Archive for December, 2010
New Year’s Songs: George Winston, “The Snowman, Walking in the Air”
• December 31, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Books, Children's Shows, Class, Cultural History, Film, George Winston, Holidays, Memoir, Music, Spirituality
Tags: "The Snowman", "Walking in the Air", CDs, Children, Christmas, Compact Disc, Father Christmas, Flying, George Winston, Imagination, New Year, New Year's Day, New Years Eve, Palo Alto CA, Plowshare Books, Royal Pavilion, Santa Claus, Snowman, Snowmen, The Eighties, The Seventies, Windham Hill, Windham Hill Records
Jeff Bridges Nearly Refused The Role of “The Dude”
• December 29, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Acting, Afghanistan, American History, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Documentaries, Documentary, Drug Culture/Industry, Film, Iraq, Love, Public Television, Sexuality, Television, The Iraq War II, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "The Big Lebowski", African Americans, American Masters, Big Lebowski, Blacks, Caucasians, Coen Brothers, Common Sense, Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, George Carlin, Hipsters, Jeff Bridges, Last Picture Show, Marijuana, Marijuana Dealer, Mirror Has Two Faces, Norman Mailer, Self Image, Sex, Slackers, Stoners, The Nineties, The Seventies, The Sixties, Timothy Bottoms, True Grit, Weed, White Russians
The Ancestors Take The Ivory Queen of Soul, The Lady T, Teena Marie
• December 29, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cultural History, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, New Orleans, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Stroke, Teena Marie, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "Congo Square", "Fire and Desire", "La Dona", "Square Biz", "The Wall Street Journal", African Americans, Alia Rose Brockert, Alternative Medicine, American Academy of Neurology, Berry Gordy, Black Women, Blacks, Blue-Eyed Soul, California, Children, Diazepam, Drugs, Family, Grand Mal Seizure, Herbal Remedies, Hindsight, Hood Pass, L.A. County, L.A. County Coroner, Lady T, Latin Music, Lenny Kravitz, Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, Love, Lovergirl: Teena Marie Story, Lynn Jeter, Mary Christine Brockert, Medications, MedPage Today, Motherhood, Motown, Neurologist, Neurology, NewsOne, Phoebe Snow, Portuguese, R&B, Rick James, Sapphire, Self-Medication, Side Effects, Singer, Singing, Soul Music, Stax, Teena Marie, The 2000s, The Eighties, The Nineties, The Seventies, TMZ.com, Tonic–clonic seizure, Valium, Venice CA
New Year’s Songs: Harry Connick, “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?”
• December 28, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Harry Connick Jr., Holidays, Love, Music, Sexuality
Tags: 2011, Arts, Christmas, Closeness, Harry Connick Jr., Holiday, Love, New Year, New Year's Day, New Year's Songs, New Years Eve, New York City, Performing Arts, Ringing in the Year, Romance, Slow Dance
A Talk by Tony Porter
• December 28, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Uncategorized
Tags: "The Man Box", A Call to Men, African Americans, Ben Roethlisberger, Bishop Eddie Long, Black Women, Blacks, California, Domestic Violence, Kalamu ya Salaam, Manhood, Mental Health, National Basketball Association, National Football League, Psychology, Rape, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Sexual Violence, The Tides Center, Tides Center, Tony Porter, Unhealthy, United States Naval Academy, Women
Christmas Songs: “Merry Christmas, Baby,” Otis Redding, 1968
• December 25, 2010 • 37 CommentsPosted in African American History, American History, Aretha Franklin, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Love, Music, Otis Redding, The Rest of the World, Uncategorized
Tags: "Respect", African Americans, Aretha Franklin, Ben Cauley, Black Women, Blacks, Bruce Springsteen, Buddy Holly, Charles Brown, Christmas, Dane County, Dane County Regional Airport, Gifts, Johnny Moore, Lake Monona, Lou Baxter, Love, Madison WI, Merry Christmas Baby, Muzak, Otis Redding, Presents, Ritchie Valens, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Stax, The Bar Kays, The Sixties
Christmas Songs: “Happy Xmas, War Is Over (If You Want It),” John Lennon, Yoko Ono, The Plastic Ono Band, and The Harlem Community Choir
• December 22, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Film, Holidays, Love, Music, Music Videos, Spirituality, Television, The Beatles, The Rest of the World, Women, Yoko Ono
