Rock Of 80s -by Iman Lababedi
I went to see the Broadway musical”Rock Of Ages” again with my nephew, Samer. Samer is in his mid-30s and so of an age where the hair metal of the […]
I went to see the Broadway musical”Rock Of Ages” again with my nephew, Samer. Samer is in his mid-30s and so of an age where the hair metal of the […]
Having just come back from seeing a local adaptation of this former Broadway Musical I just had to chime in on the soundtrack to this ‘age appropriate’ show. 13 has
To me, Spiderman has been the most lame of all the Superheroes. Seriously the dude got bit by a spider… big deal. To me, Spiderman the Broadway Musical will be
Glam rock made bi-sexuality (you’ve heard of coming out: rock stars came half out) cool and its step brother homo was waiting patiently in the wings before pub and punk rock,
Raz B is a busy boy. After taking back allegations that B2K’s manager Chris Stokely molested him, Raz B claimed to have had a gay relationship with Bow Wow. The
Channel surfing on Halloween, I stumbled upon the old black and white TV show the Addams Family starring John Astin and Carolyn Jones. The episode in question is about Lurch
Being the involved theatre kid that I am(proudly a member of The International Thespian Society), I was listening to a few soundtracks over the weekend and truly saw how incredibly
Ricky Martin has gone on Oprah to explain the coming out process a little: “When I realised, OK, I just pressed send, whoo . I was alone. I was in
“Bill Carter had grown up working on the local political campaigns from when he was in college, so he knew almost everybody of importance in the state. And people he
I was wrong. the Drums are a great band and I didn’t know what I was writing about when I dismissed them so cavalierly so often. During a swoony, exciting
I had essentially decided to pass on Keith Richard’s “Life:” here is why: 1. I spend all my spare time writing so I really have no time to read 2.
One of the original rock ’n’ roll 45’s was almost never recorded. “Tutti Frutti” was cut by Little Richard and produced by Robert “Bumps” Blackwell at Cosimo Matassa’s studio in
The statistics regarding the amount of gays in the population fluctuate considerably but 10% is probably close to reality according to many serious studies, although some conservative websites claim it
So what’s this sudden obsession with gay rock stars?” Helen asked me after I’d requested a homosexual slant to her Rocky Horror review. Good question. I don’t like injustice
In 1975 a little film called The Rocky Horror Picture Show came out and coolz all over the world discovered a campy lingerie farce filled with innuendo and stiletto. Shocking
“People say ‘why don’t you give it up?’ I don’t think they quite understand. I’m not doing it just for the money, or for you. I’m doing it for me.”
When exactly did jay-Z begin taking himself so seriously? I mean, wasn’t he a fun bad boy at some points in his career? I coulda sworn, he wrote some of
Music is going to Hell. Freakin Metal Kings are making crepes for Gods sake. Hard rockers should be eating burgers and beer, maybe pretzels but what is the world coming
Besides killing off some of the most gifted artists in the world, the “gay disease” decimated the inroads gay society had made in West Civilization. Trust me, unless you were
I plan to write about homosexuals and pop music over the next couple of weeks.I mentioned it in passing a coupla days ago and the more I’ve thought about it
A singalong about filial adoration from the New Wave London gay pride band from the 70s Tom Robinson. Violent, East End (take in the accent), working class, lovely and caring
I have been relatively blegh over Nicki Minaj’s claim of bisexuality where she is apparently a homosexualist. If she was aman there would be no questiong: She couldn’t discuss being
Have you ever wondered why Count Grishnackh stabbed his friend and fellow metal visionary Euronymous in the head? (He died.) Or maybe who sparked the burning of more than 100
1. Only Girl (In The World) – Rohanna 2. Just The Way You Are – Bruno Marx 3. Like A G6 – Far East Movement 4. DJ Got Us Fallin
Lady Gaga shoulda known better… Obviously, unless your name is the Beatles you have to get into bed with itunes. I am not debating it. But you don’t have to
Steve Jobs can pretty much have anyone he wants at his meetings. So its no surprise he asked Apple Martins (seriously WTF there?) dad to come on over. Armed with
Ugh Apple Ugh. “Ping” -apparently a mix of social networkings Facebook and Twitter for music fans hits this consumer as a bloody stupid idea. Consumers consume, why can’t the world
Any true Beatles fan can’t listen to them any more. Much like 60s’ Dylan, there is no more to be learnt in the byways of their material and even the
The Stone gave it 5 stars, Blender gave it 5 stars, Q gave it 5 stars. Unfortunately, “No Line On The Horizon” is one of the worst albums of U2’s
I’ve been waiting to get my hands on the new prince “Lotus Flower,” triple for awhile but not wanting to blow $70 online and with no “Target” stores in NYC
My name is Iman Lababedi. I am 52 years old. I was a music critic for Creem, the Village Voice and other publications in the ’80s and hung up my