Norm Whitfield: Rose Royce, Temptations
Way back disco was popular: John Travolta was young, heterosexuals invaded or copied gay bars. I was among the disco &
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Sam Cooke with the Soul Stirrers OK, I?m a gay atheist (or really anti-theist) but I love the black &
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Musicology?s release prompted me to start an entry on Prince that I?ll hopefully finish some day. I discovered his brand &
Read entire articleDigitizing thousands of CDs
A customer who was buying some compact discs the other day told me he was halfway along in digitizing his &
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Lullaby Of Broadway: The Best Of Busby Berkeley At Warner Bros. I don't own a recording of a theatrical &
Read entire articleJudy Garland Retrospective
25th Anniversary Retrospective All good queer men like Judy Garland, right? Probably that was once more true than it &
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Golden Greats The Andrew Sisters are percolating silly pop. Not a problem for me: I like my pop music &
Read entire articleLavay Smith's retro swing
Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing It was probably an unhappy star that led me to try listening to Everybody's &
Read entire articleJulie London for the night
Sophisticated Lady / For The Night People Back in the early days of my shop shop we had a &
Read entire articleDiscovering electronic music
George Clinton Meets Kraftwerk* I don?t know how I wound up listening to electronica. I was listening to lots of &
Read entire articleAndy Williams: Moon River & other great movie themes
What is the first song that you can recall? For me it is Andy Williams singing Moon River. Since &
Read entire articleRosemary Clooney: From Bing to Billie
I've been struggling with Rosemary Clooney's singing for a few years. Come on-A My House is so easy to like. &
Read entire articleSuzanne Pittson: Resolution
Considering the enthusiasm and money I once put into exploring jazz vocals I'm sometimes startled to realize how careless &
Read entire articlePointer Sisters don't fire me up
I like female vocal groups; I like the song Neutron Dance. Seemed likely that I'd enjoy more of The &
Read entire articleDance & electronica via internet radio
First time I looked at Internet radio stations on Shoutcast I started listening to the Digitally Imported group. I only &
Read entire articleGo West: I love you
Listening again to one of the Pet Shop Boys various renditions of Go West. It is indeed a fine &
Read entire articleHow Long Has This Been Going On
That I own Sarah Sings the Pope (whatever it is really called) is all I need to cite to &
Read entire articleHappier with Winamp than WMP or iTunes
I've resolved my problems with iTunes and Windows Media Player: Winamp is working fine for me again. Turns out &
Read entire articleInternet radio station choices
Owning a used CD shop I rarely use the net for music. One in awhile I like to put on &
Read entire articleiTunes no better than WMP for playing CDs
iTunes isn?t any better at detecting that a new CD has been put in the CD player than Windows Media &
Read entire articleWindows music players of the damned
I?m having odd problems with the software I use to play CDs on my PC. I?ve kept Winamp 2.x around &
Read entire articleFunk Essentials
I love syncopation from the swing bangs to Dave Clarke?s Electro Boogie. I have a fair amount of 70s &
Read entire articleAretha Franklin's So Damn Happy
Mostly I?ve neglected Aretha Franklin?s post-Atlantic recordings. Although many say they are mediocre, which mostly wouldn?t be a huge surprise, &
Read entire articleRonald Isley & Burt Bacharach
When Gordon handed me Isley meets Bacharach I was more than a little skeptical. Aging R&B singer and last composer &
Read entire articleJazz singing with a Southern accent
Woody Herman is one of jazz?’s underappreciated singers. Best at the beginning and end of his career when he let &
Read entire articleNorah Jones & jazz
Just finished listening to Norah Jones' Come Away With Me. If it is jazz so is Cheryl Crow.It isn't the &
Read entire articleSaint Judy: is there a good Garland CD?
As I type this I'm listening to a Judy Garland CD. I don't own anything by her. Unless I decide &
Read entire articleSwinging vocal harmony: Boswell Sisters, Ravens, Flamingos
Grabbing a bit of a reply to a Live Journal comment and cribbing some quotes from The All Music Guide. &
Read entire articleMusic as sex
When I started buying CDs I thought I'd accumulate novelty and humor CDs. I never did. An an email exchange &
Read entire articleMusic when I was young
Moon River is the first song I remember. I'm sure it was a hit at the time, Andy Williams had &
Read entire articleDare to love: Jimmy Somerville
Quotes of song lyrics bore me. But I love Jimmy Somverville for his homoerotic lyrics as his falsetto and gifts &
Read entire articleListening to Barry White
If I hadn?’t looked it up first I?’d swear that Barry White?’s Love?’s Theme was playing the first time I &
Read entire articleSam Fox vs. a Cosmic Dancer
Dance pop is one area of music where I?’ll happily roll around in the aesthetic gutter. A few years ago &
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Funny the hidden effects we can bury in a word or gesture. In an online exchange a correspondent (damn, I?’m &
Read entire articleFucking Marc Almond (virtually)
I?’ve often hoped I could write something about the gay pop musicians that I enjoy. (Live Journal entry is entitled &
Read entire articleNina Simone's rage
Meshell Ndegeocello "Nina Simone was a messenger to our heart and conscience," Ndegeocello said Monday. "Not only a brave lyricist, &
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Put a straw under baby, your good deed for the day Going to Google for ?“brian eno gay sexuality?” I &
Read entire articleI sat me down to write a simple story
Yet another nostalgia-laden entry; another song's whose lyrics were bent to serve my young self. When I first discovered rock &
Read entire articleWe are stardust, we are golden
Song and celebration from my youth. This entry is a failure I think but I never throw anything away. With &
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I got out of high school and Victor and John moved to Savannah. They happened so closely that I can?t &
Read entire articleHey Babe, take a walk on the wild side
Andy Williams?’ version of Moon River is the earliest song I remember liking. Aged about five years old. pllayed &
Read entire articleMusic of time past
With Gordon's help I've accumulated ten rock LPs that I used to listen to frequently. Just the list for now. &
Read entire articleAaliyah?’s I Care 4 U
There was a time when I?’d watch snippets of MTV. Sometimes I left in less than a couple of seconds. &
Read entire articleSgt. Pepper's: She's Leaving Home
She?’s leaving home after living alone for so many years Washing the dishes on Piedmont Avenue in Atlanta in 1972 &
Read entire articleJazz & Pop Vocalists
Not uncommonly for someone my age I thought traditional vocal pop factory made pap. Corny and contemptible, dimly emerging from &
Read entire articleVocal Harmony
Rhino's first Doo-wop box was one of the two things I bought the first time I went into a CD &
Read entire articleChristmas with the Chuck Wagon Gang
Charles went with me to the CD store when we first met. He saw a collection of ABBA?’s greatest hits &
Read entire articleAdult Contemporary Music
I was exchanging messages with someone who used the phrase "adult rock" to describe the work of a musican he &
Read entire articleDon't blog while drinking
A reply to a comment that got out of control. For my own amusement I decided to make it an &
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You can learn alot working in a used book, CD, comics shop. Today I learned that Nicholas Cage took his &
Read entire articleMusic Maestro Please
The complete RCA recordings of Tito Puente came into the shop. My attention is usually not on my ear but &
Read entire articleChuck Wagon Gang
I gave Charles his main present today. A half-dozen Chuck Wagon Gang LPs. The only musicians that Charles and I &
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I got my income tax refund. I really shouldn't but since the local independent CD shop was having a 30% &
Read entire articleCrazysexycool
I love vocal harmony. From the 1920s to right now. Traditional pop, doo-wop, gospel. The Ink Spots, Four Seasons, Beach &
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