A Reader staffer shares three musical obsessions, then asks someone (who asks someone else) to take a turn.
Jim DeRogatis’s dogged reporting on R. Kelly Ever since 2002, when his pursuit of the R. Kelly scandal began with a videotape he received anonymously, Sound Opinions cohost and former Sun-Times pop critic Jim DeRogatis has never flagged. His most recent piece on Kelly, for BuzzFeed News, is about the singer’s manipulation of young women and the “cult” he’s created via promises of fame and notoriety.
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Live footage of Bad Brains in the 80s I rewatch live Bad Brains footage because I don’t have a time machine—it’s the only way for me to experience H.R.’s insane stage presence. My favorite is a CBGB gig they did in 1982. It does something to my spirit to see Dr. Know shredding at the start of “Big Take Over” and H.R. doing the coolest slow-yet-intense skank—not to mention backflipping while screaming psychotically to the crowd.
