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Blerd Radio Presents: The Jheri Curl Chronicles Podcast, Episode 1

by MJ on May 6, 2016 • 3 Comments

Mike Joseph and Thomas Inskeep discuss #1 R&B hits from Michael Jackson, Shalamar and The Brothers Johnson in the first Jheri Curl Chronicles podcast.

Jheri Curl Fridays: Shalamar’s “I Don’t Wanna Be The Last To Know”

by MJ on Mar 14, 2014 • No Comments

Jheri Curl Fridays / music

1982…great year for music. Maybe not so much for videos?

Jody Watley Enjoys The “Nightlife” In New Video

by MJ on Jan 9, 2014 • No Comments

music

Everybody (still) wants a piece of Jody.

Award Show Sundays: Little Richard Steals the Thunder

by MJ on Oct 17, 2010 • No Comments

award shows / music / Pop Music / soul music

This is probably one of my 5 favorite Grammy moments of all time (ooh, an idea for another list!). It’s March 1988, and the Grammy Awards are at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Presenting the Best New Artist trophy are Buster Poindexter, who is enjoying mainstream recognition for the first time in his career thanks to his cover of Arrow’s “Hot Hot Hot”, and Little Richard. What results is Richard going wildly and hilariously off-script (someone should […]

Blerd Appreciation: TVOne’s “Unsung”

by MJ on Sep 9, 2010 • 2 Comments

Blerd Appreciation / hip-hop / music / pop culture / soul music / TV

Everyone has a story, they say. It seems that some of the more interesting life stories are those of celebrities. Actually, that’s not true-I know some regular people whose life stories would knock your socks off. So it’s probably better to say that celebrities have the forum by which they can have their stories told. It would be very easy to call the TVOne Network’s series “Unsung” an R&B version of VH-1’s “Behind the Music”. Truthfully, it kind of *is*. […]

The Disco 100 60-51: Toot, Toot…Ah…Beep, Beep!!

by MJ on Mar 19, 2010 • 3 Comments

Lists! / Michael Jackson / music

If you missed the rest of this list, you can find it here . The fact that I’m listening to each of these songs as I count them down, and the fact that I had a really fun DJ experience at the Mayer Hawthorne show a few weeks back, has led me to the conclusion that I really need to go to a good dance club. Anyone know if there are any places in Beantown that play GOOD dance music? Or am I […]

The Disco 100 Continues: From Sunup to Midnight

by MJ on Mar 8, 2010 • 3 Comments

Lists! / music

I hope you haven’t put away your balls yet-your disco balls, I mean (we love sophomoric humor here at Popblerd central). I have returned to continue my list of the 100 Grooviest Disco Songs of all time! Here’s #81-#90 , in case you missed it. Now, moving on!! 80. “I Hear Music in the Streets” by Unlimited Touch 79. “Working Day & Night” by Michael Jackson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyfHNUBY1lY

The Disco 100 Continues: 90-81

by MJ on Mar 1, 2010 • 3 Comments

Lists! / pop culture / soul music

Happy Monday all. I actually meant to post this yesterday, but I was in the middle of my morning duties when the freakin’ power went out, yo!! So I decided to take an extended power nap and then go over to a friend’s house, watch “Arrested Development” and drink tons of beer. Long story short, we can continue now. Where were we again? Catch up: here’s 100-91 and here’s the preamble . OK, OK. Let’s move on. 90. “Macarthur Park” by Donna […]

The Valentine's Day Mix

by MJ on Feb 14, 2010 • No Comments

music

As much as I sometimes try to forget the existence of this day, I’ve already been hit with several reminders that it’s Valentine’s Day in the past hour alone (and it’s only 9:20 in the morning). So I figured that instead of being a scrooge, I’d share some of my favorite love songs with you. These are songs that perfectly explained things that I’ve felt at times that I was in love (as opposed to just wicked horny), and songs […]