Posts tagged "The Wiz"
Blerd Radio 2013 Episode 5: Smokey & the Blerd

Blerd Radio 2013 Episode 5: Smokey & the Blerd

A very very special-and very very random-podcast. Also, we’re talking about the Gute.

Stephanie Mills Returns with "Yesterday" Cover, New Album

You always remember your first crush… Mine was Stephanie Mills. I was 3 when “What’cha Gonna Do with My Lovin’” came out back in ’79. “Sweet Sensation” came out the year after, and I was smitten. There was something about the voice and the attitude that caught my interest. Granted, you can’t have much of a crush when you’re a toddler, but I wanted the little lady with the big voice to be my pretend girlfriend. We could sit around […]

R.I.P. Lena Horne

There are very few living ties to the older era of black entertainment-a time when our people struggled for respect and equal pay instead of getting locked up every three days and degrading ourselves with lyrical filth. We just lost one of those ties with the passing of Miss Lena Horne at the age of 92. She was an actress, a singer and an activist, boldly jeopardizing the advancement of her career in order to bring attention to the political […]