Tags: "Stewball", African Americans, Alcoholism, Anthony Cox, Black Women, Blacks, Child Abduction, Child Stealing, Children, Christmas, Crack, Custody, Demons, Divorce, Drama, Drug War, Drugs, Growing Up, Happy Xmas (War Is Over), Harlem, Harlem Community Choir, Heroin, John Lennon, John Lennon Collection, Julian Lennon, Kyoko Cox, Lost Weekend, Love, May Pang, Memories, New York City, Parental Child Abduction, Phil Spector, Record Plant Studios, Sean Lennon, The Beatles, The Plastic Ono Band, The Record Plant, The Seventies, Union Scale, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam War, Wall of Sound, Yoko Ono
It’s On: Radical and Left Feminists Split on the Julian Assange Rape Case
• December 21, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Democrats in Name Only, Education, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, National Issues, Public Intellectualism, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Travel, War Crimes, Women
Tags: "Democracy Now!", Action, Amy Goodman, Bank of America, Competition, Competition Among Women, CounterQuo, Debate, Discuss, Discussion, Feminists of Color, Internet Neutrality, Investigative Journalism, Investigative Reporting, Jaclyn Friedman, Julian Assange, Left Feminism, Left Feminists, MasterCard, Naomi Wolf, Net Neutrality, PayPal, Pre-Feminism, Progressive Feminists, Radical Feminism, Radical Feminists, Servers, Sex, Sexual Violence, Sexuality, Suppression, Sweden, Visa, WikiLeaks, Yes Means Yes
Christmas Songs: “Christmas Time Is Here,” from “A Charlie Brown Christmas”
• December 21, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in Children's Shows, Class, Cultural History, Education, Film, Holidays, Love, Music, Public Intellectualism, Spirituality, Television
Tags: "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer", A Charlie Brown Christmas, Burl Ives, Charlie Brown, Children, Christmas, Christmas Songs, Growing Up, Lee Mendelson, Linus, Linus and Lucy, Linus and Lucy Van Pelt, Linus Van Pelt, Love, Peanuts, Popular Culture, San Francisco, Skating Rink, The Sixties, Vince Guaraldi, Winter
“Robbery” of Bishop Long’s Private Church Office Now Reappraised As a Hunt for Evidence Against Him; Sexual Abuse Investigation May Go Nationwide
• December 20, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Consumer Fraud, Consumerism, Crime, Cultural History, Homelessness, Joblessness, Mental Health/Psychology, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, Televangelists, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Age of Consent, Anthony Boyd, Anthony Flagg, Atlanta, Baptist, Bilking, Bishop Eddie Long, Bloomfield CT, Born again (Christianity), Brad Pitt, Break-In, Burglary, Cheating, Coercion, Consenting, Credibility, Crime, Dale Russell, Eddie Long, Faux Noise, Foreclosure Scam, Foreclosures, Fox News Atlanta, Fred Lee, Gary Hawkins, Grooming, Investigation, iPad, iPhone, Jamal Parris, Jewelry, Lithonia GA, Matrix, Matrix Capitol Mortgage Company, Maurice Robinson, New Birth, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Parishioners, Prosperity Gospel, Secret Service, Security Breach, Security Camera, Security Cameras, Seduction, Sexual Abuse, Spencer LeGrande
DADT is Dead…Or Is It?
• December 19, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, National Issues, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Religion, Sexuality, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, The Rest of the World, Womanism, Women
Tags: AmericaBlog, DADT, Daily Kos, Daniel Choi, Democrats, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gay Veterans, Homophobia, Infantry, Joe Sudbay, John Aravosis, John McCain, Justice, Leonard Matlovich, LGBT, Lt. Dan Choi, Moral Imperative, Pacifism, President Barack Obama, Republicans, Samurai, Saving Face, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, SLDN, United States armed forces, White House
Christmas Songs: “Silver Bells,” From The Film “The Lemon Drop Kid”
• December 19, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Acting, American Foreign Policy, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, China, Class, Comedy, Crime, Cultural History, Film, Holidays, Memoir, Music, People of Color, Race, Television, Television Series, Weather
Tags: "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer", "White Christmas", Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Brooklyn, California, Carol Richards, Children, Christmas, Christmas Season, Christmas Songs, Crime, Damon Runyon, English, Hip Hop, Jay Livingston, Jazz Era, KGO-7, KGO-TV, Korea, Lawrence Welk, Lemon Drop Kid, Manhattan, Marilyn Maxwell, Michael Jackson, Midtown, Musical Comedies, Muzak, Nat King Cole, Prohibition, Racism, Ray Evans, Roger Grimsby, Television, The Sixties, TV, Wrestling
