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Do that? No, you really shouldn’t have

Who remembers the band Kajagoogoo? In 1983, their big hit, “Too Shy”, screamed to the top of the charts and stuck there. Catchy little number, right? Limahl, the lead singer, never frosted my cupcake....

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“Hey, I know this guy with a falcon …”

Most early music videos looked like undergrad RTF projects, relying on outlandish costumes, props, or a trio or quartet of men that use copious styling products to get the “Wow!” response. Others,...

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A wedding ring and Chinese food buffet

It was way back in the day. My best friend, Tonya, and I were fresh into our salad days. She had married her high school sweetheart, and we all know how that typically plays out: the dreaded D-word....

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St. Jude’s legacy

“Simply be present, honest, reasonably competent, female, and everyone’s aghast.”  — St. Jude Who did you want to be like when you grew up? Did you have a role model? I found mine a little late in the...

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Last Goodbye (in Memphis)

Every decade or so, at least one great voice emerges, making itself more memorable than all of the others, defining a generation. The first wave of Boomers had Morrison, while the tail end of this...

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