Archive for the 'The Rest of the World' Category
• July 4, 2012 •
Comments Off on Some July 4th Love: John Philip Sousa’s “The Stars and Stripes Forever,” Performed by The Boston Pops Orchestra and Conducted by John Williams
Posted in African American History, American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, History, Holidays, Japan, Music, Television
Tags: America, Americans, Arthur Fiedler, Black Panthers, Boston Harbor, Independence Day, J. Edgar Hoover, Jingoism, John Philip Sousa, John Williams, Leonard Bernstein, Marches, Martin Luther King, Patriotism, Stars and Stripes Forever, United States
• May 8, 2012 •
Comments Off on It’s Only a Month Away, Wisconsin: Let’s Choose a Strong Democratic Challenger Today to Defeat Governor Scott Walker on June 5
Posted in American Politics, Class, Democrats, Egypt, France, Labor Relations, National Issues, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Unions/Union Busting, Wisconsin
Tags: Democratic, Doug La Follette, Egypt, Forward!, Kathleen Falk, Kathleen Vinehout, Mahlon Mitchell, Rebecca Kleefisch, The Democratic Party, The Demoratic Party of Wisconsin, Tom Barrett, United States, United Wisconsin, Wisconsin
• March 10, 2012 •
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Posted in African American History, Alice Walker, Black People, Books, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Fiction Writing, Film, Love, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Reproductive Rights, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Rest of the World, Womanism, Women
Tags: African Americans, Alice Walker, Arts, Black Women, Blacks, British Film Institute, Danny Glover, Film Documentary, LGBT, London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Love, March 2012, Movies, Pratibha Parmar, Racism, Rebecca, Rebecca Walker, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Steven Spielberg, The Color Purple, The Eighties, The Nineties, The Seventies, The Sixties, United States, Walker
• March 6, 2012 •
Comments Off on Gymnast Gabby Douglas Taking Dead Aim at Gold in the Summer Olympics
Posted in African American History, American History, Black People, Class, Gabrielle Douglas, Sports, Television, The Rest of the World, The Summer Olympics 2012, United Kingdom, Women
Tags: African Americans, Amanar, Amy Chow, Bela Karolyi, Black Girls, Black Women, Blacks, Douglas, Floor Competition, Flying Squirrel, Gabby Douglas, Gabrielle Douglas, Gymnastics, Jordyn Wieber, Karolyi, London, Madison Square Garden, Olympic, Saturday, Sport, The 2012 Summer Olympics, Uneven Bars, United Kingdom, United States, Virginia Beach, Young Black Women
• February 26, 2012 •
Comments Off on Some Sunday Love: “Pinky,” Elton John, 1974
Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Elton John, Fashion, Japan, Love, Music, Sexuality, Wisconsin
Tags: "Caribou", Bernie Taupin, Clydie King, Daryl Dragon, Davey Johnstone, Dusty Springfield, Elton, Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Gus Dudgeon, Nederland CO, Nigel Olssen, The Seventies, Toni Tennille, United States
• February 21, 2012 •
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Posted in African American History, American History, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Diabetes, Documentary, Education, Film, Joe Frazier, Love, Memoir, Music, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, Sports, Stroke, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Philippines, Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Who I Am
Tags: "Joe Frazier: When The Smoke Clears", "The New York Daily News", African Americans, Blacks, Burma Shave, Documentary, Film Documentary, Frazier, George Foreman, Gillette Cavalcade of Sports, Great White Hype, Growing Up, Joe Frazier, Marvis Frazier, Mike Todd, Muhammad Ali, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Smokin' Joe Frazier, Sonny Liston, Sports, The Seventies, The Sixties, The Thrilla in Manila, United States
• February 10, 2012 •
1 Comment
Posted in African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Angela Davis, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Discrimination, Documentaries, Documentary, Education, Film, Hate Crimes, Journalism and Ethics, Public Television, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Tea Party Movement, Women
