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Luther Vandross: The Charles Foster Kane Of '80s R&B?


How pissed are we that we missed Luther Vandross' estate sale by almost a week? (We didn't even hear about it until Friday! Sadness.) Not that we're flush with cash to bid on the late R&B legend's stuff, but the man owned a pair of "red fur cargo pants, made out of pony skin." Red fur and pony skin, people. At least the Washington Post was there, and their inventory of Vandross' Xanadu-esque vaults makes him sound like the classiest and the gaudiest man to ever lord over a quiet storm playlist. More »

12:30 PM on Mon Dec 10 2007
By jharv
431 views, 4 comments

Latest by rhythmchyc: @dennisobell But if he can keep that part of his life private for so long, I could have just as easily seen him covering it up further and making jokes of all these outlandish clothes. Or his PR would have. And I more »

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Elvis: Just As Gross As You Remember

Forbes's sorta banal (but perversely appetizing) look at "Extreme Eats" isn't so much extreme in the Travel Channel "eating a pulsating frog's heart and washing it down with a cup of bat's milk" sense of the word as "you will have an extremely painful death if you regularly consume these deep-fried abominations." But greasy, over-the-top junk food constructions are surely the new sign of American ingenuity, as rock'n'roll once was, and Forbes does note the infamous gastronomic impact that popular singers have had on our present extra-extra-extra-cheese culture. More »

11:10 AM on Tue Nov 27 2007
By jharv
755 views, 15 comments

Latest by Richaod: Here's a discussion about that on an Australian music quiz show earlier this year: [www.youtube.com] He actually had two of those at 10 PM every day instead of AM. Classic. more »