The other day, my oldest kid asked me (to confirm) if I had been singing over Dubstep tracks for a while now… I have, but I don’t really shove my kind of music down my kids’ throats. If they find it online cool. His generation is starting to catch up though. Lots of people are on the Dubstep tip now. So here is one I know you are going to like, regardless of what you may think of the music.

Incidentally that is a remix of a more mellow song, “Pumped Up Kicks” by Foster The People, which certainly didn’t start out as Dubstep.lol Such is life with remix/mashup culture. Butch Clancy out of Detroit is responsible for this wicked brand of musical mayhem. I can’t decide which version I like better. Check Butch Clancy on Soundcloud http://soundcloud.com/butchclancy

Absolutely amazing. The kind of dance I used to do (popping) as a kid, combined with the kind of music I perform to as an adult. Life truly runs in cycles.

I think if you look back you’ll find many.., but this is the one I remember.

In the 80′s I was so wrapped up in Hip-Hop and Reggae, there was really no room for much else…. especially 80′s R&B. It just seemed artificial to me for whatever reason, like the soul had gone from it. Maybe I had heard too much Sly & The Family Stone by that time to want to EFF around with synth hits, and keyboard slap bass// but I digress.

There were some great singers from the 80′s. Yesterday it was brought to my attention that we lost one of them, Vesta Williams… and who are we kidding? Everyone loves this song.

Vesta was celebrated early on for her tremendous voice. She could hit highs like Chaka Khan and LOWS like Dionne Warwick. Although she did not enjoy all of the chart topping success of a Whitney Houston or Mariah Carey, she did have a tremendous career for quite some time. Vesta was found dead in a California hotel room on 23 Sept 2011. Initial reports point to a suicide by drug overdose.

I remember her most in Mario Van Peebles’ movie “Posse”, as the saloon singer. She played Monica on “Sister 2 Sister”, several other roles and made many commercial appearances. Vesta was also known for a dramatic weight loss to the tune of 100 lbs, going from a size 26 to a size 6. She was beautiful regardless, and fans the world over are expressing their sadness at her passing.

Before these quick words, let’s clear the air.. I never even HEARD the initials EBT used before, and I am not receiving benefits.

That’s the sort of disclaimer self-RIGHTeous racists need these days. While viewing what seems to be a PARODY video about the many abuses of the welfare system, certain members of the population are once again up in arms.

Mr. EBT (Stanley Lafleur) hit the YouTube viral “Big Time”, once his video was posted on the Drudge Report. The video shows Lafleur attempting to use his EBT (Welfare) card for damn near EVERYTHING BUT its intended purpose. He is being decried by conservative pundits around the USA as if he were the second coming of Satan himself.

Meanwhile people who “get it” are having a good laugh at the expense of the Rush Limbaugh(s) of the world as they clutch at straws; in yet another futile attempt to convince anyone who will listen, that ALL BLACKS WANT OUT OF LIFE… is to be on welfare.

What? You mean abuse of government funds should be exclusive to politicians?
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