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Some Wednesday Love: “I Am The Black Gold of The Sun,” Nuyorican Soul and Rotary Connection

• November 2, 2011 • 1 Comment

Posted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Fashion, Film, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Nuyorican Soul, People of Color, Puerto Ricans, Rotary Connection, Spirituality, The Economy, Wisconsin, Womanism, Women
Tags: African Americans, Arts, Black Spirituality, Black Women, Blacks, Chess Records, Donyale Luna, Jimi Hendrix, Jocelyn Brown, Love, Madison WI, Minnie Riperton, Music, Naomi Sims, New York City, Nikki Giovanni, Nuyorican, Puerto Rico, Racism, Richard Rudolph, Rotary Connection, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Shopping, Spirituality, Sun, The Seventies, United States, YouTube

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

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Love, Music, Women
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

“Away We Go”: This is One Movie I Want to See

• July 31, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Fiction Writing, Film, Love, Maya Rudolph, Race, Women
Tags: "Away We Go", African Americans, Biracials, Children, Comedy, Drama, Family, Growing Up, John Krasinski, Love, Lover, Madison WI, Marriage, Maya Rudolph, Minnie Riperton, Motherhood, Pregnancy, Road Film, Saturday Night Live, SNL, The 608 Sundance Cinema, Travel

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