You’ve got one more chance: Ordinary Heroes

Tonight at 6:00 PM, the last performance of a non-ordinary play - Ordinary Heroes -  will play out at Fisk College..  I saw the play on opening night, and although the stories stood out, there were seams showing.
I saw the play again last night, and brothers and sisters let me tell you, the play was [...]

I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again..

See THIS play (Ordinary Heroes at Fisk Chapel every weekend night in February). Civil Rights Movement in Nashville in the 50s and 60s..It DID happen here. Apartheid: More than just a South African custom…
Buy or download THIS CD (Patty Griffin - Children Running Through). Soulful, harmonized, sometimes silky smooth, other times serrated. [...]

Rush Limbaugh is still an idiot, and other unrelated observations

Apparently Limbaugh is still addled by his prescription pain killers or maybe the blue pills have permanently re-directed blood flow to the brain for a lot more than four hours… I don’t listen to his blather anymore. There is no pretension of fairness and he is little more than a shill for the [...]

We could have been heroes, even ordinary ones, or SEE THIS PLAY: Ordinary Heroes

Here’s one of my favorite ‘jokes’…A middle class or upper class white guy proclaims: ‘Racism is pretty much over. We don’t live in a racist society’. Ok, it’s not all that funny, but here’s my punch line: We white guys (and women) don’t get to make that call. Our viewpoint is limited [...]

Ordinary Heroes in your town - Actors Bridge* rises up!

This will not be the last time I plug this upcoming play/event (if you click on the link you can actually READ the cool poster). I’ve seen an early ‘read-through’ version of this play and cannot wait until the main event. If you are long-time or native Nashvillian, you may know a lot [...]