http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/go_play_jump_at June Pointer, the youngest of pop music's ass-kicking Pointer Sisters, is dead at 52. (Note to neophytes: Although "Baby" June had her own run-ins with the law, and also recorded solo albums, do not confuse her with older sibling Bonnie Pointer, who made an eyebrow-raising Gay Pride appearance at The Cuff last year.)... Copyright 2007 Wed, 12 Apr 2006 11:16:46 -0800 Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:13:08 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss To wake up and find that June Pointer has passed is not an auspicious start to my day. Cancer, and only 52 years old. The Sisters were a huge part of my coming out soundscape in 1977-78. The days of the double gatefold! Steam Heat, That's a Plenty, Yes We Can Can, and of course, my very favorite, Wang Dang Doodle provided no end of delight and amusement as I navigated those first heady months of being out, having a boyfriend, and my world upside-down... Can we ever forget, or become indifferent to, the music that accompanies such intense periods of our lives? No, we can't can't...

]]> Mark Mitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/go_play_jump_at#c092417 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/go_play_jump_at#c092417 Music Wed, 12 Apr 2006 11:36:48 -0800 "Note to neophytes," that's much better than "for the uninitiated," which could use a rest.

]]> Michiko Kakutani ain't the only one http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/go_play_jump_at#c092445 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/go_play_jump_at#c092445 Music Wed, 12 Apr 2006 12:15:04 -0800 beautiful said, mark mitchell.

but, damn you kurt b. reighley for getting "jump" stuck in my head! you will pay for this.

]]> kerri harrop http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/go_play_jump_at#c092448 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/go_play_jump_at#c092448 Music Wed, 12 Apr 2006 12:16:01 -0800 The only way to get "Jump" out of your head is to track down a copy of Bonnie Pointer's masterpiece "Tie Me To A Tree (Handcuff Me)".

]]> fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/go_play_jump_at#c092610 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/go_play_jump_at#c092610 Music Wed, 12 Apr 2006 13:37:12 -0800 Bonnie's song "Free Me From My Freedom" (Tie Me to a Tree) is our theme song at the Bus Stop. Freddy King of Pants plays it whenever he DJ's, and there was a time when we had to hear it several times a night...

]]> Mark Mitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/go_play_jump_at#c092896 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/go_play_jump_at#c092896 Music Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:13:08 -0800