• December 20, 2013 •
Comments Off on Christmas Songs: “Oh, Tannenbaum,” José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti, from “The Three Tenors Christmas” 1999
Posted in Austria, Celebrities/Royals, Cultural History, European History, Health, Italy, Love, Music, Spain, The Three Tenors, Women
Tags: California, Carreras, Christmas, Christmas Tree, Domingo, José Carreras, Luciano Pavarotti, O Christmas Tree, O Tannenbaum, Placido Domingo, The Nineties, Three Tenors, Three Tenors Christmas, United States, Washington National Opera
• November 14, 2013 •
Comments Off on Filmmaker Ken Burns Says New Mayor Bill DeBlasio Will Settle With The Central Park Five
Posted in "Stop and Frisk", African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Chicanos/Latinos, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Democrats, Documentaries, Documentary, Film, History, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, National Issues, People of Color, Police Misconduct/Killings, Public Television, Puerto Ricans, Race, Rape, Rape/Sex Crimes, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Antron McCray, Bill de Blasio, Blacks, Central Park, Central Park Five, Central Park Jogger case, Constables on Patrol, David McMahon, Huffington Post, HuffPost Live, Josh Zepps, Ken Burns, Kevin Richardson, Korey Wise, New York City, Racism, Raymond Santana, Sarah Burns, The Nineties, Trisha Meili, United States, Yusef Salaam
• July 20, 2013 •
Comments Off on LIVE STREAM: The Royal Baby Watch From St. Mary’s Hospital, Lindo Wing, West London
Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Gossip, Journalism and Ethics, Love, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, United Kingdom, Women
Tags: Baby, Balmoral Castle, Bucklebury, Catherine Duchess of Cambridge, Child, Children, Daily Telegraph, Diana Princess of Wales, Drama, Elizabeth II, First Child, Gossip Cop, Great-Grandchild, Her Royal Highness, His Royal Highness, Infant, Love, Marriage, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Prince William Duke of Cambridge, Princess Diana, Queen, Reuters, Royal Baby, Royals, Scotland, Sex, Summer Vacation, Sun, The Eighties, The Nineties
• July 8, 2013 •
Comments Off on Mr. Darcy (Er…Colin Firth Really) Rises From The Waters of The Serpentine
Posted in Acting, Arts, Books, Cable, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Drama, European History, Film, Gossip, History, Love, Public Television, Sexuality, Television, Television Series, The Rest of the World, United Kingdom, Women
Tags: "Pride and Prejudice", BBC, Cheshire, Colin Firth, Darcy, Elizabeth Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy, Great Britain, Hyde Park, Hyde Park London, Jane Austen, London, London UK, Love, Lyme Park, Mr. Darcy, Regency Era, Serpentine, The Nineties, The Serpentine
• 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
• September 4, 2012 •
Comments Off on The Ancestors Summon Academy Award Nominee Michael Clarke Duncan, 54, Star of “The Green Mile”
Posted in Acting, African American History, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Drama, Film, Health, Love, Race, Reality Shows, Television, The Heart, The Rest of the World, Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Women
Tags: "The Finder", "The Green Mile", Academy Award, Academy Award Nominee, Acting, Actor, African Americans, Blacks, Bruce Willis, California, Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, Craig Ferguson, Duncan, Golden Globe Nominee, Green Mile, Love, Michael Clarke Duncan, Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth, PETA, The Nineties, United States
• July 7, 2012 •
Comments Off on Saturday Night Music, July 7, 2012: “Sowing the Seeds of Love,” Tears for Fears, 1989
Posted in Class, European History, Love, Music, Tears for Fears, The Economy, United Kingdom, Womanism, Women, World History
Tags: "Songs from the Big Chair", Curt Smith, George Martin, Margaret Thatcher, Oldies, Oleta Adams, Roland Orzabal, Seeds of Love, Sowing the Seeds of Love, Tears for Fears, The Eighties, The Nineties, The Sixties, United States, Woman in Chains
• July 4, 2012 •
9 Comments
Posted in "Stand Your Ground" Laws, African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, Hate Crimes, Health, History, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, National Issues, Police Misconduct/Killings, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Race, Suicide, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "The Riot Within: My Journey From Rebellion to Redemption", African Americans, Al Sharpton, Alcoholism, Blacks, California, Constables on Patrol, Daughters, Death, Drug Abuse, Drugs, Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills), Hollywood, King, Laura Dene King, Los Angeles, Racism, Rialto, Rialto California, Rodney King, Saturday, Simi Valley, Suicide, The Nineties, The Reverend Al Sharpton, The Reverend Jesse Jackson, United States
• June 17, 2012 •
Comments Off on The Ancestors Bring Rodney King Home
Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Addiction, African Americans, Blacks, California, Celebrity, Celebrity Deaths, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, D-Lister, Domestic Violence, Drugs, Drunk Driving, Los Angeles, Love, Lower Middle Class, Racism, Rialto, Rodney G. King, Rodney King, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Substance Abuse, The L.A. Riots, The Nineties, TMZ.com, United States
• March 10, 2012 •
1 Comment
Posted in African American History, Alice Walker, Black People, Books, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Fiction Writing, Film, Love, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Reproductive Rights, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Rest of the World, Womanism, Women
Tags: African Americans, Alice Walker, Arts, Black Women, Blacks, British Film Institute, Danny Glover, Film Documentary, LGBT, London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Love, March 2012, Movies, Pratibha Parmar, Racism, Rebecca, Rebecca Walker, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Steven Spielberg, The Color Purple, The Eighties, The Nineties, The Seventies, The Sixties, United States, Walker
• February 28, 2012 •
Comments Off on Will The Real Model of Black Maleness Please Stand Up? Is It Barack or Curtis (50 Cent)?
