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*From time to time we’ll enter a User Name on the computer and receive the prompt, ‘Sorry, that user name is taken, please select another.’ So we continue until we come up with a unique name that the computer accepts. Now suppose the computer was not programmed to differentiate, and multiple users were allowed to [...]
*Hey y’all, check this out … EURweb contributor and former Motown songwriter Larry Buford has penned and recorded a song titled “Can’t Quiet My Soul“ that has just been released on YouTube. The song track and title – inspired by the movie ‘Titanic’ – was written by Buford years ago, but he could not seem [...]
*Seems these days a segment of Americans are brushing their teeth with gunpowder and just shootin’ off the mouth! Social media is becoming a shameful cesspool of shameless foul and damaging communication (‘e-mail netiquette’). So much for the phrase, ‘Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.’ Cowards and thugs [...]
*At a time when getting a deal with a major record label is slim to none, and mainstream radio is restricted to monotonous repetitive playlists, it’s refreshing to know there is a group of artists who are undaunted and fearless in their pursuit of musical expression. One such artist is singer Lori King who was [...]
*Today we heard that old familiar sigh again. It’s the sigh of disbelief and disappointment that we’ve heard so often in our lifetime. One moment there’s sheer excitement, enthusiasm, and exhilaration in the air, then boom! the thrill is gone. Herman Cain’s announcement before an Atlanta crowd that he was suspending his presidential campaign was [...]
*Thanks to Detroit native and EURweb contributor Larry Buford, we learned about the Universal Music release of “The Temptations: The Singles 1961-1971,” a three-disc set marking the iconic group’s 50th anniversary via an article at wsj.com. Obviously the CD – set for release this Tuesday, October 25 – will contain the song the Temptin’ Temptations [...]
*Ahh, the frivolous things we let upset us everyday: someone cuts us off on the freeway; we get all the way home and discover the fries are not in the bag; we have a bad hair day; and the list goes on. For some of us it’s gotten so we expect things to always go our way, [...]
*Otis Williams, the sole survivor of the original line-up of The Temptations – Motown’s premier male vocal group that helped build a Black-American musical empire – is still going strong! “I carry it on for them,” he says in reference (and with reverence) to his fallen brothers Melvin Franklin, David Ruffin, Eddie Kendricks, and Paul [...]
“Has it been that long?” said broadcaster Tavis Smiley when I mentioned that we’re coming up on the 20th anniversary of the death of David Ruffin. I affirmed and proposed that perhaps he could do a show about one of the most influential voices in contemporary music history. Ruffin who was a solo singer before [...]
*Reverend Melvin L. Porties, known throughout the Detroit church circuit for years as a gospel singer extraordinaire, succumbed March 10, 2011. Born into a family of musicians, Porties, 73, was twin brother to Reverend Alvin L. Porties, Pastor of Hill of Calvary Missionary Baptist Church. Where Reverend Melvin’s specialty was singing, Reverend Alvin’s is playing [...]
*On Saturday February 26, 2011 renowned actress Angela Bassett, and recording legends Stephanie Mills, Jeffrey Osborne, and founding members of the O’Jays, Eddie Levert and Walter Williams Sr., were the honorees and recipients of the 2011 Living Legends Awards held at the California African American Museum in Los Angeles. Hosted by California Assemblyman Mike Davis, [...]
*Motown’s original Temptations had five members, but musician Cornelius Grant became commonly referred to as the “sixth Temptation” – much like music historians refer to Billy Preston as the “fifth Beatle” – for his contribution as bandleader and songwriter. Born in Fairfield Texas, Grant – a musical prodigy – was transplanted in Detroit at age [...]
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