Saturday, July 24, 2004

Pretenders in the Middle of the Road


Got “Best of The Pretenders” CD for a buck at a yard sale. While listening to “Middle of the Road,” these lyrics jumped out:
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD YOU SEE THE DARNDEST THINGS
LIKE FAT GUYS DRIVING ‘ROUND IN JEEPS THROUGH THE CITY
WEARING BIG DIAMOND RINGS AND SILK SUITS
PAST CORRUGATED TIN SHACKS FULL UP WITH KIDS
OH MAN I DON’T MEAN A HAMPSTEAD NURSERY
WHEN YOU OWN A BIG CHUNK OF THE BLOODY THIRD WORLD
THE BABIES JUST COME WITH THE SCENERY

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Thursday, July 22, 2004

Get on the Bus: 100 Years Before Rosa Parks

On the mornings I board the Q101 bus from Queens to Manhattan, it’s not uncommon for the majority of my fellow riders to be people of color. This is an unremarkable observation in 2004 New York where integrated buses are hardly news...thanks to Rosa Parks and her spontaneous act of bravery.

Well, that’s what we’re taught, aren’t we? However, to buy into the Rosa Parks mythology* not only involves ignoring some crucial history about 1955, it erases the name of Elizabeth “Lizzie” Jennings from Big Apple lore.

To read the complete article, click here:
http://www.pressaction.com/news/weblog/full_article/mickeyz07212004/

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Wednesday, July 21, 2004

Some good advice

http://www.sexandgutsmagazine.com/pinas_envy.htm (a poem of mine on-line) Share
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