Posted in African American History, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Film, Gang Violence, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Obama Administration, Race, Sexuality, The Economy, The N Word, The Tea Party Movement, Women
Tags: "Ghetto Qu'ran", "The African American Portal", "The Game", 50cent, African Americans, Barack Obama, Black Manhood, Black Women, Blacks, Children, Common Sense, Drama, Film Documentary, FLOTUS, Ghetto Qu'ran (Forgive Me), Gray Hair, Growing Up, Irv Gotti, Jam Master Jay, Jodi Kantor, Maleness, Masculinity, Michelle Obama, Mitt Romney, Murder, Obama, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Pwn'ed, Racism, Republicans, Samuel L Jackson, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, The First Lady, The Nineties, The View, Twitter, United States, Young Buck
• February 16, 2012 •
1 Comment
Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, American History, Aretha Franklin, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, Cultural History, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Michael Jackson, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Whitney Houston, Women
Tags: African Americans, Associated Press, Baptist, Black Women, Blacks, Bobbi Kristina Brown, Bobby Brown, Cissy Houston, Funeral, Gay, Houston, John Russell Houston Jr., Katherine Jackson, Lesbian, LGBT, LiveStream, Love, Marriage, New Hope Baptist Church, New Jersey, Newark, Newark New Jersey, Newark NJ, Peter Tatchell, Robyn Crawford, Self Image, Self-Worth, Sex, Tell All Book, The Eighties, The Nineties, United States, Whitney Houston
• 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 14, 2012 •
6 Comments
Posted in Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Discrimination, Domestic Terrorism, Eric Clapton, European History, Exploration and Colonization, Immigration, International Terrorism, Islam/Sufism, Jews, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, People of Color, Sexuality, United Kingdom
Tags: "Phenomenon", B.B. King, Babyface, Blues, Christopher Hitchens, Clapton, Clapton is God, Enoch Powell, Eric Clapton, Fender Stratocaster, Guitar, Love, MTV, MTV Unplugged, Nathan East, Pattie Boyd, Pattie Harrison, Racism, Rock, Sheryl Crow, The 2000s, The Eighties, The Nineties, The Two Teens
• December 21, 2011 •
1 Comment
Posted in Afghanistan, African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Education, Health, Holidays, Iraq, Love, Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Obama Administration, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Afghanistan, African Americans, Berry Gordy, Blacks, Charting, Christmas, Christmas in The City, Forest Hairston, Funk Brothers, Iraq, Marvin, Marvin Gaye, Motown, Motown Records, Occupation, Prisoners of War, Santa Claus, South Vietnam, The Funk Brothers, The Nineties, The Seventies, United States, Vietnam, Vietnam War
• December 18, 2011 •
1 Comment
Posted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, Etta James, Health, Leukemia, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Women
Tags: "At Last", "I'd Rather Go Blind", "Tell Mama", Addict, African Americans, Artis Mills, Beverly Hills, Black Women, Blacks, California, Children, Chronic Leukemia, Common Sense, Death, Donto James, Dr. Elaine James, Drug Addiction, Eric Clapton, Etta, Etta James, Gladys Knight, Heroin, James, Los Angeles, Marriage, Paul Butterfield, Prescription Drug Addiction, Press-Enterprise, Riverside California, Sametto James, Sons, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Terminal Illness, The Eighties, The Nineties, The Seventies, Weight Problems
• December 14, 2011 •
Comments Off on Christmas Songs: “All I Want Is You This Christmas,” ‘N Sync, 1998
Posted in Germany, Holidays, Love, Music, Women
Tags: "All I Want Is You This Christmas", 'N Sync, Boy Bands, Boy Groups, Chris Kirkpatrick, Christmas, Co-Founder, Counter-Tenor, Geezers, Growing Up, iTunes, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone, Justin Timberlake, Lance Bass, Mariah Carey, Nigels11, NSYNC, Orlando FL, The 2000s, The Nineties, The Seventies, The Sixties, Women, Young Women
• December 2, 2011 •
7 Comments
Posted in African American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Love, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Atlanta, Bishop Dale Bronner, Bishop Eddie Long, Bishop Long, Black Women, Boys, Bronner Bros., Children, Constables on Patrol, Dabara Houson, Divorce, Eddie Long, Famous, Four Young Men, Grooming, Infamous, Lithonia GA, Long, Ministry, New Birth, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Rape, Settlement, Sex, Sexual Predator, The First Lady, The Nineties, United States, Vanessa Griffin Long, Vanessa Long, Wife
• July 14, 2011 •
Comments Off on Ya Know, After All This, Rodney King Oughta Have His Driver’s Licence and His Freedom Taken Away for Drunk Driving
