“Oh yeah, man, we was on some futuristic stuff for sure,” Missy Elliott toldRolling Stonein 2020, on her musical chemistry with Timbaland. “It was something hypnotic about those records.” Missy and Tim took over the radio in the late Nineties, just two kids out of Portsmouth, Virginia...
(as so many of us do once we leave school) what it is like to embark on a course of study in the company of a great teacher and inspirer of men. There is a sense of moving towards a place of enlightenment that the so-called “real world” of jobs, marriage and kids can seem ...
when they were done, they introduced themselves as the sultans of swing, an idea that seemed preposterous because of how bad they were. so he wrote some humorous lyrics about it, put them to some jazz chords, and casually tossed in one of the most brilliant guitar solos of the era. his...
After the first song, Dua explains how the pandemic separated them – lockdown stopped their impending tour in spring 2020. But it looks like they barely lost any time, beaming to be in each other’s company, making these sounds. They are a group of shifting chords, making beautiful music...
'I used to live in a room full of mirrors, all i could see was me, Well i take my spirit and i smash my mirrors, now the whole world is here for me to see.' - Hendrix 1970
This likely became the standard after some genius “discovered” that kids are more likely to sit still for one longer commercial break than two shorter ones, although now that I’ve typed that sentence I’m doubting whether it’s true. In any case, it’s an effective way to package an...
“Jesus of Suburbia,” and “American Idiot” overall, served as a precursor to My Chemical Romance’s 2006 epic “The Black Parade” and helped introduce a would-be legacy act to a generation of mascara-laden Hot Topic kids. — ES Hawthorne Heights —“Ohio Is for Lovers” Photo : ...
Ben Affleckonce describedthe original script ofGood Will Huntingas having “a veryBeverly Hills Cop,Midnight Runsensibility, where the kids from Boston were giving the NSA the slip all the time.” Thank God that died on the vine; a hotshot spy flick (powered by...math?) would have no ro...
We both stared at the grey sky, feeling both exhilarated by the art and completely depressed. And my dad's record collection became a source of the greatest pleasure to me. All of Aretha Franklin, all of Ste-vie Wonder, quirkier things like the B-52s and Stephen Sondheim. But it ...
When your kids are tucked quietly into their rooms and there's nothing to watch except reruns you hated the first time around. Creep away when the mothballed closet of memory begs for a gasp of fresh air. Rummage in the ragbag your wife stores in the basement, all those old T-shirts ...