Photo from ASCAP via YouTube September 27, 1898– Vincent Youmans My much-in-demand self-created playlist, Rutledge's Happiness Mix, has proved positively popular in my circle of friends. The Husband and I listened to it on a car trip and sang along for 180 miles. It … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Singer, Julie London
September 26, 1926– Julie London: “In this business, it’s difficult to make plans. I think the plans follow you and find you.” In decades past, in early autumn, The Husband and I would traditionally travel a bit. Back in the day we have had major, marked, momentous, … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “Other Bands Wanted to Wreck Hotel Rooms, Roxy Music Wanted to Redecorate Them.” – Bryan Ferry
A Little Ferry Dust: I purchased my first Bryan Ferry album in 1971 (Roxy Music, but you know what I mean). I have only seen Ferry in concert once, in the mid-1980s and I found him to be one long, tall, cool drink of water. From Virginia Plain (1971) to the … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “Do You Remember the 21st Night of September?” – Earth, Wind & Fire
September is one of the biggest commercial and critical successes for the famed R&B group Earth, Wind & Fire. It was written by Al McKay, Maurice White, and Allee Willis. Lead vocalist Philip Bailey considers it the group's best record. Oddly enough, the song was released … [Read more...]
#FirstLook: Troye Sivan Gets Naked & in Drag in “Got Me Started” – Watch
Troye Sivan's second single from Something To Give Each Other continues the singer's ode to unabashed sexuality and hedonism. The timing is perfect, right as we are coming down from the amyl nitrate high of "[Read more...]
Remembering Cass Elliot; She Died From a Big Heart
RCA Records via YouTube On a late summer night in 1974, Cass Elliot finished one of her stunning sold-out concerts of her two-week gig at the London Palladium, when she was found dead in Flat 12, 9 Curzon Place in the Mayfair neighborhood of London. The flat … [Read more...]
TXT & Anitta Collab “Back for More” Is an Instant Pop Classic – Watch
TOMORROW X TOGETHER have a hit on their hands after teaming up with Anitta for "Back for More." Following its VMAs debut, they dropped a tight video over the weekend, and fans can't get enough. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VskZNUqQM_Y This morning they released two new … [Read more...]
#Remembering Amy Winehouse
For me, there are only a few albums that seem to be absolutely perfect; every element from cover design to arrangements to the engineering, to the songwriting and vocals come together to make a transcendent listening experience. For me, Back To Black is one of … [Read more...]
Want to Be a Taylor Swift Reporter? USA Today Is Hiring One – Apply Now!
Would you like to get paid to cover Taylor Swift and probably meet her at some point? USA Today is giving one lucky journalist that chance as their dedicated Taylor Swift Reporter. Via the [Read more...]
Remembering Actor / Singer, Leslie Cheung
Album cover for Summer Romance, 1987 Leslie Cheung (1956 - 2004) : "Why am I depressed? I have money and so many people love me." Today would have been, should have been Cheung's 67th birthday; his dramatic death brought as much speculation as the life he led. He leapt … [Read more...]
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