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Michael As Memory(0)

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Then there was my first musical love, Michael Jackson. I was six, and to my child’s eyes he seemed just enough older to know a lot of things I wanted to learn. He was pure music, shimmering, shimmying, shaking, grooving, moving, liquid hipbones and fluid bell-bottomed pantlegs, denim, slouchy caps, a sexy choirboy backed up by his older brothers; plus television, dancing lions and tin-men, a too-old Diana as Dorothy

Michael As Memory
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Afrobella: When Is “Nude” Not Nude?

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In 1962 Crayola changed the name of their “Flesh” crayon to “Peach”, out of respect for the then-burgeoning civil rights movement. The crayon company’s cultural sensitivity memo apparently never trickled down to some typically female-oriented industries. You can hit up any department store and find an array of foundation garments labelled “nude.” But if your [...]

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“Coldplay” and “free” in a sentence, huh?… British band Coldplay have announced that they will be giving a free live album to fans who will be attending their “Viva La Vida” summer tour. The album LeftRightLeftRight will be a 9-track collection of recordings from different cities over time, and will also be available for download [...]


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