I have awesome friends. Sean Kennedy ranks among the highest. I remember when he moved into my apartment in February of 2020. He had previously lived across town, and he wanted to experience life in the gayborhood. We went out one epic evening, only to be met with a global shutdown the next week dueContinue reading “Sean Fucking Kennedy”
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Dua Lipa – Radical Optimism
What the hell is Radical Optimism? According to Dua Lipa, “It’s like looking on the bright side of any situation.” That sounds pretty vague, but listening to her third studio album, her perspective becomes clear while the seawater runs off her head as she emerges from the depths of everything that has brought her toContinue reading “Dua Lipa – Radical Optimism”
The Weeknd, Daft Punk – I Feel It Coming
Perhaps the last great work to come out of Daft Punk, and certainly one of The Weeknd’s best tracks, this golden song will never devalue. At a glance, it’s probably about making a woman climax. Nothing could be less interesting to me. And not even because of the gay part. I love listening to thisContinue reading “The Weeknd, Daft Punk – I Feel It Coming”
Kacey Musgraves – Deeper Well
Finding comfort in the middle comes with age and wisdom. Deeper Well lands between the highest peak of love that Kacey Musgraves found in Golden Hour, and the depths of heartbreak that she explored in Star Crossed, landing in the grass near the trees with the old-as-time hills off in the distance. Admittedly, I wasContinue reading “Kacey Musgraves – Deeper Well”
Sing it Saturday: Kacey Musgraves – Oh What a World
For the 5-year anniversary of Kacey Musgraves masterpiece album Golden Hour I chose to revisit a track that arguably serves as its thesis. Golden Hour upholds the highest standard of singer-songwriter pop, and justly won the Grammy for album of the year in 2019. Kacey perfected the country-to-pop pipeline and turned everyone into a fanContinue reading “Sing it Saturday: Kacey Musgraves – Oh What a World”
Sing it Saturday: SZA – Supermodel
SZA isn’t a Party gyal, as she Tweeted the night after the SOS album release event. As much as we’ve learned about her since the release of her 2017 opus Ctrl, so much still hangs in ambiguity. I think she prefers that, and I don’t mind it either. I love filling the gaps with howContinue reading “Sing it Saturday: SZA – Supermodel”
2021 – A Year in Songs
We didn’t shake off the societal injuries sustained in 2020 as we had hoped, but many aspects of life returned this year, some bigger and better than ever. Live music exploded (with proof of vax, of course) and many of us flocked to shows, gigs and even festivals at a rapid pace. I was outContinue reading “2021 – A Year in Songs”
Revisiting Back to Black: You Know I’m No Good
This installment is part of a retrospective on “Back to Black,” the most acclaimed album of Amy Winehouse who passed away 10 years ago this July. I’ll revisit one track every month in order of their appearance on the album Amy left nothing out of her autobiographical second album. She didn’t fantasize too heavily, orContinue reading “Revisiting Back to Black: You Know I’m No Good”
Lets Talk About…
Betty Who I’m sure we all saw that youtube video with the Home Depot flash mob wedding proposal. In it, a man proposes to his longtime boyfriend with their entire families participating in the middle of a Home Depot to the song “Somebody Loves You.” It went viral, made everyone cry and inspired a ton of subsequent flash mobContinue reading “Lets Talk About…”
I'm Just Gonna Dance All Night 