• February 2, 2013 •
Comments Off on Saturday Night Music, February 2, 2013: “Supernatural Thing, Parts 1 and 2” Ben E. King, 1975
Posted in Ben E. King, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Film, Music, Soundtracks
Tags: "Stand by Me", "Supernatural Thing", African Americans, Ahmet Ertegun, Atco Records, Atlantic Records, Average White Band, AWB, Ben E. King, Blacks, Ex-Drifter, Gwen Guthrie, Half Note Records, Singer, Stand by Me (film), The Drifters, The Seventies, United States, Wall of Sound
• January 21, 2013 •
Comments Off on Rick Stevens, Early Tower of Power Lead Singer, Appearing Thursday, January 24, at Concert for Autism Awareness in San Francisco (w/ Video Update)
Posted in Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Education, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Music, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Tower of Power
Tags: Antioch, Autism, Autism Spectrum, Castillo, Donald Stevenson, Emilio Castillo, Latin Rock, Prison, Prison Release, Rick Stevens, San Francisco, San Jose Mercury News, Singer, Stevens, The Seventies, Thursday, Tower of Power, Voices of Latin Rock
• 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
• August 1, 2011 •
Comments Off on The Ancestors Welcome Singer-Songwriter Eugene ‘Gene’ McDaniels, 76, Who Wrote “A 100 Lbs. of Clay,” “Feel Like Making Love” and “Compared to What?”
Posted in Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Eugene McDaniels, Love, Music, Protestant Denominations, Race, Roberta Flack, Sexuality, Stroke, The Heart, Women
Tags: "A Hundred Pounds of Clay", "Feel Like Making Love", "Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse", A Tribe Called Quest, Actor, Atlantic Records, Billboard Hot 100, Black Rock Coalition, Eddie Harris, Eugene McDaniels, Films, Four Octave Range, Frankie Vaughan, Gene McDaniels, Jackie Wilson, Les McCann, Maine, Roberta Flack, Ron Carter, Singer, Singer Songwriter, Songwriter, Spiro Agnew, Swiss Movement, The Left Rev. McD, The Seventies, The Sixties, UK Singles Chart
• July 28, 2011 •
1 Comment
Posted in African American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Education, Preachers/Ministers, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexual Harassment
Tags: African Americans, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, B.J. Bernstein, Bahamas, Baptists, Bishop Eddie Long, Blacks, Centinio Kemp, Centino Kemp, Children, Church, Dale Russell, Eddie Long, Florida, Gays, Homosexual Acts, I-Team, Lawsuit, LGBT, Love, Lovers, New Birth, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Prosperity Gospel, Queen, Recording Studios, Singer, Taylor Long, The Black Church, Transsexual, Transvestite, Trial, Tricking
• June 1, 2011 •
2 Comments
Posted in African American History, American History, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, HIV Positive, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Art, Artists, Arts, BBC News, Blacks, Children, Crack, Creative People, Death, Drug Addiction, Drugs, E. Ethelbert Miller, Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home, Funeral Services, Ghostface Killah, Gia Scott-Heron, Gil Scott-Heron, Growing Up, I'm New Here, Kanye West, Love, Musician, New York City, New York Times, Novelist, Poet, Polymath, Riverside Church, Singer, Substance Abuse, Substance Dependence, Talib Kweli, The Fieldston School, The Hip Hop Nation, The Seventies, The Sixties, Washington D.C.
