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“This book is a love letter to Prince and Purple Rain . . . the moment in his career when he went from buzzy...
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“This book is a love letter to Prince and Purple Rain . . . the moment in his career when he went from buzzy...
Celebrate forty years of “hangin’ tough!” A must-have for every devoted New Kids fan, this exquisitely crafted volume chronicles 40 years of the trailblazing...
Kino Lorber proudly announces the release of Soundies: The Ultimate Collection, a four-disc set featuring 200 short musical subjects –“Soundies” — that entertained Americans...
Whitney Houston was one of the greatest voices not of her generation, but of all time. Her energy, range, and power were legendary, with...
There had never been anyone quite like Weird Al Yankovic before the accordion-playing comedian came along with “My Bologna” (for the uninitiated, it is...
From the late ‘50s through the early ’70s — families across America gathered around their television every Sunday night to watch The Ed Sullivan...
George Michael was a complicated man with the kind of talent that only very few are able to harness. His ability to anticipate trends,...
Few rock artists continue to gather more and more adulation with age. Sir Elton Hercules John is an exception who proves the rule. In Elton...
A unique and beautifully produced celebration of the iconic and beloved rock star, BOWIE AT 75 examines David Bowie’s extraordinary life through the lens...
One of the things missing this holiday season, other than the once time-honored socializing in person with others not part of one’s pandemic pod—again!—is...
A documentary about a “Milli Vanilli” controversy seizing the nostalgic Italian Disco scene of the 1980’s? Sign. Me. Up. I love music history, intrigue...
Editor’s Note: This piece was originally supposed to run before the holidays, but I screwed up. Fortunately, it’s a damned good piece and since...
Written by Michels Mabel Illustrated by Various Published by NBM Graphic Novels In February of 1964 the Cincinnati Enquirer derided TV host Ed...
The Swedish rock group ABBA launched in 1972 consisting of Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. With ten years, ABBA (named...
Since the post-Memorial Day weekend is considered a slump time when Hollywood movie studios typically opt not to release anything major into theaters, I...
Colors, the new album from Beck, shouldn’t work. On first listen it doesn’t, especially if you’re a fan of the artist, or just casually...
It is very hard to believe that it has been 25 years since the first CD manufacturer got the green light to start shipping...
On Christmas Day, 2016 claimed another victim in its ongoing tally as the century’s most prolific serial killer with the death of George Michael....
Last week, Dark Horse Comics’ M Press published an expanded edition of The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story, marking the first time that...
How can it be a week without Prince alive on this planet? Maybe he’s still alive on some other planet, gone to some purple...
We lost another one, last week. It seems to be the ones that we think are immortal that 2016 is taking. This time, of...
On April 21, the music industry took yet another massive hit when it lost another icon as Prince Rogers Nelson passed away. The legendary...
It’s 11 o’clock on a Saturday night, and the missus and I are watching an episode of the new VH1 show SoundClash. Pop ghostwriter-turned-headliner...
Okay Frank Zappa fans, settle down. I only grabbed the title from the 1968 Mothers of Invention album to use for this edition of...