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A Purple Celebration: Happy Birthday, Mr. Nelson
Today, June 7th, 2008, is Prince Rogers Nelson’s 50th birthday. And despite the contrarian, slightly grumpy figure he’s cut over the last couple of years, no one can deny that these 62 inches of dynamite are responsible for some of the best music made over the past thirty years.
In an age where most artists or bands are lucky to cut two or three classic albums, Prince has made at least four absolutely perfect (Dirty Mind, […]
Friday Throwback – Ownlee Eue
In 8th grade, one of the dance crews was performing at our junior high school rally. One of the members of the crew was a good friend of mine, so I was excited to see them dance. I honestly don’t remember much about their performance, but mostly because I was mesmerized by the song that came booming out of those speakers that day. In junior high school, kids are easily influenced and start liking things […]
"The Happening" and the Fickle Finger of Fate
I can’t be the only one who’s had (of all things) a Supremes song stuck in his head ever since seeing a trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s forthcoming disaster flick (which is being heavily touted for carrying Shyamalan’s first R rating): The Happening. Despite the film’s deliciously retro title which evokes images of arsty hippies staging random acts of public randomness, the trailer brims over with Shyamalan’s by now familiar (to the point […]