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Sunday Dec 22, 2019
Sunday Dec 22, 2019
Simple episode…I watched one of the series of films in Virginia with my niece and nephews, Star Wars -The Rise of Skywalker. It was ok, the ending was whacked.
I will continue my read and comment of A Christmas Carol by Dickens.
Seasonal Affective Disorder Is Treatable and please don’t suffer in silence. This is a joyous season and sometimes we have to make an concerted effort to find the joy. I find mine by reading writing and commenting on my favorite movies. Some need more help to get that focus. And it ok.
If you are searching for help and direction in your struggles with depression and addiction
Call 1-800-273-8255
Available 24 hours everyday
There is also an online chat feature https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/
And if Vodka is the problem, call 1-800-662-HELP (4357) for 24/7 help.
There are apps like TalkSpace
and Dr on Demand
that are also available in the privacy of your car and at a fraction of the cost of conventional therapy, so check them out! This journey is hard, it’s ok to ask for help.
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Thursday Dec 19, 2019
Thursday Dec 19, 2019
Happiness Is listening to amazing music, preparing to see the latest Star Wars Movie, feeling blessed because I am here…
I am still adding to Black Excellence in Christmas Music.
Add suggestions to the playlist in the comments, be careful you won’t be able to resist bopping’!
https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/black-excellence-in-christmas-music/pl.u-Ymb00vgT6yKzj
Did you know Marvin Gaye released music?
All I want for Christmas Is you is streaming #1 25 years later…Listen and stream Whitney Houston’s Deck The Halls/Silent Night Mash up from her One Wish-The Holiday Album from 2003 her voice…amazing! Let’s see if we can stream her to the top 25 for the season!
https://music.apple.com/us/album/deck-the-halls-silent-night/255944953?i=255945134
Part of another tradition I decided to watch her in the Preacher’s Wife, a role she turned down for 1 full year with Denzel Washington asking!! She infamously admitted in 2009 to Oprah because she didn’t feel she would be comfortable dressing as a middle class housewife and couldn’t relate to being in love with a “good boy”. But finally she drew on her character, Julia, love for her family and church.
The Preacher's Wife
By her own admission her drug usage was out of control at this time. I just have the feeling she never felt worthy and maybe she understood the hypocrisy of her own family. And if Robin Crawford’s Memoir a Song for You was any indication, this emulated her real life and the part hidden and maybe she didn't want to deal. I wish someone like Dudley could have told her how worthy she was. I didn’t know Loretta Devine was in this movie?!? Lionel Ritchie was the music director of the church choir….Gregory Hines Scrooge like penny pinching Scrooge character perfect dichotomy between the reverend and business reality.
Kind of apropos that I am reading A Christmas Carol…
Seasonal Affective Disorder Is Treatable
Today, is such a bright and sunny day sit next to the window if still too cold listen to uplifting music, and watch your favorite movie or search for a new favorite…So much of the movie was prophetic for the life and tragic death of Whitney Houston. I can only wonder if she had truly sought help for her low self esteem and drug addiction how much further she could have gone.
If you are searching for help and direction in your struggles with depression and addiction
Call 1-800-273-8255
Available 24 hours everyday
There is also an online chat feature https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/
And if Vodka is the problem, call 1-800-662-HELP (4357) for 24/7 help.
And I will conclude with another reading from Dickens, A Christmas Carol.
“God bless you merry gentleman! May nothing you dismay!”
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Sunday Dec 15, 2019
Sunday Dec 15, 2019
In this episode I continue to celebrate the holiday season and writing and reading about everything Prince.
Words to describe him, “tireless, driven, obsessed, manic.” seem well trite and inadequate.
