Day 63: So You’ve Decided To Become A Hip-Hop Fan – A Helpful Brochure

originally published March 3, 2012 Congratulations! You have just taken the first step on a long and exciting road to street credibility (or “street cred”, as the kids say). Let me “rap” at you for a minute about what you can expect. Hip hop is not like it was in the olden times (the 1980s). […]

Day 32: “What’s Your Flava” Literary Analysis

originally published February 1, 2012 Today’s seminar will deal with one of the most important poets to have emerged from England since Sir Linchley Hassbrumley of Limerick delivered to the throne his epic Poeme regarding the well-fortuned lad from Nantucket: Craig David. He unfurled this bastion of artistic purity in 2002, lending vocals through his […]

Day 14: Ladies And Gentlemen, The Fabulettes

originally published January 14, 2012 The early 1960s was the era of the girl group. It’s estimated that as many as 6.3 million girl groups were vying for a record deal, and that’s just in Detroit. Down in Florida, a quartet of girls got together and called themselves the Mar-Vells, either not thinking that anyone […]