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Welcome To The Sunday Soundtrack - 20 July 08

nobody@vox.com(Fresh!) — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:02:28 -0700

Originally published at ::: Vibes N Scribes :::. You can comment here or there.

Where is the summer going? Whew...Welcome back for another edition of The Sunday Soundtrack. Hope everyone is enjoying the summer. It's been pretty hot lately, I would say "...hotter than July" (wink), but we're still in the midst of it.

Thanks for all the commentary on last week's chilled mix, I hear it was what the doctor ordered for some. This week, it's vibe time for your Sunday afternoon (or...whenever). As always, I bring to a mellow ending, but you can check that for yourself. The tracklist follows:

1. Alternate Thursday - Platonic/Sound In Color Mu.sic-Pixelated Pulse
2. 93 Reasons - Platonic/Sound In Color - Vol.1
3. Motion Without Pain - Baby Mammoth/Motion Without Pain
4. Dima - Baby Mammoth/10,000 Years Beneath The Street
5. Smooth - Alex Cortiz/Magnifico
6. Cada Beijo - Bebel Gilberto/Bebel Gilberto
7. Somewhere - Alex Cortiz/Mood Food
8. Tijuana Hotel (Alex Cortiz Remix) - Monte LaRue/This Master's Choice (Chill Out Mix by Ben Mynott)
9. Cada Beijo (Thievery Corporation Mix) - Bebel Gilberto/The Now Sounds of Brazil - Vol. 2
10. Around Me (I Need You) - Big La vs Todd/Blue...Kinda Grey

Big shout out to Gen Kanai (see the blog roll) for pointing out the track info I missed in the last podcast...he is a WEALTH of information in the genres I like to feature here! Thanks Gen!

Mad shouts to Andi of Blackfish. The group heard me feature their tracks in recent podcasts, and invited me to sign up and free promotional copies of upcoming releases...thanks Andi!

I hope u enjoy the flow....

peace...
F!

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Special Reports - Black in America

nobody@vox.com(SerenityLife) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:13:57 -0700

Special Reports - Black in America

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2008/blac...

• Angela Burt-Murray: Black women consider interracial relationships • Tatsha Robertson: Education is No. 1 issue for black America • Jury: Black community denied water for decades • Woman beats poverty, aims for her Ph.D. • I AM: Author Bliss Broyard's father kept his race a secret • I AM: Barbara Hillary is the first black woman to reach the North Pole at age 75 • Aggressive, drug-resistant breast cancer affects black women • Teens from single-parent, female-headed households defy the odds • Essence Music Festival: A festival of empowerment • Interactive: Vanessa Williams, Whoopi Goldberg talk about what it means to black • Essence: Extreme Lockup: Why are so many children being treated like criminals? • Lynya Floyd: Why are so many black women single? • Essence: Women of war share their courageous stories from combat • Obama calls absent black fathers to task • Essence: Black women whose roles shape the 2008 presidential campaign • Commentary: Why Americans can't get over race • CNN HBCU Tour: Students share what it means to be black in America • Young People Who Rock: Rissi Palmer is changing the face of country music • Celebrities talk about what it means to be black in America • HBCUs, business leaders help groom future entrepreneurs • Essence: Experts discuss greatest challenges for black Americans in 2008 • Wounds still linger for children of civil rights activists • 'Call My Name' adds color to AIDS quilt • iReport.com: Morehouse student wins HBCU student contest

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Enjoying the week with old friends

nobody@vox.com(SerenityLife) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:07:54 -0700

Reuniting with College Friends..

Having fun with old friends from college in Union Square on Thursday, July 17, 2008.

My friend from Japan was visiting so we had a blast. I plan on visiting her in Japan soon! I am praying on it.

My friend happened to be the first Japanese American student at Spelman College from 1993-1997. She is a dear and I am thankful for our years of friendship.

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Moms looking cute in her pink/green

nobody@vox.com(SerenityLife) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:54:43 -0700

Mom in Pink & Green

My mother's sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, celebrated its 100th anniversary this year and their annual convention was in Washington, DC. She participated in the convention this past week. I think she had a blast. My Mom has been a member of AKA for 50 years since she was 18!

I am very proud of her accomplishments for AKA gave her a platform to work with while she was in college in developing the dynamic woman she is today.

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QotD: Time Travel

nobody@vox.com(SerenityLife) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:06:02 -0700

What's the closest thing you have to a time machine?
Submitted by Verisimilitude.

