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Christian Wright

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  • The Hits 1

    Prince and the Cure's Robert Smith may, at first, seem to have little in common — apart from a penchant for eyeliner and high hair. But, in fact, they're two suburban doofuses who turned out to be the most unlikely love gods of the '80s. Prince, a short man mincing around in high heels, has […]

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    Prince and the Cure's Robert Smith may, at first, seem to have little in common — apart from a penchant for eyeliner and high hair. But, in fact, they're two suburban doofuses who turned out to be the most unlikely love gods of the '80s. Prince, a short man mincing around in high heels, has […]

    • Music
  • The Future

    The star procession flowed over a garish red carpet and into the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion for the 1992 Academy Awards. Amid the swell of celebrated people, Leonard Cohen (who arrived on the arm of his lover and occasional coarranger, Rebecca De Mornay) went wholly unnoticed. It suited him fine. Cohen hovers above popular success. He […]

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  • Use Your Illusion II

    When Guns n' Roses recorded their major-label debut in 1987, after a few years of slogging in L.A. clubs, they titled it Appetite for Destruction. It was a proclamation that they would rail against and knock down anything that stood in their way; it would become a banner adopted by millions who wanted to turn […]

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