Hey everyone, DJ Louis here. Hope you're all fabulous. As I mentioned in last week's episode,

Russ and I are taking the second two weeks of August off to replenish and get charged up for

all the exciting stuff we have coming at you this fall. And in light of that, we decided to

publish today or republish an episode from all the way back in January 2022. This is an favorite

episode of mine. It's actually from before Russ was even part of the podcast. It is on Cindy Lopper

with The Ringer and 60 songs that explain both the 90s and the 2000s, Rob Harvilla. One of my

all-time favorite guests on the show. This was his first appearance ever. And we got to dig into

the career of an artist that I knew something about, but really didn't know all the contours of her,

both beautiful voice, her incredible run of singles, particularly on her Blockbuster 1983 album. She's

so unusual. And later hits like True Colors and just a really unique career that I think a lot of

people might be passingly familiar with but don't really know the broader contours of. So I decided

this would be a really fun episode to replay. It's a favorite of mine. I feel like for many people

that come to the podcast later than this, maybe you've missed some of these early episodes and some of them are really gems that I'm so proud of. So I'm glad to take this opportunity. If you've heard this episode before, I hope you have fun revisiting it. If you haven't, check it out. And also scroll back in our feed and go listen to some of these early episodes because some of them are really, really great. And this has always been a favorite of mine. If you're truly missing us and missing new episodes, we are always publishing weekly new episodes on our Patreon channel, Pop Panther at All

Access. Those patrons, you patrons, will always be getting new episodes every single week.

But if you are okay missing us for a little bit longer, this is a little something to tide you over. I hope you're

all feeling rested. I hope you're enjoying the dog days of August and we'll be back with you in

September. And in the meantime, enjoy this pop pantheon rewind.

There's a question that's come up a bunch on this program. What happens when a pop star's first hit is their biggest?

And in the case of Cindy Lopper, a foundational early MTV-era superstar who burned fast but so very bright in the early to mid 80s.

What's it like when that hit and its accompanying debut album, like Walkman's or Velvet Scrunchies, literally becomes so indelible, so iconic, so

impactful, so baked into popular culture that it's completely synonymous with an entire decade.

It's a blessing for a pop career for sure, searing you into the bedrock of entertainment history. But a smash of that

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