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Question of the decade: “What happened to good music?” In today’s MTV-driven pop culture, it can be hard to find musicians who are creating art and not merely big-selling beats without much to say. Josh Ritter and Lori McKenna, performing at the Paradise next Thursday night, are two Boston-area singer/songwriters who present their listeners with thought-provoking lyrics and sweet melodies as an antidote to the mainstream...
...made no secret of its disdain for the trendy pop confections on the airwaves. Yet they seem intent on affecting their revolution from within the system. Their videos have played on TRL, and much of their fame has come by way of association with the MTV show “Jackass.” The music on Infiltrate is far more radio-friendly than previous albums, which included lyrics like “I caught my daughter giving head to my brother.” The emotions are more coded on this album, though their integrity remains undiminished...
Jem’s greatest contribution, however, was her ability to show young girls they could exert influence in the world that was the 1980s. Jem came out just four years after the birth of MTV, and her cartoon show demonstrated that female-dominated bands could have kick-ass rock videos. The hour-long show was specked with music video sequences, each one carrying the mark of MTV. Even Starlight Records was a beacon of hope to young women. Through her work as Jerrica the CEO, Jem showed young girls that the booming big business world...
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...some American classrooms. TIME looks this week into the surge in abstinence-only sex ed and talks to the creator of Worth the Wait, one of the movement's most popular programs. Want more? Visit TIME.com for the results of a TIME/MTV sex-education survey, and tune in to MTV Thursday...