• May 10, 2011 •
Comments Off on Aretha Is Back
Posted in African American History, Aretha Franklin, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Fashion, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Music, Obama Administration, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, Sexuality, Spirituality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Respect", "Sunday Morning", Anthony Mason, Carolyn Franklin, CBS, Civil Rights, Dennis Edwards, Detroit, Good Friday, James Brown, Lady Soul, Michigan, Mystery, Privacy, Queen of Soul, Reticence, Reverend C.L. Franklin, Sam Cooke, Singer, Songwriter, Ted White, West Detroit
• April 1, 2011 •
Comments Off on Friday Night Music, April 1, 2001: A Double Header of Van Morrison, “Tupelo Honey” and “Into The Mystic”
Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Love, Music, Sexuality, Spirituality, Van Morrison, Women
Tags: "Brown Eyed Girl", "Crazy Love", "Domino", "Gloria", "Moondance", Caledonia, Concerts, Crabtree and Evelyn, Florida, Honey Plant, Ireland, Irish, Living Legend, Marriage, Northern Florida, Pepperidge Trees, Radio, Scots, Scots-Irish, Singer, Songwriter, The Irish Soul Man, Van, Van Morrison
• February 23, 2011 •
3 Comments
Posted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Fashion, Music, Music Videos, New Orleans, Nonfiction/Essays, People of Color, Race, Religion, Television, The Catholic Church, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "At Last", "Crazy in Love", "The James Brown of Nigeria", Beyoncé Knowles, Beyonce, Black Creoles, Black Panthers, Blacking Up, Cosmetic Alteration, Entertainer, Etta James, Fela Kuti, Jay Z, L'Officiel, L'Oréal, Michael Jackson, Nigeria, Nigerian Nationalism, Pallor, Passing, Pink, Popularity, Sammy Sosa, Singer, Skin Whitening, Skin-Lightening Treatments, The Black Panthers, Vitiligo, Whitening Up, Yasmin Alibhai Brown, Yoruba, Yoruba Religion
• December 29, 2010 •
Comments Off on The Ancestors Take The Ivory Queen of Soul, The Lady T, Teena Marie
Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cultural History, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, New Orleans, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Stroke, Teena Marie, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "Congo Square", "Fire and Desire", "La Dona", "Square Biz", "The Wall Street Journal", African Americans, Alia Rose Brockert, Alternative Medicine, American Academy of Neurology, Berry Gordy, Black Women, Blacks, Blue-Eyed Soul, California, Children, Diazepam, Drugs, Family, Grand Mal Seizure, Herbal Remedies, Hindsight, Hood Pass, L.A. County, L.A. County Coroner, Lady T, Latin Music, Lenny Kravitz, Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, Love, Lovergirl: Teena Marie Story, Lynn Jeter, Mary Christine Brockert, Medications, MedPage Today, Motherhood, Motown, Neurologist, Neurology, NewsOne, Phoebe Snow, Portuguese, R&B, Rick James, Sapphire, Self-Medication, Side Effects, Singer, Singing, Soul Music, Stax, Teena Marie, The 2000s, The Eighties, The Nineties, The Seventies, TMZ.com, Tonic–clonic seizure, Valium, Venice CA
• October 17, 2010 •
1 Comment
Posted in Black People, Children's Shows, Class, Cultural History, Education, Love, People of Color, Public Television, Race, Television, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "I Love My Hair", "Sesame Street", African Americans, Articles and Interviews, Arts, Beauty, Beauty Standards, Biracial Children, Biracials, Black Hair, Black Women, Blacks, Chantylla "Chauncey" Johnson, Chantylla Johnson, Children, Children's, Chris Rock, Color Purple, Growing Up, Hair, Katy Perry, Love, Madison WI, Muppet, Muppet Wiki, Nappy Hair, People of Color, Programs, Racism, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Singer, Television, The Color Purple, Weaves, Wigs
• September 30, 2010 •
Comments Off on Seal and Heidi Have a “Secret”
Posted in Africans, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Fashion, Germany, Love, Music, Music Videos, Race, Sexuality, Spirituality, Women
Tags: "Secret", Black Briton, Brazil, Erotic, Fashion, Fashion Model, German Americans, Germans, Heidi Klum Samuel, Interracial Celebrity Couples, Interracial Couples, Interracial Marriage, Interracial Relationships, Intimacy, Love, Marriage, Model, Music Video, Nigeria, Seal, Seal Samuel, Sex, Singer, Vocalist
• September 12, 2010 •
7 Comments
Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Drama, Fashion, Gossip, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Protestant Denominations, Race, Sexuality, Television, Women
Tags: "God Bless the Child", "The Wendy Williams Show", Adultery, African Americans, Antwaun Cook, Aretha Franklin, Attention-Seeking, Black Women, Blacks, Blouse, Bossip.com, Braless, Breastesses, Cammie, Cleavage, Common Sense, Daughter, Daytime Talk Show, Divorce, Fantasia Barrino, Fashion, Fashion Sense, Growing Up, Interviews, Lack of Common Sense, Love, Marriage, Overdose, Paula Cook, Scandal, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex Scandal, Singer, Singing, Sued, Suicide, Suicide Attempt, Sympathy, Talk Show Host, Television, The Queen of Soul, The Sixties, Therapist, Therapy, Trainwreck, Vest, Wendy Williams, Wig, Zion Quari Barrino
