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Category: Articles & Blog (page 2)

Remembering the Brilliance & Impact of Vanity 6

girl groups have long been around since the turn of the 20th century. from the boswell sisters who were hit…
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Posted on: August 14, 2020 Last updated on: August 14, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

The Black History of Freestyle Music

the late great and house music pioneer, dj frankie knuckles, once said that house was disco’s revenge. and he wasn’t…
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Posted on: August 5, 2020 Last updated on: August 5, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

WHEN HOUSE MUSIC WAS BLACK & GAY

happy pride, y’all! this weekend marks the 50th anniversary of the first pride events throughout the country. june 28, 1970,…
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Posted on: June 30, 2020 Last updated on: June 30, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

I Changed My Mind About Community

Last year I broke up with the LGBTQ2 community–well the shallow gatekeepers that ravaged our collective understanding of what it…
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Posted on: June 18, 2020 Last updated on: June 18, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

The Songs I Loved: RuPaul’s “Supermodel (You Better Work)”

my mother worked for drug dealers. from monday – friday, regardless of how drunk or high she got the night…
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Posted on: June 10, 2020 Last updated on: June 24, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

The Songs I Loved: Queen Latifah’s “Come Into My House”

“welcome into my queendom, come one, come all…,” the opening line of the first verse of queen latifah’s 1990 hip-hop/house…
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Posted on: May 29, 2020 Last updated on: May 29, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

An Offering: During A Pandemic

This is an offering, my offering to you and in giving this offering to you, I enrich myself. I am…
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Posted on: May 22, 2020 Last updated on: May 22, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

The Songs I Loved: Wilson Phillips “Impulsive”

my LOVED mother’s day. birthdays and holidays came and went without much notice but mother’s day was her day to…
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Posted on: May 10, 2020 Last updated on: May 10, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

The Songs I Loved: Sarah McLachlan’s “Adia”

in 1998, my relationship with my younger brother nicholas was strained. we were so young (me 21 and he 18…
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Posted on: May 9, 2020 Last updated on: May 9, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

The Songs I Loved: Mariah Carey’s “Vision of Love”

It took so long Still I believed Somehow the one that I needed Would find me eventually I lived in…
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Posted on: May 7, 2020 Last updated on: March 27, 2021 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

The Songs I Loved: Concrete Blonde’s “Joey”

my life is a perpetual music soundtrack. i remember all of the moments – no matter how trivial or traumatic…
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Posted on: April 24, 2020 Last updated on: April 24, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

I Wanna Go Out Dancing: Celebrating Birthdays During A Pandemic

Growing up, I’ve always considered music to be a huge part of my life. I used to sometimes joke about…
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Posted on: April 18, 2020 Last updated on: April 18, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie
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