Michael Jackson song metaphor becomes reality for Brittney Griner
(July 15, 2022). During the early-to-mid 1990s when the late King of Pop Michael Jackson was at one of his lowest periods, he wrote a beautiful ballad containing metaphorical lyrics…
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Drake’s new house music album continues a recent dilemma for hip-hop chartologists
(June 22, 2022). People often criticize Drake for trying to be too many things for too many people with his albums. His recent releases have been called bloated and formulaic…
The latest music trend: Artists’ new songs are struggling to overcome their old ones (they just won’t leave)
(April 3, 2022). Earlier this year, pop superstar The Weeknd released a new album Dawn FM (featuring his old-man persona on the album cover). It was to mark the end…
Will Smith’s resignation from The Academy caps a week of ironies and nuances as uncanny as the slap itself
(April 2, 2022). I wasn’t going to write about this past week’s slapping incident at the Oscars. But the list of ironies are too numerous to pass up. Plus, I’ve…
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These or This? “Sweet Dreams (are made of …).” The old debate was reignited and settled this week…or was it?
(March 19, 2022). Maybe it was the parentheses…or lack thereof. When Wheel of Misfortune contestants were given nearly every letter of a Song Lyrics puzzle earlier this week—the title line…