Photo by G. Body by Madartista ! Tattoo of the Day This tattoo sleeve is so epic! From top to bottom: YES (from Prince's 'Lovesexy' album artwork), M (for Madonna), "Music makes the people come together," 1999, Girl Bros. (aka Wendy & Lisa) and Panic at the Disco. Is that great taste in music or what?! Thanks to Chris for letting me take this awesome photo of his arm! [...]
(remixed from Christmases past, but the sentiments remain true) Though it was warm enough this morning to have a window open, the forecast tonight is for cold and the central heat is keeping the chill of the outside world at bay with a steady, soothing hum. The only light radiating – other than that from the television’s glow – is from the lights of the Christmas tree which Paloma has trimmed with care. (and, astoundingly, Ravi has not attempted to scale...yet) On the television screen is [...]
Want some grapes? Prince turns 54 this Thursday. In years past, he would celebrate his birthdays with late-night, invite-only jams at Glam Slam or week-long celebrations at Paisley Park with num
Photos by G. Fruit at the Bottom by Wendy and Lisa (Wendy's on the right) Happy birthday to two of the most talented sisters in music - Wendy and Susannah Melvoin! Wendy Melvoin got her start as a member of Prince's band The Revolution and has gone on to work with Lisa Coleman as the duo Wendy and Lisa. In addition to making great pop music, they have scored a number of films and TV shows and have won lots of awards and critical acclaim [...]
Tonight is being forecast to be one of the coldest of the season so far, but the central heat is keeping the chill of the outside world at bay and its steady hum is soothing. The only light radiating – other than that from the television’s glow – is from several strands of white bulbs which Paloma has put up along with several other trinkets of the season. On the television screen is Bedford Falls and It’s A Wonderful Life . I didn’t grow up with viewings of It’s A Wonderful [...]
Photo courtesy of Wendy and Lisa . Snapshots by Wendy and Lisa It's no secret that Wendy and Lisa made a huge creative contribution to the songs of their former boss Prince (as members of his band The Revolution). Since going solo in late 1986, Wendy and Lisa have continued funking out, but have also made great textured music while exploring the genres of rock, pop and of course, the countless musical scores they've composed for film and TV. Wendy and Lisa are looking back on their illustrious career, but [...]
Photo credit: Steve Parke There is a lot that can be said about Prince, and at this stage in his life and career he has firmly established himself as one of the Rock and Pop greats and the sellout tour that he is currently undertaking is a statement made about his career to date- every night is a different lineup of songs from his extensive and prolific career and he is inviting guests to perform with him from his past and current notable artists. In this post-Elvis, post-James Brown, post-Michael Jackson time, we are lucky to [...]
In honor of Prince's never-ending shows at the Forum , I decided to rekindle this old post from the old blog. Below are my Top Prince songs of all time. This was 1 of the hardest compilations 2 make as I had 2 narrow it down so much. I had over at least 60 songs that I wanted on it, from various mixes & not 2 mention all his b-sides, but I had 2 make it shorter. All songs below were written by the Purple one (with the exception to Waterfalls [...]
Tonight is being forecast to be one of the coldest of the season so far, but the central heat is keeping the chill of the outside world at bay and its steady hum is soothing. The only light radiating - other than that from the television's glow - is from several strands of white bulbs which Paloma has put up along with several other trinkets of the season. On the television screen is Bedford Falls and It's A Wonderful Life . Unlike The Wizard Of Oz , which is aired [...]
The fine folks in the Wendy & Lisa camp are giving away a remix of my favorite track on the new White Flags of Winter Chimneys album "Sweet Suite." Done by the Philly DJ/Producer King Britt . The 9:57 track reimagines the stripped-down, dreamy, slightly melancholy track that I think would have sat alongside tracks on Parade into a downtempo electro number. On the album, "Sweet Suite" has a bit of a reprise of "Balloon" as a way to tie off the album tidily. This remix spends no time in the [...]
