio gets choked by unreliable...

Jun 15, 2015

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The Heavy Costs of Being an Indie Touring Band
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It's hard out there for a Pomplamoose. The NorCal indie dance duo might rack up millions of YouTube views thanks to nifty covers of Beyonce and Pharrell Williams, but they haven't much dough to show...

Dec 1, 2014

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Iggy Azalea Shines Light on Sexual Assaults at Concerts
  Melissa Bobbitt      0

We all wish that the savoir-faire of pop stars could rub off on us. But that blind desire has turned into a sickening entitlement. With rapper Iggy Azalea having to cease crowd-surfing at her shows because...

May 5, 2014

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Beyonce and the New Era of Music Videos
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"Pretty Hurts" still courtesy Melina Matsoukas Where were you at the stroke of midnight EST on Friday, December 13, 2013? For once, us homebodies were rewarded for our introverted ways, gifted by one of the ultimate...

Dec 16, 2013

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What We're Digging Right Now - Chic Gamine
  Melissa Bobbitt      0

Photo by Edgar Martin One of this writer's favorite recess activities as a kid was to belt out SWV and En Vogue tunes with a couple gal pals on the playground. We preferred singing...

Mar 29, 2013