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Take a backseat to nothing

David Leve, a former University of Michigan student with a pending decision to make about his music career, said this about the state of music:

“If I’ve noticed anything, popular music has begun shifting to cater solely to music you can dance to.”

Although this statement seems simple enough, I really hadn’t thought about it that way. Looking back, I began to understand where Leve was coming from. Melody, harmony and rhythm have begun to take the backseat in the musical world.

There is, for example, Lady Gaga. According to Leve, “Any of her songs could be played over any of her other songs, almost seamlessly.”

- What happened to music? By Josh Cohen, StateNews.com, May 31, 2011.

2. Hi-yo, Silver!

Looks like a masked hero for the Disney movie adaptation of The Lone Ranger has been found in Armie Hammer, whose rumored competition to date has included the likes of George Clooney and Ryan Gosling.

Entertainment Weekly reports that the 24-year-old actor, best known for his portrayal of the Winklevoss twins in The Social Network, will join Johnny Depp in a modern version of the 1940s television and radio series. Hammer will play the part of the Lone Ranger opposite Depp, who has already been cast as Tonto, the Lone Ranger’s trusty Native American sidekick.

But don’t expect Depp to take the backseat in this Jerry Bruckheimer-produced project: the Academy Award-nominated actor has been quoted in saying that he plans to reinvent the Tonto character.