MOI RENEE in 2007, two years after the launch of youtube, a video of the late great moi renee performing their now… Continue reading “MOI RENEE”…
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… Continue reading “The Songs I Loved: RuPaul’s “Supermodel (You Better Work)””…
PEPPER LABEIJA blessed are those who mother the children the world left alone to mind themselves. blessed are the queens who build… Continue reading “PEPPER LABEIJA”…
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… Continue reading “The Songs I Loved: Sarah McLachlan’s “Adia””…
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… Continue reading “The Songs I Loved: Concrete Blonde’s “Joey””…
MELVIN LINDSEY growing up in the 1990’s, there were ballads and then there were slow jams. that distinction mattered in the early… Continue reading “MELVIN LINDSEY”…
1990: Celebrating One of the Best Movie Songs of All Time: Kid ‘n Play’s “Funhouse.” today marks the 30th anniversary of theatrical release of “house party,” one of the seminal black movies of the 1990’s.… Continue reading “1990: Celebrating One of the Best Movie Songs of All Time: Kid ‘n Play’s “Funhouse.””…
TBT: Louie & Robert chyle, we didn’t have a car so didn’t take day-trips out of the city, we took them to the franklin… Continue reading “TBT: Louie & Robert”…
JODY WATLEY what a time it was to be alive and witness the brilliance of jody watley thrive at every level of… Continue reading “JODY WATLEY”…
THROWBACK |My Brother Nicholas today would have been my brother’s 40th birthday. growing up with mother struggling with addiction often meant that christmas and… Continue reading “THROWBACK |My Brother Nicholas”…
ANGEL MELENDEZ in the late 1980’s and well into the mid-90’s, new york’s night life was dominated by misfits who were dubbed… Continue reading “ANGEL MELENDEZ”…
The Mad TV Skit About White Supremacy That Still Holds Up 23 years ago, madtv, the sketch show that was billed as the “cooler” and “edgier” alternative to saturday night live,… Continue reading “The Mad TV Skit About White Supremacy That Still Holds Up”…