Monday, April 30, 2007

may's beautiful .......

     

    springrolls            close up  springrolls        vegetarian spaghetti w/ "meatballs"

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articles

Abyssinian Baptist Church {NY} 200 anniversary -  http://www.abyssinian200.org/

Cool Photos of old Kingston JA. http://riabacon.com/2007/05/14/de-time-so-bleaky/

BARBADOS GENEALOGY ARCHIVES, TO GO ONLINE http://www.barbadosadvocate.com/NewViewNewsleft.cfm?Record=30885

SABLE LITERARY MAGAZINE - http://www.sablelitmag.org/

Marcus Garvey: Millennium Afrikan Hero - http://www.trinicenter.com/kwame/2007/2904.htm

a good article on Caribbean American Entreprenuers  making it it New York - http://www.meppublishers.com/online/caribbean-beat/current_issue/index.php

MD/DC caribbean events  -http://www.dccaribbeanconnection.com/Caribbean/Events.htm

the African Magazine , agood article on singer omar in ghana, , and on  [p. 18]  it has a good pictorial on the  summer procession harlem of the mouride. [they have them other cities too] http://aalbc.com/writers/black1.htm

also in a backissue of Renaissance Noire Journal , [We subscribe to it ] in  vol 1 # 2 [summer/ fall 1997] there's a good article on the senegalese businesses in new york city.

by sylviane diof -kamara  pages 92-133  http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/program/africana/journal-set.html

author, sylviane diof -kamara -books  http://www.sylvianediouf.com/

other photos, senegal

http://208.179.27.199/fotoweb/Grid.fwx?position=73&folderid=5001&columns=4&rows=3&search=(IPTC025%20contains%20(Religious%20communities))

My Mother, the Crazy African by Amanda Ngozi Adichiehttp://www.webdelsol.com/InPosse/adichie_anthology.htm

a new caribbean restaurant opens down the road in laurel !  - http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?show=localnews&pnpID=810&NewsID=803527&CategoryID=5845&on=1

[other ] trinidad gourmet take away,   in waverly area  [ not far from university parkway - Union Memorial Hospital & the Baltimore Art Museum  http://www.citypaper.com/eat/review.asp?rid=11240 & http://thisisgonnabegood.blogspot.com/2007/04/back-to-trinidad-gourmet.html

THE BEST FALAFELS ON SOUTH STREET - [PHILLY] - http://www.maozveg.com/  & http://media.www.temple-news.com/media/storage/paper143/news/2005/01/21/InThisCity/Full-Of.Falafel-838144.shtml

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HEALTH -

Myths about Diabetes [and there's many of them out there! ] - http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-myths.jsp

? corpwatch on bauxite toxins - http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14348

why some Blacks don't  trust Medical Community - http://academic.udayton.edu/health/05bioethics/slavery02.htm

http://socialismandliberation.org/mag/index.php?aid=799

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SPORTS

African Martial arts - http://www.mashufaa.co.uk/history.htm

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film & discussion

Barbados cricket film hitfor six - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6576457.stm

on movie SLAVE WARRIOR - http://www.slavewarrior.com/

filmaker oliver mbamara's site - http://www.olivermbamara.com/

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cool gear for infants

underground baby [dj in training] - http://www.undergroundbaby.com/cgi-bin/cpshop.cgi

urban baby runway - http://www.urbanbabyrunway.com/

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books

poetry  - karen gibson roc - http://www.karengibsonroc.com/

dubwise by klive walker - on  reggaeunderground music - http://www.insomniacpress.com/title.php?id=1-894663-96-9http://www.worldmusiccentral.org/article.php/20060102112220219  & http://www.canadianreggaeworld.com/KliveWalkerbyNormanRichmond.htm

african fractals [again] -http://www.ccd.rpi.edu/Eglash/csdt/african/afractal/afbook.htm

http://www.rpi.edu/~eglash/eglash.htm  & http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/special/eglash.african.fractals.html

http://www.ccru.net/digithype/Afrobinary.htm

A NEW VIDEO SERIES FOR BLACK CHILDREN - http://www.philly.com/dailynews/features/20070507_Brainy__black___pint-sized.html    &  http://www.teddypbrainstv.com/

islamic art in india - http://www.ismaili.net/sadruddin/islamic.html & other Jain art http://www.indianartcircle.com/arteducation/page_23_jainArt.shtml  the Masjid in Taj Mahal http://www.tajmahal.org.uk/mosque.html

 [children's]  http://www.macmillan-caribbean.com/books/Childrens/shak.htm

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music

the brassy LG steam/dryer commercial- i luv  this music! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXG_-0gkggI

[ok, i  even jam  to geico's song" remind me  by  royksopp [ da caveman song]  when they play it at the ballpark - lol]

"you're everywhere i go!...."   i think my little Son gets it! that Mommy likes music alot! ~~~~~

