December 2009 Blog Posts (30)

An Interview With God

This is simply...beautiful!

Added by Edie Antoinette on December 29, 2009 at 11:30pm — 7 Comments

Claudine-The Movie 1974

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Added by Claudine on December 29, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

To Edie and Everyone on Out Of The Past

I would like to take a moment to wish everyone a Happy Hoilday,be safe, and wishing you the best for 2010.

Added by Gary on December 23, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments

"..And thank you for this food"

Lord, that we are about to receive.."

This is my beloved Aunt Martha Beverly (my Grandmother's big sister), whom I affectionately referred to as Aunt Mothie.

She was the best cook in the land--I kid you not! Anyway...

..did I tell you about the time I was outside playing (I was 10 and the year was 1961) and we lived with Aunt Mothie in Milwaukee?

I ran in to get me something to drink and… Continue

Added by Edie Antoinette on December 23, 2009 at 5:00pm — 5 Comments

My Grandfather, The Cotton Club, And Billy Eckstine

As The Sunsets On Another Sweltering Hot Day

In Manhattan, New York. My Grandfather, 24

Year Old Ira Davis Gets Off The Bus After A Long

Ride From Chattanooga, Tennessee.

His Destination The World Famous Cotton

Club In Harlem, The Black Mecca Of

Entertainment Back In Those Days, Where

Many African American Jazz Stars Performed

Along With The Jazz Swing Bands Of That Era.

It Was 1944 And… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on December 23, 2009 at 6:23am — 3 Comments

Roger Troutman & Zapp-Unsung

Early life and career

Born in Hamilton, Ohio, Roger was the fourth of ten children. He was a late-arriving member of Parliament-Funkadelic and played on the band's final Warner Brothers' album The Electric Spanking of War Babies. Beforehand, Troutman had formed various different bands with his four brothers, including Little Roger and the Vels and Roger and the Human Body. In 1977, he and the Human Body issued their first single… Continue

Added by Edie Antoinette on December 20, 2009 at 8:03pm — 5 Comments

Ghetto City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Holler)

This Is My First Poem In Nearly 3 Years, Inspired By Marvin Gaye's Inner City Blues

Hopefully This Will Be My Comeback Of Sorts. Can't Say That I Will Keep On Writing

Because Right Now I'm Just Not Feeling It Like I Use To, But When I Heard The Song And

Saw The Visuals In The Video, I Knew I Had To Do Something....LOL

GHETTO CITY BLUES (MAKES ME WANNA… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on December 17, 2009 at 12:30pm — 6 Comments

Jet Magazine Covers Part 3

To read the magazines cover-to-cover click here:

Okay, I see you have to write something so that the music player won't be in the Main Blog Queue..*sheesh*

So, yada yada yada yada yada wonk wonk wonk blah blah blah blah wee wika wika bloo blockers...LOL…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on December 14, 2009 at 6:00pm — 7 Comments

Jet Magazine Covers Part 2

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Added by Edie Antoinette on December 14, 2009 at 6:00pm — 3 Comments

Jet Magazine Covers Part 1

This is a series that I will do covering Jet Magazine covers from 1950-2009. To read the mags from cover to cover click here:

Enjoy, now--November 1951-December 1952 in 3 Parts. 1of 3:…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on December 14, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Final 24::Tupac Shakur

Tupac is one of a very few so-called rappers that I like, excluding anything that alludes to violence or thuggery. I think I fell in love with him for the track that he did to his Momma.…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on December 14, 2009 at 2:00pm — 2 Comments

Chrome And Hot Leather Featuring Marvin Gaye

(Thanks to Mama Edie for finding out about this movie featuring Marvin Gaye, i tell you, you learn something new everyday....LOL)

Yesterday he was a hero. Today he s an outlaw! "Action is the prime ingredient" in this "novel twist" on a biker flick starring William Smith Tony Young Marvin Gaye and Cheryl Ladd!

When a gang of low-down low-riders kills his fiance (Ladd) Mitch (Young) a Green Beret declares his own personal… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on December 14, 2009 at 11:21am — 7 Comments

Phyllis Hyman - Unsung

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Added by Edie Antoinette on December 13, 2009 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Billy Griffin

Billy Griffin , is an American singer and songwriter. He is best known in the United States for replacing Smokey Robinson as lead singer of The Miracles.

Like Robinson before him, Griffin co-wrote many of the Miracles' songs, in addition to singing lead. Griffin and original Miracles member Pete Moore wrote all of the Miracles' 1975 platinum selling[1] album, City of Angels). During his tenure with the group, they recorded three hits:… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on December 13, 2009 at 4:56pm — 11 Comments

This Is My Beloved-Arthur Prysock

I was inspired by DJ Gary T's Show tonight. He played a track from the album--so what did I do? I thought about Ronn Nichols and went and bought the album! LOL! I'll be back with it when I upload it..in the meantime...here's the album cover and some bio on Mr. Prysock. I LOVE his voice ♥

Arthur Prysock was perfectly at home singing jazz, blues, or R&B, but his smooth-as-silk baritone made him a superbly effective (and…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on December 11, 2009 at 12:30am — 5 Comments

Up In Smoke! IMEEM SELLS US DOWN THE RIVER!

Why imeem Really Sold Out

By Om Malik November 17, 2009…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on December 10, 2009 at 11:43pm — 4 Comments

The Marquees Feauturing Marvin Gaye

The Marquees were a short-term Washington, D.C., group who evolved from the Rainbows. Chester Simmons, Reese Palmer, James Nolan, and Marvin Gaye sang with the Rainbows at various times; Simmons was a founding member and the latter three filled in for missing Rainbows when needed. The group was part of a group of district singers who congregated in Bo Diddley's basement studio. Diddley's place overran with talent, including Billy Stewart and the… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on December 10, 2009 at 2:23pm — 5 Comments

Harvey Fuqua & The New Moonglows

In 1958, shortly after the Moonglows recorded their final hit, "The Ten Commandments of Love", Harvey Fuqua re-asserted himself as the group's lead singer, putting Bobby Lester further in the background and causing friction among group members.

The biggest blow came when Fuqua spotted a young vocal group, the Marquees from Washington, D.C., and took the talented quartet of Reese Palmer, Chester Simmons, James Knowland and… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on December 10, 2009 at 2:22pm — 7 Comments

"Dusties Party" Tonight on WHPK

Join me this evening for my last show of 2009. I will be playing a nice selection of music from the 60s,70s,and early 80s. I will do a mini- tribute to some of the artist we lost this year.

"Dusties Party"
9pm-midnight (cst) on http://whpk.org

Added by Gary on December 10, 2009 at 9:27am — 3 Comments

Charlie Chan In Black Magic (Original Title "Meeting at Midnight")

I just love me some Charlie Chan Movies and this one is my all time favorite, i especially love Mantan Moreland, he cracks me up....LOL. I know a lot of people hate these type of movies because of the way blacks were portrayed in them, but that was mostly all they could do at that time.

I decided to put the whole movie here in case anyone wants to see it....ENJOY

Meeting at Midnight 1/10… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on December 9, 2009 at 11:31pm — 10 Comments

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