Birthday Songs
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YouTube – Michael Jackson – Lisa It’s Your Birthday (Authentic).
Impulse idea:
I know everyone hates that awkward moment when you know you can’t carry a note but still gotta sing the birthday song to make somebody’s day. It sucks but you know you gotta do it. Anyways, after you sing the original version, and then after somebody who can actually carry a note starts going into the Stevie version with the soul clap, we should just go ahead and add the Michael Jackson version from the Simpsons to the mix (Reserve the 50 Cent version for the club later that night). Just replace “Lisa” with the Birthday Boy/Girl’s name, and repeat the hook until it gets tired (Approx. 4x). I think it’s pretty simple. Maybe i’m asking for too much? Mmmm…probably.
Here’s the recorded version that Michael Sang and here’s the show’s version that they aired on The Simpsons with an MJ replacement singer. Mike’s label wouldn’t let them use his recorded singing voice for the show although he did do all the speaking parts. Must have been a really weird contract. I personally like the beat from the Simpsons version better. Bart was killing it on the trash can conga!
(j/k)
I freaking love this show! I can watch it any day, any time, any episode. I watched the entire first 3 seasons on Hulu in a few weeks last year. Anyways, it’s returning this September with all new episodes. Looking forward to it…
I haven’t even seen the second one but I definitely found it a little odd that in the first one, the ‘Black’ Transformer (who’s name i’m forgetting — another issue) died for the cause and no one really gave a crap. Bumble Bee got injured and the whole world stopped. In this new one the two ‘Black’ transformers seem illiterate and one of them has a gold tooth. Stuff like this is pretty hilarious to me. It’s not worth all of the fuss most of the time. I think idiotic stuff like this makes Michael Bay look far more stupid than it does us Black folks. Anyways, since they apparently upped the ante in the second one the guys who produced the characters can’t and don’t deny that it’s a little racially insensitive — good thing it wasn’t their idea…
ColorOfChange.org
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Caught this in ColorOfChange.org. Please support.
Dear Friends,
President Obama is trying to reform our broken health care system, which has left more than 45 million Americans uninsured[1] and millions more with insurance that won’t provide the treatment they need.[2]
Some in Congress are with Obama. But the insurance industry, with help from Republicans[3] and so-called centrist Democrats,[4] is leading the charge to kill a key part of his plan — a government-run insurance plan that would increase the number of Americans covered, called the “public option.” Industry groups are spending millions — $35 million in lobbying costs alone[5] — to convince people that they won’t be able to choose their doctor, that government will be making their medical decisions, that they’d be forced to take the government’s plan, and that the plan is part of some socialist plot — all lies. In reality, the insurance industry is trying to protect its enormous profits on the backs of everyday people.
For Black folks, the stakes couldn’t be higher: we are twice as likely as Whites to be uninsured, we have more than double the rate of infant mortality, we face more than twice the rate of diabetes-related deaths than Whites — and the list goes on.[6]
Piggly Wiggly
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Didn’t realease that these actually exist(ed). Found it at this weekend’s B-More record convention.
It’s simple, straight to the point, and after a while it starts to tell you about your self or other people. But mostly it’s just pretty damn hilarious.
My name is Jason. Mine too.
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My homies Jason y Jason just released their first published piece entitled “My name is Jason. Mine too. Our Story. Our Way.” Cop this book NOW at Amazon.com or at your local bookstore(If they don’t have it, Tell’em to order it!)
I also stopped by their book release/signing event at the Leo Kesting Gallery for a hot sec. Good shit.
(sidenote: I know it’s been a while since I’ve blogged — 4 months! Things have been really GOOD but at the same time, EXTREMELY BAD. Life is funny that way. I’m hoping to do more mobile blogging as the summer rolls around.)
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