Ok, so Ladysmith Black Mombazo was amaaaaazing. If you haven't seen them live, you should. It's an auditory, visual, spiritual, emotional EXPERIENCE. My kids sat transfixed the entire two hours and agreed afterwards it was "the best live performance" they've ever seen.
I wanted so badly to unobtrusively pull out my little FLIP camera and record LBM singing "Amazing Grace" with my Dad's gospel choir, but there was a strict "No Cameras" policy during the performance. The elderly ushers, though petite, looked FIERCE (even though I know Tae Bo, they prolly woulda kicked my butt). I did, however, manage to capture precious few seconds of these guys, whose drumming filled the lobby with magic and joy:
If you got an email from me asking you for money, no you didn’t.
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Argh. There are a ton of scams going around in the literary world right now
(and I know because I get at least 10 a week myself) but one of the latest
scam...
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I just came to your blog from a comment on Bossy. I've been poking around. I like you. Alot.
ReplyDeleteIn the words of Barry, "Oh, Mandy!"
ReplyDeleteI posted a Very Special Link as my way of saying thanks for the props! :)