Still Special: 25 Years of “The Velvet Rope”
One could talk for hours about the cultural significance of an album like The Velvet Rope: the way its composition and…
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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…
TONY VIRAMONTES
years before i knew who tony viramontes was, i knew of his art. sometime in 1986, three years before i…
Songs That Soundtracked The AIDS Epidemic: Janet’s “Together Again”
Sweet harp chords flourish as “Together Again” starts, then it picks up momentum with these lyrics “There are times when…
My Mormon Journey
One Wednesday night in late summer 1994, I snuck out the house with my friend Hopey and drove my mother’s…