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Clarence “Big Man” Clemons, 69, The Boss’ Saxophonist, Rallies After Stroke

• June 14, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Music, Music Videos, Religion, Spirituality, Sports, Women
Tags: "Freeway of Love, "Rolling Stone", African Americans, Aretha Franklin, Associated Press, Blacks, Bruce Springsteen, Clarence Clemons, E Street Band, Lady Gaga, Love, Miami Heat, Narada Michael Walden, Saxophone, Saxophonist, Sri Chinmoy, The E Street Band, The Eighties, The Seventies, United States

Obama’s Nobel Speech and the Price of War

• December 11, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in Afghanistan, American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Black People, Democrats, Democrats in Name Only, Education, History, Obama Administration, The Economy, The Iraq War II, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Torture, War Crimes
Tags: "Rolling Stone", Afghanistan, al Qaeda, American Apartheid, Buddhism, Buddhist, Civil Disobedience, Civilians, Coretta Scott King, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Iraq, Lebanon, Mass Shooter, Matt Taibbi, MSM, Nonviolence, Norway, Osama bin Laden, Peace, President Barack Obama, President Obama, President Theodore Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt, The Media, The Nobel Peace Prize, The Obama Doctrine, The Wailing Wall, Theodore Roosevelt, Unarmed, Vice President Joe Biden, Vietnam, War

Saturday Night Music, October 21: The O’Jays, “For The Love of Money,” 1973

• November 21, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, History, Music, The O'Jays
Tags: "Bass Player Magazine", "For the Love of Money", "Rolling Stone", "Ship Ahoy", "The Apprentice", Anthony Jackson, Bassist, Bill Isles, Bobby Massey, Contrabass Guitar, Donald Trump, Eddie Levert, Electric Bass, Greed, Jack Casady, James Jamerson, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Materialism, Money, New York City, Oliver Messaien, Sammy Strain, The O'Jays, The Philadelphia Sound, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Walter Williams, William Powell

Friday Night Music, October 16: Joni Mitchell, “California,” Live, 1970

• October 16, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Books, Celebrities/Royals, History, Joni Mitchell, Love, Music
Tags: "Girls Like Us", "Rolling Stone", 1970, BBC, Biology is Destiny, California, Carly Simon, Carole King, Graham Nash, Hear Music, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Sheila Weller, Starbucks, The California Dream, The Seventies

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