New Orleans: Army Corps Washed Away Accountability

My good friend Davell Crawford (the Piano Prince of New Orleans) recently covered a classic Randy Newman song called Louisiana 1927 (you can hear it by going to his home page). The lyrics chronicle the Mississippi Flood of 1927, and … Continue reading read more »

Politics Aside: Find Some Place to Party Tonight!

With all the heavy-ness and seriousness of the world right now-primaries, violence in Kenya and proposed troop surges in Afghanistan, remember to find some space for you to have some fun! Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers said it best: … Continue reading read more »

Bitten By The Obama Bug: New Hampshire Be Damned!

I’ve been obsessed with the election. I admit it. I guess that makes me a bad radical. Good revolutionaries (at least in America, for some reason) aren’t supposed to be concerned with elections and the political process (I think leftists … Continue reading read more »

What Is the Iowa Caucus to The Black Radical?

Every few years, at election time, I feel very conflicted. I was raised to understand the importance of voting, and more directly, Black people lost their lives for the right for me to do so. My mother made sure me … Continue reading read more »

What's Goin On In 2008?

Happy New Year! 2007 was a really difficult year for me personally, and for the first time in more than a year I feel rejuvenated, refocused, and ready to get to work! With that in mind, I thought I’d update … Continue reading read more »

Beyond Lady Marmalade: Why Patti Labelle is Legendary!

It annoys me to no end that people think Patti Labelle is just hair and loud voice. Steam will pour from my ears when people only know “Lady Marmalade.” If you think the song started with Aguilera, Mya, Pink and … Continue reading read more »

Seeing My Relatives in Africa

Yesterday I was watching the History Channel. There was a two-hour documentary called Blood Diamond. It chronicled the history of diamond mining in Africa, and what lead to the conflicts in Angola and Sierra Leone/Liberia over the last decade or … Continue reading read more »

The Newark Murders Reveal Possible Gay/Race Bias

OK. One of my readers just tried to get me together for not writing about the update on the Newark slayings. But Keith Boykin and Rod 2.0 already did. But I have alot more to say on the criticism, so … Continue reading read more »

Black West Virginian Woman Raped and Tortured by White Mob

There’s really not too much to say about this. It’s really disturbing and between this and the Jena situation, I don’t know what the hell has gotten into white folks again (I don’t why I am acting lke it ever … Continue reading read more »

BET's 'Read A Book' PSA Causes Controversy

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN2VqFPNS8w] Now that you’ve watched it. What do you think? I gotta say, I kinda LIKE IT! Before I go into why, I’ll say upfront that it is not without its problems. Who’s watching this video? Will this create another … Continue reading read more »