Nickelback played the Sturgis bikers’ rally in 2006, and now, a DVD commemorating the occasion is in stores. Jack Feerick asks the critical question: How bad can it be?
How Bad Can It Be?
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Rock ‘n’ roll and Gospel music have a long and contentious history, traditionally operating at odds to one another; and while it’s tempting to view that divide as entirely racial,…
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Thank God for Ted Nugent. Seriously. The guy is a true patriot, and he has strong notions about America and what makes her great, which he lays out in his…
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There’s a particular school of cultural critic — you know the kind — who are forever seeking signs that the world is going to hell in a bucket. One phenomenon…
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Let it be said, for starters, that Daryl Hall has a really nice house. ItÁ¢€â„¢s a rambling old place, somewhere in rural Pennsylvania. He needs to do something with the…
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I’m a big believer in simplicity where simplicity is called for. As cosmopolitan adult audiences, we’re supposed to sneer at simple stories in favor of works that are more conceptually…
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Hey, you! You dig the Beatles, right? ‘course you do! That’s because you belong to some subset of the umbrella group Human Being With A Soul. So, enjoying the music…
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So IÁ¢€â„¢m eating pork rinds naked at my computer, idly wiping my greasy hands on my thighs while the dog slouches in a corner licking her chops, and I come…
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My primary brief, with How Bad Can It Be?, is to look at media product that for whatever reason — an unpromising premise, a poisoned reputation, a creator’s track record…
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I’m always amazed by the crap that people hold onto. I have a lot of enthusiasms — music, comics, film — but I’ve never had the urge to be a…
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A song isn’t necessarily “finished” just because it’s been recorded; any producer will tell you that the mixing is what really makes a record. Subtle tweaks and shifts in emphasis…
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What’s weird about the discourse surrounding popular culture is how quickly it becomes self-reflexive. That is, it becomes possible to engage in the discussion as an end in itself, without…
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I will not cop to charges of snobbery; I find my pop-culture thrills wherever I can. I freely admit, though, that IÁ¢€â„¢m selective. Any consumer of media has to be,…
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