Memories from my past and the library to research life before I was born. I find the music and spoken word media I have in Cd format, cassette tape and vinyl to be an invaluable source of information for me or anyone interested in learning about the past.

Visiting a museum to learn about the past world too is one of the time machine's that I use to know what was life like before my existence.

The best time machine is listening to a senior citizen share their personal stories of what life was like in the past. I am always enlightened!

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Blogging While Brown Conference | July 25-27, 2008 | Atlanta,

nobody@vox.com(SerenityLife) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:18:31 -0700

Blogging While Brown Conference | July 25-27, 2008 | Atlanta,

http://bloggingwhilebrown.com/

Due to the generosity of our sponsors, we have extended late registration. Super Late Registration is $170 and covers Friday and Saturday events ONLY. All major credit cards are accepted, including PayPal payments. Register today!

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All That You Give.

nobody@vox.com(RPM) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:33:43 -0700

Fontella Bass, one of the best voices. Evar.

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Whatchoo talkin' 'bout Dudley?

nobody@vox.com(SerenityLife) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:26:10 -0700

Whatchoo talkin' 'bout Dudley?

http://www.waterloochronicle.ca/opini...

On the show, Arnold and Willis, two black orphans from Harlem, are welcomed into the family of wealthy white widower, Philip Drummond (Conrad Bain), when their mother, his housekeeper, passes away. Along with Drummond, his daughter Kimberly (Dana Plato), and their maid, they live in a New York City penthouse.

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Your reality ain't necessarily mine.

nobody@vox.com(RPM) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:13:41 -0700

If you want people to stop giving you unsolicited advice, stop behaving as if you need it.

I said that to myself recently after feeling like I was being handed another prescription for a social affliction I don't believe I'm infected with.

I complain a lot about feeling as if people are telling me what they think I should do all the time. It was only recently that I realized why perhaps this seems to happen so frequently. Perhaps it's because I've gotten way too comfortable with my own melancholia. In fact...knowing what I know, and trusting myself as I do...I'm beginning to feel a bit like I'm walking around in a suit I might have worn 100 pounds ago. I look ridiculous, but for some reason, I think it's more comfortable than the new suit I've been revealing layer by painstaking layer for the past three years or so.

My journey over time has been the voyage back to my true self. Uncloaking my beliefs and my wishes and wants and desires and marrying them to the notion that I can indeed create the reality I wish for myself. I can accomplish and complete whatever I choose. I get to pick my story. Problem is, in a world full of know it alls, it can be very easy to slip on the banana peel of someone else's experience. Especially as we age, we are eager to impart our supposed wisdom on the choices of others. Sometimes it's a pearl of wisdom that saves you in the nick of time. Othertimes its a big floppy neon yellow hat that is three sizes too big for your head. It just doesn't fit. The point is not to get too offended. People mean well more often than not.

The way I see it, I have a choice. I can either choose to embrace what I believe and get on with getting there...or I can sit with my back to the future crying over old hurts that I refuse to let scab and fall away. I can tell myself I have no idea what the hell I'm doing and I need someone else to tell me who/what/where I am complete with blueprints and ten step programs, or I can acknowledge that I am not lost. I am not unclear. I am not broken. I can swim like mad, or flail about acting as if I'm going to drown. Perhaps if I did more of the former and a little less of the latter, I'd stop wasting time.

Enough with the shenanigans. I've got somewhere to be. How I get there may not be the way you get there. But then again, your reality ain't necessarily mine. I'm good with that. Here's hoping you are, too.

Oh, and if you catch me in the bothersome old habit of licking my old wounds and feigning brokenness? Feel free to slap.

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Jesse Jackson and Barack Obama: Old Guard Civil Rights Envy and the Conundrum of Post Modern America

nobody@vox.com(SerenityLife) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:39:05 -0700

Jesse Jackson and Barack Obama: Old Guard Civil Rights Envy and the Conundrum of Post Modern America

http://dymaxionq.wordpress.com/2008/0...

Chicago and the Chicago political scene have long been said to be the playground of an assortment of unsavory politicians, corrupt and crooked public officials, shady hustlers and Mafioso old school gangsters (e.g. Sam Giancana, Al Capone, Bugs Moran) and their modern day prodigy (crews that go by names like Latin Kings, Vice Lords and Gangster Disciples). However, the recent comments whispered by aging Civil rights leader and longtime activist Rev. Jesse Jackson into an open microphone, to another guest on a Fox network program, to castrate presidential hopeful Barack Obama was the epitome of Windy City gangsterism.

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