All posts by Doug Rule
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Stocking Stuffers
Looking for a last-minute stocking stuffer? How about t.A.T.u.'s latest album, Dangerous and Moving? It's this season's perfect musical gag gift. There may be some...
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Douglas Miller
Just last year Douglas Miller was a dancer for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. He was on his way to Broadway, so to speak, but then...
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Soundwaves
IT'S A MAN'S GRAMMY WORLD... This time next year, the dance community will almost assuredly be abuzz about Madonna. Since neither Confessions on a Dance...
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Dance Upstarts
As you might guess by the name, Jason Walker is not a big black woman. He, in fact, is not a she, of any size...
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Soundwaves
GET INTO THE GROOVE... She's back! Well, Madonna was never really missing in gay clubland of course -- no other contemporary singer has even half...
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Soundwaves
Goldfrapp GOLDFRAPP RELEASES EP... Madonna name-checked them in a recent Billboard interview, and that can only help U.K. electronica duo Goldfrapp gain more attention in...
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High Note
Could Madonna's latest studio album, Confessions on a Dance Floor, be her swansong to music-making? It's hard to imagine, and she also hasn't said as...
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Soundwaves
EURYTHMICS REIGN AGAIN... Annie Lennox is back, and in a way that's so much more than just a sweet dream, though it's that too. So,...
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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...
