Opinion
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Opinion: ‘SongSex’ with Shelly Peiken—run to the studio, get to it from all angles
Shelly Peiken, Courtesy: Dia Morgan. Editor’s note: Shelly Peiken may be best-known for writing female-empowerment anthems like Christina Aguilera’s No. 1 hit, “What a Girl Wants” and Meredith Brooks’ “Bitch,” but she’s been busy behind the scenes in the music industry for two decades. She’s written for many of…
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Insert Foot: Burger Records’ song, sadly, remains the same. So F@CK them
Nobunny is no more. So is Burger Records. There’s this idea among intelligent, independently leaning artist types that they’re above the fray when it comes to sexism, racism … fill in your own “isms.” Fuck them. Words are supposed to be something I’m capable of forming. But that’s all…
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Insert Foot: Do you really miss live music with everything else to care about?
I read a story about baseball today, which was well-written … so much so that it actually made me miss baseball again. For about a half hour. I haven’t really cared much about baseball in years, which will likely be another sad, wistful column set to aching violin music…
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Insert Foot: More woke up on Fourth of July weekend
Insert Foot is woke on Joey Chestnut, “Luke Cage.” A few independent thoughts on Independence Day. As I brace myself for the annual Joey Chestnut Coney Island puke fest (I can’t even eat one hot dog without feeling like I committed a health crime unless I ate it at…
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Insert Foot: Live Nation fooling itself into believing it’s an essential business
Insert Foot vs. Live Nation. A Live Nation memo leaked earlier this month indicating that North America’s largest promoter of live events will shake down performers even more, while shoving more monetary responsibility onto those same performers, if and when venues re-open in 2021. Apparently only Live Nation is…
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Insert Foot: Face to face with Neil Sedaka without any pants
Insert Foot Vs. partially naked Neil Sedaka and holy shoes. I took my mom somewhere today because I inadvertently made the mistake of telling her I was going somewhere she likes to go. Target. Because everybody’s mom likes Target. The COVID has changed life to the point where I…
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Guest column: Finnegan Bell of Love Ghost on the journey to being ‘Fine’
Love Ghost, Courtesy: Jess Reynolds. Editor’s note: Finnegan Bell of L.A. band Love Ghost wrote the band’s new song, “I’ll be ‘Fine,'” a year ago, but decided to release it in May; Mental Health Awareness Month. Bell (guitar and lead vocals), bassist Ryan Stevens, drummer Samson Young, guitarist Daniel Alcala…
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Insert Foot: Lady Antebellum or Lady A: what exactly is in a name?
Rendering: Adam Pardee/STAFF. Lady A, also known as the artists formerly known as Lady Antebellum, isn’t having a good week. Neither is Lady A. One moment … The part about not having a good week … month … year, is definitely going around. But the alleged misunderstanding that caused…
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Insert Foot: When social unrest comes to the suburbs, does anything really change?
Black Lives Matter protestors begin their march from Civic Park in Walnut Creek on June 5, 2020. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. If you want to understand the relationship between police and those who they arrest, simply get yourself arrested some time. Rendering: Adam Pardee/STAFF. Even a peaceful, white suburban male not…
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Insert Foot: What KISS trading cards, the Beatles and cockroaches have in common
Rendering: Adam Pardee/STAFF. I no longer like cockroaches. I never really did like them, but they had their uses. For example, as a young guy, my former roommate and I used to play the lights out game, where we’d sneak into our kitchen after the light was out for…
