Huffington Post Article on Obama Fundraiser
Current mood: hopeful
Category: News and Politics

We recently performed at an Obama Fundraiser and the event was covered by a writer for the Huffington Post.  Click here to read the full article.  

YES WE CAN!!!!   

blesSINGS...
Nailah 

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ANDY BEY
Current mood: inspired
Category: Music

ANDY BEY, ANDY BEY, ANDY BEY!!!

Thanks be to God for ANDY BEY!!! 

nuff said...

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Toni Morrison’s Letter to Obama
Current mood: hopeful
Category: News and Politics

Morrison's letter to Obama
Category: News and Politics

Legendary novelist and editor Toni Morrison's endorsement of Barack Obama is obviously not significant for her ability to move voters at the polls, which is not proven and probably not likely to be proven. But given her perceived attachment to the Clintons—Bill, she famously once called America's first black president; and Hillary she has been close to in the past—we thought it worth printing in full the letter of endorsement she sent to the Illinois senator, as released by the Obama campaign:

Dear Senator Obama,

This letter represents a first for me--a public endorsement of a Presidential candidate. I feel driven to let you know why I am writing it. One reason is it may help gather other supporters; another is that this is one of those singular moments that nations ignore at their peril. I will not rehearse the multiple crises facing us, but of one thing I am certain: this opportunity for a national evolution (even revolution) will not come again soon, and I am convinced you are the person to capture it.

May I describe to you my thoughts?

I have admired Senator Clinton for years. Her knowledge always seemed to me exhaustive; her negotiation of politics expert. However I am more compelled by the quality of mind (as far as I can measure it) of a candidate. I cared little for her gender as a source of my admiration, and the little I did care was based on the fact that no liberal woman has ever ruled in America. Only conservative or "new-centrist" ones are allowed into that realm. Nor do I care very much for your race[s]. I would not support you if that was all you had to offer or because it might make me "proud."

In thinking carefully about the strengths of the candidates, I stunned myself when I came to the following conclusion: that in addition to keen intelligence, integrity and a rare authenticity, you exhibit something that has nothing to do with age, experience, race or gender and something I don't see in other candidates. That something is a creative imagination which coupled with brilliance equals wisdom. It is too bad if we associate it only with gray hair and old age. Or if we call searing vision naivete. Or if we believe cunning is insight. Or if we settle for finessing cures tailored for each ravaged tree in the forest while ignoring the poisonous landscape that feeds and surrounds it. Wisdom is a gift; you can't train for it, inherit it, learn it in a class, or earn it in the workplace--that access can foster the acquisition of knowledge, but not wisdom.

When, I wondered, was the last time this country was guided by such a leader? Someone whose moral center was un-embargoed? Someone with courage instead of mere ambition? Someone who truly thinks of his country's citizens as "we," not "they"? Someone who understands what it will take to help America realize the virtues it fancies about itself, what it desperately needs to become in the world?

Our future is ripe, outrageously rich in its possibilities. Yet unleashing the glory of that future will require a difficult labor, and some may be so frightened of its birth they will refuse to abandon their nostalgia for the womb.

There have been a few prescient leaders in our past, but you are the man for this time.

Good luck to you and to us.

Toni Morrison

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JOSE JAMES
Current mood: blessed
Category: Music

Currently listening to Brothah JOSE JAMES...can't seem to stop listening to him.  He's INCREDIBLE...INCREDIBLY HONEST AND REFRESHING!!!  His music is beautiful...a nod of respect to our heritage as he holds our hand and gently ushers us into the future.  I'm so thankful that he is honoring who he is by simply being!!!

Can't wait til his record is released...January 2008!!!

www.josejamesmusic.com

www.myspace.com/josejamesquartet

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breathe
Current mood: thankful
Category: Music

troubles, blow them all away
know that everything's okay
everything you need is here
but you must be clear

don't let nothin' get you down
know that peace can still be found
weary from so much to do
that's why I'm learnin' to

breathe in wind of Creativity
breathe out what's no longer serving me
time to heal, time to live
as Spirit intended

breathe in all the Love surrounding me
breathe out doubt and negativity
time to grow, this i know
i've got to live as Spirit intended

breathe....

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lilies and birds
Current mood: sad
Category: Life

black lilies floating in silence
downstream
black birds perched up on rooftops
but they ain't singin'

can somebody tell me what happened
can somebody tell me what happened
can somebody tell me what happened
down in New Orleans, New Orleans

Now Nina said
"everybody knows about mississippi goddam"
and Billie cried over twisted mouths and bulging eyes
but now we find ain't a damn thang changed

can somebody tell me what happened
can somebody tell me what happened
can anybody tell me what happened
down in New Orleans, New Orleans

black lilies floating in silence
downstream

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space

how interesting it all is....a wonderful approach...but my skill set is somewhat diminished by the magnitude of it all....i'll take a deep breath and find myself right where i'm s'posed to be....and be at one with it all...

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