(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.
Diet Coke is ceding ground to Coke Zero: For decades, Diet Coke has been a durable pop culture icon, as much a symbol of boardroom swashbuckling as high fashion society. Its buzzy 1980s origins featured endorsements from celebrities including Paula Abdul, Whitney Houston and Demi...
This is the grave of Aretha Franklin. Born in 1942 in Memphis, Franklin grew up the daughter of the famous preacher C.L. Franklin, who took a pastorate in Buffalo shortly.
This is the grave of Johnnie Mae Matthews. Born in...well now I don't know when she was born. The grave says 1934. The Wikipedia page says 1922. That's a big.
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.