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Exploring designed art and creative fields…. Church ads… really? Church ads… really? April 23, 2010. There seems to be a sudden trend in advertising on the streets of Chicago and its one I find rather disturbing. Churches are suddenly placing advertisements around the city, and their messages are intriguing and questionable. Regardless of whether most people find these ads effective or laughable, its intriguing to see how design and creativity can be useful to anyone, even God. This ones not actually in ...

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Lee Bey's Soul Closet: Dobie Gray, R.I.P.

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Lee Bey's Soul Closet. A look back at 20th century African American pop culture: advertising, film, music, fashion and anything else I can get my hands on. All in good fun. Thursday, December 8, 2011. Dobie Gray, R.I.P. Singer songwriter Dobie Gray died yesterday in Nashville. He was 71. Brother Dobie was probably best known for the 1973 ballad Drift Away. And we'll dig on that in a bit. But his first date with stardom came with 1965's The In Crowd. Gray didn't write The In Crowd.

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For those of you that already know me, here is the next level of complexity;. For those of you that are entering for the first time, Good Luck. The election itself has never really sat well with me, the whole process of it. The parading, the mudslinging, it all seems. I would rather avoid anyone that wants to be president and choose the one that has. And there's something special about Hillary's choked-up response. It’s not easy, and I couldn’t do it if I didn’t passionately believe it ...Some people thi...

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Lee Bey's Soul Closet: Afro Sheen

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Lee Bey's Soul Closet. A look back at 20th century African American pop culture: advertising, film, music, fashion and anything else I can get my hands on. All in good fun. Monday, December 7, 2009. But the commercials, which aired almost exclusively with Soul Train episodes, are priceless:. The Afro Sheen Blow-Out Kit! I got one when I was 8. And we close with three classy spots from 1975:. Posted by Manumitted Negro. The conditioning hairspray keeps my hair from going back - priceless!

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Lee Bey's Soul Closet: When R&B Went New Wave...

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Lee Bey's Soul Closet. A look back at 20th century African American pop culture: advertising, film, music, fashion and anything else I can get my hands on. All in good fun. Wednesday, February 24, 2010. When R&B Went New Wave. It doesn't get remembered much anymore, but there was a brief period in the early 1980s when elements of New Wave- a predominantly white musical genre- found their way into R&B. Were spinning New Wave jams for black audiences. So black music took steps to keep up. 台北酒店工作 台北酒店經紀人 酒店...

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Lee Bey's Soul Closet: Sister Rosetta Tharpe

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Lee Bey's Soul Closet. A look back at 20th century African American pop culture: advertising, film, music, fashion and anything else I can get my hands on. All in good fun. Friday, December 4, 2009. Give yourself a little time and check out this performance by the incredible Sister Rosetta Tharpe, one of the most inventive artists of 20th century gospel music. Her voice had the heat of a blues singer- not surprising since gospel and blues are cousins- but when Tharpe straps on that electric guitar? Tharp...

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Lee Bey's Soul Closet: 'Pepsi Generation' meets R&B: circa 1970

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Lee Bey's Soul Closet. A look back at 20th century African American pop culture: advertising, film, music, fashion and anything else I can get my hands on. All in good fun. Monday, November 28, 2011. Pepsi Generation' meets R&B: circa 1970. The song has the same punchy, hook-laden post-Motown sound as the group's other work of the period- and that of their Hot Wax/Invictus labelmates like Honey Cone. 100 Proof (Aged in Soul). Hell naw. Not with monuments on lockdown, security clearance and other stuf...

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Lee Bey's Soul Closet: R.I.P. Teddy Pendergrass

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Lee Bey's Soul Closet. A look back at 20th century African American pop culture: advertising, film, music, fashion and anything else I can get my hands on. All in good fun. Thursday, January 14, 2010. Teddy Pendergrass died Wednesday at 59 in Philadelphia. Pendergrass underwent colon surgery last year and, according to his son, had a "difficult recovery," news reports said. So as we hang the purple bunting on the doorknob of the Soul Closet today, let's honor the Teddy Bear with a few clips.

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Lee Bey's Soul Closet: First colored girl in the office: 1950s workplace integration

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Lee Bey's Soul Closet. A look back at 20th century African American pop culture: advertising, film, music, fashion and anything else I can get my hands on. All in good fun. Thursday, December 22, 2011. First colored girl in the office: 1950s workplace integration. Check out this oddity from the 1950s: A dramatically-acted government film about a company hiring its first black office employee. The film, The New Girl in the Office,. The New Girl in the Office. Which isn't to say there aren't some laughs he...