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Jheri Curl June: Ian Isiah’s “Princess Pouty”
As an exemplar of Jheri Curl Music, “Princess Pouty” is in the same category as the funky maximalism of Midnight Star’s 1986 album Headlines.
Jheri Curl June: Midnight Star’s “Headlines”
The title track of Headlines shows that, if nothing else, Midnight Star’s signature sound was still good for a decent groove.
Jheri Curl June: Atlantic Starr’s “Love Me Down”
In the first six years of Jheri Curl June, we’ve had occasion to cover two of what I like to call the “Three Stars” of Jheri Curl Music: Midnight Star and Starpoint. So, now that we’re on year seven, I think it’s past time that we gave Star #3, a.k.a. Atlantic Starr, their due. I’ll…
Jheri Curl June: Bootsy’s Rubber Band’s “Body Slam”
When it comes to jheri curl music, Bootsy Collins probably isn’t the first name that comes to anyone’s mind. In fact, he and the rest of the Parliament–Funkadelic cohort were practically the antithesis of the Jheri-Curl ethos: their aesthetic was gritty, not glossy; psychedelic posters and underground comix, not neon and Patrick Nagel; weed and…