Well, With The SAGs Over With………..
Monday, January 29th, 2007…………I guess Jennifer Hudson should be practicing her Oscar acceptance speech.
Archive for January, 2007
R.I.P., Ben Holman
Wednesday, January 24th, 2007Â
And Asante Sana for recruiting me for the University of Maryland.
A life in summary.
Congrats To………..
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007Jennifer Hudson, Eddie Murphy, Djimon Hounsou, Will Smith and Forest Whitaker!
Well, at least there won’t be all this “making history” talk.
Even Though It’s Just Temporary……
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007…….I’ve got to admit I like the idea of this.
Yeah, I know that the picture’s too tiny. It’s an image of the Black Panther and Storm slumming in New York with two well-known Fantastic friends in a famous flying bathtub.
It’s a homage to this famous cover from the early 1960s:
I look forward to The “New” Fantastic […]
So She’s In…………..
Saturday, January 20th, 2007How Many White Reporters Who Didn’t Go To Vietnam Got To Be Famous Names Today :)
Thursday, January 18th, 2007National Public Radio’s “The Diane Rehm Show” had an interesting hour today. I’m glad guest host Susan Page (easily the best Rehm substitute host) brought up the Black press. The discussion would have been much fuller if Page and/or the authors had pointed out the virtually all-white newsrooms that professionally housed these admittedly brave 1960s […]
Congrats To………..
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007Â
…………my friend, publisher/author Wayne Dawkins, who has put together a GREAT site about a crusading Black newspaper publisher BEFORE he became a crusading Black newspaper publisher.
Black People Don’t Control Their Culture, Chapter 103
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007Â
I guess all of us pundits have one same column we keep writing over and over. :) Enter Minister Paul Scott. I’ve been reading his columns online for at least a couple of years now.
I believe the story of what happened to hiphop is more complex than what he has laid out below. For example, what […]
Independent Audio/Video You Should Check Out (Ninth In A Long-Running Series)
Tuesday, January 16th, 2007Â
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Jazz & Justice
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Mondays 1-3p ESTÂ
Today’s show is a special tribute to Dr. King.
Part 1 features King himself and music from Dead Prez, Head-Roc, Archie Shepp, Jack DeJohnette, Wise Intelligent plus a special DocuMix from Melki.
Part 2 features music from Blitz, Immortal Technique and commentary from Mumia Abu-Jamal, […]
So He’s Running……..
Tuesday, January 16th, 2007Take a brown crayon to the above, and the resemblance is uncanny.Â
……which means, I guess, that we’ll soon see what “role” a presidential campaign can play. Again.
It’s been 20 years since Jesse attempted to take pages from MLK’s 1968 playbook while running for president. Jackson ran a good campaign, then happily took his concessions […]