How many of y’all remember Diana King? King has been on the scene since 1994 and is still making music, though it’s been infrequent of late. She describes herself as a strong brew of genres … seasoned with reggae. If you remember King, it might be because of her spot on Biggie’s song Respect. But, it’s probably because of her 1995 single Shy Guy, which was also on the movie soundtrack for the Martin Lawrence and Will Smith movie vehicle, […]
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Blerd Appreciation: Dennis Rodman
One of the five best defensive players in basketball history will be enshrined in the Hall of Fame this summer. While many of you hear the name “Dennis Rodman” and immediately think “cross-dressing train wreck”, those of us that followed basketball in the late Eighties and most of the Nineties (hopefully) feel differently. Rodman was, basically, a freak of nature. Drafted at age 25 out of Southeastern Oklahoma State University, he didn’t follow the typical trajectory of a basketball stud. […]
Blerd’s Notes: A Guide to the Music of George Michael (Part One)
It was a Saturday night (actually a Sunday morning) in the summer of 1983, and I was watching “New York Hot Tracks”, one of several local shows that devoted itself to the then novel concept of playing music videos. Being a music geek at even this tender age (and being allowed to stay up WAY past my bedtime), things like this brought me way more pleasure than you’d expect from a 7 year old. One night, they played a video […]
