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Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-end-of-pop-music/ The booming piano chords that kick off Baby One More Time by Britney Spears constitute one of pop music’s great moments. Like the start of Michael Jackson’s The Way You Make Me Feel or the staccato guitar strums in Faith by George Michael, the Spears intro heralds the start of what is unquestionably one of the genre’s best songs - and one of its last. Amid all the analysis and reflection on this tumultuous decade as it winds to a close – there’s a powerful interactive trip down memory lane here – there has been a change in contemporary culture, in some ways a sad one, that has gone pretty much unnoticed. Pop music disappeared. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Antony McMullen) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-end-of-pop-music/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-end-of-pop-music/#item1916 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:00:12 +0000 They say attack is the best form of defence and so I should have expected the very personal attack from Britney’s tour promoter Paul Dainty in today’s Australian. You see, I was the journalist who wrote on Friday night that fans were walking out of her concert. ``It’s the biggest lie I’ve ever heard,’’ Paul Dainty told The Oz. ``I’m so angry. We can take heat if there’s something wrong and people can review shows badly - that’s something you have to live with - but to say people stormed out of the show was an absolute fabrication.’’ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/read-my-lips-the-truth-about-britney/ They say attack is the best form of defence and so I should have expected the very personal attack from Britney’s tour promoter Paul Dainty in today’s Australian. You see, I was the journalist who wrote on Friday night that fans were walking out of her concert. ``It’s the biggest lie I’ve ever heard,’’ Paul Dainty told The Oz. ``I’m so angry. We can take heat if there’s something wrong and people can review shows badly - that’s something you have to live with - but to say people stormed out of the show was an absolute fabrication.’’ feedback@thepunch.com.au (Antony McMullen) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/read-my-lips-the-truth-about-britney/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/read-my-lips-the-truth-about-britney/#item1686 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:00:12 +0000 They say attack is the best form of defence and so I should have expected the very personal attack from Britney’s tour promoter Paul Dainty in today’s Australian. You see, I was the journalist who wrote on Friday night that fans were walking out of her concert. ``It’s the biggest lie I’ve ever heard,’’ Paul Dainty told The Oz. ``I’m so angry. We can take heat if there’s something wrong and people can review shows badly - that’s something you have to live with - but to say people stormed out of the show was an absolute fabrication.’’ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/lets-not-give-britney-another-nervous-breakdown/ Whoa whoa whoa! Australia, hold up. Let’s tread carefully here… do we really want to induce another Britney Spears meltdown? Because that’s what we’re skirting with this teacup tempest over the somewhat faded pop star’s decision to lip synch the bulk of each stop on her current concert tour. Since kicking off the Australian leg of her 60-date comeback roadshow at Perth’s Burswood Dome last week, Spears has faced a page one Daily Telegraph hitpiece, reports of WA fans demanding refunds (a claim the venue denied in a statement) and the sort of media harassment usually reserved for Dennis Ferguson. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Antony McMullen) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/lets-not-give-britney-another-nervous-breakdown/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/lets-not-give-britney-another-nervous-breakdown/#item1678 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:00:12 +0000 They say attack is the best form of defence and so I should have expected the very personal attack from Britney’s tour promoter Paul Dainty in today’s Australian. You see, I was the journalist who wrote on Friday night that fans were walking out of her concert. ``It’s the biggest lie I’ve ever heard,’’ Paul Dainty told The Oz. ``I’m so angry. We can take heat if there’s something wrong and people can review shows badly - that’s something you have to live with - but to say people stormed out of the show was an absolute fabrication.’’ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/and-in-news-just-to-hand-from-war-torn-britneystan/ The former Soviet country of Turkmenistan isn’t known for its trendsetting qualities. It’s dry. It’s cold and ugly. It exports lots of cotton. Not what you’d call a world power. But in 2005 it became the first country in the world to take a strong stand, not against fascism, but lip-synching. Declared a great crime against the culture of the proud nation, the late President Saparmurat Niyazov banned miming in all forms _ concerts, TV, even private weddings. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Antony McMullen) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/and-in-news-just-to-hand-from-war-torn-britneystan/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/and-in-news-just-to-hand-from-war-torn-britneystan/#item1669 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:00:12 +0000 They say attack is the best form of defence and so I should have expected the very personal attack from Britney’s tour promoter Paul Dainty in today’s Australian. You see, I was the journalist who wrote on Friday night that fans were walking out of her concert. ``It’s the biggest lie I’ve ever heard,’’ Paul Dainty told The Oz. ``I’m so angry. We can take heat if there’s something wrong and people can review shows badly - that’s something you have to live with - but to say people stormed out of the show was an absolute fabrication.’’