• December 9, 2013 •
1 Comment
Posted in Acting, Class, Cultural History, Film, Love, Music, Sexuality, Soundtracks, The Rest of the World, United Kingdom, Women
Tags: "Christmas is All Around Me", "Love Actually", "The Atlantic", Atlantic, Bay City Rollers, Bill Nighy, Billy Mack, Christmas, Christmas Songs, Christopher Orr, Festering Turd, Grand Gesture, Looksism, Love is All Around, Movie Soundtrack, Music, Richard Curtis, Soundtrack, The Troggs, WetWetWet
• September 26, 2013 •
Comments Off on Some Thursday Love: Kenny Rankin, “Silver Morning,” 1974
Posted in American History, Cancer, Class, Cultural History, Health, History, Kenny Rankin, Love, Music
Tags: Bob Dylan, Daniel Lanois, Dylan, George Carlin, Health, Helen Reddy, Johnny Carson, Kenny Rankin, Laura Nyro, Love, Music, Paul McCartney, Rankin, Songwriters Hall of Fame, The Seventies, Tonight Show
• March 11, 2013 •
Comments Off on Some Monday Love: “Thinking About Your Body (For Debs)” Bobby McFerrin, 1986
Posted in Black People, Bobby McFerrin, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Facebook, Film, Love, Public Television, Sexuality, Television
Tags: "Thinking About Your Body", Arts, Blue Note, BobbyMcFerrin, Debbie Green, Don't Worry Be Happy, Facebook, Joy, Live Album, Love, McFerrin, Music, Spontaneous Inventions, Wife
• February 8, 2013 •
1 Comment
Posted in African American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Donald Byrd, Music, Who I Am
Tags: African Americans, Art Blakey, Bebop, Blackbyrds, Blacks, Byrd, Donald Byrd, Growing Up, Herbie Hancock, Hiphop, Jazz, Jazz Funk, Miles Davis, Music, Samples, Sonny Rollins, The Eighties, The Nineties, The Seventies, Thelonious Monk, United States
• February 2, 2013 •
Comments Off on Rick Stevens and Tower of Power Reunite at Yoshi’s Oakland, Thursday, January 31, 2013
Posted in Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Tower of Power
Tags: African Americans, Antioch, Blacks, California, Comeback, David Garibaldi, Drama, Drugs, Emilio Castillo, Francis "Rocco" Prestia, Funk Music, Joel Selvin, Larry Braggs, Latin Rock, Love, Michael Carabello, Murder, Music, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco Chronicle, Santana, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sheila E., Stephen Kupka, Stevens, The Seventies, Tower, Tower of Power, United States, Yoshi's Oakland
• December 21, 2012 •
Comments Off on Friday Night Music, December 22, 2012: “Blue Christmas/Xmas (To Whom It May Concern),” Miles Davis and Bob Dorough, 1962
Posted in Class, Cultural History, Holidays, Love, Miles Davis, Music
Tags: "Blue Xmas", "Mad at Miles", African Americans, Black Relationships, Black Women, Blacks, Blue Christmas, Bob Dorough, Business, Carmen McRae, Christmas, Facebook, Gil Evans, Herbie Hancock, Holidays, Love, Miles Davis, Music, New York City, Pearl Cleage, Santa Claus, Schoolhouse Rock, SGI Buddhism, Small Day Tomorrow, The Holidays, Wayne Shorter, Xmas
• December 2, 2012 •
Comments Off on Christmas Songs: Johnny Mathis, “Sleigh Ride,” 1958
Posted in Class, Holidays, Johnny Mathis, Love, Sexuality
Tags: American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers, Christmas, Growing Up, Holiday, Johnny Mathis, Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish, Music, Ronettes, Sleigh Ride, Steve Metcalf, United States
• September 2, 2012 •
Comments Off on Saturday Night Music, September 1, 2012: “Best of My Love,” The Emotions, Live at Sinbad’s Summer Jam, 1998
Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Cultural History, Love, Music, The Emotions, Women
