Music Moment: Why Don't You Love Me?

So fun that there is this post and video following the last post and video, even if there's a lag of a month or so....



ps. I love me some Bey but beyond that seems like there is some flawed myth of the Superwoman here that might be interesting.

wish list for 2010...

yo, my girls had it right in '93. just sayin'...



you're welcome...

;)

First Five Minutes of Princess and the Frog

No comment. But I'd love to read yours....



Via io9

Supernova

MR HUDSON [FEAT KANYE WEST] - SUPERNOVA from MrHudson on Vimeo.

This song is my current On Repeat.

More Happy: Pretty Wings

So...I know I clowned Maxwell when we were in college...but I'm older. And wiser.

And yeah, he can get it.

(Maybe it's the haircut and the whole confirmed-but-label-flipped-so-now-i'm-just-questionably gay thing; I think I lust for less than accessible men)

Besides the fact that this video is unbelievably erotic...happy, happies for all.


Maxwell - Pretty Wings (Official Music Video) - Click here for more blooper videos

Common Sense from Rachel Maddow

Always.
Speak up.
Speak out.
People will hear you.
And now

--when Pat Buchanan can rant on a reputable cable news channel in a way that puts the Ku Klux Klan promotional material to shame--

IS the time, if there ever was one.

Maven on the high seas...

in case you were wondering how i keep myself busy while I'm missing all of my girls..... sigh... oh the foolishness... The embedding specs are off since we shot in wideframe but you get the idea.....

Delicious

Kinda quiet here in the Common Room.

Here's your regular dose of J Smoothie the Race Literate Cutie:



And some Music You Can't Get Out of Your Head:



(can you name all the supers in the video?)

peace

White Privilege-- Real Talk

take a moment to watch it all the way through... then let the discussions begin.

I know many of you are familiar with Tim Wise...but I thought we'd bring him into The Common Room.

The Gangsta (And More Kismet Two-Ness)

The Gangsta: Melissa Harris-Lacewell and Patricia Williams spoke to Bill Moyers here. (H/T goes to JJP, I think; I got lost in my blog reader again:)



You who know me know I LOVE Melissa Harris-Lacewell. She is not quite an idol for me or a hero--too young, too accessible, too much damn fun!--but definitely a model I plan to follow as I try to reach my own goals.

Catch the video by following the link because there was no way to embed.

(Oh yeah, and Kismet Two-Ness: Is it just me or is Patricia Williams exuding a little bit of haterade in the Gangsta's direction? I feel like I read "this young whipper-snapper" all over her face every time she looked across the table! Come on, people, don't do that. Kumbaya, my Lord, Kumbaya....)

Just when you think YOUR life is full of drama...

Just remember: NO matter how insane things get, at least you're not living in an R.Kelly classic video!!!

But ..."if the shoe fits, wear it, boy!"



Sparkle knew she was hood-rich though! Hoppin' out that broke down caddy with a full length fur!!!

From the mouth of the accused....

To fill in some of you casual comment readers, Kis and I have been back and forthing a bit about the Rick Warren issue.

Kis.. he did not call Gays Child molestors. He actually supported Prop 8. What he DOES have and issue with is the Redefinition of marriage.

Click here to watch the video (it wouldn't let me embed!)

Its interesting the Divorced population of the country didn't have more of an issue with Warren praying at the inauguration...apparently they're the dangerous ones...

Do with this as you will.

i loves me some mr. & mrs. o

so in honor of good, old fashioned black love...




...and the song is just that good ish!

I Just Want to Be Here

BBG Dare: How many originals can you name?

The book club of the 21st century...

At the inception of this blog, I knew it would only be a matter of time until we started mulling over the idea of a book club. It only makes sense that a group of intelligent, college educated women--while pursuing avenues of collective and self-betterment--would approach the written word as a common ground to provide cerebral stimulus and elicit provocative dialogue ...

(dang, I'm good with words....gotta love the Wash U book learnin'!)

Anyway since I knew the whole book club was going to surface sooner or later (and it seems to have some clear support) I would like to suggest/amend the idea to include a movie/film aspect.

I need to get back into more leisure reading...so I concur that we should get our read on. But I feel like there are sooooooo many good movies out there! And I don't just mean hollywood blockbusters (cuz I'm sitting "marley & me" out this time!!!), I mean GOOD films --foreign, independent, cannes, sundance material!

The good, the bad, the obscure, the OMG Almódovar is a crazy genius, the "i'm at a cocktail party and NO one has seen this movie yet!" Those are the movies i want us to tackle!!!

So whattya say.... who wants to watch some movies!!! (and of course read some books too!!!)
who's in?

You Know You Used to Sing This Song in the Mirror!

Alpha Cat for SNL!

Dealing with transition...

I love that this is the type of satire that comes with the Obama era... no jibes about being foolish, rash, cowboyish, or daft... they can only tease him about being cool...

Man, I love this country.
(dorry two videos in one day! I'm on a tear!)

Good ole days

Okay so we are not old... but we are grown... which means some things just ain't like they used to be. So in order to celebrate the fantastic era of our youth, I wanted to share this with yal.

Music was so great before that damn autotune.....

Some Work Flow for You

I see the BBGs are in the end of the year pressure cooker. Dorm room doors are closed and locked. The TV is off. No 11 minutes of perfection or egg noddles cooking on the stove. I hear india.aire playing somewhere...I think.....

Well, I'm still on the couch. Curled around this laptop. Planning a research trip to France.

And in honor of the grind, here is some work "flow" for you.