Morphological Confetti

Today's MC spotlight is on one of the greatest American singers of all time, Mr. Bill Withers.  He is one of my favorite singers and one of my biggest influences as a writer.  Although he is categorized as an R&B singer, Bill Withers is simply and completely an American songwriter, composer, musician, and singer in every way.  He was born Williams Harrison Withers on July 4, 1938. He was the youngest of six children in the small coal-mining town of Slab Fork, West Virginia.  He joined the Navy at the age of 18 and served for nine years.  Afterwards, in 1967 he moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue a career in music.  He was successful! First, I cannot imagine being on the same ship as Bill Withers. I was in the Navy and none of the guys in my division could sing anywhere close to Bill Withers.  Mr. Withers has the type of lyrics that speak to the soul.  Some of his greatest hits such as Lean on Me, Ain't No Sunshine, Use Me, J...

American Filmmaker, Mr. Spike Lee,  looks as if he went back to basics on Red Hook Summer .  Over the past decade, I've been looking for the raw, Spikey kind of film -- the Concrete-Lee type of film.  The type of film that made me anticipate the next "Spike Lee Joint."  The kind that sent scores of young black people off to film school.  I'm hoping that this is an example of such a film.  I will check it out and get back.  Check out the  trailer below.  Watching it puts in the mind of the James Baldwin classic, Go Tell it on the Mountain . Where are the avid readers of African American Literature?  See for yourself:

“The most important thing to remember is this: To be ready at any moment to give up what you are for what you might become.”~ W.E.B. Du Bois About Dubois: William Edward Burghardt Dubois (February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, and editor. He was the first African American to graduate from Harvard with a Ph.D in 1895.  One of his most treasured works is The Souls of Black Folk, which was published in 1903.