Prince covers Led Zep Whole Lotta Love. Why not? He and Husker Du were local bands playing the same clubs in early 80's

Prince and Husker du both were local bands in the Minneapolis. In the early '80's . They played the same clubs and both were part of the post punk , rock scene with Du the rock,guitar driven yang to Prince's mash up of funk and Sly riding guitar riffs in a very yin expansive way. Bob Mold secretly loved dance music and Prince knew the best of Brit rock.both excelled at putting as bedrock the beats and riffs that shock the body and extended an invitation to anyone to join the party regardless of labeling. So it should be no surprise. That Prince would cover Led Zep and Mold would secretly be be making dance mix playlist for for his Walkman on the road..... give a watch ... It really is THAT good...,made me think of Nona Hendryx   (Ronnie Drayton guitar) and the Black Rock Coalition turfing out  Thanks for reminding me Tim Holmes 

KAY TURNER accomplishes the impossible and puts QUEER THEORY to song .. brilliantly .. Here Ann Cvetkovich ground breaking book Depression: A Public Feeling gets bluegrass beat !

Meanwhile the indomitable Kay Turner put out a tribal call : "Queer Theory academics let's "SIng Out Louise" and put out theory to song" .. it was a sold out night at Joe's pub ... and this song based on Ann Cvetkovich ground breaking book Depression: A Public Feeling. on theory and depression. What do you do when you lose something you are passionate about .. be it love interest, . an animal or politics .. Leave it to Turner to find a way to put country/western /bluegrass passion and rhythm into the Lavender Tower's lofty brain games .. more to follow

Reality Check " Lets widen the lens and talk about real change : what is mnext? The REAL question is: IS IT TIME FOR A NATIONAL THIRD PARTY not dependent on the two party system.

REALITY CHECK : In the interest of being realistic

A new, better groomed and manufactured Trump wilL not mask nor obscure the bully instinct that will continue to jump out and terrorizes ore group of people or another.

No, Clinton is not the answer. Her glossed over with feminist sheen of actual practice that reveals her war hawk, pro Israeli administration practice , her romance at a price with wall street bankers and hedge fund cowboys can not be masked by insincere words that contradict her actual political practice history .

The REAL question is: IS IT TIME FOR A NATIONAL THIRD PARTY not dependent on the two party system.

Registered Democrats make up 26% of the voters .. Republicans 24%. The rest of potential voters are unaligned. What if Bernie Sanders doesn't win the nomination and opps out of endorsing Clinton as did Zephyr Teachout after running a surprisingly strong primary race lost to Governor Cuomo In New York State. Teachout did not endorse anyone and let her supporters make their own choices .

Yes the Green Party is a choice ...but is it with its fractured chapters and aging bourgeois hippies base actually attractive to the millennials and disenfranchised seniors who are supporting Sanders ?

Questions to think about as we move forward,

I continue to support Bernie Sanders and call on all like minded people to not give up or into the manipulative call for unity.

Remember we outnumber both parties and need to continue to assert our values within and outside the established political parties/

Anyone want to join me for COFFEE to discuss our political options in this critical period in US history ?

I raise these questions in the interest of an informed and not simply emotional reaction. What do we do next is an important question for all of us regardless of which "side" we are on . I have by intention mixed up the people tagged to supporters of the major candidates

Please be respectful and please do let me know your thoughts

Toshi honors her mom the legendary Bernice Reagon Johnson who puts in a rare appearance at the Schomburg Library

Toshi  Reagon has curated this year's  Schomburg Women in Jazz series . .Closing night she honored her mother the legendary musician and scholar Bernice Reagon Johnson by inviting BRJ to sit in and sing the songs she had written .. a very very very special evening of music .. I closed my eyes and brought Sweet Honey in the Rock and  Michael Callen into the room. Callen recorded an album  (LEGACY) of incredible music as he was dying of AIDS( and it included "They are falling" ...which is sung in this concert .. as an AIDS anthem.. I am grateful to Sonja who  invited me to join  her and the two Lisas for this memorable concert please share,, I was all hte way back in the room .. a perfect place to hear the music ,,,but not the best place to shoot from .. but the music trunos the limitations of the zoom.