Good Vibrations

OBAMA DOUBLE TAKE

CeeNote — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:24:56 +0000

This American Life did a story about “Playing the Part,” stories of people who act like someone else. The first story of the four part story program was about Louis Ortiz, a Puerto Rican Bronx-resident who looks freakishly like Obama. I thought it was so uncanny that you would only believe it if you saw it:

ALLEN STONE

CeeNote — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:49:08 +0000

After recovering from a 9 hour nap on Sunday after church, I threw on my flannel and some faded jeans to tag along with a friend to a show in Baltimore to meet up the band’s drummer, my friend’s childhood pal. I had no clue who the act was or what to expect – but good fortune had it that leaving my warm bed to venture out on the mean streets of Baltimore was totally worth it. Check out this [...]

CHILDREN AND MEDIA

CeeNote — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:11:36 +0000

TED talk by Dimitri Christakis. To sum up the 16 min clip, Mr. Christakis explains how children who watch up to 6 hours of television a day (overstimulation) experience attention deficit problems in life because of the over exposure to rapidly changing environments and characters, which warp the child’s sense of real activity in their normal surroundings. He shares interesting behavioral studies that reinforce this theory.

No Baby Einstein for my child.

Album: Jay Stay Paid Artist: The Roots Song: Reality TV

GREAT ALBUM

CeeNote — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 03:31:54 +0000

Great drop from The Slakadeliqs, the alter ego to Slakah the Beatchild, a Toronto producer/dj. Vibe is alternative, pop, rock, alternative soul, experimental, indie pop.

The Other Side of Tomorrow by The Slakadeliqs

BLESSINGS

CeeNote — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:22:19 +0000

Honest rant over a smooth jazz track.

Artist: B.J. the Chicago Kid (feat. Kendrick Lamar) Song: His Pain Album: Unknown

SOPA AND PIPA

CeeNote — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:26:49 +0000

Biden on Internet Freedom = Anti-SOPA from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.

Song: Make it All Better Artist: Black Star and Q-tip Album: Weldon Irvine – The Price of Freedom: The Amadou Project

WORTH THE WAIT

CeeNote — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:22:41 +0000

This is an album I’m (im)patiently waiting for. I first heard about this album at his show at Blues Alley last October 2011. Check out this masterpiece soon to hit the airwaves in February:

Song: Move Love Artist: Robert Glasper Trio (feat. King) Album: Black Radio (Feb. 2012)

CIVIL RIGHTS OLD HOLLYWOOD STYLE

CeeNote — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:26:15 +0000

Marlon Brando, James Baldwin, Harry Belafonte, Charlton Heston, Joseph Minklelwitz, and Sidney Poitier, talk about the Civil Rights Movement of 1963:

Song: Why? (The King of Love is Dead) Artist: Nina Album: Anthology Disc 2 (and probably many other Simone albums)

WORD FROM MY MAMA

CeeNote — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:25:53 +0000

I have finally established some sort of daily routine, which, of course, incorporates a healthy allocation of time to writing and music searching. I have a long backlog of weekly emails from my mother, so the blame for the scarcity of “word from my mama” posts is on me. In the words of a my friend Trae, He’s still working on me….

1/13/2012, 8:05am:

John 15:4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless [...]

PUT YO GOOD FOOT DOWN

CeeNote — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:02:24 +0000

Old and new collide as Joseph “Zigaboo” Modeliste collaborates with Mos Def and Badu:

“Ziggy” is a Afro-styled drummer, and is no stranger to the funkier side of life. He was a one-time member of the New Orleans based group, The Meters – the group where the Neville “fabric of our lives” brothers’ fame took root. Check out his groove with this old Meter’s track:

Song: 6V6 La Artist: The Meters (Zigaboo Modeliste: “second line” drummer; George Porter, Jr: bass; Art Neville: keys; [...]