Bonus Post: Prince
Like a lot of us, I’ve been listening to Prince and not much else for the past week or so. I feel like I should write something, but I don’t think anyone’s waiting for me to do that except me. I feel like I shouldn’t…
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1991: Julian Cope, PEGGY SUICIDE
1991. It’s the last year you had a best friend. Not a circle of friends. Not a girlfriend, even if she’s also your best friend, because that’s different. We’re talking about a platonic guy best friend, the kind you hang out with and you don’t…
1982: Olivia Newton-John, GREATEST HITS VOL. 2
If I’d grown up a decade earlier, I imagine I’d probably have had more achievable dreams as a kid. But my childhood, probably not unlike that of most American kids growing up in the 20th century, was filled with superheroes. So all I really wanted…
1980: Siouxsie and the Banshees, KALEIDOSCOPE
I was astonished the first time someone told me they liked Siouxsie and the Banshees better than the Cure. It had never occurred to me to question that the Cure were the more important band — the more serious, the more heartfelt, the more majestic….