So even at the time, Cross’ sweep was considered a surprise.Even Cross’ record company, Warner Bros., was caught off-guard. The label didn’t host a post-Grammys party that year, which is standard if a label thinks there’s a good chance it will have something to celebrate. Followin...
Four unarmed student protestors were shot and killed by Ohio National Guard members in 1970, and an angry Neil Young wanted to do something about it. The result was this iconic protest song from CSNY, which calls out former President Richard Nixon by name and tries to invoke a revolution. ...
Nearly 40 years since the dawn of hip-hop, the 2010s was finally the decade when rap outsold rock music. The real shocker, however, is that it took so long for this to happen. Hip-hop didn’t overtake rock in sales at the end of the 80s – when everyone you knew had to own a...
’ It's my job to get Ivan Reitman on the phone and make it happen. You want the Millennium Falcon in Season 1? I gotta get on the phone and make that happen. Whatever they need, that's my job.” (In fact, Han Solo’s space cruiser makes a return appearance in Kenner toy ...
Do you happen to know something about this domain? Who are the authors I could or should be reading? Who are the lawyers that specialize in not only workers’ rights, but advocate for workers’ quality of life? Anna Thomas’ Grand Tour April 10th, 2022 A photo of Anna Thomas’ grand ...
25 to April 8, 1995 This Madonna and Babyface collaboration, recorded with a full orchestra, references the title“Take a Bow” in the first verse but it's never mentioned again. Along with winning the 1995 MTV Best Female Video, the song was also featured in the season one finale of ...
i breathed in deep, took deep swigs of my beer. he introduced me to a group of guys, all asian, and i smiled, chatted, gave perfunctory answers to perfunctory questions. when my friend excused himself to go to the bathroom, i tried to join the conversation—yes, madonna was amazing, ...
She opened the decade declaring that she’d found “Love Under New Management,” and it looked like Miki Howard was going to be one of the biggest stars of the 1990s. One listen to her voice, one perusal of her catalog, and anyone would have to ponder why that didn’t happen. Because...
Have you ever watched an episode ofThe Oprah Winfrey Showwhere Oprah would warn about bad/dangerous things that could happen and it would scare you to death because now you thought it could happen to you? Harpo Productions/Courtesy Everett Collection ...