Vincent Anthony

Vincent Anthony

Vincent is the founder of the magazine and has had a strong passion for popular music since, well, 1997! If it's not obvious, his favorite artists include Destiny's Child, Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, P!nk, and many more. Vincent lives in New York, where he is a high school English teacher, and earned his Master's in Journalism from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism.

"red flag collector"

97 Words: “red flag collector” by Kelly Clarkson

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June 9, 2023
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Ever-proud Texan Kelly Clarkson takes us through the Wild Wild West en route to post-divorce “high road livin'” on the latest offering from “chemistry.” Of the five songs released so far, “red flag collector” by far has the most sting. Where last week’s “i hate love” was bittersweet, “red flag collector” is triumphantly bitter. Sprinkled with just enough “yeehaw”-inducing musical

Songs About Divorce, Week 2

September 3, 2014
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Last week, I listed four songs that looked at divorce from four very different perspectives. To recap, there was Christina Aguilera’s “I’m OK” in which she reflected on memories of her abusive father, as well as Jason Mraz sharing his own recollections of his parents’ divorce on “Love For a
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Journey to Freedom, Week 3: Love

August 28, 2014
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For this week’s Journey to Freedom challenge, Michelle Williams challenges us to “celebrate a mindful moment of self-love.”  Self-love, Michelle says, is an essential precursor to being able to obtain romantic love.  After all, if you don’t love yourself… how can you expect someone else to love you?  This is
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Songs About Divorce, Week 1

August 26, 2014
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In light of recent rumors pertaining to Beyoncé and Mariah Carey, I felt compelled to speak about the way the media handles the issue of divorce. As rampant as divorce is among American families, one would think that the people writing the articles and perpetuating the rumors would be a
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The Many Forms of Metamorphosis: A review of Mariah Carey’s “Honey” remixes

August 22, 2014
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Starting with 1995’s “Fantasy,” Mariah Carey began to transform her more pop-leaning singles to become full-fledged hip-hop recreations.  In addition, she would also re-imagine the songs in fully re-sung house remixes, which began with 1993’s “Dreamlover.”  Mariah continued this practice with the lead single from Butterfly, “Honey.” While the original
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Journey to Freedom, Week 2: Honesty

August 21, 2014
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Week two’s word in Michelle William’s Journey to Freedom journal contest is “honesty.”  Once again, when prompted with the word “honesty” the first thought that came to my head was again in the form of lyrics: “honesty, is such a lonely word, every one is so untrue, honesty is hardly
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Journey to Freedom, Week 1: Freedom

August 15, 2014
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In preparation of the release of her fourth solo album, Journey to Freedom, Michelle Williams is hosting a contest via her official website in which fans must write journal entries about their own personal journey to freedom.  The prize is an all expense paid trip to spend the day with
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