His longtime Road Manager said it best in his tribute to Prince published right after his death,
“But nobody was like Prince. Yes, the young Prince once practiced and dedicated himself to developing a skill set, but once his foundation was intact, the music, the ideas — both creative and promotional — flowed out of him like a raging river. There was no industry that was equipped to process and digest his ceaseless flow. Radio couldn’t keep up, record companies couldn’t market and promote fast enough, fans couldn’t re-focus fast enough. His songs were like a daily newspaper and he wanted them to be read while the news was fresh.“ For the full tribute navigate to https://link.medium.com/Kpx3UVDUr2
Creation of the Love Symbol Strictly All Prince
My collection of prince’s music on Vinyl
Not even touching the well of creativity this artist left behind. He was the 80s, Prince released Gold and Platinum Albums every year for almost a decade!
-1978 Prince for You
-1979 I wanna be you lover
-1980 Dirty Mind
-1981 Controversy
-1982 1999, and 2 Maxi Singles on 12 inch
Vinyl
-1984 Purple Rain
—Converted to Jehovah Witness—
-2007 Planet Earth, 2019 Second Press
-2016 Piano and Microphone Recording, 2018
Iconic Performance-Worse Rainstorm ever as he performed Purple Rain 2007 Half Time show
https://youtu.be/7NN3gsSf-Ys
I created a playlist on iTunes, please leave comments on any Prince additions.
https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/all-hail-his-royal-purpleness/pl.u-PDb44z6Cj63ZN
And I am still celebrating Black excellence in Christmas music. Did you know Prince recorded 2 Christmas songs? Mary Don’t you weep and another lonely Christmas? Check out my Black Excellence Playlist with Price, Mariah, Luther, and Mahalia headlining. https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/black-excellence-in-christmas-music/pl.u-Ymb00vgT6yKzj
Dreams, Spirituality, Holiday Season
His conversion to Jehovah Witness in 2001 was just so Prince. And couldn’t Michael Jackson make it work. I think he would embrace the love of the season but not the commercialization.
The day he died a rainbow appeared over Paisley Park with lots of purple.
Although he moved from this limited life in that Paisley Park elevator, let’s take his advice, let’s not let that elevator bring us down…Let’s GO CRAZY celebrating life, love, and the joy of this season!
Affirmation of the Season
Live small and simply to keep you humble, so you can always dream big. Love Always and Love Intensely. TNFro, The UnPoet
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Saturday Dec 14, 2019
Saturday Dec 14, 2019
The concept for this episode spawned from my receiving Prince's book, The Beautiful Ones. Unlike the reviewer for the New York Times this book is not trite and can't be read in 20 minutes. It is in his words his perception of life and his feelings about his own music. There were so many iterations of this artist and he was yet re-inventing himself again at the tragic end of his life. The book is autobiographical but still adds to the mystique that was the enigma we all knew as the artist Prince. So much music to listen to and so much more to learn about this artist can't cover it all in 1 podcast.
I created a playlist on iTunes, please leave comments on any Prince additions.
https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/all-hail-his-royal-purpleness/pl.u-PDb44z6Cj63ZN
And also created a collaborative list on Spotify as well. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4qI9ojyL3Ad3Kz0dkF0wMB
This is the first in the series focusing on his Royal Purpleness and I focus on reading excerpts from the book and marrying it with snippets from his iconic work. I had way too much fun organizing and creating this episode!
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Thursday Dec 12, 2019
Thursday Dec 12, 2019
Welcome to another episode of TNFro Is Reading.
This is the second episode of my 12 Podcasts of Christmas. In this episode of I will continue to celebrate the Christmas season.
I continue to celebrate Black excellence with celebration of both Mahalia Jackson's whose music serves as background for this episode and Kehinde Wiley
The black artist, Kehinde Wiley, created Rumors of War-Black man on a horse, the newest confederate statue on Monument in Richmond which will serve to change the narrative.
Mahalia Jackson "I sing God's music because it makes me feel free", Jackson once said about her choice of gospel, adding, "It gives me hope. With the blues, when you finish, you still have the blues."
TNMed Minute
Juice WRLD Death suicide or overdose it is looking like it was an accidental overdose. He rapped about addiction because he wanted to shed light on his own struggles and make others feel they were not struggling on their own.
