Podcast: Jheri Curl June 2K18
This year marks our fifth annual Jheri Curl June, and we're going to make it a thing or die trying. Join us as we define the Jheri Curl Music genre...
Jheri Curl June: Jermaine Stewart’s “Jody”
This month is of course not only the holiest month on the Dystopian Dance Party calendar, but also Pride Month for the LGBT community, commemorating the Stonewall uprisings of June 1969....
Jheri Curl June: O’Bryan’s “Lovelite”
I stumbled upon O'Bryan sometime last year, in one of my annual trawls through the underbelly of the Internet looking for fresh Jheri Curl Music. Born O'Bryan McCoy Burnette II,...
Jheri Curl June: The Bar-Kays’ “She Talks to Me with Her Body”
Few groups in the history of R&B have been as long-lived, or as chameleonic, as the Bar-Kays. The Memphis group got their start in the mid-'60s as a session band for Stax...
Dystopian Listening Party Podcast: David Bowie, 1947-2016
Last week, we decided that our next podcast would be devoted to one of our mutual favorite artists, David Bowie, in celebration of his 69th birthday and the release of...
Jheri Curl June: Jody Watley’s “Still a Thrill”
One of my favorite things about researching and writing for Jheri Curl June is the complex web of connections between the various artists within the genre. Today's selection, Chicago's Jody...