MLK, RFK, N.W.A.???
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...
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Michael Rickard II
- Jul 31, 2017
- 3 min
"'Spaced Out: The Best of Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner.' You Don't Have to Be
People sometimes ridicule actors and actresses when they decide to produce a song and/or album. After all, what do they know about music?...
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Michael Rickard II
- Apr 24, 2017
- 4 min
“The Magic of Musicals”
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...
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Michael Rickard II
- Feb 20, 2017
- 9 min
Giving Voice to the Voiceless Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s “The Message” Part Two of Two
Fantasy Theme Two: Endurance The fantasy theme of endurance reflects the fantasy characters’ ongoing efforts to deal with something...
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Michael W Rickard II
- Feb 13, 2017
- 9 min
Giving Voice to the Voiceless Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s “The Message” Part One of Two
INTRODUCTION Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s (“Grandmaster Flash”) song “The Message” addresses the negative aspects of life in...
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Michael Rickard II
- Jan 10, 2017
- 1 min
Winter 2016 edition of "Jack Lord's Hair."
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...
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Michael W Rickard II
- Dec 10, 2016
- 3 min
Tony Christie Proves Cream Always Rises to the Top
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...
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