the time has come to get hillside stories out into the world. i have been living with this thing for the past two years at least, trying not to touch it up too much. i want it to be somewhat raw yet palatable. i think i have achieved that (if nothing else). the next few …
this is a case where i think i am right. and i am probably wrong as well. and i am not happy that these people have me thinking the way i do. let me explain. at the present moment, football quarterback michael vick has been indicted in a dog fighting operation. shameful stuff IF FOUND …
i got an email from one of my favorite singers, dawn bishop. unfortunately it was sad news about angela bofill. she had suffered a stroke in 06 and had another one recently. she has no health insurance (like so many in this industry and country) and is in intensive care in a california hospital. if …
i was in one part of the house and the television was on in another room. a few sitcoms had come on and gone off and before the “judge show” programming began, a show came on featuring a dr. keith ablow. it seemed like he was trying to sort out difficult situations in two television …
i was getting some food to go and the restaurant had on bet. there was a show called take the cake that was on. they were playing some game that was not only tasteless it was almost insulting. it was called, mixed or light skinned. it featured pictures of tracy ellis ross, vanessa williams and …
yesterday on cnn, wolf blitzer had an interview with film maker michael moore. Â i was out doing errands when it was on but i got a phone call about it as it was happening. Â when i got back i saw the 7pm replay. moore ripped into blitzer like no one since lynne cheney did (but …
the live earth concert sponsored by al gore is on all day today. i have been watching it on and off. it has featured mainly younger hip hop/rock acts and rock legacy artists. for me, it would’ve been nice to have had some of the brown skinned legends like, mariam makeba in south africa or …
in the august issue of vanity fair, there is a well researched, well written article about sly stone featuring his first interview in over 20 years. anyone interested in the history of popular music of the second half of the twentieth century absolutely HAS to read this article. i also wanted to say a few …