Back in April, I wrote a long piece about a girl who would put on really obnoxious music whenever we'd have sex at her place. You can read it here . Read it now - I can wait. This post began a bit of an obsession on the subject of sex and music. Mainly, I wanted to hear other people's stories about the songs that have soundtracked their sexual experiences. Last month, our snazzy contributor Ben had a discussion with his friend Christy about this topic. The highlights of this discussion were condensed into an incredibly entertaining [...]
I don't know about you, but the dog days of August are making me long for some levity. And what better way to bring in some hilarity than to think about the late Boots Randolph's delightful "Yakety Sax," a.k.a. "that Benny Hill Show song," a.k.a. the best way to make any YouTube clip hilarious ? Noted "Yakety Sax" enthusiast Jess Harvell and I put together a pair of lists related to the song-namely, a top 10 countdown of artists who need to cover the song soon, and a counterpoint list of 10 artists [...]
One of the great records of this year for me is the new Wendy & Lisa joint White Flags of Winter Chimneys . It is a self-released record, and the promotion and distribution is handled by their little-but-mighty camp. Talking with them earlier this year I could get the sense that this release and their truly-independent approach to managing their careers was going to be a developing blueprint that other acts could look to for inspiration. They twitter, they blog, they podcast, they Facebook, they Amazon.com. Today they released the video to the [...]
During his heyday in the 80's as the reigning Purple King of Minneapolis, Prince built an astonishing music empire. His creative output could not be contained it seemed and the king surrounded himself with a funky court of many talented artists and musicians who either were backing him in his many bands over the years, or would benefit from his seemingly-endless supply of songs in their bands and projects. Most of these musicians would move on to non-Prince projects whether it was due to Prince's short-attention for a given project or frustration over Prince's princely ways. [...]
It's made the blog rounds quite a bit lo these past few days, but out.com's interview with longtime Prince cohorts Wendy & Lisa, conducted by friend-of-SOTC Barry Walters, is a must-read. They "offici... Continue reading "Wendy & Lisa Officially Come Out, Declare Prince a "Fancy Lesbian"" >
BS'ing around the net today & I stumbled upon this interview with Wendy & Lisa, the female duo that rocked the world along with Prince & The Revolution. They must have a record coming out because this is maybe the third interview I've seen published with them in a matter of weeks. In the interview, the divulge their opinions on Prince & his sexuality. Did you first think Prince was gay? Lisa: He was little and kinda prissy and [...]
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Perhaps inspired by the Bria Valente disc from Prince's new triple-disc set for Target, the blog Adventures Of An Audio Diva counted down its list of The Purple One's top 10 protégés of all time recently. Besides being surprised that Taja Sevelle (above) made it all the way to No. 4. I wondered who more Prince-savvy Idolator readers might put on their own list. (I think we can all agree that Tony M should stay on the outside looking in.) The Audio Diva list: [...]
Time again for the purging of the perpetually packed Licorice Pizza mailbox. It seems like there are more and more two-piece bands these days. Maybe it’s the economics of maintaining a four- or five-piece group; maybe it’s just a trend, I dunno. The lack of a stage full of musicians isn’t keeping the duos from putting out some decent music, as you’ll find here with Dynasty Electric and The Boy Least Likely To. And what’s cool is that these bands play totally different styles of music, so it’s not like they’re derivative or stuck within one genre. [...]
Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman- collectively known as Wendy & Lisa are probably best known as the creative songwriting force in Prince's 80's backing band The Revolution. It's my opinion as well as others that it was Wendy & Lisa who were a strong (and necessary) compliment to Prince and that relationship fostered the creative energy of the three that spawned music that was more than the three could have achieved individually. After Prince dissolved The Revolution Wendy & Lisa stuck together and continued to work through the 90's on their career as a songwriting duo. While the four [...]
Remember Wendy & Lisa? If you were a fan of Prince in the 1980's, you probably do. What you may not know is the two chicks have been releasing their own albums all along and compose scores for the tv series Heroes . The duo has a new album out and they're sharing the following mp3s. "Invisible" begins as a simple pop number, but there's some nice change ups in the melody toward the end. "Niagara Falls" sounds like a (much) kinder, gentler Kristin Hersh , and the languid "Balloon" might've been [...]
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The Opening Acts
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Muruch
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