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Relive spring break with iTunes tracklist
Zachary Santschi
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

Spring Break has come and gone. For anyone who stayed in East Texas, you know that the weather was less than suitable for any sort of televised MTV type party. This doesn’t mean you can’t have a sound track for spring.

And for your personal sound track, iTunes is offering “Spring Break Shuffle 2009;” a collection of songs designed to help start the party. Described as top pop hits, the list spans multiple genres.

Some of these songs have not been playing on radio and in clubs since last summer, and others are currently in heavy rotation.

Lily Allens’ sophomore album may be a rarity among pop albums - it may be important
Zachary Santschi
Sunday, March 1st, 2009

The last decade produced a group of female artists who have, at best, confused and diluted the definition of pop. The first word to describe Lily Allen’s first album, “Alright Still,” was cute. It’s easy to focus on the bouncy, reggae tinged melodies of “Smile,” the first single released in 2006. It’s easy to gossip about hair and style and the beef Lily had with Amy Winehouse or Lady Sovereign.

With all these distractions from the content of her music, the easiest part is to overlook her work with Robbie Williams, Dizzee Rascal and Basement Jaxx.