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Decoding the (Dream) Language of Madonna’s “Bedtime Story”

“And all that you've ever learned . . . Try to forget . . . I'll never explain again”

  Madonna is known to run the gamut in the type of songs she produces and performs. Some of her most psychologically honest and personal work began to appear with Like A Prayer and continued for about a decade through Ray of Light. I do not mean to say that before or after this period [...]


Who’s That Girl?: Madonna and the Philosophy of the Self

The most important legacy that Madonna has given to her fans and to the world at large is that of the power of the theatrical, or the art of performance. At 34, I have been a fan of the Queen of Pop since the age of 12 and can distinctly remember imitating her every move [...]


Smokin’ Acez at Sounds of Pride

Here’s more video from the Sounds of Pride Tour, this of Smokin’ Acez, a pair of rappers from Birmingham, Alabama. Follow them on Twitter. Let’s hope we hear more from these two. Here are some of their videos:  


MT Performing Live at The Sounds Of Pride Tour

The Sounds of Pride Tour 2011 is over but now some videos are coming in. Here is the first that we found. This is of artist MT performing in Baltimore, Md. on July 3. This is the only video we have so far but we’ll add more as they come in! Like our Facebook page [...]


Sounds of Pride 2011 Summer Tour

Lesbian Music Movement Nation (LMMN) and RainbowNoise Entertainment have joined forces to establish a showcase of talent within the lesbian community. The Sounds of Pride Tour provides a nationwide platform for artist to promote their music in multiple cities. By packaging several musical genres and artists together for one purpose, the Sounds of Pride Tour [...]


Honesty is the Best Policy: The Voice of Darren Hayes

Ever since his early days as the lead singer of the late-90s musical group Savage Garden, international superstar Darren Hayes’ voice has continuously been dynamic, seductive, and genuine. Though his music with Savage Garden and his first solo album, Spin, catered to a pop sound that would garner him legions of fans across the globe, [...]


John Mayer

Bending the Information All We Want

When it comes to John Mayer, it is difficult to decipher what is more important about his life.


Madonna: An Invitation to the Dance of Life

What makes Madonna and her music so good, yet hated by so many? Why is it that the consistent reaction, bordering on the vitriolic, whether proof of a more refined singer can be found or not, of the masses against her (marking not only their outright envy but also their ignorance of the meaning of [...]


When Madonna Kissed Britney

2003 VMA Kiss Wasn't Groundbreaking, but Still Unforgetable

We all remember where we were during MTV’s Video Music Awards in 2003 when Madonna and Britney Spears kissed on screen. Perhaps it was a hokey ploy to be shocking, sure, but we most certainly didn’t forget it. While Adam Lambert did something similar – with dudes – in 2009, he hasn’t yet risen to [...]


Memories of the ’80s – Frankie Goes to Hollywood

By Waheeda Harris waheedaharris.wordpress.com April 28, 2011 Relax. Don’t do it. When you want to go to it. Relax. Don’t do it. When you want to come. In the early 1980s, everyone knew what it meant when Frankie says relax. The main members of Frankie Goes to Hollywood had started as musicians in the late [...]