I can’t help it. I love Alicia Keys. Her videos are thoughtfully created, and always tell a story. Cheers to the musicians who still contribute art and vision to the increasingly lame music video platform.
Culture, Media
OoooWeeeeee!
This music feels so good. “Onwu Ama Dike” by St. Augustine & His Rovers Dance Band is the work-while-grinding-in-your-seat song of the day. This track was pulled from the compilation album, Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds, and Nigerian Blues 1970-6, and is just one of many joyous songs featured on this two-disk dance fest.
Here’s some [...]
Tune In: St. Augustine & His Rovers Dance Band
May 11, 2010
OoooWeeeeee!
This music feels so good. “Onwu Ama Dike” by St. Augustine & His Rovers Dance Band is the work-while-grinding-in-your-seat song of the day. This track was pulled from the compilation album, Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds, and Nigerian Blues 1970-6, and is just one of many joyous songs featured on this two-disk dance fest.
Here’s some [...]
Community, Culture, Media
Images from TheCoolAid.com are on Flickr!
May 11, 2010
Sometimes space is limited when illustrating stories on the site. You just have to pick the best images, do a little Photoshop action, and move on.
The solution? Set up a Flickr page!
Now you can experience everything in greater detail here. Think of it as a reservoir of images, perfect for those stories that spill out [...]
Community, Culture
Celebrating Lena Horne
May 10, 2010
The Brooklyn-born beauty passed on Sunday at 92 years-old, commemorating a life marked by activism, triumph, and elegance during a time in America when the opportunities for black performers were virtually nonexistent.
“You wouldn’t be allowed to get on a particular bus, but you’d be asked to sign your autograph,” Horne said in a 1998 interview with [...]
