Michael

Michael

Before my Duran Duran obsession, there was my fascination with Michael Jackson. Although there were only 68 posters hanging on my bedroom walls, my admiration ran deep. I bought every paperback unauthorized biography I could get my hands on. Of particular interest to...
Welcome to Wherever You Are

Welcome to Wherever You Are

You know me as a Duranie. The internet knows me as a Duranie —seriously, do a Google search for Chrissie and Duran Duran and AI brings up information about me, not the lyrics to a song they wrote that appears on their first album with my name in it. Freaky! But ever...
The Hills Are Alive with the Sound of Music

The Hills Are Alive with the Sound of Music

Aside from the 80s Cruise, there have been lots of other music and performances in the past few months. Let’s start with something that wasn’t a concert, but that I’ve waited to do for a very long time. Craig Ferguson performed his comedy act at The Paramount in...
80s Cruise 2026 – March 2026

80s Cruise 2026 – March 2026

I’m digging in my mind for fine details of this awesome experience. It has been a hot minute (read as “a few months”) since I did any blogs, as we had some technical difficulties – and I got a little lazy and quit doing them while the website was inaccessible. Well,...
Stage Presence

Stage Presence

I have taken a couple months off from blogs. Shame on me. I’ve just been so insanely busy traveling and going to workshops, etc., I couldn’t find the time to get it all done. And I sincerely apologize to anyone who keeps up with me and the reading/writing...
80s Cruise 2025

80s Cruise 2025

Another 80s Cruise has come and gone. And it went way too fast, of course. In most ways. Tragedy struck early. Our first show in Studio B on Sunday night was Faster Pussycat, a band I knew only one song by, which is not uncommon for some of the harder rock/metal...