STEVIE WONDER’S 1984 “PART-TIME LOVER” reached #1 on the Billboard Pop, R&B, Dance and Adult Contemporary charts, making Stevie Wonder the first artist to score a #1 hit on FOUR different Billboard charts. HERE IS STEVIE PERFORMING THE SONG AS A ONE-TIME-ONLY DUET WITH BOY GEORGE ON “MOTOWN RETURNS TO THE APOLLO.” Taped before a live audience at the Apollo Theatre in New York City on May 4, 1985 AND HOSTED BY BILL COSBY, THE CONCERT celebrateD the 50th anniversary and official reopening of New York’s world-famed theater AND RAISED MONEY for the Africare/Ethiopian Relief Fund.
RECENTLY SIGNED TO UNIVERSAL MOTOWN, HYPERCRUSH HAS A REFRESHING ENERGY AND VISUAL STYLE. ALSO CHECK OUT THEIR VIDEO FOR “THE ARCADE” AND MAKE SURE TO PEEP THE POWERGLOVE. ALL THIS BEFORE A RECORD DEAL SO THERE’S NO TELLING WHAT THEY HAVE IN STORE NOW. ENJOY.
FRIDAY NIGHT O’NEAL AND I WENT TO SEE JELLYBEAN BENITEZ DEEJAY AT THE SULLIVAN ROOM. JELLYBEAN IS MOST KNOWN FOR HIS RESIDENCY AT THE RENOWNED CLUB, FUNHOUSE, IN THE EARLY 1980S AND HIS REMIXES FOR SUCH ARTISTS AS MADONNA WITH WHOM HE HAD A ROMANCE DURING THAT TIME. NOW A TRULY REVERED DEEJAY AND PRODUCER, JELLYBEAN CONTINUES TO MAKE NEW YORKERS DANCE AT HIS “FEEL THE SPIRIT” PARTY WHICH OCCURS ON THE FIRST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT THE SULLIVAN ROOM. WHEN I WALKED IN THE CLUB AROUND 1AM, FAB FIVE FREDDY WAS ON THE MIC AND LITTLE LOUIE VEGA WAS IN THE BOOTH HELPING JELLYBEAN OUT WITH THE EQS SO I KNEW I WAS IN FOR A TREAT. AS EXTENDED VERSIONS OF WOMACK & WOMACK’S “BABY I’M SCARED OF YOU” AND M.F.S.B.’S “LOVE IS THE MESSAGE” PUT THE PARTY PEOPLE INTO A FRENZY, I DANCED ALONG WISHING I COULD HAVE BEEN THERE DECADES AGO AND WONDERED HOW GREAT IT WOULD BE FOR PEOPLE MY AGE TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE IT TODAY. WE OFTEN USE NOSTALGIA TO RECREATE THE PAST, BUT WE SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE THE MUSIC TO MAKE IT THE PRESENT. HERE IS A CLASSIC 1979 INTERVIEW FROM JELLYBEAN. I WILL DEFINITELY BE BACK APRIL 3RD TO “FEEL THE SPIRIT.”
HERE ARE DJ M.O.S. AND MY PRODUCTION PARTNER-IN-CRIME DUB-L ON GAKCITY.COM TALKING ABOUT THE MAKING OF THEIR “REDISCOVERY” MIXTAPE. O’NEAL ALSO STOPS BY TO TALK ABOUT HIS APPEARANCE ON THE INTRO. UNFORTUNATELY, OUR GIRL GEM IS IN AMSTERDAM RECORDING SOME SONGS WE SENT HER, SO SHE WASN’T ABLE TO MAKE THE GET-TOGETHER. ENJOY.
Today, Michael Jackson announced he will be performing ten shows in July of this summer at London’s 02 Arena. When Mike says, “These will be my final shows, performances, in London. This is it. And when I say this is it, I mean this is it,” it is unclear whether he means his last shows ever or his last shows in London. He probably intended to be vague. Either way, I will be there.
The good ol’ days. Here is Michael announcing “The Victory Tour” with his brothers in 1983 at New York City’s Tavern On The Green.
THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING INSPIRING TO ME ABOUT MINIMILISM. HERE IS KRAFTWERK PERFORMING THEIR SINGLE “THE ROBOTS” LIVE FROM CLUB LIBO IN VENICE, ITALY IN 1978. YOUTUBE DOES NOT LET US EMBED THE MUSIC VIDEO FOR THE SONG BUT IT IS ALSO DEFINITELY WORTH A VIEW. THIRTY YEARS LATER, KRAFTWERK PROVES TO HAVE BEEN WAY AHEAD OF THEIR TIME. THEIR INNOVATION BOTH MUSICALLY AND STYLISTICALLY STILLS HOLDS RELEVANCY TODAY IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE.
