“The white boys bruised differently than the black boys and called it the Ice Cream Factory because you came out with bruises of every color. The black boys called it the White House because that was its official name and it fit and didn’t need to be embellished. The White House delivered the law and …
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Mavis Staples – Take Us BackThe great Mavis Staples performed the opening cut from her soul-affirming new record Livin’On A High Note, live on the Late Show. She also sat down for a wonderful interview with Stephen Colbert, talking about her experience of ‘opening’ for Martin Luther King Jr.(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
106-year Old Woman Dancing with the Obamas
Today in “I will miss President and First Lady Obama” and also “Why representation matters”: 106-year old Black woman Virginia McLaurin was able to fulfill a dream this weekend by visiting the White House and meeting the Obamas during a Black History Month celebration. So wonderful to see the joy on all their faces. So important to …
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Without pain, how could we know joy?’ This is an old argument in the field of thinking about suffering and its stupidity and lack of sophistication could be plumbed for centuries but suffice it to say that the existence of broccoli does not, in any way, affect the taste of chocolate. The Fault in Our …
In the midst of this joy, you never know what’s going to happen, and that’s why the joy is all that more precious. Ann Powers on the tragedy that interrupted the music at SXSW (via nprmusic)
I somehow missed this: The great EMA released Take One Two, a stripped-down, acoustic song as a digital single on Valentine’s Day. All proceeds go the the Jamie Isaacs Foundation, an anti-bullying non-profit. Oh, and the video… In her own words: “This footage comes from a South Dakota trailer park in the mid-90s, and features …
Oh, the joy in their faces. And the wall of sound those three whirlwinds create is simply astonishing. The Joy Formidable – Whirring (Glastonbury 2011) (by Alin82)(Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
CLARITY AND CHAOS 