February 2012
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Whitney Houston, superstar of records, films, dies →
So this was a surprise, I guess. The link is to the AP’s canned obituary.
… and the people running the Grammys are working overtime tonight.
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One Town's War on Gay Teens | Politics News |... →
This is a music blog and I am firm on not posting non-music content. But I grew up just a few miles away from Michelle Bachman’s district—my school was in same athletic conference—and my hometown has more than its fair share of radical religious nuts. This is a must read. It’s simply disgusting how far religious-based hate can take people.
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Jazz and Other Things:: No Bop Roots In Jazz:... →
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by Michael Levin and John S. Wilson — 9/9/1949
“Bop is no love-child of jazz,” says Charlie Parker. The creator of bop, in a series of interviews that took more than two weeks, told us he felt that “bop is something entirely separate and apart” from the older tradition; that it drew little…
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i just wanna use my position to really let people know that next to Berry Gordy,...
– Brand New Bag: Questlove on Don Cornelius « Okayplayer (via bwall05)
'Soul Train' Host Don Cornelius Dead of Suicide -... →
cbye:
Terrible news!