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NOOOOO!!!!!! *SNIFF*

Posted on November 13, 2009 by drumsintheglobalvillage

Playboy

First Ebony on the rocks, and now this? It’s like all my dreams are dying a slow death….. Poor Chicago magazines….. *sniff* 😦

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Happy 40th, Sesame Street! (II)

Posted on November 12, 2009 by drumsintheglobalvillage

One of my students told me about Roosevelt Franklin today. Since I was part of the first generation of “Sesame Street” watchers (I’m 41), the name sounded familiar…….Wow….allathis is so 1969-early 1970s. 🙂

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Okay, I Admit It…….

Posted on November 11, 2009 by drumsintheglobalvillage

GoingRogue

I’m looking forward to either reading this or reading about this.

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And then there’s this. 🙂

NOV. 13th UPDATE: See what I’m talking about? Man, she’s great copy….. 🙂

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Happy 40th, Sesame Street!

Posted on November 10, 2009 by drumsintheglobalvillage

C is for Cookie, and for 41 years, that’s been good enough for me! LOL! 🙂

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Be Well, Dominic

Posted on November 5, 2009 by drumsintheglobalvillage

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Man. Sorry to hear about allathis. I will always remember Dominic Carter as a great WLIB radio reporter, bringing me the first news on the New York City racial incidents of the 1980s.

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Happy 75th, Amiri Baraka!

Posted on October 22, 2009 by drumsintheglobalvillage

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And like my mom (also 75 this year), many more, please. Glad the celebration went well.

amiri

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A Beginning!

Posted on October 22, 2009 by drumsintheglobalvillage

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“Soul!” and other pioneering Black public affairs shows—including WABC-TV’s “Like It Is”—online.

A great start! Now if ALL of all of it can go up, like this show…….

BlackJournal

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Two Views Of Obama's Peace Prize

Posted on October 13, 2009 by drumsintheglobalvillage

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Here are two views I enjoyed reading.

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The Last Word On "Capitalism: A Love Story"…….

Posted on October 9, 2009 by drumsintheglobalvillage

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…..is here, courtesy of my friend Saswat.

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Meanwhile…….

Posted on September 17, 2009 by drumsintheglobalvillage

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……truth, activism and anger continue to do battle, vis-a-vis race, media and Obama, over the airwaves and on the Web.

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