Troy Dale West Walks Early for Beating Up Tasha Hill in Front of a Cracker Barrel Restaurant
• December 16, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Hate Crimes, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Race, Tasha Hill/Tashawnea Hill, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Army Reservist, Assault, Atlanta, Atlanta Suburbs, Beating, Black Women, Blacks, Clayton County, Clayton County District Attorney's Office, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, District Attorney Tracy Graham Lawson', Early Release, Georgia, Good Ole Boys, Kip Jones, Misdemeanor, Physical Abuse, Physical Assault, Plea Bargain, Plea Deal, Race, Racial Animosity, Racism, Tasha Hill, Tashawnea Hill, Troy Dale West, Worth County, Worth County Sheriff Freddie Tompkins
Julian Assange of WikiLeaks Granted Bail; Accused Leaker Bradley Manning Found in Extremely Solitary Confinement for Past Three Months; “Wiki Rebels” Documentary Released
• December 16, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in American Foreign Policy, American History, Australia, Canada, Class, Documentaries, History, Journalism and Ethics, Obama Administration, Public Intellectualism, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), United Kingdom, Women
Tags: "V for Vendetta", Alan Moore, American Foreign Policy, Anonymous, Arrest of Bradley Manning, Britain, Daniel Ellsberg, David Lloyd, Evey Hammond, Gay, Glenn Greenwald, Guy Fawkes Mask, Hackers, Hacktivists, Julian Assange, LGBT, Margaret Thatcher, Matthew Broderick, OpenLeaks.org, Pentagon Papers, Quantico Virginia, Rape, Rape Accusation, Rape Frame-Up, Ronald Reagan, Salon.com, Sexual Abuse, Sweden, The Pentagon Papers, Vee, Wandsworth Prison, WarGames, Whistleblowers, WikiLeaks
Hey, “Vanity Fair”! This Is How You Do a Hollywood Issue
• December 15, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Acting, African American History, Arts, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Cultural History, Fashion, Film, People of Color
Tags: "Shadow and Act", "Vanity Fair", Actors and Actresses, African Americans, Age, Angela Lansbury, Anne Meara, Beauty, Black Women, Blacks, Breck Girls, Carl Reiner, Color, Gena Rowlands, Golden Globes, Halle Berry, Hollywood Reporter, James Earl Jones, Jerry Stiller, Larry Hagman, Legends, Oscars, PC, Phyllis Diller, Politically Correct, Racism, Racism by Omission, Sex, Sidney Poitier, Youth
Latest on Bishop Eddie Long Scandal: He Wants to Settle and Avoid Exposure of All His Business
• December 14, 2010 • 13 CommentsPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Protestant Denominations, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Travel
Tags: African Americans, Atlanta, B.J. Bernstein, Baptist, Bisexuality, Bishop Eddie L. Long, Blacks, Child Abuse, Children, CNN, Denial, Depositions, Discovery, Eddie Long, Fred Lee, Gary Hawkins, Gay, Gays, Growing Up, Homosexual Acts, Homosexuality, LGBT, Lithonia, Lithonia GA, Lithonia Georgia, Matrix Capital, Mediation, Molestation, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Rape, Religion and Spirituality, Republicans, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Misconduct, Sexuality, STDs, The Down Low
Ice, Ice, Baby…The Winds Have Died Down a Bit, Leaving Bitter Cold. And It’s Not Even Winter. Officially…
• December 14, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in The Mainstream Media (MSM), Weather, Wisconsin
Tags: Bitter Cold, Blizzard, Cold, Digging Out, Ice, Inch, Inches, Mad City, Madison WI, Madison Wisconsin, Midwest, National Weather Service, Slippery, Snow, United States, WBBM-TV, Wind Chill Factor, Winter Storm, Winter Storms, Wisconsin
Governor Doyle Declares a State of Emergency for All 72 Snowbound Counties in Wisconsin
• December 12, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Class, Education, Holidays, Television
Tags: Airport Road, Below Zero, Blizzards, Candles, Channel 3000, City of Madison, Cold, Dane County, Department of Transportation, Emergency, Emergency Operations Center, Fox 47, High Winds, Madison Metro, Madison WI, Midwest, Minnesota, National Football League, National Weather Service, New York Giants, Power Failures, Shorewood, State of Emergency, Storms, Winter, Winter Storms, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Historical Museum, Wisconsin National Guard, Wisconsin State Patrol
The Ancestors Take Home Jazz Saxophonist and Flautist James Moody, 85
• December 11, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American History, Ba'hais, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Differently-Abled, Education, European History, France, Health, Italy, James Moody, Love, Music, People of Color, Race, Religion, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Travel, World War II
