Showing posts with label the good old days. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the good old days. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Can we bring back music from the 90s?

So it all kinda started with SWV  last week. I've gone into a 90s R&B music craze. I mean when you compare the music of today to the music then, it's great because people actually used to sing. Music was based on talent. And the songs, had more groove and soul to them.

Wells, I got this bright idea, to just talk about my favorite artists from the 90s, basically whatever I want to say about them. I would've start with SWV, but in my 90s crazed I came across, one of the greatest girls groups of the 90s:      
EN VOGUE. so this first post will be about them.


A lil' history 
(yes my main source is wikipedia, shoot me)

They were formed through auditions in 1988, which is surprising you would assume they were related,  bestest friends, or somethin like all the other girl groups but they were not. The two guys (Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy) wanted to recreate girl groups from the 50s/60s, originally it was supposed to be a trio, but one of the girls was so great or something [lies, lies, lies].

But really the great thing about this group is that they all can sing lead, which provided for some really great harmonies, melodies in their songs. The original members of the group were Terry Ellis, Cindy Herron, Maxine Jones, and Dawn Robinson. Basically after one of their biggest song Don't Let Go Dawn left the group for contract issues. That was in 1996, since then they have worked as trio and quartet some time, because Maxine left to focus on her family, but then she came back. The replacement was this lady Rhona Bennett who you might have seen on the Jamie Foxx Show, the one that sang with Jamie and basically almost broke him and fancy up.

Anyhoo, He wasn't until recently that all four the original member were back together 2005, 2008 whichever reunion you want to count as legit. They are currently working on an album to be released this year, but Dawn won't be on it (WTF dawn?).

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Friday, April 1, 2011

sooo... I ramble

hey what up world
just had a nice 30 mins+ walk to kemper.
i guess i like long walks (not necessilarly on the beach though)
but it was cool.

I how was just thinking how many times am I gonna get to do this before I graduate?
it brought me back to freshman year, when I would walk from PARC to Sargent all de time.
And I think about that person back then, and the person I am now.
And it's like wow so much as changed like since then
Like, who was I back then?
Where was I going? What was I doing? (idk)
But it's cool to be older, wiser, a lil' maturer (is that a word?)

any hoo longs walks are nice. 
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first week of classes.
it's weird being the student again. actually it's not weird. I totally hate it. urgh. Like I'm bored instantly. but my last classes should be interesting.

Math 104. Basically playing games all day e'reday. But so much work.
Philosophy of Ed. Gonna get on my nerves. like my last one. But this one I HAVE to take.
Reading in Content Area. Hoping to learn some strategies to teach literacy in classroom, probably most practical one. AND I DON't even have to take it.

Besides that I'm chillin. I'm game for doing anything and everything, BUT school work....
Random thought: I need to really be working on my DP (digital portfolio) right now instead of typing this.

Another random thought: Today's April Fools Day. Yeah.
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Real life is scary. I don't wanna grow up. I wanna stay home and bake cookies with my mama. And be a Toys r us kids. And wear pigtails. And eat ice cream. uhhhh.
But such is the time. So I have nothing but to be ready. So I say here it goes....
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Speaking of real life, I  had a job interview at ETHS on Wednesday.
Things went well. It would be nice if I get it. Don't find out until 2-3 weeks from now.
So there it goes.
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Is you okay? Is you? Good, cuz I want to know!
-GloZell
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Random Picture?
Sure.





(can't see it? click here)
This is why you don't go to McRonald's. Then you can see stuff like this....

That's it
PEACE & CHICKEN GREASE!

Thursday, March 25, 2010

All That.

Yes, I'm talking about the All that,

(what is up with this logo, btw, its so weird...
it seriously looks like somebody made this on Microsoft paint just saying)

the show that usta appear on Nickoloden
(you 90's kids know what I'm talking about)

I was simply brought down memory lane (it's a short street, about two blocks, and its rather narrow)
by even the theme song of this iconic television show.

That's by the one and only TLC. (R.I.P. Left Eye)...so so 1990s....it ridic...

You can check some episodes of All that, here, here, here, I don't know how long they will be there, you know Youtube be on straight games...
Episodes includes some of my favorite skits:

RepairMan (man, man, man)
SuperDude (that's where I learned what lactose intolerant meant, which I always thought was lactose and tolerance, anywayz)
Good Burger
Cooking with Randy and Mandy
Everyday French with Pierre Escargot (Question: is he actually reading French?)
Ear Boy (could never forget Pizza Face...)
Loud Librarian
Vital Information (which is really REALLY stupid now)
Lemonade Stand Girl

I just remember All That being the greatest and funniest show ever, and I wished I had understood the jokes more when I was little (I feel like I didn't notice anything when I was little...). but rewatching it, it's actually funny, not like rolling around on the floor laughing, but I definitely see the humor. and At least from what I saw, Kenan Thompson was in a whole lot of skits, I don't know how old he was during the show, but that was talent for him to digg into is funnyness at such young age. quite amazing from my perspective (I guess that why he's on SNL to this very day).

I began to wonder how this show like shaped us as a generation. like in the show, it really hits at some social issues, and general things that anybody would know (look at me getting all teacher-y). Like the cooking with mandy and randy, like the wanted to put cholocate on everything. or skits that came later like Ask Ashley...or something...

Also watching this, I begin to wonder if kids of today's generation be different if All That (or a similar show) still exist. this was just teenaged version of SNL basically. And like what r they missing out on? Who would be the funny kids of today's entertainment world? Idk. Pretty interesting.

But I can say the show was definitely one of a kind. it just brings me back to a world when life was carefree, and troubles were about a big ear of corn...

And that's ALL THAT I wrote/typed.

PEACE & CHICKEN GREASE!!