The home of glam rock’s greatest air-punching anthems* Cinder blocks blanked by a coat of latex beige. Bland and unidentifiable over any back alley walls nearby. Laying between Fairview’s condo-encrusted slopes and downmarket Mount Pleasant are warehouses—rows of them. A plethora of non-descript companies exist here: printers, computer wholesalers, couriers. Only the strong aroma provided […]
The Definitive Interpretation of Rock's Definitive Bombast Click this link to skip to the interpretation of the lyrics to Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven. Classic Rock Leading to Decay? In recent years "concerned parent" groups have cropped up, intent on silencing music's raunchier players. Bickering between the defenders of morality and the defenders of expression […]
My friend Erna drops me off late after our visit to the local Lesbian Film Festival. She wanted me to see the "other side" as she called it. Frankly, the whole affair left me a bit speechless. Did females have the desperately overcharged libidos that the films suggested? Perhaps I should reevaluate my notion that […]
At a glance the Partridge Family's saga seems like that of any other pop star's. Coming from obscurity, a "singing family" climbs the charts, and grabs hold of the Top Five. After months of bewildering popularity, the demons of drugs, egos, and incongruous love affairs threaten the singers' pop fortunes. Subsequent years are spent trying […]