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MADGE BADGE, STYLE AND ATTITUDE

The Madge Badge on boomerpdx celebrates the unusual people in rock. From the beginning of time, or the beginning of recorded music, the principals had secret lives. Little Richard was conflicted between rock and church. Jerry Lee Lewis made fateful marriage choices that the changed the arc of his career, Elvis built on their foundation. […]

GAGA EFFECT: REDEMPTION, ACCEPTANCE

Gaga Effect? I remember friends from junior high who seemed on a different path than the rest of us. They showed up for a year or two, made best friends with everyone, and held hands with a boy who looked perfect with them. Then they left. Something happened and they packed up and headed out […]

LADY GAGA UNIVERSAL BROKEN HEART

The universal Lady Gaga is the universal broken heart. She sings about emotions and seems to show the song across her face. Barbra Streisand did/does the same thing. Liza Minelli, too. But what makes Gaga different? I think I know.