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Found on website: The Soul Review
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What is Soul? Nobody Knows, but people keep talkin’ about ‘We got Soul’”
(’What is Soul’ - Ben E King)
Even top ’soul’ artists are unable to specify exactly what soul is, indeed it is often argued that there is no definition of ’soul’ and that it is wholly peculiar to the individual. Music which is soulful to one pair of ears may not be soulful to another. More »
This is part one of a three part series from the website popmatters.com. Here is an excerpt.
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Still others such as Stephanie Mills, Frankie Beverly and Maze, Jeffrey Osborne, Anita Baker, Peobo Bryson, Atlantic Starr, Kashif, Loose Ends, Alexander O’Neal, The Whispers, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, and Chaka Khan (post Rufus) helped give R&B a cohesive sound in the early 1980s. More »
The news that iTunes 4.9 will support podcasts seems to be the week’s hottest subject. Seeing that there are already around 3,000 podcasts available for download, and one of them is from ABC News, one of the network’s editors has interviewed Steve Jobs and published the result in podcast format (more…)
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Below are a few More »
This story is very significant because traditionally women who have been sexually abused or raped in this country are silenced–one way or another:
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The ruling was a crucial victory in a three-year legal saga that highlighted abuses against women in rural Pakistani society, stirred outrage around the world and, more recently, led the Bush administration to chastise President Pervez Musharraf, a key ally in the war on terror, for trying to muzzle Mukhtaran and prevent her from traveling to the United States.
Just weeks after President Vicente Fox made an offhand remark that angered many African-Americans, the Mexican government has taken another action that shows the gulf in racial sensibilities between the countries: it put cartoon caricatures of a black boy on a series of stamps.
Cynthia Daniels of the blog Cynthia’s Interests comments on a recent article written by Dr. Joseph Mercola
(a osteopathic physician):
“I learned early on that fluoride was dangerous for human use/consumption. I stopped using fluoridated toothpaste over a decade ago
Author Terry McMillan has filed for divorce from the man who inspired the 1996 novel “How Stella Got Her Groove Back,” which chronicled the romantic adventures of a 40-something woman who falls for a guy half her age.
In papers filed in Contra Costa County Superior Court, McMillan, 53, says she decided to end her 6 1/2-year marriage to Jonathan Plummer, 30, after learning he is gay (more…)
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Very sad!
This is commentary that writes itself.
George E. Curry, editor-in-chief of the NNPA News Service and BlackPressUSA.com recently expressed his “concern” about the NY Times recent decision to create a newspaper that targets black Americans:
“Black publishers freely concede that anyone has the right to start a newspaper. That is not the issue. What is so galling is that White-owned media
I came across this bit of information via Fox News yesterday:
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Who’s funding the insurgents in Iraq? The list of suspects is long: ex-Baathists, foreign jihadists, and angry Sunnis, to name a few. Now add to that roster hard-core Euroleftists.
Turns out that far-left groups in western Europe are carrying on a campaign dubbed Ten Euros for the Resistance, offering aid and comfort to the car bombers, kidnappers, and snipers trying to destabilize the fledgling Iraq government. More »
I wrote about this issue some time ago. First, here’s the story:
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Dave Alexander is somewhat less than patient when people ask whether his sons, Elias and Kieran, are brothers.
“I say: ‘Do they share the same DNA? Is that the question you’re asking me?’ ” he said from his home in Langley, B.C., near Vancouver. “Then they realize what a silly question it really is. Of course they are brothers. But, no, they do not share the same DNA.”
YOU GO SIS!!
(hat tip: Kris and April )
Lt. j.g. Jeanine McIntosh smiled from ear to ear as her father, Conrol McIntosh, pinned golden wings on her uniform Friday, making her the first black female U.S. Coast Guard aviator.
McIntosh, 26, said the experience made her aware that barriers still exist for blacks and women in general. Although her name will be inscribed in history books, McIntosh said the experience also has been humbling. (more…)
(blacknews.com)
“Success with Leon Isaac Kennedy” currently airs on The Inspiration Network as a national weekly hour show, Tuesday nights at 10:30 P.M. EST.
Leon, known for his classic action flicks, such as Penitentiary, Body and Soul, and Lone Wolfe McQuade is looked upon as a filmmakers icon. One of Hollywood’s first minorities to take a project from the idea stage, script it, raise the financing produce, and star in the project. More »
Controversial website says, Bill Cosby was right. HotGhettoMess.com bills itself as a call-to-arms of sorts to challenge the African-American community to examine how it is living and looking. With over 50 million hits, it is quickly becoming the new darling of the Internet. More »
(from: dallasnews.com)
In 1987, Ron McCray, a young corporate attorney with a freshly minted Harvard Law degree, gathered other black attorneys working at big Dallas law firms for a party at his home.
All seven of them,” Mr. McCray recalls from his expansive office atop the Irving headquarters of consumer-products giant Kimberly Clark Corp. More »
Most of the commercially available hair care products today use harmful, potentially carcinogenic ingredients. In the interest of good napptural health, I list below, what are in my opinion, the 10 worst commonly found product ingredients thngs you can put on your hair (and body). For alternatives to these chemicals, please read my article named Natural Subsitiutes for Chemical Products.
Check the list of ingredients on your hair products. The more of a particular ingredient you have in a product, the closer it is to the top of the list of ingredients on the bottle: More »
from: babalublog.com
Castro has announced ’soaring salaries’ for medical professionals. From now on, doctors and other medics will be paid between 100 and 250 pesos more, in a doubling - doubling! - of their wages. More »
Well actually, a little fried fish is okay from time to time. Did you know that the oil from fish contains properties that can foster a health heart? Check it out:
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Taking supplements of fish oil or soy oil may help older people avoid sudden heart death.
Chalk it up to omega-3 fatty acids,omega-3 fatty acids, researchers report in the April issue of Chest. Omega-3 fatty acids have been studied for their effects on heart health, depression, and arthritis. More »
San Jose State will be constructing a statue honoring former Olympians Tommie Smith and John Carlos:
Certainly, the sight lines improve when you’re talking about a 23-foot tall statue, because that’s what is coming here  a statue depicting San Jose State student-athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos in their raised-fist protest against racial inequality as they stood on the medal stand after the 200 meters at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.
“Lancaster’s large African-American population did not prompt Malcolm Mayo to buy a house there last year.
Mr. Mayo, 34, said it was because he could get more house for his money in Lancaster – and still maintain a manageable commute to his financial analyst job at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. More »
The Conservative Brotherhood (a blogger association that I am a part of) has decided to try to pick a subject for the week in which we will contribute our “two cents”. For this week the subject is reparations. More »
