…..and a Black Nationalist is an integrationist who got called “Nigger” one too many times, does that mean, somewhat conversely, that the staff of “On The Media”  are, at heart, Pacifica folks who wanted to pay their mortgages? 😉 Or do the folks at WNYC have the luxury of holding onto that old-school idea that practicing true journalism means calling bullshit bullshit (albeit indirectly) when that’s what it is? LOL!
There were SO many ways to mess up a “Knight Rider” revived series, and they failed to mess it up! Last night was on fire! Literally, if you count the first 10 minutes. 🙂
(I missed the backdoor pilot that aired earlier this year. Dang. Had I known it was this good……)
Written by folks who’ve clearly seen at least one episode of “Star Trek” and “Torchwood,” the series premiere was fun and exciting from beginning to end, with the same tone as, say, “Iron Man.”
…..my nephew Andrew Burroughs Jr., who is being honored this week by the Newark Black Film Festival. His film won the Long Narrative Competition. The award, the 2008 Paul Robeson Award, is being presented by Paul Robeson Jr.
JULY 30th UPDATE: My nephew tells me last night Mr. Robeson is sick, so Richard Wesley is doing the honors. Get well soon, Mr. Robeson.
P.S. In an unrelated note, enjoyed this NPR story on Kevin Powell’s Congressional run. Congrats to you too, K.P.
P.P.S. More unrelated: Congrats to Pacifica’s “Democracy Now!” and NPR’s “Tell Me More” for actually covering what Obama said at “Unity” about reparations, et. al.
Masterpiece.
P.S. I’m off to see it tomorrow for the THIRD time, but I’ll see it again with anyone who wants to see it.
….did a great job on her Green Party Vice Presidential nomination acceptance speech. I look forward to voting for her in future elections.
Way, way back when I thought that one day (today) I’d be a famous pundit, I looked forward to locking horns with right-wingers like Tony Snow. His end-of-show commentaries on “Fox News Sunday” never failed to make my teeth grit and shout obscenities at the screen. I looked forward to him one day attacking me by name, seeing it as a badge of honor.
Cat was born to be White House Press Secretary. He should have been in that role for the whole eight years. Bush would’ve been able to lie better.
While watching coverage of his death, I was sincerely moved by the great love he had for his family. So I wish that family well in its time of grief.
It was great hearing Bob Law’s voice on the radio again. The occasion was a new documentary film he’s narrating.
Enjoyed the recent NPR discussion about it, and Black radio. I agree with the host—the time for Black Activist Commercial Radio might be past, but not necessarily for the same reasons she brought up. Check here for my five-year-old rant on the subject. Here are a couple of great books and two great radio programs on the subject.
…..for winning a “National 2008 Role Model Award” from the National Baptist Congress of Christian Education!
Hazel has always been my hero.
I like “NOVAScienceNOW,” even though I’m not hosting it. 🙂 Believe me, that’s high praise. It’s clear we’re in the Golden Age of the Magazine—the BROADCAST magazine. I’m happy that I can listen to three national Black(ish) radio newsmagazines in a week, watch the NOVA spinoff show every summer and check out what the brother’s doing on “History Detectives,” but it’s hard to let the dream go of working full-time for a national (Black) general interest magazine. (Aside: It’s really too bad that too many of these broadcast magazines don’t have full-time [or sometimes any!] correspondents.) Soon it’ll be time for the local library to get my Gordon Parks autobiographies, I guess.
Drums in the Global Village 
