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Three years ago I wrote about the N.W.A. biopic, Straight Outta Compton and comments surrounding it. I was intrigued not so much by the b...

People sometimes ridicule actors and actresses when they decide to produce a song and/or album. After all, what do they know about music?...

To the casual filmgoer, the musical may seem like any film that has songs but the musical is a genre with many subgenres derived from var...

Fantasy Theme Two: Endurance The fantasy theme of endurance reflects the fantasy characters’ ongoing efforts to deal with something unple...

INTRODUCTION Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s (“Grandmaster Flash”) song “The Message” addresses the negative aspects of life in ...

The Winter 2016 edition of my web magazine Jack Lord's Hair is now online, continuing a look back at the 50th year anniversary of Gene Ro...

When it comes to observing just how fleeting fame can be, the music industry is a great place to start, with yesterday’s number one artis...