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… Continue reading “The Songs I Loved: Queen Latifah’s “Come Into My House””…
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 GOOD GIRLS by the late 80’s, motown records, the label that invented the r&b cross-over sound in the 60’s, was struggling to… Continue reading “THE GOOD GIRLS”…
Madonna’s “Vogue” Is A Whole Three Decades Old, Y’all! in 1990, madonna was arguably the most popular and consistent pop artist on the planet. at the time, she had… Continue reading “Madonna’s “Vogue” Is A Whole Three Decades Old, Y’all!”…
KENNY GREENE it has been almost 20 years since the death of singer and prolific songwriter, kenny greene. sadly, his death was… Continue reading “KENNY GREENE”…
DAVID COLE in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, david cole, one half of c&c music factory, wrote and produced some of… Continue reading “DAVID COLE”…
30 Years Ago, I Discovered Who I Was and Who I Would Become Through Music i love anniversaries. they provide a moment of celebration and reflection. and as person who loves history, especially that of… Continue reading “30 Years Ago, I Discovered Who I Was and Who I Would Become Through Music”…
GWEN GUTHRIE dubbed the queen of paradise garage, the notable and beloved new york night clubs of the 1980’s, gwen guthrie entered… Continue reading “GWEN GUTHRIE”…
JERMAINE STEWART born on september 7, 1957, in columbia, ohio, jermaine, who was already a budding entertainer, got his first taste of… Continue reading “JERMAINE STEWART”…
SHANNON as a kid in the early half of the the 1980′s, i’d watch as my mother and her gay friends shuffle… Continue reading “SHANNON”…
SYLVESTER “i get this conformist shit from queens all the time. they always want to read me. they always want me… Continue reading “SYLVESTER”…