Book Review: The Songs of Hollywood by Philip Furia and Laurie Patterson
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Book Review: Tammy Wynette: Tragic Country Queen by Jimmy McDonough
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Movie Review: The Runaways
September 13, 2022“It’s not about women’s lib, kitties, it’s about women’s libido!” manager Kim Fowley (Michael Shannon) screams...
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The Great Music Videos #2: “Thriller” (dir. John Landis)
September 7, 2022Jackson as a zombie in “Thriller” William Bibbiani noted in the Great Music Videos #1 post...
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Nicole Atkins: Femme Noir
August 11, 2022She’s been called the female Roy Orbison, a psychedelic metalhead who grew up listening to Elvis...
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Nina Simone: The Biography by David Brun-Lambert
August 2, 2022The granddaughter of slaves on both parents’ sides of the family, Simone’s stardom coincided with the...
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Satchmo: The Wonderful World and Art of Louis Armstrong by Steven Brower
July 26, 2022For someone who radiated pure joy, his beginnings were Deep South Dickensian. Born in New Orleans...
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Home: A Memoir of My Early Years by Julie Andrews
July 3, 2022Again, it took an intervention, this time by Moss Hart, to point her in the right...
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