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D / M / S / R Subscriber Dispatch #9: December 24, 2025
These are dark and challenging times; and if writing in excruciating detail about 40-year old pop songs is the way I’ve found to bring an iota of positivity into some small corner of the larger world, then I will forever be thankful for finding it.
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The Belle of St. Mark
While “Glamorous” sounded tailor-made for Sheila’s particular talents (even if it wasn’t), “Belle” is well-crafted but faceless, embodying the essentialist cynicism of the publishing imprint Prince used for his female side projects: “Girlsongs.”
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Podcast: 40 Years of The Time – A Conversation with Darling Nisi and Harold Pride
Darling Nisi and Harold Pride return for another in-depth retrospective on the 1981 debut album by the Time.