Here’s my latest book review:
http://www.baystatebanner.com/arts41-2010-02-25
I recently learned this series of reviews will soon be nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
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High Strung Priestess of Soul: Nina Simone by Nadine Cohodas
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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Black Baseball in Boston: Recovering a Lost Legacy
I’m in Beantown for this baseball history panel:
http://mydorchester.org/node/5998
More on early Black baseball in New England:
http://www.baystate-banner.com/archives/stories/2006/04/042706-03.htm
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Terps Overcome Wolfpack, Build NCAA Case
My latest post for the Raycom Sports Maryland blog here:
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Tiger Woods Breaks Silence, But Takes No Questions
The leading golf writers’ association boycotted Tiger Woods’ press statement because they were not going to be allowed to query him:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/19/tiger.woods/index.html?hpt=T1
Immediately following Woods’ statement, attorney/advocate Gloria Allred appeared with one of Woods’ girlfriends, who feels he should have also apologized to (her) those whom he participated in extramarital relationships with.
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Tiger Woods to Hold Non-Press Conference: Golfer Goes Public in Non-Event
On Friday, Tiger Woods will make a public statement to a select group of media, and reiterate that none of Thanksgiving Friday’s incident, or the resultant revelations, are anyone’s business but he and his wife’s.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/18/mip.thursday/index.html?hpt=T2
And he isn’t taking questions. Only difference between what he’s gonna do then, and what he has said on his website about same, is on Friday he will be seen saying them. Thus, the big event isn’t.
Were I part of Woods’ Inner Circle, AKA The Fortress of Solitude, I would advise The Brand to repeat, word-for-word, the contrite statement made by the fictional character portrayed by Chris Noth in the new t.v. hit The Good Wife. His admission of guilt was personal, heartfelt, accountable, remorseful, and left light in the tunnel for a public acceptance of a comeback (in the character “Peter Florrick”s case, a political one).
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Richard Pryor and Paul Mooney Refused to do Hollywood Shuffle
New book details how comics tried to live show biz on their terms:
http://www.baystatebanner.com/arts41-2010-02-11
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Two Words For Sister Sarah
We here at PC only have a few words for former Governor Sarah Palin, and they are not “palm notes”. After her performance at the Opryland Hotel tea party deal, all we can say to her and the electorate are:
you quit
&
teen daughter
Before you start finding fault in other leaders, Mrs. Palin, you should look a little closer to home.
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Mind Over Matter: Neurosky Shows The Way
If you have the will, you can move mountains:
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2010/02/04/sr.baldwin.mind.control.cnn?hpt=C2
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Is Tiger Woods’ Sex Addiction Diagnosis a Victory For Feminists?
Slate‘s Hannah Rosin thinks if El Tigre isn’t necessarily a winner in all this, certain women are:
http://www.slate.com/id/2243481/
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Gene “The Charmer” Sings Calypso
Here’ s a recording of Gene Walcott in 1955.
http://bigrab.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d09e70040dbe2b00e398b82d250003.html
Walcott was billed as “The Charmer”. The next year saw America’s first million seller LP, Harry Belafonte’s “Calypso”. By then, Gene Walcott had joined the Lost Found Nation of Islam in the Wildnerness of North America, and become Louis X.
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Why Is Buckwheat Like Punxsutawney Phil?
What does the loveable, non-PC Our Gang star have in common with the furry forecaster? If it’s February, that means The Groundhog will see his shadow, and Buckwheat is out making that paper
http://www.theroot.com/views/buckwheat-s-black-history-month-tour
