File under: strange but true, a partial list of songs that a major radio network didn’t want you to hear in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001. #strangebuttrue #september11 #clearchannel
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Among my skills: Wordpress Websites, e-commerce, short films, photography, illustration, layout, writing, social activism and project management. I also host a weekly music show that is completely produced, written, researched and engineered by myself.
Progress, Diversity and Inclusion Pride Flags (Free Downloads)
Having a problem finding a free, printable small scale copy for your workspace to show your support of LGBTQ+ youth? You’ve come to the right place. #BLM #blacklivesmatter #inclusion #diversity #LGBTQ
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Is LinkedIn Becoming Facebook?
Have conservative attitudes, unconscious bias and real lack of understanding permeated the world’s most visited professional networking site, or has it always been like this and not fully addressed?
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Really Old School Vol. 5: Early Hip-Hop 88-89
How do you know when you have made it? When the lawyers start coming around. As Hip-Hop was becoming more a part of the mainstream daily, all of sudden, the checks got bigger. At least it did for some. What started out as Black, block party music in New York City over a decade prior was now very big business, and about to get bigger, which also drew the attention of an unfair, racist system that wanted it gone. #hiphop #oldschool
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COVID Is Not Over (Two Free Downloads)
Welcome to the summer of 2021, which oddly seems just like the summer of 2020. #COVID #COVID19
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Really Old School Vol. 4: Early Hip-Hop 86-87
Nineteen Eighty-Six was the year mainstream America could no longer ignore Hip-Hop. It exploded nationally in the middle part of the year and then did something that took it even further: white kids from the suburbs became fascinated with it in a major way. This was also the era where Hip-Hop sub-genres, such as New Jack Swing and Hip-Hop Soul, were hitting the Pop charts regularly, along with female rappers and dance remixes further pushing it everywhere. #hiphop #rap #hiphipsoul #newjackswing #oldschool
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Earth Day 2050 (Free Download)
Deny it or not, some of you still aren’t offering solutions while the rest of us have to deal with the reality. #globalwarming #wildfires #groceries #drought This is the reality of Oregon today. We moved here 22 years ago so I could attend college. We loved it so much we stayed. One of the greatest […]
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Really Old School Vol. 3: Early Hip-Hop 84-85
op Soul and Latin Freestyle, while MC’s started to become more forceful in their delivery and a new sonic experience, the Human Beatbox, was making its mark on the culture. #oldschool #blackmusic #hiphop #electronic #bboys #bgirls #hiphopsoul #humanbeatbox #freestyle
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Really Old School Vol. 2: Early Hip-Hop 82-83
Three years after the initial wave of Hip-Hop singles released on vinyl made a sudden impact, the genre went into completely different directions at a rapid pace, much of this stirred on by advancements in technology and a refocus on lyrical themes. #oldschool #blackmusic #hiphop #electronic #bboys #bgirls
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Really Old School: Early Hip-Hop 79-81
Forty-two years ago, the last major music movement of the 1970’s, Hip-Hop, started to make its mark with a series of 12-inch singles that were born out of New York City’s Black music scene that were originally party and dance records. #oldschool #blackmusic #hiphop
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