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Screenshot from House of Love's 1992 video for the song 'You Don't Understand'

Finally Found  a Song From Early ‘90s

I loved this song so much but couldn’t recall the name, the band, or enough of the lyrics to scrounge anything off google. Here’s the bit of the lyrics I could remember: Some believe they’ll dance forever Through the woods and far away And that was it! It was all dudes I think, and came […]

Carnell Nichols Sesame Street 2023

My First Time on Sesame Street

This guy Carnell Nichols came up with the wipe-me-down dance and he makes short skits using the famous song with his dance. They are so funny and I hope he keeps it up. He did one for Sesame Street! If you’ve only known me for 5 minutes then you know I LOVE Sesame Street, so […]

Tina Turner 2023 still

Tina Turner: Rest in Peace

Ironically I saw the news on youtube while watching an old video of Proud Mary! I was watching the clip of Beyonce dancing as a little girl that then showed how she used the same moves in her epic Super Bowl performance with Brun Mars. Something about it reminded me of Tina Turner, who I […]

Happy Mother’s Day!

Growing and raising my children from birth to adulthood has been THE greatest experience of my life. If you’re a mom, you know this is no easy feat. Happy Mother’s Day to all the mamas. We’re all rockstars!

Booby Lee erroneously saying Korea didn't have slaves

Bobby Lee Ignorant of Korean Slavery

I read this book in college once that basically said, Ok Africans had slaves, but in Africa slaves were treated like family! So the African slave traders weren’t the villains for selling people to white people, they didn’t know the white slave owners would do all that raping and whipping and tearing families apart. The […]

Trula & Ranking Roger 1995

In Remembrance of Ranking Roger

Absolute LEGEND he was. The world lost Ranking Roger this day in 2019. I got to meet him and Dave Wakeling in 1995, they did a FREE show in Cleveland! It was at Shooters in the Flats. It was so great! I was really nervous to meet them but they were both so gracious and […]

Jen Angel, the founder of Oakland bakery Angel Cakes, inside her bakery in March 2016. Credit: Melati Citrawireja

Rest in Peace Jen Angel

Jen Angel has passed away. This is devastating to me. She was well known in the Oakland area as owner of Angel Cakes Bakery, but I knew her from zine stuff here in Ohio. I did not know her well but met her a few times years ago when the Allied Media Conference was still […]

Trula Scott January 2023

My Birthday Month is Complete

Got to see my son Scott this weekend! He came out to see me for my birthday. We had the best time, and now my birthday month is complete! Egypt Simone was so excited to meet Scott also

Trula & Brian January 2023

51st Year Around the Sun

I had a great birthday! Got to see my daughter Iyende and my son Todd, Scott had to work so I’ll see him next week. We watched my favorite movie together (Mad Dog Time AKA Trigger Happy) had a nice dinner and cake, and my kids watched me try to do the ’wipe me down’ […]