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Re: Old School Friday: Inspiration

Malcolm — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:04:11 -0000

I was snapping my fingers throughout this one. I haven't heard much of Nina's material; I need to get something by her.

Re: http://www.ciarasramblingsandwhatnot.com/2008/11/synth-showdown.html

Malcolm — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:00:14 -0000

I used to watch The Grammys regularly, but don't remember if I saw this performance. This was pretty cool. I hadn't heard Stevie Wonder's "Go Home" in years.

By the way, I found your blog via The Winchester Mantoni's ... and other stuff.

Re: The10Spot: Swagga Like Us

Malcolm — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:22:21 -0000

I saw that there was a Godfather marathon on AMC, but I took a pass on checking it out. AMC edits them for content and to me, that lessens their impact.

I agree with you about cable TV being home to the best shows. I think it's because they have shorter seasons (about 11-15 episodes instead of the standard 22-25 that broadcast shows produce) which allows them to concentrate on quality over quantity.

No, I don't care if Michelle Obama's mother stays in the White House. Anyone making a big deal out of it needs to shut the hell up.

As for who I'd want to be with if I had a choice, there are so many from which to choose. I'll say Gabrielle Union.

No election withdrawal from me. I'm glad the election is over and relieved that it turned out the way it did. Like you said, there is still much work to be done.

Yes, my birthday was an enjoyable one. I hope yours was too as well. Have fun at the awards banquet.

Re: TMV: Things That Are Pissing Me Off

Malcolm — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:15:15 -0000

Good point about the pregnant man thing. The reason they are referring to her as a man because it's a hotter news story... it sells more papers, gets bigger ratings, etc.

I'm starting to wonder about Shaq. On one hand, he says he'd like to return to the Lakers once his contract with Phoenix is up. Then he blames the problems he had with Kobe on Laker coach Phil Jackson. I doubt if Phil is leaving the Lakers anytime soon so why throw the man who may be your future coach under the bus?

The best chance for LeBron to win a ring is if he leaves the Cavs. There is talk that Joe Dumars has plans to bring him to Detroit. That would be sweet!

Re: Old School Friday: A Tribute To Jazz!

Malcolm — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:46:36 -0000

I like that version of "I'm In the Mood for Love". It's much better than Alfalfa's off-key rendition.

Re: The10Spot: While You Were Here

Malcolm — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:25:53 -0000

10. Yet another reason I am sour on Black Friday. One blogger used this tragedy as an opportunity to write a post about the dangers of not having crowd control when dealing with low-income Blacks. I was tempted to ignore him, but I couldn't let his foolishness slide without saying something. Here is the link in case you want to read it.

http://plancksconstant.org/blog1/2008/11/contro...

9. If Whitney and Bobby do reunite, it makes no difference to me. It sounds like they just might be on friendly terms. Either way, I wish them well.

By the way, congrats on your two awards.

Re: Good News Tuesday

Malcolm — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:40:24 -0000

This is an outstanding idea for a weekly feature. I look forward to future installments. This will make a good counter to the many blogs that seem to relish in focusing on negativity.

I saw the story of D’Zhana Simmons in passing last week, but didn't get the full details until now. This story is nothing short of amazing.

Re: Old School Friday: Actor Who Can Sing and Vice Versa…

Malcolm — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:40:55 -0000

Jamie Foxx was a solid choice on your part. I think the first time I heard him sing was on a Christmas themed episode of "In Living Color". I was like, "Damn, Wanda the Ugly Woman can sing!"

Re: Artist Spotlight: The Temptations

Malcolm — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:33:46 -0000

The Tempts are my favorite group without question. Just like you, my favorite period of their career is the "Classic Five" era of David, Eddie, Paul, Melvin, and Otis. They were so tough musically that even many of their B-sides and album tracks were worthy of being released as singles. Songs like "You've Got To Earn It", "What Love Has Joined Together", "Don't Look Back", "Just One Last Look", and "Cindy" just to name a few.

Besides greatest hits compilations, do you have any of their original albums on CD? My favorite album by them is 1967's "With A Lot O' Soul" followed by "Wish It Would Rain". A few years ago, Motown released all of their albums from roughly 1964-1973 as "2 For 1s" on one CD.

