“Rock Me Tonite” — Billy Squier (1984)

Long before Lil Nas X gave a lapdance to Satan and made the Fox News crowd clutch its pearls, people were making Very Gay Music Videos. Not just the usual suspects like Culture Club, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, or Queen… heterosexual Teen Beat megastars like Duran Duran frequently made videos that spent more time focusing on Simon Le Bon’s pout or Nick Rhodes’ makeup than the, ahem… Girls On Film.… Read the rest ““Rock Me Tonite” — Billy Squier (1984)”

okay so we have your thoughts on olivia but what are your thoughts on taylor swift?

I loved Drew-looks-at-me Taylor, but she lost me on her relentless march toward pop fabulousness. And while she’s now back to making stuff I should like… eh. I just can’t summon any enthusiasm.

(To my surprise, the same thing has happened with Lana Del Rey… I haven’t even listened to a single track from her latest album.)… Read the rest “okay so we have your thoughts on olivia but what are your thoughts on taylor swift?”

I went to hug a girl and she grabbed my hand and shook it. what does it mean??

It means she doesn’t want to hug you. And until she trusts you enough to tell you more, that’s all you need to know.

As far as I’m concerned, automatic hugging has always been part stupid, part sleazy. Seinfeld told us to “get off the ‘kiss hello’ program” almost 30 years ago, and I thiink it’s time the obligatory hug followed it into the dustbin of history. … Read the rest “I went to hug a girl and she grabbed my hand and shook it. what does it mean??”

“Black Hole Sun” — Soundgarden

When I look back on this after almost thirty years, I am impressed with what director Howard Greenhalgh managed to achieve on a no-doubt razor-thin budget in 1994. The morphing and other CG was primitive, but BHS actually does a better job of using these new tools artistically than just about anything else of the era.… Read the rest ““Black Hole Sun” — Soundgarden”