“For I Compose The Music Of The Night” (#46)

Andrew Lloyd Webber is a tough nut to crack. His work is alternately inspired and ludicrous. You can find similarities between his musicals if you try, but it’s difficult to imagine Cats and Evita springing from the same creative well. It’s actually pretty hard to imagine Cats springing from any creative well. Like many, I […]

Avicii + Madonna // “Rebel Heart”

The unreleased Avicii demo that reeeeeeally should have been on the album and also probably a lead single.

“Express Yourself, Don’t Repress Yourself” (#35)

“I’ll never be an angel, I’ll never be a saint, it’s true I’m too busy surviving… Whether it’s Heaven or Hell, I’m gonna be living to tell.” Before there was Britney. Before there was Beyonce. Before there was Gaga. There was one woman who reigned the radio waves in the 80s and 90s — Her […]

Hard In The City’s “Best Of Google” Volume 2

One of my many procrastination-friendly pastimes is perusing the Google searches that lead people to this very website. Sometimes people seem to come here and find exactly what they’re looking for — a music video, perhaps, or my insights on the latest Terrence Malick movie. More often, they are looking for naked pictures of somebody.

Pump Up The Cleavage: Madonna // “Turn Up The Radio” Video

When you’re an “ooh la la” superstar like Madonna, you can afford to drop an album and then mostly forget about it. Which is why, despite a flurry of hype in early 2012 including a gig at the Super Bowl and two reasonably stellar music videos, we’ve heard almost nothing about MDNA since almost immediately […]

Ooh La La, She’s Our Superstar: Madonna // ‘MDNA’

Has any recording artist entertained quite like Madonna? Aside from Michael Jackson, perhaps, I’d say no, not really. Madonna has managed to reinvent herself time and time again without ever coming across as a phony. Nearly everything she’s done as a musician has been iconic, and very little of what she’s done has been terrible. […]

Not Reductive At All: Madonna // “Girl Gone Wild” Video

Crotch-grabs! Guys in heels! Homoeroticism! Madonna! I weighed in on my review for Idolator, but naturally, I had to share it here, too. Because it’s Madonna.

53-Year-Old Woman Gone Wild: Madonna // “Girl Gone Wild”

Madonna has built up an almost infinite level of goodwill with me over her career, so that even when she does something less-than-stellar, I can easily forgive her for it. Bad Madonna is still just mediocre when you consider all the rest of the trash out there.

Madonna, Nicki Minaj, & M.I.A. // “Give Me All Your Luvin” Video

Her Madgesty returns… Gimme.

Hard In The City vs. The Golden Globes: Live Blog & Winners 2012

It’s the Golden Globes! And because I currently have nothing better to do, I am watching and blogging about them. (Nominees here, FYI.) I’ll be doing some sort of live-blogging/recap as we go on, so… enjoy!

Gold Rush: The Golden Globe Nominees 2012

Ah, The Golden Globes. What can I say about The Golden Globes that hasn’t been said before?

Shake Me ‘Til You Wake Me From This Bad Dream.

From the Vault: My short-lived shared blog with Justin Luke, Said Panties, in which we would riff on the same topic. This entry was all about the one and only Justin Bieber. You can find Mr. Luke’s post on same here. Mine is below. Oh, Justin. I knew I’d meet you in my blogs eventually. […]