Author Archives: Julianne

After extensive nutritional analysis Real Age sez I am physically five years younger than my actual age, and if I start popping a daily multi-V and sleeping longer than five hours a night, I COULD BE, as J-Shin says on … Continue reading →

Beyonce’s B’Day is, as I have noted more extensively over in my Urge blog, a John Waters/Charles Busch-worthy sexual awakening-slash-transformation of a woman into a drag queen, which other people might term “diva.” But the real (not real) question is … Continue reading →

“David Simon is a stickler for details,” Peranio says. “We don’t mess with that.”

I bought a purple raincoat lined in hearts at the thriftstore when I was in Wyoming and when I put my hand in the pocket, I found a bulletin from a Catholic Church in Torrington, Wyoming, there from 1991. The … Continue reading →

as you know, bruce ratner is planning to gut a major part of bklyn and condo it up, forcing out many longtime area residents, bringing that manhattan bourgie shit, driving up rents, building butt-ugly condos and further transforming new york … Continue reading →

“This season is to take argument with those who feel that if you’re born without privilege, but make the right set of choices, that you will be spared. To do away with that bit of national mythology.” Is it tragic … Continue reading →

I spent yesterday at the VMAs’ forum at Radio City Music Hall, aka Atlanta Outpost, where Piotr & I interviewed literally 42 people in six hours: the pop-journalistic equivalent of speed-dating. I was running on no food, six or eight … Continue reading →

Read this. Urge ran my Juvenile interview today, reprinted below for the Mac-having. Juvenile’s New Orleans, Then and Now by Julianne Shepherd New Orleans is a storied music city, best known for its jazz, R&B, zydeco and brass bands. But … Continue reading →

i love the first half of the officially official video for “chicken noodle soup” ’cause kids, dancing, high school gymnasiums, young b’s girl-next-door poise, a tennis ensemble and — is that a yorkie?

my sleater-kinney farewell on la horca. “if i’m to run the future, you’ve got to let the old world go!” so sez Corin Tucker. They know life cycle. Still, One Beat is my favorite right now.