Blaxploitation never sounded as good as when Curtis Mayfield supplied the soundtrack. Unlike his peers, the funk pioneer’s lyrics throughout Superfly don’t serve to glorify the ghetto culture as much as
Living in Evanston, Illinois at the time, I had to choose between two trip options in the fifth month of the new millenium. I could hit the 126th running of
HT Contributor Eliot Glazer has tremendously terrible taste in music. But he’s an adroit wordsmith, and he’s gonna try to convince us that the bad is really good.
Not until recently did I realize how much I love Anita Baker.
I don’t know what clued me in. I should have realized her brilliantly campy appeal years ago when, while working at a country club, a fellow employee (and unrecognized pop cultural genius) complained about George Michael’s Careless Whispers being played too often throughout the establishment. I questioned her disgust with the song, as I was personally indifferent to it.
“C’mon, dude,” she said, “It’s totally an anthem for pedophiles.”
Read on for more of Eliot’s hilarious romp through Anita Baker’s mind…
Photos by Ashley Suszczynski of Andrew Bird performing at the Theatre of the Living Arts in Philadelphia, PA on May 18, 2007.
On June 5, Virgin/EMI Music Catalog Marketing will release The Best Of David Bowie 1980-1987: Sight & Sound. Among the 36-track CD/DVD collection’s 19 audio gems are many of Bowie’s
California buzz band The Willowz have announced a summer tour with The Detroit Cobras. The Willowz will wind across the country performing in support of their new album Chautauqua, which
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