I always loved this song by Black Sabbath. I made a post of facebook recently about their 1970 album Paranoid. I think it a great. Fairies Wear Boots is my second favorite Sabbath song, right behind War Pigs. The grooves on those songs are no joke. This group? A friend posted this video in a…
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A Mother Talks to Her Sons About Brett Kavanaugh
This was one of the best things I’ve heard from The Daily. I listen to this podcast pretty much on a daily basis. I have been reviewing some of the podcasts I missed over the holidays and finally heard this one. It’s about time the views of males in our society has been given some…
Read moreNew Year, New Direction
The weeks before New Year’s Eve were spent trying to either solidify plans to party or to play a lucrative gig. After 40 years of that, I no longer feel the desire for that pursuit. I spent a nice quiet day with my girlfriend watching one of her dear friends get married at their…
Read moreDazzling!
One of the many signs outside of the Imperial Theatre on 45th street in Times Square. My new musical, “Ain’t Too Proud – The Life And Times Of The Temptations” opens here in March 21st, 2019. I canr wait to get started!
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Ain’t Too Proud – March 21, 2019
July 11th 2017. That was the first day of rehearsal for the Berkeley production of my new show “Ain’t Too Proud – The Life And Times Of The Temptations.” It’s been a long journey through four cities and hundreds of shows, but the final destination has been set. This show begins previews Feb. 28 at…
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Brown Santa
My mother always decorated our house with brown Santas. I never even thought twice about how different it was until I got back from college. I guess it was somewhat revolutionary for the mother of the only brown skinned family, who lived within a certain five mile radius in a suburban Connecticut, to rock her…
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Accusations Are Not Proof – Neil deGrasse Tyson
I can’t wait until the new favorites of the political left like Chris Murphy, Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Deval Patrick, Andrew Cuomo, Eric Holder, Mitch Landrieu, Steve Bullock and Beto O’Rourke get accused of sexual misconduct or sexual assault. I hope people treat these men in the same fashion that Brett Kavanaguh was treated back…
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Grieving
My kids and I watch Black-ish together. Since I was away for so long this year, we just started to watch this season last night. The first episode was about death and grieving. I saw on my “memories” list on Facebook today that it’s been three years since my good friend Keshia Simone Pegues suddenly…
Read moreFunk Power by Creative Funk
Funk Power! This was the B side to a song called “Ready Made Family” by Creative Funk. From what I’ve read, most of the band were from Jamaica, Queens, except lead singer Diane Jenkins, who was grew up in Brooklyn. The band consisted of bassist Gary Deberry, vocalists Diane Jenkins and Veedett Williams, guitarist Walter Etheridge,…
Read moreHot And Cold
In February this year I was in South Africa. I saw a weather forecast on a TV in a restaurant. The weather person basically said, “Look, ummmm, it’s HOT…okaaay?!” Today, I saw the news here in Canada and saw this dude bacially saying, “Ya…it’s cold!” The news up here is really interesting. Lots of stories…
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