Tags: Aretha Franklin, Be-Bop, Be-Bop Jazz, Bill Cosby, Dizzy Gillespie, Eddie Jefferson, Flautist, Flute, Funeral Services, George Wein, James Moody, James Moody Jazz Scholarship for Newark Youth Fund, Jazz, King Pleasure, Lou Watters, Moody's Mood for Love, Pancreatic Cancer, Quincy Jones, San Diego, San Diego CA, San Diego County, San Diego Union-Tribune, Saxophone, Saxophonist, The Grammys, The Visionary Project, Van Morrison, Wynton Marsalis
That Godiva Chocolate “Bar” Commercial with The Voice of Hercule Poirot
• December 9, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Fashion, Uncategorized
Tags: "Amélie", Acme Idea Co., Advertising Campaign, Agatha Christie, Audrey Tautou, Belgian, Belgium, Commercials, Costa del Sol, David Suchet, Godiva Chocolatier, Hercule Poirot, Madison WI, Marbella Spain, New York, New York Times, PBS, Public Broadcasting System, South Norwalk, Spain, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Television Commercials, The New York Times, Voiceover, Willy Street Coop, World War II
The Queen of Soul Has Incurable Pancreatic Cancer
• December 8, 2010 • 3 CommentsPosted in African American History, American History, Aretha Franklin, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cooking, Cultural History, Democrats, Diabetes, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Fashion, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Sexuality, Spirituality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Women
Tags: "Dr. Feelgood", "Freeway of Love, "Live at the Fillmore West", "Respect", "The National Enquirer", "Who's Zoomin' Who?", African Americans, Aretha Franklin, Bessie Smith, Black Women, Blacks, Cancer, Carolyn Franklin, Coma, Condoleezza Rice, Depression, Detroit Free Press, Diabetes, Diabetic, Diabetics, Drug Abuse, Edward Franklin, Erma Franklin, Exercise, Growing Up, Incurable, Junkie, King Curtis, King Curtis and The Kingpins, Knives, Lady Soul, Love, Martin Luther King Jr., Miss Re, Miss Re Re, Murder, National Enquirer, New York, Pancreatic Cancer, Patrick Swayze, Queen of the Blues, Reverend C.L. Franklin, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Smoker, Smoking, The Eighties, The Kingpins, The Queen of Soul, The Seventies, The Sixties, United States
The Most Powerful Black Women in Europe in 2010
• December 6, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, Africans, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Education, European History, Exploration and Colonization, Fashion, Film, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, Health, Immigration, Love, Music, People of Color, Race, Sports, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: Activists, African American, African American History, African Americans, Afro-British, Afro-French, Afro-German, Afro-Greek, Afro-Russian, Afro-Swedish, Athletes, Black People, Black Women, Blacks, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Dounne Alexander, Educators, Europe, Grace Bumbry, History, Liechtenstein, Models, Norway, Politicians, Princess Angela of Liechtenstein, Singers, Spain, Sweden, Trisha Goddard, United States, Yvette Jarvis
Black Bluegrass Music: The Carolina Chocolate Drops, “Genuine Negro Jig”
• December 5, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cultural History, Education, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Love, Memoir, Music, Music Videos, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Television, The Carolina Chocolate Drops, Women
Tags: "Bonnie and Clyde", "Cornbread and Butterbeans", "Foggy Mountain Breakdown", "Hit 'Em Up Style", "Tain't Nothin' to Me", "The Beverly Hillbillies", African Americans, Antagonism, Apollo Theater, Asleep at the Wheel, Autoharp, Black Banjo: Then and Now, Black Women, Blacks, Blu Cantrell, Bluegrass, Broadway Musical, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Country Music, CW, Dolly Parton, Dom Flemons, Fiddler, Flatt and Scruggs, Genuine Negro Jig, Gospel Choir, Guitars, Hammer Dulcimers, Hank Williams, Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!), Jefferson Airplane, Joe Thompson, Johnny Cash, Jugs, Justin Robinson, k.d. lang, KSOL, Lesbians, Lower Class, Music, Nasal Twang, Opera, Papa John Creach, Patsy Cline, People of Color, Poet, Queen Latifah, Racism, Rhiannon Giddens, Slide Guitars, Something Else, Southern Whites, Telluride CO, The Apollo Theater, The Carolina Chocolate Drops, The Coasters, The Eighties, The Seventies, The South, Tom Waits, Willie Nelson
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