Tags: "The Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975", African Americans, Angela Davis, Ann Dunham, Barack Obama, Black Militancy, Black Panther, Black Power, Black Women, Blacks, California, COINTELPRO, Eldridge Cleaver, Film, Film Documentary, Growing Up, Huey P. Newton, Independent Lens, Prison Ethos, Prisons, Racism, Stokely Carmichael, The Black Panther Party for Self Defense, The Seventies, The Sixties, The Wisconsin Channel, United States, Vietnam War, Violence, WPT.org
• February 9, 2012 •
Comments Off on That Poster From Facebook: George Takei Talks About the Rollback of California’s Prop. 8
Posted in American History, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Love, Religion, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "Good Morning America", Cali, California, California Proposition 8, Christine Gregoire, Facebook, Gakkai, Gay Marriage, Gender Identity, George, George Takei, LGBT, Marriage, Marriage Equality, Same-Sex Marriage, Sexuality, Soka Gakkai International, Star Trek, United States, Washington, YouTube
• January 28, 2012 •
Comments Off on Some Saturday Love: Prestia, Garibaldi, Pickett, and Tamalier of “Tower of Power” Do “Squib Cakes/What Is Hip?” Without the Horn Section, 1998
Posted in Black People, Class, Cultural History, Education, Music, The Rest of the World, Tower of Power
Tags: "Back to Oakland", "Can't You See?", Bass, Bass Guitar, David Garibaldi, Francis "Rocco" Prestia, Guitar, Horn Section, Ken Shane, Lenny Pickett, Music, Oakland, Rocco Prestia, Sax, Soul Serenade, Tower of Power
• January 25, 2012 •
3 Comments
Posted in African American History, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Etta James, Love, Music, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: African Americans, Al Sharpton, Black Women, Blacks, California, CNN, Donto James, Etta James, Friday, Funeral, Inglewood, Inglewood California, James, Johnny Otis, Los Angeles, Love, Rachel Noerdlinger, Rhythm & Blues Foundation, Sametto James, San Fernando Valley, Saturday, Singer, Tributes, Viewing, Wake
• January 22, 2012 •
Comments Off on Louis and “Louis”
Posted in Acting, African American History, American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Film, Louis Armstrong, Love, Music, New Orleans, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: African Americans, Anthony Coleman, Anthony Isaiah Coleman, Blacks, Boy, Documentary, Educational TV, Fictionalized, Film Documentary, Flushing Cemetery, Growing Up, Homage, Idiom, Kalamu, Kalamu ya Salaam, London Jazz Festival, Louis, Louis Armstrong, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Louisiana, Love, Lucille Armstrong, Melodrama, NeoGriot, New Orleans, Satchmo, Silent Film, Street Urchin, United States, Wynton Marsalis, YouTube
• January 21, 2012 •
5 Comments
Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Bailouts, Black People, Budget Cuts, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Homelessness, Joblessness, National Issues, Obama Administration, Protestant Denominations, Race, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Stimulus Bill, The Tea Party Movement
Tags: "Chain of Fools", "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", "Walk on By", 2012 Presidential Election, Al Green, Aretha Franklin, BarackObama, Bill Clinton, Child Labor, Clintonism, Dionne Warwick, FDR, Franklin Roosevelt, GOP, High Cost of Living, Lame Duck, Lyndon B. Johnson, Medicare, Obama, President, President Barack Obama, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, President Lyndon Johnson, President Obama, Republican, Republicans, Ron Paul, Social Security, The Great Recession, The Tonight Show, Wanda Sykes
• January 14, 2012 •
6 Comments
Posted in Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Discrimination, Domestic Terrorism, Eric Clapton, European History, Exploration and Colonization, Immigration, International Terrorism, Islam/Sufism, Jews, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, People of Color, Sexuality, United Kingdom
