Tag: Amy Winehouse
Not Exactly Dying Over Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With A Smile”
In keeping with the motif of the world’s inevitable apocalypse (at the rate things are going), Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars have seen fit to [Read More…]
Back to Black Makes Amy Winehouse’s Image Go Back to Shit
When Asif Kapadia’s Amy came out in 2015, the director’s monumental achievement of being able to make audiences truly understand Amy Winehouse’s life and art—the [Read More…]
The Meaning of Lana Del Rey Snubbing the Priscilla Soundtrack
Practically since the “dawn of Lana Del Rey,” a.k.a. the Tumblr era, there’s been that image circulating around that features her head Photoshopped (this was [Read More…]
“Sunset” Video: Caroline Polachek Lives Her Best Life in Barcelona While Channeling Beth Orton and “La Isla Bonita”
When one is as well-traveled as Caroline Polachek, it’s probably hard to be “impressed” by much of any milieu. After all, this is the girl [Read More…]
Beauty and the Beast: The Specter of Phil Over Ronnie in Death
Although a “fair” amount of attention has been given to the death of Ronnie Spector a.k.a. Veronica Bennett, who never saw fit to change her [Read More…]
“Take the Box” is Amy Winehouse’s “Irreplaceable”
Before Beyoncé came along to claim Ne-Yo’s songwriting as her own on 2006’s “Irreplaceable,” Amy Winehouse was making a very similar (even if more “admitting [Read More…]
The Difficulty of Listening to “Rehab” in the Present
With each passing year, when the anniversary of Amy Winehouse’s death or her birthday comes along, as is the case today, September 14th, it grows [Read More…]
“A perfect storm of sex kitten, raw talent and poor impulse control”: Amy Winehouse Was Given the Britney Treatment in the UK
Although L.A. is its own microcosm of paparazzi constantly trolling for the next humiliating candid photo, the UK (which just looks better without periods between [Read More…]
Michael Lohan, Lindsay Lohan and Amy Winehouse’s “Rehab”
Just when you thought Lindsay Lohan had (again) faded entirely from the spotlight, her perhaps even more notorious father, Michael, decides to go and get [Read More…]
Mariah Carey’s The Rarities Is A Vision of Love–But That Doesn’t Always Make It Pleasant
October 22, 1990 is arguably the day one could say Mariah Carey’s career “began.” For that was where she performed her first live showcase at [Read More…]
