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Some Thursday Love: ConFunkShun, “Fun, Fun, Fun” or “Ffun” (Extended Version)

• July 26, 2012 • Comments Off

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Tags: African Americans, Blacks, California, ConFunkShun, Felton Pilate, Ffun, Louis McCall, Mercury Records, Murder, Stax Records, The Eighties, The Seventies, United States, Vallejo, Vallejo California

A Little Sunday Music: Spanky and Our Gang, “Sunday Mornin'”

• April 3, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted 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

Friday Night Music Doubleheader, April 23, 2010: “If I Ever Lose This Heaven” 1974, and “Love, I Never Had It So Good” 1978, Quincy Jones and Company

• April 24, 2010 • Comments Off

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Tags: "Body Heat", "Sounds...And Stuff Like That", "You've Got It Bad Girl", African Americans, Al Jarreau, Arranger, Blacks, Danceable Jazz, Fusion, Jazz Funk, Jazz Fusion, Jazz Musicians, Leon Ware, Mercury Records, Mikell's, Minnie Riperton, New York, Pam Sawyer, Patti Austin, Producer, Quincy Jones, Richard Tee, Session Musicians, Smooth Jazz, Songwriter, Soul, Studio Musicians, Tom Bahler, Wynton Marsalis

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For Shrinking Cities, an Aggressive Way to Dodge the Census Bullet January 17, 2020
Places where the population is declining know it could cost them money after the 2020 head count is taken. The solution: Expand their borders to add more residents.
Virginia Capital on Edge as F.B.I. Arrests Suspected Neo-Nazis Before Gun Rally January 17, 2020
The three men had obtained guns and discussed traveling to Virginia for protests against new gun control measures, officials said.
‘Please Try to Help Us’: Conversing With Mississippi Inmates on a Contraband Phone January 17, 2020
Prison officials said contraband cellphones fuel violence and undermine security. But as a crisis swelled in Mississippi’s prisons, images shared by inmates brought attention to troubling conditions.
Martha McSally Calls CNN Reporter a ‘Liberal Hack’ January 17, 2020
When Manu Raju of CNN posed an impeachment question to Ms. McSally, an Arizona Republican, she replied: “I’m not talking to you. You’re a liberal hack.”
Would a 37-Year-Old Woman Be Where Pete Buttigieg Is? January 18, 2020
Conversations with 37-year-old women in politics might offer some answers.
Sex, Power and Fury: The Mystery of a Death at Guantánamo Bay January 18, 2020
The federal trial of a former commander of the naval base put a spotlight on life at the isolated and secretive outpost best known for its terrorist court and prison.
The Women’s March, Year 4: What to Know and What to Expect January 18, 2020
More than 250 demonstrations are planned in cities across the United States.
Sanders vs. Warren: This Week in the 2020 Race January 18, 2020
Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren argue over what was said at a private 2018 meeting, their dispute takes center stage at the debate and Cory Booker says goodbye.

The Guardian, UK

Coronavirus: more cases and second death reported in China January 18, 2020
Experts fear numbers affected may be higher than first thought as US begins screening passengers arriving from Wuhan More cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the Chinese city of Wuhan and a second person has died, according to local authorities. It comes as disease-modelling experts warned that far more people may have been affected by the previously […]
IMF boss says global economy risks return of Great Depression January 17, 2020
Kristalina Georgieva compares today with “roaring 1920s” and criticises UK wealth gapThe head of the International Monetary Fund has warned that the global economy risks a return of the Great Depression, driven by inequality and financial sector instability.Speaking at the Peterson Institute of International Economics in Washington, Kristalina Georgieva said […]
Alan Dershowitz and Ken Starr join Trump impeachment legal team January 17, 2020
Dershowitz is known for defending Jeffrey Epstein while Starr led the investigation that culminated in Bill Clinton’s impeachmentThe White House has unveiled Donald Trump’s legal team for his Senate impeachment trial, a list of attorneys whose own ageing controversies threaten to overshadow their efforts to defend the president.As the impeachment process ent […]
Meghan gets twice as many negative headlines as positive, analysis finds January 18, 2020
Guardian analysis appears to support claim Duchess of Sussex receives more critical treatment than Duchess of CambridgeThe Duchess of Sussex gets more than twice as many negative headlines as positive ones, according to Guardian analysis of articles published between May 2018 and mid January 2019.The analysis – which appears to support Meghan’s argument that […]
Sajid Javid: no alignment on EU regulations after Brexit January 18, 2020
Chancellor’s comments represent ‘death knell for frictionless trade’, experts warnThe chancellor, Sajid Javid, has warned that there will be no alignment with EU regulations once Britain’s exit from the European Union is made official.In what is being seen as an opening salvo in the next stage of negotiations, he said the Treasury would not lend support to m […]
Nepal avalanche: South Koreans among seven missing January 18, 2020
Four South Koreans and three Nepalis are out of contact after an avalanche close to Annapurna base camp An avalanche in Nepal’s Annapurna region has left at least seven people missing, including four South Koreans and three Nepalis, officials said Saturday.The incident occurred at an altitude of around 3,230 metres close to the base camp for Annapurna, one o […]
Hundreds of thousands of fish dead in NSW as bushfire ash washed into river January 17, 2020
Ecologist fears the Macleay River may take decades to recover, with heavy rains likely to affect other waterwaysHundreds of thousands of native fish are estimated to have died in northern New South Wales after rains washed ash and sludge from bushfires into the Macleay River.Parts of the Macleay River – favoured by recreational fishers – have been turned int […]
Rent rises force revered LGBT bookshop out of Paris's gay district January 18, 2020
Les Mots à La Bouche’s move from the Marais shows loss of cultural heritage, activists say In the window of France’s best-known gay bookshop, above the display of Lucian Freud art books, opera singer Maria Callas’s memoirs and a history of the Pride movement, a poster warns in giant red letters: “Cultural heritage in danger.” An urgent note on the door adds: […]

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New Chinese virus 'will have infected hundreds' January 18, 2020
The virus emerged in December, two people have died and it has been detected in three countries.
Australia fires: Heavy rains hit some blaze-hit regions January 18, 2020
Heavy rains douse some fires on the east coast, but bring a new threat of flooding to some areas.
Portrait of a Lady: Painting found in wall confirmed as stolen Klimt January 17, 2020
Portrait of a Lady was missing for 22 years until gardeners cleared ivy from a gallery wall.
Paul Bocuse: Famed chef's restaurant loses three-star rating after 55 years January 17, 2020
There was outrage after the restaurant of the late French chef Paul Bocuse lost one of its stars.
Simpsons actor Hank Azaria says he will no longer voice Apu January 18, 2020
The announcement by white actor Hank Azaria follows accusations of racial stereotyping.
FBI arrests three more members of right wing extremist group 'The Base' January 17, 2020
Six suspected white supremacists have been arrested in what appeared to be a co-ordinated operation.
Clinton prosecutor Ken Starr to defend Trump January 17, 2020
Former special prosecutors from Bill Clinton's impeachment trial are on the president's team.
Squash seeks recognition in famed NYC rail station January 17, 2020
The location is meant to show new audiences this non-Olympic sport.