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…
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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,…
UNCANNY ALLIANCE
in the early 1990s, there was no shortage of dance groups from new york garnering national notoriety at both the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
in the summer of 1988, i had a friend named jacqueline who lived next door from us. she was a…
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,…
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…
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…
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…