NOOOOO!!!!!! *SNIFF*
Friday, November 13th, 2009First Ebony on the rocks, and now this? It’s like all my dreams are dying a slow death….. Poor Chicago magazines….. *sniff*
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The Mouse In Charge Of The House (Of Ideas)
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009Okay, now that I’m over the shock, I can say that it won’t be too bad. Disney gets some hit movies for tween boys, while Marvel gets access to a broadcast television network and a major motion picture studio. The House That Stan and Jack and Steve Built will now be a major player. Okay, [...]
The Color of Fighting Racism Is Green
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009Couldn’t find the actual link, but I loved the image, so…….
Anyway, you know the drill here. Let’s hope it hurts as many of them as possible.
More Over, Jubilee!
Friday, July 10th, 2009Because now you (and a few others) have company!
The Neverending Story :)
Friday, July 10th, 2009I mean, what more is there to say?
Had To Be There
Friday, July 10th, 2009And we all were. What a tribute by the Queen La, and a fantastic poem by Maya Angelou.
(The Return Of) Blue-Collar Journalists
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009I’m not ashamed to admit that, as a kid in the mid-80s, I wanted to be Rick Redfern when I grew up. I still do. But in 2008, of course, he got laid off and had to re-invent himself as a blogger.
Meanwhile, Barbara Ehrenreich told the truth to today’s J-grads. The profession was always considered [...]
A Dignified Goodbye
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
Very dignified. Almost too reserved, frankly. (My mom disagreed; she thought it was an example of perfect pitch.) The comments from Berry Gordy and the Rev. Al Sharpton set the proper context. And Brooke Shields and Usher…..wow, I hope they’re being comforted. Missed Mariah Carey and Trey Lorenz’s opener, but I’m sure she nailed it. As [...]
And Now We Are Three
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009And to think, next year, for this blog’s next birthday, I can use “The Four-Legged Zoo!” LOL! Well, one at a time…..
And thanks, as always, to Saswat.
Vibe To Vapors
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
I agree with this lament. I stopped reading it a decade ago (I was a charter subscriber, and was impressed with its Tupac coverage), but its death is symbolic of the lost opportunities of the hiphop generation—particularly today’s wannabe moguls and artists and, especially, the current crop of freelance journalists and Black nonfiction writers who wanted to be more [...]