The college I went to has a required course called Music Humanities, but everyone calls it “Music Hum,” so that’s what I’m going to call my occasional music posts. Hopefully, my alma mater won’t try to sue my ass as a result! You know how uptight peeps are these days! If they want to sue…
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Giving You the Boot
I’m trying to avoid going into stores so that I’m not tempted to spend. Things are so much more enticing in person than they are online. I went into Barneys recently and I thought I was going to start licking the purses on the first floor. They looked so delicious. But I have new jewelry…
It’s a Beatles-ful Day in the Neighborhood
Forty years ago today, Beatles manager Brian Epstein died of a drug overdose. There would have been no Beatlemania without Brian. He did everything from booking their first big gigs (including the Ed Sullivan show) to designing the matching suits and instituting the coordinated bow. This Washington Post story (site requires registration) claims “everyone” has…
Happy Birthday, Madonna
Madonna is 49 today, and I remember listening to her when she was 26. To be exact, I remember listening to her on vinyl, in the basement of my parents’ house, with my friend Brian whom I tutored in Spanish. I also remember going to her show at Radio City instead of my high school…
Going Off the Rails on a Crazy Train
I love Amy Winehouse’s beehive and exaggerated eyeliner as much as I do her Back to Black album. Embed from Getty Images Obviously, girlfriend has a lot of issues. As intriguing as those issues are, I hope she gets herself together before she joins “that stupid club,” as Kurt Cobain’s mother put it after his…
Mad Juana
When I stumbled across a group called Mad Juana, I was intrigued because Juana La Loca is one of my favorite queens. I thought to myself, “Self, how great would it be if you really liked their music?” And I do! Seriously. It’s not just the name of the band. There’s a goth-accordion-flamenco vibe going…
Great Minds Think Alike…About Betty Davis
A friend recently turned me on to the awesomely funkadelic and fashion-forward Betty Davis. I was going to blog about her but what do you know…Afrobella beat me to it. Download recommendation: “He Was a Big Freak.” Interestingly, Afrobella’s post quotes from a Betty interview in which Betty mentions Jim Hendrix supergroupie Devon Wilson, who…
The Beatles in Skinny Jeans in Hamburg
Embed from Getty Images The real reason for my love for skinny jeans. This post is for Melanie!