Tag: jacksons

  • Jheri Curl June: Marlon Jackson’s “Baby Tonight”

    Jheri Curl June: Marlon Jackson’s “Baby Tonight”

    “Baby Tonight” is the definition of a late-period Jheri Jam.

  • Jheri Curl June: DeBarge’s “Be My Lady”

    Jheri Curl June: DeBarge’s “Be My Lady”

    We at Dystopian Dance Party are, to put it mildly, super fucking hyped about the Bobby DeBarge biopic premiering later this month on TVOne: it’s basically the equivalent of Avengers: Endgame for fans of bad music movies, Jheri Curl Cinema, and/or Party City wigs. Since the movie is airing during the High Holy Month of…

  • Jheri Curl June Special: Michael Jackson

    It’s only fitting, as we spend the last full week of Jheri Curl June discussing the twilight years of the genre, that we pay tribute to the man whose passing five years ago today helped spark a revived interest in the music he popularized: Michael Jackson. Though Jackson didn’t play as formative a role in the invention…