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Philly’s DJ Robert Drake on 40 years behind the decks and where Sex Dwarf comes from

From impertinent upstart at a gay newspaper to parlaying volunteering into a 35-year career in radio, he's seen it all. His iconic party Sex Dwarf has its own culture. Where the heck does the name come from, anyway?

  • LGBTQ, Music, News
  • Karl Michelfelder

  • Bruce Springsteen
    Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – live and on the attack

    If anyone was questioning the value of what a $5,000 ticket looked and sounded like after his long Ticketmaster pricing debacle of dynamic pricing, on Thursday night, Bruce Springsteen & […]

    • Mar 17, 2023
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    Takeaways from the 2023 Grammy Awards: Beyonce, Bad Bunny, Bonnie Raitt, Dave Chapelle, Harry Styles, more

    I could bore you all day about my personal taste as to who should have won what at last night’s 2023 Grammy Awards (there were better albums on that list […]

    • Feb 6, 2023
  • Uh oh. Madonna just announced a new tour for 2023

    Everyone is allowed a level of eccentricity. Idiosyncratic behavior is a staple of human DNA, the thing that keeps us weird, and away from the norm of solely watching network […]

    • Jan 17, 2023
  • kanye west
    Despite his new song: the end of Kayne West, Pt 1.

    You things are toast for Ye or Kanye West or the Fuhrer – whatever name he chooses going forward – when the talent for which we used to know his […]

    • Dec 8, 2022
  • bad bunny
    Who Is Bad Bunny?

    This year’s Apple Music Artist of the Year and newly-minted multiple 2023 Grammy nominee, Bad Bunny, is way more than the sum of his parts. Which is why we are […]

    • Dec 1, 2022
  • maneskin
    The Myth and Marvel of Måneskin, the planet’s newest, best-est risqué-est rock band

    After having won the hearts and drained the pockets of its homeland Italian record buyers, and streamers, across Europe to the tune of an estimated 40 million copies sold, worldwide, […]

    • Nov 30, 2022
  • taylor swift midnight album
    Taylor Swift’s making moves past Midnights with The Eras Tour

    For anyone thinking that 2023 mega tours from Adele, the Rolling Stones, Beyonce, Ed Sheeran and even the $5,000 man, Bruce Springsteen, would be next year’s hottest concert tickets, step […]

    • Nov 7, 2022
  • kanye west
    Karma is a bitch

    Taylor Swift’s not so coded messages to Kanye West and Kim Kardashian on Midnights

    • Oct 27, 2022
  • taylor swift
    Fifteen minutes after Midnights: Taylor Swift’s success + Kanye West’s fall

    Fast forward to October 25, midnight, and the release of Swift’s “Bejeweled” video hitting right around the time that Kanye got word of his fall from Adidas grace.

    • Oct 26, 2022
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    The Gorillaz X Banksy Connection: Live, in 3D

    Stop Monkeying (Banksy-ing) Around: Gorillaz in 3-D

    • Oct 19, 2022
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