Ultimos Posts 1. 31/08/2009 21:08 - "the night we met i knew i needed you so / and if i had the chance i'd never let you go" I'll cop to it - I watch American Idol here and there. I mean, it's not like there's any aggressive counter-programming going on, and I can only watch my Kath & Kim DVDs so many times. But each time one of the female contestants gets up to screech and wail (Hey! If you get near a melody, sing it! ), I can't help but time travel in my mind back to 1981 and think that a 17-year old R... 2. 24/08/2009 20:28 - "am/pm, pyramid, roxy, mudd club, danceteria / the newest club is opening up" This week's hottest reissue has to be Nina Hagen's 1983 classic "Fearless", coming to CD for the very first time. "Classic" in the sense that very few other batshit crazy, UFO-believing, Teutonic punk-rock goddesses have matched it. "Fearless" was Nina's second full-length English album, this one produced by Giorgio Moroder and Billy Idol/Simple Minds producer Keith Forsey. Wrappin... 3. 17/08/2009 10:31 - Prince proteges month - the family So close, yet so far. The story of the Family is one of missed opportunites boiled down to its most basic - Good Decisions vs. Bad Decisions. Let's start at the beginning - after Morris Day left The Time in 1984, Prince tapped "St. Paul" Peterson as his replacement, causing guitarist Jesse Johnson to hit the road as well. Left with a drummer, a bass player and a valet ("Now, now, J... 4. 10/08/2009 11:00 - Prince proteges week - vanity 6/vanity Nasty Skank Alert! I think the people at the late, much lamented BlairMag (linked above) summed up best what was so damn appealing about a trio of barely-talented girls in their underwear, dancing slightly out of time. While Vanity 6 (renamed from their original moniker The Hookers in a rare case of Princely restraint) were ostensibly built around Vanity aka Denise Matthews, it was... 5. 07/08/2009 00:51 - John hughes, rip Read my thoughts on the passing of the other John Hughes at Popdose .... | Estadisticas Ver Codigo HTML Posicion del Blog en Nuestro Ranking Hits Semanales Hits Mensuales |