oh i love the 80s. here is a song i first heard on a mixtape made fo me by a dj from new york who was attending american international college in springfield, mass. when i was a first year down the road at smith. it was a red and white basf tape and the first song on it was "night and day" by al. b. sure. i played that tape to deat and i still have it. i have digitized versions of all the songs now. one of these days i'll make a playlist of that mixtape. enjoy ms. sims.
04/03/2009
04/01/2009
25 years gone. marvin gaye
was reminded today by jbrotherlove of how long it has been since the one and only marvin gaye left us.
marvin pentz gay, jr. (april 2, 1939 – april 1, 1984)
03/31/2009
03/30/2009
hedake
corner of s. 2nd ave. & 3500 s. fitzhugh ave, dallas, tx
03/27/2009
he rocks rough and tough with his afro puffs
cedar springs
blvd., dallas, tx
03/26/2009
"Are You Being Served?" lyrics
So many people email/comment asking for the lyrics to the theme song from "Are You Being Served?"
Ground floor:
Perfumery, stationary, and leather goods, wigs and haberdashery, kitchenware and food. Going up...First floor:
Telephones, gents ready made suits, shirts, suits, ties, hats, underwear, and shoes. Going up...Second floor:
Carpets, travel goods, and bedding, materials, soft furnishings, restaurants, and ties. Going down...First floor:
Telephones, gents ready made suits, shirts, suits, ties, hats. Going down...
dusk: post-dinner, post-rain
shops at legacy, plano, tx
03/25/2009
john hope franklin, r.i.p.
duke university historian john hope franklin dies at 94
official duke university site on the life of john hope franklin: http://www.duke.edu/johnhopefranklin
Duke Press Release:
DURHAM, N.C. – John Hope Franklin, the scholar who helped create the field of African-American history and dominated it for nearly six decades, has died at the age of 94.
Franklin died of congestive heart failure at Duke Hospital this morning. He is survived by his son, John Whittington Franklin, daughter-in-law Karen Roberts Franklin, sister-in-law Bertha W. Gibbs, cousin Grant Franklin Sr., a host of nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews, other family members, many generations of students and friends. There will be a celebration of his life and of his late wife Aurelia Franklin at 11 a.m. June 11 in Duke Chapel in honor of their 69th wedding anniversary.
“John Hope Franklin lived for nearly a century and helped define that century,” said Duke President Richard H. Brodhead. “A towering historian, he led the recognition that African-American history and American history are one. With his grasp of the past, he spent a lifetime building a future of inclusiveness, fairness and equality. Duke has lost a great citizen and a great friend.”
Franklin, James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of History, was a scholar who brought intellectual rigor as well an engaged passion to his work. He wrote about history – one of his books is considered a core text on the African-American experience, more than 60 years after its publication – and he lived it. Franklin worked on the Brown v. Board of Education (1954) case, joined protestors in a 1965 march led by Martin Luther King, Jr. in Montgomery, Ala. and headed President Clinton’s 1997 national advisory board on race.
He is perhaps best known to the public for his work on President Clinton’s 1997 task force on race. But his reputation as a scholar was made in 1947 with the publication of his book, “From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African-Americans,” which is still considered the definitive account of the black experience in America.
“My challenge was to weave into the fabric of American history enough of the presence of blacks so that the story of the United States could be told adequately and fairly,” he said when the 50th anniversary of the book was celebrated in 1997. “That was terribly important.”
Professor John Hope Franklin sees America turning a significant corner in the nomination of Sen. Barack Obama.
rabbits are back
mlk blvd., austin, tx
i've never eaten a rabbit. don't think i ever will.
and since i've seen this sign
i know i'd rather eat than be one.
reminds of me of a little poem i incessantly recited as a young lass:
A Purple Cow
by Gelett Burgess
I never saw a Purple Cow,
I never hope to see one;
But I can tell you, anyhow,
I'd rather see than be one.
I used to read this poem from these Childcraft books we had--the volume of poetry and stories. the poem was accompanied by a weird photo of, yes, a purple cow.
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