Madonna Was So Flamboyant In

Just As Bowie, Zeppelin, Etc., Became Rock Stars By Remaking Themselves In The Image Of The California Girls, The Go-gos Became Rock Stars By Pretending To Be The Buzzcocks And The Sex Pistols. Jane Wiedlin Always Said Her Biggest Influence Was Growing Up In L.a. As A Bowie Girl.

Donna Summer Would Be Remembered As A Ground-breaking Artist Today Even If She'd Retired The Day After She Recorded 'i Feel Love' In 1977.

When I Was A Junior, My School Introduced Badminton, Which Was Clearly A P.e. Department Ploy To Get Me Away From The Wrestling Room, And It Worked, Since The First Time I Played Badminton Was Like The First Time I Tasted Sushi Or Heard The Beatles Or Read Wordsworth. This Was A Sport? This Counted For Gym Requirements?

When We Die, We Will Turn Into Songs, And We Will Hear Each Other And Remember Each Other.

When I Started Out As A Music Journalist, At The End Of The 1980s, It Was Generally Assumed That We Were Living Through The Lamest Music Era The World Would Ever See. But Those Were Also The Years When Hip-hop Exploded, Beatbox Disco Soared, Indie Rock Took Off, And New Wave Invented A Language Of Teen Angst.