Month: March 2024

Debbie Harry and the Value of Blondie’s Deal

Is Debbie Harry a fierce inspiration to women, fashion, and music? Was her road hard? Do even the strongest and smartest women fall prey to predators to make dreams comes true because there is no other path? Would a young man with a camera make the right choice? In the matter of Debbie Harry, a…
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March 15, 2024
Reflections Lost and the Missing Nightline Telegram

Is breaking news broken? Were telegrams more powerful than the instant communication we have now? Is there room for reflection? Maybe, yep, and I hope so. Iran Hostage Crisis Births Nightline On November 4th of 1979 fifty-three American diplomats and citizens were held hostage after a group of Iranian college students belonging to the Muslim Student…
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March 13, 2024
I Want My MTV to be Less Racist

Did MTV forever change how we consume music? Was MTV responsible for positive social change? Was there a racism problem that needed to be addressed? Yes. The Good August 1st of 1981 a new television station would air on cable television. MTV entered pop culture playing “Video Killed the Radio Star” by synth New Wave…
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March 11, 2024
Justin Case You Need to Read Great Books

Can a struggling PI find his missing girlfriend and Africa? Will aliens, time travel, multiverses and the pyramids of Giza all be part of the adventure? And are ghosts more than what we think them to be? In the case files of Justin Case by author Scott Edwards, the answer is yes. Sunday Showcase: A…
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March 10, 2024
Siouxsie Sioux and the Unrelenting Banshee Challenge a Creature

Can one artist inspire more artists than most? Is trailblazer an understatement? And can her challenging of convention inspire a Banshee at a record store to confront a young man before he becomes a monstrous creature? If we are talking about Siouxsie Sioux and one of her fans, the answer is yes. Siouxsie Sioux Breaks…
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March 8, 2024
Musical Discovery and the Crime of Gatekeeping

By Jeremy Ritch I’m a later Gen Xer born in 1975, but it still is my generation. For years the later members of this generation tended to feel just as much a part as the older members. That changed a bit when the much larger and closer to my age Millennial generation came to be…
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March 7, 2024
Women’s History Month Made in the 80’s

Could women’s history exist in the decade of decadence? In the midst of the decade of Reagan could women’s issues advance? Does this matter today? Yes. The 1970’s In our Cyndi Lauper article, I said the following about being a woman in the 1970’s. “According to an article in Ms Magazine in 2013 there were many things…
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March 4, 2024
Sixteen Candles Burning With Truth

Did Molly Ringwald matter then? Does she matter now? And could the Dawn of a woman’s truth change me? Yep! Molly Ringwald Then Molly Ringwald was the 80’s. You could not walk by a magazine rack without seeing her on the cover of something. John Hughes may have created the Brat Pack and the movies…
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March 1, 2024