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Freaky Ladies: Kate Bush

Someone as original as Kate Bush seems to divide the world between loyal admirers (among them, David Gilmour, John Lydon and P.J. Harvey) and puzzled, often irritated and even angry detractors. One commenter on YouTube sums it up nicely: “Many artists try hard to be weird but aren’t really convincing. Kate Bush is naturally mental.”

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Freaky Ladies: Danielle Dax

Last week, the idea came to me to do a “Freaky Ladies” series of blogs. Why? Well, there are a number of strange, original, brave, and talented women in music and other arts who, in my opinion, haven’t received the recognition and prestige they deserve. So let’s pay tribute to them, shall we, Motherf*ckers?

This first [...]

"Twilight Zone" by Golden Earring

Remember this video from the Golden Age of MTV?

The dance sequence at 2:47 spurred my fascination with choreography, pushed my eating disorder into high gear, and permanently twisted my fashion sense and sexuality.

Still love it after all these years!

My Interview with Lips Kudlow of Anvil

Here’s a sneak preview of my interview with Lips Kudlow, singer of Anvil and star of Sacha Gervasi’s critically-acclaimed documentary Anvil! The Story of Anvil.

The interview will be coming out in the April issue of Popular 1, along with another interview of mine, with legendary rock photographer Neil Zlozower.

It was fun and interesting conversation. Lips [...]

Guilty Pleasures

What are the worst songs (or music videos) that you used to love and still can’t help liking now… even though you know they’re horrible?

I’ll show you mine if you show me yours.

The band is from Canada and it’s called Chilliwack. They had two songs that became hits in the States. When I was a [...]

Quarterflash

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Do you remember Quarterflash? They were briefly famous in the U.S. in the early ’80s but I don’t think they ever got to Spain. They had a couple of hits: “Harden My Heart” and “Find Another Fool”. I loved the second song and still do.

I can’t embed the video here, I can only put the [...]