Good call on your assessment of Boyz II Men. I feel that they really missed the boat because they could have been "The Temptations of the modern era", but they released too many ballads as singles. I have no problem with ballads, but they should have balanced it with more uptempo tunes.

Re: The10Spot: …All He Left Us Was Alone

Malcolm — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:46:34 -0000

Along with me, many people have said that if they were O.J., the general public would have never seen or heard from them again after the acquittal back in 1995. Although I think delusion and arrogance were a big part of O.J.'s downfall, I am starting to wonder if part of him wanted to get caught for something else because he felt he got away with murder. I'm not saying that he did kill Ron and Nicole because I think it's possible that he didn't.

I wasn't familiar with the Taneka Talley until now. Thanks for covering it. Yet further proof that insurance companies/corporate America can be pure scum.

Re: Good News Tuesday: They’re Invited To The Dance

Malcolm — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:54:49 -0000

How fitting that the Tuskegee Airmen got an invite. This makes the upcoming inauguration all the better.

Re: Old School Friday: No Promises, No Demands… (Blogger’s Choice)

Malcolm — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:49:19 -0000

One of my favorite parts of the video to "Love Is A Battlefield" is when a "teenaged" Pat runs away from home and her father says, "You leave this house now... you can just forget about coming back!"

I also took the opportunity to play "Name That Video" by looking at the You Tube player screen but not hitting "play".

Re: TV Watcher: The Jeffersons

Malcolm — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:11:51 -0000

I am with you Marvalus... The Jeffersons was funny as hell!! There were so many hilarious moments. One that comes to mind is one of the later episodes where the men (George, Tom, and Lionel) said that housework was easy. Of course, they made a royal mess of things. Some of my favorite episodes were the flashbacks (for example, the one where George opened his first store in 1968, right around the time that MLK was killed). It's a shame the way CBS treated the show. For a show that ran for 10 years, it deserved to get a series finale.

Re: Old School Friday: The Year Was…

Malcolm — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:07:11 -0000

Excellent choice for OSF. You mentioned that this was the only video that you could show. Is it because it's your favorite or others you wanted to post weren't available?

Re: Old School Friday: TV Theme Songs

Malcolm — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:47:43 -0000

"Dallas" was and still is one of my favorite shows. J.R. Ewing is the gold standard for TV villains. I took a break from typing these comments just so I could watch some "Dallas" clips on You Tube.

Re: Old School Friday: Original vs. Remake

Malcolm — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:54:14 -0000

I enjoy remakes like this much better than the "note for note" ones. I remember how amazed I was when I found out that the versions of "Superstar" by The Carpenters and Luther were the same song.

Re: Old School Friday: NE Heartbreak!

Malcolm — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:14:49 -0000

When you count their group efforts and their solo stuff, it is hard to narrow it down to two. It's your meme so you're allowed to break the rules. :-)

Did you know that Ralph, Bobby, and Johnny are in a new group called Heads of State?

Re: Old School Friday: The Jacksons

Malcolm — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:34:23 -0000

I missed "Don't Go" when it was first out. I guess it was because I was working a lot and not watching many music videos. I'm pretty sure the local R&B; station wasn't playing it either. Anyway, not a bad song... I'm glad I got a chance to hear it.

Re: Old School Friday: Child Singers

Malcolm — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:04:27 -0000

I was thinking that we had to choose songs from when the artist was a child singer. :-) Having said that, Stephanie Mills doesn't get the credit she deserves. I was glad to read on Stepanie's Wikipedia page that she has her own record label.

Yeah, Chris Brown is way too new for OSF.

Re: Rambling

Malcolm — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:25:47 -0000

I hope that you return from your self-imposed break with a renewed sense of purpose. I went through something similar where I felt my blog was losing focus. I'm not totally back in the groove yet, but I'll get there.

By the way, I just took the Twitter plunge myself. I will search for you as soon as I'm done here.

