Okay, this song has all the right elements of the songs I love: syncopated jazz piano and a fun vocal. I’m familiar with Bembe Segue vocal from several electronic projects with 4Hero, Mark de Clive-Lowe, and Sleepwalker. It’s my first introduction to the music of David Sancious, so it’s time to hunt the [...]
Posts under ‘Dallas’
Podcast: About Marlon Riggs, Creating Change, and what’s new in stereo.
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Marlon Riggs, “one the top Black filmmakers…changing the conversation on HIV and AIDS”.
Use the courtesy resource to keep informed – this site’s community calendar.
My overall thoughts on Creating Change conference.
Creating Change hashtag on Twitter: #cc10.
Words from author/speaker, Tim Wise (From YouTube) on how white privilege trips even white people up.
Talking new music from new Georgia [...]
Artists and LGBT advocates converge in Southern Dallas in March 2010
Artists and LGBT community organizations converge to increase awareness and celebrate their work near Fair Park in Southern Dallas.
The two-day event is entitled, “We The People: A Celebration of Queer Arts & Culture”, and will take place Saturday, March 6, and Sunday, March 7, at the South Dallas Cultural Center, 3400 S. Fitzhugh, in Dallas.
“Our [...]
popolio.com is profiling artists for this year’s SXSW in Austin
Freddie Rodriguez, fearless and tireless editor at Austin-based, Mandrake Arts & Media sister site, popolio.com, has already started profiling artists scheduled to appear at this year’s South by Southwest music festival in Austin. Just follow sxsw-2010 tag to catch his writeups.
Texas gay filmmaker, Marlon Riggs, celebrated this weeked at South Dallas Cultural Center
This weekend in Dallas, February 19 -21, Black Cinematheque Dallas, along with Fahari Arts Institute, DFW Senators, and Mandrake Arts & Media will be hosting a Marlon Riggs Film Festival. The films and shorts begin at 7pm each night at the South Dallas Cultural Center, 3400 S. Fitzhugh in Dallas and nightly entry fee [...]
Silence Equals Consent tour to challenge homophobia in African-American churches
A frequent guest and commentator here at Mandrake Society Radio podcast, Tuan N’Gai, is producing a tour of speaking engagements to challenge African-American gay people to collectively speak out against homophobia especially within black religious institutions. The tour entitled, Silence Equals Consent, is the mantra of the organization and website, Operation REBIRTH, which N’Gai [...]
Podcast: Conversation with Buster Spiller
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I’ve written on this blog and other places that one of my favorite experiences after accepting myself as a gay man was taking part in a inter-generational discussion of black gay men every other Saturday in Houston called The Men’s Gathering. Today, I’m speaking with one of the architects of the The Men’s Gathering in [...]
All-Star Weekend parties around the gayborhood
This weekend in Dallas is about to be crazy with the NBA All-Star game and all its parties. Many organizations serving our community are in on it, too, including Southern Boi Entertainment, Men of Essence, Women of Distinction, 7Connection, and SmooveQ Productions. So make sure you check the calendar for all of the latest [...]
