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”…
Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Crisis: Miquel Brown’s “So Many Men, So Little Time” “So many men, so little timeHow can I choose,So many men, so little timeHow can I choose” On March 14,… Continue reading “Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Crisis: Miquel Brown’s “So Many Men, So Little Time””…
UNCANNY ALLIANCE in the early 1990s, there was no shortage of dance groups from new york garnering national notoriety at both the… Continue reading “UNCANNY ALLIANCE”…
For My Mother: “A Day In My Life (Without You)” I remember the night in the summer of 1991 as I sat on the steps with my two-speaker double cassette… Continue reading “For My Mother: “A Day In My Life (Without You)””…
Ten House Tracks From the 90s that Will Lift Your Spirits the way Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul” Does if you are up at this time like i am it is probably because you have been dancing in the… Continue reading “Ten House Tracks From the 90s that Will Lift Your Spirits the way Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul” Does”…
10 Songs Leading the Latin-Freestyle Resurgence freestyle music has direct ties to the early rise of hip-hop. like hip-hop, the freestyle genre was led by creative… Continue reading “10 Songs Leading the Latin-Freestyle Resurgence”…
Janet Jackson: A Deep Appreciation Of i met robert on the very first day of school of the seventh grade in september 1989. i knew as soon… Continue reading “Janet Jackson: A Deep Appreciation Of”…
in the summer of 1988, i had a friend named jacqueline who lived next door from us. she was a… Continue reading…
OAKTOWN’S 357 oaktown’s 357 were one of hip-hop’s most exciting groups of the early 1990s. heir combination of catchy rhymes, dope fashions,… Continue reading “OAKTOWN’S 357”…
Louie’s Top 21 Songs of 2021 There were no club night outings or huge parties in 2021 but I still found opportunities to dance and sing… Continue reading “Louie’s Top 21 Songs of 2021”…
The Enduring Queer Cheer of Pee-Wee Herman’s Christmas Special 33 years ago this week, one of the wackiest, campiest, and queerest christmas specials premiered on network television– and it… Continue reading “The Enduring Queer Cheer of Pee-Wee Herman’s Christmas Special”…
Remember the RuPaul Show Christmas Special growing up in the 1980s, tv christmas specials were usually over-the-top variety shows that featured musical numbers and sub-par comedic… Continue reading “Remember the RuPaul Show Christmas Special”…