Tags: "Phenomenon", B.B. King, Babyface, Blues, Christopher Hitchens, Clapton, Clapton is God, Enoch Powell, Eric Clapton, Fender Stratocaster, Guitar, Love, MTV, MTV Unplugged, Nathan East, Pattie Boyd, Pattie Harrison, Racism, Rock, Sheryl Crow, The 2000s, The Eighties, The Nineties, The Two Teens
• January 3, 2012 •
Comments Off on That Cartoon From Facebook
Posted in African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Labor History, Labor Relations, National Issues, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Unions/Union Busting
Tags: African Americans, Arts, Cartoon, Cartoons, Facebook, GOP, Online Communities, Political Cartoons, Politics, Posters, Racism, Republicans, Social Media, Social Networking, The Other 98%, Twitter, United States
• December 31, 2011 •
Comments Off on London Rings in The New Year
Posted in Cultural History, European History, Holidays, Music, People of Color, Television, The Rest of the World, United Kingdom
Tags: "V for Vendetta", 2012, Africa, Big Ben, Celebrations, Europe, Fireworks, Freddie Mercury, Houses of Parliament, London, London Eye, Millenium Wheel, New Year, New Years Eve, Queen, River Thames, Thames, The New Year, United Kingdom
• December 31, 2011 •
Comments Off on The New Year, 2012, Arrives
Posted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Cultural History, Holidays, Love, People of Color, Spirituality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Travel, Who I Am, World History
Tags: Asia, Auckland, Australia, International Date Line, Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, New Year, New Years Eve, New Zealand, Oceania, Pacific Ocean, Samoa, Samoan, Samoans, Sydney, Tokelau
• December 29, 2011 •
1 Comment
Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, European History, Love, Music, Sweden, World War II
Tags: "Chess", "Like An Angel Passing Through My Room", "Momma Mia!", "The Visitor", ABBA, Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Benny Andersson, Benny Andersson Orkester, Björn Ulvaeus, Fawlty Towers, Holiday Song, John Cleese, Lasse Hallström, Norway, Regrouping, Reunion, Studio Album, Super Trouper, Sweden, The Seventies
• December 23, 2011 •
Comments Off on Christmas Songs: The Ramsey Lewis Trio, “Egg Nog,” 1964
Posted in Black People, France, Music, Ramsey Lewis, The Netherlands/Holland, The Rest of the World
Tags: "Soulful Strut", African Americans, Bangkok, Blacks, Charles Heath, Chess Records, Christmas, Dexter Gordon, Eggnog, Eldee Young, Love, Quiet Storm, Ramsey Lewis, Steve McCall, Thailand, The Seventies, The Sixties, Young-Holt Unlimited
• December 21, 2011 •
1 Comment
Posted in Afghanistan, African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Education, Health, Holidays, Iraq, Love, Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Obama Administration, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Afghanistan, African Americans, Berry Gordy, Blacks, Charting, Christmas, Christmas in The City, Forest Hairston, Funk Brothers, Iraq, Marvin, Marvin Gaye, Motown, Motown Records, Occupation, Prisoners of War, Santa Claus, South Vietnam, The Funk Brothers, The Nineties, The Seventies, United States, Vietnam, Vietnam War
• December 14, 2011 •
Comments Off on Christmas Songs: “All I Want Is You This Christmas,” ‘N Sync, 1998
Posted in Germany, Holidays, Love, Music, Women
Tags: "All I Want Is You This Christmas", 'N Sync, Boy Bands, Boy Groups, Chris Kirkpatrick, Christmas, Co-Founder, Counter-Tenor, Geezers, Growing Up, iTunes, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone, Justin Timberlake, Lance Bass, Mariah Carey, Nigels11, NSYNC, Orlando FL, The 2000s, The Nineties, The Seventies, The Sixties, Women, Young Women
• December 13, 2011 •
Comments Off on Black Surfers? It’s Not Just a White Thing. “Whitewash,” Black Surfing Documentary Narrated by Ben Harper and Black Thought of The Roots Now at Hulu
Posted in African American History, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Black Surfers, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Film, Jamaica/British Caribbean, Love, Music, Spirituality, Sports, Travel, Weather, Women
