Tag: Tony Bennett
The “California Dreamin’” and “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” Connection
Perhaps more than any other state, California gets a lot of shit talked about it (well…maybe Florida actually wins on that one). This was even [Read More…]
Unlike Most Women in Music, Tony Bennett Didn’t Have to Constantly Change His Image In Order to Endure
“I was like the Madonna and the Michael Jackson of my day,” Tony Bennett once told Conan O’Brien during a 1993 interview. The notable distinction [Read More…]
Tony Bennett: The Model Italian-American (Or At Least Less Affronting Than Most)
As a second generation Italian-American (with his mother, Anna Suraci, born right after his grandmother arrived in the U.S.), Tony Bennett had the potential to [Read More…]
Leave Tony Bennett Alone
The internet, always the ideal tableau to find oneself amid vitriol at the drop of a hat, has taken aim at Tony Bennett in the [Read More…]
Lioness: Hidden Treasures: Amy Winehouse’s Oft Forgotten Post-Mortem Record
While Amy Winehouse’s musical legacy is by no stretch of the imagination underrated (particularly after the recent release of Asif Kapadia’s documentary, Amy), her posthumous [Read More…]
Lady Gaga Unclear About the Difference Between a Gay Pride Parade and a Mariachi Festival
I guess when “ordinary,” non-symbols of gay iconography see people dressed in mariachi outfits and playing loud music, they would assume that, yes, a pride [Read More…]
The Remarkable White Maleness of the 2015 Grammys
For as much shit as white men (and whites in general) receive for being overly exposed in the media, it has nonetheless proven to be ineffective [Read More…]
Claiming “I Don’t Want to Be Defined By It,” Lady Gaga Announces Her Rape
It seems like coming forward about rape is very chic these days, and now it’s not all thanks to Bill Cosby. Lady Gaga, evermore desperate [Read More…]
