June 2011
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“Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it...”
– Plato
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Happy Birthday To Me!
Well…I’m a year older today.
This day, I am thankful for the spirit of God and strength he has given me to keep on keeping on. I no longer think about what I lost nor the pain it caused. I think about what I’ve gained and where I’m headed…this is indeed a shift (and a welcome one). I am thankful for the ability to share my love of music, particularly jazz, with so...
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A sad, but interesting article →
curlyingenue:
I’m not too keen on the author using the likes of Harlem, Detroit and the streets, as a means of defining his class and upbringing. Felt myself cringing when he justified the white pedigree of his parents, and middle-class background. No matter where you’re from being called a ‘nigger’ by some bigoted stranger is always hurtful. I suppose it was written for the Daily Mail. But the...
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Blessing...
May the blessing of the rain be on you— the soft sweet rain. May it fall upon your spirit so that all the little flowers may spring up, and shed their sweetness on the air. May the blessing of the great rains be on you, may they beat upon your spirit and wash it fair and clean, and leave there many a shining pool where the blue of heaven shines, and sometimes a star.
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Gil Scott-Heron. 1949-2011... →
gacougnol:
Poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron passed away late this (Friday) afternoon. He was a too-young 62, though that voice and soul remain as vibrant as ever. The passing was confirmed by Scott-Heron’s publishing and label partners.
Scott-Heron is probably best known for “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” though he is also credited for influencing a range of musical genres, including...
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What Happened to Childhood???
My curfew was street lights. My mom didn’t call my cell, she yelled my name out the window. I bought candy before school. I READ comic books. I played outside not online. If I didn’t eat what my mom cooked, then I didn’t eat. Sanitizer didn’t exist. But you COULD get the taste slapped out your mouth for being disrespectful. I rode a bike without a helmet. Getting dirty was...
“A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand...”
– Henry A. Kissinger (via dglsplsblg)
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fyahblaze: 1 Corinthians 13- opened the book to... →
fyahblaze:
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not…
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“Somewhere someone is thinking of you. Someone is calling you an angel. This...”
– Henry Rollins (via iloveyoulessthanpunk)
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Changed...
Oh, Yes
I used to be an undisciplined
piece of fuckery
and ended up alone
in my fuckery.
“How did I lose everything?”
I kept asking
when
I should have been asking
Will YOU forgive me?
Grace was granted,
when I reproached myself
and realized that if I wanted
to be a king, I had to first
seek counsel from and pledge
allegiance to
a King.
Gratitude is in order.
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Queens celebrates it's Jazz past... and present! →
mybutbeautiful:
Something many may not know, especially New Yorkers. The Borough of Queens has been home to many Jazz musicians. Most famously, Louis Armstrong lived in Corona till his death. Milt Hinton, who has a street named after him, lived in the same south east Queens neighbourhood that Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Lena Horne all called home. John Coltrane lived in Queens for a time,...
