I decided to watch some classic music videos while at the gym the other day. I went from 1983’s “Sweet Dreams” by Eurythmics … … to 1990’s “Groove Is in the Heart” by Deee-Lite … … to 1995’s “Only Happy When It Rains” by Garbage. Then I spent some time wondering how I would look…
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My Best Dressed at the Grammys: Hat-Loving Pharrell Williams
Fashion at the Grammys is so much more interesting than at the acting-oriented awards shows. Personal style is part of the package for musicians. They don’t have to be “pretty” or “appropriate.” They only need to make a statement about themselves — the more distinctive, the better. This means, naturally, that my Best Dressed/Wear What…
What Wendy Wore: Still Curly in Ossie Clark and Versace
I barely slept after Fashion Group International’s Night of Stars last Tuesday. That worked out for the best, because I woke up from a brief snooze with the previous night’s curls intact. I was so excited to have them for another day that I was inspired to dress up a bit to meet up with…
"New Order Singer"
Since the movie Control came out, about 100 people have come to my blog by searching for “New Order singer.” I am intrigued by this because Control is about Ian Curtis, the lead singer of Joy Division. Embed from Getty Images After Ian killed himself, the band was renamed New Order and Bernard Sumner took…
Music Hum: Adam Ant and Annabella Lwin
Welcome again to Music Hum, my not regularly scheduled but unexpectedly frequent series on vintage music. In this post, I will amaze and delight you by connecting Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean movies to the Sex Pistols! Remember Siouxsie? As I mentioned last week in my post on punk icon Siouxsie Sioux, the Sex Pistols…
Music Hum: Siouxsie Sioux and Punk
Welcome back to Music Hum, peeps! This is my sporadic series about vintage music. Check out the previous post here. Today’s post is dedicated to Siouxsie Sioux, the queen of punk rock. If the word”punk” brings to mind big black hair, gobs of black eyeliner, fishnets and black leather/rubber bondage gear … well, you should…
Music Hum: Eurythmics
Welcome back to Music Hum, students! Music Hum is my sporadic series on “vintage” music. Check out my first Music Hum post here. Annie Lennox has a new album out This post is inspired by the beauteous Annie Lennox, formerly of Eurythmics (people tend to say “The Eurythmics” but that is incorrect). Annie’s new album…
Music Hum: Joy Division/New Order
The college I went to has a required course called Music Humanities, but everyone calls it “Music Hum,” so that’s what I’m going to call my occasional music posts. Hopefully, my alma mater won’t try to sue my ass as a result! You know how uptight peeps are these days! If they want to sue…