Since learning of his participation in the Artists Wanted "The Power of Self" photography competition I've made a point over the past few days to cast my vote for Erick Wilund.
A NYC photographer and cancer survivor who I consider to be one of the best photographers on Flickr.
The competition closes attonight ... Thursday, 21 Janaury 2010 at midnight.
Feel free to cast your vote and show support for Erick Wilund at http://www.artistswanted.org/ewilund.
Thanks to a dear friend, Raeann ... I just checked out "Boogie Nights" by Lisa Robinson in the February 2010 issue Vanity Fair Magazine which, through interviews, provides an important oral history of disco.
In observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2010 my January 2010 SET ME FREE trance mix samples two excerpts from Dr. King's 28 August 1963 "I Have A Dream" speech with this tracklist.
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The first Centaur release to kick off the New Year is “Big Muscle Remixed,” the sophomore album from DJ Bill Bennett who was recently named the #1 leather DJ in North America by Instinct Magazine. The album features twelve continuously mixed tracks featuring some of the biggest names in dance including #1 artists Suzanne Palmer, Inaya Day, Pepper MaShay, Thea Austin and Abigail. This album will also be available on iTunes and on CD very soon. Kick off the New Year with this high energy, house vocal mix.
Under the banner of "Peace Begins at Home / Change Begins in Me" the District's 4th Annual MLK Peace Walk honoring of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. kicks off on Monday, 18 January 2010 with a 9 am Assemblance Rally at the Bethlehem Baptist Church parking lot at 2500 Martin Luther King Jr., Avenue in SE Washington DC.
Click banner to read Mike Weiss Gallery press release dated Wednesday, 13 January 2010 regarding Stefanie Gutheil's "Kopftheater" exhibition at the Mike Weiss Gallery in NYC from 14 January until 20 February 2010.
In Just Kids, Patti Smith’s first book of prose, the legendary American artist offers a never-before-seen glimpse of her remarkable relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in the epochal days of New York City and the Chelsea Hotel in the late sixties and seventies. An honest and moving story of youth and friendship, Smith brings the same unique, lyrical quality to Just Kids as she has to the rest of her formidable body of work—from her influential 1975 album Horses to her visual art and poetry.
Gay Internet Radio Live (G.I.R.L) will be accepting entries through 24 February 2010 for the 2010 GAY DAYS DJ CONTEST.
Of equal importance to the music mixes that I create is the cd cover that I design for each mix. Which in most cases feature my photography and, sometimes, writings.
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First, let me start by stating that there is absolutely NO CONNECTION between me nor my music mixes and Mid-Atlantic Weekend. Other than the fact that I have attended some of the events over the years.
Click image to read the press release dated Tuesday, 5 January 2010 from Keith Clark, Executive Director of ArtsUnited regarding South Florida's 10th Annual ArtExplosion 2010 LGBT Arts Festival.
In a Newsletter dated Tuesday, 5 January 2010 DJ Paulo says ...
On Friday, 18 December 2009 Mayor Fenty officially legalized same-sex marriage in the District in a signing ceremony at the All Souls Unitarian Church in NW Washington DC.
I got news this morning that my music mixes podcast made it to Podomatic's 2 January 2010 Movers & Shakers list.
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Featuring "Return To Innocence" by Enigma as background music and the photography of Elvert Xavier Barnes this photo montage 'retrospective' includes images that throughout the year of 2009 were featured at the Elvert Barnes FREEDOM blog as Friday's Photos of the Week.
Click banner for details regarding the 26th Annual Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend 2009 which takes place over Martin Luther King Day Holiday Weekend in Washington DC.
Moving to a new studio and trying to unload prints in old handmade wooden frames, Russell Richards is holding a special 1/2 price sale of prints in old wooden frames for the next week or two. Click banner to read Russell Richards' email dated Monday, 28 December 2009 for a list of prints that are for sale.
Even though my shopping experience at Lambda Rising has not always been pleasant (that shopping while black thang) since first hearing news of its pending closure from the 10 December 2009 Metro Weekly feature article "Book Ends" I wanted to make sure that I captured the store's last holiday window display (designed by Jim Bennett) since its window displays have always been amongst my favorite.
Since her original design by Harry Bliss for participation in the May through October 2002 "Party Animals" public art exhibition in Washington DC the saga of PETA’s sad circus elephant, Ella PhantzPeril—a shackled baby elephant with tears trickling down her face, carrying the inscription, “The Circus Is Coming; See Shackles, Bullhooks, Loneliness … All Under the Big Top”—has had a more than difficult life.
In compliance with the Skip the Bag, Save the River initiative beginning 1 January 2010, District businesses that sell food or alcohol must charge you 5 cents for each disposable paper or plastic carryout bag.
