The Experienced Listener Says, "Miley Tootin'-Shootin' Cyrus"

Miley Cyrus.  Miley, Miley, Miley…

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I used to half-joke with my friends about this conspiracy theory I have: that certain children’s networks were secretly recruiting young, strikingly cute girls in order to grow them up into vixens and feed them to the more seedy parts of the industry--- the parts responsible for topless Spring Breaks in Cancun and such.  I would also tell peeps that certain networks were grooming child actors and actresses into teen pop icons as part of a plan to transform themselves from cartoon-based networks to music networks.

Then I saw the show Hannah Montana; there was pretty much nothing left to say after that.  See, the line between fantasy and reality in our society has become very blurred.  As a result, I watched Hannah Montana--- not that I watched Hannah Montana; that would be a Manlaw Violation---

The Experienced Listener Presents: Intellectual Bliss, by JasonPlusOne

The Experienced Listener Presents:  Intellectual Bliss by Jasonplusone

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I hafta begin this write-up with an apology; I received this particular project EONS ago.  But it was right in the middle of a turbulent period for TKKT; I decided to hold off on dropping this review for a better time when people would actually read it, because I’ve found Jasonplusone to be a dope artist worthy of some serious profiling.  And big-ups for being a thought-provoking artist from the South by way of Florida; we need more of that down here.

The Experienced Listener Presents: Student of the Game, by N.O.R.E. akaPapi

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So I’m ridin ‘round listening to NPR radio a few months back. And I hear a new song by N.O.R.E. …Yeah, Noreaga. On NPR. I had to pinch myself. Then I said, “WHAT-WHAT!!” , but it was more like “WH-WHAT??” As in, “What is N.O.R.E. aka Papi aka Animal Thug doing on NPR?? …NPR must be on the come-up!” So of course, when I got home, I checked to see if I could get that track in a combo meal. And there it was: a new N.O.R.E. album, Student of the Game. I’m pleased to say that N.O.R.E. has gotten better with time in ways I never even predicted.