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Robert L. Johnson who founded Black Entertainment Television defended Hillary Clinton's comments about MLK and Barack Obama. Although both parties have moved on, analysts are still asking if this has hurt the Clintons and Johnson more then Obama?

Robert Johnson was a brilliant blues man whose recordings served to popularize the blues for a new generation of blues fans, but the work of earlier musicians who influenced Johnson's blues should not be overlooked by fans of Johnson's work.

Brief biography of Robert W. Johnson.

Robert Johnson

Only 41 recordings of Robert Johnson's 29 songs survive today, but in 29 songs, Johnson established himself as the father of Rock and Roll.

To become a better guitarist, bluesman Robert Johnson made a deal with the devil at midnight at a deserted Mississippi crossroads. Or did he? We may never know, but you can visit places where it may have happened.

Bob Johnson, founder of BET, says that Obama should select Hillary Clinton as his running mate. There are a number of excellent reasons that he may be right.

It's almost perfect timing that new, compelling evidence has come out for the 40th anniversary of Robert Kennedy's assassination. While it's an audio tape that has a strong possibility of proving a second gunman in the pantry--solving the case is probably impossible now...

Star Trek's stories have thrilled audiences for over forty years. Some of the best episodes were written by respected novelists like Robert Bloch (Psycho).

Robert Francis Kennedy was born on November 20, 1925, in Brookline, Massachusetts (Hall 197). He was the seventh child of Joseph Patrick Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, whose grandparents had come from Ireland.

An analysis of the narrator's blindness in in Emergency by Denis Johnson and Cathedral by Raymond Caver.

book review of Comes a Horseman by Robert Liparulo.

Robert Johnson and Led Zeppelin; two iconic artists who shared more than a love of the blues. A debt to the devil.

This article is about Robert Burns the Scottish poet.

Health retina has photoreceptors: Rods and cones. Researchers cured achromatopsia in mice by injecting a harmless virus delivered corrective genes. Robert Johnson received the first gene therapy, cure a type of hereditary blindness.

A look at Senator Robert Byrd, the oldest and longest serving sitting senator.

Bobcats owner wants Hillary Clinton as the No. 2.

Who makes the team?

The second part of a brief series of biographical sketches of the First Ladies of America

Hillary Clinton Claims She's Hanging On in Order to Be The Nominee In the Event Barack Obama is Assassinated

A trivia quiz about Muhammad Ali

When musicians are obliged to promote themselves out on the road, they sell records on the strength of their music. With the advent of music videos, image became equally - or perhaps more - important.

This article talks about the importance of Black History Month.

Presidencies are a bit like romances. After the blush is off the rose, that is to say after about the first four years, things start to get dicey.

as demographics change we find out we are not so different after all

This is a very unique album. It will test you as a listener. Springsteen brings the stories alive in ways that will surprise yet engage you. This excerpt is a section from a piece I have under review in an anthology at the present.

Is it possible that comedian Dave Chappelle was the victim of a conspiracy by a group known as the Dark Crusaders? You decide.

CD review of the upcoming collaborative split between Reel Big Fish & Zolof the Rock n' Roll Destroyer entitled Duet All Night Long.

Mississippi is beautiful in the spring. And the residents are very ready to start celebrating and welcoming visitors with some good old Southern hospitality at their annual spring festivals.

A short story about a road trip I took with Elvis.

Blues music is a truly American artform that has considerably influenced rock n' roll and jazz. But many people do not understand what blues is all about. Here's an eye opener into a unique tradition, all the way from its roots in the Mississippi Delta.

Music and its Roots in Voodoo

Large national retailer sued for alleged racial discrimination.

The history of jazz before it became jazz.

This article examines the impact of African-American music

Fogerty is one of America's greatest songwriters evidenced by his range of material on this disc

I think this band has enormous potential

The best pop album of 2005. Minus 1 disaster.

Few of us like to dwell on getting injured when we head out for a day of skiing. But, with the declining states of fitness in adults and recent evolutions in ski equipment, you may be at more risk for injury than you'd care to admit.

Pretty Woman is mind-numbing distraction from reality.

While rap, hip-hop and pop might dominate the nation's airwaves, the roots of American popular music cannot be denied. And when digging for roots, you need go no further than the blues, soul and jazz, which are some of America's greatest original artforms

A profile of Brian Tong, co-host on the International Channel magazine show Stir.

Media consolidation is effecting the way we communicate and debate idea in our democratic state.

Delve into a sampler of those soaring riffs, guitar pyrotechnics and searing songs of expression and see why, indeed, "Clapton is god".

Carl Jung created the concept the "shadow." Our "shadow" is composed of our dark thoughts. I apply the concept of the shadow to a tragedy that happened in my life which caused my shadow to be more apparent.

Chuck Berry celebrated his 80th birthday in true Rock 'n Roll fashion Wednesday at the Duck Room at Blueberry Hill in St. Louis. Berry was born on October 18th, 1926.....

Here are a few suggestions that will tug at the blues musician's heartstrings this holiday season.

American popular song has affected our public consciousness for as long as we've been a country. Now in the popular/rock eras, songs are everywhere: on the radio, on TV, on the Internet, in our IPods, and elsewere.

My favorite blues albums

Michael Jordan takes an ownership role with this team in the hopes of building a winner. Adding Adam Morrison to a budding cast makes for interesting NBA drama. Can they get to winning anytime soon?