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Music

The Day My Music Died

(one my my earliest Facebook notes….precious in its infancy) TWENTY years ago today, I woke up screaming. I remember it vividly cuz it was my JFK moment. I fell asleep the night prior with the channel tuned to MTV, and awoke to a breaking news alert…Kurt Loder came on and said…Rapper Notorious BIG was shot and …

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What’s My Favorite Word?

I fucking love hip hop.  I don’t love all rap music.  But I fucking love hip hop.  I suspect many people that are celebrating or have celebrated the 20th anniversary of their 20th birthday share my sentiments.  I’ve seen that conflict rear its head again with the release of the oh-so-EPIC Straight Out of Compton, a biopic …

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