Tough girls. attitude. cursing. Chrissie Hynde. Yep, as a high school kid, I was very much afraid of these girls but also worshipped them.…
“Crazy For You”
Everyone remembers their first slow dance, and mine was set to the soaring sounds of Madonna’s “Crazy For You.” As a gay college kid…
“Love Is Blue”
Soft rock irony is a term I first heard Philly artist Nick Cassaway use. To paraphrase, it’s basically taking a genre of music and…
“Ding-A-Dong”
For those of you who know little about it, the Eurovision Song Contest is an annual glitz spectacular with cheesy songs, hideous costumes, kitsch…
“Mr. Jaws”
Sometimes, I gotta wonder, how did I get so goofy? As a kid growing up in the 70’s,we had pop songs like “Mr. Jaws,”…
“You Should Hear How She Talks About You”
it was always a battle between my little brother and I. He wanted to watch reruns of “Hogan’s Heroes” and I wanted to watch…
“Heaven Is A Place On Earth”
It’s wednesday night at Kurt’s, December, 1987. Kurt’s, the newest gay disco appealing to a chic and discriminating crowd, is packed as open bar…
“A Different Corner”
It is always a difficult thing, when one of your contemporaries has died. With George Michael, it was as if we grew up together.…
“I Will Survive”
Back around Christmas 2000, the world seemed so different. There was no Homeland Security, Madonna was on top of the charts, and Center City…
“Fox On The Run”
On Christmas Eve 1976, i was an 11-year-old boy holed up at my family’s owned and run flower shop waiting for my parents to…