Boney James & Esthero - "SHINE" - http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=89 816034

the great MILTON CARDONA [so i don't loose the link, when i need those  def ifa beats] 

http://www.salsasf.com/video/mcardona02_mov.html

{{ cerca da mi}}- kenny dope & raul midion [ http://store.mastersatworkinc.com/cercademi.html

http://www.soul-heaven.com/artists.php?thecode=1119886835

kiss of life sade - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvcNtoHwd6Y

machel montano - [a nu classic] waterflowing [ under 2000 soca]  -http://www.toronto-lime.com/music/old_soca.htm

soca classic ! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rko8sNTxmc&mode=related&search=  [more soca  videos on april's 07 blog] [ another of my favs] http://www.toronto-lime.com/music/1999/iron_bazodee.htm

My Brotherin law,  plays pan [drums]  Sometimes a local band will  practice in the park here, it always sounds so sweet ! -

Here's a youtube version  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekMBxAki5gY&mode=related&search=

sweet & dandy Toots & the Maytals [aclassic]  - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_St8Kbo4uwU

krosfyah wet me [a classic] - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l0jBvGug04

on kaiso music, i absolutely love it - here's a good link here - http://www.swagga.com/calypso2.

a classic,  little passi, [from africa/france with an old favorite il fait chaud  it's getting hot !  - http://www.amazon.fr/o/ASIN/B000024AEJ/402-5570741-0956910?SubscriptionId=1YVAWJMSVHVB5GH95002  [ man? they cut off the cool rapping part! ] oh well? here's another passi video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HslqlO2BjMY

his page http://www.passiweb.com/P_SetV/index.php

DELTA BLUES FESTIVAL [africa's legacy in the south]  -  http://www.deltablues.org/MACE/home.html

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ARTS

behind the mask -http://www.citypaper.com/columns/story.asp?id=13565

a nice gallery tribal arts [china & africa] - http://www.khenghavars.com/

afro cuban cognoscenti  [reviewfrom code z] - http://www.codezonline.com/

http://www.obsidianarts.org/

 http://mnartists.org/event.do;jsessionid=C338BC6F99229F535B67A7D13977D3D2?rid=142108

artist christopher dean- http://www.christopherdeanes.com/

luis rodrigues - http://www.cubanartspace.net/exhibitions/LuisRodriguez/index.htm

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until next time walk good ~ peace

 

Monday, April 2, 2007

it's april already....

RIP COLIN GARLAND

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/lifestyle/html/20070331T180000-0500_121167_OBS_COLIN_GARLAND_DEAD.aspl

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Check the murder rates  per capita of most countries worldwide here 

http://www.mapsofworld.com/world-top-ten/countries-with-highest-murder-rates.html

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_percap-crime-murders-per-capita & http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur-crime-murders

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a good poem by Lorna Goodison - http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/natpoetday/lorna_goodison.shtml

book kickboxing geishas - http://www.veronicachambers.com/

articles of interest

70 years of  love - http://www.insidebayarea.com/localnews/ci_5702329

Black Men in Crisis - http://www.amsterdamnews.com/News/article/article.asp?NewsID=12934&sID=3

Spittin' Acid at the Sistahs - http://www.seeingblack.com/2005/x042905/spittin_acid.shtml

OPEN LETTER TO MY BLACK GRAND DAUGHTERS: [re: IMUS] I love, this one, My Granny was for teaching women martial arts & taught me a few  moves!  http://www.thuglifearmy.com/news/?id=3555

MISOGYNY AND RAP: 'Chickenhead' Means You -  http://www.tolerance.org/news/article_tol.jsp?id=1196   &  http://www.allhiphop.com/editorial/?ID=354

Grassroots Hip Hop effort at Spelman [ w/ Asha Jennings]  - http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/03/hip.hop/

does hip hop hate women ????- http://newblackman.blogspot.com/2007/01/on-road-with-rap-sessions.html

does hip hop hate women discussionApril 28th 2007 chicago - http://csrpc.uchicago.edu/events_hiphop.shtml

http://www.lynnedjohnson.com/diary/does_hiphop_hate_women/

an excellent program viewed [feb] <FONTCOLOR=#FF0000>POV - beyond beats & rhymes - http://www.golocaljamaica.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1172012050

Critics turning to Rap Music - http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/imus_rap;_ylt=AuQxO_OKhlAGLz30i6dhGMVnhVID

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Listen to Thich Nhat Hanh ( wisdom for living in a world of anger and violence )

http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/thichnhathanh/

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health

Why some jamaican women sacrifice their own daughters? - http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20070415/focus/focus2.html

Black Women Playing Russian Roulette with Health - http://www.louisianaweekly.com/weekly/news/articlegate.pl?20070409v  & http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/2005-releases/press08182005.html

black woman & child's [magazine] a great  book list - http://nubeing.com/bwac/resources/resources.htm

