BRENDA K. STARR the 1980s marked a pivotal era in the rise of latino english-speaking recording pop artists who achieved mainstream success. this… Continue reading “BRENDA K. STARR”…
QUEEN PEN & ME’SHELL NDEGEOCELLO The history of Hip-Hop collaborations is a tale of unity, innovation, and the creation of musical magic that transcends genres,… Continue reading “QUEEN PEN & ME’SHELL NDEGEOCELLO”…
songs that soundtracked the AIDS crisis: sinéad o’connor’s “nothing compares to you” is she a skinhead or is she not? why is she bald? why is she all about? these were the… Continue reading “songs that soundtracked the AIDS crisis: sinéad o’connor’s “nothing compares to you””…
DIANA ROSS on july 21, 1983, diana ross staged one of the highly significant concert events of the decade. organized by the… Continue reading “DIANA ROSS”…
louie on LATV’s “Living Y Ready” Series Throughout the month of June, LATV has been celebrating Pride Month with their Queer original series, Living Y Ready, a… Continue reading “louie on LATV’s “Living Y Ready” Series”…
TINA TURNER i dreamed about my mother for the first time in a long time last night. waking from those all-too-real dreams used… Continue reading “TINA TURNER”…
SALT-N-PEPA On November 28, 1993, The New York Times published journalist Jeffrey Schmalz’s last article, “Whatever Happened to AIDS?,” three weeks… Continue reading “SALT-N-PEPA”…
Songs That Soundtracked The AIDS Crisis: LaTour’s “People Are Still Having Sex” By 1991, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had spent over $7,000,000 on mass media public service announcements… Continue reading “Songs That Soundtracked The AIDS Crisis: LaTour’s “People Are Still Having Sex””…
JACKIE SHANE the last time jackie shane graced a stage was in toronto, canada in december 1971. after decades of swirling rumors that she had… Continue reading “JACKIE SHANE”…
Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Crisis: Jody Watley’s “When A Man Loves A Woman” in november 1993, pop music architect jody watley released her fourth solo album “intimacy.” a departure from the r&b/dance oriented… Continue reading “Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Crisis: Jody Watley’s “When A Man Loves A Woman””…
For Christopher christopher collins left this world in 2017. he was my first love and for years, my only love. he was… Continue reading “For Christopher”…
In Gratitude for My Aunt Carmen growing up, i never believed adults were god. i was always curious about their ways and their secret jokes like… Continue reading “In Gratitude for My Aunt Carmen”…