Tags: African American, Amelia Earhart, Beach Boys, Ben Harper, Black People, Black Surfers, Black Thought, California Girls, Coast Starlight, Documentary, Don Schollander, Esther Williams, Ethnicity, Fordham University, Gidget, James Brown, John Hoberman, Kelly Slater, Los Angeles, Memoir, New Orleans, Rob Machado, Sal Masekela, Soui, Southern California, Sports Commentator, Surf, Surf Culture, Surfing, Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter, Tariq Trotter, The Roots, United States, Whitewash
• December 6, 2011 •
4 Comments
Posted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, Sexuality, Spirituality, Televangelists, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: Adrienne Hunter-Strothers, AIDS, Alimony, Assets, Attorneys, Bishop Eddie Long, Black Woman Attorney, Custody, Discovery, Dissolution of Marriage, Divorce, Eddie Long, Ex-Wife, Failure, Four Young Men, Heterosexual Black Women, Investments, Lawyers, Marriage, Michael W. Tyler, Ministry, No-Fault, Pastor, Property, Repentance, Separation, Spouse, Spouses, STDs, Ted Haggard, Therapist, Therapy, Upper Hand, Vanessa Griffin Long, Vanessa Long, Wife, Woman
• December 5, 2011 •
Comments Off on Christmas Songs: Stevie Wonder, “(That’s) What Christmas Means To Me (My Love)” 1967
Posted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Music, Stevie Wonder, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Someday at Christmas", "What Christmas Means to Me", African Americans, Anna Gordy, Anna Gordy Gaye, Benny Benjamin, Blacks, Detroit MI, Funk Brother, Genius, Growing Up, Henry Cosby, James Jamerson, Jazz Musicians, Marvin Gaye, Motown, Session Musicians, Stevie, Stevie Wonder, Stevland Hardaway Judkins, Tamla, The Funk Brothers, The Motown Sound, The Seventies, The Sixties, United States
• December 2, 2011 •
Comments Off on Flip The Bird at Barack Obama, and You May Get Fired. Even in Russia…
Posted in African American History, Africans, American Foreign Policy, Black People, Class, European History, Journalism and Ethics, Obama Administration, Race, Russia, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Russians, Anti-Americanism, Barack Obama, Black Russians, Blacks, Dr. Jason Johnson, Faux Noise, Fox News, Insult, Obama Haters, Oligarchy, Politics, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Racism, REN-TV, Russians of Color, Social Media, Tatyana Limanova, The Kremlin, Twitter, Vladimir Putin, You Tube
• December 1, 2011 •
Comments Off on Christmas Songs: Ray Charles and Betty Carter, “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” 1961
Posted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Betty Carter, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Holidays, Japan, Love, Ray Charles, Women
Tags: "Baby It's Cold Outside", "Neptune's Daughter", Academy Award for Best Original Song, African Americans, Betty Carter, Betty Garrett, Billboard Top 100, Black Women, Blacks, Christmas Songs, Cold, Comic Relief, Cult Appeal, Cult Status, Duets, Esther Williams, Excuses, Frank Loesser, Golden Age of Warner Bros. Cartoons, Holiday, Japan, Jazz, Love, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Mouse, New York, Ray Charles, Red Skelton, Ricardo Montalban, Sex, Snow, Synchronized Swimming, Temptation, United States, Wolf, Wolf Call, Wolf Whistle
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Black Surfers? It’s Not Just a White Thing. “Whitewash,” Black Surfing Documentary Narrated by Ben Harper and Black Thought of The Roots Now at Hulu
• December 13, 2011 • Comments Off on Black Surfers? It’s Not Just a White Thing. “Whitewash,” Black Surfing Documentary Narrated by Ben Harper and Black Thought of The Roots Now at HuluPosted in African American History, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Black Surfers, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Film, Jamaica/British Caribbean, Love, Music, Spirituality, Sports, Travel, Weather, Women
Tags: African American, Amelia Earhart, Beach Boys, Ben Harper, Black People, Black Surfers, Black Thought, California Girls, Coast Starlight, Documentary, Don Schollander, Esther Williams, Ethnicity, Fordham University, Gidget, James Brown, John Hoberman, Kelly Slater, Los Angeles, Memoir, New Orleans, Rob Machado, Sal Masekela, Soui, Southern California, Sports Commentator, Surf, Surf Culture, Surfing, Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter, Tariq Trotter, The Roots, United States, Whitewash