One Cent Record Clubs and Predatory Discovery
What’s the value of music when your life is falling apart? How did that “ten…
Em Dashes and Witch Hunts With New Literary Inquisitors
It’s 2025, and I find myself caught in an ironic 21st-century witch hunt. Only this…
Love My Way: The Psychedelic Furs and the Marimba That Woke Me Up
What if one song could tell you it was okay to exist exactly as you…
When Free Speech Fought Back in 1985
Are we safe if a comedian does not have free speech? Were we safe when…
Pee Wee Herman: Lessons From a Manchild
By Rachael Price Nowadays, one does not usually understand the term “manchild” to be a…
Chrissie Hynde Taught Me How to Listen
What do a Midwestern punk queen from Ohio and a Beauty Queen from Chicagoland have…
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Debbie Gibson Being Anxiously Lost In Her Eyes
On January 6th of 1989 Debbie Gibson released Lost in Your Eyes as a single. In less than 2 months it would climb to the top of the US and Canadian charts. At the tender age of 18 she became one of only four women to have written, produced, and performed multiple number one hits…
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Charlie Brown Stresses Out But Doesn’t Fail
39 years ago Happy New Year, Charlie Brown! premiered on CBS. It was the 30th network prime time special based on Peanuts and the last project helmed by Peanuts animater Bernard Gruver due to his passing away in June of 1985. Charlie Brown, as always, has something to teach us. He was stressed out, he…