Archive for February 2008
Smooth Jazz 105.9 is gone
Posted by: ladyrayne on: February 29, 2008
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I couldn’t believe it. I turned to Smooth Jazz 105.9 around 4:00pm this afternoon at work and heard a song that I never heard on the station before. After doing some listening I noticed they mentioned that the station is now True Oldies 105.9. WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was pissed. Why did one of my favorite radio [...]
Shirley Chisholm
Posted by: ladyrayne on: February 29, 2008
Found an interesting article about the late U.S. Representative Shirley Chisholm.
Shirley Chisholm broke ground before Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton
By Cary ClackSan Antonio Express-News
SAN ANTONIO — History is always in a hurry to see and do things that have never before been seen and done. But even in its insatiable quest for uncharted territory, history [...]
Cherchez la Femme
Posted by: ladyrayne on: February 28, 2008
I went into the 70’s vault to find this musical gem. It’s Cherchez la Femme by Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band. This single was released in 1977.
You can read about the group here at Wikipedia and check out their self titled debut cd at Amazon.com.
Whoopi is coming to QVC
Posted by: ladyrayne on: February 28, 2008
Back in September I mentioned that Whoopi Goldberg would be selling her own line of linen on QVC. Well I received an email from QVC letting me know that Whoopi will be on QVC tomorrow (February 28) selling G Beds, her signature line of bedding ensembles.
According to the email G Beds, Bedding by Whoopi [...]
Back to black
Posted by: ladyrayne on: February 28, 2008
Interesting New York Times article by K.A. Dilday, encouraging Black Americans/African Americans to go back to black.
Go Back to BlackBy K. A. DILDAY
London
I’M black again. I was black in Mississippi in the 1970s but sometime in the 1980s I became African-American, with a brief pause at Afro-American. Someone, I think it was Jesse Jackson, in [...]
Attack of the python
Posted by: ladyrayne on: February 28, 2008
Yuck!!!!! I feel sorry for the kids who witnessed this.
Python stalked, then ate family dogHorrified children watch as 16-foot snake swallows their pet whole
BRISBANE, Australia – A 16-foot python stalked a family dog for days before swallowing the pet whole in front of horrified children in the Australian tropics, animal experts said Wednesday.
The boy [...]
Consumer backlash
Posted by: ladyrayne on: February 28, 2008
Business Week.com has an interesting article about consumers fighting back against lousy customer service.
Meet today’s consumer vigilantes. Even if they’re not all wielding hammers, many are arming themselves with video cameras, computer keyboards, and mobile devices to launch their own personal forms of insurrection. Frustrated by the usual fix-it options — obediently waiting on hold [...]
Do the Oscars need a facelift
Posted by: ladyrayne on: February 27, 2008
The Los Angeles Times has an excellent article about the Oscars and how it needs a facelift.
The Oscars require major surgeryTime for the Hollywood treatment — a face-lift.
By Patrick GoldsteinLos Angeles Times Staff WriterFebruary 26, 2008
IT’S now painfully obvious that the Oscars need what nearly every aging star in Hollywood has already had — a [...]
Rashida Jones in Unhitched
Posted by: ladyrayne on: February 27, 2008
I received the latest issue of Tv Guide in the mail today. There’s an interview with actress Rashida Jones.
Rashida has a new tv show on Fox. Unhitched premieres on Sunday, March 2, 2008 at 9:30pm EST.
I’ve been a fan of Rashida since she starred in Boston Public. Man I loved that show. [...]
Goodbye Jesse L. Martin
Posted by: ladyrayne on: February 26, 2008
I read last week that Jesse L. Martin is leaving Law & Order.
After nine seasons, Jesse L. Martin is about to turn in his “Law & Order” badge.
Martin, who plays Detective Ed Green on the long-running series, had signed on for 13 episodes of the show this season. He had an option to continue after [...]
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