Welcome back one and all. Every month, I like to give something away. Typically, it will be an item that has been out of circulation for a while, and more often than not, it is an item that was created, never used and archived. Sometimes I just like to create something unique for all of […]
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Ace of Spades PDX’s only URL
It is finally done. aceofspadespdx.com now redirects to my new site, www.aospdx.com. Why? The shorter URL is easier to use. Still working on removing older posts with bad plug-ins, as well as updating galleries and adding new downloadable content. Also unknown to me until recently, it seems that a common search request was where to find the Podcasts on […]
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March Poster Download: Janis Joplin for Int’l #womensday
Welcome back one and all. Every month, I like to give something away. Typically, it will be an item that has been out of circulation for a while, and more often than not, it is an item that was created, never used and archived. Sometimes I just like to create something unique for all of […]
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Black Is Beautiful Free Poster Download
Welcome back one and all. Every month, I like to give something away. Typically, it will be an item that has been out of circulation for a while, and more often than not, it is an item that was created, never used and archived. Sometimes I just like to create something unique for all of […]
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New Jack Swing (60 mins. of music) #blackhistorymonth
“I could really care less about what they think about me, but at the same time, I do have something to prove.”– Bobby Brown A sub-genre of R&B that took a stranglehold on the charts for approximately a decade, New Jack Swing was developed out of the New York City underground Black Club Scene in […]
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Richard Pryor 1968-1982 #blackhistorymonth
“It’s been a struggle for me because I had a chance to be white and refused.” – Richard Pryor Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor was a comedian and social critic who rose to prominence during the 1970’s. What set Pryor apart from his contemporaries, and the reason he is still lauded today as one of the greatest […]
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Jessye Norman Anthology #blackhistorymonth
“Pigeonholes are only comfortable for pigeons.” – Jessye Norman Born roughly a month after the end of the Second World War, Jessye Norman, originally from Augusta, GA, was the daughter of an insurance salesman and a schoolteacher. Her parents recognized her gift for singing at an early age. Norman, as legend has it, was introduced […]
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Sly and the Family Stone: The 1960’s #blackhistorymonth
“It’s not the teaching, it’s the learning.” – Sly Stone San Francisco Chronicle music journalist Joel Selvin once wrote that “There are two types of black music: black music before Sly Stone, and black music after Sly Stone”. Though that quote may be endlessly debatable, it underscores the significance of the first artist we are spotlighting for […]
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Steve Marriott 1965-1975 (60 mins. of music)
A birthday tribute to one of the most underrated and largely forgotten great classic rock British musicians. “At thew time, we were a bit too intoxicated to realize what was going on. Only in retrospect could you see that it was a whole British explosion or movement. At the time, you were too busy trying […]
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The Easter Egg hunt has returned.
Welcome back one and all. If you haven’t looked around the website in a few days or longer, you will notice some major additions, updates and changes as I port over the massive number of files from my old website to the one you are on now.(Never fear, the old website addy will eventually redirect […]
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