Category Archives: music

Super Brat Charlie XCX

July 19, 2024 – 1:04 pm

Charlie XCX Contemp glam pop selling the illusion of attainable wealth and fame to the underclass dreaming to be special. Charlie XCX sings the songs for the forgotten masses wanting a message of we are us. Her hook in YOU’RE ONLY ONE is YOU”RE ONLY ONE and she sings this lyric seventy-three times. In 3:24. […]

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Bouffant The 60s the Surf Nantasket

July 17, 2024 – 12:38 pm

In 1966 I met Joe Kane from Mattapan at the Surf Nantasket, a dance Mecca, for teenagers on the South Shore of Boston. Her bouffant was lacquered stiff as a football helmet by Aquanet hair spray. Once a week we went to the Mattapan Oriental theater for the matinee to make out in the balcony. […]

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Summer Times Blues

June 22, 2024 – 8:28 am

Today was the official summer solstice for the northern hemisphere. The day lasted almost sixteen hours in New York and the sun never set in Murmansk, Russia. I woke well before the dawn and went to sleep far past sunset, as the Earth polar cap tipped toward the nearest star 93 million miles away from […]

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A Life Worth Living- Francoise Hardy

June 14, 2024 – 8:58 am

“If there were no Frenchwomen, life wouldn’t be worth living.” Friedrich Engels Francoise Hardy Eternity-1944-2024-Eternity “I never get bored. There isn’t enough time in the day for me.” FH

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Grace Grace Grace

May 24, 2024 – 5:46 am

Strangely Grace Jones performed SLAVE TO THE RYTHYM at the Queen’s Jubilee, while spinning a hula-hoop around her waist. An odd choice for QEII, but Grace Jones has reached a broad audience over the years. The last time I saw Grace was in Beverly Hills Hotel back in 1995. Strangely Grace Jones performed SLAVE TO […]

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