Sunday, July 21, 2019

Lisa Stansfield: The Ferdinand Magellan Of British Neo-Soul

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Here's a question: do you think Lisa Stansfield has ... found her baby yet? I mean hell, it's been 30 freakin' years already. ...
Sunday, July 7, 2019

Earl, You Know It's True: You Still Like Those Two Milli Vanilli Songs

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Spoiler Alert: Rob and Fab  weren't actually singing . There. I said it. Can't erase that knowledge from your brain. Hate to rui...
Monday, June 24, 2019

Swede Emotion: The Single-Minded Purity Of Roxette

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Oh, to be Roxette. What a blessing it must have been, what a gift from the gods, to have had one, and only one, ambition in life: to ma...
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Sunday, June 9, 2019

Herbert Walker Memories

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Eventually, as all things must, the '80s came to an end. But despite what a glance at the calendar might indicate, it did not, in fa...
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Sunday, May 26, 2019

Brenda K. Starr's "I Still Believe": The Final Aching, Dying Whisper Of '80s Pop

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In his AllMusic biography for Rosie & the Originals, Richie Unterberger quotes another writer, Mark Sten, who provides the following...
Sunday, May 12, 2019

"Something About You": Jazz-Funk Fusion That's Simply On Another, Ahem, Level

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Countless '80s hits, from "Take My Breath Away" and "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)" to "Shattered Drea...
Sunday, April 28, 2019

Belinda '88 Interview Highlights AKA Who Knew Identity Crisis Could Be This Much Fun?

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While late '80s corporate gloss may have dulled Belinda's musical rough edges, it certainly didn't dull her cagey, self-loathi...
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Sunday, April 14, 2019

"Kissing A Fool": George Unleashes His Inner Rat Pack

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From Track One, Side One all the way up through "Monkey," one could not have exactly accused  Faith of being an album lacking i...
Sunday, March 31, 2019

Can't Stay Away From "Can't Stay Away From You"

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Back when a cassette copy of Let It Loose found itself permanently lodged in my family's car stereo, I thought it was  da bomb . I wa...
Sunday, March 17, 2019

"Land of Confusion": Too Many Puppets, Too Many Caricatures, Not Much Horse Tranquilizer To Go Round

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Perspective. Why can't we just pop into the local Trader Joe's, grab a big fat jar of perspective off the shelf, and just stick it...
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