The Pointer Sisters performing in New York City in 1983, the year the group released its album em Break Out /em , which included four top 10 hits.
If you spun the dial of your AM/FM radio on any given day in the early 1980s, chances are you heard a Pointer Sisters record. The group was in heavy rotation in a variety of formats whose playlists included Duran Duran, Bruce Springsteen and the Human League or Patti LaBelle and Earth, Wind and Fire. The electro-pop sound of the Pointer Sisters Jump (For My Love), Automatic or Neutron Dance dominated the charts during the first half of the decade. The popularity of these records rested in the accessibility of their lyrical content and melodic structure and the hypnotic nature of their rhythms. Anyone could sing Jump for My Love after hearing the chorus once; after Neutron Dance was featured prominently in Eddie Murphy s breakout film
Thursday, February 11
Miami s favorite hip-hop festival, Rolling Loud, plans to be back outside this May, but in the meantime you can join the rest of the audience in the virtual pit for its third
Loud Stream. Trap Queen rapper Fetty Wap headlines on Thursday, leading an impressive roster of musicians, 44 percent of whom will be female-identifying performers, including Yung Baby Tate, Rubi Rose, and Mariah the Scientist. Besides the music, enjoy interviews and Valentine s Day-themed surprises, all beamed live to your computer screen.
6 p.m. to midnight Thursday. Stream via twitch.tv/rollingloud.
Suzannah Friscia
When was the last time you skipped the GPS and looked at a real map?
SANTA ROSA BEACH The local app developer who recently made news with the rollout of the Trumpr app, a social media platform aimed at fans of former president Donald Trump, is set to go live with another app aimed at tourists visiting South Walton County s popular beaches.
The Discover South Walton app currently is available through the Apple App Store and Google Play, but won t be fully functional until March 1, as tourist season gears up, according to Charles Galloway, CEO of Fire Vibe Inc.
“This is the app that the TDC (Walton County s Tourist Development Council) should have built years ago, Galloway said. We’re just launching it privately.”
NEW YORK Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Cubic Corp., up $6.31 to $69.60. Veritas Capital and Elliott Investment Management are buying the electronics company for about $2.2 billion. Energizer Holdings Inc., up $1.35 to $48.73. The battery and personal care products maker’s first-quarter financial results handily beat analysts’ forecasts. […]