Marvin Isley

Just heard that bassist extraordinaire Marvin Isley of the Isley Brothers passed away. Some years ago he developed diabetes and had his legs amputated. I feel for his family and loved ones. Those of us he touched through his music are saddened by this news as well. There truly are no other words I can


Darryl Robinson

I knew Darryl in LA as an aspiring actor. I ran into him a few years ago in NYC where he told me he was finding success as a bartender/mixologist. Fast forward (or rewind in this case) to yesterday where I saw Darryl hosting his own show on a new channel called the Cooking Channel.


congo

here is a link to an organization dedicated to speaking out about the situation in the Congo //


Sandra St. Victor

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Arrogant AND wrong

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Memorial Day thoughts

Memorial Day is a time when people reflect on those who served in the military and whose lives may well have been cut short in the line of duty. When I think of Memorial Day, I think of the fact that most of the wars and conflicts of the last 50 years should not have


A note I wrote about School Daze

In 2004 I posted some thoughts I had about my work on the film School Daze. I KNOW hardly anyone is going to be digging through comments on amazon.com so heeere it is for your reading pleasure YEARS LATER AND I SEE WE WERE CORRECT, October 27, 2004 This review is from: School Daze (1988


but i don’t see what is offensive

fb blocked a link to an article on US Senators not knowing how to use ATMs, etc. you tell me why, i can’t figure it. http://www.omaha.com/article/20100520/NEWS/705209844#senators-holograms-and-atms //


Chef Elitahl

Chef Elitahl Originally uploaded by uegmusic One of my favorite places in ATL is Nuri Rashid’s Organic Urban Farm. He has a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) co-op that supplies food weekly year round to members. He also offers organic produce to non-members and (Zoo Doo based) compost for sale as well as gardening information to


Confederacy celebrations and mediocre TV

I took some time today to be entertained by tv. It was a not so gentle reminder on why I don’t often do such a thing. Earlier in the day I saw the tail end of a tv movie feat. Natalie Cole as a nanny in the mid 1950′s (it looked like) to some kid