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Marc Lamont Hill’s List of Overrated Black People | NewsReal Blog — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:08:15 +0000

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By: moonbat5515

moonbat5515 — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:35:38 +0000

I’d have to agree on the absolute primacy of Miles Davis’ Kind Of Blue. As a music teacher I have given this album to many students, and not one- black, white, young, old, R&R, classical, rap, metal… no matter what style they were into- failed to appreciate the greatness of this recording. In one of Duane Allman’s last interviews he was asked about his listening habits. He replied that for the 6 months he’d been listening to KOB with the turntable arm flipped back- that’s “repeat play” for you analog challenged folks! It will NEVER be duplicated- as Bill Evans stated in the liner notes, it’s a Haiku.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:26:32 +0000

Enthusiastically agree.
I was lucky enough to have that CD for a while, and it quickly became a favorite. Nothing before or since can compare to it.

By: AuntWie

AuntWie — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:05:45 +0000

I spent most of my career teaching 8th and 9th grades. A great many of the college professors I’ve known wouldn’t last a day teaching at that level. I’m not talking about classroom management, which is it’s own art, but those kids have ADD-type tendencies (I don’t mean that they’re ill, but that their thoughts fly around in seemingly random ways) and it takes both depth and breadth of knowledge to keep up with them.

A PhD in “education” doesn’t make you an educator. It makes you and “educationist,” or one who is fluent in the vocabulary of a very narrowly defined field and who is otherwise pretty much useless.

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Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:17:00 +0000

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By: Jack Hampton

Jack Hampton — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:27:26 +0000

I inherited them from my cousin and have ear phones to listen to them.

By: Jack Hampton

Jack Hampton — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:26:21 +0000

Mr. Forsmark
I was referring to rap music. I have several LP’s by Miles Davis.

By: MORE TRUTH

MORE TRUTH — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:09:00 +0000

Is there one moment in all of baseball you wish you could have seen?

I wish I could have been there when Babe Ruth pointed and hit the ball out of the ballpark in the 1932 World Series. I wish I could have seen that. But I did see something I admired just about as much, with Satchel Paige and Babe Ruth. This was in Chicago, after Ruth came out of the major leagues. He was barnstorming, playing with different teams, and he played us. Satchel was pitching and Ruth was hitting. Satchel threw Ruth the ball and Ruth hit the ball, must have been 500 feet, off of Satchel. Satchel looked at Ruth all the way around the bases and when Ruth got to home plate, you know who shook his hand? Satchel Paige shook Ruth’s hand at home plate.

They stopped the game and waited, he and Satchel talking, until the kid went out, got the ball, brought it back and Satchel had Babe Ruth autograph that ball for him. That was some kind of moment.
“From Buck O Neil former Kansas City Monarch of the negro leagues”

By: MORE TRUTH

MORE TRUTH — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:37:03 +0000

MAHHAMAD ALI is the most overated black athlete ever and anyone who hasnt seen HBOs documentary about the thrilla in manilla watch it even larry holmes says he was OVERATED.Before he was stripped of his belt he beat a suicidal overated drug addict in sonny liston a washed up old floyd patterson and a bunch of bums.As soon as he came across a great fighter like joe frazier he got whipped.Should have lost 2 out of 3 of those fights 2 out of 3 and a draw to ken norton.Lost to jimmy young and ron lyle but got rigged decisions because he was colorful haha.Got a give him credit for Foreman but Foreman was big goof and got played by ali.Ali was a loud mouth who spoke his mind not some god like martyr.So glad HBO made that documentary.OVERATED.

By: TRUTH

TRUTH — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:18:05 +0000

BABE RUTH.You obviously think that simply because the mlb wasnt segregated that Ruth was OVERATED.The comment about the fields being smaller is totally false they were actually larger than the band boxes they play in now look it up.I guess Josh Gibson and Satchel Paige are overated cause they didnt play against white players?Yeah never looked at it that way huh? Bet you didnt know the non racist white players would play exhibitions against negro leagers and Ruth took paige deep think im lying?Do some research paige was waitng at home to shake his hand.The old negro players said he was one the best they had ever seen.O yeah he was also a hall of fame quality pitcher no player black or white can and never will be able to say that.

By: David Forsmark

David Forsmark — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:17:07 +0000

Jack, buy Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue, and if you don’t think it’s beautiful and cool, I’ll buy it off you and give it to someone else. Every noir soundtrack for the past 50 years has tried to imitate that album. Even my kids think it pretty great.

By: Jack Hampton

Jack Hampton — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:17:05 +0000

Swemson
That is true but most of them did not beat the crap out of the hookers. So do some bankers and some accountants and even some politicians. King David who was the most beloved of God failed as well. Christians are humans they fail and fall short in life. But they have the oppertunity like everyone else to correct there behaviour and seek forgiveness. The left that we abhor so much and damage our country use that very argument to attack any Chrictian. It is kind of like the race card it is not working any more. Of course I am not referring to you being a lefty attacker. I know you are not.