(Since everyone's complaining about Rob's Whitney Houston post, I thought I'd write a proper one.) Whitney Houston burst onto the music scene in 1985 with her self-titled LP which had four number one hit singles on it, including "The Greatest Love of All," "You Give...
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According to twitter, Whitney Houston has died. Also according to AP, which means that it may actually be true. Regarding the media circus which shall ensue within the next hours,.
Our Lady of Manzanar joins Neo-Neocon in wondering where our child-rearing strayed from its obligation to raise capable citizen-soldiers. Like Neo-Neocon, Malkin seems to think we're raising a generation of.
This is the grave of Merv Griffin. Born in 1925 in San Mateo, California, Griffin grew up wealthy, the son of a stockbroker. Despite being Irish, he managed to be accepted as an American. Must be a weakness of the era. A good Catholic boy,...
Haven't had a good music notes post in a very long time. Still in my concert drought, but that will be ending soon. With new albums on the way from.
We lost another multigenerational political and popular icon this week with the passing of Aretha Franklin. Though she lived a full life, performing right until the very end, I still.
Yesterday Chris Cornell committed suicide at the age of 52. It is indeed a very sad day for rock music. We've lost not only a singular voice, but also many in the rock scene have lost a dear friend. The lead singer of Soundgarden in...
Before I saw the Aretha Franklin performance of "A Natural Woman" at the Kennedy Center Honors, I didn't even think I was a particular fan of that song, but it.
The Grand Junction (CO) Daily Sentinel has a weekly feature where readers can write in and bitch anonymously about whatever they want. This is from the year-end edition in last.
I've been thinking a lot about Levon Helm and The Band over the past week. A few final thoughts. I've been really impressed with the outpouring of grief for the passing of Levon Helm. While his passage may not have had the pop culture impact...
Now and then, responsible bloggers revisit old viewpoints and test them against a fresh stable of facts. This was an especially useful exercise, for example, after the war in Iraq.
Joseph Kugelmass' thoughtful response to my Whitney Houston post is instructive: Most celebrity deaths are not emotional events for me. I cared a lot more about Amy Winehouse’s death than.