Miriam Makeba Makes Her Transition

Happy Birthday Miriam Makeba. (a post from 2008)

Throwback Thursday: How I Got Over

I can remember taking every photo: the day, the place, where my mind was.  Remember writing the poem.  Remember "discovering" it a good year later.  Setting it to music; then choosing the pictures.  Abusing that song by Citizen Cope; abusing Citizen Cope on Limewire; my first laptop (r.i.p). Throwback = throw your head back, close [...]

Say “Bob Marley” and it’s kinda like fighting words

Bob + Marley = get sumthin' started: the party, the loving, the revolution I was first introduced to Bob Marley through a PBS documentary about one of his concerts.  My mom and dad owned one of his records--yes, literally a large round grooved piece of vinyl.  So there is no question that along with the [...]