This post should be titled “In Defense of Fried Chicken…and Mary J. Blige”. I’ve been saving this for awhile to see how a few fried chicken developments would pan out. It’s been almost 2 months since MJB’s fans threw a chicken fit over a YouTube posting of an unfinished commercial with the queen of Hip [...]
A friend posted this poster on her Facebook timeline. In case you were wondering why there is a Memorial Day, which was originally “Decoration Day” to honor the dead of the U.S. Civil War, go to this Veterans Administration link. Remember.
Before this blog begins to resemble a memorial to music royalty — yes, I just heard the latest news about the passing of Donna Summer, the queen of disco — here’s something to celebrate at All Souls Church, Unitarian in DC on May 20. A great example of “peoples preservation.” Celebrate jazz history. Sun., May [...]
Chuck Brown Godfather of “Go-Go” August 22, 1936 – May 16, 2012
“UPTIGHT” (1968) “THE MAN” (1972) Introducing the MTPC Project – MENACE THE PUBLIC CONSCIENCE/ MAKE THE PUBLIC CONSCIOUS Project Saturday, May 26 (12noon – 4 PM) No Admission Fee Presented with: The Martin Luther King Memorial Library 901 G Street, (Lower Level) Washington, DC 20001 “THE MAN” stars James Earl Jones who through the law [...]
