Archive for: October 2007

Dr. Spence is looking for a little help: A Wall of Wisdom For My Eldest Daughter

Stop by and lend him a hand. (This is a great post, IHMO. I’m looking forward to the responses he gets)

BTW {smile}, I’m especially …

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Found This via one of my new “Twittizen” friends. “Thanks”, KOA!:

Ripples In The Music Industry, Part 1

Piracy is not the major music labels’ main problem, according to analyst Mike Goodman. “The problem is that they have

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…going on over at Smooth’s My Jazz World. A Must Read!

Some Thoughts About The Music Download Community

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I know it’s not Thursday yet, but we have a new mix over on RIBS just in time for Halloween:
The Rhythms In Black Satin Halloween Mix 2007

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Found this on a relatively new blog, The Jena 6 Blog. Props to Yobachi for creating this!

Michael Baisden address so-called divisions amongst leadership and what was accomplished by the march, as he prepares for Un-equal Justice Fundraiser…

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Just found this site, Black Web 2.0 via KillerStartups (an Internet startup web review site). Here is the info from their ‘About’ page:

What is Black Web 2.0?

Black Web 2.0 addresses emerging web trends and how they apply

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Stop what you’re doing and head on over to SOULcrates and check out DJ GrantLove’s latest, “An Old Soul Affair”! As he says:

“It’s been a while since I posted a good old fashioned SOUL Ballads mix.

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Found this via Dr. Lester K. Spence (always a great source of intelligent information and viewpoints), Racism Review.

From their “About Us” page:

• Contributors to RacismReview are scholars and researchers from sociology and a number

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…can’t tell ya, cause I have no idea! Just found this new blog, Songs In The Key Of Life (started September, 2007), via SoulBounce.com (another place I’ve just been hipped to, BTW).

But it’s all interwoven around music (among …

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Great post celebrating what would have been Thelonious Monk’s 90th birthday (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) over on the very excellent Latin Jazz Corner hosted by Chip Boaz:

Remembering Monk Through Latin Jazz

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• Baltimoresun.com - State probing 30-year Sentence For Bad Checks
  The civil rights unit of the Maryland attorney general’s office is investigating the sentencing of an African-American man with no previous criminal convictions to 30 years in prison

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Gotta give props where they are due. I found this article via a post on the blog of Dr. Lester K. Spence. Very interesting, very thought provoking. A MUST READ.

A White Person’s Meditation on the Jena 6 Students

I am

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Press release from BlackNews.com…

KB & ASSOCIATES ANNOUNCES THE LAUNCH OF NEW MAGAZINE
“Mahogany Visions” Magazine Targets African American Youth and Provides Valuable Informative Information

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From the “They Just Don’t Get It, Do They” Department:

Jena Mayor Murphy R. McMillin doesn’t like John Mellencamp’s new anti-racism song “Jena” saying:

“The town of Jena has for months been mischaracterized in the media and portrayed as the epicenter

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We’re doing something called “Bonus Hours” with the new RIBS Triple Play Thurs-Day mix this week as we take a look at the new releases from Chaka Khan (Funk This), Jill Scott (The Real Thing) and Queen Latifah (Trav’lin’

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