MashBash Was A Blast w/Grand Master Flash

Highlights from MashBash NYC Featuring Grandmaster Flash.

Attended MashBash @ Webster Hall and it was really off the hook. Here are some video excerpts on YouTube and Qik and Audio Shout Outs on Utterz. Everything listed in reverse chronological order.

YouTube Video: Grand Master Flash @ MashBash NYC

Qik Video: Grandmaster Flash @ MashBash

Bill Cammack Shout Out On Utterz

Baratunde Thurston Shout Out On Utterz

Welcome Utterz

(all video and audio produced on a Nokia N95 the stereo audio capabilities on this phone is amazing)

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When Did Madonna Get Black?

It's funny. Around the same time that fellow writer Clay Cane was saying Madonna Goes Black (Again), I was wondering exactly when was it that she ever got black. I had written a post then, but sat on it for reasons I don't care to mention at this point. And while I now know that Clay thinks Madonna is black after her 106 & Park appearance with Terrance and Rocsi, I still want to know how and when. So my post still has legs, even though this episode is over like a fat rat.

Granted, if you're an old head like me, Madonna was always a part of your record collection. She made danceable risqué, club music and her dancers and background singers always felt familiar and soulful -- read black, or at least mostly black. And if nothing else, the black kids got them. No not kids -- family -- as in LGBT. Madonna pumped at the Garage and Warehouse (you old New York heads know what I mean) just as much as Colonel Abrams ("I'm Not Gonna' Let You") and Marshall Jefferson ("Move Your Body"). Granted, "Borderline" was hot, but it was not black. Not at all. Not even octoroon.

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Video: BlogHer Biz '08 - Moving from "Should" to "Can"

YouTube Video: BlogHer '08 Break Out Session #1 Part 3

Break-Out Session #1
Moving From "Should" to "Can"
Track: Social Media Creation Best Practices

You've heard all the reason you're supposed to have a company blog and more. But let's talk about moving from "should" to "can." From technology choices to time management, community policies to common pitfalls, this session is designed to help you figure out what will give your company the greatest comfort level and potential for success when launching a blog, podcast or online community. Technologist and author Susannah Gardner moderates this discussion. Fast Company's Lynne d Johnson will talk about the why and how behind Fast Company's recent evolution from magazine web site, with blogs, to a more interactive social community. We'll also get insight on how PBS Parents is making the journey from "should" to "can" by talking to the Director of PBS Parents, Jean Crawford, and one of her blogger/consultants, Jen Lemen...someone who is associated with the most authentic and creative aspects of the blogosphere, but is helping organizations tap into their opportunities to be a part of it.

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Amy DuBois Barnett, Get Yours! Book Signing

Video: Amy DuBois Barnett, Get Yours! Book Signing shot on a Nokia N95

Was up in Harlem today and ran into Amy DuBois Barnett at Carol's Daughter on 125th Street. She was there conducting a book signing for Get Yours! How to Have Everything You Ever Dreamed of and More.

Photos were being taken by Piper from that photographer reality show on VH1 -- The Shot. Piper's been working with celeb photog Johnny Nunez of Nubuzz photo, who also stopped by while I was there.

It was funny running into Amy as I we were just working together about a week ago when James Andrews and I hosted Carol's Daughter Blogger Roundtable, and she moderated the interview between the audience and Lisa Price of Carol's Daughter. It was good to see Johnny too.

Tim Moore has superbly edited video of the roundtable on his site:

Carol’s Daughter Blogger Roundtable pt1
Carol’s Daughter Blogger Roundtable pt2

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Usher Goes Viral

It's cool to start seeing some of these established artists follow what youngins like Soulja Boy, Lil Mama, Tyga, and Teyana Taylor already know -- social media is good for promoting your project. Before these Internet gangstas even had albums, they were using MySpace, YouTube, Mobile, and widgets like it was second nature. I don't even believe that most of it was any label's input, it was all too genuine.

So what happens when an established artist goes viral?

Well first off, you get something like this widget below:

It comes prepopulated with "Love in this Club" Part II Featuring Beyonce & Lil Wayne, his video library, a photo of him, and a tool that provides code for embedding on blogger blogs, MySpace, Friendster, and Xanga. What no Facebook? Hopefully that comes in another widget, or at least a Facebook fan page.

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Lynne d Johnson on Black Thought's 75 Bars

My 2 minutes on Black Thought's 75 Bars on The Roots Rising Down CD

Mobile post sent by lynneluvah using Utterz.  Replies.  mp3

To see how I get down musically, check out:
my last.fm profile
my muxtape

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Update to the Real Rock Stars of (Black) Blogs

Yesterday, I posted The Real Rock Stars of (Black) Blogs and received a lot of feedback. All positive -- thank the spirit.

But, it has come to my attention that Anil Dash truly played a major role in getting the first Blogging While Black panel off the ground. He had been attending SXSWi and saw the need for bringing diversity to the event, as did Hugh Forrest, the event director of SXSW Interactive.

Anil connected Monique Judge (who now has started blogging again at coffeenated.org) with Hugh, and the idea for Blogging While Black took off. Unfortunately, Mo could not participate in 2005 or 2006. Cecily was also supposed to participate one of those years. In 2007, we took a break, and many of the original participants sat on other panels at SXSWi and some even went on to build their careers in media and the Web. In 2008, I ended up bringing the idea of Blogging While Black back through the Where Are the Black Tech Bloggers? panel.

The OGs of blogging should not be forgotten.

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