National Helpline Number
1-844-289-0879
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Call 1-800-273-8255
Available 24 hours everyday
Random Ish-I viewed and review YENTL by Barbara Streisand..my personal protest since the Golden Globes refuse to recognize women this year. Auntie Mame because it was on TCM last night--Auntie Mame is a 1958 American Technicolor comedy film based on the 1955 novel of the same name by Patrick Dennis and its theatrical adaptation by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee. This film version stars Rosalind Russell and was directed by Morton DaCosta. Also I don't understand how the African American Film Critics Association gave Best Picture to US by Jordan Peele and I completely agree with my friend Janelle's assessment, "
I get mad every time I see the trailer for it on On Demand😠
Dobblegangers should have killed them all in the first 15 mins and spared us the rest of the 1 hr 45 mins" Bahhahahahha.
And will conclude with a reading of the Nativity Story, The Birth of Jesus Christ, the first and worst AirBnB story ever. But a story of beginnings and survival on the grandest of scale.
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Tuesday Dec 10, 2019
Tuesday Dec 10, 2019
This episode deviates only from my previous posts because it will have a decidedly Christmas or Holiday theme. I will endeavor to post 12 episodes in the next 2 weeks in celebration of the holiday season!
In this episode I will celebrate Black Excellence by talking about James Wormsley Jones the first Black FBI Agent ,
John Glover 2nd graduate, led FBI response to the Atlanta Child Murders ,
and Hazel Scott Jazz Pianist
Respectful Obituaries Rest in Peace
Shelly Morrison, DC Fontana and Rene Auberjonois
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/02/arts/television/shelley-morrison-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
DC Fontana-creator of Spock passed https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/03/arts/dc-fontana-star-trek.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Odo https://nyti.ms/2YsX3Me
2020 Invites to the BBQ, Kamala is Out, Jo Jo calling audience member a damn liar and challenging him to push ups, Michael Bloomberg is in Socially liberal fiscal moderate candidate—apologized for stop and frisked and promises to take out NRA and funding his own campaign, quintessential New Yorker
Side Eye-People are going to do stupid shit all the time but my focus of this episodes side eye is on the members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association —recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign for the Golden Globes. No women nominated for best director or writer? Really. Last winner was Barbara Streisand was for Yentl in the 80s.
My comments on...What I'm Watching Butterfield 8, Queen And Slim, Golden Globe Slights, and other Random Ish
TNFro Medical Minute
Answer my Advisory Cloud Questions: What new technologies or products have you found helpful in your area of expertise? How should growing companies think about leveraging your area of expertise? And who is going to have to come up off the cash in the Commercial insurance payer world.
Literary Round Up Robin Crawford’s Book A Song For You-My Opinion without spoiler, My Read Made In TN the edited version I just published on Medium So Not On Walden Pond
Concluding with a Reading of Twas’ A night Before Christmas.
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Friday Nov 15, 2019
Friday Nov 15, 2019
In this week’s episode we will celebrate Black Excellence and national cool.
You will hear rant about lazy co-workers and the tears I shed at Myrtle Beach this past weekend as I stored my RV.
Random Ish Dudley Moore was kind of a douche in The Graduate, Queen and Slim will be a great movie if the trailer is any indication, https://youtu.be/CDnhh4NEi_U, and will discuss “Chump Jr.” getting ripped on the View, too funny and he seemed ummm…drunk. https://youtu.be/sNiq1cFfT-4
BBQ Invites and the run up to the 2020 elections. Who's out And Who Is In.
