This perverted little masterpiece was the sudden culmination of several factors going on in Prince’s career and the state of pop music as a whole. Released on October 8th, 1980, it debuted at #63 on the Top 200 chart, peaking at a meager #43. It took nearly four years for it to achieve a certification, […]
Read more "Retroactive Review: Dirty Mind (1980)"On October 7th, 1979, Prince released his self-titled second album, and in a way, truly began his career. For You didn’t sell the eventual million records that this one did, and “Soft and Wet” wasn’t the smash hit that “I Wanna Be Your Lover” was, even if it did only peak at #11 on Billboard’s Top 100. […]
Read more "Retroactive Review: Prince (1979)"For context, my mom was just a little over a year old when a 19, nearly 20-year-old Prince released his debut album, For You, on April 7th, 1978. I’m a full generation after Prince’s initial audience, and yet the talent won me over. Sometimes something (or someone) is considered classic for a reason, and talent […]
Read more "Retroactive Review: For You (1978)"George Shinn, an entrepreneur from North Carolina, was awarded the 24th franchise in the NBA’s rapidly expanding league on April 5th, 1987. The city of Charlotte suddenly had a professional basketball team after decades of being known as a hotbed for college basketball. After the community made a vote of it, the Charlotte Hornets were […]
Read more "Charlotte’s Conundrum"It’s been a productive summer for the NBA. Three of the oldest and most marketable franchises got the top three draft picks, superstars were traded and signed, and one rookie in particular has created a large amount of buzz in a relatively short amount of time in the City of Angels. Lonzo Ball, the 6’6″ […]
Read more "The Lake Show Starring Lonzo Ball"EDITOR’S NOTE: Roger has been enjoying an incredibly lengthy summer vacation, but will be returning soon. In his absence, we’ve contacted a beat writer from Des Moines, IA to write a musical review in his place. It was 6:32 a.m. when I listened to Flower Boy for the third time in the past 19 hours. […]
Read more "Flower Boy Review"I told you I’d get back to the NBA eventually. I’ll get around to covering the entire off season, but currently, I’d like to talk about one team specifically, the Minnesota Timberwolves. I truly believed they were going to be the breakout team of last season after watching Wiggins and Towns play together in 2015-16, […]
Read more "Jimmy and the Wolves"Stepping away from the NBA momentarily, I’d like to discuss a movie that I haven’t been able to get out of my head since my first viewing. It’s a movie that I’ve been eagerly anticipating since my childhood, if only because I was an odd child. Wonder Woman, the breakthrough DC Extended Universe film that […]
Read more "Wonder Woman"Imagine you’ve been working for the same company for nine years, and the situation was getting pretty stale to you. The pay is decent, the people are fine, some of them you’ve formed genuine friendships with, but it’s just not working out. You’re ready for something new. No one would ever look twice at you […]
Read more "White Collar Loyalty"Even I expected this series to go six. I also assumed the Cavaliers were going to be as physical in the first two games of this series as they were in Game 3 and Game 5, but since they lost those two games anyway, I suppose that shit doesn’t really matter. The Warriors just operated […]
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