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Infatueighties: “Tender Love”
It’s safe to say that Janet Jackson and her production team of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis rode one another to the top of the charts with 1986’s Control. Janet went from Michael’s cute little sister to Madonna’s counterpart, while artists from The Human League to New Edition clamored to work with the former members of The Time.
However, Jam & Lewis were on their way to building quite the impressive resume at that point,having already […]
Compare & Contrast: “Free Fallin'”
I feel kinda stupid writing a John Mayer fanboy post less than two weeks after my most recent John Mayer fanboy post, but, fuck it.
As many of you know (well, you do if you read my new release column on Tuesdays), John Mayer recently released a live album called “Where The Light Is”. Technically speaking, it’s his *third* live album (although to be fair, one of the three included almost all new material). However, since […]
Goodbye Yellow Brickle Road: Elton John & Ben & Jerry’s Team Up For Charity
I’m not the world’s biggest Elton John fan (yeah, sacrilege, I know) and I’m not the world’s biggest Ben & Jerry’s fan. Well…correction, I could potentially eat the entire contents of the average Ben & Jerry’s, but I’m diabetic.
At any rate, to honor Elton John’s upcoming show in the state of Vermont (fun fact: Vermont is the only state that Sir Elton has never played in), B&Js is creating a flavor called Goodbye Yellow Brickle […]