Mamalicious!

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So last night, a gazillion years after the fad first surfaced, I gave karaoke a shot.
Yesterday afternoon, Tech Boo and I decided to throw a karaoke party at his place during early summer while his mom is in town. Grown-ups only, soul food, drinks…a good old-fashioned house party. We wrote the evite in […]

Good news…I got into VONA!
Bad news…I was accepted for a different week and a different class than I requested. So I’m passing. Maybe next year…
Good news…We got all the planting done!
Bad news…The same little girls who have asked me daily for the past month, “Are we gardening TODAY???” pretty much bailed after an […]

Trailer for “Girls Rock!”
Opens March 7th.
In case you missed it, check out Guest Blogger Laina Dawes thoughts on black rock and Black History Month here.
(Thanks, Dawn)

“We invented the blues; Europeans invented psychoanalysis. You invent what you need.”
–Albert Murray, biographer, novelist, essayist, literary and jazz critic

Fridays are music days here at the 32 Days of Black History celebration, and because I’m sick–it’s viral, not bacterial and therefore must run its course–today, I’m totally going to cheat and be lame and just encourage everyone to buy e. badu’s latest, New Amerykah Part One (4th World War).
Here’s the first track off of […]

Christina has a wonderful, wonderful interview with An Artist You Need to Know, Christiane D. Leach (Pittsburgh…worldwide).  Read it…now!

Here at the 32 Days of Black History blogathon, we’ve designated Sundays as “Black to the Future” days. In these entries, we will shine our spotlight on black folks you should know (but may not), folks you’re going to be hearing about in the future (if you haven’t already).
Today’s spotlight illuminates my fellow Yalie, Kersten […]

…or, you can head over to Yvette’s place and check out her tribute to the High Priest of High Heels.  She’s compiled a playlist of His Royal Purpleness-related covers and collaborations.  Etta James did “Purple Rain”?  Who knew?
And whilst over there, dig if you will a 2nd playlist of Post-Purple Rain favorites.
Back when Purple Rain  […]

The ladies featured in the playlist below need no introduction (besides, I gotta go pick up the kids from school and take the kitties to the vet). We can quibble in the comments about who-all I didn’t include. Enjoy…
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