Re: My Guilty Pleasure

Malcolm — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:35:14 -0000

With stuff like this on TV, it makes it extremely difficult to argue with Newton Minow. If you aren't familiar with the name, you can read his famous speech here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasteland_Speech

I have occasionally watched some of these reality relationship shows in the past, but I usu. couldn't make it through an entire episode. I don't expect all TV to be "Masterpiece Theater", but damn!

Re: Old School Friday: If I Were A Boy

Malcolm — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:09:00 -0000

Most ladies and gay men are going to love you posting this. I can imagine that they will be fanning themselves throughout watching this video.

Re: I Am A Witness

Malcolm — Thu, 07 May 2009 23:45:30 -0000

Even though I root against every Clevelend pro sports team, I can't bring myself to hate LeBron James. I'm glad I decided to take a nap and not watch tonight's game 2 matchup between the Cavs and Hawks... yet another predictable blowout.

Re: Old School Friday: Michael Jackson

Malcolm — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:12:54 -0000

Excellent tribute. For me, MJ's music overshadowed anything in his personal life. When one thinks about it, the death of Michael Jackson marks the end of an era because he (along with Elvis and The Beatles) was in that small class of musicians who transcended music. We will never see anything of that magnitude again.

Re: Goodnight, Sweet Prince

Malcolm — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:21:34 -0000

When Michael discussed sleeping with children in the documentary "Living With Michael Jackson", I cringed. Not because I thought he was doing anything sinister, but because I knew that many would take it that way. I think that many people expected too much from Michael in regards to being what they term being "normal". Asking that of the average celebrity is a reach, to expect the person who was arguably the most famous person in the world to conform to a standard of normality is ridiculous.

I am guessing that this wasn't easy for you to write, but you did an excellent job. Take care of yourself.

Re: Pisstivity

Malcolm — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:19:17 -0000

Since my cable company doesn't have BET, I'll have to check with my sister to see if she recorded the awards show. Based on what you've said, BET would have been better off postponing the show until they could do it right.

By the way, I don't think I have ever heard you this fired up before... I like it.

Re: Old School Friday: From Band to Solo…

Malcolm — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:48:10 -0000

If Steve Perry ever does a show in my area, I'm there! When you say you had to use Google, was that for Journey songs, Steve Perry solo tunes, or both?

Re: Take A Listen: Whitney Houston

Malcolm — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:56:13 -0000

Although I was never a big Whitney Houston fan, I was happy when it was reported that she was working on a comeback CD. When Whitney's life hit the skids, a lot of people piled on and I didn't like the way she was being kicked while down. I received a copy of her new CD and it's not bad. My favorite songs are "Million Dollar Bill", "For the Lovers", and the title track.

Re: http://www.conversationswithmarva.com/2009/09/08/1895/

Malcolm — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:26:46 -0000

Props to you for making sure that your son attends school today and actively participates. I'm watching MSNBC and they've been mocking the opponents to the President's speech... and they need to be mocked. Of course the excuse will be that the opponents are just concerned citizens looking out for the welfare of children, but we know that's a bunch of bullshit.

Re: Legendary

Malcolm — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:37:37 -0000

Because I am a Pistons fan first and foremost, my favorite Jordan memories are of him slowly peeling himself off the court after taking a hard (but clean) foul from one of the Bad Boys.

Re: http://www.conversationswithmarva.com/2009/09/08/1895/

Malcolm — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:08:58 -0000

Although they won't come out and say it, they are "protecting" children from the "big, black boogeyman".

Re: Save The Mustache

Malcolm — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:58:10 -0000

Although I'm an ABC guy when I do watch the soaps, I keep up a little with what's happening on the other shows. When I was at the grocery store the other day, I was shocked to see the cover of one of the soap opera magazines which stated that Eric Braeden was leaving Y&R. Big mistake. I won't be surprised if another soap snaps him up pronto.

Re: Old School Friday: ATTENTION!!

Malcolm — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:20:28 -0000

I never received an email. Maybe because I haven't participated in awhile (oops!). I don't know why, but if I have time to play, I can't think of a suitable song for the theme. If I can think of a song or songs, I don't have time to play. I am bound and determined to think of a good workout/exercise tune!