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Christel Loar
PopMatters Associate Music Editor

Christel Loar is a freelance writer and editor, a part-time music publicist, and a full-time music fan.  She is often an overreactor and sometimes an overachiever. When not dodging raindrops or devising escape plans, Christel is usually found down front and slightly left of center stage reveling in a performance by yet another new favorite band.


Features

Monday, June 1 2009

The Beautiful One: Prince and the Fashion of Purple Rain

Some people say that Purple Rain cemented Prince's image because of its music. Christel Loar argues it was that ruffled white shirt. In a personal tale, Loar shows us just how the influential fashion of Purple Rain defined herself and her friends, and what lessons a piece of big mainstream entertainment can teach us all.


Wednesday, June 4 2008

Pat Green's Dance Halls and Dreamers

Preserving the history, the music, and the good times (Texas' "holy trinity"), this is a big, beautiful love letter to the places and the people that make Texas music history


Reviews

Monday, February 6 2012

Hunter S. Thompson, the Method and the Man: 'Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone'

When Hunter S. Thompson began writing for Rolling Stone magazine, he had already developed his distinct voice and highly recognizable style, but at Rolling Stone, he perfected it.


Wednesday, February 1 2012

The Magnificent 'Coast'

Coast is a celebration of the British Isles, its neighbors, its peoples, their connections, and their relationships to the land and sea that shapes them.


Tuesday, January 24 2012

Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson: Live at the US Festival

The US Festival's "Country Day" in June 1983, featured both Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson.


Monday, January 23 2012

The Will of God: 'The Borgias: The First Season'

The Borgias: The First Season on Blu-ray introduces "the original crime family", and it wastes no time in getting to the dirty secrets of one of the most powerful and influential families of the 15th century.


Thursday, January 19 2012

Wilco: Speak Into the Rose

Speak Into the Rose is the perfect primer for Wilco.


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Blogs

Tuesday, December 15 2009

Blackadder Remastered: The Ultimate Edition

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Wednesday, December 9 2009

Elvis: Return to Tupelo

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Tuesday, December 8 2009

Life on Mars: Series 1 and 2 UK

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Saturday, November 28 2009

Hank Williams Revealed: The Unreleased Recordings

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Monday, December 8 2008

Roy Orbison: The Soul of Rock and Roll

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