Gil Scott-Heron was the reason rap didn’t stick for me. People anticipated Gil’s next poetic and prophetic message in spoken or melodic rhymes like hot buttermilk biscuits out of the oven. Always a feast in days of famine. We also have to give props to Scott-Heron’s collaborator and fellow Lincoln University classmate Brian Jackson who [...]
It was Nina Simone who introduced me to the music of Bob Dylan. “Just Like a Woman,” “The Ballad of Hollis Brown,” “I Shall Be Released,” “Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues.” In fact, it would be many years before I heard Dylan sing his own music; what a difference a cover makes. One of my [...]
I’m sure anyone who’s on the internet more than 5 hours a day has seen/heard this TED presentation by former MoveOn.org Executive Director Eli Pariser based on his new book “The Filter Bubble: What the Internet is Hiding from You.” How is the search engine breaking down conversation by withholding information or tailoring searches based [...]
Skip the weekly. Look at the week! Wednesday, April 27, 2011 The White House releases Barack Obama’s long-form birth certificate. President Obama discusses the release and what’s really important. Saturday, April 30, 2011 White House Correspondents Dinner. Born again “birther” Donald Trump gets a thumping by the President. My personal favorite zinger: Michele Bachmann is [...]
