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A Queer Pop Retrospective: The Drag Race Diaries Vol. 4
Fourth time's the charm? Well, a lot of Drag Race enthusiasts point of Season 4 as the beginning of peak RPDR, with its unique blend of...
rysq2020
Feb 815 min read
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A Queer Pop Retrospective: The Drag Race Diaries Vol. 3
Who's ready for Round 3? I know I am, because Season 3 remains one of my favorites even almost a decade and a half later. When it comes...
rysq2020
Jan 2813 min read
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A Queer Pop Retrospective: The Drag Race Diaries Vol. 2
Back by semi-popular demand I'm here to break down ten classic queer pop songs this time diving into Drag Race's second season and the...
rysq2020
Jan 239 min read
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A Queer Pop Retrospective: The Drag Race Diaries Vol. 1
This past year, I have become absolutely, deeply obsessed with the global phenomenon that is RuPaul's Drag Race, which has been at the...
rysq2020
Jan 178 min read
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The Top Ten Albums of 2024
Sometimes, when it comes to the current (or now recently past) year, I tend to have trouble figuing out which new music truly deserves a...
rysq2020
Jan 610 min read
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The Top Ten Albums of 2014
Ten years ago, music was in rare form, namely because it was one of those all-around years where nearly every genre was batting out...
rysq2020
Dec 319 min read
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The Top Ten Albums of 2004
2004 was a year dominated by many musical trends, many of which haven't aged as well as other music from the early 2000s. This was the...
rysq2020
Dec 27, 202410 min read
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The Top Twenty Albums of 1994
1994 was a monumental year for music, in particular it was a year of countless auspicious beginnings. It is hard to think of a better...
rysq2020
Dec 19, 202419 min read
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The Top Twenty Albums of 1984
In contrast to 1974, many music historians consider 1984 to be one of pop music's strongest years, with the Billboard Hot 100 year-end...
rysq2020
Dec 12, 202418 min read
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The Top Fifteen Albums of 1974
1974 is a very widely contested year in music history, one in which certain trends first begin to emerge like the birth of disco and...
rysq2020
Dec 5, 202413 min read
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The Top Ten Albums of 2023
I don't know what I was expecting from 2023 musically, but I can say I was thoroughly surprised, both by the comebacks of long dormant...
rysq2020
Dec 31, 202310 min read
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The Top Fifteen Albums of 2013
When it comes to the last decade of music, almost no other year comes close to topping the murderer's row of excellent releases from...
rysq2020
Dec 22, 202314 min read
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The Top Ten Albums of 2003
2003 brought some absolute heat to the music scene in a wide variety of arenas, with hip-hop popping off with countless classics, pop...
rysq2020
Dec 17, 20239 min read
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The Top Twenty Albums of 1993
1993 brought a mix of classics from both established artists and fresh new faces that shook up the scene by taking rock, pop, alternative...
rysq2020
Dec 14, 202314 min read
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The Top Twenty Albums of 1983
1983 is a year that brought the absolute best out of so many powerhouse artists. Now that the sound of the decade had been firmly...
rysq2020
Dec 11, 202314 min read
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The Top Twenty Albums of 1973
If I was forced to choose, I believe I would pick out 1973 as my all-time favorite year in all of music history. So much brilliant music...
rysq2020
Dec 6, 202313 min read
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The Top Five Albums of 2022
This past year in music was a blockbuster year full of outstanding releases from members of music royalty, dropping projects that are...
rysq2020
Jan 14, 20235 min read
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The Top Five Albums of 2012
2012 was one of the greatest years in recent memory for music, with countless classic records being made in all genres, as you'll see...
rysq2020
Jan 9, 20235 min read
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The Top Five Albums of 2002
2002 was a diverse, multifaceted year for music with classic records being made in all genres. There were watershed moments for rap,...
rysq2020
Jan 5, 20234 min read
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The Top Ten Albums of 1992
1992 was a truly revolutionary year in music history in a way that spanned genres from rock to rap, alternative to pop, soul to dance and...
rysq2020
Jan 1, 20238 min read
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