If any of you are interested in reading newspaper and magazine articles from this 1985-1987 era, I've started posting a lot of rare ones over at ClassicWhitney. It's interesting to see her slow build to stardom, then the explosion. It really gives a good picture of the times as well. And Janet and Madonna pop up here and there too of course, including some probably ill-advised comments on Madonna and a few write-ups on the time when Janet and Whitney were at the top of the charts simultaneously and what it meant for black female artists. You can peruse by going HERE.

Whitney masterpiece I'm feeling at the moment: God Bless America, live in NYC in 1999. In this patriotic sequel to her legendary SSB performance, Whitney does what she does best: Combines earth-shattering power, clarity, and range, with a torn-from-the-gut gospelicious flair.