• July 8, 2010 •
2 Comments
Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Music, Television, The Economy, Women
Tags: "Beggars Banquet", "Good Morning America", "Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook", "Salt of the Earth", African Americans, Altamont, Bettye LaVette, Black Women, Blacks, Kennedy Center Honors, Singer, Singers, The Kennedy Center, The Rolling Stones, The Sixties
• May 12, 2010 •
14 Comments
Posted in Acting, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Fashion, Film, Lena Horne, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Television, Women
Tags: "Rachel Got Married", "Stormy Weather", "Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne", African Americans, Alex Weinstein, Amy Lumet, Black Women, Blacks, Bobby Cannavale, Breast Enhancement, Breastesses, Children, Cindy McCain, Civil Rights, Community Volunteer, Con Artist, Craziness, Culinary Arts, Drama, Drugs, Family, Florida, French Culinary Institute, Gail Lumet Buckley, Growing Up, Guardian, Interracial Marriage, Interracial Relationships, Jacob Cannavale, Jenny Lumet, John McCain, Latinos, Lena Horne, Lena Jones, Lena Mary Horne, Lifetime Achievement Award, London, Los Angeles CA, Louis Jordan Jones, Manhattan Country School, Multiracial, National Enquirer, Native American, Needy, New York City, Oscars, P.J. O'Rourke, Party Girl, Pastry Chef-Instructor, People of Color, Playboy, Race, Rachel Uchitel, Racism, Samadhi Jones, Sasha Weinstein, Screenwriter, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Sidney Lumet, Singer, Socialite, Sound Editor, Spitting Image, Striving, Teddy Jones, The Eighties, The French Culinary Institute, The Marines, The Nineties, The Oscars, The Seventies, The Sixties, Thomas Jones, Tony Peck, William Jones, Women of Color, Writer, Youth
• May 10, 2010 •
Comments Off on The Ancestors Claim Lena Horne, 92
Posted in Acting, African American History, American History, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Film, Lena Horne, Love, Music, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Stormy Weather", Activist, Affairs, African American, African Americans, Artie Shaw, Billy Strayhorn, Black Sororities, Black Woman, Blacks, Brooklyn NY, Cafe Society, Civil Rights Activist, Delta, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Donald Bogle, France, Gail Lumet Buckley, Interracial Marriage, Interracial Relationships, James Gavin, Janet Jackson, Joe Louis, Katherine Dunham, Kevin Buckley, Lena Horne, Lennie Hayton, Love, Malcolm X, Marriage, New York City, Orson Welles, Racism, Recluse, Secret Marriage, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Singer, Soror, The Eighties, The Fillmore, The Horn, The Nineties, The Sixties
• December 12, 2009 •
1 Comment
Posted in Basia, Love, Music
Tags: "Brave New Hope", "It's That Girl Again", "London Warsaw New York", "Not An Angel", "The Sweetest Illusion", "Til You Come Back to Me, "Time and Tide", "Year of the Cat", Al Stewart, Astrud Gilberto, Ballads, Barbara Trzetrzelewska, Basia, Bossa Nova, Children, Danny White, Jazz, New York, Peter White, Poland, Polish, Pop, Singer, Soul, That's What I'm Going to Do, The Eighties, The Nineties
• October 16, 2009 •
1 Comment
Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Gossip, Health, History, Michael Jackson, Music, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Off the Wall", "The Picture of Dorian Gray", "This is It", "Thriller", African Americans, Autopsy, Blacks, Dancer, Dr. Zeev Kain, Drugs, Fifty Concerts, Film Trailer, London UK, Lung Inflammation, Michael Jackson, Michael Joseph Jackson, Painkillers, Perfectionism, Propofol, Showman, Singer, U.C. Irvine
• September 12, 2009 •
1 Comment
Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Love, Music, Queen Latifah, Television, Women
Tags: "Cue the Rain", African Americans, Blacks, Dana Owens, Kelly Ripa, Morning Talk Shows, Queen Latifah, R & B, Rapper, Regis & Kelly, Regis Philbin, Singer
• July 3, 2009 •
4 Comments
Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Health, History, Mental Health/Psychology, Michael Jackson, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Sexuality
Tags: African Americans, Afro, Assimilation, ColorLines, Jack & Jill Politics, Mark, Michael Jackson, Michael Joseph Jackson, Moonwalk, Performance, Popular Culture, Psychology, Racewire, Self Image, Self-Affirmation, Self-Expression, Self-Hating, Singer, Tammy Johnson, World Culture
• June 26, 2009 •
2 Comments
Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Health, History, Journalism and Ethics, Michael Jackson, Music, Race, Sexuality
Tags: "Morning Joe", "Vanity Fair", Accidental Overdose, Administered, African American, African Americans, Autopsy, Cardiologist, Constables on Patrol, Demerol, Dr. Conrad Murray, Drama, Drug Dealer, Drug Overdose, Drugs, Karen Raymer, L.A.P.D., Los Angeles County Coroner, Los Angeles Police Department, Maureen Orth, Michael Jackson, Michael Joseph Jackson, Painkillers, Personal Physician, Rehab, Self Image, Singer, The Huffington Post, The Seventies, TMZ.com, Toxicology Report
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