Dystopian Listening Party Podcast: Prince, 1958-2016
If it wasn't official before, it is now: 2016 is a terrible year for musical icons. Callie and I were blindsided by the news of Prince's untimely death last Thursday;...
Me, 3 Women, & Prince
It's summer, 2004. I'm in the audience at the Palace of Auburn Hills with my girlfriend at the time. Prince is onstage, playing "Purple Rain." Tears are streaming down my...
Dystopian Listening Party Podcast: The Gospel According to Rock ‘n’ Roll
In American popular music, there's always been a fine line between the sacred and the secular. On this episode of the Dystopian Dance Party podcast, we talk about a few...
From the Vault: Valentimes Gone By
Editor's Note: As I've mentioned in the past, our Dystopian Dance Mix series was inspired by shamelessly ripped off from a similar series of "mixtapes" on my old blog, the Modern...
Jheri Curl Cinema: Purple Rain (1984)
Jheri Curl June is, of course, first and foremost about the music. But, as I wrote in this year's introductory post, jheri curl is also a profoundly visual form; it is,...
Dystopian Dance Mix Vol. 4: Remedial Sex Ed.
Editor's Note: It may not always seem that way, but we're actually pretty busy people here at Dystopian Dance Party. So when it came time to put together our Dystopian...