Three Tips On How To Get Paid What You Are Worth For Gigs
I often hear musicians talk about the amount of money certain gigs pay. People chat about the tip jar having to be passed around because club owners pay so little. They might get paid a few dollars here and there for the gig, but hey, at least they get a meal out of it. They…
Read moreBoy Scouts and Girl Scouts
The Boy Scouts of America announced on Wednesday October 11, 2017 that it will admit girls into the Cub Scouts starting next year and establish a new program for older girls using the organization’s same curriculum. What is the point of having girls in the boy scouts? I have no idea other than pandering…
Read moreWhy I REFUSE To Pay Child Support
When people ask me how can I be divorced with two children and pay no child support, I tell them I took a cue from Nancy Reagan; I “just said no.” I took the road less traveled. For the past twenty years, I’ve been fortunate to be a full-time musician. Since our daughter’s birth in…
Read moreCultural Appropriation
Is is cultural appropriation for Audra McDonald or Kathleen Battle to sing Opera? Living Colour to play metal music? Teena Marie to sing and rap in Square Biz? Darius Rucker to sing country? Tower Of Power to play funk? Eminem to be one of the greatest rappers of all time? What about a Hasidic Jew…
Read moreLess Sex Because Of Helicopter Parenting
“In a report published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior, data from more than 26,000 people showed longer work hours and the use of pornography didn’t correlate with the decline in sexual activity. Nor did factors like gender, race, income, or level of education. Instead, trends toward helicopter parenting and a growing body of unmarried…
Read moreTrending Towards Traditionalism?
The day when women create sperm and can impregnate men so that they can have babies, that is the day men and women will be equal. Until then, we will be different. Accept it and enjoy it. We will always be different. Or, like Stevie Wonder said many years ago: Until the dolphin flies and parrots live at sea Until…
Read moreMaybe it’s YOU?
I just finished an article titled: “Why Does Dating Men Make Me Feel Like Shit?” The author says, “For the first time in years, I find myself feeling ugly. What changed was that I started dating men.” It’s not the fault of “men.” Maybe this writer needs more therapy or something. “Know why men fear…
Read moreWendy Williams Advises A Woman To Trick Her Husband Into Having Second Baby
Do Women Really Want Equality?
An excerpt from this article: https://medium.com/@NikitaCcoulombe/do-women-really-want-equality-4374910f2236#.bwcnrtwrk Do women really want equality? It’s a question I think every one of us needs to ask ourselves. Because frankly I don’t think many of us do, not real equality anyways. Feminists would have us believe that life is so much worse for women than men, that we are…
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