� What Southerners Know | Main | Revenge �
February 09, 2004
We're [All] Number One
Any day now, for people who are watching such things closely, you will be able to note that the number one film at the box office, the number one song on the pop charts, and the number one something else in popular culture is black.
Barbershop 2 is the movie and Beyonce is the woman.
This weekend in Los Angeles, the NBA All Star Game is happening, and since the Grammy's just completed, every black star in America is somewhere in the 310 getting, or preparing to get, their groove on. I think this is just a marvelous thing and maybe I should try to get myself invited to a party. I know just the man to call.
I'd imagine that a bunch of pro ballers just back from Hawaii are making a stop in town too. The black radio stations are off the hook with excitement. I listened to Big Boy's show this morning, bored with NPR on my long drive to San Diego.
The world will little note nor long remember this day, most certainly because there are so many more of them to come. I don't get that excited about Pop Culture, being the crusty old jazz snob that I am, but I'm happy that a lot of people are happy.
Now the really important question: Is George Clinton just too damned old or what?
Posted by mbowen at February 9, 2004 05:30 PM
Trackback Pings
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.visioncircle.org/mt/mt-tb.cgi/1492
Comments
George Clinton may be old, but he's still got the funkadelic thing goin' hard.
Posted by: Dale Franks at February 9, 2004 08:28 PM
I think George was sixty back in '77. :-)
Posted by: Juliette at February 12, 2004 08:17 PM
yeah he's old but so is the FUNK ---and that's a good thing
Posted by: Sandra at February 16, 2004 11:10 AM