Sylvie – Sweet Honey in the Rock

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Beyonce is stalking me

… or somehow using her otherworldly powers to turn all eyes in the universe on her …. why else would four of my favorite blogs* feature Beyonce all on the same day? (Renee’s is the funniest.)

It’s a conspiracy, I tell you.

I am strangely compelled to post this. I both love it and I hate it.

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Nothing but love for this one, though:

ETA – here’s one more….

* That last one links to another blog featuring an older post – good stuff – on Beyonce…

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Rest in peace, Mama Africa

Miriam Makeba dies at 76

”I’m not a political singer,” she insisted in an interview with Britain’s Guardian newspaper earlier this year. ”I don’t know what the word means. People think I consciously decided to tell the world what was happening in South Africa. No! I was singing about my life, and in South Africa we always sang about what was happening to us — especially the things that hurt us.”

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Because it’s Saturday and my brain hurts but this makes my brain feel better….

It’s like that. (yes… on the surface everything I hate…. but it’s got a good beat and you can dance to it.)

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You Know You Want to Dance….

So go ahead.

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More Obama videos

Saw them first at Suburban Lesbian Housewife and Problem Chylde:

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Friday Night Video

Heard this on the radio and it’s been stuck in my head all day.

So very 80′s. Yes, children, this is disco. Sparkly, shimmery disco. Shut up.

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My American Prayer

Seen here and here.

When you get to the top of the mountain, will you tell me what you see?
When you get to the top of the mountain…remember me.

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Isaac Hayes – Rest in Peace

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Wild Night

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