May2
Why Fashion Matters
Category Archives: TenaciousM Art and Culture
May1
Over The Hump Old School Sound Check – Earth Wind & Fire
So happy it’s Thursday!! Let’s get this party started…
Apr30
Free your inner Private Dancer
Apr26
“For Joan”
A piece of poetry I just read. Enjoy!
My grandma returned
to tell me one last story
about how she met
the man she loved,
how it depended on
the weather, her dress,
how she looked at him
and he at her.
It was a story of
love and contingency,
the thousand factors
which added up
to this unlikely life:
but for her dress and
the clouds overhead,
I would not exist.
She sat right there,
just beside me,
like she used to
when I was a child.
I remember every detail,
but have no idea
what it all meant –
it was just a good story.
Maybe we do not need
to moralise or seek
the meaning of it all,
maybe life is best lived
listening to good stories;
stories about the weather
and what she wore
and how they fell in love.
Apr26
David Alan Grier: How to tell black people apart
This is just too funny not to share! Laughter is good!
Apr26
TINA 75: Travel with Tina – Sightseeing in Berlin
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Apr25
From Lupita’s People cover to Pharrell’s ‘Marilyn Monroe’: Dark skinned beauty fad sparks backlash
Apr24
Over The Hump Old School Sound Check – The Whispers
Happy Thursday #musicfriendsofTenaciousM! I hope it’s lovely where you are today.
The Whispers is a group from Los Angeles, California, with a consistent track record of hit records dating back to the late 1960s. The Whispers were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2003, and were winners of the Rhythm and Blues Foundation’s prestigious Pioneer Award in 2008. By popular vote, the group was inducted into The SoulMusic Hall Of Fame at SoulMusic.com in December 2012. Credit: Wikipedia
The group scored many hits on the R&B and Billboard Hot 100 charts throughout the 1970s and 1980s, and they hit #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1980 with “And the Beat Goes On / “Can You Do the Boogie” / “Out the Box”. In 1987, they enjoyed a brief tenure in the Top 40 when “Rock Steady” became their first Top 10 success on the Hot 100, reaching #7, while also capturing the #1 spot on the R&B chart. Credit: Wikipedia
Apr17
Over The Hump Old School Sound Check – Atlantic Starr
Happy Thursday! Atlantic Starr is one of my all time favorite groups. If you have never heard of them, please check them out. I was wondering why all my “20 Something” family members stayed in my music stash. And as I am advised, they have grown up on Old School Music through sampling by newer artists. Well, here’s just a sample for today. Enjoy!
Atlantic Starr was an American R&B band. Among their biggest hits were “Always” and “Secret Lovers.”
The group was started in 1976, in Greenburgh, New York, by trumpeter Duke Jones (who left the band prior to their first recordings), along with drummer Porter Carroll Jr., bassist Clifford Archer, percussionist and flutist Joseph Phillips, Sheldon Tucker (Guitar; parted ways with the band before the first recordings), and three brothers: David Lewis (vocals/guitar), Wayne Lewis (keyboards and vocals), and Jonathan Lewis (percussion and trombone). The band’s membership eventually stabilized around Carroll, Archer, Phillips, the three Lewis brothers, lead singer Sharon Bryant (who was later replaced by Barbara Weathers), trumpeter William Sudderth, and saxophonist Damon Rentie (who was later replaced by Koran Daniels). In 1977, the band came to Westwood, California, and performed on the nightclub scene under the name “Newban,” which they agreed to change at the request of A&M executive Herb Alpert when they were signed. Having already agreed to keep the Starr part of an early idea for a new band name, the members decided to add the word Atlantic, because of their East Coast roots. The nine-member band were now A&M employees.
Throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s, Atlantic Starr scored several hits on the R&B charts. However, significant crossover success (onto the pop charts) did not come until halfway into the 80s, with the release of their As The Band Turns album, and the single “Secret Lovers.”
The band would continue to score hits on both the R&B and Pop charts into the early 90s. 1991 saw the introduction of yet another new female lead singer, when Martin was replaced by Rachel Oliver for the album, Love Crazy. This album featured the band’s biggest hit of the 90s, with “Masterpiece” reaching #3 on both the pop and R&B charts in early 1992. Credit: Wikipedia
Apr15
Be Confident
I am sharing this poem because the words are so true and the writer so very young. Be encouraged!
BY ADESEWA OYINKANSOLA YACE
31 MARCH 2014
Confidence is facing the challenges of your life with courage. Confidence is never backing out, even when things are not going your way yet. Confidence is saying, “YES,” and meaning it. Confidence is saying, “NO,” and meaning it. Confidence is not compromising.
Confidence is standing and holding on to that which you know is true, no matter what.
Confidence is what you need to overcome your fears. So, to be somebody, have Confidence in yourself.
Only Confidence keeps you going.
Oyinkansola Adesewa (pictured) is 11 years old. She loves writing, drawing, painting, designing clothes, dancing, and modeling. She is presently a student of Yaba College Of Technology Secondary School, Yaba-Lagos. Oyinkansola started writing at the age of 6. Her first poem book titled “Thoughts of a Child” was published when she was 8 years old through a writing contest. Presently, she still writes and has written more poems outside the ones in her book.
Credit: Face2Face Africa
Egos & Buffaloes 