Pop Open Reminder

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I was having too nice a time yesterday to remember the Pop Open reminder so I'll keep the Religion group open for another day - deadline tomorrow morning and I'll put the results up tomorrow. Tracks streamed here - http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/07/pop-open-week-8/. And here's the poll:

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I have a quiet day at work so any suggestions for things to WAFFLE ON about would be gratefully rcvd.

Pop Polymaths (he said poly)

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katstevens suggested that I ask about pop stars who do OTHER THINGS. I think this is a fine area of study. First of all, let's find out who they are:

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It seems to be that being a pop star makes it less likely that people will take your other things seriously (or will assume that you will be bad at them). Is this fair - and is it prejudice or precedent that causes it? Has anyone actually read Madonna's children's book? Is anyone going to see Daft Punk's robot movie in the serious expectation that it will be good?

USW!

A Year In Pop: 31

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Blogosphere darling makes good!!! And some other stuff...

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