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White Label Wednesday: Boogie Box High, “Jive Talkin’”
Sometimes, it’s not whom you know, but whom you call family. The interwebs are not very forthcoming about the origins and chart history of Boogie Box High, the nom de guerre of one Andros
Read More »Mope Like Me: George Michael, “Cowboys and Angels”
The public, by and large, did not respond well to George Michael’s first attempt at career suicide — he’s since found far more effective methods for achieving that goal, and all he had to
Read More »Future Retro: George Michael
WHAM! BAM! Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou seemed an unlikely choice to become a pop music superstar. However, after meeting schoolmate Andrew Ridgeley and forming a group called Wham!, a pop star is exactly what the
Read More »All Wham! All Weekend: Sunday Night
It is an inescapable fact that while George Michael left Andrew Ridgeley far behind in his rearview mirror, and while the Faith album proved Michael was capable of being the British Prince — writing,
Read More »All Wham! All Weekend: Sunday Brunch
When I was 17 years old, I had my first serious makeout session. When George Michael was 17, he wrote the song that has arguably led to more makeout and baby-making sessions than any
Read More »All Wham! All Weekend: Saturday Night
It’s Saturday night, and it’s time to get back out on the dance floor as the all Wham! weekend continues. This time around, I’ve got a batch of Wham!-related extended dance remixes. As I’ve
Read More »All Wham! All Weekend: Saturday Afternoon
This part of the weekend covers…covers; both Wham! and George Michael covering other people, and a couple of acts covering Wham! and George Michael (and no, none will be the ironic, nu-metal cover of
Read More »All Wham! All Weekend: Friday Night
Backstory: About fifteen years ago, I was visiting my hometown outside of Los Angeles, tooling around with a couple of friends around the local colleges. I remember where we were because we were able
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