Was Elvis Presley a Racist?

Op-Ed Contributor How Did Elvis Get Turned Into a Racist? By PETER GURALNICK Published: August 11, 2007 ONE of the songs Elvis Presley liked to perform in the '70s was Joe South's "Walk a Mile in My...

Django Reinhardt Videos

Django Reinhardt's music is enjoying a bit of a renaissance in Detroit and elsewhere in the United States. Here is a link to Django in Motown which boasts two outstanding Django gypsy style groups--Hot Club...

Walker Evans or Is It?

The New York Times article linked below raises interesting questions about how digital reproductions of famous photographs should be regarded. The article was occasioned by an exhibit entitled "Walker...

Hank Williams Move it on Over Video

Hank Williams The greatest country singer and song writer of all time.

FOR NFL DRAFT, THE BIGGEST XXXXXXXL SLEEPER WALTER THOMAS

Walter Thomas, a 6 foot 5, 370-pound football draft pick can do a perfect forward flip which causes the ground to tremble when he lands, bench press 475 pounds and run the 40-yard dash in 4.9 seconds, faster...

Stevie Wonder Honored at the White House Feb. 27-09

President Obama awarded the Gershwin Prize tonight, Feb. 27, 2009, to Stevie Wonder. After being introduced by an elegant and poised Michelle Obama, gorgeous in a simple green dress, Stevie played the first...

Gypsy Strings Play Django Reinhardt at the Rivera Court, Detroit Institute of Arts deedsphotos

The Battle of the Garden Court at DIA The Midtown Book - Rockefeller Center On a visit to the Detroit Institute of Arts last year we got a double treat--a Camille Claudel/Auguste Rodin exhibit and a jazz...

A Call to Grandpa video

FIRE DON IMUS? MSNBC SAYS YES

Imus is Back on the Air Since arriving in NY in 1971, his ups and downs have included battles with drugs and alcohol, and over comments deemed racist, sexist and homophobic. Then in April 2007, Imus called...

Jesus & George