TNFro Medical Minute Added Back just shortened...Also stop trippin' and write it out, No plan of care, No Pay. Legionnaires Disease and Vaping
Literature Turn Up with Robyn Crawford’s Book, A Song For You
My Read The Making of the Making of Westwardfro https://vocal.media/wander/the-making-of-the-making-of-westwardfro
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My affirmation for today, I can't win them all. I am just hopeful like spirited folks will find my work and vibe with it. Humble the Poet, Unlearn
Thursday Oct 31, 2019
Thursday Oct 31, 2019
I promised on a previous segment that my Podcast notes wouldn't be so detailed but I couldn't help it this week with it being the last day of Breast Cancer Awareness as well as Nov 1st starts the 50,000 word challenge for #NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month Navigate to the NaNoWriMo site https://www.nanowrimo.org/ for details and an entire 2019 Preparation Guide
In this week's episode I will continue celebrating Black Excellence and National Cool. And also continue with the Respectful Obituaries section to celebrate the homegoing of artists, icons, and entertainers. Highlighting the passing of John Conyers and one of the funniest humans on the planet, John Witherspoon.
I will continue to discuss the Invites to BBQ, the 2020 Democratic Nominations for president is slimming down.
Spoofing Lizzo's Hit with my own rendition of That's Dumb as Hell with my Side Eye and other Random -Ish comments on Eddie Murphy's My Name is Dolemite, Kanye's New Album and some of the residents of the much maligned state of Florida...I have no words
Literary Roundup Prince's The Beautiful Ones
dropped on October 29th.
Chattabooks Reading still featuring Tanaheisi Coates Water Dancer. My Read is comprised of my 3rd installation of The Making of WestwardFro for Vocal Media and Not My Family Rewrite just in time for the 50,000 word challenge for #NaNoWriMo.
This is the last day of Breast Cancer Awareness Month please navigate to Susan Komen Donations or to my Facebook Page Not My Family Breast Health Donations
S.L.A.P. YA'LL? (Sounds like a plan, yes stolen from Deon Cole's Comedy Special)
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Featured this week is Alibris with its Spooktacular savings displaying increasing increments of coupon savings
and Gaiam with an updated curated Jennifer Biel Line in additional to portable infusers
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Thursday Oct 24, 2019
Thursday Oct 24, 2019
In this week's segment we will start the conversation and remove the stigma discussing mental illness. Its ok to get therapy and be on medications. Sometime you need more than a prayer and a poem. Don't suffer in silence.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Call 1-800-273-8255
We will also discuss News in Health Insurance, discuss Alerts in healthcare news, Update to the Legionnaire's Outbreak at the NC State Fair. I will riff on I Love Lucy's VitaMeataVegamin commercial in my Hannah's Homeopathic Corner. Discuss the health benefits of a Cucumber and Jalapeno infused drink. We will discuss advances in Breast Cancer Therapy and additions to Biotech Stock List. As well as Meaningful Application of Technology in Healthcare with this week's topic being Blockchain, Believe the hype.
S.L.A.P. YA'LL? (Sounds like a plan, yes stolen from Deon Cole's Comedy Special)
We have to Find a Cure, research and real world application of all this technology will save lives! Navigate to Susan G. Komen to place a secure donation in memory of my mother Dale E. Baxter or a member of your own family.
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Sunday Oct 20, 2019
Sunday Oct 20, 2019
TNFro Is Reading Oct 21ish
In today's segment we will begin with Black Excellence and National Cool Tributes to UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo Ngcuka, Will Smith, and Michael Jordan. With National Cool Kudos going out to Lenny Pozner and the Otter Network, Andrew Levy in the Kindness Begets Kindness. And where are all of the Black Millionaire Millennials?
We will also talk Invites and Disinvites to the BBQ with a dose of Side Eye.
Read our Book Alerts
Starting by a continued reading from the Water Dancer, Respectful Obituaries, and Who is still on the NY Times Book Review Beast seller list.
I will continue with Chattabooks and My Read with edits of the next chapter of the Making of #WestwardFro and concluding with My Affirmations.
Also a note on podcast notes…every time I broadcast and research topics for my show, I learn. I realized that no one, not no, not no how(projecting the not so Cowardly Lion) has detailed show notes, no pictures or maps. So going forward I will save those details for my blog and Medium posts.
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