Never Forget
As I remember the song most played at the funerals of those killed on 9/11, I’m thinking of the version by Paul Robeson, the great musician and activist for civil rights and economic justice.
Remembering Bull Moose Jackson
As I approach my 51st birthday on Wednesday, I’m remembering the swing revival of the 1990s that was such a joy to me in my mid-twenties.
Material Girl
As my tweens and I were trying to motivate to clean the house today, I called up key dance tunes from my youth. One was Madonna’s Material Girl, whose video version, I realized only today, is a complete homage to Marilyn Monroe’s Diamonds are a...Remembering Elvis
Maybe it’s because its Elvis Death Week (he died August 16th) that I’m remembering him fondly today.
On Taste & Trash
I have to face the fact that in my peer group, my love of K-Pop makes me a sinner of taste, a lover of trash.