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An Act Of Desperation

Posted in Entertainment, Media, News, tagged , on February 15, 2008 | No Comments »

I would think Jane Fonda would embrace any association with a “c” word other than “communist.” She’s been called a communist for nearly 40 years. Fonda’s a trained actress who’s been in the public eye for 70 years. (Pssst her father was an even bigger star.) And as a trained actress, she’s aware of the [...]

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Makes Me Wonder: A Velocity Wave

Posted in Culture, Entertainment, Media, Music, Random Thoughts, Roman Catholicism, tagged , on January 22, 2008 | No Comments »

1. The Maroon 5 tune “Makes Me Wonder” is the catchiest pop tune. I’ve sung it so often during the last couple of days that I’m sick of it.
2. I don’t understand the repudiation of the concept of Purgatory from a society that demands make-up tests, allows second chances, and rejects all things defined as [...]

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An Entertaining Conversation

Posted in Culture, Entertainment, Media, Music, Random Thoughts, tagged , on January 3, 2008 | No Comments »

Overheard at a happy hour:
“Nah, that’s the tragedy of Britney Spears. She was one of the greatest entertainers ever.”
“Yeah, her and Justin Timberlake.”
“No doubt.”
Ok … if I should lay me down to sleep and never wake, I want the Act of Contrition on my lips. Because as I gasp my last breath, I’m not wasting [...]

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Loose Week Ends: Seduction of the Soul

Posted in Entertainment, Media, Random Thoughts, tagged on October 21, 2007 | No Comments »

You can keep Barry White and Aretha Franklin. Anita Baker is the sound of soul. Her voice slips and slides and seduces. Her tones are hued with honey. She puts damp into the word drips. “No One In The World” is superlative R&B. Her key change (2:47) is definitive. Quiet storm my ass. It’s thunderous.

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Mornings Don’t Have To Be Mournings

Posted in Culture, Entertainment, Media, Music, tagged , on September 17, 2007 | No Comments »

Ok so I was awake at 4:20 this morning and I listened to the radio as I decided whether I wanted to drag my ass out of bed and work. And while I’m stretched out and I worked a couple of emails, I heard Marvin Gaye’s and Tammi Terrell’s version of “Ain’t No Mountain High [...]

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