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DISCOVER A SUPERSTAR IN THE MAKING: AN INTERVIEW WITH MICKY JAMES

Posted on Oct 1, 2019

interview by Michael McCarthy When I went to see Phantom Planet at The Sinclair in Cambridge, Massachusetts on the 19th of September, I couldn’t have cared less about whoever was going to open the show. I’d been a big fan of Phantom Planet for around 15 years and had never seen them live...

STILL NOT FAKIN’ IT: AN INTERVIEW WITH THE LEGENDARY MICHAEL MONROE

Posted on Sep 12, 2019

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interview by Michael McCarthy The legendary singer and multi-instrumentalist Michael Monroe first rose to popularity in the early ’80s with his band Hanoi Rocks, which has proved to be one of the most influential bands in the history of hard rock, punk rock and heavy metal with the band’s unique and infectious sound,...

#songoftheday / #amlistening = RED VELVET: “UMPAH UMPAH” & AN EDITORIAL: WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE MORE ASIAN MUSIC ON LOVE IS POP?

Posted on Aug 25, 2019

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Here's a catchy and fun song for you all to get stuck in your heads, the silly "Umpah Umpah" from South Korea's red hot Red Velvet, one of today's top K-Pop acts and one that I've been a fan of for several years...

GET EVERY BOOK BY MICHAEL BEAULIEU FREE ON PROLIFIC WORKS FOR A LIMITED TIME

Posted on Aug 20, 2019

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As you probably know I, Michael McCarthy, Love is Pop’s owner and primary writer, publish books using the pseudonym Michael Beaulieu. So far, I’ve published two satires, Becoming Madonna and Reckoning Daze, and the first four volumes of my popular, young adult, urban fantasy series Book of Shadows. And right now — for...

CONCERT REVIEW: BAD MARRIAGE / THE CRINGE / TESLA: 4/19/19: CASINO BALLROOM, HAMPTON BEACH, NH

Posted on Apr 23, 2019

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by Michael McCarthy all photos by Michael McCarthy except Bad Marriage BAD MARRIAGE I was under the impression that The Cringe and only The Cringe would be opening for Tesla when I left for the show at the legendary Casino Ballroom on Hampton Beach in New Hampshire last Friday night, April 19th, 2019....

HISTORY & THE NOT SO DISTANT FUTURE: AN INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL SWEET OF STRYPER

Posted on Mar 31, 2019

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interview by Michael McCarthy If Michael Sweet isn’t the hardest working man in the business, I don’t know who is. He’s currently on a break from touring with Stryper, but is he off vacationing in Paris or Barcelona? Nope. He’s hard at work on yet another solo album, which will be his 10th....

A WORKING VACATION…

Posted on Apr 24, 2018

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I just wanted to let you all know that I will resume Love is Pop activities, like conducting the interviews you all know and love, on the 30th of this month. I’m taking a little break so that I can work on editing Book of Shadows 4: In Memoriam. To subscribe to my...

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: WHY I WON’T BE COVERING BOSTON CALLING

Posted on May 8, 2017

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Dear Readers, It is with much regret that I have to inform you that I will be unable to cover the Boston Calling music festival later this month. This is for one simple reason: they are not offering me press credentials this time. What are press credentials? That’s just a fancy way of...

RECKONING DAZE AND BOOK OF SHADOWS

Posted on Apr 4, 2017

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Yesterday Reckoning Daze, my debut novel, was listed in roughly a dozen discount e-book newsletters and was downloaded 1375 times! It became, and remains, the number one seller in the satire categories on Amazon. There’s satire under general fiction and satire under humor and it hit number one on both lists. So,...

