Frank wrote on Nov 8^th, 2024 at 8:12pm:


Says the man who invariably resorts to ad huminem insults when he is questioned on his opinions and asked for proof of what he claims. Oh, dearie, dearie, me, and you supposedly have a PhD from the university of Baloney.  Tsk, tsk, tsk... 

Frank wrote on Nov 8^th, 2024 at 8:44pm:


I spent years asking you for proof of what you claimed, Soren.  You only ever replied with your litany of the insults and your right-wing diatribe.  You have proved time and time again that your education is sham.  A complete WOFTAM.  Tsk, tsk, tsk... 

Brian Ross wrote on Nov 8^th, 2024 at 10:28pm:



I can't help noticing that you have forgotten what sort of proof you have been asking for in relation to what claim of mine.

I think it is a deliberate omission. You don't know or don't remember.

Brian Ross wrote on Nov 8^th, 2024 at 10:53pm:





You HAVE forgotten!!

JC Denton wrote on Nov 8^th, 2024 at 2:59pm:


They deal illicit drugs from the university.

Meanwhile at Yale...



Beyoncé and her expansive cultural legacy will be the subject of a new course at Yale University next year.

Titled “Beyoncé Makes History: Black Radical Tradition, Culture, Theory & Politics Through Music,” the one-credit class will focus on the period from her 2013 self-titled album through this year’s genre-defying “Cowboy Carter” and how the world-famous singer, songwriter and entrepreneur has generated awareness and engagement in social and political ideologies.

Cardi B's "Wet ass pussy" as a cultural monument can't be far behind, nor Suki's deep intellectual roots and influence. ....




She don't think, that's ghetto. She no.

Frank wrote on Nov 13^th, 2024 at 12:38pm:



Yale University’s African American Studies Professor Daphne Brooks intends to use the performer’s wide-ranging repertoire, including footage of her live performances, as a “portal” for students to learn about Black intellectuals, from Frederick Douglass to Toni Morrison.


Daphne Brooks (born 1968) is an American writer and black studies scholar who is William R. Kenan, Jr. professor of African American studies, American Studies, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies and Music at Yale University; she is also director of graduate studies.


Major works

[B]Bodies in Dissent: Spectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850–1910[/b]

Bodies in Dissent: Spectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850–1910 (Duke University Press, 2006) is Brooks’ major work on performance studies. The book seeks to explore the way black protagonists embody African American experiences as they assert subjectivity by resisting the racial institution and creating black identities through performance.

Jeff Buckley’s Grace

"I was amazed that this young, stunningly handsome white guy from Southern California could sing like Nina Simone one minute and sound like Robert Plant the next".

Brooks notes Buckley's music as being shaped by a ""wild elixir of discordant musical and cultural influences", from Nina Simone and Billie Holiday to Led Zeppelin and Queen to Emily Dickinson and Toni Morrison".[11] In Brooks's words, Buckley embodied "cultural heterogeneity" and transformed the music of the 70s, 80s, and 90s into a distinct kind of music.