Click Metro Weekly cover for a sneak peek of Metro Weekly's 2009 The Year in Review issue dated Thursday, 24 December 2009.
Click Time Magazine's 7 December 2009 "Decade From Hell" cover for more info.
As reported by Larch Wood Canada and Kitchen Mischief wooden cutting boards are excellent for food, cheese and fruit displays.
Having opened on 4 December there are only three days left for shopping at and experiencing the 5th Annual Downtown Holiday Market at Penn Quarter which runs through Wednesday, 23 December 2009 on F Street between 7th and 9th Streets in NW Washington DC.
According to a sign posted at the front entrance the Safeway store in Waterfront Station at 4th and M Streets in SW Washington DC is closed for the rest of day on Saturday, 19 December 2009 due to the Snow-pocalypse.
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The 5th and final installment of my End of the 2009 / New Year 2010 compilation series entitled MY NAKED SOUL features selected favorite house and progressive house tracks that I purchased during 2009.
Representing installment four (4/5) of my End of the Year / New Year 2010 compilation series, click the cd cover to listen to the AN ENDING: End of the Year 2009 trance mix podcast which features selected favorite ambient, progressive and hard trance tracks that were purchased during 2009.
Having opening on 27 November 2009, the Year End Group Show at Gallery Plan b which features a diverse collection of works by current and new gallery artists runs through 24 December.
The third installment (3/5) of my End of 2009 / New Year 2010 music compilation series click the cd cover for SAVE YOUR LOVE FOR ME which features electronic dance music spanning more than 30 years.
When preparing for the second installment (2/5) of my End of 2009 / New Year 2010 music compilation series which as a "Decade In Review" mix features selected weekl;y #1 dance hits from 1999 through 2009 ... I checked Wikipedia's List of number-one dance hits (United States).
As the final days of 2009 draws near and we trancemigrate into 2010 and the second decade of the new millennium I can not help but but reflect on my life over the past 3 1/2 deades. It is through this reflection ... and celebration ... that I am currently in the process of mixing at least 5 music compilations that will not only celebrate and reflect on the music over the past 3 1/2 decades but will also shed light on my personal story as an openly gay black man. Though I have always been gay, and black, it was shortly after my first visit to the Pier 9 in SE Washington DC, in the fall of 1972, that I came out to friends at Great Mills High School. And, it was a year later that Frank G and I met, as freshmen, at the University of Maryland's Easton Dorm. Though he passed in the spring of 1989 not only is there seldom a day that goes by that he does not cross my mind but each and every music compilation that I have mixed over the past 3 1/2 decades has had some connection to or reflection of him. And this End of 2009 / New Year 2010 series is no exception! As a special New Year 2010 tribute to Frank Gramarossa the first installment of my "End of 2009 / New Year 2010" series entitled "First, Last & Everything" features this 70's and 80's disco track list. It is at this time that I'd like to send a special 'shout out' to Discoguy of Disco-Disco.com whose interviews with Tom Moulton and various DJs and Remixers served as the very foundation of this tribute. Click the cd cover to listen to and/or download my New Year 2010 Special Tribute to Frank Gramarossa - FIRST, LAST & EVERYTHING - Classic 70's & 80's Disco Retrospective mix podcast. No doubt, when the clock strikes midnight this New Year's Eve I'll be listening and, perhaps, dancing to "First, Last & Everything". Or "Save Your Love For Me" which represents the third mix of the installment. Both, as special tributes to Frank, feature the very music that we and our friends partied and danced to. And #2/5, as a 'Decade In Review' is titled "Everyday".
Click banner for the biggest hits, the brightest stars, the most iconic moments ... as BILLBOARD salutes the songs, albums and events that made 2009 one of the decade's most memorable years in music.
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Click this week's cover to read the Thursday, 10 December 2009 Metro Weekly Sneak Peek.
Click Russell U. Richards 2010 Art Calendar cover to read RUR's e-news dated Thursday, 10 December 2009.
Presented by FornabaioVoss Events and Josh Wood Productions click above INVITE for information regarding The Black & White New Years 2010 Ball with Deborah Cox at Chelsea Art Museum.
Purchased by my grandparents Thomas Walter and Violet Emma Dove Biscoe in the 1920's the 100-acre "No Point Farm" was one of the few farms owned by African Americans along St. Jeromes Neck Road in Dameron, Maryland.
Lonnie Bunch, museum director, historian, lecturer, and author, is proud to present A Page From Our American Story, a regular on-line series for Museum supporters. It will showcase individuals and events in the African American experience, placing these stories in the context of a larger story — our American story.
