Methodists just kind of being there IS the stereotype as far as I know. It's kind of the middle America middle of the road form of Protestantism—as opposed to the more conservative churches that get all the press. My Mom grew up in that church and to some degree so did I, but when she got politicized she switched to…

The Michael Jackson zipper jacket I wore in 6th grade made me very popular—until I wore it on the junior high visitation trip and was mercilessly made fun of by the 7th 8th and 9th graders. Needless to say I put it in the back of my closet after that, and never put it on again (although I was savvy enough to hold on…

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Also—you think Pat Benetar, Motorhead, Heart and Funkadelic are "fairly similar"?

Please—Hard Rock is meaningless because it covers too much. I could also have included The Germs, Lynyrd Skynyrd, PiL, and Living Colour, Big Black, Jane's Addiction and The Pixies.

"Take it from someone who vividly remembers when they came out"

"What do you put on after listening to Slayer? Everything sounds so weak afterward."

Arsenio—that's the same problem Hip Hop has. In literary terms, it's no different from a Robert Browning dramatic monologue poem like 'Porphyria's Lover' ( http://www.bartleby.com/101… )—Oh alright, it's a little bit different.

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Pantera? Really? I would've thought Guns & Roses before Pantera.

Doesn't Dio work as a professor at the University of Maryland now or something? My sister works there and I think she told me that, but I can find no evidence to support it. Maybe I'm thinking of Ritchie Blackmore.

I'm not going to read the article, Chartex, do they cite the source?

"Transcendent" has a very specific meaning when used in a critical context. It means something along the lines of "rising above the norm or above contrary expectations". An example would be (to drag in some of the Casablanca feature): Most Disco music was formulaic and producer-dominated, but Donna Summer's output…

"hot sexy single babies"?

"eventually discovered that he too possessed funkiness"

Vis-a-vis Parliament/Funkadelic—the split took place a lot earlier, when R&B vocal act "The Parliaments" were under contract I think with Motown, but were not doing well/were not being promoted well, so Clinton took the backing band across town to Westbound and pitched them as a heavier, more guitar-oriented band…

Casablanca packaging was crazy
Setting aside for the moment, all the cardboard cutout action figures that accompanied Parliament records, I have bought Parliament records (used, mind you) and found the following:

There was a time (about the time she showed Brad her boobies in 'Valley Girl) that I thought she was the sexiest woman on the planet.

Because if you're someone who kind of followed Ms. Daily's career (she was best thing is the movie 'Bad Dreams' BTW), you might get a kick out of being reminded that she did have a recording career, or if you were someone who didn't know that facet of her career, that you might find it interesting and/or amusing—I…

Speaking of 'Bones'—a show I watch in spite of myself—did anyone catch that blatant and seemingly desperate 'Avatar' "synergy" placement last week? What's up with that?