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    What You See Ain’t What You Get

    Saturday, June 9th, 2007

    I’ve been meaning to write a series of posts on standards of beauty in our culture and the deleterious effects they can have on young girls. Grown women too, but I’m particularly concerned with girls who have started their secondary development but have not completed it, and wind up getting caught up in a […]

    Funky Question #1

    Friday, June 8th, 2007

    As Brotherbrown and Bijan (the killer B’s?) have said, funk can take many forms and can appear within any genre. It was never my intention to question that, but for my own personal definition, I’m having a hard time deciding whether to include certain genres. Like jazz, well the line between jazz and […]

    I’m A Capitalist

    Friday, June 8th, 2007

    I’m jackin’ this directly from Bijan
    Why is the “b” in the word “black” in reference to teachers, spelled in the lower case. The teachers in question are not shirts or golf balls. “Black” in this case, connotes ethnicity. As in “Italian”, “Hawaiian”, or “Japanese”. It should be spelled with a capital “B”. The word “Negro” […]

    Amerikkka’s Most Wanted.

    Thursday, June 7th, 2007

    I’m in the car listening to a CD of some of my favorite albums. First one up is Amerikkka’s Most Wanted (AMW) by Ice Cube.
    Because I have an MP3 player (have had one since 03), I generally don’t listen to full albums any more. At least I hadn’t. But then I just […]

    Random Notes

    Wednesday, June 6th, 2007

    Even though it’s the end of the year and my kids are finishing up their final projects (I got em workin’ right up until the last day;)), I managed to find the time to sneak in that graphic I linked to the other day, which illustrated the romantic (but not necessarily sexual) relationships between the […]

    Cobb’s 100 Greatest Funk Songs of All Time

    Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

    Cobb’s taking nominations for the 100 greatest funk songs of all time. He’s gonna post the list on 16 June. I threw a couple suggestions in the comments, but they were all relatively standard fare. I’ma lay low and see what other people put up before I go diggin’ all deep in […]

    Naw, But Seriously…

    Monday, June 4th, 2007

    Church’s skit using blackface criticized
    Pastor says performance was meant to honor the history of gospel music
    GASTONIA –
    Local black leaders are decrying a recent performance by three white men at a church who wore blackface while pantomiming traditional black hymns.
    The performance at Pilgrim Baptist Church was meant to honor gospel music history and was not meant […]

    So That’s What It Is?

    Sunday, June 3rd, 2007

    So according to Gary Sheffield, the decline in Black players in Major League Baseball is due to the fact that Latin players are “easier to control.”
    “I called it years ago. What I called is that you’re going to see more black faces, but there ain’t no English going to be coming out. … [It’s about] […]

    Wha’chu Gon’ Play Now? - Black Music Month

    Sunday, June 3rd, 2007

    As Shay reminds us, June is Black music month. Well, over here, every month is Black music month…and f’real-f’real, if it’s American music, then it’s all Black music in the first place. Almost all. I’m not sure C&W is a descendant of Gospel or the Blues (but if it’s not, it’s a […]

    Willy-Nilly Round the ‘Net

    Saturday, June 2nd, 2007

    Close to home, Bijan links to an interesting article about Barak Obama and pickup basketball. According to the article, he has a little game (with that assessment coming from people who have a lot of game), and does a little wolfing, all of which sounds good to me. Plus, I like the […]

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