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Tuesday, November 28, 2006
BET To Air Weekend of HIV, AIDS Programming
BET To Air Weekend of HIV, AIDS Programming

HIV and AIDS reaching epidemic status in the black America. With that in mind, BET will roll out a special slate of programming this weekend beginning Friday, which is World AIDS Day.

The AIDS-themed programming will begin with that day’s installment of 106 and Park, which will feature celebrities and experts offering advice on healthy choices that reduce the risk of spreading the disease, including testing.

Saturday evening, two HIV-themed episodes of Girlfriends will air beginning at 9 p.m. ET. Those episodes will be followed by the BET News special On the Downlow Exposed, a look at men who are publicly heterosexual but privately sleep with other men. Let’s Talk, a short film about the discussions between a couple brought on by taking an HIV test, will follow.

Throughout the weekend, public service announcements about HIV and AIDS will air on the network.

This is just BET’s latest initiative to raise awareness of HIV and AIDS. The network’s Rap-It-Up program, in conjunction with the Kaiser Family Foundation, has offered forums on the diseases, handed out over 400,000 brochures and tested over 9,000 people for HIV and AIDS.

Tue, November 28, 2006 | link

Monday, November 27, 2006
Gerald Levert

Gerald Levert

Mon, November 27, 2006 | link

Thursday, November 23, 2006
Houston’s Hip Hop Community Hosts Thanksgiving For Those In Need

Houston’s Hip Hop Community Hosts Thanksgiving For Those In Need

Mike Jones, Lil Flip, and other prominent members of Houston’s hip hop community partnered with The City of Refuge: Forge for Families Project this Thanksgiving to donate resources for families in need.

The City of Refuge hosted a Thanksgiving Luncheon for homeless shelter residents yesterday (Nov. 21) at 7303 Studios, owned by Houston’s recording guru Ronnie Bookman. Bookman and his volunteers, which included many of Houston’s rising hip hop stars, catered to the shelter residents, providing food for those in attendance.

"Everybody should be able to have a Thanksgiving and anything I can do to make that possible for others is an honor,” Bookman said.

Many of Houston’s hip hop elite--including 7303 Records, Mike Jones & Ice Age Entertainment, Lil Flip, On the Level Promotions, Lights Camera Action (LCA), Promo Princess, Elite Records, and 7303 Records’ artists J.V & Y-D, Kiotti, D-Gotti, D.J Chill, D.J Jack Frost, and D.J Goldie--pledged money, resources and their time to the event.

Thu, November 23, 2006 | link

Bobby Valentino Gives Back To Senior Citizens During Holiday Season

Bobby Valentino Gives Back To Senior Citizens During Holiday Season

Disturbing Tha Peace soul singer Bobby Valentino has adopted 15 senior citizens and their families in Atlanta this holiday season, and will personally deliver vegetable baskets and turkeys to them on December 1.

Valentino, a native of Atlanta, will deliver the holiday food to the Harriet E. Darnell Multi-Purpose Center for the 15 seniors. The selected citizens are all community gardeners for the Atlanta Urban Gardening Program (AUGP) led by Valentino's father, Bobby Wilson.

According to a press release, Valentino volunteered as a kid to the AUGP, where he taught youth and senior citizens how to grow vegetables and clean vacant lots for garden sites.

Bobby V's sophomore solo album, Special Occasion, is due in stores February 13, and features production from Rodney Jerkins, Sean Garrett, Tim & Bob, Bryan Cox, and more.

Thu, November 23, 2006 | link

Wednesday, November 22, 2006
THE NEW SHOW IS UP

THE NEW SHOW IS UP!-Smokestack Lightnin' Blues Radio is currently web-casting for your listening pleasure its newest 3 1/2 hour Blues Special - (#0645 -recorded 11/4/06). The internet version of Smokestack Lightnin' is now comprised of selected sets digitally recorded during our live broadcasts on WUCF 89.9FM in Orlando. The URL is www.smokestacklightnin.com . For the very first time, we are offering the internet streaming of Smokestack Lightnin' on the latest version of the Windows Media Player. You will find the audio quality the finest available. We know you enjoy listening to the archived version of Smokestack Lightnin'. Now you can enjoy even more new and original blues programming by tuning into Smokestack Lightnin' live on WUCF each Saturday night at 8PM Eastern Standard Time (USA). The direct WUCF stream utilizes RealPlayer software.

