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DAVID THORPE

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The Big Hurt: JACKED at SXSW

Indie’s rising stars play beneath the shadow of Big Dorito
This year's South by Southwest festival has plenty of big attractions, but none are bigger than the Doritos JACKED Stage.
By: DAVID THORPE  |  March 20, 2012

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The Big Hurt: This month in rap ( . . . in 1992)

Twenty years ago, Marky Mark sucked, NOSE EARRINGS(?) ruled, and some blood was found in Dance Floor’s trachea
I'm overdue for a hip-hop news roundup, but it's all so lame.
By: DAVID THORPE  |  March 14, 2012

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The Big Hurt: Kid and Mitt, Ja Rule’s Leap Day, Limp Bizkit and Cash Money, Bieberwatch, and more

Music news in brief
At the July 2011 launch party for Kid Rock's Born Free album, the New York Post was already asking the tough questions: who would Kid Rock endorse for president?
By: DAVID THORPE  |  March 06, 2012

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The Big Hurt: Rihanna/Brown media roundup

Hurt so bad
Hey, remember when Chris Brown beat his beloved celebrity girlfriend to the point of hospitalization, and it looked like, thank goodness, he totally wouldn't get away with it?
By: DAVID THORPE  |  February 29, 2012

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The Big Hurt: The Whitney price hike, Francis Bean's cat, Shakira's sea lion adventure

Music news in brief
It seemed a little suspicious when, hours after Whitney Houston's death, the prices of her various greatest hits albums shot up by several pounds in the UK iTunes store.
By: DAVID THORPE  |  February 22, 2012

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The week’s neglected press releases

The Big Hurt
Another slog through the PR dregs — because if I didn't do it, who would?
By: DAVID THORPE  |  February 15, 2012



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The Big Hurt: The miracle of Japanese Wikipedia

The miracle of Japanese
In a break from my usual bad-jokes format, I bring you something so strange and wonderful that I just had to share it with the world.    
By: DAVID THORPE  |  February 08, 2012

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The Big Hurt: Hot 100 Debuts

Who charted?
I love writing these chart-watching editions of "The Big Hurt," but I don't do it too often, and for a depressing reason: the same shit stays on the charts week after week.
By: DAVID THORPE  |  February 01, 2012

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The Big Hurt: Bush break-in, Barenaked Ladies at Bud Light, Madonna vs. Gaga, and Juliette Lewis vs. Lana Del Rey

Music news in brief
We've all given serious thought to buying an expensive Tiffany ring, flying to the UK, and busting into KATE BUSH's house to propose marriage.
By: DAVID THORPE  |  January 24, 2012

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The Big Hurt: This week in image problems

Bieber's adulthood, Manson and Trent's arson, Snoop's weed, Adele's weight, and Jay-Z and Beyoncé's baby
Poor Biebs. He just wants to be the wholesome kid next door, but with his 18th birthday creeping up, America's youth-stealing culture just can't wait to liquor him up and lay him.
By: DAVID THORPE  |  January 17, 2012

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The Big Hurt: Rihanna, Killers, Cee Lo, Ke$ha, and Macca shit the bed

The week's worst ideas
Not the swiftest week in the history of pop — every news story seemed to be about some almighty screw-up or another .
By: DAVID THORPE  |  January 10, 2012



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The Big Hurt: Marky + Biebs, Sinéad's divorce; plus, Nelly, Jay-Z & Kanye, Slim Dunkin, and R. Kelly

Music news in brief
BIEBERWATCH! Last year, Paramount hinted at plans for a major JUSTIN BIEBER vehicle: some kind of basketball movie teaming our twink swag hunk with former teen throb "MARKY MARK" WAHLBERG.
By: DAVID THORPE  |  January 11, 2012

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The Big Hurt: What we'll hear — or not — in 2012

The hype ahead
Considering the year ahead, I figured I'd look at some obvious picks for 2012's biggest newcomers.
By: DAVID THORPE  |  December 29, 2011

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Interview: Violent J on the FBI, Odd Future, and why he pulls more hotties than we do

The year in Juggalos
It's been another wicked year for the Insane Clown Posse.
By: DAVID THORPE  |  December 21, 2011

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The Big Hurt: Weighing 2011 against decades past

The year in context
We can't truly understand 2011's place in music history until we weigh it against its counterparts from decades past, preferably in some sort of arbitrary jerk-off critical exercise. Hey, here's one
By: DAVID THORPE  |  December 20, 2011

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The Big Hurt: Unnecessary press release roundup

Aggregating
No matter how lazy music writers get, we can't spin every press release into a freebie news story, or even a scrap of "Web content" (shudder) for whichever shit aggregator pays our parking tickets.  
By: DAVID THORPE  |  December 14, 2011




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The Big Hurt: Satellite High's Dad-Rock EP

Jammin' with pops
San Francisco rapper Jay Friedman, a/k/a Satellite High, has fully captured the platonic ideal of dads.
By: DAVID THORPE  |  November 29, 2011

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The Big Hurt: Trey Songz's 'YUUP!,' Juelz Santana's terrorist threat, Fat Joe's 'gay mafia,' and Adam Ant's mental health

Music news in brief
In case you were wondering how many guys are allowed to say "yup," the answer is one.
By: DAVID THORPE  |  November 21, 2011

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The Big Hurt: November Juggalo update

Persecuted, sued, and snitched on
Much clown love, my ninjas!
By: DAVID THORPE  |  November 18, 2011
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