Posted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American History, Black People, Budget Cuts, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Police Misconduct/Killings, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Race, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: 1992 L.A. Riots, African Americans, Blacks, California, California Driver's License, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Daryl Gates, Driving Under The Influence, Driving While Drunk, Drunk Driving, DUI, License Revocation, Los Angeles, Medgar Evers, Moreno Valley California, OC Weekly, Patt Morrison, Racism, Rev. James Reeb, Rodney King, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Southern California, Suicide, The Nineties
• 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
• February 13, 2011 •
Comments Off on Shirley Sherrod Sues Right-Wing Blogger Andrew Breitbart for Libel
Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black Farmers, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Democrats in Name Only, Discrimination, Food, Hate Crimes, Journalism and Ethics, National Issues, Native Americans/First Nations, Obama Administration, Race, Shirley Sherrod, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Albany Movement, AOL, Arianna Huffington, Black Farmers, Black Women, Blacks, Charles Sherrod, Civil Rights, Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, Keith Olbermann, Liars, NAACP, Native Americans, New Communities of Southwest Georgia, Pigford v. Glickman, President Barack Obama, Racism, Resignation of Shirley Sherrod, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Shirley Sherrod, The Eighties, The Kibbutz Movement, The Nineties, The Seventies, The Sixties
• February 13, 2011 •
Comments Off on “Somewhere” is Here and Now
Posted in Africans, Algeria, American Foreign Policy, American History, Arabs, Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Egypt, Film, Islam/Sufism, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Obama Administration, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Revolutions, Spirituality, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Tunisia, World History
Tags: "Letter from a Birmingham Jail", "Somewhere", "The White Queen of Soul", "West Side Story", African Americans, Algeria, Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, Birmingham AL, Blacks, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Dusty Springfield, Egypt, Freedom, Governor Walker, Kennedy Center Honors, Love, Martin Luther King, Miss Re, Miss Re Re, Pell Grant, Quincy Jones, Right-to-Work, Roberta Flack, Scott Walker, Self-Worth, The Nineties, The Seventies, Tunisia, Wisconsin
• December 29, 2010 •
Comments Off on Jeff Bridges Nearly Refused The Role of “The Dude”
Posted in Acting, Afghanistan, American History, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Documentaries, Documentary, Drug Culture/Industry, Film, Iraq, Love, Public Television, Sexuality, Television, The Iraq War II, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "The Big Lebowski", African Americans, American Masters, Big Lebowski, Blacks, Caucasians, Coen Brothers, Common Sense, Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, George Carlin, Hipsters, Jeff Bridges, Last Picture Show, Marijuana, Marijuana Dealer, Mirror Has Two Faces, Norman Mailer, Self Image, Sex, Slackers, Stoners, The Nineties, The Seventies, The Sixties, Timothy Bottoms, True Grit, Weed, White Russians
• 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
• September 24, 2010 •
10 Comments
Posted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Mental Health/Psychology, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Kingdom Relationships", "Spiritual Sons", "Traditional Family Values", Abs, Age of Consent, ATL, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, B.J. Bernstein, Bisexual, Bishop Earl Paulk, Bishop Eddie Long, Bishop Long, Black Gays, Bossip, Built, Charlotte NC, Child Molestation, Civil Suits, Conservative, Cut, Dating, Evangelical Christians, Gay, Gay Romeo, Gays, George Alan Rekers, Georgia, Heterosexual, Homophobe, Homophobia, Homophobia in the Black Church, Homophobia in the Black Community, Homosexuality, Jail, Jasmyne Cannick, Jim Bakker, Jimmy Swaggart, Karma, Keith Boykin, Kenya, Lavalife, Lesbians, LGBT, Long Fellows Youth Academy, Married Clergy, Match.com, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, North Carolina, Parishioners, Professionalism, Republican, Rigid, San Francisco, Scripture, Sex, Sex Predator, Sexual Invitation, Sexual Relationship, Six Pack, Spencer LeGrande, Ted Haggard, The Bible, The Down Low, The Downlow, The Nineties, Tight, Traditional, Trinity Foundation, Yahoo Dating, Youth Ministers
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