A link to the WUCF URL can be found on our webpage at http://www.smokestacklightnin.com along with an explanation of times you can access the show live. Thank you for listening. The Smokestack Team

PLAYLIST: Smokestack Lightnin' Blues Radio #0645

Artist/Song/CD/Label

Smokestack Lightnin's Top Ten Blues CDs for the week of Nov. 4, 2006

#10 The Phantom Blues Band/Do The Dirt/Out Of The Shadows/Delta Groove

#9 Cash Box Kings/Baby, Please Don't Go/The Royal Treatment/Blue Midnight

#8 Mitch Kashmar/Black Dog Blues/Wake Up & Worry/Delta Groove

#7 Jackie Payne&Steve Edmonson/A Fool Named Me/Master Of The Game/Delta Groove

#6 Chick Willis/Smooth Blues/Cookin' The Blues/Old School

#5 Frankie Lee/How Far Can You Fall?/Standing At The Crossroads/Blues Express

#4 Imperial Crowns/Love Blues/Hymn Book/Triple J

#3 Robert Cray/I Guess I Showed Her/Live From Across The Pond/Nozzle

#2 Ike Turner/Caldonia/Risin' With The Blues/Zoho

#1 Michael Powers/Goin' Down/Prodigal Son/Baryon

Too Cool To Move: Remembering Snooky Pryor

Snooky Pryor/Mr. Charlie's Mule/Snooky Pryor & The Country Blues/Today/Sequel

Snooky Pryor/Diggin' My Potatoes/Mind Your Own Business/Antones

Snooky Pryor/Keyhole In Your Door/Too Cool To Move/Antones

Snooky Pryor&Mel Brown/Early In The Mornin'/Double Shot/Electro Fi

Snooky Pryor/Work With Me Annie/Shake My Hand/Blind Pig

Snooky Pryor/School Days/Snooky Pryor & His Mississippi Wrecking Crew/Electro Fi

Snooky Pryor/Judgement Day/In This Mess Up To My Chest/Antones

New Urban Soul

Donnie Ray/Seven Long Years/Don't Stop My Party/Ecko

Pat Cooley/I Ain't Goin' Where You Go/single/L&L

Classic Chicago Blues; Live in '75

Junior Wells/Little By Little/Live At Teresa's /Delmark

Otis Rush/Gambler's Blues/Live At The Wise Fool's Pub/Delmark

All New Blues

Michael Bram & The Alternators/Watch Out!/Michael Bram & The Alternators/Royus

Buddy Guy & Jeff Beck/Mustang Sally/I Can't Quit The Blues/Silvertone

Bob Dylan/Thunder On The Mountain/Modern Times/Columbia

Jeanne Lozier/You Can't Stay Here/Queen Of Your Dreams/self

Remembering Henry Townsend

Henry Townsend/Cairo Is My Baby's Home/The Bluesville Years Vol. 10/Bluesville

Henry Townsend/Drunken Barrel House Blues/Original Guitar Wizards/Indigo

Henry Townsend/I Asked Her If She Loved Me/The Bluesville Years Vol. 10/Bluesville

New Blues Live

Texas All Star Big Band/Good Mornin' Judge/Texas All Star Big Band Bash/Topcat

Memo Gonzales/Louisiana Lover Man/Live In The UK/Crosscut

Omar & The Howlers/East Side Blues/Bamboozled-Live In Germany/Ruf

Derek Trucks/I'd Rather Be Blind Crippled and Crazy/Songlines Live/Legacy

BB & The Blues Shacks/Rollin' & Stompin'/Live at Vier Linden/Crosscut

All New Blues

Fiona Boyes/Red Hot Kisses/Lucky 13/Yellow Dog

King Muddfish/Don't Believe/No Cover/Bowfin

Willie Pooch/Cross My Heart Blues/Funk 'N' Blues/Chicken Coup

All New This Week (11/4/06)

Steven Seagal& Ruth Brown/Love Doctor/Mojo Priest/self

Sugarcane Collins/Got A Mind To Ramble/Way Down The River/self

Robi Zonca & Luther Kent/Let's Straighten It Out/Magic Box/self

Mighty Lester/Gonna Ball Tonight/We Are Mighty Lester/self

Robert A. Johnson/Infatuation Blues/The Torch/New Groove

Jony James/Still Love You/What About Tomorrow/Blue Wave

CLOSE

Wed, November 22, 2006 | link

Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving

Wed, November 22, 2006 | link

Tuesday, November 21, 2006
O.J. Book and TV Special Canceled

O.J. Book and TV Special Canceled, Simpson’s Lawyer “Pissed” With O.J.

