last night after president obama’s non state of the nation speech and budget plan, the republican party sent louisiana governor bobby jindal out to give a response. it was clear the statement he delivered was written before anyone in the speech writing dept of the rnc read or heard obama’s 52 minute speech of personal …
i knew as i was writing the last blog entry that someone was omitted but i didn’t know who it was. the late great nina simone was born in 1933 on february 21st.
over the weekend two african american men were remembered on the radio and around the country. on riverwalk jazz, they featured music by the late great james p. johnson. i tuned in when there was a piece (blueberry rhyme) that was changing tonal centers in a way most popular music doesn’t. i kept wondering where …
as jimmy fallon takes the helm of conan o’brian’s old show, his new house band the roots is preparing for their role as a late night band. as a business move it will be great for them. and musically they will help keep interesting creative music on television. that said, i was wondering what i …
its really late as i type this. i was doing some organizing and labelling with my new fancy label maker. i stopped and did something i do less and less of, watched television (outside of rachel maddow and keith olbermann). the brasil show on current tv was over and a rachel ray travel show came …
its hard for women in show business to survive over the long term (men too) but cher just keeps going. and she is still into her musical craft (btw i am also testing out the “share this” function on my blog with this posting). Cher: I Live `Like A Nun’ In Vegas Posted using ShareThis
Two Sides of the Street Originally uploaded by uegmusic A new home is being built on the right side of the street. Its a ranch floor plan. Usually they say that its an older family that will build such a home so that they aren’t running up a lot of stairs. On the left side …
Guitarist Extraordinaire Ronny Drayton Originally uploaded by uegmusic last night nona hendryx, sarah dash and patti labelle performed together in atlanta for the first time in decades as labelle. they were great back then and now in their sixties, they are still going strong. they had a little vocal help from three background singers. but …
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besides trying to not eat crap, i try to work out regularly and stay in shape. i regularly see a few guys at the gym who are working out very hard and are planning to compete. did you know there were two types of bodybuilding competitions? one is all natural. needless to say the other …