Tag: music icons
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Dancing with David Bowie under the Serious Moonlight – Bright Skylark Literary Productions
David Bowie on 1983 set of LET’S DANCE video with dancers Terry Roberts (left) and Joelene King (center). (Photo from bowiedownunder.com originally published in 1983 Serious Moonlight Tour booklet) Dance is a political strategy that says “yes” to life as opposed to the corporate and terroristic manipulations that so eagerly…
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The Abbreviated Mind Faces ‘The King of Music’ Dilemma (part 1 of 2) – National African-American Art Examiner
Michael Jackson in the studio. (Postered Poetics enhancement of pr release photo) For those members of a given demographic made uneasy by the idea of eventually becoming just one more minority in America, an abbreviated mind taking note of the evolving dynamics could react with overwhelming fear. The carnage inflicted…
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Text and Meaning in Michael Jackson’s Xscape (part 5 of 5)
“In more ways than one, his status as a ‘superstar’ served largely as a vehicle that allowed him to render as much service to humanity on as many levels as he could.”––Article Excerpt (Aberjhani) The lucky number seventh track on Xscape, “Blue Gangsta,” is the perfect musical metaphor for the…
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Memory-Song Painted Gold: for The Blue Yusef Lateef (1920-2013) Part 1 – Bright Skylark Literary Productions
Yusef Lateef Gold digital art graphic by Postered Poetics derived from original Atlantic Recordings album cover. “When the soul looks out of its body, it should see only beauty in its path. These are the sights we must hold in mind, in order to move to a higher place.” Yusef…