I think the lyrics quiz has run its course. Congratulations go out to ladystarlightsj, midnightsjane, londonkds, deevalish, dlgood, and buffyannotater. The remaining songs were ( Read more... )

Aretha Franklin. Elvis Costello. Solomon Burke. Taj Mahal. The Blind Boys of Alabama. Cissy Houston. The music of Sam Cooke. I just got my ticket ( Read more... )

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Soul Sides today has Revolutionary Mixtape: Songs That Made the Movement, an annotated collection of tracks from the Civil Rights era. Go listen.

Comfort food is making me uncomfortable. I rationalized the economy of my P. F. Chang's trip with the idea that I could stretch out my order of Kung Pao Chicken and Spicy Eggplant over several meals, and then proceeded to eat the entire thing ( Read more... )

From shadowkat67, a meme.

1. Name 10 favorite actors you'd see in anything:

• Cary Grant ( 9 more )

1) Saw X-Men 2. ( Spoilers for )

I've been begatten, or begot, or something. Thanks, Masq! It only took a little grovelling . . . I grovel so well ( Read more... )