31. Corey Harris – Mississippi To Mali The drum and fife era of black music is lovely recreated in this banging album by Corey Davis. Soulful, funky, bluesy, rootsy….it’s a must have. 32. Parliament – Mothership Connection As a kid, I approached this album with the same skepticism I had…
+ Read MoreI already have a list of 20 perfect albums listed in the “about me” section of the website. But a recent conversation on Facebook inspired me to update the list with more albums. 21. Curtis Mayfield – “Superfly” Superfly the film is not a musical, but the Curtis Mayfield soundtrack…
+ Read MoreHow do you measure “blackest”? Well, it’s up to me because I’m making the list. But it’s that prefect combination of funk, pride and overall cultural specificity that can manifest itself in comedy, drama, romance, music and more. This is the first stab at the list. Some scenes were not…
+ Read MoreWhen I was a child, the poster listing the Black Panther’s 10-point program seemed to be everywhere. You may have disagreed with their goals or thought they were not realistic, but at least there was an action list that people could respond to. This was not a new idea. Booker…
+ Read More10. Visiting My Alma Mater I saw tourists take pictures here every day for four years; now I was one. Walking in my footsteps at Memorial Hall. While on the way to my daughter’s sleep away camp, we stopped in Cambridge and took my kids on a tour of Harvard….
+ Read More10. Kamala Harris California Attorney General Kamala Harris is one of the rising stars of the Democratic Party and has been mentioned for any number of important posts from Governor of California to serving on the Supreme Court. After easily winning re-election for her current post, she announced she was…
+ Read More10. Maleficent Incredible feminist fairy tale that I was glad to watch with my daughter and tell her “never give your power to a man – see what happens!”. 9. Snowpiercer I grew up on science fiction as political metaphor movies like PLANET OF THE APES, SOYLENT GREEN and A…
+ Read More10. Django/Zorro Yes, I’m the executive editor of the book, but whatever…it’s great. First of all, the fact that Quentin Tarantino, who never does sequels, was willing to do a comic book sequel to his most successful film was unprecedented. Then his collaborating with the legendary Matt Wagner to make…
+ Read MoreEvery year I make ten different lists of ten things. This list is of my favorite TV shows of the 2014. Because television is the most exciting medium today…more than movies, more than music, more than art…I can’t keep up with all the good TV shows. So some of your…
+ Read MoreEvery year I make ten different lists of ten things. This is a list of my favorite musical events of 2014. This includes songs, albums, live performances and videos. This list is in no particular order: 10. John Legend performs Marvin Gaye’s WHAT’S GOING ON at the Hollywood Bowl John…
+ Read MoreOne of my oldest friends Pierre Paradise was inspired by the READ A BOOK animated video and asked if I would put together a list of suggested books for people to read for black history month? I thought that was a fine idea but as I assembled the list I…
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