kelly rowland…that is all…
The highlight of the BET Awards for me…Kelly Ro WERKED it!!
…and that damn Trey Songz?! woo chile…
Archive for June, 2011
remember the time…
This is my blog post on last year’s anniversary of Michael’s passing. I was going to write something new, but I think this sums it all up…
I actually dreaded writing this post all week. I knew I was going to do something, but I wish it were under different circumstances. I wish I was trying my best to get tickets to see Michael Jackson live somewhere; instead I’m here writing a blog post about the one-year anniversary of his death.
It still doesn’t seem real, you know? Like the world played a huge trick on my spirit. This one hit me hard; when the news was announced that Michael was gone, I sat at this computer and screamed. My son came running, asking if I was alright. I couldn’t even tell him. I couldn’t say anything.
It’s hard to explain feeling like part of you is ripped away in response to the death of someone I didn’t know personally. But you see, I felt like I did. Michael Jackson was part of my life—a big part—and knowing that there is a void where he once shined makes me sad.
We will always have the music, though. May you continue to live on through the wealth of classic music that you have gifted to us.
R.I.P. Michael…
video credit: originally uploaded to YouTube on July 4, 2009 by michaeljacksonVEVO
video credit: originally uploaded to YouTube on April 4, 2008 by Dilawar12
I miss you, Michael…
Remembering the time,
M
she’s magnificent…
That’s my new word…magnificent. It is just big enough to encompass all the feelings, but just mysterious enough to leave some things to the imagination.I will be choosey in how I use this magnificent, though. It is not to be thrown about reckless and wanton. No I shall reserve the use of magnificent for those things that truly deserve the…well, the magnificence.
Jill Scott’s The Light of the Sun is magnificent.
Now, I must preface my review of this CD with a disclaimer. Jill can do no wrong in my eyes. She sings the soundtrack of my life. It is a cosmic thing, really. She and I are the same person in my head. When I feel as though I can’t breathe, Jill comes through with some words that help me to reach a moment of clarity. I say to anyone and everyone listening that she is me and I am her. I adore her.
Jilly’s latest offering is chock full of music that not only makes you want to move, but makes you think. She is the queen of becoming yourself, and taking everyone along for the ride. If you can listen to a Jill Scott song and not grow, not feel a sense of empowerment…well, then I feel sorry for you. Because this music is not just music; this music is a lesson. It is love and life and freedom and motivation. It is magnificence on wax.
I’ve long held on to the belief that music should offer you a look at the artists; what they think and feel and happen to be going through at the time. Music should aslo offer you a peek into yourself and give you a push in the back toward your destination. Jill does that. With her powerful words and stunning voice, she has the tendency to show you that displaying tenderness should not be considered a weakness.
I’ve listened to this CD at least 5 times today (yes, I said today) and it gets more and more real to me with every listen. Maybe it’s because she gives me confirmation that it’s okay to be who I am; maybe it’s because all of the things she sings and speaks, I know. Maybe it’s because she sings the soundtrack to my life, and this latest chapter is spot on.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is magnifcent.
Power in them rolling hills,
M
