It has been a rather sad week with Don Cornelius and Angelo Dundee passing and other sad things like Mitt Romney winning the Florida Primary (just kidding (!)(?))...ahem...
So today we will have a beverage of our choice and party like it's 1999, what say you?
As the great Prince once said...and I quote...
"I don't wanna be a poet, cause I don't wanna blow it...I don't care to win awards.
All I wanna do is dance, play music, sex, romance.
Try myself to never get bored."
Everybody let me hear you scream.
YEAH!!!!!!!!!
Ok I THINK I got it out of my system now...have a great weekend.
Friday, February 03, 2012
Thursday, February 02, 2012
Don Cornelius of "Soul Train" Dead...
By Msnbc.com staff and wire
Don Cornelius, creator of the long-running TV dance show "Soul Train," is dead at 75 of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Cornelius' death was discovered early Wednesday morning at his Sherman Oaks, Calif. home. Los Angeles coroner's Assistant Chief Ed Winter confirmed to the Associated Press that the death was reported as suicide.
Us Weekly reports that when Cornelius was in court in 2009 for divorce proceedings, he complained of "significant health issues."
"Soul Train" began in 1970 in Chicago and aired in syndication from 1971 to March 2006, featuring primarily African-American musicians. It brought the best R&B, soul and later hip-hop acts to TV and had teenagers dance to them. It was one of the first shows to showcase African-Americans prominently, although the dance group was racially mixed.
Cornelius was the first host and executive producer. As the smooth-talking host with a deep voice, Cornelius gave to hip young kids of the '70s what 'American Bandstand' creator Dick Clark offered to viewers in the early days of rock 'n' roll.
As the popularity of 'Soul Train' grew, the show began to crossover into mainstream America and R&B artists soon broadened their fan base. That cemented its status as not just a hit TV program but one that helped shape pop culture.
Stars such as Ike and Tina Turner, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, the Jackson 5, James Brown and Stevie Wonder appeared on the show.
Watching the show became a weekly ritual in many households, especially African-American homes. Author Earl Ofari Hutchinson wrote in theGrio that "It was virtually a black household ritual to do one of two things when Saturday rolled around and it was Soul Train time. One was to sway, swoon, and sing the lyrics belted out by the parade of R&B legends and top hit artists ... The other ritual was to dance, or more likely stumble around the living room, trying to do our best imitation of the latest dance steps displayed by the show's perpetual motion gyrating couples."
Popular features on the show included the "Soul Train Line," where individual dancers showed off their moves between two lines of people, and the "Soul Train Scramble Board," where dancers unscrambled letters that spelled the name of that night's performer or a prominent African-American.
The show began each episode by welcoming viewers to "the hippest trip in America" and closed by wishing them "love, peace and soul."
Quincy Jones said that he was "deeply saddened" at the sudden passing of his friend, colleague and business partner.
"Before MTV there was 'Soul Train,' that will be the great legacy of Don Cornelius," he said. "His contributions to television, music and our culture as a whole will never be matched."
Don Cornelius, creator of the long-running TV dance show "Soul Train," is dead at 75 of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Cornelius' death was discovered early Wednesday morning at his Sherman Oaks, Calif. home. Los Angeles coroner's Assistant Chief Ed Winter confirmed to the Associated Press that the death was reported as suicide.
Us Weekly reports that when Cornelius was in court in 2009 for divorce proceedings, he complained of "significant health issues."
"Soul Train" began in 1970 in Chicago and aired in syndication from 1971 to March 2006, featuring primarily African-American musicians. It brought the best R&B, soul and later hip-hop acts to TV and had teenagers dance to them. It was one of the first shows to showcase African-Americans prominently, although the dance group was racially mixed.
Cornelius was the first host and executive producer. As the smooth-talking host with a deep voice, Cornelius gave to hip young kids of the '70s what 'American Bandstand' creator Dick Clark offered to viewers in the early days of rock 'n' roll.
As the popularity of 'Soul Train' grew, the show began to crossover into mainstream America and R&B artists soon broadened their fan base. That cemented its status as not just a hit TV program but one that helped shape pop culture.
Stars such as Ike and Tina Turner, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, the Jackson 5, James Brown and Stevie Wonder appeared on the show.
Watching the show became a weekly ritual in many households, especially African-American homes. Author Earl Ofari Hutchinson wrote in theGrio that "It was virtually a black household ritual to do one of two things when Saturday rolled around and it was Soul Train time. One was to sway, swoon, and sing the lyrics belted out by the parade of R&B legends and top hit artists ... The other ritual was to dance, or more likely stumble around the living room, trying to do our best imitation of the latest dance steps displayed by the show's perpetual motion gyrating couples."
Popular features on the show included the "Soul Train Line," where individual dancers showed off their moves between two lines of people, and the "Soul Train Scramble Board," where dancers unscrambled letters that spelled the name of that night's performer or a prominent African-American.
The show began each episode by welcoming viewers to "the hippest trip in America" and closed by wishing them "love, peace and soul."
Quincy Jones said that he was "deeply saddened" at the sudden passing of his friend, colleague and business partner.
"Before MTV there was 'Soul Train,' that will be the great legacy of Don Cornelius," he said. "His contributions to television, music and our culture as a whole will never be matched."
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Hmmm....
Happy February!
"Somewhere Over The Rainbow"
Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high,
There's a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby.
Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue,
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true.
Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far
Behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me.
Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly.
Birds fly over the rainbow.
Why then, oh why can't I?
If happy little bluebirds fly
Beyond the rainbow
Why, oh why can't I?
"Somewhere Over The Rainbow"
Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high,
There's a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby.
Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue,
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true.
Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far
Behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me.
Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly.
Birds fly over the rainbow.
Why then, oh why can't I?
If happy little bluebirds fly
Beyond the rainbow
Why, oh why can't I?
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Still Missing The Tax Office...
As you guys know, this is the "peak season" in the tax prep world and I really miss it.
To me, it was never about making money (!)(?), it was all about the friendships and helping the clients.
I am a people person and this was the best job ever for me.
Hope you other preparers realize how lucky you are...
To me, it was never about making money (!)(?), it was all about the friendships and helping the clients.
I am a people person and this was the best job ever for me.
Hope you other preparers realize how lucky you are...
Monday, January 30, 2012
"Lingerie Football League"...
What do you call a group of beautiful woman dressed in football pads, helmets and bikinis?
The Lingerie Football League...I kid you not.
I watched a couple of playoff games yesterday and I must say those women can play...
The "Lingerie Bowl " is next week...I can't wait.
The Lingerie Football League...I kid you not.
I watched a couple of playoff games yesterday and I must say those women can play...
The "Lingerie Bowl " is next week...I can't wait.
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