With all this rain here in the Bay, what other song suits this day?
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Now Playing (11.6.23)
While showers are coming down outdoors, indoors, I’m comforted by the gourmand scents of Opalhouse’s Caramel Apple Crisp’s candle (it’s soooo good), and the fierce sounds of 2000s-era Mariah (also soooo good).
Now Playing (6.26.2023)
I’m currently looking up pics, GIFs, and clips for inspo posts to promote The Playgirl, and I’m also in a soulful 80s mood (with a classy, feminine touch) tonight.
I Adore: Kylie!
Those who follow my short-form nonsense on Twitter would know that I’ll always be fangirling for pop icon Kylie Minogue! This being her birthday, there’s no question whose music I’ll be spinning (around) today!
Rest In Power, Tina
One of my favorite portraits of the Queen of Rock & Roll (with all due respect to Janis Joplin and Aretha Franklin) Tina Turner, captured by the late, legendary photographer Herb Ritts. The life she had led. Rest in eternal peace and power to a legend, survivor, inspiration, and icon in the truest sense.
“If you are unhappy with anything…whatever is bringing you down, get rid of it. Because you’ll find that when you’re free, your true creativity, your true self, comes out.” –Turner to Ebony magazine, November 1986
It’s International Jazz Day!
And in honor of the last day of Jazz Appreciation Month, some of my favorite jazzy tunes for this Sunday…
Speaking of it being Sunday, those who tune into the Latin Jazz Show on KCSM Jazz 91 should be very familiar with this upbeat tune. Whenever I hear it, I always think “it’s Sunday, y’all!”
Happy Women’s History Month!
The quotes are taken from the book All The Single Ladies by Rebecca Traister. I’m sure Susan would have a LOT more to say if she was alive today and saw how society treated women in the past year alone.
Now Playing (2.27.23)
Having a holiday on this Monday–as in Billie Holiday! I will forever adore her and her music.
And, dedicated to the weather we’re having at the moment…
Saturday Night
How am I spending this Saturday evening? Not getting ready to hit the clubs or check out the latest major flick at the movie theater–if it was the mid-2000s, yes to both. Rather, I’m chillaxing to some 80s Madonna (I just watched Who’s That Girl and she was fab in it) while I sip Yogi’s Bedtime tea (the teabag quote is a new one to me) and my apartment fills with the heady tobacco-vanilla aroma from the candle I currently have lit. That candle, which I’ve lit for the past five nights, is superb in throw, by the way. Since it’s also Black History Month, if you’re looking for one way to do some good during BHM, go support the black-owned The 125 Collection and buy their candles! I know I’ll be making another order!
Now Playing (1.14.23)
I need some comfort amidst all the rain we’re having and PMS creeping up on me. Enter some mid-90s chill-out soul to soothe me on this Saturday/Sunday night…
(Side note: I’m aware of how problematic Erykah has been recently. 
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Happy 30th anniversary to this jam!
And, since it’s still pouring out there…
(I haven’t seen this video in eons and forgot that part where it snows. Whaaaat.)
If there’s one thing I can be grateful for, it’s growing up during a time when songs like these were mainstream. Growing up in the 90s was a mixed bag for me personally, although I can definitely acknowledge it was a golden time for pop culture, fashion, and entertainment. Songs (and music videos) like these prove the latter, and they (along with many other songs) helped me escape from whatever shit I was going through then. It wasn’t all party & sex songs; there was emotion and true soul, honey. It’s easy to lament over the absence of music like this in today’s landscape, but you know what’s easier? Putting on Mary’s “My Life” album while shutting out all the cacophony from today, and just chillin’ to it.
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