Tags: "The Midnight Special", African Americans, Al McKay, Arts, Aruba, Black Women, Blacks, California, Caribbean, Clarence McDonald, Comedy, David Adkins, Different World, Earth Wind and Fire, EWF, Funk, HBO, Houseguest, Jingle All the Way, Los Angeles, Love, Maurice White, McDonald, Music, Nostalgia, Showtime, Sinbad, Sinbad's Summer Jam, Soul, The Seventies, The Sixties, United States
• August 12, 2012 •
Comments Off on Some Sunday Love: The Friends of Distinction, “Going in Circles,” 1969
Posted in African American History, American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Music, Music Videos, Public Television, Race, Religion, Television, Television Series, The Friends of Distinction, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: African Americans, Arts, Barbara Jean Love, Blacks, Butler, California, Charles Manson, Ed Sullivan Show, Fifth Dimension, Floyd Butler, Friends of Distinction, Grazing in the Grass, Harry Elston, Hugh Masekela, Isaac Hayes, Jessica Cleaves, Jim Brown, LGBT, Manson Family, Music, Music Videos, Satanic Bible, Stonewall Riots, Television, The Sixties, United States
• July 23, 2012 •
Comments Off on Tina Turner “Speakeasy” Interview on Canadian TV
Posted in Black People, Canada, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Health, Race, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, Spirituality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Arts, Black Women, Blacks, Buddhists, Canadian TV, Music, Nichiren Buddhism, Pop, SGI Buddhism, Television, Tina Turner, YouTube
• March 24, 2012 •
Comments Off on Some Saturday Love: Lalah Hathaway in Concert, “When Your Life Was Low”
Posted in African American History, American History, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, Cultural History, Education, Lalah Hathaway, Love, Music, Music Videos, Women
Tags: Arts, Daughter, Donny Hathaway, Eldest Daughter, Erykah Badu, Esperanza Spalding, Lalah, Lalah Hathaway, Lupe Fiasco, Meshell Ndegeocello, Mos Def, Music, Musiq Soulchild, Robert Glasper
• February 22, 2012 •
3 Comments
Posted in African American History, American History, Arts, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Buddy Guy, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Music, Public Television, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "I'm Still in Love With You", "In Performance at The White House", "Sweet Home Chicago", African Americans, Al Green, Barack Obama, Blues, Buddy Guy, East Room, Jeff Beck, Mick Jagger, Music, New Orleans, Obama, PBS, President Obama, Reverend Al Green, Rolling Stones, Shemekia Copeland, Trombone Shorty, White House, WPT.org
• February 11, 2012 •
2 Comments
Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Acting, African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Drug Overdoses, Film, Health, Love, Race, Sexuality, Suicide, Whitney Houston, Women
Tags: "The Bodyguard", African Americans, Aretha Franklin, Associated Press, Beverly Hilton Hotel, Black Women, Blacks, Bobby Brown, Brandy Norwood, California, Cissy Houston, Clive Davis, Dionne Warwick, Grammy Award, Hollywood, Houston, Music, The Eighties, The Nineties, TMZ.com, Valentine's Day, Whitney, Whitney Houston
• 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
• November 22, 2011 •
Comments Off on That Kohl’s “Gotta Go to Kohl’s on Black Friday” Commercial
Posted in Class, Commercials, Consumerism, Cultural History, Holidays, Music, Television
Tags: Adrants, Advertising, Black Friday, Bullying, Buying, Christmas, Christmas Shopping Season, Commercials, Department Store Chain, Friday, Kohl, Kohl's, Midnight, Music, Music Jingle, Rebecca Black, Sales, Shopping, Teenage Girl, Teenager, Threats, TV Commercials, Visible Measures, Xmas, Youth
• 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
• April 1, 2011 •
Comments Off on Another Summit at Jimmy Fallon: Chuck D, The Roots, and Madison’s Own Clyde Stubblefield Rock The Classic, “Fight The Power!”