Tao of Health, Sex,and Longevity - http://www.amazon.com/Tao-Health-Sex-Longevity-Practical/dp/067164811X

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a tribute page for joseph hill of culture - http://www.consciousparty.com/joehilltributebook1stday-part1.html

calabar magazine - http://www.calabarmag.com/

college marriage rates rising [usa]  - http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2007/apr/02/marriage_rates_rising_education/

on growing violence in india  w/Arundhati Roy - http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=30&ItemID=12425

 a young artist marcus kirk  [  -putting a face on HIV and the youngest victims]  http://www.dailynews.lk/2007/03/21/news12.asp

Black Scientific Achievements - http://blackstarnews.com/?c=135&a=3083

a new book by poet  Floyd Boykin Jr.http://www.floydboykinjr.com/

changes in Jamaica

a true rising "Star -" Zahra  Redwood - http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20070331T180000-0500_121178_OBS_RASTAFARIANS_EMBRACE_FIRST_BEAUTY_QUEEN_.asp

changes in Barbados

$200m Hospital likely in works by 2010 - http://www.nationnews.com/story/316842415187837.php

major shopping/lifestyle center planned - http://www.nationnews.com/story/288432768691353.php

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article on  internet  petitons/e petitons [ from snopes,  urban legends site] - http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/internet.asp

The National Conference of Artists Organization dedicated to the preservation, promotion and developing of African American Culture and the creative forces of the artists ]  -  www.nationalconferenceofartists.org

on incense & incense making

on ancient egyptian incense - http://homepage.mac.com/scarab1/incense.html

on silk scents and spice - http://www.brookings.edu/press/books/clientpr/economic/silkscentsandspice.htm

a lovely virtual  incense museum of incense [ view grear great sensors, sculpture pottery & burners worldwide] - http://www.kandaki.com/BP-Index.php  [ all interesting,... the coolest onesin collection, that  i have are  from persia & thailand ]

on making your own http://www.scents-of-earth.com/makyourownna.html

more on making your own - http://www.angelfire.com/falcon/wily/incense.html

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art& photography

gene pearson's work ,  jamaica - http://spiritsinstone.com/pearson/

salador negra amor - http://64.34.140.145/sna/main/discussoes/forum_detalhe.jsp?CId=4

& here http://www.salvadornegroamor.org.br/main/capa/default.jsp

what drives other female artists , how they balance home & family? are topics that  always  interests me! I Here's a good article

winsom winsom [on  her art's  philosphy belize] http://new.channel5belize.com/archive_detail_story.php?story_id=18247        http://winsomwinsom.blogspot.com/    http://www.imagefactory.bz/exhibitions/exhbtn_winsom.shtml

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a homemade buttery toffee "peanut cake"  [peanut coconut  brittle] 

before it's cracked!  nyvette's recipe[in photo tutorial]

music

 cassandrawilson http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=113800161

[ my Hubby's girl, musically,  i like her now, too! She's a Good Artist & her music rocks! She gives goodconcerts, too! ]

i lovethis song reminds me of  flying down to chill with my Boo .[i've been there 4x] , making it a 5th time soon!

listen to "go to mexico" audio

http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/angel/cassandra_thunderbird_audio/go_to_mexico_128k.asx?

Cassandra on  npr, interview - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5525831

kaissa - http://cdbaby.com/cd/kaissa 

one of my favs. keziah jones & allalong the watchtower- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj1HwTrbu-k

[ now  if  they only had "wet dream" &" familiarize" by keziah... we saw him in concert before, He's awesome!.]

k-reen & kaysha - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3UMG48JG4k

if you like premier gaou  by magic system ?try  - -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GROkoNhO14

a house classic, adeva w/ "respect"! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t21dMFdA0NU

another house classic "yo? i'm lookin at the front door !" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5_hdsWU04M

pharcyde passin me by - another classic -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1Vn5hbxoHc

trailblazer- grace j. kicking butt! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHmwoYb5OdQ

slave to the rhythym - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj4xWuM86GE

all the ex breakdancers, go tear up some cardboard & hope not to get a concussion - boogie down bronx!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiP7PXzZy2g   [an old jammy!] - i once danced to this song, as a kid at birthday party until i almost needed an i.v. from pure exhaustion! -! now for some jonzun krew...definately takes me back to being a kid,  luv it!

dianne charlemagne & goldie - inner city life http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8u7MNG-ug8

la inda & maw kicking booty with runaway - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exgWDHu3grg&mode=related&search=

sally nyolo - http://youtube.com/watch?v=rTn1AKsOkqM

one of my fave's the  lead singers from "phantoms kompa" singer kinomorso  on haitian politics - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ousWHJohQY  [ now ...if someone would just put songs vakabon & lanmou nan kalalou cherie , we gonna fly &  souvinir ? [with singer  sharon]  up there to make my day.....<--- nadine's personal comment]

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until next time walk good ~ peace