Archive for April, 2011
That Brother in The “Detectives” Nicorette Gum Commercial
• April 30, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Class, Comedy, Commercials, Crime, Cultural History, Television, Television Series
Tags: "Dave", "Malcolm in the Middle", "The Bold and The Beautiful", African Americans, Arts, Blacks, Cartwright, Chiat Day, Dan Martin, Dave Kovic, Double, Duane Stevenson, Fringe, Kevin Kline, New York, Nicorette, Shark, Ving Rhames
Update on Sexual Misconduct Case: Bishop Eddie Long and His Accusers Close to a Settlement?
• April 29, 2011 • 4 CommentsPosted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Action News, African Americans, Anthony Flagg, Atlanta GA, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Baptists, Bishop Eddie Long, Blacks, Children, Cynthia Tucker, DeKalb County, Easter, Easter Sunday, Eddie Long, Gino Brogdon, Holy Week, Jamal Parris, Judge Johnny Panos, Lawsuit, LGBT, Lithonia GA, LongFellows Youth Academy, Maurice Robinson, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Rape, Resolution, Responsibility, Self Image, Self-Worth, Sermon, Settlement, Sex, Spencer LeGrande
On Haitus for a Couple of Days More…Sorry. But Here’s A Little Something Something from Foghorn Leghorn
• April 10, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Health, Love, Plastic Surgery, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wendy Williams, Who I Am, Women
Tags: African Americans, Barnyard Dawg, Black Women, Blacks, Commercials, Common Sense, David Prosser, Foghorn Leghorn, GEICO, Golden Age of Warner Bros. Cartoons, Henery Hawk, Hiatus, Laptop, Madison WI, Resolving Problems, Self Image, Suzanne Somers, Television Commercials, TV Commercial, Warner Bros., Wendy Williams, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Supreme Court
On The 43rd Anniversary of MLK’s Assassination, March in His Name Today for Workers’ Rights
• April 4, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Discrimination, Labor History, Labor Relations, National Issues, Obama Administration, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Race, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Unions/Union Busting, Wisconsin
Tags: "We Are One-April 4", AFSCME, American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Capitol Square, Collective Bargaining, David Prosser, Governor Scott Walker, JoAnne Kloppenburg, Madison City Hall, Madison WI, Martin Luther King, Michael Franti, Michelle Shocked, Progressives, State Street, The Reverend Jesse Jackson, The Rule of Law, Voting, Wisconsin
A Little Sunday Music: Spanky and Our Gang, “Sunday Mornin’”
• April 3, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Cancer, Class, Cultural History, Health, Love, Music, Sexuality, Spanky & Our Gang, Television, Television Series, Who I Am, Wisconsin
Tags: "Sunday Mornin'", Cass Elliot, Dancing in the Street, FM, Folk Rock, Growing Up, Hippies, Intimacy, iPod, John Seiter, Left Coast, Love, Malcolm Hale, Mercury Records, Mornings, Oz Bach, Paul Bach, Perry Como, Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, Spanky and Our Gang, Spanky McFarlane, Sundays, The Left Coast, The Midwest, The Right Coast, The Sixties, United States
The Ancestors Bring Home Manning Marable, 60, Author-Scholar-Activist, Two Days Before He Was To Publish His Bio of Malcolm X
• April 2, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Education, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Love, National Issues, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "The Autobiography of Malcolm X", African American, Alex Haley, Civil Rights, Columbia University, Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism, Double Lung Transplant, Hip Hop Generation, Legacy, Malcolm X, Manning Marable, New York City, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital, Sarcoidosis, The Crisis of Color and Democracy: Essays on Race Class and Power, The Great Wells Of Democracy: The Meaning Of Race In American Life, Transplant, University of Wisconsin Madison, UW-Madison, Working Families, Working Families Party
Friday Night Music, April 1, 2001: A Double Header of Van Morrison, “Tupelo Honey” and “Into The Mystic”
• April 1, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Love, Music, Sexuality, Spirituality, Van Morrison, Women
Tags: "Brown Eyed Girl", "Crazy Love", "Domino", "Gloria", "Moondance", Caledonia, Concerts, Crabtree and Evelyn, Florida, Honey Plant, Ireland, Irish, Living Legend, Marriage, Northern Florida, Pepperidge Trees, Radio, Scots, Scots-Irish, Singer, Songwriter, The Irish Soul Man, Van, Van Morrison
Another Summit at Jimmy Fallon: Chuck D, The Roots, and Madison’s Own Clyde Stubblefield Rock The Classic, “Fight The Power!”
• April 1, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Clyde Stubblefield, Cultural History, Documentaries, Documentary, Film, Health, Late Night TV, Love, Music, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: "Fight the Power", "Funky Drummer", African Americans, Ahmir Thompson, Chuck D, Classics, Clyde Stubblefield, Copyright Criminals, Eclectic Method, Hip Hop, James Brown, Jimmy Fallon, Kembrew McLeod, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Madison WI, Music, Music Copyright Law, Questlove, The Eighties
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