Posted 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
• March 26, 2011 •
7 Comments
Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, En Vogue, Fashion, Jody Watley, Love, Music, Music Videos, Sexuality, Women
Tags: "(My Lovin') Never Gonna Get It", "Funky Divas", African Americans, Alameda County, American Music Award, Arts and Entertainment, Baltimore, Billboard (magazine), California, Children, Dawn Robinson, EnVogue, Foster & McElroy, Girl Group, Jody Watley, Love, MTV Video Music Awards, Music, New York, Oakland, Oakland CA, Rufftown Records, The Nineties, United States
• March 4, 2011 •
3 Comments
Posted in Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, Drug Culture/Industry, Health, Protestant Denominations, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Whitney Houston, Women
Tags: Addict, Addicted, Addiction, African Americans, Beer, Black Women, Blacks, Bobby Brown, Budweiser, Career, Children, Common Sense, Conspiracy Theories, Drinking, Drug Abuse, Drugs, Enabling, Everclear, Family, Growing Up, Hard Partying, Home, Intervention, Karma, Marijuana, Mothers, Music, National Enquirer, Oprah Winfrey, Parenting, Recreational Drug Use, Relapse, Sex, Snorting Coke, Talent, Twitter, Wake Up Call, Weed, Whitney Houston
• January 26, 2011 •
1 Comment
Posted in Canada, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Herbie Hancock, Joni Mitchell, Love, Music
Tags: "For the Roses", "River", Abbey Road, Corinne Bailey Rae, Folk, Folkie, Grammy Award, Herbie Hancock, Jazz, Joni Mitchell, L.A. Express, Love, Lyrics, Mad City, Music, Prince, SGI Buddhists, SGI-USA, The Seventies, The Sixties
• January 22, 2011 •
Comments Off on Saturday Night Music, January 22, 2011: The Dramatics, “Whatcha See is Whatcha Get” 1971
Posted in African American History, Black People, Cultural History, Documentary, Film, The Dramatics
Tags: "Soul Train", Arts, Billy Paul, California, Elbert Wilkins, Flip Wilson, Geraldine Jones, James Mack Brown, Larry Demps, Los Angeles, Music, Ron Banks, Rowan & Martin's Laugh In, The Dramatics, The Seventies, The Sixties, Tony Hester, Top Ten, United States, WattStax, William Howard, Willie Ford, WYSIWYG
• January 1, 2011 •
2 Comments
Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Memoir, Music, The Steve Miller Band
Tags: "Fly Like An Eagle", 33 rpm, 45 Record, 45 rpm, Albert King, Arts, California, Dave Mason, Eddie Money, Joachim Young, Les Paul, Lonnie Turner, Love, Maurice, Milwaukee, Milwaukee WI, Music, Party, Pompatus of Love, Popular Music, Rock, Rock and Roll, Steve Miller, Steve Miller Band, The Seventies, The Space Cowboy, Turntable, USC, USC Thornton School of Music, Wisconsin
• December 5, 2010 •
2 Comments
Posted 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
• November 29, 2010 •
Comments Off on Forty Years Since George Harrison’s “All Things Must Pass” Released; Nine Years Since George Left Us
Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Film, Love, Memoir, Music, Public Television, Religion, Spirituality, Television, The Beatles, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "All Things Must Pass", "Rubber Soul", "The Concert for George", Anniversary, Assassination, Beatle, Britain, David Crosby, Death, George Harrison, High School, India, Indians, Jim Croce, John Lennon, Joni Mitchell, Knife Attack, Los Angeles California, Lung Cancer, Memorial, Music, Paul McCartney, PBS, Phase, Religion, Religion and Spirituality, Religious, Singer Songwriter, Sitar, Solo Album, Spiritual Rock, The Beatles, The Seventies, Tribute
• November 25, 2010 •
Comments Off on “Drumline Live” Touches Down in Madison’s Overture Center for Three Days, November 27, 28, 29
Posted in African American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Education, Film, Holidays, Love, Memoir, New Orleans, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Spirituality, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "Fights", "The Last Battle", African Americans, African Methodist Episcopal Church, Arts, Band Competition, Black Greeks, Black Women, Blacks, Debt, Don Roberts, Drumline, Financial Mismanagement, Florida A&M University, Fraternities, Growing Up, Halftime Live, HBCU, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, International Tour, Love, Madison WI, Madison Wisconsin, Marching Bands, Mardi Gras, Morris Brown College, Music, Music Gods, Second Tour, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, The Black Church, The Overture Center, The Overture Center for the Arts, Tour, United Negro College Fund
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