Category Archives: Music

“It’s innately in me to want to yell and love at the same time.” — Jessie Reyez

Posted on June 12, 2025 by sheila

“I haven’t been compromising this whole time as an artist. Why would I start with my album?” — Jessie Reyez It’s her birthday today. Jessie Reyez first came on my radar, as I’m sure is true for a lot of … Continue reading →

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A Rock Star, His Mother, and His Underwear. 1956.

Posted on May 11, 2025 by sheila

For Mother’s Day. Elvis Presley, Gladys Presley, 1956. Memphis. Photo by Alfred Wertheimer.

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Music shuffle: The Return

Posted on January 24, 2025 by sheila

To quote the final line of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: I been away a long time. My last “shuffle” post was in 2022 and I worried about what I would do when “my laptop goes”. Well, it happened … Continue reading →

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2024 Year in Review

Posted on December 27, 2024 by sheila

Here’s a roundup of most of the things I’ve written this year: here on my site, for Rogerebert.com, for my newsletter, and for my new column at Liberties Journal. Every year it’s the same thing. I spend so much time … Continue reading →

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I want you to notice when I’m not around

Posted on November 25, 2024 by sheila

There are different organizations around the world who put together “one day choirs”. Anyone can sign up. You show up, you are handed a piece of music, you are separated into different parts, you rehearse, and then you perform. The … Continue reading →

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Am I Too Loud For You? Eminem’s “Kim”

Posted on October 17, 2024 by sheila

Below is the first real thing I wrote about Eminem, the first time I really “dug in”, in 2011. I updated it slightly after Revival came out in 2017. Context first: “Kim” was on The Marshall Mathers LP, his second … Continue reading →

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Dynamic Duo #42

Posted on October 12, 2024 by sheila

Eminem and Hailie Jade     Thank you so much for stopping by. If you like what I do, and if you feel inclined to support my work, here’s a link to my Venmo account. And I’ve launched a Substack, … Continue reading →

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Temporary

Posted on October 4, 2024 by sheila

There’s been a lot happening with Eminem lately, and with him “a lot” is relative, because he is basically Citizen Kane in terms of public appearances (well, Citizen Kane at the end of the movie), and you never hear a … Continue reading →

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R.I.P. Kris Kristofferson

Posted on October 2, 2024 by sheila

I paid tribute to this legend on my Substack.     Thank you so much for stopping by. If you like what I do, and if you feel inclined to support my work, here’s a link to my Venmo account. … Continue reading →

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“Morpheus comes into our dreams…and we woke up and started this band…we’re all wrapped up in these dream messages, and we were compelled to start this band.” — Mark Sandman, lead singer of Morphine

Posted on September 24, 2024 by sheila

It’s almost too perfect that the man who spoke those words in the title of this post is named SANDMAN. I was never on the Morphine train, although I had one of their albums, and they were ubiquitous in the … Continue reading →

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