As you may already know, the amazing wonder who invented one of the only names that rightfully suits a bluesman and a rib shack; handcrafted each of his magic making guitars himself, Bo Diddley, has passed. He suffered from heart failure only months after having a stroke.
“I opened the door for a lot of people, and they just ran through and left me holding the knob,” he told The New York Times in 2003.
Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley (born December 30, 192
Bo Diddley broke new ground in rock and... Read Full Story
“If Malcolm or Huey had the outlets our musicians have today, it’d be global. I have to figure out a way to do it myself” - Alicia Keys
America’s favorite bright skinned darling has people buzzing with her apparent closeted radicalism. In the latest issue of Blender magazine, Alicia Keys, openly shares her opinion of a coordinated conspiracy to promote black-on-black violence through the media created genre ‘gangsta music’. She says:
“‘Gangsta rap’ was a ploy to convince black people to... Read Full Story
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry about the latest interaction between Aretha Franklin and PETA. Not too long ago, information was released about Aretha Franklin’s tax troubles. Lady Franklin has been the target of numerous PETA crusades in recent years due to her fur flashiness and even her weight.
Now, PETA has thrown down the gamut and offered to buy Ms. Retha out of her financial troubles by offering to cut her a check for her the $19,000 in back taxes in exchange for her giving... Read Full Story
The episode of the “Hunger Strike” the episode banned from ever showing has finally been posted in its entirety at WorldStarHipHop. Click here to watch it.
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The US organic market remains on track for strong growth over the next five years…report by Mintel, which claims that the increased availability of organic foods through mainstream channels is set to change the playing field…the report values the organic food market at an estimated $3.6bn in 2006, more than double the $1.5bn market of 2001. And between 2006-2011, …the sector will see a 44 percent increase in constant prices, headed by strong demand for organic fruits and vegetables and... Read Full Story
hey family-
it was bound to happen: blactivegan and nite*vision have linked up! blactivegan’s been on my blogroll and on my radar for a minute (see red hot post & mlk reference). his blog is a refreshing narrative exploration of physical activity, healthy eating, and black culture.
(nite*vision & blactivegan)
soooo, i’ve done a couple of guest posts over on blactivegan:
food watch: dropping like cows
dropping science on the massive beef recalls of 2007-08 (so far)
battling obesity... Read Full Story
cheaters, cheaters, cheaters. don’t judge me for watching hours of the kitschy melodramatic show cheaters today. sometimes there’s not much else to do during convalescence. according to my sister, who knows her stuff(!), this is a really old one. how do you go back to hosting a show like this after getting jigged like this. joey greco is my hero.
all i want to know is why the culprits always have the nerve to get indignant about being caught! on one episode, the cheating guy... Read Full Story
10% of Mexico’s population lives in the Untied States.
10% of the U.S. population will experience a seizure in his or her lifetime.
Immigrants make up just over 10% of the U.S. population.
In 10% of U.S. counties, people of color are the majority of the population.
Incarceration is at an all time high - over 10% of the adult U.S. population is locked up.
The NY Times reported on the Pew Center on the States’ latest report:
Nationwide, the prison population grew by 25,000 last year... Read Full Story
it’s been a minute., but i just checked out the latest round of postcards over at postscret. of note:
if you have a secret on a postcard you want featured, you should visit the website.
check out the latest postsecret book
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This is a pretty disgusting - on a couple of levels -bit of news I received in my inbox. It seems a group of white boys (Afrikaans) thought it would be cute and subversive to stage a fake “Fear Factor” with the South African dorm staff as contestants. This included a contest of eating stew laced with urine!
I’ve seen this posted on another blog already tonight and one of the commenters thought the whole scene was just a funny prank and that the women just shouldn’t have eaten it. It’s... Read Full Story
