Jheri Curl June: Samantha Fox’s “Naughty Girls Need Love Too”
Samantha Fox began her career as a glamour model in 1983, but by the mid-'80s had made the natural transition to pop music. After the success of her debut album,...
Jheri Curl June: Imaginary Genres – Jheri Curl Music
[embed]https://youtu.be/itNAcoLN4_s[/embed] It's finally here! In case you weren't aware, Jheri Curl June is our most sacred holiday season here at Dystopian Dance Party, and we wanted to do something special...
Remembering the Great Lost Hip-Pop JRPG of the Early ’90s: Super House Party RPG
Last April, we commemorated the 25th anniversary of Reginald Hudlin’s seminal teen movie House Party with a retrospective of the short-lived franchise it spawned, shedding light on the first two films as...
My Type of Hype: A House Party Series Retrospective
Last month marked the 25th anniversary of the release of House Party: the definitive early '90s African American teen comedy, starring pop-rappers Kid 'n Play and directed by Reginald Hudlin. So what better...
Jheri Curl June: Full Force’s “Love is for Suckers (Like Me and You)”
As we discussed in a previous post, by the middle of the decade the popularity of jheri curl music was waning, thus making room for both hip-hop and New Jack...