NEWS: BOSTON CALLING 2017 ANNOUNCES ITS DAILY LINEUP

Posted on Mar 3, 2017

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CHANCE THE RAPPER TO HEADLINE FRIDAY, MAY 26th, MUMFORD & SONS WILL PERFORM SATURDAY, MAY 27th AND TOOL WILL CLOSE OUT THE FESTIVAL ON SUNDAY, MAY 28th LIMITED SINGLE DAY TICKETS ON SALE TODAY MARCH 3, 2017 at 10AM EST AT WWW.BOSTONCALLING.COM March 3, 2017 – Boston, MA – Boston Calling reveals its daily lineup...

NEWS: BLONDIE AND GARBAGE TO CO-HEADLINE RAGE AND RAPTURE TOUR THIS SUMMER

Posted on Feb 8, 2017

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Two of our favorite bands, co-headlining! We couldn’t be more excited about this. If ever there were two bands that needed to tour together it’s Blondie and Garbage. Because, let’s face it, there would be no Garbage if Blondie hadn’t paved the way for them. It’s no secret that Blondie’s Debbie Harry has...

CATCHY COMEDY: WEIRD AL YANKOVIC: “BAD HOMBRES, NASTY WOMEN” FEAT. DONALD TRUMP AND HILARY CLINTON

Posted on Oct 22, 2016

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The song says it all. ...

#songoftheday = TAMMY: AWAY FOR THE WEEKEND

Posted on Sep 18, 2016

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You'd expect a song called "Away For The Weekend" to be some sicken, sweet, saccharine, shit, but not in this case... Tammy's "Away For The Weekend" is an intoxicating, trippy ballad-esque tune that's much more inclined to soothe your soul than get you dancing... Now, if you want...

CATCHING UP 4.0: Wild Beasts, Tarja, Witherscape, HyunA & Stellar

Posted on Aug 8, 2016

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Wild Beasts’ synthy new album Boy King is out now and is a breath-taking alt pop masterpiece. It’s the sort of record Radiohead might be making if they weren’t so abstract these days. From the opening one-two punch of “Boy King” and “Tough Guy” through closer “Dreamliner,” there isn’t a bad song in...

#songoftheday = CHRISTINA AGUILERA: “CHANGE”

Posted on Jun 17, 2016

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Christina Aguilera co-wrote her melancholic new single ,"Change," with Fancy Hagood and Flo Reutter. All proceeds from download sales will be donated to the National Compassion Fund to benefit the victims and the families of the Orlando mass shooting....

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DISCOVER A SUPERSTAR IN THE MAKING: AN INTERVIEW WITH MICKY JAMES

STILL NOT FAKIN’ IT: AN INTERVIEW WITH THE LEGENDARY MICHAEL MONROE

#songoftheday / #amlistening = RED VELVET: “UMPAH UMPAH” & AN EDITORIAL: WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE MORE ASIAN MUSIC ON LOVE IS POP?

GET EVERY BOOK BY MICHAEL BEAULIEU FREE ON PROLIFIC WORKS FOR A LIMITED TIME

CONCERT REVIEW: BAD MARRIAGE / THE CRINGE / TESLA: 4/19/19: CASINO BALLROOM, HAMPTON BEACH, NH

HISTORY & THE NOT SO DISTANT FUTURE: AN INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL SWEET OF STRYPER

A WORKING VACATION…

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: WHY I WON’T BE COVERING BOSTON CALLING

RECKONING DAZE AND BOOK OF SHADOWS

NEWS: BOSTON CALLING 2017 ANNOUNCES ITS DAILY LINEUP

NEWS: BLONDIE AND GARBAGE TO CO-HEADLINE RAGE AND RAPTURE TOUR THIS SUMMER

CATCHY COMEDY: WEIRD AL YANKOVIC: “BAD HOMBRES, NASTY WOMEN” FEAT. DONALD TRUMP AND HILARY CLINTON

#songoftheday = TAMMY: AWAY FOR THE WEEKEND

CATCHING UP 4.0: Wild Beasts, Tarja, Witherscape, HyunA & Stellar

#songoftheday = CHRISTINA AGUILERA: “CHANGE”

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