Saturday, November 7, 2009

Samedi

H/T'n'Thanks Youz Charolette getting Dinglerized!

Ed Blakely Former Recovery Buffoon is on Facebook
~Thanks Youz Karen!

~and a little'mo Lagniappe from Squandered Heritage.

Navy Week: Johanna Mudge
~NOLAFemmes


Ida might skip Louisiana, veer to Florida~Mark Schleifstein

Faster mobile Internet on its way to Houma-Thibodaux by month’s end~Kathrine Schmidt

An Administration Run Amok ~Clancy Dubos

Eastern Oregon City Pushes Back The Floodwaters~Ethan Lindsey

USS New York commissioning underway ~Verena Dobnik

Giant dominoes form tribute to Berlin Wall's fall~David Rising

“errata”~Robert Frost's Banjo

Visual effects company Pixel Magic to open new Louisiana studio, create 40 jobs in 3 years

Au Contraire, Mon Frère ~truforia ~SHAME ON TYLER PERRY and Oprah for signing on as air-quote executive producers of Precious.
After this post-hip-hop freak show wowed Sundance last January, it now slouches toward Oscar ratification thanks to its powerful friends.Winfrey and Perry had no hand in the actual production of Precious, yet the movie must have touched some sore spot in their demagogue psyches. They’ve piggybacked their reps as black success stories hoping to camouflage Precious’ con job—even though it’s more scandalous than their own upliftment trade. Perry and Winfrey naively treat Precious’ exhibition of ghetto tragedy and female disempowerment as if it were raw truth. It helps contrast and highlight their achievements as black American paradigms—self-respect be damned.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Hey, glad you liked the Simic poem, & thanks for following at RFBanjo! The Ladder is great!

Editilla said...

Hey Yer'Self!
Robert Frost's Banjo is such a wonderful site.
Are you familiar with the Nola group "17 Poets"?
http://www.17poets.com/
Bad to da'bone.
Thanks youz,

Unknown said...

Don't think I do know them--will check 'em out!