Bluesy Breezin & Frolicking… for Al Young
Aaaahhh listening to Al Young read Something About the Blues! Aaaahhh watching Black men accept the Frolicking Challenge! Aaaahhh listening to Billy Preston frolic on the organ …. Aaaahhh lifting my voice to harmonize with…
Residency on this Earth…
Photo by Fana Babadayo How do I infuse happiness – wreak happiness? – into my community engagement work? How do I execute rigorous planning? When do I push? When do…
Persistence in a Difficult Time
Smile but be serious is how Herschell Happiness put it during one of Graham Central Station’s classic intro jams! Working on my whisper is how I remind myself to avoid…
Big Bang of Brotherhood
Me and David, my big brother from another mother (and from the Bronx), were laughing about how we met … our Big Bang of Brotherhood. He was behind the camera…
Stick Shift on the Column
How about these ingredients for a memorable, combustible and hilarious Driver’s Ed Moment: In my late adolescent glory as number 3 son, I sat behind the wheel of Pops’ old…
Updraft @ 67
Calendar says I’m 67 this month! Mirror says I’m no longer the fairest of them all! But like blood surging back into my fingertips, after I’ve slept on my hand,…