Good Morning Obots! Happy "damn next day ham sho taste good in a sammich" day!Today's featured artist is Leon Kennedy Leon Kennedy’s (b.1945, Houston TX) spiritually inspired pieces are also his "sermons." It may be particularly fitting that his choice of materials runs the gamut of redeemed cast-offs. Kennedy’s Biblical texts appear on bed sheets, window panes, pie tins and … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: African American Visual Artists
Friday Open Thread
Friday Open Thread- The History of Hip Hop Pt. 1
Happy Friday P.O.U. family and lurkers! It is the start of weekend. This week's open thread theme is focused on the beginnings of hip hop. Run DMC was an American hip hop group from Hollis, in the Queens borough of New York City. Founded by Joseph "Run" Simmons,Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels, and Jason "Jam-Master Jay" Mizell, the group is widely acknowledged as one of the most … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread- The History of Hip Hop Pt. 1
Friday Open Thread: Doo-Wop Music
HAPPY FRIDAY P.O.U.! The weekend is finally here!We continue our look at Doo-Wop Music...LITTLE ANTHONY AND THE IMPERIALSLittle Anthony and the Imperials is a rhythm and blues/soul/doo-wop vocal group from New York, first active in the 1950s. Lead singer Jerome Anthony "Little Anthony" Gourdine was noted for his high-pitched falsetto voice, influenced by Jimmy Scott. The group … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Doo-Wop Music
Friday Open Thread: African-American Shoe Designers
Happy Friday Obots! *secret handshake* Today's featured designers: Shane & Shawn Ward Many twins spend a lifetime trying to foster an identity separate from their siblings. That may never have been the goal for Shane and Shawn Ward, but as one spent his days designing for Adidas, and the other traded stocks on Wall Street, it would have been an easy inference to … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: African-American Shoe Designers