the other day a friend of mine and i were talking about the housing situation in america. the financial experts on tv are talking about the homes that are up for foreclosure and new homes that aren’t selling (standing inventory) as well as existing preowned homes not in foreclosure will be sold in the next …
Peace has come to Zimbabwe Third World’s right on the one Now’s the time for celebration ‘Cause we’ve only just begunStevie Wonder-Master BlasterWell peace has come and gone in Zimbabwe. mr mugabe after dragging that country through upheaval hasn’t allowed the release of the last presidential election results where it is assumed by international onlookers …
this past friday, ny judge arthur cooperman found 3 police officers not guilty in the execution of sean bell. the police fired 50 shots at mr. bell who was unarmed. i have read some of the reports about the trial and judge. i watched part of one of the police officer’s statement thanking jesus christ …
here is the ella fitzgerald remix i did on hooray for love [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
on my youtube blog i posted a link to nana caymmi and milton nascimento performing this song. here is a version performed by the late elis regina. she and chaka khan are two of the only singers i know who rarely use a falsetto voice to hit high notes. its all natural chest voice. anyway, …
spike lee has a new film coming out later this year and did an interview on chuck d’s rapstation website. he talked about getting financing to make his new movie in europe (its a ww2 film about a black division in tuscany). he talked about how hard it is to get financing for other film …
randi rhodes has made talk radio history. a week ago she left air america radio supposedly after being suspended for doing a stand up club date and dissing hillary clinton and geraldine ferarro. actually randi explained the real reason she left is because the new (new) owners wanted her to renegotiate her contract after she …
because life is good, until today i have never had an opportunity to pay any attention to shock jock wendy williams. and now i know why. she is a terrible interviewer. i heard an interview she did with chaka khan last year and the woman had no idea who tony maiden is. if you don’t …
last night there was a documentary on zora neale hurston that was played on pbs. about 30 minutes in, i realized something. this could be a great role for queen latifah. with a great script and direction from someone like juile dash, a small budget, solid piece could be done. there is quite an emotional …