You really can’t contain Patti LaBelle. The once Patricia Holte still snatches the spotlight from those decades younger than her at 72 years of age. The thing is that, rarely has the awe inspiring power of her vocal styling and range ever been captured *properly* during studio recordings. She really has one of those gargantuan…
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Two Faces Have I: The Mercurial Musical Messages of the Sign of Gemini
We see the sun expand its rays to maximum lighting here in the Northern Hemisphere. Indeed its Gemini Season once again. My home sun sign is an archetype oft misunderstood. Given to stereotypes of flaky, flighty and duplicitous, I beg to offer up some different perspectives through the songcraft of either the Gemini Archetype, Gemini…
Taurus Talent at its finest: The Too Short Times of Tammi Terrell
I think of Tammi Terrell’s short 24 years on this planet, nearly 34 years old, and think I’m really wasting time. It didn’t exactly take that much time for her to establish herself as a legend. I don’t know whether her early death elicits moments of sadness, because she fought up until she went into…
Laura Lee “If You Can Beat Me Rockin’ (You Can Have My Chair)” (Hot Wax 7027, R&B #31 Pop#65, 1972)
Laura Lee “If You Can Beat Me Rockin’ (You Can Have My Chair)” (Hot Wax 7027, R&B #31 Pop#65, 1972) As we come off the waves of International Women’s Day and plunge further into Women’s History Month, we find yet another powerful Pisces woman of soul celebrating their birthday. We wish Laura Lee a fulfilling…
Anna King “The Big Change” (Ludix 103, 1963)
Anna King “The Big Change” (Ludix 103, 1963) Sometimes all it takes is one LP and a connection to a Soul Legend to solidify your place in R&B History. However, Anna King was much more than her year + affiliation with James Brown and his review. Today we celebrate what would have been the Philly…
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas “Bless You” (Gordy 7110, R&B#29, Pop#53, 1971)
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas “Bless You” (Gordy 7110, R&B#29, Pop#53, 1971) It’s been a remarkably dark past 72 hours if you’ve opened your eyes to anything going on in the world. Not only Paris, but Beirut, Baghdad, bitterness and yet another unjustified Black Death that makes one question whether Black Lives Matter or not….
Little Eva “The Trouble With Boys” (Dimension 1013-B, 1963)
Little Eva “The Trouble With Boys” (Dimension 1013-B, 1963) She got sadly pigeon-holed by a runaway freight train of a #1 hit. Despite the fact that she got pegged like Dee Dee Sharp as a dance ditty queen worthy of increasingly ridiculous dance records, Eva Narcissus Boyd tallied up a long career of singles throughout…
Uranus-Pluto & The Girl Group Explosion: A Playlist
As you may know, this past Sunday I presented at the Queer Astrology Conference on Girl Group archetypes during the before and culminating with Uranus/Pluto Conjunction in Virgo years culminating in 1965-66. In the afterglow of that, and waiting for the audio recording of that talk to surface in the next month, I’ve culled the…
Erma Franklin “Change My Thoughts From You” (Brunswick 55403-B, 1969)
Erma Franklin “Change My Thoughts From You” (Brunswick 55403-B, 1969) Much more than the big sister to the Queen of Soul, Erma Franklin would have celebrated her 77th Birthday this Friday the 13th. Although not as prolific as her middle sister, the glamorous Big Sister of Soul managed a pretty healthy output of singles during the 1960’s,…
Events Page March 2015
Hi Everyone, To keep you abreast of latest events or opportunities to see me DJ or speak in public, please check in on this page from time to time. March 2015 Hard French 5th Anniversary (March 7th, 2015, El Rio, San Francisco): I’ll be spinning alongside DJ Wambam Ashleyanne of KALX, DJ Paul Paul Costuros…
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