Dystopian Dance Mix Vol. 5: Helluva Drug
Cocaine, a wise philosopher once said, is "a helluva drug." Certainly, it's a very influential one: by my completely unscientific estimation, coke comes second only to pot in the drug-music mindshare....
Jheri Curl June: Rick James’ “Glow”
Rick James never actually sported a jheri curl, yet he inarguably made some of the best jheri curl music of the first half of the 1980s. By his 1985 album...
Jheri Curl June: Mary Jane Girls’ “All Night Long”
The Mary Jane Girls were essentially Rick James' answer to Vanity 6: the girl group Prince constructed as the prostitute foil to The Time's pimp image. In this case, though,...