over the christmas holiday, the parody song “Barack the Magic Negro” was distributed by Chip Saltsman who is campaigning to be the next RNC chairman. what this has done is quite interesting to me. besides being repugnant, it is going to be very interesting for those hard core right leaning african american republicans to defend. …
leave it to me to wait until the holidays to air pet peeves. well one is borderline christmas related so i will start with that one. 11 years ago when i worked on the keenen ivory wayans show as music director, we usually taped in the afternoons (usually late thanks to mr wayans-in fact we …
i was talking with songwriter vince morris yesterday. i told him about something that happened over the weekend. i meant to share with you as well. i was in a chinese take out spot (that actually has tables and chairs to eat in, unlike many spots in nyc). as i was waiting to order the …
here we are the first day of winter. the temperature went waaaayyy down as if on cue. it got windy outside and on a very clear sunny day, my power went out. the odd thing is, my community is serviced by two providers. i texted one of my neighbors who is with the other electric …
this past weekend president bush made surprise visits to iraq and afghanistan. the biggest surprise was when an iraqi journalist threw his shoes at him. in his comments after the incident he didn’t seem to know that in arabian culture throwing one’s shoes is the lowest of the low. as is showing someone the soles …
after the first MOS gig in cali, my sense is the project has great potential. it needs to be approached from a perspective of what is fun, what brings joy to us and as such to the audience. with that as a credo i think it will be fine. my buddy geoffrey garfield sent a …
there are people so unhappy about president elect obama that they are challenging his citizenship (to be president you have to be a natural born citizen). they are saying his hawaii birth certificate should be presented for inspection (by who, i have no idea). well that concept might have had more credence if john mccain …