Section 5: The Death of Tragedy: Tragedy has had a long history and has always been, and indeed continues to be, of great cultural significance.  Who has not heard of Shakespeare ?  Even my own mother, who left school when she was 15 in 1932 had studied Julius Caesar (not ranked as a trage...

Read, watch, review and rate Soul Pancake » Editor rating: Website for this show » Premiere: March 2009 Budget: High Crew Creator: Rainn Wilson Links Rainn Wilson on Oprah's Soul Series Right now, Rainn Wilson is best known as the scene-stealing Dwight Schrute on The Offic...

  This year has been a great year for introduction of new, more underground musicians in the rock genre. I have two more in bands in addition to the few that I have already mentioned this year that I have been quite impressed with. I love simplicity when it comes to rock. I like bands that focu...

“911 what’s your emergency?� the operator asked. “It’s my daughter Tiffany! I just came over and found her unconscious in her bed! Please send someone over here right away! She can’t die!� Tiffany’s mother cried hysterically. “Ma’am, I need you to calm down. What’s the address ...

Bobby Byrd spots you in the crowd and says ‘I know you got soul!” “Listen - Bobby Byrd - I Know You Got Soul - MP3″ Greetings all. Though I am not yet fully recovered from the combination of my travels and the yearly assault of Daylight Savings Time (Steal an hour from me, wi...

Siamo arrivati alla nona puntata di X Factor . Lo so, ci sono volute nove puntate per veder uscire i Farias, ma finalmente ci siamo riusciti. Pagellone, eccomi qua. Gemelli Diversi. Mi fa sorridere lo spunto di Morgan, secondo il quale il ruolo di "cane da guardia" nel panorama musicale it...

James Brown and Eddie Bo Perfect Together Greetings all. My man DJ Prestige and I have returned from our mini-sweep of the mid-Atlantic soul/funk continuum and I have to say that no matter how wiped I am, no matter how depleted and in need of restorative sleep, I could not take to my bed without dro...

That title is said with all the sarcasm writing can't possibly accurately portray, but... I do always get everything I want and need. And just by typing this, I'm reinforcing this by putting that energy out there. That whole "Secret" thing - even though I learned it long before it ...

Hum...now I am scurred! I just found out from a Flickr post where I might be headed!!!! YIKES!!!! How many hail Mary's should I do now?!"Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate." ("Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.") The Fourth Circle......

(click the image below to listen!) embed this episode in your myspace/blog/whatev: So I’m going to apologize upfront: 1. The intro is long. The outro is long. This episode is long. Almost an hour. I talk a lot. 2. I repeatedly use a word that I’m not really known for using, ever. That ou...