After a firestorm of criticism, News. Corp. said today (Nov. 20) that it has canceled the O.J. Simpson book and TV special If I Did It.

"I and senior management agree with the American public that this was an ill-considered project," said Rupert Murdoch, News Corp. chairman, according to the Washington Post site. "We are sorry for any pain that this has caused the families of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson."

A dozen Fox affiliates had already said they would not air the two-part special, planned for next week before the Nov. 30 publication of the book by ReganBooks. The publishing house is a HarperCollins imprint owned - like the Fox network - by News Corp.

In both the book and show, Simpson speaks in hypothetical terms about how he would have committed the 1994 slayings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman.

Relatives of the victims have lashed out at the now scuttled publication and broadcast plans.

"He destroyed my son and took from my family Ron's future and life. And for that I'll hate him always and find him despicable," Fred Goldman told ABC last week.

One station manager who had said he wasn't airing the special said he was concerned that whether or not Simpson was guilty, he'd still be profiting from murders.

"I have my own moral compass and this was easy," said Bill Lamb, general manager of WDRB in Louisville.

For the publishing industry, the cancellation of "If I Did It" was an astonishing end to a story like no other. Numerous books have been withdrawn over the years because of possible plagiarism, most recently Kaavya Viswanathan's How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life, but a book's removal simply for objectionable content seldomly occurs.

Sales had been strong, but not sensational. "If I Did It" cracked the top 20 of Amazon.com last weekend, but by Monday afternoon, at the time its cancellation had been announced, the book had fallen to No. 51.

Meanwhile, in the November 27 issue of Newsweek—on newsstands now—Simpson’s lawyer, Yale Galanter, says he was “pissed” that O.J. did not tell him of his plans. He also said that profits from the sale of the book would be “blood money.”

“I wouldn’t have done it for a gazillion dollars,” Galanter said.

Simpson’s children, though, approve of his decision to publish “If I Did It,” where he says how he would have killed his ex-wife and her friend if he were their killer. Simpson’s four children, two from his marriage to Nicole Brown Simpson and two from a previous marriage, are not speaking publicly about the book.

Newsweek also offers a glimpse into why Simpson decided to write the book. Some friends say it’s proof that he truly has nothing to lose. Another friend says he’s frustrated from trying to please the families of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.

"There is nothing he can do to make the Goldmans or Browns happy," says a close family member. "He would have to drop dead and that wouldn't be enough. They would find something wrong if he was saving dying kids in Africa."

Tue, November 21, 2006 | link

Monday, November 20, 2006
Fans, Stars Send Levert Home In Style

Fans, Stars Send Levert Home In Style

On Friday, some of black music’s biggest names and more than 10,000 fans filled the Cleveland Convention Center to say a final goodbye to Gerald Levert.

Among the big names present were Stevie Wonder, Usher, Patti Labelle, Yolanda Adams and Gerald’s father, Eddie Levert of the O’Jays. Journalist Ed Gordon and television personality Judge Greg Mathis were among the eulogists. Angela Winbush also sang her classic “Your Smile,” a performance highlighted by her removing her false eyelashes on stage.

“I’ve been crying all morning, y’all,” she explained after removing the lashes and getting into the song.

Eddie Levert and his son Sean, who joined Gerald in the group Levert, brought the house down with a rendition of Luther Vandross’ “Dance With My Father.”

Fans began lining up at 6 a.m. on a rainy Cleveland morning to make sure they got in to this public memorial service to pay tribute to the soul singer, who died November 10 of a heart attack. By 10, the line had turned one corner and approached another. Many fans drove from several states dressed in purple, Levert's favorite color, to attend the ceremony.

The service lasted more than three hours, and it was more celebratory than depressing. “When I came here, I expected to mourn,” Usher told the crowd. “I actually cried tears of joy.”

Mon, November 20, 2006 | link

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